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here's hoping chorfs get a greater daemon of hashut

I'm not aware of their 3rd ed rules but wouldn't their new ethereal passive make them super hard to remove with a 3+ save? I was under the impression that NH lean more towards fast and killy than super tanky

given that Skreech verminking has the pestilens keyword I think we can assume that won't be the case right?

Very true, I'd agree that I see the most SG

Maybe FEC is previewed first since they got that big release recently, afaik nighthaunt are a pretty uncommon faction despite being the 2nd ed launch faction

Current kill team?? It's at least better than the previous edition of kill team by far, and more fun than 40k 10th too imo

I just hope that KB and IJ get more interesting faction abilities this time round

I hope at least next edition there's more reward for running pure IJ or KB, feels like big waagh this edition has just been better than either

I feel like 40k 10th took way too long to start releasing codexes at the rate which they are now, I really hope it doesn't take months into 4th to get the full stormcast and skaven books

I kinda wish they'd give some incentive to use the sprue recycling bins they've started setting up, as it stands I go to my LGS or order online over going to a GW store, if they gave out those coins or monthly minis as rewards for recycling sprues that'd be neat

Binary opposition is just a normal design thing and will appear naturally, I think we're definitely reading into it too much. Also for sylvaneth they already have a split between the free spirits(alarielle) and outcasts(drycha and spite revenants)

many 40k games haven't done well either and no one would make the argument that 40k is a weak IP. GW just need to be more selective about which studios they let use their IP imo

The IP is definitely strong enough, but I doubt we'll see a TW:AOS game anytime soon, a lot of the TW:W fanbase would not be interested in AOS I don't think, especially not over 40k

something dark souls/elden ring esque please, either that or TRPG like fire emblem

they'll probably just focus on the great parch or some new area that doesn't encompass a full realm, unlike WFB, AOS factions have a prescence in pretty much every realm, the setting is very flexible and large enough to create some new area to set it in

Given the main colour scheme is that of the hallowed knights maybe Gardus will get a new mini? His current one is really nice but notably it isn't thunderstrike

European/catholic religious iconography is tried and tested, I think it looks good, by no means original but when has GW ever been

Yes but also necromunda is very silly, and they love making callbacks to old stuff (beastmen, squats etc.) it could just be some random ash waste wildlife too.

They probably sell well because they're core staples for their respective factions, make a new version of the kit: get even more people into the faction and even some people to rebuy units they already have

When emperor's children comes out I wouldn't be surprised if all the daemons just go to their respective cult book and belakor goes to csm

I was hoping for updated hexwraiths with the next NH, in the style of the like 3 cav heroes they have, a new plastic mourngul would go a long way to add variety to the army profile too. Edit: it's also worth noting that not every codex so far got 1 model outside of tau, necrons got 3 characters and csm are getting 2 characters

That's a bit of a stretch. I personally prefer 2D animation to 3D so I don't mind, both are a significant investment from GW's side. In terms of the live action thing yeah it's gonna be 40k because brand recognition, also as an art form, animation is still seen by a lot of people as a lower form ot media than live action so that's why it's LA. Ie. If someone hears about a Warhammer animation, a lot of people will think "oh like a cartoon for kids". And animation projects don't get featured on the same stage as LA projects when it comes to big film and television awards, stuff like that.

agreed, it'll be interesting to see if the final db has any hints at the skaven narrative. If the abraxia box is reasonably priced I might be tempted too, varanguard are such an expensive box on their own and if abraxia is worth as much as ionus solo then the db box might be a huge bargain.

It's always funny to me that a lot of GSG squigs can "fly". I understand why but the mental image takes me out

There will be 23 battletomes come aos 4, 24 if IJ and KB are split. The edition will have 12 quarters, leaving the last 2 or 3 free for end of edition campaign stuff then there should be at least 2 battletomes per quarter if they want to get them all out. I expect q3 this year to be skaven + stormcast. Q4 will probably only be 2 books also. But I think 2025 we'll see most of the books done by end of the year which is like 3 books per quarter. If we see a roadmap it'll be the first 4 books, and then they give us the grand alliance of the first book for next year or something. Maybe not at this showcase but whenever they show off the non launch box skaven and stormcast stuff.