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@JPjr, I have noticed that in the rare event of me getting a block of free time my painting output often doesn’t increase much. I have worked out that painting more than an hour or so a day is often the best I can manage before it starts becoming a chore. There are exceptions, if I am on the home stretch of a model and am feeling inspired I will often paint much longer.

Interesting points well made. There is something nice about traditional games. Technology can be a great helper with preparation though. Still, you are probably right, people are finding new and innovative ways of using tech all the time.

Good on you for talking about it here. This is an absolute ****** time at the moment. On another note I’ve enjoyed your posts and banter - keep that up please!

Wow - how did you make your war scroll look so nice?

A bought Shadows over Hammerhal about three months ago from my local GW store. That same day I bought it they told me I was lucky as they had just packaged up their second last copy for return to HQ. It might be possible to find a few copies at independent retailers in some areas if you are very lucky. Edit: Glad I got it too, it looks great.

We’re not out of the woods yet in Melbourne. We’ve just been (rightly)locked down again after a big spike in community transmission. My thoughts are with these who are doing it tough. Hopefully, our hobby is helping us get through these tough times. Thoughts are with you @Kamose.

I'm itching to play at the moment but I've made this the year of hobby instead. Absolute loving painting at the moment, I am having trouble staying away from the paint station!

Absolutely. You can gladly play with a Bretonnian list in Age of Sigmar and be lore appropriate. There are enough oblique references here and there and the realms are diverse enough for an army like this to be out there somewhere. Now whether GW should re-release them? I think I agree with the consensus. The Mortal Realms are so different the army would have to be reworked considerably to really fit with the new setting. Could it be done? Perhap but as others have said it may have already been done with the release of Flesheater Courts.

I loved 8th Edition and was initially sad that it came to an end. Then, it hit me like a thunder bolt from Azyr. This new game is absolutely, utterly flipping brilliant. You can’t get more Warhammer than this. Honestly, grab your your dirigible suit, star soul mace and your Mawcrusher and get on board.

Sure are @OkayestDM, the book should have room for some good lore too.

My son Harry's first painted miniature. 'Frinki' by Harry (age 3).😊

Wow, there is some amazing hobby going on here. Got two more Arcanites done, I now have a set of ten for Shadows over Hammerhal.

Has anyone tried creating a warscroll using the new template provided on the community site?

Have we had much in the way of rumours on the Sons of Behemat tome? Given it will likely have Just a few warscrolls in it (I asssume) I am really interested in the coverage it gives to Destruction more generally. Could we finally get a map of Ghur? (Behemat lived in Ghyran though right? Will the book be focussed on the continuing story there?)

Is that the subscription cost for the new 40K app? Whew, not an insignificant amount of money. The new app only gives free access to all codices that don’t come with a one time code. At launch having access to thousands of dollars worth of content for this subscription fee is certainly very good value (if you intend to take advantage of this that is). Over time though it becomes a less attractive proposition but many I am sure would find it great. Short answer is yes, I think we will see a spruce up of our app within the next twelve months.

Do we have anything to go on with regard to a new edition release date? I remember GW bandying on about 4 year life cycle for editions. Three years for a young game is certainly plausible which would be next year. I still feel like this edition is still fresh so 2022 also seems very possible.

Very interested to see this years handbook. This will be the first handbook to start with a now well organised range. I'd be surprise to see points values for non-battle tome armies from here on out. This will keep things nice and clear for new players. On the topic of models that are no longer supported, I am very happily playing Cities of Sigmar in a campaign against the Tomb Kings. I am fielding legacy units (General on Horse, Archers) using the latest version of the war scroll that supported my units and the last published point values. We also give these units the Cities of Sigmar keyword. We are having a blast and GW hasn't been around to my house yet to tell me off. But if you are an exclusive matched play tournament player, I think you will be dropping units to keep up with the meta more than dropping units for being discontinued.

Ooo, good thread @Icegoat! I think this is a very fair question and this could indeed happen, certainly if Nagash gets his way. Yes, the reforging is not without great cost. The death of a Stormcast is to an extent narratively equivalent to the hero who is gravely injured then recovers but is irrevocably changed. The strongest argument for the status quo for me is that it feels like the Soul Wars is just scratching the dramatic surface of the interesting idea of reforging. There are also a weapons out there that can permanently put down a Stormcast, if that needs to happen then it can already.

We saw Sons of Behemat cards leaked on a shipping manifest recently. Can we make an educated guest when this tome might come out based on previous such leaks?

I wonder if the larger bases are for game play reasons? The larger base makes area denial more achievable and keeps the models further apart to prevent tangling of weapons and other bits and pieces. My Kairic Acolytes on 32 mm bases are just easier to move around. I've finished a few older human sized models (Privateer, Loremaster) on 28 mm bases and they just look a touch too small to me. Maybe 32 mm just does look nicer?

Try super gluing a few slate chips, PVA sand. Then an all-over quite heavily watered down coat of Dryad Bark base coat over the sand and the rocks. Make sure it is watery enough that some of the sand colour shows through. Follow this with another very watery base coat of Standard Mechanics Grey on the rocks so a hint of the brown is showing through. Next, give a light but streaky Dawnstone dry brush (brush should be just a still a little wet so the streaks give a bit of texture) you want the brown and standard grey still somewhat visible when you are done. Follow this with a light dry brush of Administratum Grey. For the sand give a decent dry brush with Steel Legion Drab followed by a lighter dry brush of Screaming Skull. Finish the base with one or two all over washes of Athonian Camoshade for the mossy look. Give that a try. (I haven't tested this myself but that is what I would do ). The rocks look quite dark, perhaps there was a watery coat of black between the brown and the Mechanicus Grey - yes, I'd add that to the recipe above. Once the paint is down, PVA patches of some of the old GW pale grass flock or equivalent. Sorry, back to rumours!

Astonishing that all those models are push fit. As someone who has got as far as buying a few Necrons in the distant past and has a soft spot for them, they are the best Necron models ever made hands down.

The Age of Sigmar community seems quite happy with the state of the game. Each new tome is improving the game rather than adding too much complexity. Lore and Narrative play however would be areas where a new Age of Sigmar edition would be incredible. It feels like we have barely scratched the surface in these areas. Conquest rules would be awesome for Path to Glory campaigns.

I think an overhaul of the Cities would at least be post 3.0 in my opinion. The Sacrosanct, Nighthaunt, Bonereapers, Slaves, and Lumineth all fit nicely into the Soul Wars narrative. Cities 2 might fit better in the next chapter. Could the next chapter and edition occur next year? If we start to see the shadows of a major new story arc then maybe. Could Sons of Behemat be the start of a new destruction plot arc? (Oh my, I would LOVE that and maybe Cities would fit well with such a theme.)