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Oh joy, it's actually happening! Delightful! And wow, people have rocketed forward! I am definitely in, love the idea and what the hell, been itching for a new project! The problem, of course, is I have NO idea what to do! lol I kinda want to start something fresh, but HOW fresh and in what direction, who knows! I DO know I want a few guidelines: I want an elite army that isn't one dimensional. I got Cities, which boy, piles of dudes. I got FEC, which can go elite (and I often do) but BOY is it basic and straightforward. Fine for some games, gets boring fast and has no where near enough variety to change it up. I also want to try and paint an army with Contrast. Pure Contrast (besides metallics, I suppose, but maybe I'll even go and NOT HAVE METAL! Gasp!) I am KINDA always looking for armies that serve dual purposes. Daemons work in 40k and Fantasy, Stormcast make for cool Space marines with a magnetized backpack. Who knows, but a thought, I DO have a not-infinite budget, though luckily a lot of it comes in the form of store credit at my LGS. Anyways, I'll make a decision by June 1st, that is sure. Man, I am excited! Either way, best of luck to you all, it is always fun to have projects and hobbies you can share. Love this community.

My gods above and below... That is AMAZING! LOVE the lore, too! That is just fantastic! It's a real creative element and puts more detail into both the world, the history, but also the entire purpose of this city and its creation. Love it. Definitely an amazing inspiration and a GREAT use of the new sister's statue!

I actually tried to get one together this year! Got 6 people together, each month and a half (to give people a BIT more time, hectic schedules and such) was a jump in points. Started with 500 and I believe we went up 500 points a pieces. At the end of each section, we were going to get together for some games to celebrate our progress. We got the first 500 points settled. Half of us got together for the first batch of games. And then it all kinda fell apart after that. lol One person was a super dedicated painter and hammered hard and fast. I got a solid start, but everyone else just didn't have the same heart I had in it. Similar to the narrative campaigns I do, some are excited, but not everyone and few as much as I had wanted. lol But yeah, the concept is perfect and works. I prefer to keep it thematic and building up to playable forces but allowing people to do what they want with just point restrictions. Encouraging people to do certain milestones, like mages and behemoths, but not all armies have these, so whatever people want to do. It definitely feels better in person, but that is obviously super hard right now. A digital Tale of X Gamers sounds awesome! Not quite sure what I could do right now, in the middle of my Cities project. I certainly have plenty of IDEA fodder there to "start over" but not sure how I want to go about that. I have been really itching for a new project, but still SUPER uncertain on what that might be and, well, a bit limited on what I can pull together. But I'll keep an ear out for this, if a big event actually happens.

I love the concept, it is on my gaming bucket list to do a proper one. I've set up a few but they always fall through, often through budget but even more so due to a lack of focus. Only one or two of my gaming friends are focused on steady painting. lol

A good amount of dwarves DID make it to Azyr. In fact, that is why they are called the Dispossessed: they gave up their holds and homes for the lives of their clan and kin. They fled, they are refugees, and for 500 years they planned. Some cool tidbits in the Cities of Sigmar book. Whoever stayed behind either died, turned to Chaos, or found new ways to survive like the Fyreslayers or the Kharadron Overlords. I do LOVE the idea of half-dwarves/half-elves. It fits so well into the more metropolitan idea of AoS. There isn't nearly as much bitterness and alienation between the races because they are all much more united in a cause and all suffered at the hands of Chaos. Whether they can interbreed and whether they ever WILL by GW, who knows. But at the very least, I am always up for interesting stories of love and life between "unlikely pairs" like duardin and aelves. Very much a great odd couple dynamic.

Nice little kitbash, love the model! I feel like I found some of those same models in a friend's bits box he donated. Where did you get them, been curious about the manufacturer.

Sounds awesome! Can't wait to see it!

Understandable! I have been rather inspired to try and take in a more ambitious project as an ACTUAL slow grow, considering I do have plenty of army to play with in the meantime. And I do agree on the Engineers idea, sooo much more space in the Cities book for pretty much everything, which is funny because there is so much in there to begin with.

These are all absolutely GORGEOUS models. The conversions are beautiful and the paintjob is very stark and interesting. Love it all. I would love to do things like this myself, but the massive mix of kits must make all of this super expensive... You must have a fantastic bit box. Are you planning to consolidate this into Cities of Sigmar warscrolls? I see a few (awesome) characters that certainly are some bizarre counts-as, though man are they gorgeous enough for me to not care. lol Sorry to hear that your city appears to be anti-Sigmar. The bombardment is obviously a misunderstanding. lol

It's like buying a case for your models instead of buying new models. The case gives benefits to the models within it, but it is not the models themselves. Separate costs, different choices. For reference, buying a battalion gives you: An extra artifact to give to any hero (not just the ones in the battalion) An extra command point at the start of the game. The ability to drop all units inside the battalion as a single drop when deploying (you can still deploy them separately as well) You cannot have any unit be a part of two battalions at once. Hope that clears it all up.

Ok, back again, let's make this a routine! My Cities is all over the place and I am honestly kind of stumped on where to go from here. I know WHAT I am doing, just not what first... I do want to make sure I chip away at infantry, as I have...a lot of it, but will want to mix it up to keep from getting bored. SO! I am gonna do: 10 Freeguild Guard (sword and shield) 3 Demigryph Knights 1 Gyrocopter For a stretch goal: 1 Warden King 10 Shadow Warriors We'll see how well I do!

Wow! Crazy models, great effects, and amazing aesthetics! Kinda hard to even see the dwarves underneath them, though! lol Between the muted colors and MASSIVE bits on them, hard to see the Fyreslayers in them, but can't say it isn't a gorgeous and awesome looking army.

For the Demigryphs, they are on SLIGHTLY larger cavalry bases than the typical boars/knights/etc. But a rider for a Demigryph is just a guy, so no way will he somehow fit on two squigs. Many people have converted Demigryph Knights out of old Empire/Brettonia knights by giving them a little Grayph Hound as a hunting hound. You can do a similar thing: get the right basesize for Demigryphs (the 75x42mm) and put a Boingrot Bounder on it, with an unmounted bouncing squig as his hunting hound. That should work! As for the other grots, they share the same basesize as Freeguild, so that'll be fine, but I'd convert them up as much as you can to make them unique. You need to make this not look like a Gloomspite list and like a Cities list. You can start with actual rifles. You can also go all in with feathers and such to mimic Freeguild. You can put supplies and packs around them like they look more organized and ready, carrying cargo and ammunition and such. You can take a lot of notes from the Grot Revolution projects that always pop up in 40k. Grots as Imperial Guard, with stolen human tanks, gear, and uniforms. Go all out, this project sounds awesome!

Alright! Wow, feels wild, but I did it. I almost stumbled at the end trying to do a weird extreme edge highlight thing on the Purple Sun....pretty sure it would never be worth the effort. BUT, as I had hoped, it all kinda slid into place nice and easy. And with this group combined with the Forbidden Power stuff, my Generic Endless Spells are done (barring the Aethervoid, which doesn't have an Empowered form, so I kinda ignore it for Cities? Maybe one day...) ! At some point I will get the Stormcast and MAYBE the Sylvaneth ones, but that is for another time. For now, celebration and thinking on my next leg of the project!

Alright! Well, I am glad to have gotten my pledge done! All 4 Endless Spells from Forbidden Power, all based for my Hyshian City in the sands. I like how they turned out, nothing too awesome, but solid and simple. Gonna see what I can do with my other endless spells, but one step at a time!

My personal vote is HOMEBREW, just to not step on any potential toes. I do get the appeal of bonding projects, but I rather like making this special and marking TGA's importance in the AoS community with their own spin....assuming we can keep the momentum going and get the community involved! If it does start to slow because of momentum and stuff, then hopping in and working more with Neon for a boost could do great. I'm happy to work with either.

As a burgeoning writer trying to spark a fire that last a good deal longer than a few days, I would love to try my hand at something like this. I love cooperative projects, especially when it comes to lore and such around my favorite past time. I can lend my eyes to edits and give some solid feedback as well, as needed. The whole project sounds really promising. Eager to hear more!

So, I loved the Giant kit back in Fantasy. It was a must have, and part of the reason I dabbled in both Orcs and Goblins and Ogre Kingdoms. I've been wanting to bust mine out for a while (he just got a shiny, new oval base) and now this is looking SUPER awesome. I would LOVE a big monster only army and this really feels like it fits the bill perfectly! I want to get started and perhaps repair my giant. But it is probably too far out to even consider that. Not SO worried about rules, more about...schemes and ideas. Will definitely have one pal around with my Cities of Sigmar, but that doesn't narrow down Realm at all. lol Anyone else pondering theme and story to their Sons of Behemat army? Any ideas you'd want to fiddle with or conversions you might want to try?

Ok, I had been meaning to throw my hat into the ring for months and I think I am going to finally just get it over with. Was hoping to get more painting under all this quarantine, but haven't had the drive. Maybe this will help! I pledge: Soulscream Bridge The Horrorghast Shards of Valagharr Lauchon the Soulseeker If I can get a move on, my stretch goals will be the remainder of my Endless spells: Purple Sun of Shyish Malevolent Maelstrom Soulsnare Shackles And some details/basing to: Geminids Ravenak's Gnashing Jaws The Suffocating Gravetide The Emerald Lifeswarm Whew! This seems like a lot, but I have found Endless Spells to be rather easy and fun. This will give me a complete allotment for my Cities, barring Stormcast and Sylvaneth spells. Wish me luck!

So, to start a bit of discussion, I would like to ask a question: How do you all take non-Duardin Cities of Sigmar units and theme them/convert them into proper Duardin, just sans keywords? So far, I have a Light Battlemage and plans for a Luminark of Hysh. I know, Dwarves and Magic don't mix from traditional point, but I like AoS for its boundary pushing. Call me a radical. Besides, light magic being about clean lines and geometry seems to fit perfectly into the Duardin ideal of structure and fortitude. I had a thought for making a mechanical golem/war suit to count as a War Hydra or something, but not sure on that one... Thoughts? Will post some pictures a bit later.

Excellent thread. I love seeing things all dwarf related, past and present. Been a beloved race since my first fantasy days of DnD and Lord of the Rings. ❤️ My Cities of Sigmar is a massive project and while it does include heavy dwarves, it is all over the place in races and styles. Literally aiming for a rainbow of influences to replicate the old Colleges of Magic. So far Light and Metal are dwarf focused. Realm of Light is all about order and structure, that's about as Dawi as it can get, perhaps even more so than the elves! lol It is why I love Age of Sigmar, so much potential to take traditional ideas and shape it into something unique.

It has enough synergy to support a main faction, and certain cities push that way, but you don't have to have ONE faction of synergy with some allies. Having a "Darkling contingent" where you have 10 Dreadspears to sacrifice to a Sorceress and a block of Darkshards for ranged support. Maybe a quarter of your list and that could be it. Then another contingent of Duardin with a Warden King and Runlord backing up a massive block of Hammerers and Irondrakes. But yes, you'd get more synergy by pushing one major faction and leaning in towards your city of choice, but it is all relative. Anvilguard is thematic to the Dark Elves and their mount trait stuff REQUIRES dragons, hydras, or a Kharybdis to even work, so not taking one gimps yourself. But outside of that one to get the free trait, you don't need it. So, consider them more as guides. For optimal use it is easy to focus on a faction so as units and characters die you don't have a lone dude with nothing to buff or get buffed by. But variety is the spice of life and I think the best lists will really abuse the good deal of leeway Cities can have.

For regiments of mercs in training, regular Freeguild Guard or Bleakswords might be better. Flagellants have NO armor and flail wildly and dies in droves. A lot of these models look more like regular militia and might be too organized and such for Flagellants. If ya make them disheveled and crazy enough, sure, but a mixed rag tag group works fine for Freeguild, IMO. Would love to see pics! Maybe get a better understanding of what you are aiming for.

Congrats! That is awesome! Care to share your list? Even more important, got any army pics?

The lore of your city and miniatures has NO impact on the rules. Want to have a city from Azyr? Sure, go for it. Use one of the Cities and just go with it. Only the background fluff in the boom has anything to do with Realms. The Thermalrider Cloak from Aqshy can be a flying star cloak from Azyr, just play a bit of counts as and pretend. If you want to imagine it, just take the artifacts of Aqshy and Ghyran from the Malign Sorcery book and paste them in Cities of Sigmar. Your city will then tell you which section to then choose from. You have 15 artifacts for each city this way. Don't worry, you are overcomplicating it. The lore of your city is whatever you want, and any warscroll, artifact, or idea can get some form of representation in Cities of Sigmar.