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Question: I am thinking about changing the colour of the gems from blue to turquoise but not 100% sure... What do you guys think?

I would keep the blue. Turquoise would remind the flame of the staff to literally for me.
Brillant painting and conversion so far.
Love concept and the limited palette.
Maybe you could keep the gems for last.

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Check out GW's very own Age of Sigmar primer. Totally free, covers all the main beats of the background and features loads of cool art:
http://www.blacklibrary.com/Home/wh-aos-primers.html
 
If that's not enough for you, a quick Google reveals 1d4chan's AoS page, which I haven't read but seems to cover most of the bases in detail, though fair warning, will probably have fairly strong internet humour/fan conjecture vibes:
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Warhammer:_Age_of_Sigmar

Thanks! I'll have a look. No new races then.



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Quick question since I am a complete stranger to AoS background, are new races possible without being chaotic aligned ? Where (reading or blog) could I grasp what AoS is all about ?


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The Eclipse is the first event of The Dark Age of Sigmar. It is a competition to create a witch hunter to lead your Hinterlands warband, to use in Warhammer Quest or for any other purpose. You will need to make a single figure – a witch hunter – following the usual AoS28 guidelines.
The model can be of any race or any character so long as they fit the rough concept of a witch hunter. The model should have a name and a bit of background. You could enter a model that is already built, but it would be better to make a new one.
A witch hunter does not need to be a human, and does not need to wear a buckled hat. In the Age of Sigmar a witch hunter can refer to someone who fights against Chaos, monsters or the beasts of the Realms.
Although there is no real prize, winning entries will be featured in a gallery on Ex Profundis and may be invited to participate in a special game of Warhammer Quest using your hero.
For more information, please see this post: http://www.exprofundis.com/eclipse-aos28-competition/

I'm in !



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Has anyone else seen the Kharadron Overlords!? The look absolutely stunning, and I can't wait to see what kind of mad schemes people come up with though. Even for their races, they are full of possibilities

Damned ! They stole my idea. I was planning to build something similar inspired by the Rackham dwarves in the golden years.



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And for everyone that still hasn't had an idea about what to build, there is a small competition starting soon that I hope will be the final push you need to get started.

Just what I need !




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Thanks Hagen. I discovered AOS28 through Bruticus. I used to love the idea of converting fantasy models to Inq28 ones. So Aos is not an evolution but rather a reboot or a Kill Your Gods universe. I like the idea of creating a realm. I know grasp the idea that inq28!was about getting inspired by an illustration but aos28 is a blank canvass. An Tzeentchan kinda aisan daemon cult could be fun. It's interesting to get rid of all your previous Ideas and kind of liberating to actually create your own universe and minis.


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Actually for the chaos dwarves, I was thinking of a more 80's chaos dwarves than Babylonian style of the 90's. Mini chaos knights basically



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Welcome back then!
AoS is a bit of a strange setting... most of what you listed seem to refer specifically to the Old World of Warhammer, which has now been wiped out in the current setting. The new game takes place in a mythical feature, millennia after the destruction of the Old World by the Chaos Gods in eight weird and magical realms created by the eight winds of magic. Although Cathay, Middelheim and Chaos Dwarves no longer exist in the new setting, the best part of AoS is that since the realms are so vast to be almost infinite and completely bonkers in terms of culture and civilisations, it is very possible that something very similar to Cathay, Middelheim or Zharr Naggrudd actually exist in there as well.
To make you an example, Chaos Dwarves were not mentioned in the current fluff, but who knows whether an enclave of Hashut worshippers dwells in some corner of the Realm of Fire? What I am getting at is that, although AoS got rid of the Old World and its cultures as we knew it, the new setting itself is encouraging us to create our own factions and stories which can draw inspiration from anything we like, from the Old World to whatever you fancy.
So, instead of Cathay, why don't start developing your own background for a tzeentchan cult in a great and powerful eastern Empire in one of the realms, you will find that the crazy magical influences of them will contribute in creating something rather new and interesting... Just a thought;)
It might also help you to read the very useful FAQ by Jake at Ex Profundis (the mastermind behind AoS28), which gives answer to most of your questions. You can find it at the following link:
http://www.exprofundis.com/aos28-faq/
Hagen
 

Thanks Hagen. I discovered AOS28 through Bruticus. I used to love the idea of converting fantasy models to Inq28 ones. So Aos is not an evolution but rather a reboot or a Kill Your Gods universe. I like the idea of creating a realm. I know grasp the idea that inq28!was about getting inspired by an illustration but aos28 is a blank canvass. An Tzeentchan kinda aisan daemon cult could be fun. It's interesting to get rid of all your previous Ideas and kind of liberating to actually create your own universe and minis.


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There has been a lot of discussion on what is or isn't AOS28. Some say its grimdark, some say its gritty, some say its the everyday or regular people in the realms in Age of Sigmar. I think all of your ideas will work. I think it depends on how you see AOS28. Maybe there is a particular post you draw inspiration from or identify with. Can you build off of that post to imagine a beast master in their world? Maybe a warband from Greywater Fastness that looks like [mention=798]bottle[/mention]'s band on page two discovers a realm gate and goes through it to discover a free peoples city that has some cathy influences, and within that city is a cult of Tzeentch. I'm not saying you need to set it in someone else's world, but if it helps you get started use it as a building block. 
I'll have a blog started up today that will try to show how my idea for a Hinterland's style warband came up. To me, my idea and setting is AOS28, it may not be to everyone on TGA, and thats OK. To me, its about the common people, mixing high fantasy and low everyday life. These people aren't perfect, they have cuts, demons, history, etc.
Of your list.  I like the last 3 the best.

Thank you for your input thundercake. Looking forward to your blog.


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I have been living under a GW rock for a few months that turned almost in years but it seems the virus is still active.
I need you guys' help to know what is aos correct or not (I had to read on Wikipedia what happened to the GW world).

Few ideas come in mind. Are they aos28 ?
- Chaos dwarves?
- A beast master of Ordo Serpentis (dark elves) band ?
- Middenheimer stormcast inquisitor and retinue ?
- cathay Tzeentch daemon band ?

your advices will help me to narrow it down and start a band