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I think the problem with the percieved derpiness/goofyness of our new favourite bone construct bois stem from the official GW bone-coloured paintjob. Bone colour = traditional skeletons in most people's minds, not grinning constructs with noses. Therefore, if I jump the gun and buy them (which I am sure I will, who am I fooling?) they will be burned and charred terracotta, Aqshy-style. 🔥🔥🔥

Can't get past those leering derpy faces. Hard pass for me.

Just thought this was funny. I'll show myself out.

Not getting on the hype train just yet, we're still in the "dealing-out-opinions-like-they-are-facts" stage. 😛

Agreed! This thread is a trainwreck of unmanaged expectations. It is quite entertaining, but I have given up on the rumours long ago.

Both the Ogor and Tithe reveals very clearly mention bones in specific ways. Cue the oriental theme, and it seems quite clear that those are linked. Ogors vs Death? I am willing to bet on that. Feel sorry for the ogors trying to feed on dusty bones though.

Witch Aelves and Hag Queen bump in cost was expected, but Blood Stalkers are still not worth it. Meh.

Hence the big push for specialist games like Warcry and Kill Team, which are much easier to get into.

That's a pie-in-the-sky wish. If they keep on releasing brand new armies like they have been since the advent of AoS, there is a natural limit towards how much they can juggle around at once. And considering the amount of resources spent on the plethora of specialist games, it's a very different company compared to the GW of old. Furthermore, if you invested a lot in an old army, GW already have your money. If they think they can earn more from cutting old armies that already have been profitable and lose a few oldtimers in favour of new, shiny armies that will attract a new generation of players, then the choice is easy.

Rumour Engine time! Those runes look aelven to me.

Have a look at this Facebook post.

Great to have you here! Query: are the actual trays magnetic as well? I have glued non-magnetic washers underneath my models to cut costs and hence I need a fully magnetic material underneath.

The Devil (well, Slaanesh) will find work for idle hands to do. 😈

New Tale of Forbidden Power, now featuring the Gloomspite Gitz! Very atmospheric, if you like your atmosphere laden with fungal spores and whatnot.

New Tale of Forbidden Power, now featuring the Gloomspite Gitz! Very atmospheric, if you like your atmosphere laden with fungal spores and whatnot.

We are seeing more and more spinoff and niche variants of both AoS and 40k, and they all have in common that they are far less time and money consuming than the base game. I think the message is pretty clear: GW thinks that there is money to be had in games that are easier on your time and wallet, and they are testing the waters. And rightly so, because that is where the future lies while the Oldhammers are slowly dwindling away.

Indeed - for someone like me with inferior eyesight, shaky hands and a miniscule amount of time to paint (and forecast looking even worse), "mediocre" is the best I could ever hope for. Thus, for me these paints seem great if they work as advertised.

If this is your first rodeo, maybe don't be in such a hurry getting on the hype train.

Lots of nifty trolling methods with the new rules. For example: place a Mesmerising Mirror so that an enemy hero is inbetween it and Shalaxi, and then use Irresistible Challenge. The enemy hero will now suffer at least D3 mortal wounds no matter what it does. 😅

My attempt at a Godseekers list, mainly stuff I already have: Godseekers Bladebringer, Herald on Exalted Chariot (220) Syll'Esske, the Vengeful Allegiance (200) The Masque (120) Keeper of Secrets (360) General - Command Trait : Speed-chaser - Artefact : Enrapturing Circlet The Contorted Epitome (200) 1 x Seeker Chariots (120) 1 x Seeker Chariots (120) 20 x Daemonettes (220) 5 x Seekers (120) 5 x Seekers (120) Seeker Cavalcade (140) Mesmerising Mirror (60) 2000 points, 97 wounds

Retiring entire armies in AoS won't happen "now", but if a certain army does poorly in the long run I am fairly sure it will be consolidated into another army with a few units surviving here and there (similar to how Arkhan became a mortarch in the Legions of Nagash, and the Spiderfang Grots got rolled into Gloomspite Gitz). It's just good business practice.

Probably due to 40k having been profitable enough to keep stuff around (even though Dark Eldar was not updated with a new codex for about 12 years!) whereas WHFB wasn't, mostly because of army bloat and the inability to keep all the stuff updated. If an army or whatnot is not recognized as profitable in the long run, it gets axed when the resources are better spent elsewhere. Hence the introduction of AoS.

Not going to happen if they keep on introducing brand new armies like they have been lately. Sooner or later, old stuff will get chopped because there is a natural limit to how much things they can juggle around.

That is one of the unwritten laws of the Internet these days: if there is a point to be argued about, no matter how miniscule, people will argue about it. 😜

I think it is the "wait" part that is the pain spot here. For some, waiting is hard. 😅