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silverstu

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  1. Yeah it definitely looks that way to me - the 3 BR books setting up the new edition, hoping Alarielle brings news of the Kurnothi. Malerion seems further off, I think his faction will be the major order release in 3rd along with a Grungni duardin faction. One thing I haven't seen are rumours of Kurnothi - plenty of hope so far [mostly from me!😂] - but maybe the Alarielle BR will establish him and his forces back in the lore . AoS 3 seems to be Destruction vs ? I think CoS would be brilliant with some Stormcast and regular troops supporting them. Gravelords coming before or after 3rd is another question- could see them arriving before due to Cursed City and the potato cam reveal of the female vamp. I can't see them not releasing AoS v3 this year- their sales and finances depend on the the three year cycle and last year didn't stop them releasing the new 40k. AoS might be a little later than they had planned but I'm guessing definitely this year -Aug/sept?
  2. Yeah I'm thinking an April release. On numbers I'd say 7-8 Skeletons and 14-15 zombies- definitely more Zombies than skeletons.. I wonder if there will be any big critters as well as small critters? Maybe ghouls we haven't seen yet as well? Theres also the possibility of expansions adding undead to the game - maybe a Vargulf type creature mirroring the Ambull set.. Really looking forward to seeing how they fill out the villains..
  3. These look fantastic! Really excited about Cursed City- the sculpts so far have been amazing, I'd be getting it as a collector/painter first so these really hit the spot. I wonder how many you'll get in the box given there are the wolf/vamps and zombies as well.. Soulblight is looking very tempting... Love the storyline as well, the Cursed Cryer looks to be a regular highlight of the week.. they showed more than I expected, thought we'd get just a hero and no minions.. but ts looking good so far!!
  4. A bit late to this but I'm very positive/optimistic hobby wise. I'm really enjoying seeing how the BR narrative is developing and looking forward to seeing the Slaaneshi and Lumineth factions expand [even though they aren't my thing]. I'm interested in the possible appearance of BR Alarielle, I'm hoping for a return of Kurnoth and the possibility of a Kurnothi faction/subfaction. I've a converted Kurnothi war band so the idea of adding more official models is something I'd love to see. The recent rumour engines have had something that looks very Tyranid and another which looks very Dwarf/duardin so I'm excited by what might be coming for my two favourite factions. Cursed City is probably what I'm excited about most- it looks like a great setting and the models we've seen so far look amazing. It feels like a set I could buy and paint up and maybe get my old gaming buddy to play, he doesn't have much time now with having 2 young kids but this might be the perfect setting. The Soulblight also look very tempting and could get me back into my Vamp army.. so yes the future is looking promising!
  5. Not sure.. on the one hand Kislev and Cathay allows them to release models that don't compete with existing older armies/AoS but then again they still probably need green skins and the empire etc to fill the setting out. But these factions give them somewhere to go. But yeah I did think Warmaster type scale is possible -especially as they did Araby there and it Ould be easy to fill out armies in plastic sets at that scale. If they scale to right and the models look great I'd be happy with that as well - huge armies.. very tempting. Having said that they are marketing it as Warhammer so its more likely to follow the existing scale, which enables to use some of the old models to flesh out the setting [similar to the Lord of the Rings]. I think they are being quite ambitious with it and scaling it at 28/32mm gives them plenty of scope for where they can go- they can recapture some of the old Warhammer fans who didn't take up AoS and also get cross sales between AoS and Warhammer similar to 30k and 40k. Warmaster scale they have to make everything from scratch, current scale there are old and existing models they can use for the basis of armies, old terrain sets they can rerelease, plus a lot of goodwill they can recapture by the return of an old favourite.
  6. I definitely get a Dwarf/duardin feel off that- maybe a Grungni/Valaya new faction or norse dwarfs maybe? There is the shape of a mountain on the skirting/edge the shields are attached too. For some reason I get a Nordic/Russian feel to the marks with them [rather than the Celtic knottwork] . Looks like it could be off the edge of a war machine or war beast. Could be squats too.. But yes Dwarfs this week Nids last week.. the future is looking promising! Need some Kurnothi next to complete the set... Hoping for Alarielle and a return of Kurnoth/Kurnothi through it..
  7. KO Valkyries - female duardin Skyrigger unit, maybe melee/defence focused rather than armed with ranged weapons. Or more tree contracts for Sylvaneth - beings between kurnoth hunter and Drycha sized, maybe more varieties of dryad type creatures [not a fan of the Revenants/spites].
  8. "The Serpents tide.." is Sotek still a thing? Could it refer to Seraphon? Could see them becoming prominent in 3rd ed. Really hope the earth will tear is Grungni's dwarfs. from the context these are things which doom the greenskins so it could well refer to order forces as well as chaos..Seraphon possibly taking on chaos, Grungni coming to Sigmar's defence and taking on their ancestral enemies makes sense.
  9. Those sound great- I liked it wen he popped up in Pantheon, I'd love to read these but haven't bought WD in ages... The White Dwarf is kind of an Ancestor God [although this is more hinted at the fact that he's in AoS unchanged is something.] Could hopefully discover what Grungni has been up to and maybe traces/reappearance of Valaya. I definitely think AoS 3 will bring another dwarf faction led by Grungni.. Yeah its possible- its either a Wanderer hunter but the kneeling leg looks a bit off [could be resting on the top of the boat] so it could be a Kurnothi making it a bit more AoS, the bow seems similar to the Beastgrave archer.. fingers crossed it is, I think they are potentially a great faction and I'd love to see more. They will probably make an appearance in BR Alarielle. Who ever it is they seem to be representing Alarielle as there is a lost Sylvaneth outpost in the city[similar to the Kharadron character and the lost Kharadron outpost].
  10. Me too- although it still might be- the way the front leg folds under itself in that illustration is strange for a normal leg- the foot would need to be extra long and wide..Could be taking the design of the Aelf ranger and changing it to more AoS as a Kurnothi hunter. I think if Alarielle gets a BR book Kurnothi might appear/return there. [even if just in the lore before a later release]. The Kharadron having scales on his pack- I wonder if this is a Logisticator as appearing in the Overlords of the Iron Dragon novel- kind of a KO accountant - they take care of profit during an expedition .. [the one in the book was a bit of a. weasel...]
  11. Yeah I can see what you mean .. I’m not totally convinced but yeah there a lots of similarities. Look forward to seeing how it turns out!
  12. Don't think so- the back leg of the mount is pushing off a rock outcrop and it looks like the tail is looping down behind it - the Lord Regents mount both rear legs are in the air the tail is high. Plus the character has a large tasselled cape covering the back of the mount not flying behind . Plus the mounts leading leg has no armour on it unlike the Lord Regent- its a different kit or a different mount build with a different character build which seems a lot for a duel kit but not impossible. There just seems to be a lot of differences.
  13. Yeah it looks like his mount is leaping away from a rock outcrop in the silhouette - also the mount has a longer neck, the tail is lower and the rider has a large cloak by the looks of things.. Yeah you could be right about the hunter - its more likely a Wanderer although the bow is very similar to the Kurnothi archer [and they do wear clothes- just not a lot!But I would have expected big hair from the Kurnothi too. It would fit that this is more a CoS type force..
  14. I just compared the silhouette with the revealed mounted character- they are totally different models not alt builds- that could be Tyrion and it would round out the release for Lumineth with a centrepiece box. That preview was impressive-i expected to see a few more actual models but they teased a whole load more than that. Gobsmacked by the size of the Lumineth release- not my faction but exciting to see a faction get expanded so much- hopefully other factions will get similar attention. The Vampire Underworlds war band are amazing sculpts - basically a set of vampire heroes in one box, that could be a really impressive range . The Cursed City is the most exciting- hoping the Kharadron model is a new type and really hoping that is a Kurnothi hunter with the Antlers - these two have overrun areas in the cursed city related to their factions. Looking forward to seeing the full range - could be tempted as a collector to pick up the game. Looks like lots to come- I think they gave us just enough - its too early to reveal much more ahead of releases- I'm glad to have new content to look out for in the next weeks and months. By the sound of it I think Cursed City isn't that far away so hopefully we will get to see more from it soon. Incidentally from the illustrated video the female character beside the "Wolf" seems to be holding the jagged blade from the rumour engine.
  15. The glorious return to power of the people go Grungni.. I like it...
  16. Thinking so.. hopefully bringing about the return of Kurnoth and a Kurnothi release [maybe not with the book but setting up for later..]🤞Still thinkthis is what the spirit of Aenarion gets up to..Reading the Orion series and rage is pretty much his thing.]
  17. Just on your point about Lumineth getting a small roster- its not true- they got exactly the same number of kits as other releases other than a single character and mounted character being missing, in terms of big kits and unit kits they got the same as Idoneth, KO and Ossiarchs. I wonder, since most of the factions are established now if this is GW starting to add to the original ones, Lumineth and Slaanesh getting expansions early as possibly they were first factions to be designed with an update in mind. The early factions of Fyreslayers/Sylvaneth/Ironjaws were designed when GW were pursuing lots of small factions which would be gradually cycled out over time, but as AOS has changed to a more army centric, rather than collector centric system they are now beginning to expand the factions. Some of the earlier ones might need extra design work as they weren't planned beyond those initially releases. I'm guessing that with Destruction seemingly being the focus of AOS3 those factions will get added variety [rather than even more factions]- wolf riders added to Gitz etc.. Most factions are out now - only Grungni dwarfs and Malerion elves to come- everything else can be added as extensions/subfactions of existing factions bar the odd new factions? I'm expecting Kurnothi to be a subfaction added to Sylvaneth rather than a thing on their own. Personally I'd rather get a couple of units/models regularly rather than wait until a full book revamp, single characters/clampacks are needed as well as they add depth to the characters available to armies. It would be nice to have more than one KO admiral for example, even getting other models to convert into him [which is why I love Bugmansson]. Most factions lack depth to different degrees so it will be great if they all start getting additions to their ranges.
  18. Basing materials - tufts/skulls - i like the ivy and I'm thinking of the ferns too. Spare bases maybe? Big brush /detail brush or some scatter terrain. The base paints that do the crackle effect could be handy and Lahmian medium great for thinning paints, or gloss varnish to add a bit of pop and shine/slime. I'm trying to avoid buying more models for a wee while [until the vampires/kurnothi/dwarfs arrive..]- scatter terrain would be the other option.
  19. I did think Grungni leading a new duardin force form underground as well..🤞
  20. Love that new Vamp! The new designs are fantastic! Love the big hair.. hope they keep this approach across all the vampires . That model is pretty much the Vampire model I have wanted to lead my armies for years... and I had been considering getting rid of my VC army.. I'll definitely be getting these first two just to paint up.
  21. Well looking at the duelists and the silhouette of the Underworlds vamp - I think they definitely look like they are going for the more slender/androgynous look as those arms/wrists are very thin. Really hoping for that. Thralls might be a thing - elite vampire guard/duelists on foot and hopefully mounted. The vampire lord looks very much like the line of Blood Knights, could be similar to Brettonnia -elite knights supported by peasants [zombies]. The variety of images definitely suggests a quest type game =especially as the vamp hunter as one of the heroes. Really interesting to see what comes - it could be Underworlds, Quest and Battletome .. maybe Quest first with a Tome coming later.. I'd love the blood knights to Deaths rebels.. Abhorash for the win..
  22. I love that vampire! If its not a female vamp the androgynous, slender look would be amazing - the beefed up baldies sort of miss the idea of vamps as supernaturally strong and quick. Really looking forward to seeing more on Saturday -there will at least be the Underworlds war band and will the vamps and hunters feature in Critters and Keys??
  23. Wow- aelves riding desert Taun-tauns... this is what I love about AoS, WHFB was brilliant but these wouldn't fit- love the otherness of these [a lancers option would be cool too]. Looks like the whole wind temple is getting a release which is more than I expected for Lumineth, a good sign for other factions that expansions are on the way. Could see Syvaneth getting an expansion with Kurnothi in the future [BR3?]. The Vampire .. really like her- the heavy armour, bats in her hair.. I have an old VC army with actually very few vamps as I didn't like GW's design -the big baldies didn't float my boat [I used a few reaper ladies and gamezone mournful knights instead] . These could be right up my street with lady blood knights.. really looking forward to the reveal- still think there is a dead vs hunters boxed game as well as the Soulblight faction. I wonder if we see thralls on foot as well as mounted knights.. with the Underworlds war band there will be a few varieties..
  24. Yeah thats what I'm thinking - although I'd love it if Killteam was vs new xenos rather than Necrons as they've just got a pile of new stuff.. Me too!! Yeah but a vampire themed quest could be the precursor of a full faction later [with the added bonus of extra unique models for that faction like Tzeentch got through Silver Tower]
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