Clan's Cynic
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I always find it funny when people claim the Empire models don't fit into AoS. As opposed to what, exactly? The whole Not!RenaissanceHolyRomanEmpire aesthetic is actually quite unique compared to... well, find me a popular fantasy setting with humans that does that.
Humans in fullplate, chainmail, swords, and shields is about as generic as a fantasy aesthetic as you can get it. Sticking with the Empire aesthetic actually makes Humans in AoS stand out MORE as GW continues trying to carve out it's niche as something different.
I remember when the Empire received their big update in... 6th, was it? Of which 90% of the surviving range is from. There were so many vocal complaints that the newer models didn't fit the tone, they were too 'fantastical'. Seems we've gone full circle.
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I'm guessing they'll be up for pre-order next week since it mentioned checking back for more news tomorrow and that they'd be released 'very soon'.
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Four-pack of Wizards are back on the store.
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10 hours ago, Envyus said:
It's nothing to do with Counts as. The Witch Hunter is super iconic, and it's kind of a shame they appear to be leaving the game. A new Witch Hunter model would be cool.
Especially when there's already a lot of Black Library stories, including several full-blown novels, featuring them as main characters, cover art and all.
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4 hours ago, zilberfrid said:
And SCE only in Hammerhal? (One can hope).
Stormcast appeared on the pre-order page's new artwork, which appeared to be outside of the Living City.
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19 minutes ago, MitGas said:
Marketing-wise it makes absolutely ZERO sense to put Chaos Warriors/STD at the end as Chaos sold more than most other armies from WHFB combined. Sure, that itch got scratched with the god-specific armies but frankly in relation almost nobody gives a damn about ogors or Aelves in relation to simple Chaos Warriors who made up a majority of WHFB sales. That GW hasn't managed to get a new kit out for the single most iconic Warhammer unit is baffling at this point, especially because 5/6 are potential buyers.
Varanguard? They're Undivided Chaos Knights+1, right down to the colour scheme.
Also, the Blight Kings and Blood Warriors are also clearly meant to invoke a very similar vibe/aesthetic as Chaos Warriors just devoted to a specific God, something which was requested for years by Warriors of Chaos players, long before AoS was even a glimmer in GW's eyes.
Just because the Thousand Sons and Death Guard received models years before Vanilla Chaos Marines didn't mean they were doomed, low and behold, they weren't.
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Hm, what do you think would be a good list to lost Gotrek into? At a glance he seemed a pretty simple 'plug in and play', but devouring over a quarter of a 2000pt list, coupled with how pricey Fyreslayers can get, it has me wondering.
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I think all of the doomsaying regarding Everchosen is a bit preemptive. It's my belief they're merely at the back of the queue because unfortunately somebody has to be.
From a marketing perspective, it also makes some sense to put War Cry out there and then in a few months, when the novelty dries up, go "Ah, what a perfect opportunity to make a new army with your War Cry models as figureheads with the new Everchosen(tm) Battletome."
That, or we'll be heading towards a full blown revamp of ye olde Warriors of Chaos range to bring them closer to the
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Give me more Dwarfs and I'll be content.
Especially ones outside of Order.
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Like some others, my guess is they're going to be repacked with the new 'full' decks of updated neutrals. If they were being culled I expect they'd have yanked the model-only packs along with them.
My guess is we'll see them the same time as the Cursebreakers and Thorns get a standalone release.
The updated Underworlds site, awash with Beastgrave, still lists them as playable Warbands... at the top of it, incidentally.
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1 minute ago, Charleston said:
I wonder if CoS and orruks got stuck in the same way Sylvaneth did
They had copies at Open Day so I don't think so.
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I'm very pleasantly surprised it's 'only' £20.
It's still a rip-off of course, but by GW standards, it's nice to have my cynical expectations proven wrong.
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7 hours ago, El Syf said:
So Nagash is a God and is less durable than Gotrek? Right...
I'm waiting for Nagash's on-table model to inevitably be 'retconned' into Image/Shard/Shade of Nagash in a similar vein to how the C'tan were.
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1 hour ago, Shankelton said:
When, ever, has Games Workshop released a brand new faction directly into a discounted bundle?
They used to do what they're doing again with the new Sisters of Battle Army Box until about twelve or so years ago. Codex + the new models at a slightly discounted price and/or a limited edition model only from that box.
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'Tie-in' special release models have universally been utter rubbish ruleswise.
Don't set your expectations too high.
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6 hours ago, Maturin said:
Would it be condone by GW?
These largely fall on a store-by-store basis in the same way the allowance of Forge World models does. If HQ inquired, he'd probably say that he has an X% increase of paint sales around tournaments when he requires it and that would be the end of it. By the same token, another store might say allowing grey plastic encourages people who're paint-shy to buy more kits to participate.
One of the stores near me is absolutely fine with grey plastic on any and all occasions, including tournaments.
One of the other stores near me will give bonuses to the opponent when attacking an unpainted model.
Warhammer World events do require painted/based, however.
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I don't... dislike them, but I don't think I like them either. I admit that I was hoping for something closer to a more armoured Sepulchral Guard.
I feel like they're a symptom of GW's recent attempts to cram as much detail onto a model for the sake of cramming detail on there. There just feels like there's a bit too much going on, especially for the basic troops. When I look at these models, my eyes aren't really drawn to one place, there's a lack of 'focus' somehow?
Katakros looks fantastic though.
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12 hours ago, Souleater said:
I wonder if these guys are Nagash's take on Stormcast? He's ticked off at Sigmar stealing souls from the realm of death.
Those helmets have a bit of the SCE vibe to me.
Vampires/Soulblight seem more likely to be the Stormcast equivalent. Individually powerful, not as numerous as other forces, low-key knightly aesthetic, etc.
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Necrons went full circle eh?
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I doubt it's the same guy. It's probably one of their support Hero models like a Morrowtythe Kollectorus or something equally copyrightable.
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What interests me are the hooded, spear-wielding figures. If they were just generic skellington soldiers, I doubt they'd have masqueraded their appearance like that. I can't help but wonder if we might see more mortals? Not a full blown Mortal Death army mind, but more something resembling 'civilisation' tinged with (presumably) skellingtons. At the very least i think we'll see Necromancers.
Between the Ogres talking about a 'Pact of Bones' and living people
bringing out their deadbones, hopefully we'll start seeing more about- well, life in the Realm of... Death, rather than just Black Library tidbits.-
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Dark Elves are going to be in Cities of Sigmar. If models were going to be squat'ed from their range, we'd have seen it alongside the High/Wood Elves/Empire/Dwarfs.
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I picked up some Gryph-Hound Orange, practised on Wraithbone - after extensive shaking of course - and it turned out red, almost the same as Blood Angels Red. Mixing in some Iyalden Yellow didn't change much. Mixing in two parts returned the orange. Obviously if I was going to mix paints I'd not be picking up the one marked orange.
Anybody else had issues with this or is this meant to be how it comes?
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4 hours ago, Kristensen said:
Try retributer armour and then shade it with reikland fleshshade
That's pretty much what all the guides advise, which is why I'm trying to go a different route.
After some digging I think I'll try Balthasar Gold and highlight it with Liberator/Stormhost
Thanks though.
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