sigmar is scottish

I get this. However the best thing to do is focus on the positives of the hobby. Easier said than done and I feel a bit of a shock just voicing it but I believe it helps. Your first model, white dwarf or anything. I cling to the memory of the first time I walked into a gw. Seeing as how it was 23 years ago it certainly come with rose tinted glasses but never stops to make me smile. I'm sure for most of us warhammer pre dates relationships, marriages, kids, work, debt, mortgage, death, whatever. So cling to it if it makes you happy, don't let it be soiled. Most people don't understand what or why we like what we like but we do so don't let it go.

Again could these tokens not be the ghouls? I would like to see a lizard man or IDK warband. Getting back to the ghouls though I think I'd be very interested. I might try and sort the posture of some, add snow themed bases, green stuff furs and a very light grey/blue skin tone.

Although depression and seasonal depression are two different beasts what overhead stated was a very good point. The change in weather and darker days can certainly contribute. My mother suffers from depression and it can get worse during the winter months. Vitamin D supplements and fresh fruit normally go a long way to helping. Walking can also help greatly and I find it also helps spark the imagination. Either a change in your hobby routine whether it's a different model, converting instead of painting or throwing together some terrain might help. Sometime though taking a step back might help. Play some video games, watch a movie or as I said above go for a walk. Last but not least don't forget to confide in people dude. Talk to your friend, family or even jump on here and shoot the ****** with us.

I don't mean to be a party pooper here but wouldn't they be for the goblin wolf rider guys?

Interesting warband for sure. The main guy in particular has a nice pose and look to him. Painted with the right colour scheme you could pull off a white Walker vibe. Some of them suffer from the same problem I have with the general ghoul models and that is the hunch. I'm trying to figure how much work it would take to straighten them.

Don't know if there is somewhere official to post this but these guys have just been shown on the community website https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/09/28/a-new-warband-revealed/

Really? That's interesting. I was always told/read he drew inspiration from Britain and Ireland. Men = English Elves = Welsh Dwarves = Scottish Hobbits = Irish Interesting to hear this though. Thanks for the info.

I never ment they were clumsy rather than the writing of them was clumsy in their portrayal. I dont think I explained myself to well. A lot of writers lean into scottish stereotypes when writing about dwarves and they are not subtle about it and it comes off clumsy. hard drinking, insular, grumpy, greedy and slightly xenophobic. Its always put me off but gw have done a very good job in AoS of making them diverse.

That's an expensive dip.

Neat idea. I wonder how many pots were used for that lol. Seems like a great way of batch painting hordes I.e skaven, orruks, goblins.

This is something I will defo look into. In not a competitive game at all so tournaments don't interest me. This will mainly just be for me.

I was actually thinking this. Their weapon options as well was something I thought about as I like the idea of spears and shields. Maybe I could Possibly combine the two kits. I've been looking at some of the war cry kits as well.

Thanks man I really appreciate the support and words of encouragement. If I do have a tinker with the rules I'll 100% let you know. Also you read my friggin mind on the IDK. Weapons and armour I think with minimal work would be what I'm after. I think possibly their battle tomb as well as they have lots of beasties that rule wise could represent their beasts of burden.

First off thanks for the quick reply all of you. @EccentricCircle thanks for the support. At the moment this is just something floating around the old noggin and some scrawled on a notepad but if I do you'll be one of the first to know. It would defo be a case of a counts as. I'm not the best with rules so creating my own just seems like a stroke waiting to happen. @Melcavuk thanks for the reply bud and sorry I realise I was vague on that part. I defo think they are Aelven but twisted by gorkamorkas brutal will. Taller than men but shorter than aelves but slightly more muscular than your standard Aelven. The skin colour varies from a light ash colouring to a dark greyish green. Tribal tattoos, branding and scarification. Baked leathers, hide and bone for armour with very little metal work in their arms and armour and although slightly feral looking there is more than a hint of some sophistication to their attire. Their facial features would be angular and sharp like the rest of the aelven species with their pointy ears and piercing eyes but with a heavy brow, piggish nose and small tusks reminiscent of the orruks. Being a nomadic and hunting based society I imagine they use large beasts to aid in said hunting and moving of their camps. @Overread thanks for the reply and help. Oh 100% just theory crafting at the moment. I'm not part of any gaming group or anything so anything I do create would be for myself and to share with you lovely people. I never see me getting this past a few units and maybe a monster or two. I can't see me getting a full fledged army out of this but hey maybe a warcry warband lol. I'm not much for sculpting but I'm happy using green stuff for conversions.

How would you guys go about creating your own race? I had a throw away idea i could use help on. gorkamorka stumbling across slaanesh's prison during one of his mindless rampages. Not really understanding the enormity of what he's come across and unable to let an opportunity to humble a fellow God go past he smashes his mighty fist into the God of excess stomach, causing a violent expulsion of soul matter. Briefly amused by these pathetic mewlling creatures he would unintentionally help shape them by his brutal will. However as is his want this amusement wouldn't last long and they would be cast into the mortal realms to fend for themselves. Prized for their strength and sharp intellect the fractured people would be pressed into slavery by the races of the mortal realms or hunted down by others as an abomination that shouldn't be. years of suffering at the hands of others would help shape them into a hardy people with a strong identity and hatred for all others outside of their own. Even the Gods wouldn't be spared their ire. The exodus of these people wouldn't happen in a flood but rather a trickle. Chain gangs breaking free of their masters whip, gladiators revolting from the fighting pits, miners turning pick and hammer on slave drivers. Drawn together the people's would form into wandering nomadic groups across the mortal realms. Using their freedom to explore the worlds denied to them and hurt thoughs that had hurt them. This is pretty much as far as I've gotten outside if how I imagine them looking. Even if I did get the chance to start the project and see if I could mould these guys to the table top I dont even know where I'd start or how I would represent them on the table top. Lol please dont gut me for this.

I've never really enjoyed dwarfs in warhammer or any other setting for that matter. Most of the time portrayed as a clumsy stereotype. However AoS has changed my mind on this (slightly) They have truly fleshed the race out, the various 'types' of dwarf are all really cool and unique. I can see me picking Gotrek up as it's a stunning model with what looks like really fun rules.

According to the malign portents stuff the darkoath aren't the crazy blood mad followers we see in other chaos factions. They are a peoples who believe they were forgotten by Sigmar and swore oaths to the chaos gods to survive. I don't believe they are inherently evil. I remember a thing from the old chaos army book, years ago round about the same time the storm of chaos campaign. It followed some lecturer guy from Middelheim cataloguing the peoples of the northern wastes. In it he stated that they didn't raid and kill for the fun of it but to survive. Raiding to them was to farming for a southerner. They also didn't see the chaos gods as evil. To them the chaos gods just were. Something to be revered and feared in equal measure. Misunderstood the same way the Mayans and Norse were vilified by Christians. It was a really nice read and still one of my favourite pieces of writing in warhammer lore. It should them as a people and not as monsters. One of the best parts being when one of their chieftains or champions meets the unfortunate end as a spawn they aren't killed or driven off but were kept almost as pets or talismans. The old family members taking the responsibility of feeding it. This is kind of what I'm hoping for. A race you can sympathise with and understand.

This is how I see them as well. The 'monsters and beasts'no just mounts but also their beasts of burden. Camps trapped to them, hauling loot and treasures. That sorta thing. Kinda like the beastclaw guys.

What we hoping for from the speculated darkoath release? I'm hoping for a massed horde feel backed up by powerfull monsters and characters. Not overly chaos but a barbaric nomad feel.

So I've heard a few people speculate at a November release for darkoath. Anyone else think this sounds Right?

As I keep stating I'm a total noob and have no idea what I'm talking about but I think he sounds good. More than capable of handling himself in combat and also a highly mobile wizard that has the potential to buff you ranged units. He might not be a Archaon or nagash killer but he seems very well rounded to me.

I totally agreed and at first was very disappointed. However I think we could be looking at a multipart kit and this is the option for the hammers of sigmar named character. Like the Maw crusha for the Iron jawz. We might find that this kit comes with a different head option for the beastie and weapon and aesthetic load out for the rider. Also I also feel the paint scheme GW does for on their display models unusually makes them a bit meh. Once we see a few variations on how he's painted up it might look better.

I have no idea what's going on but that sounds cool.

Hmm damn. Anything I had seen so far said the ballista was 100 points. If this is true are they still worth taking? Also being a noob I have no idea how the points are looking. Does this look ok for the stormcasts?

I would love to see some sort of Marauder (Darkoath) force. I always loved the idea both fluff wise and aesthetically, I remember trying to build such a force back in the day with Crom as the general. There's a real chance here for some big monsters, beasts and mounts with such an army I believe and GW would be in for a trick if done right. Saying that I would also love to see some love given to the beast men or brayherds whatever it is the kids are calling them these days. As long as they don't go down the tzaangor route with them. They things look awful.