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*Really really hoping this signals a Slaanesh release in the near future*

Would it be acceptable to leave those models grey if you couldn't be bothered to paint them?

I don't think we know enough to say whether it's exploitable or not; sure, if it only takes 6 points to generate any daemon then yes, that's broken. If it takes 18 points to summon 10 daemonettes, the daemonettes are summoned within 6" of the table edge you deployed on, and you can't kill the models you damage otherwise you lose the points, then it will be pretty weak. Sure, maybe there will be loopholes that allow the excessive summoning of hordes of greater daemons, but there's no guarantee - there's also an equal chance that it'll be useless or at least very situational. I think you have a bais against the Hosts of Slaanesh, and that's affecting your judgement. It's fine to be worried about it, but at the end of the day we don't know enough to come to the conclusion that it's already broken.

Is this new art? I've not seen it before. It's getting me excited for a Slaanesh battletome

Looks like a similar design to me. (Pic is the claw of my FW Keeper of Secrets)

Assuming that Darkoath will get a release (I think it's a pretty safe bet looking at the Stormcast and Nighthaunt), I wonder if that will take up the yearly Chaos release they do (instead of Slaanesh) or if it'll be its own thing.

Sorry if it's already been mentioned, but I think rumour engine no. 20 belongs to the tail of this guy (but from the other side):

I saw someone mention that Forgeworld were going to be redoing all of their rules for AoS but they didn't provide a source. Anyone know if there's any validity to this claim?

A little by the side, but I find it interesting that it is a Nighthaunt release as they got allegiance in GHB2017 and I really doubt they made all of these models in under a year. Wonder if that means we'll see some other armies that were in GHB2017 soon...

I wonder if the mean that all heroes in the battle can use their command ability regardless of whether they're the general, or if they're adding command abilities that anyone can use (though they already had inspiring presence for that)

I'm thinking this is going to be the announcement of AoS 2nd edition. Probably include the new Stormcast, Nighthaunt, and magic system (maybe all in one big boxset) - maybe also the end of (the first part of) Malign Portents. Considering that a lot of GW stores have been changing their AoS displays to death related things I imagine this is going to be pretty big. That said, the marketing team has really outdone themselves here - no other advert has managed to make me that frustratingly interested.

Apparently those diseased looking guys from the Rogue Trader set aren't actually Nurgle at all but something called Slaugth.

They look awesome; I wonder if any of it will be imported to AoS. Seems unlikely as we already have our full Nurgle battletome, but you never know. Kind of strange it didn't come with the rest of the Nurgle stuff this year. Edit: where abouts did you see this by the way? Was there any context to the army?

I certainly agree that the armies that get the most love sell the most, but I feel Stormcast sell well for a few other reasons. I think it was Josh Reynolds who said this, but Stormcast have very simple designs because that makes them easy to paint and accessible to new people (to paint the Hammers of Sigmar you just need to spray gold, shade, and add a few blue bits here and there - very nice for new players). In addition, some of the chambers are very generic paladin-like good guys that are all super strong; I think this is appealing to those who don't care too much about the lore as it's simple to grasp the basics, or to those who happen to like epic fantasy. That's not to say that all their lore is like this or that they don't have deeper parts of their lore. I totally agree that it's disappointing to have GW ride on their cash cows while neglecting other armies. There seems to be quite a lot of ill will about Stormcast even now, and I don't think it's coming from WHF fanboys, I think it's coming from AoS fans who'd like their armies to be playable but instead have to sit through the forth SC battletome. I'm not sure whether releasing more Stormcast or Space Marines will ever be a financially risky move on GW part, so I'm expecting to see them get triple the number of releases of all other factions in the future. That said, it does make sense - if everyone has a SC army somewhere (because of how easy it is to end up with one from starter sets) then new releases of less popular factions boxed with SC become less financially risky as the large base of SC collectors may buy this box too; hopefully this makes the release of unpopular factions more likely. I think I might be getting a little off track of rumours, though. I actually came to this thread wondering how long there tends to be between a rumour engine and it's actual release. From what I've seen, there tends to be quite a long time for everything but scenery. Makes me wonder if we have much left in the way of AoS releases this year because the past rumour engines are running dry (iirc). I'm hoping we do have more to come besides the SC vs Death box, but it's already been a great year so far.

Take this with a heap of salt that'd make the Dead Sea jealous, but I heard from a friend who had a source that Russ (the primarch) was getting a release this summer. Not too interesting for AoS, but they also said that Slaanesh (including Fulgrim, iirc) was getting a release in October. Just to say that if Russ gets a release soon then we can put more credence to this rumour and expect a Slaanesh release too.

GW have released a few mixed gender units over the years, including Dark Elf Crossbowmen and Spite Revenants (and maybe Daemonettes, depending on how you look at it). But I agree, it's really good to see more mixed gender units and female models in general that don't look ridiculous.

Yeah, that one does look interesting. The hammer looks remarkably like Ghal Maraz, but I don't see any Stormcast so either it's been lost (Sigmar should really be more careful with his hammer) or it's a Fantasy novel that I don't recognize (they've been re-releasing a few of these recently).

It was a pain to find, but it's still up there; go to the coming soon section on BL and then scroll down to July releases, and then click on view all. He should be there in the top banner.

Not exactly AoS, but the "coming soon" section of BL had daemon Fulgrim on it. Could be nothing, or could signify the start of a Slaanesh release in 40k (which would probably mean one in AoS).

That's interesting to know, thanks. It would make a lot of sense for Slaanesh to get a release over Khorne, but Khorne is the more popular army. I don't play 40k so I may be mistaken, but chaos daemons got a codex not so long ago right? That may suggest that Slaanesh Daemons won't be getting much soon because if a Slaanesh Daemon release was only a year off then you'd think they'd wait so the codex didn't quickly become outdated. I reckon that if Slaanesh does get a release, it'll be mortal focussed (so noise marines in 40k and hopefully some cool stuff in AoS).

I've noticed a lot of people predict that Slaanesh is soon(ish) due for a release but I was wondering if there was any basis to this other than it being the only Chaos god to not get a release? I'd really like it to get something, but from where I'm standing it seems unlikely. While it's 40k, this rumour would suggest that it's Khorne getting a release this year (http://natfka.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/rumors-angron-and-khorne-new-abbadon.html?m=1) and I doubt they'd have a big release for both Khorne and Slaanesh in the same year.