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Compared to the Malignant Plaguecaster indeed she looks big (and cute)

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NEW BEAST OF NURGLE ????????

Absolutely. What I gathered is : People at the 40k Open day confirmed either i. the physical presence of the Daemons codex, or ii. directly seeing its back (there are "cross-confirmations" of attendees on the Disqus sections of War Of Sigmar, Natfka, BOLS and Facebook). So, seeing the different hints we got lately (Blightwar and Death guard codex illustrations and fluff, Plague Garden, 40k Rulebook, Dark imperium, etc.), we'll get : 1) With 99% certainty : new Great Unclean One and Horticulous Slimux in the January 40k Daemons Codex. 2) Probably : new Beasts Of Nurgle, looking like fat Plaguebearers (cf. Codex Death guard, the beast entry). 3) Maybe probably : a forthcoming (January-February) "Children of Nurgle" Battletome (a Malign Portents tie-in release), with Pestigors too, and maybe more Deamons and creatures of Nurgle (based on Badtucker comments on War of Sigmar, and the beasts illustrations in the 40k Rulebook, etc.). So yeah, I literally CAN'T WAIT FOR LEAKS

The RE pic you're talking about is not a chest plate IMO, it is too flat. I think it more a banner / fanion / scenery part. Today's RE could well be a cape, tho. That'd be a magnificent one

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It was about TIME ! I'm so happy, made my day !

Do not despair ! (Nurgle loves you ) I'm also quite sad we don't get many release, but the first AoS year was brilliant. The end of 2016 was too, and I am sure the start of 2018 will be awesome ! Keep the faith until January !

Yes, the article doesn't even mention Malign Portents, and says the Lord-Celestant is just another option. But I like the idea (@Tonhel and Turragor) that this miniature was initially a special character / a Lord Commander ! Anyway, he is brilliant and metalhead-looking !

Thank you very much ! First time I've seen so much BL news Glad to hear so many AOS books are coming, been a long time ! Still no news from the "Cultures of the Mortal Realms" & "Stormcast Eternals" seminars form the BL Weekender ?

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Yeah, no : what I meant is that between all the other Nurgle units of the forthcoming (finger crossed) Battletome, the Pestigors should be a fast infantry unit (i.e. faster than Blightkings and Plaguebearer, but of course slower than units form other gods allegiances - Nurgle units are to remain more tanky than speedy, leaving this trait to Slaanesh, flying Tzeetnch and the like). --- EDIT : from the BL Weekender & the Combat phase interview of Josh Reynolds, there is a LOT of Age of Sigmar books coming ! 1) Black Library Weekender 2017 Anthology : - A Dirge Of Dust and Steel (Josh Reynolds)* - it happens in Shyish... - Shiprats (C L Werner) - linked to Overlords of the Iron Dragon ofc 2) Soul Wars (June 2018, Josh Reynolds)* 3) Black Pyramid (Josh Reynolds)* - a sequel to Plague Garden 4) Neferata, Mortarch Of Blood (David Annandale)* 5) Nagash : Undying King (Josh Reynolds)* - General release of the Warhammer World exclusive 6) Black Talon, a novel about the Knight-Zephyros Neave Blacktalon 7) two Eight Lamentations Short Stories (Josh Reynolds) 8) Audio drama / 4 CD set about Gotrek in the Mortal Realms !!! (but without poor Felix) * There is an obvious Death focus in 2018 (surely linked to Malign Portents) and it's great !

That. If the rumor is true : Pestigors should be a fast infantry unit, being beastmen raiders, (the GUO still being a big, slow, tank - but shooty by magic), and the new Beasts Of Nurgle should be fast too, because they are enthusiast joyful beasts...

The Blightwar booklet ? And I really doubt the "pox walker in AOS" theme, if we get Pestigors instead... Even if plague zombies are cool in every setting !

Well, I think that given the size of the Mortal Realms , and the fact that the Season Of War (both Seeds Of Hope and Firestorm) is still an "all out war" time, so a chaotic (:P) period of time, the Changeling's plot wasn't noticed until Sigmar's agents finally caught him in Hammerhal Gyhra. And the Changeling is a very cunning creature, and Maliti only one person who canot be everywhere at once, so I think the daemon played carefully his hand... On a sidenote, Greywater Fastness in Ghyran was the first city founded by Maliti and using Realmstone as power source, and this city is (still) loyal and uncorrupted.

Hm I don't think so, the Changeling used Maliti's identity to create Tzeentch cults and corrupt some realmstone deposite in the new cities, but they are still two different persons. (And the Changeling does not create "new"identities, he copies existing ones).

Yes, and an Empire / Free people character wouldn't necessarily be a good "Herald of Order" candidate, but if it's the architect of a majority of their cities, then it makes more sense. An architect is a cool concept, as was the Lustria explorator Marco Colombo.

I just had an illumination... Okay, it's "educated" guess at best, but : I think the Herald Of Order will be the azyrite architect Valius Maliti (cf. the Seeds Of Hope and Disciples Of Tzeentch fluff) ; For 4 reasons : 1) He is already named in the fluff, so there must be a reason for it. (And the Knight of Shroud, Herald Of Death, is a also named character). 2) He is the one who lead the construction of many of Order's new cities. So he can be seen as "representing" many factions, as those cities are "multicultural". 3) IMO Malign portents is a more than just 4 new heroes. If it's huge, there will be new factions too (like Nurgle, Darkoath, Deathrattle, etc.) and there will be new sceneries. As Warhammer TV and Hastings said (supra), we think those sceneries will be for Order, i.e. new buildings / fortresses. If those come in 2018, it ties again with Valius Maliti nicely, as the architect of those cities. 4) The feather here (and the little parchment in the corner) makes many people think of a "Free people" character. Again, that could be Valiti (cf. the Marco Colombo mini for WFB).

Courage, hope he will soon ! And for Shadespire : done Other news : Hastings said today on War Of Sigmar that : "AFAIK AoS modular scenery has been done, and is also still being done. I heard a rumour a while back now about some large fortress (hopefully not the Khorne one) and possibly siege rules." https://war-of-sigmar.herokuapp.com/bloggings/2550 Please be true, I want to build my own City of Sigmar !

Thank you very much ! Hope the Nurgling got better (I know this kind of situation) Thank you too ! Well I've read the summary many times, it was IMO too short on Malign Portent, but anyway I'm so so excited for 2018. So thanks to all of you. (And on a side note : I bought the Shadespire core set yesterday, and the little AoS flyer in it already have the new Malign Portent logo ! ).

Could you please tell us more about the B&G seminar ? I wish someone did a little summary I've read many exciting things for 2018 in here (thank you JReynolds, Killax and Gaz Taylor) ! BRING IT ON ! I'll gladly wait 2018 if it means tons of new releases (like the "elastic snaping back" and all this talk about GW dealing with production issus seem to imply). What I especially want to see is Nagash retaking Shyish in a brutal campaigns, then assaulting the All-Gate at Gothizzar, and then RANSACKING THE VARANSPIRE. (Or do the same somewhere in Azyr, Hades attacking Olympus-style. It's even suggested in one go the audio drama, Nagash himself talking about the "golden pillars of Azyrheim").

I would suggest to write down on some paper (like the back of your army list) a To-do list of the phases order (Hero, Movement, Shooting, etc.) and add the things to do / remember under each phases. The next level would be to take some 25mm bases, and convert token for every abilities, spells, etc. you got (using the existing Warscroll Cards like the Sylvaneth one as an exemple : https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Warscrolls-Sylvaneth-2017-eng )

It's one new hero per Grand Alliance, so 4 in total. I think each new hero will be a Unique characters (i.e. named special character, like the first one we saw : the Knight Of Shrouds, Herald of Nagash - for the Death Grand Alliance) - So the Darkoath Warqueen is not a Unique character (she seems to, at least ; she has no "personal name"). It doesn't mean that the Darkoath Warqueen isn't related to the Malign Portents event - I think this event means : new rules, news factions, and the 4 Unique characters (after all, it wouldn't be a BIG EVENT if it was just 4 news characters and a new logo lol). NB : my views are educated guesses based on Warhammer Community posts and record from Warhammer TV interviews posted on Lady Atia's blog War Of Sigmar...

It's a really good point, Mr. White. The setting, yet still young, is open to different influences and tones. Amidst a sea of Chaos, the good guys were winning, in season 1. Now, a new player enter the field, things will get darker in season 2. And we don't know what brings season 3 (Slaanesh, I hope) ! One thing, even if story wise the tone is perfect for me, I sometimes think some of the publications (mainly some parts of the Realmgate Wars books) were to "Warcraft Cartoon" esthetically-speaking (the design, sometimes the paint & artworks), as you said. I think Malign Portents will lead us to a middle ground - the new logo, design wise (check the background), gives me this impression at least.

That's the plot for the Soul Wars BL book form Josh Reynolds, out June 2018 (I mean Nagash retaking Shyish).