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https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/3810/748195.page From the 40k Warhammer and general Wargames Trip Loot Sharing facebook page and OrlandoTheTechnicolored on Dakka Dakka. As I said there, has this model was shown at Warhammer Fest and in the Nighthaunt trailer, I absolutely don't see how it won't be a general release =( Very sad, as I love this model !!!

Well, based on that, and artworks / strong fluff presence (like Malign Portents stories) and hints from reliable persons ! Next in line after those Enoby quoted are (IMO, in no particular order) Hysh Aelves, Eshin Skavens, Grotbag Scuttlers, Ulgu Aelves and then (maybe) a Cog / Automaton Human army. EDIT : How and new waves for Ironjawz, maybe Sylvaneth and Idoneth ; and a new modular scenery range to represent the Order fortresses in the Mortal Realms !

Apparently, from this video : Future 2018-2019 AOS releases may be : Moonclan, Slaanesh, Darkoath and some sort of "robot cog army" ; That would be something like the mechanic units mentioned (cog-haulers, cog-forts, mechanical striders) here alongside Free guilds : https://malignportents.com/story/iron-and-oak/ It would also fit the Ironweld Arsenals archetypes and "new normal but fantasy humans" demands for AOS ; maybe those guys in "bronze armor" facing the Darkoath are hints of this faction.

It's just a store-level independent (UK) campaign, is it not ? It's fine this way.

Awesome cover ! Now I don't know if I'll paint my Sacrosanct Stormcasts in gold and blue or black and red..... ?

It's there, between the big orange maw and the purple sun

Yes, it's also strange because some units seem incomplete : - - Why only 4 Cairn Wraith (but 5 Gravestalkers) ? - - Why only 8 Sequitors (but 2 primes - and many duplicates, idem for Castigators ?). Also, the Guardian Of Souls and the Knight Incantor really look "Easy to build" to me. Hopefully in the new Malign Sorcery set as you say ! __ On other news, this bit of fluff (about Neave Blacktalon) is interesting regarding the Sacrosanct Chamber's role : https://www.blacklibrary.com/coming-soon/september/blacktalon.html "Blighted by terrible visions, she fears that her very spirit has been tainted. Blacktalon must choose whether to abandon her duty in the quest for a cure, or face the fearsome judgement of the Sacrosanct chamber." __ EDIT @Fomorian and @Chikout : so 52 models? yeah just this.

Me too. And yeah seeing as both AOS 1 and 40k 8th share the "shades of Starter sets" business plan, you can be sure we'll get different sizes for AOS 2 too. We saw SCE and NH models with sculpted bases at WF, first I though it would be for Shadespire, but their are too many of them, inc. mounted units and war machine : my bet is that we'll get another, smaller, "push-fit / easy-to-build" starter set than the big one already (more or less) entirely previewed.

I really like this guy. The Mortarch of Grief (shadow on the right) and the other flying guy are promising I guess... I was quite a small reveal (also for Shadespire) but at least we know that the Nighthaut release (and the SCE too I guess) is going to be quite huge !

So, 1-3 Junes is UK Games Expo. There will be a GW seminar Friday around 4-5 PM. Who's going ? What do we expect ; news on AOS2 or new Shadespire ?

End of the LON FF on WarCOm.

https://whc-cdn.games-workshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar-QA.pdf The GHB 2018 will be "released right alongside the new edition". So June 2018 (maybe start July).

He posts here too. We discussed it a few pages back (EDIT : p.471), with other posters from here confirming the "Autumn / End 2019" time frame for Slaanesh.

Do you think will get a big Warmachine center piece for the Sacrosanct chamber, and a (full Stormcast) battletome ? I really hope so. Because only creating the Celestar Ballista seems a bit... underwhelming for a chamber composed of magical engineers EDIT : oh and a Lord-Arcanum on foot / in a multi part kit ?

That's directly mentioned in today's article, so yeah !

It's a few page back, or on Dakka Dakka, etc.

I guess (if we keep the 3-5-10 units strength we usually have) that we'll get 1 Lord-Arcanum on chocobo, 1 Knight-Incantor (female), 3 Evocator, 10 Sequitors, 5 Castigators, 1 Celestar Ballista with 2 male servants. The Nighthaunt : 1 mounted KoS, 1 Lord Executioner with gallow (the other version, probably a clampack, can either have an hourglass or a pointing finger as his left hand), 5 not-Skaven wraith, 4 (or 5 ?) new Cairn Wraith, 20 Chainsraps ghosts, 1 Spirit Torment, and I guess, if the Lady Knight-Incantor, 1 Guardian of Soul (from picture related). So Order (22-23) + Death (33-34) = 55-57 models. That's pretty good. And let's hope the Core Book is in the starter like Dark Imperium !!! (NB : at WF were shown the same kits in the "multi part" version and in Hallowed Knights colors (like the Retributors, the Evocators seem to be 3 in the starter, 5 in the normal kit).

@PJetski yeah I think it was at Malign Portents launch, speculations based on a live with Phil Kelly. I guess it was wrong. It's quite funny, because the very first mention of the "Soul Wars" was in the very first Stormcast Battletome in 2015, in the Lord-Relictors entry (it was called the "Spirit Wars" IIRC). I was a bit sad they removed this paragraph in the updated SCE BT for the L-R, as I really liked this bit of the background, but instead GW just made the next AOS chapter about it so now I'm fine ??

This article pretty much confirms what I was suspecting : I think GW listened to the "the heroes lack customization" criticism and is going to make several versions of the same Hero. I guess the Lady SCE Knight-Incantor will be in the Starter set, and the other male one (pic related) will be a normal clampack, just like the Nighthaunt Lord Executioner in the Starter set will be the hangman one, and the other we've seen without will be in a normal clampack. And I guess the Nighthaunt Guardian of Souls will also have 2 variants (one with the pole weapon, one with the hand lantern). Maybe will be rewarded in the rules for having several heroes of the same Warscrolls (maybe working with Command abilities).

Yeah, it's different. Slaanesh for m. Between Slaanesh and Darkoath I do not know what I hope the most ?

Slaanesh. I've checked the Rogue traders leaks again it's not the same style (it lacks "scales). Too ornate to be tyrannid, IMO. And the highlight paint looks really light, 99% sure it's Slaaneshi.

Yeah, that's either a female Bloodbound or Darkoath, or a variation on the Warqueen theme. That is neither, also : new Freeguild facing those Chaos knights ?

Oh awesome. Great Alex Boyd's artwork. Indeed for the round helmeted common humans !

This Lady (on foot) is probably from the starter set, and the KE version's base isn't as detailed as the other scenic bases shown, it's probably just a small conversion (notably, the leafs are from an existing basic kit). Also the official paint scheme has her without a scenic base.

Also, that picture showing Darkoath lookalike barbarians fighting Bloodbounds from the very first AOS book