Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ; Pg 233 Slaughterbrutes and Mutaliths have had a Warscroll update

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**shinros**

Binabik15 wrote:
Campaign aside, but somewhat connected: I wonder about the future of AoS. With Sylvaneth amd Ironjawz being at least some level of success compared to the previous releases it won't get nuked for a return to the Warhammer world (hmpf).

What is the plan here? The many mini factios can be realeased and generate sales for Battletomes and minis, both repacks and kits. We know that sales for new kits are heavily frontloaded while blood can be squeezed from the old kits stone in such a release. Good. But a huge problem with the sell on release has always been that you have to pump out new stuff while the rest of the line is mostly wasted shelf space. If Fantasy suffered from people not buying Brets and back in the day Woodies because of neglect and no upcoming releases planned, how will dozens of mini factions fare once released? It seems people mostly reject the idea of quasi-Unbound Alliances and won't buy new dwarves for their Empire knights army as well as a few more HElf dragon riders for a broken combo, err, for fun no matter what store clerks have to sell this week. I bet new Fyreslayer releases are a looong way off, though. Swifthawk agents? Lol.

So how will it go? Maybe they will finally release add-ons for different mini factions once they're all released that change the way old units synergize with the new model or each other like dozens of competitors do rather succesfully each month. They can do that now with rules in the boxes. Put factions back in people's mind with different SC boxes? Or will they convince themselves that new formations will keep factions fresh? Will everything go to pasture as Direct Only after a year or so?

What I assume will happen is that many of the smaller sub factions will be merged into a single book it's already happened with flesh eater courts. Plus in the new battletomes GW are messing around with "mixed" battelions that have units from other armies while keeping the benefits your army get's from the battletome.

**Chikout**

Campaign books will be another way to keep old factions relevant. The godbeasts book featured minotaurs and spiderclans heavily with new battalions. So it might be a long time before we see new fyreslayer minis but we have already seen new rules.

The all gates book, for example has new battalions for stormcast, skaven, nurgle deamons, Slyvaneth, fyreslayers slaves to darkness and ironjawz. If they release one of those books a quarter they can update more than 20 factions a year.

**Mymearan**

Campaign book battalions aren't pointed though so useless for Marched play.

**Cataphract**

Mymearan wrote:
Campaign book battalions aren't pointed though so useless for Marched play.

Then players will use them out of matched play.

Or maybe once GW gets around to General's Handbook 2 for all the new factions they will release they will add a few in.

**Ghaz**

Cataphract wrote:
Mymearan wrote:
Campaign book battalions aren't pointed though so useless for Marched play.

Then players will use them out of matched play.

Or maybe once GW gets around to General's Handbook 2 for all the new factions they will release they will add a few in.

GW has said that only the Battalions found in the Battletomes and Grand Alliance books will be pointed for Matched Play.

**Requizen**

The dwarf, the myth, the legend

**unmercifulconker**

So now hes kinda like Chuck Norris in Expendables 3, just comes in, wrecks

then leaves. Sweet.

**Ghaz**

From the Games Workshop web store...

Grombrindal – The White Dwarf himself, namesake of the Ultimate Warhammer Magazine – comes to the Mortal Realms! Some say Grombrindal is the living incarnation of Snorri Longbeard himself; others that he was betrothed to the goddess Valaya. None truly know the origins of this most ancient and venerable of the Duardin race, but you can get your hands on him right now.

Grombrindal, The White Dwarf presents the Dispossessed Unforged miniature in exclusive Grombrindal packaging, available in this format for a limited time only. Full rules for using Grombrindal, The White Dwarf in both Warhammer Age of Sigmar and Warhammer Quest Silver Tower can be found exclusively in September’s issue of White Dwarf!

**Donomar**

Ah that's just plain lazy...take the existing dragon slayer model, paint him with a white beard and call him Grombrindal

**Joyboozer**

Exclusive packaging! Just when you thought they'd run out of exclusive ideas, exclusive packaging.

**VeteranNoob**

OK, this one I just can't do. I'm an avid dwarf collector and player but my second one of this model shall become a contest prize now. Luckily my Grombindal painted mini is in the storage locker in WI. Be glad to use that one next month.

**NinthMusketeer**

Wow that is lazy. I would easily believe it an april fools joke if this were at the right time.

**Chikout**

Gw has been on a roll with their good decisions lately. This breaks the trend.

**Ghaz**

If Kirby were still in charge and GW were to have done this, they would have charged half again as much as the current price for having a 'new' Grombrindal

**shinros**

I just don't know what to say is this a joke? Or something? This must be a joke. This must be a troll this just seems so strange to me.

**skullking**

Perhaps his horrible regret which forced him to become a slayer is that he allowed this figure to be made.

What an odd thing to do, no other character in warhammer fantasy has had as many models made of them as the white dwarf, but, I guess this was one too many.

**shinros**

Chikout wrote:
Gw has been on a roll with their good decisions lately. This breaks the trend.

Yeah this seems so strange to me who decided to do this? I am sure this is just GW trolling and we will see the real one in the new white dwarf I hope......

**motski**

This is even more disappointing than the time when I found out Nicholas Cage was my biological father.

**streetsamurai**

motski wrote:
This is even more disappointing than the time when I found out Nicholas Cage was my biological father.

:lol:

Really lame by GW, but I must say that the mini look really good painted that way

**Gallahad**

Well, that is terribly disappointing. The lack of the iconic three braids in the beard and the mustache really bothers me. Even aside from it being a cynical repackage.

**Binabik15**

Eh, I really like the model (minus beard-axes) and would've been happy to get it as a gift for subscribers instead of arguing that that's not really Grombrindal. I won't buy it at full clampack pricing just because/to have another unpainted "white dwarf" stashed away somewhere. If I was willing to spend that much money on a plastic dwarf I would've bought him already

I might have to paint a mostly white bearded slayer one day, though.

Maybe THIS is GW's strategy for "new" releases. Get ready for Father Christmas the Orc on Rednose the Maw Krusha

PS: Bring back the Necrosphinx kit as a Caturday limited edition. I never bought one, sadly.

**Cataphract**

Hmph. CSM release is slated for September 2nd. That pushes the Steamhead back toward either the end of September and October.

**Gimgamgoo**

Ghaz wrote:

Did they paint his eyes? Or are they meant to be closed?

**CURNOW**

That's through shame he can't bring himself to look at his lazy new paint job

**Baron Klatz**

shinros wrote:
Chikout wrote:
Gw has been on a roll with their good decisions lately. This breaks the trend.

Yeah this seems so strange to me who decided to do this? I am sure this is just GW trolling and we will see the real one in the new white dwarf I hope......

(Shrugs) It was only a matter off time before the company made a mis-step, I'm just happy it was a lazy reskin rather than my concerns of a barrier added to the entry barrier or another faction discontinuation. This is pretty minor in comparison.

That said, I'm pretty interested in what this means on a bigger scale of things. How did he find his way to the mortal realms? Does his future ST rules mean he will canonically explore it and will feature in his lore? Will this herald a future focus on Duardin and how they'll be introduced? Does his Unforged status mean he will become "Forged" when the Duardin are introduced proper?

unmercifulconker wrote:
So now hes kinda like Chuck Norris in Expendables 3, just comes in, wrecks then leaves. Sweet.

Haha, wasn't that his lore in the Old World as well?

migooo wrote:

if TK are not egyptianesque then they are hardly tomb kings.. i guess they could go barrow king route... but again its not exactly the same.. i guess they could go celtic...

Lantic where would i find this info? same for Azyrhiem ?

Sorry for taking forever to get back to you, I'm on a break from the forums for a bit.

Not sure how TK would be reintroduced, could go for a mixture of ancient themes or do another take on them entirely like skeletons in Necron-like armor with Egyptian motifs. (Sphinx helmets and the like)

Lantic is a small lore mention in the background with it being the last empire to fall to Archaon before the Order races withdrew to Sigmar's realm and gets mentioned again in the Flesh-Eater court Battletome.

The Azyrheim Lancehost is talked about in the Grand Order alliance book. A army of of human and aelf knights that rode out when Azyrheim reopened to retake the realms and made such impressive victories that Sigmar aided the force with his Stormcast Extremis.

**MechaEmperor7000**

That...is disappointing. Especially since they're still selling the "Vampire slayer" White Dwarf figure on the Canadian site.

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

from The Mexican Orc on facebook

**Wilson**

Nice! He's really pokey - in both sets! I wonder if he'll get some points too.

**mdauben**

Ghaz wrote:

And the stiff, stupid looking poses continue for the poor dwarfs.

**Baron Klatz**

Very nice rules! Thanks, OrlandotheTechnicoloured.

The "As if from nowhere" is the only thing that's both great and worrying to me as too good.

Interesting to see the warscroll acknowledges his Unforged status and appearance. I'm hoping we'll get a story about why he changed and why he lost his unique weapons.

Oh, it'd be awesome if he would be our viewpoint into exploring the shadow realm and looking for his old friend.