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Nice tidbit found by Simondo over at Warseer:
GW will do a small Storm of Magic campaign called 'Scourge of the Storm', beginning 16th July, that is one week after release.
Teaser website already online: http://www.games-workshop.com/stormofmagic

BTW TheZombieSquig posted these large scans from WD:
SoM book with spinner: http://www.warseer.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=113088&d=1308932073
Lammasu: http://www.warseer.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=113089&d=1308932073
Taurus: http://www.warseer.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=113090&d=1308932073

Note the army specific symbols on the spinner. No idea yet for what they are used, maybe making those race specific lores buffed as well.

The Storm of Magic Advance Orders are up!

Most of them look awesome

Not knowing anything about WFB (other than my Island of Blood starter got me into 40k) I actually like the look of pretty much everything being released. GRANTED, it means nothing to me as a 40k player .

With all of the GW hate going on, I hope you fantasy players have a good release

Single-sprue plastic characters. That's something worth banging your drum about. Why aren't there articles on GW's website about the future of character models and how their advanced plastic casting technology will help here?

Instead we get Failcost, which is just pathetic.

They should be making a bigger deal about these plastics.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Single-sprue plastic characters. That's something worth banging your drum about. Why aren't there articles on GW's website about the future of character models and how their advanced plastic casting technology will help here?

Instead we get Failcost, which is just pathetic.

They should be making a bigger deal about these plastics.

I mentioned the plastic char sprues when IoB first came out,
everyone just laughed at me for the idea.

Hmm I actually think the Manticore and Chimera look much better now, the rider helped the Manticore and the Chimera, while probably my least favorite isn't completely aweful. Also for Citidel Failcast and GW that Cockatrice is pretty cheap.

I like how a Fenbeast is mentioend in the article, it kinda draws attention to the old models, as their bringing back Greater Taurus, Lammasu, Zoats, Fimir, Fenbeasts, Truthsayers and Dark Emmisaries (those ate the ones we know about anyway as we don't know for a fact all of them, add to the fact that some of the creatures are shown multiple times on their lists of things (Like Pegasus and Pegasus Knights, or the many types of dragon, or the old and new Manticores) so there's still room for more, I for one will be eagerly awaiting what will be on it's way, and really looing forward to the Lammasu, Zoats, Fimir and Albion Models (I would say the Greater Taurus too but I own a metal one lol)

Manticore's anatomy is dreadful. Chimera is OK. Cockatrice is dreadful. Shame that after the excellent Dragon kit, they've reverted to stumpy wings.

Zoats? Hmm...

LunaHound wrote:

H.B.M.C. wrote:Single-sprue plastic characters. That's something worth banging your drum about. Why aren't there articles on GW's website about the future of character models and how their advanced plastic casting technology will help here?

Instead we get Failcost, which is just pathetic.

They should be making a bigger deal about these plastics.

I mentioned the plastic char sprues when IoB first came out,
everyone just laughed at me for the idea.

That's because it was widely accepted that the cost for the molds would be too great to warrant doing a single character in plastic, which is why they're always done in metal, they don't move enough units to make it worth the investment. No one really thought they would ever do plastic characters for blisters.

Now that they are doing it for sure, that's pretty damn interesting, even more than the Finecast announcement. I'm really curious as to how and why this has come about and if it'll be a continuing trend.

On the new monsters, now that we have better pics: I like the alternate head for the dragon. The chimera looks better than I thought it would, probably because it is in fact a separate kit. Manticore still sucks, the extra angles didn't help at all, it's just a really bad model.

I don't like the sound of this new set of rules. The models are all pretty good (With the exception of the Manticore and that dreadful Lammasu), so I'll probably be picking up some of them for fun.

Speaking of which, did they seriously just make Finecast versions of the old crappy models? The Lammasu is especially terrible.

Advance Orders for Storm of Magic are live and online NOW:

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/armySubUnitCats.jsp?catId=cat440004a&rootCatGameStyle=wh

I got this pic from gw

How insulting is the advance order: "We shortened the time between advance order and the date it is available, so you can get it faster." No...it's more like "We don't want people knowing about it until the last minute, but our customers are too stupid to see that." Way to fail GW...despite how awesome the models look...way to fail

So the Chimera's fourth head is yelling at its rear left leg, and the Cockatrice is yelling at its three feet.

These are very strange models...

Chaos Lord On Manticore sprues:



Chimera sprue:


Dark Elf Dragon sprues:



5-inch Templates:


Dark Elf Sorceress:


Chaos Sorcerer Lord:


Tzeentch Sorcerer:


Necromancer:

Why isn't more being made of these single-sprue plastic characters?

H.B.M.C. wrote:Why isn't more being made of these single-sprue plastic characters?

I know. There isn't anything about them on the big gimmicky Flash presentation on the website.

*twiddles thumbs for plastic Farseer*

Storm of Magic makes baby ungor cry.

Also, no sprue pics for terrain? ):

I wonder if Matt Ward is going to write a similar expansion for Warhammer 40k allowing Blood Angels to buy Necron allies?

I tried to order the magic cards but got a "discontinued" message when I tried to pay. Are they sold out or is the stuff not actually ready yet?

EDIT: NM, it seems like it was just a glitch or something.

Jack42494 wrote:I wonder if Matt Ward is going to write a similar expansion for Warhammer 40k allowing Blood Angels to buy Necron allies?

Warhammer 40,000: Storm of Stupidity!
By Matt "Draigo" Ward!

-> plastic
-> no additional bits or interchangeable heads.

You are doing it wrong again GW....

Metal models often don't have interchangeable bits. These aren't kits, these are just frames. I think that this should be how they do all character models from now on.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Metal models often don't have interchangeable bits. These aren't kits, these are just frames. I think that this should be how they do all character models from now on.

Ya what wasted opportunity. If they done it to have more options like avatar of war, im sure people will buy alot more.

Yeah there's plenty of room on all of those wizard sprues for a variant head or two and maybe a weapon.

And in the future, I'm sure they would. Gotto start somewhere.

Why are they amping up magic? I just don't understand! Besides I play khorne... no magic... gahh!

Phototoxin wrote:Why are they amping up magic?

To sell more models.

Storm of Magic is now the next evolution of Apocalypse. Now they even sell models for the objectives!

Phototoxin wrote:Why are they amping up magic? I just don't understand! Besides I play khorne... no magic... gahh!

Its for their summer campaign. And from what I gather it's as much about the monsters as it is about magic. Also magic doesn't need much in the way of new models so it's relatively cheap. As for the models, I'm impressed that the plastic sorcerers have moulded bases it's a great idea for newer hobbyists who might be a bit daunted by scenic bases.