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

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**ImAGeek**

Badablack wrote:
If the beetle kit is anything like every other big new kit it will definitely have alt modes. Different heads for the rider, different gross bug mouthparts, probably a less nasty version with a different rider or riderless.

Also I'm gonna need an intervention to stop from making an Eldar Wraithhost army with this assortment of deadly trees. I guess the beetle could be a superheavy grav tank.

Its Alarielle, I imagine she'll be like Nagash and Archaon, just her in the kit.

**NinthMusketeer**

Platuan4th wrote:
NinthMusketeer wrote:
In GW's defense, they could use feedback (!) from the global.campaign to refine the general's handbook.

Not if they plan on actually releasing it this summer they can't. Lead time on book printing is at LEAST 3-4 months, usually longer.

Whoops, lead time totally slipped my mind. Derp.

**Kanluwen**

ImAGeek wrote:
Badablack wrote:
If the beetle kit is anything like every other big new kit it will definitely have alt modes. Different heads for the rider, different gross bug mouthparts, probably a less nasty version with a different rider or riderless.

Also I'm gonna need an intervention to stop from making an Eldar Wraithhost army with this assortment of deadly trees. I guess the beetle could be a superheavy grav tank.

Its Alarielle, I imagine she'll be like Nagash and Archaon, just her in the kit.

I kind of hope that if it's Alarielle on her giant beetle, we get her lieutenants mounted on something flying.

Or giant squirrels! I want the Acorn of Ages' fluff to make a reappearance.

**Charles Rampant**

Don't forget the Shrubberies.

**BigWaaagh**

Badablack wrote:
If the beetle kit is anything like every other big new kit it will definitely have alt modes. Different heads for the rider, different gross bug mouthparts, probably a less nasty version with a different rider or riderless.

Also I'm gonna need an intervention to stop from making an Eldar Wraithhost army with this assortment of deadly trees. I guess the beetle could be a superheavy grav tank.

Alternative Beetles? I'd go with George.

**shinros**

Baron Klatz wrote:
All aboard the AoS hype train! Woo woo!

Really excited about the campaign, even if I won't be joining in due to work overload.

To all glorious defenders of Azyrheim, Free Guild commanders and holy priests that lead the devoted flocks-

Win this one for Sigmar!

Edit: (special thanks to Shinros for linking that artwork and for being a sane mind amidst the hordes of ragers in the chaos realms of Reddit and the TW forum. Keep being awesome! )

I have been recognized? Wow personally I just get annoyed when people spread misinformation.

**Nostromodamus**

BigWaaagh wrote:
Badablack wrote:
If the beetle kit is anything like every other big new kit it will definitely have alt modes. Different heads for the rider, different gross bug mouthparts, probably a less nasty version with a different rider or riderless.

Also I'm gonna need an intervention to stop from making an Eldar Wraithhost army with this assortment of deadly trees. I guess the beetle could be a superheavy grav tank.

Alternative Beetles? I'd go with George.

Ringo or GTFO.

Wraithtrees? Could be the Exodite version of a Wraithhost I guess

**Desubot**

what a lovely left pauldron.

i like how he couldn't possibly see over it.

**Zan**

Desubot wrote:

what a lovely left pauldron.

i like how he couldn't possibly see over it.

Warhammer: Age of Pauldrons. You knew it was just a matter of time.

I always like world events though, even when they get retconned.

Time to kill-slay the man-things and elf-things for the Great Horned Rat!

**Rihgu**

Zan wrote:
Desubot wrote:

what a lovely left pauldron.

i like how he couldn't possibly see over it.

Warhammer: Age of Pauldrons. You knew it was just a matter of time.

I always like world events though, even when they get retconned. Time to kill-slay the man-things and elf-things for the Great Horned Rat!

Never thought I'd see a dirty rat prioritize the killing of humans and rats over the killing of the proud Dawi, let alone completely forget them

**shinros**

Nagash is the true god everyone should embrace the god of spooky.

**RazorEdge**

Wodan rules!

**shinros**

Still I am hoping it's the general handbook and summer campaign announcement. I am just hoping GW surprises us since some say the general handbook is coming out july I think?

**Zan**

Rihgu wrote:
Zan wrote:
Desubot wrote:

what a lovely left pauldron.

i like how he couldn't possibly see over it.

Warhammer: Age of Pauldrons. You knew it was just a matter of time.

I always like world events though, even when they get retconned. Time to kill-slay the man-things and elf-things for the Great Horned Rat!

Never thought I'd see a dirty rat prioritize the killing of humans and rats over the killing of the proud Dawi, let alone completely forget them

Well played!

To the credit of the beard-things they are not omni-mercenaries in my head canon. I would like some fluff about colliding realm-digs with some of that classic tunnel fighting though!

**Uriels_Flame**

Should be getting my armies done just in time...!

**Chikout**

It has been pointed out elsewhere that June 11th will just bring info about the upcoming campaign, probably including how to register. The actual campaign proper will start sometime later, maybe alongside the generals handbook, or the Slyvaneth release.

**privateer4hire**

Desubot wrote:

what a lovely left pauldron.

i like how he couldn't possibly see over it.

Their general-god-mage-king hurls them to the battlefield on lightning bolts and shoulder pads is what breaks belief?

**Manfred von Drakken**

privateer4hire wrote:
Desubot wrote:

what a lovely left pauldron.

i like how he couldn't possibly see over it.

Their general-god-mage-king hurls them to the battlefield on lightning bolts and shoulder pads is what breaks belief?

HA HA! Have an Exalt, good sir!

Personally, I'm expecting some heavy Tzeentch for the campaign to follow on the release of Silver Tower. Time to break out my Staff of Change... After all, are not ALL followers of the Changer of Ways?

**Avrik_Shasla**

And here I am still waiting for them the bring back Warhammer Fantasy...

**tneva82**

Zan wrote:
Desubot wrote:

what a lovely left pauldron.

i like how he couldn't possibly see over it.

Warhammer: Age of Pauldrons. You knew it was just a matter of time.

I always like world events though, even when they get retconned. Time to kill-slay the man-things and elf-things for the Great Horned Rat!

Well this time there's no reason to retcon though. With infinite universum and infinite armies there's no danger of too radical change to story line regardless of whatever happens. Defeated party will simply retreat to next area and war continues as usual.

**Yodhrin**

privateer4hire wrote:
Desubot wrote:

what a lovely left pauldron.

i like how he couldn't possibly see over it.

Their general-god-mage-king hurls them to the battlefield on lightning bolts and shoulder pads is what breaks belief?

Yes because, unlike magical storm-based teleportation, armour and human anatomy are real things we're all pretty familiar with. "LULZ, it's fantasy brah!" isn't a catch all excuse for laziness and bad design.

**sadysaneto**

Yodhrin wrote:
privateer4hire wrote:
Desubot wrote:

what a lovely left pauldron.

i like how he couldn't possibly see over it.

Their general-god-mage-king hurls them to the battlefield on lightning bolts and shoulder pads is what breaks belief?

Yes because, unlike magical storm-based teleportation, armour and human anatomy are real things we're all pretty familiar with. "LULZ, it's fantasy brah!" isn't a catch all excuse for laziness and bad design.

Yeah.... in real life, full plate armors are known for their mobility and 360 perfect view...

Oh, wait, it's yodhrin....

**lord_blackfang**

Looks like his neck is growing out of his right shoulder.

**His Master's Voice**

sadysaneto wrote:
Yeah.... in real life, full plate armors are known for their mobility and 360 perfect view...

Oh, wait, it's yodhrin....

He has a point. Inconsistencies with known factors tend to stand out more than fully fantastical elements.

That, and the image takes some liberties not just with general human anatomy, but the models themselves as well. Stormcasts, despite the size of their shoulder armour, can in fact see to the sides.

**RoperPG**

Except he's crouching down into an upswing, and looking around the front of the pauldron with neck extended down and forward.
Christ, some people really will complain about anything.

**H.B.M.C.**

Thing is, in that pic, he is looking past the pauldron. You can see his nose and mouth are in front of the pauldron, so he's looking past it because it is to the left of his head.

Whether he can see past the shield, well, that's a different story.

**angelofvengeance**

RoperPG wrote:
Except he's crouching down into an upswing, and looking around the front of the pauldron with neck extended down and forward.
Christ, some people really will complain about anything.

Have an exalt.

No, he can't see past his shield, because he's just brought it up to protect himself from an enemy's attack. There is part of a weapon showing on the edge of that pic.

**Murdock129**

Is it bad that this more makes me excited because it gives me justification to start using the Jutes line of Mierce figures than anything in GW?

**lord_blackfang**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
Thing is, in that pic, he is looking past the pauldron. You can see his nose and mouth are in front of the pauldron, so he's looking past it because it is to the left of his head.

Of course, his nose and mouth are only in front of the pauldron because the drawing is 2D and the artist made the head both behind and in front of the pauldron at the same time, M.C. Escher style.

**tneva82**

His Master's Voice wrote:
sadysaneto wrote:
Yeah.... in real life, full plate armors are known for their mobility and 360 perfect view...

Oh, wait, it's yodhrin....

He has a point. Inconsistencies with known factors tend to stand out more than fully fantastical elements.

That, and the image takes some liberties not just with general human anatomy, but the models themselves as well. Stormcasts, despite the size of their shoulder armour, can in fact see to the sides.

Fantasy does not break suspension of disbelief at all provided it's internally logical.

But there needs to be logic behind it. Otherwise it breaks.

Has there been mention of sigmarines having x-ray vision? That would explain that pose. At which point there's at least some logic behind it.