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Haven't seen this posted yet, but BOLS just put this up;

http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2015/01/breaking-end-of-end-times.html


End Times 5 confirmed to be Archaeon (like we all thought it would be). Apparently more Chaos love, with an emphasis this time on Khorne.

This one won't be out until March it seems.

I'm really sorry to do this but, it's Archaon.

The rumours for 9th or whatever it is are pointing at April/May right? So this will fit in nicely, and hopefully will lead into the new edition. Shame it's just focusing on Khorne, if that's true.

Always seems to be Khorne and Nurgle who get the attention doesn't it. I don't understand; Slaanesh is the pretty one!

Generic skulls and blood demons (aka Khorne) and rotting zombies (Nurgle) are easily made and identifiable as they play off of well known ideas in horror. Khorne themed releases also tend to have emphasis on muscles and brawn, which appeals to traditional stereotypical masculine ideas.

By contrast, the other two gods are harder. Slaanesh is hermaphroditic, so already might be derided for some as being effeminate, and there is the need to tone down any sexual related themes to that acceptable for society and particularly parents paying for their children. Tzeentch is about eldritch magic and sanity blasting alien forms and it is hard to do that without looking just weird or stupid. The current cartoonish Pink Horrors for example I think are a step in the wrong direction from the last attempt which was a non-humanoid blob of writhing limbs and mouths and eyes. Tzeentch is also about mastery of magic and GW thematically has traditionally been focused on brawn rather than magic/intellect. One only has to read all its stories of the devious magic user getting come-uppance at the hand of the muscle-bound warrior that smashes his way through all attempts at wily deception. The number of stories where the reverse happens is comparatively much less.

By the time 9th comes in, the Chaos Quartet will be retconned to Khorngle, the Raging Rot.

Tits and thinking? Not in our setting, son.

No I kinda get why they stick to Khorne and Nurgle, I was mostly making a joke. But really, they've shown they can make good models for the other two in the past (the old Horrors were really cool, and the old Daemonettes were excellent models, and weren't really sexual; they had bare boobs but the Medusa from Dark Elves does too, and that's relatively new). But even Forge World; they made upgrade kits for; and featured in the siege of Vraks, Khorne and Nurgle.

Just seems a bit lazy; and also a waste, from what I've seen Tzeench is one of the most popular of the gods so if they made some decent models and some decent rules (for once!) for Tzeench models, they'd make a killing.

Anyway this is probably going a little off topic... About that Archaon eh?

End Times V brings a Bloodthirster kit (3 variants, plastic) according to SadPanda and Darnok

SadPanda

In the last week of March, GW will release a Codex for Khorne Warbands/Hordes.

It combines Khorne-themed CSM and daemon units. Formations, etc..

It is a one-week release with no new miniatures released for this new codex as such (but Zerkers, in all their old miniatures-glory, are actually in the Codex, no WD spin-offs).

The main purpose of this khorne codex is to ride in the slipstream of End Times 5, which will be released earlier in march, with the "headline"-release of the new Bloodthirster (builds 3 variants).

There is no "main" Codex CSM in 2015. There are no nurgle, tzeentch, etc. equivalents to this khorne one planned (yet), as it's mostly an End Times add-on to make the new Bloodthirster with all its variants work in 40K.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/150/630351.page#7492050

Darnok

Sad Panda wrote:
In the last week of March, GW will release a Codex for Khorne Warbands/Hordes.

It combines Khorne-themed CSM and daemon units. Formations, etc..

It is a one-week release with no new miniatures released for this new codex as such (but Zerkers, in all their old miniatures-glory, are actually in the Codex, no WD spin-offs).

The main purpose of this khorne codex is to ride in the slipstream of End Times 5, which will be released earlier in march, with the "headline"-release of the new Bloodthirster (builds 3 variants).

I know it is "cool" to not trust new members, but this one is spot on, as far as I know.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/180/630351.page#7494971

No main CSM codex in 2015?
This was my guess. No need for a new dex.
Supplements is what they want to sell us.

 His Master's Voice wrote:
By the time 9th comes in, the Chaos Quartet will be retconned to Khorngle, the Raging Rot.

Tits and thinking? Not in our setting, son.

Be my friend!

Hmm. May have to grab this one in hardcover as well.

I want the set in hardcover It'd annoy me to no end to have I-IV hard & V soft.

 His Master's Voice wrote:
By the time 9th comes in, the Chaos Quartet will be retconned to Khorngle, the Raging Rot.

Tits and thinking? Not in our setting, son.

But boobies and ratiocination are two of my favorite things! Fisticuffs and illness not so much...

I'd much rather see more diversity in Chaotic things, but we take what we can get, and as long as it's quality (alot of the Khorne stuff of recent memory has been good, like Skull Crushers, for example) then I won't complain.

-C6

With the new edition rumors I fear I will not get a new Archaon model.

I am excited for part 5, if only to see if Settra becomes a/the new champion of chaos, or if he possesses the fortitude and will to turn them back and fight against chaos. The end of Nagash really left me wondering.

Perhaps Archaon fails, and he rises as the new everchosen

Might be a good time to sell my nib archaon foot model. I'm not into fantasy and the d&d campaign where he was supposed to be the bbeg has been over for almost 10 years. I'm glad that at least they're ending it with a bang. I hope they do sonething like end times for 40k with Abaddon's 13th crusade redone. Iirc both storm of chaos and the 13th pretty much ended on a whimper.

 ImAGeek wrote:
I'm really sorry to do this but, it's Archaon.

Copied the spelling from BOLS. Blame them.


Also, there needs to be an eye-rolling orc smiley.

 Bi'ios wrote:
I am excited for part 5, if only to see if Settra becomes a/the new champion of chaos, or if he possesses the fortitude and will to turn them back and fight against chaos. The end of Nagash really left me wondering.

Perhaps Archaon fails, and he rises as the new everchosen

that would be epic

 Haight wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:
I'm really sorry to do this but, it's Archaon.

Copied the spelling from BOLS. Blame them.


Also, there needs to be an eye-rolling orc smiley.

There, uh, IS:

 Shas'O Dorian wrote:
I want the set in hardcover It'd annoy me to no end to have I-IV hard & V soft.

Agreed.

Also, not going to lie... thinking about future valuation in years to come. All 5 in hardcover would ultimately be nicer and worth more when they become rarer and rarer.

If there is a mini for Archaon and it is appropriately over-the-top... I might actually make a fantasy purchase after all these years.

 Shas'O Dorian wrote:
I want the set in hardcover It'd annoy me to no end to have I-IV hard & V soft.

And this is why I am not even bothering. If I can't get them all in Hard Cover why even bother. Also I don't want no 2nd printing either. Not even sure if I want a collectors edition. I mean all of them all together because that would be over $500 and I don't want to buy that just for books that will be outdated soon.


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 Haight wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:
I'm really sorry to do this but, it's Archaon.

Copied the spelling from BOLS. Blame them.


Also, there needs to be an eye-rolling orc smiley.

Maybe it's not. Can always be a new character. Spelling mistake most likely but you never know.

Definitely don't want to shell out an extra $100 per set for "Collectors edition" meaning some art prints & a paper sertificate. From what I heard the books aren't even numbered it's just an extra piece of paper.

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
If there is a mini for Archaon and it is appropriately over-the-top... I might actually make a fantasy purchase after all these years.

You mean besides the old foot and mounted versions? Like a needless oversized and ridiculously ornate one like Nagash? To each his own but just checking.

This will be the one time Archaon, does not fail.

If there's no Tzeentch, colour me not interested.

I dunno, remember Malekith & Tyrion both didn't see new models for their book. Allegedly the new biggun is a bloodthirster.

An emphasis on Khorne. So they are going to keep on doing what they always do, and favor Nurgle and Khorne, only dropping anything to Slaanesh or Tzeentch when they haven't got anything else to do.

Typical GW.

Actually slaanesh is pretty heavily favored in the daemons rules. I mean just read the lore of slaanesh.

 warboss wrote:

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
If there is a mini for Archaon and it is appropriately over-the-top... I might actually make a fantasy purchase after all these years.

You mean besides the old foot and mounted versions? Like a needless oversized and ridiculously ornate one like Nagash? To each his own but just checking.

And the older mounted version?

Interesting...

 Platuan4th wrote:

 warboss wrote:

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
If there is a mini for Archaon and it is appropriately over-the-top... I might actually make a fantasy purchase after all these years.

You mean besides the old foot and mounted versions? Like a needless oversized and ridiculously ornate one like Nagash? To each his own but just checking.

And the older mounted version?

Interesting... didn't know that one existed. No, I was referring to the games day one from around 15 years ago and the metal then finecast one from the storm of chaos campaign time.