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 HorticulusDK wrote:
About the 4 Malign Portents Heroes / Herald of Grand Alliances discussions :

I think (!) the Herald of Order won't be a Stormcast Eternal, but the azyrite architect Valius Maliti (cf. the Seeds Of Hope and Disciples Of Tzeentch fluff) ;

1) He is already named in the fluff, so there must be a reason for it. (And the Knight of Shroud, Herald Of Death, is a also named character).

2) He is the one who lead the construction of many of Order's new cities. So he can be seen as "representing" many factions, as those cities are "multicultural".

3) IMO Malign portents is a more than just 4 new heroes. If it's huge, there will be new factions too (like Nurgle, Darkoath, Deathrattle, etc.) and there will be new sceneries. As Warhammer TV and Hastings said (on War Of Sigmar), we think those sceneries will be for Order, i.e. new buildings / fortresses. If those come in 2018, it ties again with Valius Maliti nicely, as the architect of those cities.

4) The feather here (and the little parchment in the corner) makes many people think of a "Free people" character. Again, that could be Valiti (cf. the Marco Colombo mini for WFB). And as other users have said above, the "Lion pelt" and "Lion tabard" rumor engines could also be a free people characters.


I like your thinking! It seems that 2018 be a very interesting year!
   
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https://www.warhammer-community.com/latest-news-features/

Well, this is not much aside from: we are going and we are spoiling things there.
   
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Hurray for spoilers! Let haste be with their coming!

(That 40k beastmen is nice too)


I think (!) the Herald of Order won't be a Stormcast Eternal, but the azyrite architect Valius Maliti (cf. the Seeds Of Hope and Disciples Of Tzeentch fluff) ; 

1) He is already named in the fluff, so there must be a reason for it. (And the Knight of Shroud, Herald Of Death, is a also named character). 

2) He is the one who lead the construction of many of Order's new cities. So he can be seen as "representing" many factions, as those cities are "multicultural". 

3) IMO Malign portents is a more than just 4 new heroes. If it's huge, there will be new factions too (like Nurgle, Darkoath, Deathrattle, etc.) and there will be new sceneries. As Warhammer TV and Hastings said (on War Of Sigmar), we think those sceneries will be for Order, i.e. new buildings / fortresses. If those come in 2018, it ties again with Valius Maliti nicely, as the architect of those cities. 

4) The feather here (and the little parchment in the corner) makes many people think of a "Free people" character. Again, that could be Valiti (cf. the Marco Colombo mini for WFB). And as other users have said above, the "Lion pelt" and "Lion tabard" rumor engines could also be a free people characters. 

OH, YES PLEASE!

Ahem. Um, another factor is that the AoS rpg will be launching around that time as well and Cubicle7 said how enthusiastic GW was to support it so he could very well tie into that as a rpg character that further helps flesh out the background.

So fingers crossed.

(Also, good to know about the shroud knight's name)

If they did a free people's architect hero, it would be a great excuse for them to bring back some of the WHFB terrain that is now ludicrously priced on eBay (tower, chapel, fortified manor, skullvane manse, etc...)


Oh that'd be great and a good way to sneak in Order releases despite them focusing on the other factions.

   
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Lord Kragan wrote:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/latest-news-features/

Well, this is not much aside from: we are going and we are spoiling things there.


Yes, and it's in june 2018, so the things that will be spoiled there will be probably for late 2018 - start 2019.
   
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Newest rumour pic:


Arrows and ornate quiver basically screams Aelfs, right?

   
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 Hanskrampf wrote:
Newest rumour pic:


Arrows and ornate quiver basically screams Aelfs, right?

Yuuuuuup...maybe we'll finally see some Shadowkin.
   
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 Hanskrampf wrote:
Newest rumour pic:


Arrows and ornate quiver basically screams Aelfs, right?


It's actually a new stormcast helmet. ;P
   
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And here we were all hoping for an Order hero who is not a Stormcast.

How many rumour pics does he solve? Two? (Iron Halo thing and lion pauldron)

   
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When you thought Stormcast have enough release, GW released more SC, surprised!!!!!
   
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 Hanskrampf wrote:
And here we were all hoping for an Order hero who is not a Stormcast.

How many rumour pics does he solve? Two? (Iron Halo thing and lion pauldron)

Just one. The iron Halo was the female stormcast. He is just another version of the lord celestant. Hopefully this means the order Herald will be something different. I was not expecting any more Aos minis this year, so I'm not too bothered this is another Stormcast. All this little one off minis do confirm however, that we have nothing else big coming for AoS or 40k till next year.
   
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We'll find out soon enough eh.

Our of interest, is there some reason in the fluff why Stormcast all seem to come back with a serious case of meat-face? Like, for reals, that bloke's head is practically a cube He also appears to be wearing a hairpiece

The existing SC plastic heroes are much nicer than this guy IMO.

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 Yodhrin wrote:
Our of interest, is there some reason in the fluff why Stormcast all seem to come back with a serious case of meat-face? Like, for reals, that bloke's head is practically a cube He also appears to be wearing a hairpiece

The existing SC plastic heroes are much nicer than this guy IMO.


What are you talking about? It’s obviously an homage to the musician/actor Meatloaf. How could you not know GW’s love for Meatloaf!

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I like it. The face is craggy, makes it easy to paint. And I don't see any real issue with the hair. Good model and nice pose.
   
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I wonder if this means that we will get more round shields for Stormcasts now.
   
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Reminds me of Mozgus the blocky headed preacher guy from Berserk.


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Well if it's a different weapon loadout for a lord celestant I'm not too disappointed. Either way I'm not surprised.

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HIs face is a little rocky, but have you seen that hair?
   
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Yeah, it's Tommy Wiseau's hair.

On the other note, the Runic Blade look really bad compared to the one use by the Errant Questor.

Spoiler:
   
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Not so much a Rumour, as speculation based on an informed anecdote.

You ready?

The Warhammer Quest Chaos Adversary Cards don’t include any for Slaanesh. Not mortals, not Daemons, none.

Vanilla, Khorne, Nurgle and Tzeentch all feature. But no Slaanesh.

My speculation is that this points to Slaanesh reemerging into the Mortal Realms in the not too distant future. Otherwise, why leave it’s servants out?


   
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 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Not so much a Rumour, as speculation based on an informed anecdote.

You ready?

The Warhammer Quest Chaos Adversary Cards don’t include any for Slaanesh. Not mortals, not Daemons, none.

Vanilla, Khorne, Nurgle and Tzeentch all feature. But no Slaanesh.

My speculation is that this points to Slaanesh reemerging into the Mortal Realms in the not too distant future. Otherwise, why leave it’s servants out?



Well, they mentioned that the fate of slaanesh would be cleared next year soooo...
   
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Must’ve missed that!

   
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Chopstick wrote:
Yeah, it's Tommy Wiseau's hair.

On the other note, the Runic Blade look really bad compared to the one use by the Errant Questor.

Spoiler:


YES! That’s exactly who he looks like! I couldn’t put a finger on it, but you’ve got it
   
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I'm normally a fan of Stormcast, but that figure is fugly. Neave Blacktalon is so much cooler. It's like he's too short and wide. Truly a Lord Meatloaf.

I could make a better looking conversion with the existing Celestant, a Prosecutor shield, and a bare Space Marine head.

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The hairline is a bit funny, but I don't think the face is bad at all. I prefer his pose over that of most Sigmarine heroes, too.

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Okay. I'm BEYOND excited now.

Hope the (hopefully forthcoming) Christmas video tell us more about it (and the also January Chaos Daemons codex) !

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So AOS will get 4 new model for this campaign.



....hmmm yay?
   
 
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