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2016/07/01 01:57:34
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ p#75 New Faqs
Gallahad wrote: What a fantastic release. Does anybody know if the Kurnoth Hunters have a close combat weapon option? There seem to be two pictured holding swords, but I don't know if those are characters or something, I'm hoping for a dual kit.
I love the different textures on drycha. The honeycomb is such a fantastic idea, and a texture rarely seen on fantasy miniatures. The designers really knocked this out of the park.
From the Warscrolls floating around the Kurnoth Hunters have three weapon options (all models in the unit have the same weapon):
1. A greatsword. Basically the blender option 2. A scythe. Heavy hitting option 3. A bow. The mobile artillery variant (close combat is scratches)
Unit leader gets +1 to hit.
Overall I am loving the look, and love the consistent aesthetic in the army from the smallest of the models right the way through to the largest.
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2016/07/01 02:00:29
Subject: Re:Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ p#75 New Faqs
There is a lot of very cool stuff on the way tomorrow guys.
Brace yourselves.
Check out the website tomorrow morning as dawn breaks on a new era of war in the Mortal Realms:
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2016/07/01 13:42:39
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ p#75 New Faqs
"Unimaginably ancient xenos artefact somewhere on the planet, hive fleet poised above our heads, hidden 'stealer broods making an early start....and now a bloody Chaos cult crawling out of the woodwork just in case we were bored. Welcome to my world, Ciaphas."
Inquisitor Amberley Vail, Ordo Xenos
"I will admit that some Primachs like Russ or Horus could have a chance against an unarmed 12 year old novice but, a full Battle Sister??!! One to one? In close combat? Perhaps three Primarchs fighting together... but just one Primarch?" da001
Alarielle is up (kinda) on the New Zealand website.
'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
2016/07/01 22:19:38
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ p#75 New Faqs
Something interesting I've noticed. Each unit's page on the website has an picture for a alternative painting style as well as a link to a video showing "How to Paint:" that unit. Also a link to their warscroll. Also one of the pictures has a Dryad and the unit model for size comparison.
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2016/07/02 01:01:02
Subject: Re:Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ p#75 New Faqs
Cataphract wrote: ... as well as a link to a video showing "How to Paint:" that unit.
I see no 'How to Paint' videos for the new Sylvaneth models.
EDIT: There is a single video for the Dryads, none of the other models.
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'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
2016/07/02 01:17:22
Subject: Re:Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ p#75 New Faqs
It's exactly that "Pan's Labyrinth" vibe that makes me wonder what the Sylvaneth would be like as an expansion for WHQ:ST. Imagine dark, twisted forest paths leading into forbidden caves.
Alternatively, the figures would serve for great narrative play. I can picture a chaos war band burning the forests to stoke the flames of war, just as the spirits emerge to exact vengeance...
Tyranids definitely need a design overhaul. The not-Giger aesthetic is clearly too limiting for the design team to work under and come up with amazing, new designs. Too many things look like modified Carnifexes and lack imagination for an army based on bio-diversity.
2016/07/02 07:45:04
Subject: Re:Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ p#75 New Faqs
Can't remember if it's been mentioned earlier in the thread, but when I pre-ordered my General's Handbook I was told that it's a long pre-order, and will be available on the 23rd (don't quote me on this, might have been the 16th) and not next week with the Sylvaneth
Legion: Dark Angels 
I see no 'How to Paint' videos for the new Sylvaneth models.
