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Jackal90 wrote:
Gloomspite for me.
Always had a goblin army so being able to mix squigs, trolls and giants still is always a massive plus.


As for the new year though, my group decided to start a new army project.
2,000 points in 2 months.
Flesh eater courts were an easy pick for me as they are quick to paint, decent kits, play well and their fluff is amazing.
Not only that, but £200 nets you a decent 2,000 point list including their faction terrain.

Is faction terrain actually required now?

Well I had a bunch of demons from my Death Guard so I bought a few characters and kablamo, Maggotkin army. LOL

So for my first pure Age of Sigmar army I'm building an Anvilgard army with 4 Hydras as my battleline. Why? I have a deep love for Hydras. They are some cool monsters. Also, nobody has done this even though its an option. One thing I love about Age of Sigmar is their unique army building options.

Though because I'm doing like a dark tribal swamp elf theme I'm finding it a bit tricky to adapt certain cities of sigmar units to fit the theme. Its been a fun challenge building the army so far, and it stands out from most armies I've seen.

 Togusa wrote:

Jackal90 wrote:
Gloomspite for me.
Always had a goblin army so being able to mix squigs, trolls and giants still is always a massive plus.


As for the new year though, my group decided to start a new army project.
2,000 points in 2 months.
Flesh eater courts were an easy pick for me as they are quick to paint, decent kits, play well and their fluff is amazing.
Not only that, but £200 nets you a decent 2,000 point list including their faction terrain.

Is faction terrain actually required now?

Not literally required but it costs zero points so if your list is able to include them there isn't much reason not to bring them.

 Togusa wrote:

Jackal90 wrote:
Gloomspite for me.
Always had a goblin army so being able to mix squigs, trolls and giants still is always a massive plus.


As for the new year though, my group decided to start a new army project.
2,000 points in 2 months.
Flesh eater courts were an easy pick for me as they are quick to paint, decent kits, play well and their fluff is amazing.
Not only that, but £200 nets you a decent 2,000 point list including their faction terrain.

Is faction terrain actually required now?

Nope, from memory, not one is required.
They are however free for an army, so not running one seems kind of moot.

Depends on the list though.
Lots of armies or builds can ignore their terrain as it won’t help.
The throne though is a big one for flesh eaters.

 Togusa wrote:

Jackal90 wrote:
Gloomspite for me.
Always had a goblin army so being able to mix squigs, trolls and giants still is always a massive plus.


As for the new year though, my group decided to start a new army project.
2,000 points in 2 months.
Flesh eater courts were an easy pick for me as they are quick to paint, decent kits, play well and their fluff is amazing.
Not only that, but £200 nets you a decent 2,000 point list including their faction terrain.

Is faction terrain actually required now?

No. But it might vary by faction, or at least how you built your list.
*For my Gloomspite it's useful depending upon how heavy I go on the grots. Not so much if I go squig or troll heavy. But it looks damned cool regardless.
*For my Beasts of Chaos? Yeah, the Herdstones pretty important. At least with how I field my stuff.

I have a Slaves to Darkness and Lumineth Realms Lord army. What's faction terrain?

I think it varies from faction to faction and army to army as to its usefulness. It certainly isn't required, or you forfeit game kind of thing. So no actual need to pick up to get an army up and running.

 Saturmorn Carvilli wrote:
I have a Slaves to Darkness and Lumineth Realms Lord army. What's faction terrain?

I think it varies from faction to faction and army to army as to its usefulness. It certainly isn't required, or you forfeit game kind of thing. So no actual need to pick up to get an army up and running.

Some, but not all, armies have unique pieces of terrain that gives them certain benefits.
For example: https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Gloomspite-gitz-bad-moon-loonshrine-2019

ccs wrote:

 Togusa wrote:

Jackal90 wrote:
Gloomspite for me.
Always had a goblin army so being able to mix squigs, trolls and giants still is always a massive plus.


As for the new year though, my group decided to start a new army project.
2,000 points in 2 months.
Flesh eater courts were an easy pick for me as they are quick to paint, decent kits, play well and their fluff is amazing.
Not only that, but £200 nets you a decent 2,000 point list including their faction terrain.

Is faction terrain actually required now?

No. But it might vary by faction, or at least how you built your list.
*For my Gloomspite it's useful depending upon how heavy I go on the grots. Not so much if I go squig or troll heavy. But it looks damned cool regardless.
*For my Beasts of Chaos? Yeah, the Herdstones pretty important. At least with how I field my stuff.

If you use the Squig, Troll and Spider rules from various WD articles (will try to remember to be specific about the issues later, when I dig them out) the Gloomspite terrain really comes into its own.

As for my armies?

Ossiarchs scratch a certain Undead itch, that of the previously largely unaddressed Golem/Construct side of Necromancy. Taking a soul and bunging it in something else. I like that they’re largely sentient, if incapable of acting against orders. That they’re also currently pretty handy in a fight is a bonus for someone as out of practice at gaming as I. Their range is also *chef kiss*

Gloomspite? Squigs. Loads and loads and loadsa Squigs! I’ve always loved Squigs, but was never able to do a full army of them in WHFB. Gloomspite made it a possibility, not just in list but in range. It also helps that one typically requires fewer models in AoS than WHFB, especially when it comes to Hordes!

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:

ccs wrote:

 Togusa wrote:

Jackal90 wrote:
Gloomspite for me.
Always had a goblin army so being able to mix squigs, trolls and giants still is always a massive plus.


As for the new year though, my group decided to start a new army project.
2,000 points in 2 months.
Flesh eater courts were an easy pick for me as they are quick to paint, decent kits, play well and their fluff is amazing.
Not only that, but £200 nets you a decent 2,000 point list including their faction terrain.

Is faction terrain actually required now?

No. But it might vary by faction, or at least how you built your list.
*For my Gloomspite it's useful depending upon how heavy I go on the grots. Not so much if I go squig or troll heavy. But it looks damned cool regardless.
*For my Beasts of Chaos? Yeah, the Herdstones pretty important. At least with how I field my stuff.

If you use the Squig, Troll and Spider rules from various WD articles (will try to remember to be specific about the issues later, when I dig them out) the Gloomspite terrain really comes into its own.

As for my armies?

Ossiarchs scratch a certain Undead itch, that of the previously largely unaddressed Golem/Construct side of Necromancy. Taking a soul and bunging it in something else. I like that they’re largely sentient, if incapable of acting against orders. That they’re also currently pretty handy in a fight is a bonus for someone as out of practice at gaming as I. Their range is also *chef kiss*

Gloomspite? Squigs. Loads and loads and loadsa Squigs! I’ve always loved Squigs, but was never able to do a full army of them in WHFB. Gloomspite made it a possibility, not just in list but in range. It also helps that one typically requires fewer models in AoS than WHFB, especially when it comes to Hordes!

So I went into the game store today with the intention of ordering some Ironjawz models. It just so happened that the store had a SC box, 1 Box of Brutes and the Battletome. While I was there I mentioned my love of Nagash and immediately he started trying to sell me on the Bonereapers. I didn't cave, but after looking at model after model, I really want to. I got my Ironjawz...but I passed for now on the Bonereapers and their Ogre friends.

If that stimulus thing happens, I might just indulge in the boxset and get the Ogres too!

Oh, Since you have the Gloomspites I'll ask you. I adore the Giant Squigg from FW. Likely I'll not be able to resist getting some gits for myself eventually and I love squiggs. How is the FW giant squigg, both rules and model?

 Togusa wrote:


So I went into the game store today with the intention of ordering some Ironjawz models. It just so happened that the store had a SC box, 1 Box of Brutes and the Battletome. While I was there I mentioned my love of Nagash and immediately he started trying to sell me on the Bonereapers. I didn't cave, but after looking at model after model, I really want to. I got my Ironjawz...but I passed for now on the Bonereapers and their Ogre friends.

If that stimulus thing happens, I might just indulge in the boxset and get the Ogres too!

Oh, Since you have the Gloomspites I'll ask you. I adore the Giant Squigg from FW. Likely I'll not be able to resist getting some gits for myself eventually and I love squiggs. How is the FW giant squigg, both rules and model?

Model-wise my only real complaint is how far forward the beast is tilted.
I think it'd look better if its' face were angled up a bit more. Allow the enemy player an easier view of the thing that's going to treat their models like oh so many dots in a Pac-Man maze....

Rules-wise? It's OK. Here's its rules: https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/resources/PDF/fw_warscrolls/aos-monstrous-arcanum.pdf

As a Teenager, I was really into Black Metal and Oldhammer Chaos is like Black Metal incarnate. I also really -really- like how Beasts of Chaos and Slaves to Darkness were handled by AoS and this is coming from the biggest WHFB fanboy. I've barely gotten to play with the new book 'Thanks Covid!' Despite the fact they don't really hold up in combat as much as they would in the world that was, I have well over 40 Chaos Warriors and with my regular gaming buddy we'd have long standstills between my phalanx of darkness and his Ogres.


Good times, as I write this I really want to put more color on my Warband. They're Slannesh themed I'm really gonna try and make them look like how Emperor's Children were painted back in 4th ed 40k.

In old, old Fantasy I was a Lizardman player through and through.

And then End Times came, giving the Lizardmen the most pathetic send off I have ever seen - they were pretty much involved with nothing and did...well...nothing of impact. And then AoS gave us SPACE LIZARDS which I absolutely hated. So for the longest time I did not touch AoS.....

Then Seraphon 2.0 came out...and with it the coalesced which were, for the most part the original Lizards once more, taking on elements of the Realms they settled in, terraforming those realms and acting like the ultimate arbiters of Law. And one constellation in particular - Koatl's Claw. The idea of pure feral saurus due to the spawning engines being ramped up to ten, slowly becoming even more feral and savage due to the influence of Ghur. I love that. I loathe skinks. I always wanted to do Saurus heavy forces...and that was my first step in.

Then I ended up branching to DoK for no other reason than a desire to paint Elf Butts. I am a shallow creature. I will admit that.

And somehow I've drifted to Legions of Nagash as part of me wants a 5th ed Fantasy Style army of Skeletons and Wights and well, here we go! The fact the new releases coming have some 5th ed aesthetics to them is just a bonus for me!

Chrononical order in order I decided to start. Gloomspite/StD ended up different order in when I started working on models and got painting though due to shipping delays etc though.

FEC: local group started escalation, saw ad, decided I'll give AOS a try. FEC seemed cheap army to start with and easy to do(indeed got first 750 pts assembled and painted in 3 days..)

Lumineth. Started GW games with high elves. Felt bang of nostalgia.

Ogres. Beastclaws appeared interesting and 3 SC=2k appealed. Also reminded me of good old days of FB.

Stormcast. Found 2nd hand models cheap that gave me 2k with just couple minor additions.

Slaves to Darkness: Archaon. Dark prophecy. Too much fun.

Gloomspite gits: Saw them on tabletop titans and they looked fun. Squig models great, always loved greenskins(I have about 12-13k orks for 40k).

Slaanesh: Whim of the moment when they were released. Also realized since I had StD army I can do slaanesh quite fast. Also utilizes daemons I had lying around from 40k.

Combined daemons: Well I had daemons lying around from 40k, this basically required just supplement for 2k army...

Tzeentch: Got bunch on good discount for 2k army and spare pure daemons. Also works together with 8th(combined daemons army) and StD models can be also used with these.

The more I think about it, the more this question becomes "why did you not finish that army"

1)SCE: cool lore, but trash rules and all my attempts to find good paint schemes failed, after painting 20 models gold I just gave up on the project.

2) Seraphon: used to be lizardmen player, but...the same models I collected as an early teen are still core of the army, and they were kinda fugly even back then. So it ended up being just a wishlist that never went anywhere.

3)Ogres: they're cheap, easy to glue and paint, but after playing 10 games with them, their simplicity is also their downfall, they're damn boring if effective. I do have over 2k of them still, most unpainted as I just wasn't inspired.

4) LRL: cool models, but completely impractical to store and take anywhere, priced at an absurd premium, and with a command phase long enough to take a lunch break for the other player. Never developed past the launch-box.

5) idoneth: 2k army, but certain IRL events ruined it for me, and I just sold it to move on. Neat models, but the playstyle was just MORE MORE EELS...

No real interest in chaos as it is currently, ogres were the only destruction army I cared for at all, and I never liked undead so Death is out of running. I just don't think I can find an army to settle on, unless lizards magically get updated units (which is not happening).

Lumineth: they just got big update. How is that not developed beside launch box(silly claim anyway. Last time i checked launch box had 3 units. Wave 1 is "bit" bigger than 3 models)

i meant i never developed the army past the box.

All legacy collections repurposed so far. As someone who started with High Elves, I expected to be snared by the Lumineth but they weren't for me.

Cronch wrote:
The more I think about it, the more this question becomes "why did you not finish that army"

I can honestly say I've not had that happen.

My forces fall into one of 3 categories:
1) Full armies of at least 2k pts regardless of edition.

2) AoS wise I have several that've been built solely with Path to Glory play in mind. These tend to be smaller & less fleshed out than proper armies. But they are still "finished".
Well one, my DoK, you could count as a WiP I guess. I built my starting core + about 5 games worth of additions in prep for our next PTG campaign. And then a pandemic came along & derailed the whole thing before game #1 could occur. :(
We're finally prepping to launch that long delayed PtG campaign about the end of April though, so my DoK will see the table soon. And then about week #4 I'll take a look & see what I want/need to add next. They'll be "finished" when someone wins the campaign.

3) Allies.
Whatever the edition, I LOVE the ability to add in allies/mercs/& misc units. It gives me an excuse to build/paint/play with all kinds of stuff without needing to form a whole army around them.

Forces in all three categories are always subject to expansion.

I'm actually just getting into the game, but my first army was kind of chosen by default. I have a full Khorne daemon army for 40K, so I'm just porting that over. I love the design of the Khorne daemons and they kind of mirror how I play, very straightforward and attacky.

I've also just ordered 2 of the skeleton horde start collecting boxes as I've always liked the look of the undead army and, let's be honest, a horde of undead warriors being driven by necromantic magic screams sword and sorcery.