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Apparently, all the Elf-factions in AoS are Greek-themed in general. The Deepkin have it, the DoS and now the Light Aelves too.

I would like to see more of ye olde WHFB "Babylonian/Egyptian/Viking/etc" elements worked into the setting instead of the generic cartoon aesthetics of some factions.

 Hanskrampf wrote:

 Esmer wrote:
Apparently, all the Elf-factions in AoS are Greek-themed in general. The Deepkin have it, the DoS and now the Light Aelves too.

I would like to see more of ye olde WHFB "Babylonian/Egyptian/Viking/etc" elements worked into the setting instead of the generic cartoon aesthetics of some factions.

Well, it makes sense. Deepkin were also created by Teclis, so sure, they share similarities. DoK always kinda had that theme.

But wanting back WHFB mega-generic elements instead of semi-original elements of AoS???

Personally, I wouldn't mind the original AoS elements so much if they weren't so cartoonishly over-the-top. Like with the Ossiarch Bonereapers, just how much more bone/skull stuff could they have possibly cramped on the models?
The real-life similiarities of the old WHFB armies (like the Aztec elements of the Lizardmen, the Babylonian elements of the Chaosdwarfs etc) always helped with the immersion that these are real, historically evolved societies who have a culture outside of being on the battlefield.

Also, is it just me, or has AoS ramped up the Greekness factor of its factions? First you had the DoK with their Medusa theme, then Idoneth Deepkin, then Bonereapers with names like Katakros and Kavalos, then the new Elves became hoplites and now the Slaanesh Warriors of Chaos are wearing hoplite helmets too.
I assume this has something to do with the overall "gods and demi-gods" flavor of the setting.

its more.fair to call.the new.elves phalangites rather than hoplites!

Phalangites were hoplites too. "Hoplite" simply means "arm bearer".

 NinthMusketeer wrote:

 Esmer wrote:
Also, is it just me, or has AoS ramped up the Greekness factor of its factions? First you had the DoK with their Medusa theme, then Idoneth Deepkin, then Bonereapers with names like Katakros and Kavalos, then the new Elves became hoplites and now the Slaanesh Warriors of Chaos are wearing hoplite helmets too.
I assume this has something to do with the overall "gods and demi-gods" flavor of the setting.

I find the themes of AoS armies are so well developed and fleshed out that it is inappropriate to say they are anything else. GW unquestionably makes great miniatures and in that category of design I feel they particularly excel. Sure, you can pull out specific details like helmet crests but is it really fair to say a model is drawing on Greek themes because of that? Every culture has shared details among them; saying that a spear-shield-armor loadout belongs to one of them is more than a bit silly!

Erm, what? The painbringer helmets are clearly Greek-inspired, just like the Ogers are Mongol-inspired, Seraphon are precolumbian American-inspired and so on. I am not sure what you are trying to say here and I am also not sure how it's "inappropriate" to say that they are drawing from those particular cultural themes.

saying that a spear-shield-armor loadout belongs to one of them is more than a bit silly!

Good thing I didn't say that then. I said their helmets are Greek-themed, which they totally are.

Cronch wrote:
Ah yes, the monolithic culture of "greece", which retained identical helmets from bronze age to roman conquest

Sometimes I wonder if people on this forum are taking pills and seeing things that aren't there. It's uncanny that this is like the 3rd time this week I see responses like this. One would seriously hope that there is no issue with saying "Greek-themed" or "Greek -inspired" instead of "themed specifally after the Corinthian helmet dated at exactly 479 BC during the Persian Campaigns as exemplified by the surviving specimen found near Peloponnese in the year 1956".

 NinthMusketeer wrote:

 Esmer wrote:

Cronch wrote:
Ah yes, the monolithic culture of "greece", which retained identical helmets from bronze age to roman conquest

Sometimes I wonder if people on this forum are taking pills and seeing things that aren't there. It's uncanny that this is like the 3rd time this week I see responses like this. One would seriously hope that there is no issue with saying "Greek-themed" or "Greek -inspired" instead of "themed specifally after the Corinthian helmet dated at exactly 479 BC during the Persian Campaigns as exemplified by the surviving specimen found near Peloponnese in the year 1956".

If someone does not interpret your post the same way you did they are taking pills. Ok.

I admit it was an unnecessarily caustic comment because it happened several times in a row. Sorry for that.

 DaveC wrote:
Cross post from the Warcry thread as it may not be followed by all it looks like The new Hedonites mortals will appear in the Warcry Agents of Chaos book first.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/12/04/gaze-into-the-future-with-the-shardspeaker-of-slaanesh/



She’s in the background of this video still

Spoiler:

Judging from the features around her eyes she must be rather fugly under the veil.

You'd think that after almost 9 months, people would have learned that the mask goes above the nose by now.

If this were a Disney movie, those little bats would all have quirky personalities. There would be the comically grumpy one, the hyperactive one, the young cute one etc.

 Arbitrator wrote:
MUCH better paint job on this one.

While both the model and the paintjob are better, it kinda looks as if she was slicing her own head off.

Danny76 wrote:
Not with the back of her sword.
Slicing her hair off however, yes.

Too me it looks like she started at the throat at is already most of the way through.

Might just be the camera angle though.

Aside from the name, these really look very old-school at first glance. Probably one of the few AOS factions that you could play entirely with classic Fantasy minis from the 80ies and 90ies.

Voss wrote:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/03/19/broken-realms-fiction-the-path-of-futility/

More Broken Realms story time.

Its... Mannfred. And apparently he's pre-emptively setting up a sudden and inevitable betrayal. Very atmospheric, though.
His country needs a better name than 'Carstinia,' however.

It's doubly stupid considering "Carstein" is already a geographic description name.