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Dang, and I thought Murderfang with murder claws was a bad name. You've out done yourself, geedubs!

 streamdragon wrote:
Holy crap i just look at the unit names for the Khorne warband.


Bloodsecrator?


Really GW?

Bloodsecrator? Please let that be a photoshop.

Do we want to start predictions now? I'm going to give Lizardmen a shot.

Seraphon Scaleshields
Seraphon Dartdarters
Seraphon Wingsoarers
Seraphon Somewhereapaleontologistiscrying

 Thraxas Of Turai wrote:

 Dryaktylus wrote:



Damn, at first glance I read "backstabbing anal sneak assaults" in the Grot part.

Never turn your back on a Grot.

I literally laughed out loud.

My head hurts.

Me and a friend are picking up a box anyway. Worst case he will use the sigmarines as sanguinary guard and I will use the chaos warriors for Mordheim.

Serasearphon for the biggest dinosaur.

ShaneTB wrote:
Serasearphon for the biggest dinosaur.

Seraphon Ancient on Seraphosaurus?

 streamdragon wrote:
Holy crap i just look at the unit names for the Khorne warband.

Bloodsecrator?


Really GW?

Bloodsecrator? Please let that be a photoshop.

Blood Secretors? Sounds more like a Khorne/Nurgle Undivided unit.

 Eggs wrote:
Orruks and grots? Really? Honestly?

That's the laziest attempt at an ip blanket I've ever seen...

Not to forget the Ogors.

They're like a kid's misspellings of their proper names.

 Dryaktylus wrote:
So the Slayers don't find their salvation in a honourable death against mighty foes but in hoarding gold? Well, it's dwarven style too, but...

"Red Slayers" might not be referring to the Dwarf Slayers but rather Dark Elves.

ShaneTB wrote:

 Sidstyler wrote:


It really is getting harder and harder to see the Simarites as anything other than Fantasy Space Marines.

That's obvious. The question is really: Was it worth them trying?

To which it's all opinion (like me disliking Tau as it's aimed at younger people like my brother; anime; ugh).

I think GW will see significant sales of Sigmarines for people to use as true-scale Space Marines. Still pretty sad though, seeing WHFB slaved off as a subsidiary for Space Marine bitz.

Vetril wrote:
Me and a friend are picking up a box anyway. Worst case he will use the sigmarines as sanguinary guard and I will use the chaos warriors for Mordheim.

I probably will as well in the end. Depening on FLGS price. This is too bizarre to at least not try out.

ShaneTB wrote:
Orruks is terrible name. And suitably Orc(k)ish. Wish they hadn't changed it but it fits in my mind (that being the 40k Waarrgggh mindset).

It sounds almost acceptable because it's still basically ripped off from Tolkien with a bit of trademarkable change. Orruks is what Orks were called by the Elves, err, I mean the Piddlewinks.

 Grimtuff wrote:

 Eggs wrote:
Orruks and grots? Really? Honestly?

That's the laziest attempt at an ip blanket I've ever seen...

Not to forget the Ogors.

They're like a kid's misspellings of their proper names.

And Aelf they straight up stole from old spellings of Elf.

Vetril wrote:
Me and a friend are picking up a box anyway. Worst case he will use the sigmarines as sanguinary guard and I will use the chaos warriors for Mordheim.

At least buy your box off of eBay, if you must get one.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Dryaktylus wrote:
So the Slayers don't find their salvation in a honourable death against mighty foes but in hoarding gold? Well, it's dwarven style too, but...

"Red Slayers" might not be referring to the Dwarf Slayers but rather Dark Elves.

Dark Elves should be covered under "Aelfs". Red Slayers might be generic humans (imperials, bretonnia, kislev, dogs of wars, you name it), now counting as... Dogs of war.

 DO IT TO IT wrote:

Vetril wrote:
Me and a friend are picking up a box anyway. Worst case he will use the sigmarines as sanguinary guard and I will use the chaos warriors for Mordheim.

At least buy your box off of eBay, if you must get one.

Nah, we do like the miniatures after all. FLGS.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Dryaktylus wrote:
So the Slayers don't find their salvation in a honourable death against mighty foes but in hoarding gold? Well, it's dwarven style too, but...

"Red Slayers" might not be referring to the Dwarf Slayers but rather Dark Elves.

Dark Elves work for money?

 DO IT TO IT wrote:

Vetril wrote:
Me and a friend are picking up a box anyway. Worst case he will use the sigmarines as sanguinary guard and I will use the chaos warriors for Mordheim.

At least buy your box off of eBay, if you must get one.

At least buy your box from your FLGS, who probably had to buy 80+ of them. Then at least somebody wins a little bit!

- Salvage

Vetril wrote:

ShaneTB wrote:
Serasearphon for the biggest dinosaur.

Seraphon Ancient on Seraphosaurus?

Peter Serafinowicz as the Seraphon jester. +2 bravey to all units within 18" of his jokes. Turns into Brian Butterfield for a turn on a 5+. All enemy units then can't move from laughter within 18".

 agnosto wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Dryaktylus wrote:
So the Slayers don't find their salvation in a honourable death against mighty foes but in hoarding gold? Well, it's dwarven style too, but...

"Red Slayers" might not be referring to the Dwarf Slayers but rather Dark Elves.

Dark Elves work for money?

Mengil's Manhide Manflayers were a DoW regiment for a loooooooooooong time.

 AlexHolker wrote:

 streamdragon wrote:
Holy crap i just look at the unit names for the Khorne warband.

Bloodsecrator?


Really GW?

Bloodsecrator? Please let that be a photoshop.

Blood Secretors? Sounds more like a Khorne/Nurgle Undivided unit.

Secrat

not Secret

As in "Blood" + "Desecrator" = a crime against the English language.

I'm just sad theres no mention of any Nigmos :(

 Boss Salvage wrote:

 DO IT TO IT wrote:

Vetril wrote:
Me and a friend are picking up a box anyway. Worst case he will use the sigmarines as sanguinary guard and I will use the chaos warriors for Mordheim.

At least buy your box off of eBay, if you must get one.

At least buy your box from your FLGS, who probably had to buy 80+ of them. Then at least somebody wins a little bit!

- Salvage

That works as well, I just never think of it because I don't have one.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 agnosto wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Dryaktylus wrote:
So the Slayers don't find their salvation in a honourable death against mighty foes but in hoarding gold? Well, it's dwarven style too, but...

"Red Slayers" might not be referring to the Dwarf Slayers but rather Dark Elves.

Dark Elves work for money?

Mengil's Manhide Manflayers were a DoW regiment for a loooooooooooong time.

Yeah, I think there may be an attempt to paint Dark Elves more as jerk-ass elves, but not inherently evil. That way they don't get dumped into the Chaos slot.

 streamdragon wrote:
Honest question: I haven't played every tabletop war/skirmish game out there. Is there any other game that doesn't measure from bases or some other uniform spot?

Battlefleet Gothic.. I dunno.. I think there are a few others but I cannot remember them off the top of my head.

Someone has to model/photoshop Michael Ceraphon now.

Actually, speaking of Nigmos, these new names do sort of stack up with what that Sina person was saying. The dwarf one seems similar to me, though I am too much of a bum to go and check.

*long sigh*

I'm probably just too old and jaded to ever be able to accept all this stuff.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Dryaktylus wrote:
So the Slayers don't find their salvation in a honourable death against mighty foes but in hoarding gold? Well, it's dwarven style too, but...

"Red Slayers" might not be referring to the Dwarf Slayers but rather Dark Elves.

Red Slayers are humans & mix mercenaries, empire....

Battlefleet Gothic measured from the STEM of the flying stand, so that really isn't discounting the base.
Can't think of anything not using base edge...

 MLaw wrote:

Battlefleet Gothic.. I dunno.. I think there are a few others but I cannot remember them off the top of my head.

Dropzone Commander measures entirely from the center of the model for everything.

Of course, Dropzone Commander models generally speaking don't have bases to measure from...

Seraphon I can accept as they are children of the old ones and maybe the gods call them by their true names or something like that.

Orruks though. My first thought was the uruks, grots just feels like it takes all the individuality away from the separate tribes.