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bitethythumb is quite the cheerleader. Here less than 20 days and what 200+ posts pushing AoS? That is some serious enthusiasm!

Expect Aelfs to have tall pointed helmets and be able to construct things out of a living superstrong material (Ghostbone). They have even developed weaponry that fires supersmall, ultrasharp fragments of this material. Also, their warriors are so devoted, they form into special castes. To protect their souls from the warp, they have developed Soul Gems.....

I mean why bother with all the effort of "writing something original" when you can just crib from what you've already got and have epic space...errr magic battlez (TM)!

I don't really care that they're marine analogs. It's just with AOS emulating 40k to an apparently-increasing degree, I feel like people are going to be asking themselves "why play the same game twice?" Why bother splitting your collection across two games that have the same factions, same backstory, same...well, almost everything.

Well anyway, waiting for Sigmarines to get their gravity cannons, those things will be popular!

 jmurph wrote:
bitethythumb is quite the cheerleader. Here less than 20 days and what 200+ posts pushing AoS? That is some serious enthusiasm!

Whats the problem? There are *gasp* some of us who are completely behind this game.

bitethythumb wrote:

Prestor Jon wrote:

 Sigvatr wrote:

 streamdragon wrote:
So we have quivers, with no bottoms, that magically don't spill the bolts all over the place because reasons.

The Emperor protects.

Wait, wrong game.

...actually...I'm not that sure anymore.

Let me try to help: This is Age of Sigmar, wherein the Emperor God Sigmar has created legions Stormhosts of specially engineered Space Marines Stormcast Eternals, during the First Founding First Striking. Each Stormhost is broken up into Chapters Warrior Chambers and within each Chamber are seven Companies Conclaves each with their own battlefield role. The purpose of the Stormhosts is to conquer the galaxy mortal realms and defeat Chaos to make the Emperor Sigmar the ruler over humanity and the mortal realms.

It's totally different from WH40K.

anyone who says its not similair to 40k is a fool at the same time, why not? 40k and space marine are pretty awesome and set a great standard, if AoS sigmarines are anything to go by the chaos warriors are going to be epic, aelfs are going to be epic, orruks are going to be epic... its all pretty good if you ask me... so they took something that is highly popular and sells REALLY well and used it in a setting that was not selling, I say kudos and good luck, I am not exactly a big sigmarine fan or a space marine one at that but I can see why they exist and why GW would try to mimic them in a fantasy setting.

40k fantasy is a good thing... I for one want to see their aelfs in ornate armour next, if sigmarines are the standard (like space marine are in 40k) the other models should all be epic...

I'm not opposed to Stormcast Eternals. I agree that GW needed a Space Marine equivalent in fantasy I just think they created one in a very lazy way that does a disservice to their fans/customers. WH40K is Space Marine centric, they are the keystone for the game and most of the background and introduction to other races/factions is told from their perspective. 40K centers on the Imperium and the heroes of the Imperium are the Astartes. Fantasy didn't have that key faction that the game could revolve around it was dispersed and anarchic in that factions had their own independent backstories and conflicts that didn't have to impact or involve humanity. 40K needs the Imperium in a way that Fantasy never needed the Empire.

Have Stormcast Eternals as big, armored, face smashing warriors of good as the gateway into AoS is a good move by GW. They fill a niche that was previously open. GW didn't have to just take Space Marine fluff and swap out a few words, add in a superfluous amount of adjectives and use it for Stormcast Eternals. I think AoS deserved a little more separation from 40K. I mean, The First Striking? Really? C'mon, that's just silly.

 Samurai_Eduh wrote:

 jmurph wrote:
bitethythumb is quite the cheerleader. Here less than 20 days and what 200+ posts pushing AoS? That is some serious enthusiasm!

Whats the problem? There are *gasp* some of us who are completely behind this game.

There is no problem, obviously, and I'm guessing/hoping that was just an observation?

Anyway, I just hope that GW doesn't go all wonky with the model scale here.

I suppose Orcs (or whatever they're called now) will be larger than normal humans - but I hope normal humans are...normal human sized.

 Alpharius wrote:
Anyway, I just hope that GW doesn't go all wonky with the model scale here.

I suppose Orcs (or whatever they're called now) will be larger than normal humans - but I hope normal humans are...normal human sized.

I hope normal humans *shrink* by a few mm, to represent 5'3" historical humans, rather than the 6'4" ubermenschen that makes Orks and SMs look smaller.

The smaller the basic human, the bigger the rest of the game is.

 Samurai_Eduh wrote:

 jmurph wrote:
bitethythumb is quite the cheerleader. Here less than 20 days and what 200+ posts pushing AoS? That is some serious enthusiasm!

Whats the problem? There are *gasp* some of us who are completely behind this game.

they are just haters leave them be, they made up their mind on AoS and are pouncing on people who "gasp" are in support of it... I like AoS, will not deny it and will support it like they denounce it, the fact that I am "new" is just something they attack because in their eyes only "old veterans can have an opinion". and just to point out, AoS rekindled my love for miniature collecting and painting, why should I not be enthusiastic about it?
Like I said, I am not a big fan of sigmarines but I do understand why they would be used.


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 jmurph wrote:
bitethythumb is quite the cheerleader. Here less than 20 days and what 200+ posts pushing AoS? That is some serious enthusiasm!

Expect Aelfs to have tall pointed helmets and be able to construct things out of a living superstrong material (Ghostbone). They have even developed weaponry that fires supersmall, ultrasharp fragments of this material. Also, their warriors are so devoted, they form into special castes. To protect their souls from the warp, they have developed Soul Gems.....

I mean why bother with all the effort of "writing something original" when you can just crib from what you've already got and have epic space...errr magic battlez (TM)!

wait the elves never had long pointed helmets?

bitethythumb wrote:
they are just haters leave them be

That's the spirit! Dismiss any and all criticism as 'haters'. Far far easier than actually acknowledging faults.

I like the models I won't lie. I hate they ripped up 30 years of fluff and changed everything to stupid names when the could have moved the setting on in a more sensible fashion.

I already have 3 40k armies and so won't play AoS and will continue to play 8th edition as its different.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

bitethythumb wrote:
they are just haters leave them be

That's the spirit! Dismiss any and all criticism as 'haters'. Far far easier than actually acknowledging faults.

oh so being enthusiastic about a game is a fault now, had no idea... I am sorry... I will just be quite then and let everyone hate AoS, sorry for wasting everyone's time by being new and enthusiastic,


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 Alpharius wrote:

 Samurai_Eduh wrote:

 jmurph wrote:
bitethythumb is quite the cheerleader. Here less than 20 days and what 200+ posts pushing AoS? That is some serious enthusiasm!

Whats the problem? There are *gasp* some of us who are completely behind this game.

There is no problem, obviously, and I'm guessing/hoping that was just an observation?

Anyway, I just hope that GW doesn't go all wonky with the model scale here.

I suppose Orcs (or whatever they're called now) will be larger than normal humans - but I hope normal humans are...normal human sized.

I noticed the art for the orruks made them really huge, do not know if it will be like that in the minis but I hope so, bigger orruks are better orruks

bitethythumb wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

bitethythumb wrote:
they are just haters leave them be

That's the spirit! Dismiss any and all criticism as 'haters'. Far far easier than actually acknowledging faults.

oh so being enthusiastic about a game is a fault now, had no idea... I am sorry... I will just be quite then and let everyone hate AoS, sorry for wasting everyone's time by being new and enthusiastic,


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 Alpharius wrote:

 Samurai_Eduh wrote:

 jmurph wrote:
bitethythumb is quite the cheerleader. Here less than 20 days and what 200+ posts pushing AoS? That is some serious enthusiasm!

Whats the problem? There are *gasp* some of us who are completely behind this game.

There is no problem, obviously, and I'm guessing/hoping that was just an observation?

Anyway, I just hope that GW doesn't go all wonky with the model scale here.

I suppose Orcs (or whatever they're called now) will be larger than normal humans - but I hope normal humans are...normal human sized.

I noticed the art for the orruks made them really huge, do not know if it will be like that in the minis but I hope so, bigger orruks are better orruks

I hope they don't get any bigger so thell at least blend in with my existing models.

Daston wrote:

bitethythumb wrote:
I noticed the art for the orruks made them really huge, do not know if it will be like that in the minis but I hope so, bigger orruks are better orruks

I hope they don't get any bigger so thell at least blend in with my existing models.

Which Ork models? WFB4E / 5E, perchance? Those were nicely-sized.

They are the same size as a 40k ork....not seeing the issue.

40k RT / 2E size Ork?

What ever the current addition ork is..3rd?

Tbf I do have black orcs which are a bit bigger. Still if the new models look good and fit on sqaure bases I will get them same with the rest of the ranges so long as they look like the old range in features (ie goblins have long pointy nose, needle teeth and big ears)

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Gotta say, love that giant crossbow lol.

Me too. Looks like it fires cannonballs or something. Tiny comets, perhaps.

 Funbug No.1 wrote:

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Gotta say, love that giant crossbow lol.

Me too. Looks like it fires cannonballs or something. Tiny comets, perhaps.

It supposedly does

 jmurph wrote:


Expect Aelfs to have tall pointed helmets and be able to construct things out of a living superstrong material (Ghostbone). They have even developed weaponry that fires supersmall, ultrasharp fragments of this material. Also, their warriors are so devoted, they form into special castes. To protect their souls from the warp, they have developed Soul Gems.....

Elves have pointy helmets. They always had a crap ton of gems as decoration too, pretty much like Soul Gems.

Oh, and I absolutely love that giant crossbow. That thing is badass

That may be a "crossbow", but it looks like an arm mounted cannon, and the little bows sticking out make it look plain silly. I kinda want to see it on one of those teal Stormcast, though, bet he'll look like Megaman. Gotta give Gee Dubs a little credit here for the new aesthetic direction. Does it recall Warmachine to a degree? Yes. But it also has this sorta comic book and anime vibe to it that you don't really get with a lot of high fantasy, or western fatale fantasy of any sort for that matter, and as a fan of comics and anime, that really appeals.

Are there any rumors about what the normal humans will look like yet? As cool as the Sigmarines are, I'd really like to see their mortal, non fae, non nine livered, allies, especially if their miniatures involve crested great helms or broad hats and fluffy pants...

bitethythumb wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

bitethythumb wrote:
they are just haters leave them be

That's the spirit! Dismiss any and all criticism as 'haters'. Far far easier than actually acknowledging faults.

oh so being enthusiastic about a game is a fault now, had no idea... I am sorry... I will just be quite then and let everyone hate AoS, sorry for wasting everyone's time by being new and enthusiastic,


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 Alpharius wrote:

 Samurai_Eduh wrote:

 jmurph wrote:
bitethythumb is quite the cheerleader. Here less than 20 days and what 200+ posts pushing AoS? That is some serious enthusiasm!

Whats the problem? There are *gasp* some of us who are completely behind this game.

There is no problem, obviously, and I'm guessing/hoping that was just an observation?

Anyway, I just hope that GW doesn't go all wonky with the model scale here.

I suppose Orcs (or whatever they're called now) will be larger than normal humans - but I hope normal humans are...normal human sized.

I noticed the art for the orruks made them really huge, do not know if it will be like that in the minis but I hope so, bigger orruks are better orruks

Don't worry soon you will hit the daka wall.
Same group of 9-12 ish people complain and ride each others posts and if you say anything different they all hump you like a dog. Then you visit less and less and find a better forum...happens alot around here....like ALOT. Thats why the average person has 500ish posts. Where these few I speak of have 10k+ lol

Besides everything what I truly do not understand is why they ddidn't wait for warhammer total war to come out to see if it did anything to sales.

cerealkiller195 wrote:
Besides everything what I truly do not understand is why they ddidn't wait for warhammer total war to come out to see if it did anything to sales.

When have they ever done anything like that?

OgreChubbs wrote:

Don't worry soon you will hit the daka wall.
Same group of 9-12 ish people complain and ride each others posts and if you say anything different they all hump you like a dog. Then you visit less and less and find a better forum...happens alot around here....like ALOT. Thats why the average person has 500ish posts. Where these few I speak of have 10k+ lol

My favorite time of year is when GW releases their financial statements. I like make some pop corn and watching people go full idiot when they put together their own separate analysis and using inputs only they think are reasonable and then spout it off like its a fact. Charts are great but they are still subject to GIGO.

Being an auditor, it really hits home when I understand who the general audience financial statements are written for. The general consensus always seems to be GW is hiding something. Maybe someone who has the time on their hands can submit this as a case study to www.goingconcern.com .

*edited to comply with the language filter

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

bitethythumb wrote:
they are just haters leave them be

That's the spirit! Dismiss any and all criticism as 'haters'. Far far easier than actually acknowledging faults.

Really don't think that this thread in particular needs a valiant defender of all the carefully composed critiques of AoS that we are seeing on every page.

My favorite time of year is when GW releases their financial statements. I like make some pop corn and watching people go full idiot when they put together their own separate analysis and using inputs only they think are reasonable and then spout it off like its a fact. Charts are great but they are still subject to GIGO.

GW have posted a loss in 5 of their last 6 financial quarterly reports.

I wonder if that means GW are doing well or maybe they're struggling? It's a real head scratcher.

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:

My favorite time of year is when GW releases their financial statements. I like make some pop corn and watching people go full idiot when they put together their own separate analysis and using inputs only they think are reasonable and then spout it off like its a fact. Charts are great but they are still subject to GIGO.

GW have posted a loss in 5 of their last 6 financial quarterly reports.

I wonder if that means GW are doing well or maybe they're struggling? It's a real head scratcher.

I'm sorry but this is simply not true. Profits have declined, but they have not actually made a loss for several years. Please check your facts before posting.

Can we not turn this into a GW financial discussion?

For the new models I really like the super cannon crossbow buy. I'm probably going to end up grabbing a box of the archers. Most of my shooting will come from other forces of order.

jaceimba wrote:

Warhams-77 wrote:







http://waaaghgaming.de/releases-dieser-woche-judicators/

Wow, that thing is big..

I think I am going get some just to use as Devastators/Havocs

That crossbow cannon is really unfortunate.

I'm someone who hasn't really ever cared about WHFB, I'll admit that the change in aesthetics has actually made me somewhat interested. But, I don't really care about the actual AOS rules either. I'm rather more interested in these for the hobby aspect and in that regard, I think GW actually did a good job here. I'd even be somewhat interested in buying the bolter guys. These are going to be sets of 10 or 5?

I think my interest may just come from the fact that the Sigmarines look like something I'd fight in a Castlevania game.