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I think the stormcasts are too big to look right on a horse or similar mount, I think if they were gonna do cavalry they would probably ride those dragony thingies like the guy in the starter set. I'd expect it to be a pack of 3 for too much money like those 3 big chaos knights from a little while ago... hopefully not so over the top that they make the starter set guy look less cool

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
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Wow. More Stormcast stuff. That's *yawn* amazing.

Lol, this is unreal. Another Stormcast release. AOS is such a fiasco

I wonder if this is an insight into the inflexibility of GW's release schedule. We know from Sad Panda that it takes a year to take a completed box game to market. This suggest that GW are making their release schedule at least a year ahead of time. So when this upcoming release was planned AOS was still not out. I am sure they were banking on the Stormcast being the big exciting army at the centre of AOS.

So even if the head of Scheduling did stalk these forums it would take at least a year for our complaints to have an effect. Of course you could have argued that GW should have had the foresight to see that people would want more variety.

Regard the upcoming Stormcast release I am expecting it to be a direct analogy of the Varanguard. Three large (possibly lovely) models at a price that will prevent anyone from buying them.

Regarding the start collecting boxes, the splitting up of the warhammer armies into factions could be very good for people collecting 8th or 9th age armies. There are already 2 vampire count start collecting boxes. There will presumably be more skaven boxes in the future, and multiples of other armies too.

Everyone was clamouring for Stormcast cavalry during the release, and there are tons of Stormcast armies now. I don't think there's anything wrong with coming out with more, except that it makes you question the value of the battle tome.

coldgaming wrote:
Everyone was clamouring for Stormcast cavalry during the release, and there are tons of Stormcast armies now. I don't think there's anything wrong with coming out with more, except that it makes you question the value of the battle tome.

Yep, the whole AOS community was clamoring for them. All 15 of them.

 streetsamurai wrote:

coldgaming wrote:
Everyone was clamouring for Stormcast cavalry during the release, and there are tons of Stormcast armies now. I don't think there's anything wrong with coming out with more, except that it makes you question the value of the battle tome.

Yep, the whole AOS community was clamoring for them. All 15 of them.

Why post in the threads and forums about it if you're so bitter?

Because AoS is a joke of a game with 0 support from it's makers.

That's why.

RoninXiC wrote:
Because AoS is a joke of a game with 0 support from it's makers.

That's why.

What? No support = campaign books, cheap battletomes, tons of new models, cheap starter boxes?

The virulent horde box set that is coming includes 20 plague monks, a plague claw, a plague furnace, a vermin Lord, 5 censor bearers and a plague priest. Thats £156 pounds individually but £105 for the box. If you order at the 20% off that many online stores do, it basically works out as half price. Not bad.

Excitement usually greater for 40K-stuff (and 30K-stuff), but as I've said in the past, 2016 is first and foremost the year of AoS (for GW).

Overall, AoS will get the most weekly releases, the most new models, the most books, etc...

Sad Panda wrote:
Excitement usually greater for 40K-stuff (and 30K-stuff), but as I've said in the past, 2016 is first and foremost the year of AoS (for GW).

Overall, AoS will get the most weekly releases, the most new models, the most books, etc...

I'm most excited about the board game you mentioned. Any more info would be greatly appreciated! But thanks for your hints as always :-)

Everyone please take note that while it is fine to comment on and criticise new products, if done wrongly this becomes trolling, which is against forum rules.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Chikout wrote:
The virulent horde box set that is coming includes 20 plague monks, a plague claw, a plague furnace, a vermin Lord, 5 censor bearers and a plague priest. Thats £156 pounds individually but £105 for the box. If you order at the 20% off that many online stores do, it basically works out as half price. Not bad.

Has the Vermin Lord (and related builds) been removed from the GW store for re-boxing then? I can't find it.

Didn't expect them to include resin models in this bundle.

What I was first hoping for is a Clan Skryre reboxing. Would love some Stormfiends. Looking at the faction, however, and all the other models are resin or metal.


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Skeleton Horde


Skaven Pestilens

Wow, the Skeleton Horde is a good deal. Mortarch alone is 62€, bundle is 65€.

That skeli horde is just what i was going to add to the other box set to finish my death army individually prices at £83.50 nice.

oh an step 3 is save £30 or use it to buy more models if you dont just want a skirmish force?

...via FB, various sources AFAICT

 Zognob Gorgoff wrote:
That skeli horde is just what i was going to add to the other box set to finish my death army individually prices at £83.50 nice.

oh an step 3 is save £30 or use it to buy more models if you dont just want a skirmish force?

Sadly for anyone still playing Fantasy its a nice saving followed by the hassle of getting square bases lol.

I am thankful my goblins are nearly complete and I just need some squigs to round it off. I was hoping to get some Orcs to run along side them so will wait to see what they do with AoS....might get lucky and have a decent bundle

Are the skeletons on 32mm bases, though? Sure seems like it.

Like the Seraphon set, they do seem to be creating a really strange pricing issue. They need to drop the price of standalone Carnosaurs and Mortarchs or these boxes basically make them something only the uniformed would buy.

GW have a strong policy of not dropping their prices. Instead, they have started to offer bundles and cheap versions.

For example, upping the price of 40K codexes from £15 to £30, on the basis of the hardback version, caused a significant fall in sales, so GW have re-introduced softback versions for some armies, at the reduced price of only £25.

The Seraphon bundle with the Carnosaur, eight cavalry and 12 infantry for £50 is an extreme example, because the Carnosaur by itself is £50 so you're getting all the extra models for free. At atht GW are still making a jolly good profit because those Seraphon cavalry and infantry are such old models they cost almost nothing to make and shove into the box. The super value means GW will shift a skip load of the bundles. (I bought two.)

However, we will never see GW reduce the price of the 40K hardback to say £20, the softback to £15, and the Carnosaru to £35, which arguably is what they "ought" to cost. Instead, GW will allow inflation to gradually make the current prices seem reasonable.

The Pestilens cover looks pretty cool.

While I am disappointed that the orruks are not here and am impatiently waiting to see what the elves have turned into I actually think the amount of support for Aos has been impressive.

Assuming the rumours are correct, within the first year of Aos, we will have had new miniatures for 6 factions, 2 big box sets (I am super curious about the contents of the board game. Sad Panda?), some kind of rule book for 9 factions, 3 or possibly 4 campaign books, 12 novels or short story compilations and 5 scenery pieces.
Back in the day we were lucky if we got 6 army books a year total across fantasy and 40k.

I think Sigmarine cavalry could be mounted on large Shire horses bulked up with late mediaeval style gold armour plate like the Sigmarines themselves.

This would have the advantage of maintaining the army's design aesthetic and selling a lot more gold spray paint.

Books are books.

I'm waiting for these new Stormcast miniatures. They lack for some kind of true cavalry, indeed. Maybe some chariots. We'll see, we'll see.

Are mods allowed to troll? Regarding the upcoming Stormcast release, this picture looks interesting. The extremis chamber is the cavalry. That leaves the ruination, sacrosanct and auxiliary chambers which have not been detailed in the fluff so far (as far I am aware). I wonder if they will get models too.

Chikout wrote:
Are mods allowed to troll? Regarding the upcoming Stormcast release, this picture looks interesting. The extremis chamber is the cavalry. That leaves the ruination, sacrosanct and auxiliary chambers which have not been detailed in the fluff so far (as far I am aware). I wonder if they will get models too.

I don't think he was deliberately suggesting the design team were huffing gold spray paint when they created the Stormcast.

Am I the only one to open the spoiler tab for "Skeleton Horde" to then be disappointed that there's only 16 models?

Sure, there's a big guy in there and the savings are real, but it really doesn't do what it says on the tin...

Chikout wrote:
Are mods allowed to troll? Regarding the upcoming Stormcast release, this picture looks interesting. The extremis chamber is the cavalry. That leaves the ruination, sacrosanct and auxiliary chambers which have not been detailed in the fluff so far (as far I am aware). I wonder if they will get models too.

A wild stab in the dark:

Ruination: War Machines and artillery
Sacrosanct: Chaplain-like stuff, things like the Lord Relictor and some other priesty types
Auxillury... Not sure. Perhaps scouts/skirmishers, but that doesn't fit the aesthetic really. Human servants/levy in support of the Golden Boys, perhaps?

 Nostromodamus wrote:
Am I the only one to open the spoiler tab for "Skeleton Horde" to then be disappointed that there's only 16 models?

Sure, there's a big guy in there and the savings are real, but it really doesn't do what it says on the tin...

yeah




http://www.solegends.com/citboxes/skeletonhorde.htm

least the old one was 24 models.

Guess the contents here also reflects their warscroll/whatever build right ?

It's beyond me why anyone would want to *buy* GW skeletons.. they're so old and terrible looking, but whatever, to each their own.

I wonder if this is an insight into the inflexibility of GW's release schedule. We know from Sad Panda that it takes a year to take a completed box game to market. This suggest that GW are making their release schedule at least a year ahead of time. So when this upcoming release was planned AOS was still not out. I am sure they were banking on the Stormcast being the big exciting army at the centre of AOS.

So even if the head of Scheduling did stalk these forums it would take at least a year for our complaints to have an effect. Of course you could have argued that GW should have had the foresight to see that people would want more variety.

It's not all that difficult for most companies.. but GW doesn't do any kind of customer outreach or research into what we actually want. Nor do they know what models they release will be *powerful* and thus sell more, as they still believe that bad rules can somehow sell models.