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I have to admit, some of the new pictures do look better than that original one. The different color scheme helps, and seeing it from different angles allows me to identify aspects of the model that I actually like (head, tail, hind legs). It does change the fact that I don't like the front legs, armor or wings. It just makes me sad that this model could have been so much better than it is.

Albino Squirrel wrote:
It is amazing that GW has managed to convince people that a huge $140 dragon or an Imperial Knight don't qualify as centerpieces of your army, but are something you should field "a large number" of.

They might wish they could do that, but I don't think GW is actually convincing anyone to field a whole unit of figures that cost $140 each.

I don't see any big tickets items this week.

I do see some nice looking Khorne guys though.

Slaughterpriest is probably my favorite. Interesting he has a head swap included too.

They look amazing!

I'll probably get all three of them... but I can't stop from feeling a little disappointed that's all we're getting after what the SE just had. Do we know the hint for the next WD? More Khorne or are we done and going to Orruks?

It seems on first glance that other than the Khorne head guy, the other two don't seem particularly Khorne- focused. You might be able to get away with using them for a different God... at least from a quick once over on all of them.

 judgedoug wrote:

 malfred wrote:

 judgedoug wrote:

 malfred wrote:

I get that they wanted the Space Marines to ride dragons that

was the [MOD] accidentally applied to your name?

Was the judge title accidentally applied to your username?

No, that was an intentional part of my username that carries no weight or significance. However, the [MOD] - assuming it means you are a moderator - implies a sense of impartiality instead of flame-bait trolling. Don't worry thought, as I reported your post as flame-bait initially, as MODs are not immune to Dakka's rules. Plus there's no way you could be following AoS N&R threads and think that Stormcast Eternals are space marines unless you were specifically trolling.

I was not aware that it was against the rules to express dislike for Stormcast Eternals or to voice the widely-held belief that they are obvious Space Marine analogs. I like the Tzeentch disc guy and am looking forward to see what releases are forthcoming for Tzeentch (for use in 40k - I'm not a fan of what they did to the setting) but I think that every single Stormcast release so far has been hot garbage. Am I allowed to post here or is it considered trolling?

Keeping at the $30 price point, so they better be the same size as my Fyreslayers I don't expect that. But does anyone know if these are three diff kits or one one makes all three or the two deathbringers?


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@ Abadabadoobaddon is my new favorite forum name.

Interesting and promising news from the FB page :

Hey, guys (and gals). We’ve been here almost a week now, and it’s been great fun. We’ve especially enjoyed seeing pictures of your miniatures and generally soaking up your enthusiasm for all things Age of Sigmar.
Among all the threads, one question has cropped up a lot:
FAQs - when will they be updated?
You guys are right, the FAQs need updated and soon. In fact, you made so many good points we thought we might tackle this one together.
What rules question do you want clearing up? That’s right, just one question each (though feel free to ask your mum, brother or dog to submit another question on your behalf). Write your question as a comment below and we’ll go harangue the rules guys into writing an answer. Once we’ve got their answers, we’ll post them back here for you to download. This might take us a couple of weeks but we’ll keep you updated on any progress. In the meantime, you can settle any disputes in the time-honoured tradition of Rock, Paper, Sigmarite-steel.

Slaughter priest is awesome.

Good to see GW interacting and using FB.

 VeteranNoob wrote:
Keeping at the $30 price point, so they better be the same size as my Fyreslayers I don't expect that. But does anyone know if these are three diff kits or one one makes all three or the two deathbringers?

Three different kits.

If it were all one kit, they wouldn't show the price three different times.

I like all three but the Aspiring Deathbringer looks a tad too much like the Blood Warriors. The new Slaughterpriest makes up for that, love that look!

 Abadabadoobaddon wrote:
that they are obvious Space Marine analogs

only to the desperate.


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All three of those new Khorne models are great.

They are not super over the top but still full of khorne delightfulness.

Once again incredibly apparent that GW has their top tier sculptors working exclusively on AoS while 40k has been handed off to the unpaid interns.

I really like these Khorne models. I wonder if I could use them for 30k World Eaters conversions (obviously on the path of corruption - probably siege of terra).

Those three models all look great, obviously sculpted by the same guy who did the amazing Slaughterpriest.

 judgedoug wrote:

 Abadabadoobaddon wrote:
that they are obvious Space Marine analogs

only to the desperate.

I think you have to concede that whilst there are a number of differences to Space Marines that detractors tend to ignore/remain unaware of, the basic principles of both are the same.
In Gav Thorpe's blog on his AoS book, he even said that the idea of introducing the Space Marine trope into WFB dates back to his time in the studio.
I'd agree with you though that SE are portrayed by many as far less complex though.

skarsol wrote:
Khorne, Khorne, Nurgle, Khorne, Nurgle, Nurgle, Khorne... blah.

Don't worry! All of the other armies are coming! Not just two armies, but five! And they're gonna be huge! You won't believe it!


But yes, this Sigmarine/Nurgle/Khorne/something else pattern is getting tiresome.

Sorry, but the last time Nurgle had something was End Times.

 VeteranNoob wrote:
I still have a pet theory that the reason the Forsaken were retired is that the 'elite' Tzeentch warriors - so on the scale of Blightkings and Skullreapers - will be a mass of armoured mutations.

All the yes with a pretty please.

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Sorry, but the last time Nurgle had something was End Times.

Then that's even worse as there's even less variance in the releases.

 judgedoug wrote:

 Abadabadoobaddon wrote:
that they are obvious Space Marine analogs

only to the desperate.

The desperate? What does that even mean? I see now that for some reason you apparently take exception whenever someone points out that Sigmarines are awful awful space marine wannabes who are just awful, so let's just agree to disagree, taste being subjective and all, and leave it at that.

Back on topic, those Khorne guys sure do have a lot of muscles. Just like the last batch. I'm really looking forward to seeing some Chaos other than Khorne. With less muscles perhaps? I would enjoy that quite a bit.

 NAVARRO wrote:

Good to see GW interacting and using FB.

+1

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RoperPG wrote:

 judgedoug wrote:

 Abadabadoobaddon wrote:
that they are obvious Space Marine analogs

only to the desperate.

I think you have to concede that whilst there are a number of differences to Space Marines that detractors tend to ignore/remain unaware of, the basic principles of both are the same.
In Gav Thorpe's blog on his AoS book, he even said that the idea of introducing the Space Marine trope into WFB dates back to his time in the studio.
I'd agree with you though that SE are portrayed by many as far less complex though.

You'd have to be blind to not see the similitudes between stormcast and marines. Are they exactly similar. No, But they are obviously inspired by them, in fluff and in appearance (the "first smiting" thing was the straw that broke the camel back for me.

As for the Khorne guys. I really like the exalted deathbIringer, and to a lesser extent the priest.. But, as other have said, I can't help but have a deja-vu feeling

Chambers are totally not Chapters. Especially when their names could all be names of Chapters. And being rebuilt into a giant warrior by a Supreme Being is totally only...hmm....

I still have to say I am more interested in each Stormcast release than the all-Khorne chaos show.

So it seems the new Battletome order has 21 factions in it, including 10 Aelves ones.
What faction means is more in the style of the undead small factions with for exemple the Blood Cult for DE, The Phoenix Temple for HE, The Cult of Sigmar for Empire, etc, with multiple factions for what used to a single race. We will also have mixed race factions, like The Ironweld Arsenal which is human and dwarven artillery units mixed.
There also seems to be new formations specific to the grand alliance and which mix troops from different factions.

28 euros, 20 pounds, 35 dollars and 56 Australian dollars, or the foreskin of your first son.

Ehh... Not too fussed about these Khorne dudes, kinda prefer the current ones. Mabye except for the priest, cos his current model just looks too lanky.

Anyway, apologies for diverting the conversation to the nicknames
and inspirations for the models. My comment was basically about
the build of the Celestials and how they sit upon the Star Drakes.
Star Drakes need to be big, sure, but their scale seems off when you
see the dude sitting on it. It's like you don't want to see an armored
guy sitting on a skinny bike necessarily, but you don't also want
them all to ride ATVs. There's a middle ground that looks cool, and
I don't think the Star Drake is it.

 Haechi wrote:
So it seems the new Battletome order has 21 factions in it, including 10 Aelves ones.
What faction means is more in the style of the undead small factions with for exemple the Blood Cult for DE, The Phoenix Temple for HE, The Cult of Sigmar for Empire, etc, with multiple factions for what used to a single race. We will also have mixed race factions, like The Ironweld Arsenal which is human and dwarven artillery units mixed.
There also seems to be new formations specific to the grand alliance and which mix troops from different factions.

28 euros, 20 pounds, 35 dollars and 56 Australian dollars, or the foreskin of your first son.

Where are you getting this? Can't find anything on FB, they're usually the first to know... Need more info and pics!!

 Haechi wrote:
So it seems the new Battletome order has 21 factions in it, including 10 Aelves ones.
What faction means is more in the style of the undead small factions with for exemple the Blood Cult for DE, The Phoenix Temple for HE, The Cult of Sigmar for Empire, etc, with multiple factions for what used to a single race. We will also have mixed race factions, like The Ironweld Arsenal which is human and dwarven artillery units mixed.
There also seems to be new formations specific to the grand alliance and which mix troops from different factions.

28 euros, 20 pounds, 35 dollars and 56 Australian dollars, or the foreskin of your first son.

Haechi, how do you know all this? French forums in the know?

Anyway - sounds like an instabuy!

Seeing more pictures of the drake, I think it is actually much cooler than I originally thought. However, if I pay that much for a model I don't expect to have to do any GS work on it to cover up stupid looking armour plates and so on. A shame, because the scales and so on are superb.

More outscaled Khorne dudes is not interesting, especially not for that price per dude. Ah well! Still keeping my eye on this to see if anything particularly cool comes out of it, but even though quite a lot of the stuff is nice enough, price or some critical flaw has kept me from making any purchases so far.

FWIW (the sum total of feth all), Stormcast look pretty space mariney to me, and I'll say that whenever I like, cheers.

Interesting to see, saw this posted too:

"Including:
10 factions for the Aelves
Duardin
Free Peoples (former Empire)
Ironweld Arsenal
Battlemages

regards,
Lady Atia
Trad :


page 1
In the order grand alliance, fyreslayer, old dwarfes with warmachines.
Billions of men and women descendant of the old world resident.
Finally the mysterious aelves - very few but with a lot of magical knowledge and Monster they have learned to tame.

page2
You already know about sylvaneth and stormcast, seraphon and fireslayer the book have all the warscroll plus a selection of formations.
But that is only the tip of the iceberg 280 - pages covering 16 old factions from : Devoted (fantatics), free people milicia, Battlemage, 10 aelves faction, Darkling covens, phoenix temple. Even if the elves are in order alliance they follow mysterious ways and are an autonomous force. And the Ironweld arsenal - human canons and duardin steamtanks ...."

coldgaming wrote:
And the Ironweld arsenal - human canons and duardin steamtanks ...."

Ermm.... I've played Dwarfs for a couple of years now and... something... doesn't seem quite right here...

Although I wouldn't mind sticking half a dwarf handgunner on a hatch of the Empire Steamtank and calling it my own.