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I'm tempted to buy the Orruk wyvern thing it looks cool. Just to paint and model and I don't normally do that.

Wow, the Brute boss even has a "power claw".

I JUST remembered where i saw that Maw-Crusher/Wyvern before: BORDERLANDS.

In the computer-game BORDERLANDS there are beasts that are very much in this style/look.
And i loved those too.

Very beautifull game anyway.
One big game of walking though of wargame scenery painted cell-shaded.

Heh. The Brute Boss even has ye olde powere clawe. LOL!

Still look awseome.

I find it super funny and appropriate that the drummer guy doesn't have a drum and instead "thumps anything within reach"

Rules (linking from War of Sigmar):


That Gordrakk's command ability affects Destruction units is very tempting. Could boost my Fimirs or planned Colossal Squig...

 Mymearan wrote:
I find it super funny and appropriate that the drummer guy doesn't have a drum and instead "thumps anything within reach"

I'm going to remove his sticks and place a boombox in his hands and thus finally, completing the homage to '80s Or(ru)k army I've always deserved

So, are there going to be goblins in the book too? Or, are they getting their own separate release so it's not "orruks & goblins" anymore?

 Necros wrote:
So, are there going to be goblins in the book too? Or, are they getting their own separate release so it's not "orruks & goblins" anymore?

This book is specifically for the Ironjaws, which is one particular tribe (or strain or breed or whatever) of Orruks. All the Orcs and Goblins models they keep will be in the destruction grand alliance book though.

The new names for the various weapons make my head hurt.

I am liking this release a lot though. The gore gruntas (?) look a lot better in their warscroll picture, only the Warchanter looks a bit off to me.

Also for £10 (or equivalent local currency) I thought the Grand Alliance: Death book was great value so the Destruction version is a "must buy" for me even though I have no current plans for a Destruction based army.

To compliment prices from a few pages ago, price list image:

A quest, a labyrinth, a tzeentchain sorceress and unexpected allies? sounds cool

Double-headed god. Huh. I thought they were twins.

 Oguhmek wrote:
Double-headed god. Huh. I thought they were twins.

They are. They just merged into one body and constantly fight each other lol.

 Oguhmek wrote:
Double-headed god. Huh. I thought they were twins.

There's a bit of fluff in AoS about how Gork and Mork got 'combined' during the lead-up to the Age of Chaos or something to that effect.

Why, that sounds like a most wonderful background setup for starting a questing game...

Aren't we supposed to start hearing about the Quest stuff in May?

So far the rules look like they properly represent them as one of the toughest and biggest of the Orruk tribes, on par with the Stormcasts and Chaos. As much as I love horde armies of Orcs and gobbos, It's nice to have a more elite Orc option that's an army in of itself for AoS.

 Grimskul wrote:
So far the rules look like they properly represent them as one of the toughest and biggest of the Orruk tribes, on par with the Stormcasts and Chaos. As much as I love horde armies of Orcs and gobbos, It's nice to have a more elite Orc option that's an army in of itself for AoS.

I'm starting to feel there won't BE true horde armies anymore. At least with new releases. Old models yes but doubtful they will make any true horde unit styled releases. Big models with high $ per model...

When every unit needs to have awesome special rule that makes them stand out kinda makes hard to have release akin to skaven slaves. Not going to fit the style of AOS.

Bit of sad. I'm more of fan of basic grunts fighting against odds.

Ah well. Different styles.

tneva82 wrote:

 Grimskul wrote:
So far the rules look like they properly represent them as one of the toughest and biggest of the Orruk tribes, on par with the Stormcasts and Chaos. As much as I love horde armies of Orcs and gobbos, It's nice to have a more elite Orc option that's an army in of itself for AoS.

I'm starting to feel there won't BE true horde armies anymore. At least with new releases. Old models yes but doubtful they will make any true horde unit styled releases. Big models with high $ per model...

When every unit needs to have awesome special rule that makes them stand out kinda makes hard to have release akin to skaven slaves. Not going to fit the style of AOS.

Bit of sad. I'm more of fan of basic grunts fighting against odds.

Ah well. Different styles.

Don't forget about Khorne's Bloodreavers! 20 figures to a box, and the rules encourage you to run bigger units, as they get super scary at high unit sizes.

~Tim?

What's all this "Sons of Mallus" business?

 Manchu wrote:
What's all this "Sons of Mallus" business?

A reference to Mallus Darkblade, maybe?

 CoreCommander wrote:

 Manchu wrote:
What's all this "Sons of Mallus" business?

A reference to Mallus Darkblade, maybe?

Mallus is what remains of World That Was. They are Stormcast Eternals.

Ah yes . Brain farted, I don't know why I thought of dark elves...

That named Ironjawz Megaboss is crazy good. Him with a formation of Moonclan Grots or Troggors or Giants is gonna be kinda scary.

tneva82 wrote:

 Grimskul wrote:
So far the rules look like they properly represent them as one of the toughest and biggest of the Orruk tribes, on par with the Stormcasts and Chaos. As much as I love horde armies of Orcs and gobbos, It's nice to have a more elite Orc option that's an army in of itself for AoS.

I'm starting to feel there won't BE true horde armies anymore. At least with new releases. Old models yes but doubtful they will make any true horde unit styled releases. Big models with high $ per model...

When every unit needs to have awesome special rule that makes them stand out kinda makes hard to have release akin to skaven slaves. Not going to fit the style of AOS.

Bit of sad. I'm more of fan of basic grunts fighting against odds.

Ah well. Different styles.

I think we'll have to see, currently they are putting out mainly the armoured elites of the races, we'll have to see when they get around to updating or adding to the core "troops" of ranges like High Elves (er Aelves?) since their god-awful spearmen/archers are being de-commissioned. Similarly, we might be getting new goblins/grots at some point so hopefully this isn't the case.

 Manchu wrote:
What's all this "Sons of Mallus" business?

Sons of Mallus also tend to use a lot of Decimators (2 handed axe guys) according to their background

Colour scheme:

 Kanluwen wrote:
Maw-Krushas aren't Wyvern and they are capable of flight.

No, I don't know how the hell those things stay aloft. I'm guessing that it's on a wing and a prayer.

Orcs believe it can fly? Or it does a leap and glide thing.

It even says in the WD captions 'wings sprout from Bigteefs massive arms. Quite how he uses them to fly is a mystery...'

 Grimskul wrote:

I think we'll have to see, currently they are putting out mainly the armoured elites of the races, we'll have to see when they get around to updating or adding to the core "troops" of ranges like High Elves (er Aelves?) since their god-awful spearmen/archers are being de-commissioned. Similarly, we might be getting new goblins/grots at some point so hopefully this isn't the case.

The High Elves are no more as a single solidified race.

They don't have any "core troops" to speak of. The closest things are spread across the 5 Aelf subfactions splintering from the High Elves are Shadow Warriors(Swifthawk Agents), Phoenix Guard(Phoenix Temple), White Lions(Lion Rangers), Swordmasters(Eldritch Council), and lastly the Dragon Blades(renamed Dragon Princes in the Ordo Draconis).

I'm pretty sure that when we see the first Aelf faction(I'm pretty sure it's going to be Shadowkin, since we keep getting hints about Malerion and Slaanesh scattered about) we'll see them follow the same pattern as the other 'new' factions.

So another release based on the grand idea that if the whole thing fails, at least 40k players will buy some.

GW is such a creative force nowadays.