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Chikout wrote:
I am VERY impressed by those palladors. The dynamism, the interaction between the mounts and the riders, the musculature on the mounts


Yup.

It is also worth noting that the Stormcast legs are not attached to the mounts (unlike the aquilor)


Oh poo. More work.

Slambo look good. A pleasant surprise to see that GW can still put out relatively simple, uncluttered minis.

I'm sooo, sooo sorry.

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Lord Kragan wrote:
He's, apparently, a meme.

Originally a Warriors of Chaos Mortals miniature dating back to 4th(?) edition. Older Games Workshop ads for models named some individuals despite the fact none would ever recieve lore.

During 2014, while /tg/ raged and lamented the changes in End Times, an anon decided to cheer the mass of Fantasy fans up by posting old White Dwarf promos in a nostalgiabomb (or a lesson for newer players). One in particular model, dubbed Slambo, caught the attention of the thread.

Slambo is heavily armored like most Warriors, although his faux-viking helmet horns meet to form a halo like a medieval painting of a saint or king, while he is armed with two huge battleaxes. It was love at first sight for many.

Since then, Slambo has come to replace any Chaos character with displeasing lore. If Archaon is unsatisfactory, Slambo is the Everchosen with Archaon being some past failed gakker nobody cares to remember. Those who dislike Be'lakor (the many that is) consider Slambo the first Daemon Prince, the master of Chaos Undivided. If a player wants an extra special Chaos Champion, Slambo is of course eligible. Those who feel Khorne, Tzeentch, Slaanesh, Nurgle, even Horned Rat to be boring little gaks consider Slambo the true master of their branch of Chaos. When Age of Slam was first concieved, Slambo was the replacement for Jim and Bob as commentator.


He's quite a bit older than 4th edition. Goes all the way back to 2nd in 87.
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But I'm not sure how he compares to Grimface the Touchy!
   
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Sining wrote:
When are the gryph chargers supposed to be out?

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-NZ/Stormcast-Eternals-Vanguard-Palladors-2017

Gryph Charger is the name of their mounts.

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 silent25 wrote:
Lord Kragan wrote:
He's, apparently, a meme.

Originally a Warriors of Chaos Mortals miniature dating back to 4th(?) edition. Older Games Workshop ads for models named some individuals despite the fact none would ever recieve lore.

During 2014, while /tg/ raged and lamented the changes in End Times, an anon decided to cheer the mass of Fantasy fans up by posting old White Dwarf promos in a nostalgiabomb (or a lesson for newer players). One in particular model, dubbed Slambo, caught the attention of the thread.

Slambo is heavily armored like most Warriors, although his faux-viking helmet horns meet to form a halo like a medieval painting of a saint or king, while he is armed with two huge battleaxes. It was love at first sight for many.

Since then, Slambo has come to replace any Chaos character with displeasing lore. If Archaon is unsatisfactory, Slambo is the Everchosen with Archaon being some past failed gakker nobody cares to remember. Those who dislike Be'lakor (the many that is) consider Slambo the first Daemon Prince, the master of Chaos Undivided. If a player wants an extra special Chaos Champion, Slambo is of course eligible. Those who feel Khorne, Tzeentch, Slaanesh, Nurgle, even Horned Rat to be boring little gaks consider Slambo the true master of their branch of Chaos. When Age of Slam was first concieved, Slambo was the replacement for Jim and Bob as commentator.


He's quite a bit older than 4th edition. Goes all the way back to 2nd in 87.
Spoiler:

But I'm not sure how he compares to Grimface the Touchy!


Haha, the thug named Link!

I like Boris Heartcleaver, should have been a Valentines release.

@Lord Kragon, thanks for the meme info. I wondered what the everchosen title was about.
   
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If those birdies were not so freaking huge I'd have to make a unit of Rough Riders out of them. Posing looks way better than in WD shots. Painting, too. Of course they showed how to paint the lame scheme.


PS: GW can't do market research to see the HUGE demand for BB minis, (yeah, okay, but they WERE surprised!), Sororitas, (greatcoat) Guard, Zombies, Epic (Marines) amd dozens more BUT they know which retro mini to redo to satisfy some "dank meme"ers? That's really weird I welcome them doing more little fan service stuff like this, don't get me wrong (and half of my list will probably receive some kits this year or the next), but what a random mini to put out

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Slambo was the basis for the Hero quest Chaos warriors. There are also elements of his design that persist in more modern Chaos models.

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So happy to see Slambo, I have the 2nd ed model along with a couple others on that page!

Will have to paint both up now, double Slambo, autowin.
   
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GoatboyBeta wrote:
Slambo was the basis for the Hero quest Chaos warriors. There are also elements of his design that persist in more modern Chaos models.


I know. I might even have one of those around somewhere. If they did not know of the meme about him (I did not) when deciding to release him with ST 1.25 it is less random. Not as funny, too.

Can we start a meme about the classic Cawdor and Redemptionists models, just in case The Ratskin Necromancer already sneaked into Dakka's software, so I have hope for him, too

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 Binabik15 wrote:

PS: GW can't do market research to see the HUGE demand for BB minis, (yeah, okay, but they WERE surprised!), Sororitas, (greatcoat) Guard, Zombies, Epic (Marines) amd dozens more BUT they know which retro mini to redo to satisfy some "dank meme"ers?


You're overestimating the influence of 4chan, there. This miniatures has been the iconic Chaos Warrior for plenty of players since the 80s, well before some /tg/er stumbled across Stuff Of Legends. The model was used directly as the basis for the plastic Chaos Warriors in Hero Quest, Battle Masters and the plastic Chaos Warriors released for 4th edition Warhammer. Indirectly, it's at the root of the design for every Chaos Warrior released since about 1990. Look at the Chaos Warriors, Knights and Chosen from the Slaves to Darkness; the Putrid Blightkings and the Blood Warriors and right on up to Archaon. You can see elements of Slambo in all of those.
   
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It's releases like this that make me want to get into AoS more and more. Some of those "gryphs" look so damn good This one in particular, I just love it

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Damn it GW, you are making this too hard

Also, thank you for the history lesson everyone, I had no idea Slambo had so much meme behind him

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I have to say those griffons are fantastic! The most dynamic and in motion mounts I've seen in a very very long time from any minatures company! Seriously amazing sculpts in a market where most things are often pretty static or just trotting.

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Those Gryphs are brilliant- lovely models. Not wild on stormcast at all but those are really cool looking models- GW are really knocking out some belters these days.
   
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What page does the slambo discussion/explanation start on?

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so we are missing the heavy crossbows, and the one holding the bird, plus the bird kit ... makes march GSIII next, and the week after duardin
   
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It has been suggested that the raptors and aetherwings will come in a combo box presumably with 3 of each.
   
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 lord marcus wrote:
What page does the slambo discussion/explanation start on?


The previous page.

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I absolutely adore the pose on the Charger that's leaning into a turn. My only worry is how well they'll stick to their bases, for such large models the connecting point seems rather insufficient.

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Kenny aye I noticed that they had tiny contact point areas; however on the flipside they are plastic (so light) and you can likely model some grass or stone into the base to hide a few more contact points around a few of the other legs.

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Ignore this

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I'm not sure what's been covered . . . . But any body see any leaks about the Great Unclean One? ? ? With a new Bloodthersters, Lord of Change, Fateweaver, and Scarbran. . . . I'm thinking a new one is on the way.

Also I think new Nurgle army will accompany.

Bloodhound I believe will also get new models as they are just as fresh as the gold guys.


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I'm not sure what's been covered . . . . But any body see any leaks about the Great Unclean One? ? ? With a new Bloodthersters, Lord of Change, Fateweaver, and Scarbran. . . . I'm thinking a new one is on the way.

Also I think new Nurgle army will accompany.

Bloodhound I believe will also get new models as they are just as fresh as the gold guys.

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Ordered Slambo, love me some retro minis!

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sorry for the probably super dumb question, but what are the mentioned raptors?
   
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 Alexonian wrote:
sorry for the probably super dumb question, but what are the mentioned raptors?

These guys. The are more or less the Stormcast equivalent of jezzails. They will go up for preorder next weekend, probably sharing a box with the atherwings. (The birds)
What I have been wondering is what else we will get next week. We have had weeks with just one box before but this year's schedule has been pretty packed. Hopefully we will see a couple more start collecting boxes.
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 Alexonian wrote:
sorry for the probably super dumb question, but what are the mentioned raptors?

These guys. The are more or less the Stormcast equivalent of jezzails. They will go up for preorder next weekend, probably sharing a box with the atherwings. (The birds)
What I have been wondering is what else we will get next week. We have had weeks with just one box before but this year's schedule has been pretty packed. Hopefully we will see a couple more start collecting boxes.


Thanks for the answer, knew I missen something obvious, did not think for a second the raptors would be the crossbows...
   
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As a side note the long stroke crossbow version are Kurnoth levels of OP when combined with their aetherwing (the birds) synergy. So if you're a player in a competitive environment... Best start coming up with counters now.

Edit: lol @ my phone's auto correct

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 NinthMusketeer wrote:
As a side note the long stroke crossbow version are Kurnoth levels of OP when combined with their aetherwing (the birds) synergy. So if you're a player in a competitive environment... Best start coming up with counters now.

Edit: lol @ my phone's auto correct


Absolutely untrue. 6 wounds for 180 points as compared to Kurnoth at 15 wounds. If an enemy unit is close enough for the aetherwing to active you're in trouble. And they barely do more damage than Kurnoth while needing to be stationary to have the same range.

   
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Indeed, never call anything OP until you see it first-hand because your mind is always going to put it in perfect conditions.

   
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I've played against jezzails quite a bit, which are almost identical to the longstrikes only not as good. At any rate, I'm confident enough in my assessment to let people's experiences speak for themselves.

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Kurnoths are getting more expensive in GHB2 though (see latest Heelanhammer) so that should put them more on par with other shooting units.

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