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As a converter they are amazing though- so much potential to be anything!!

Though besides that I like that they are more grounded in reality. .
AoS needs more grounding to be a believable world in. This guys, but not being soo ridiculous really help that, and will be the team thay finally gets me to buy into the game.

Carlovonsexron wrote:
As a converter they are amazing though- so much potential to be anything!!

Though besides that I like that they are more grounded in reality. .
AoS needs more grounding to be a believable world in. This guys, but not being soo ridiculous really help that, and will be the team thay finally gets me to buy into the game.

Well, I'm certainly happy you like them. I suppose they do have a target audience. I was under the impression that AoS was trying to get away from the standard fantasy tropes (mostly for copyright reasons) and be a bit unique, and then these guys popped out and I'm pretty confused. If we are getting normal humans, why not those awesome looking Gladiator-influenced Freeguild ?

Thanks for the screengrabs DaveC, I'll edit them into the OP once I get back to a computer!

I think Faeit just cropped off the video play bar on theirs but they also lost some of the view of the art because of it.

 Sabotage! wrote:

Carlovonsexron wrote:
As a converter they are amazing though- so much potential to be anything!!

Though besides that I like that they are more grounded in reality. .
AoS needs more grounding to be a believable world in. This guys, but not being soo ridiculous really help that, and will be the team thay finally gets me to buy into the game.

Well, I'm certainly happy you like them. I suppose they do have a target audience. I was under the impression that AoS was trying to get away from the standard fantasy tropes (mostly for copyright reasons) and be a bit unique, and then these guys popped out and I'm pretty confused. If we are getting normal humans, why not those awesome looking Gladiator-influenced Freeguild ?

Yeah, I really like them, but give me more of this for my barbarian


With how cool chaos helmets are in videogames, art, etc... I don't know why then, the helmets they have in the models are so lackluster. For example, the helmets the Gorebeast barbarian with the lash has are some of my favourites.

 Galas wrote:

 Sabotage! wrote:

Carlovonsexron wrote:
As a converter they are amazing though- so much potential to be anything!!

Though besides that I like that they are more grounded in reality. .
AoS needs more grounding to be a believable world in. This guys, but not being soo ridiculous really help that, and will be the team thay finally gets me to buy into the game.

Well, I'm certainly happy you like them. I suppose they do have a target audience. I was under the impression that AoS was trying to get away from the standard fantasy tropes (mostly for copyright reasons) and be a bit unique, and then these guys popped out and I'm pretty confused. If we are getting normal humans, why not those awesome looking Gladiator-influenced Freeguild ?

Yeah, I really like them, but give me more of this for my barbarian

Spoiler:

With how cool chaos helmets are in videogames, art, etc... I don't know why then, the helmets they have in the models are so lackluster. For example, the helmets the Gorebeast barbarian with the lash has are some of my favourites.

Agreed 100% on the helmet. The Marauder concept from the MMO was really what I was hoping Darkoath would be. Mutated, crazily armored, Chaos barbarians. Instead we just got generic fantasy barbarians.

 Thargrim wrote:
The artwork is pretty lousy in terms of quality to me. The days of GW putting out stunning artwork from in house artists feels like it's over. But at least these could turn out to be pretty cool models. This season is at least more interesting than the last. Too bad they didn't reveal the models for grots/tzeentch though.

They just have a broader style. They still have plenty of the old style, which looks as good as ever - and this less classical stuff, which may not be to your taste.

I'll wait and pass judgement when we see the actual models. The artwork is bland, but to be honest I haven't cared much for most of the box artwork so far from Shadespire either.

I've liked just about all the models so far however.

A bit bummed at no Seraphon, or the lack of unit variety in the Sylvaneth and Kharadron- they have access to more than just the most basic of basic troop types!

Still probably going to get them though!

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
I'll wait and pass judgement when we see the actual models. The artwork is bland, but to be honest I haven't cared much for most of the box artwork so far from Shadespire either.

I've liked just about all the models so far however.

A bit bummed at no Seraphon, or the lack of unit variety in the Sylvaneth and Kharadron- they have access to more than just the most basic of basic troop types!

Still probably going to get them though!

The Underworlds warbands have always been basic battleline troops led by basically a fancy version of their normal unit leader.

I wouldn’t be considering these pieces of artwork to be anything other than pieces of artwork. Especially, shadespire. The artwork to this point has been.... uninspired, imo. The models on the other hand, have been well executed. I reserve judgement until we see the actual figs.

 DaveC wrote:

Thanks DaveC! I've edited this into the OP

Not sure why that last pic came out smaller, though...

Oh wow. It’s all so cool! Kharadrons! Darkoath! A troll with sentient fungi!

 RiTides wrote:
Yeah, there's one poster who has consistently said there are 9 models in the grot warband on facebook, saying he has a good source.

I don't know, I find it hard to believe... but it would certainly be interesting! How bad of stats would they have to have to cram in 9!?

That would leave out the flying squig, though, and I feel like that's unlikely. GW specifically revealed it, which makes it seem like it'd be from one of the next warbands. The above numbers would force it to be from a second warband, or maybe a spell set... I don't know, just seems like a stretch.

But he's adamant, so we'll soon know if he's got an insider source!

So, yeah, pretty much busted, unless grots are the only band that only got half a picture. 6 models, it looks like, the flyer being Troggoth pet instead...

Those Darkoath look cool to me!

Kind of sad there won't be a Daughters of Khaine warband though :(

Happy that at least one Kharadron is in a sky harness, but cant tell if he's a Skyrigger or an Endrinrigger (sky makes more sense for this).

Hopefully he gets some fun movement shenanigans and at least a card to access their sky mines.

Hero looks to be in some sort of harness getup as well.

At least there's one thunderer and not just a bunch of plain Arkanauts.

I hope the Sylvaneth have at least one spite revenant in there.

He looks like a skywarden cause the tip of the spear is poking out past the other dudes shoulder. If these were pictured in the order in which they will release then the kharadrons won't be out till something like mid next year.

Wasn't really expecting Nurgle, but disappointed (and somewhat surprised) to not see Slaanesh.

 EnTyme wrote:
First people complained about the Darkoath Warqueen being too busy, now they're complaining about the Darkoath concept art being too plain. Never change, Dakka.

Also, if KO are getting a warband, it must mean Magic isn't the sole focus of this season.

yeah cause it's obviously the exact same persons that are doing both complaints, since Dakka is obviously a hive mind and is not populated by hundreds of different posters with diverging opinions. Do you have any other pearl of wisdom for us?



What bother me about these Shadespire warbands is that a lot of them just look like a bunch of minis you could make from a regular box. I would have liked to see more unique and crazy thing. The troll is a good example of that, though I think the execution is terrible.

Actually thats why I like it. It offers the freedom to take a "basic unit" concept and tweak it to give more personality.
They have done that with better resutls in some bands than in others (The Stormcast explorers guys, for example, have 0 personality over a normal one from the unit-box). But Magore is great compared with normal Blood Warriors. The others two aren't, they are very generic.

Very psyched about these! I'm toying with the idea of starting an AoS army as I loved reading through the new lore.

I can't wait for the mini's.

As far as the awkward faces I agree, but this artist seems to have a bit of artistic licence on portraying the figures so I think the actual miniatures will be superior. Here's a bit of a comparison between thngs we've seen and things he/she has drawn.

Troll/squig:


So I would say there are some liberties taken with the designs, although the main style and bits are all correct.

Part of the concept of warhammer underworlds is that they are just regular members of their respective factions. While the new stormcast warband is not particularly unique it is a perfect expansion for the Soul wars box. It completes a unit of evocators and adds a second Incantor.
These new warbands are potentially great. I only got six of the warbands in season one, but unless the sculpts are poor, I will get all of these.

I really like the Darkoaths. By all means, God-specific factions can be as over the top as they like, but I find the idea of "normal" Chaos faction to be really attractive, at least as far as battleline units are concerned.

The Tree-revenant with a bow bodes well for the Sylvaneth range. Hopefully they will be an Aos update for them some time in the near future.

I like that the Darkoath are back to basics barbarians and not dedicated to a specific chaos god.

And I need a whole army of angry fungus creatures now please!

Apologies if this has been posted. From War of Sigmar:

Did you even bother to scroll up the page?

 Eiríkr wrote:
Did you even bother to scroll up the page?

Yes I did, I even did a search on 'Zarbag' and 'Zarbags'. Mind pointing me to the post that I missed with the pic I posted or the warband names?

 Ghaz wrote:

 Eiríkr wrote:
Did you even bother to scroll up the page?

Yes I did, I even did a search on 'Zarbag' and 'Zarbags'. Mind pointing me to the post that I missed with the pic I posted or the warband names?

Sure.
Here, here, here and here.

I'm unreasonably excited that GW are doing generic-ish Chaos barbarians. I also really like the Goblins, but I hope the full faction will deviate more from the established Night Goblin aesthetic. I like the troll artwork but unfortunately I find the model butt-ugly. Overall most of these look pretty interesting!

 Thargrim wrote:
The artwork is pretty lousy in terms of quality to me. The days of GW putting out stunning artwork from in house artists feels like it's over. But at least these could turn out to be pretty cool models. This season is at least more interesting than the last. Too bad they didn't reveal the models for grots/tzeentch though.

GW have some incredible in-house artists currently, some of the best they've ever had. Paul Dainton and Kevin Chin are a couple of examples off the top of my head. You should check out the Illuminations articles in White Dwarf and the interview with the art team, and the 40k and Sigmar Rule Books for some of their best current art.


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 Ghaz wrote:
Apologies if this has been posted. From War of Sigmar:

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Do you have like half the thread on ignore? Don't know how you could miss all the pics

The problem was they're not on 'this page'. They're four pages back

 Ghaz wrote:
The problem was they're not on 'this page'. They're four pages back

Something is screwy with your browser. There's one post showing two of the warbands four posts above your initial one, and another one showing all of them nine posts above that one. Both on this page. And then several more on the previous page.

 Mymearan wrote:

 Ghaz wrote:
The problem was they're not on 'this page'. They're four pages back

Something is screwy with your browser. There's one post showing two of the warbands four posts above your initial one, and another one showing all of them nine posts above that one. Both on this page.

The post from Hive City Dweller? The one with the vid caps and Warhammer Community previews which do NOT have the warband names which is why I posted the pics.