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Who are the Wanderers? I'm not too familiar with the new fangled names for the old WFB races.

zamerion wrote:
And the lion/cat its from wanderers?

hits me more with other types of elves

Unless they redo the aesthetic for every other type of elf, yeah it's Wanderers.

The Wild Riders, Eternal Guard, and Nomad Prince(all AoS ramp-up kits) all have that crossbanding/weaving pattern on their shields.

 stonehorse wrote:
Who are the Wanderers? I'm not too familiar with the new fangled names for the old WFB races.

Wood Elves, minus Sylvaneth.

 stonehorse wrote:
Who are the Wanderers? I'm not too familiar with the new fangled names for the old WFB races.

It's what is left of the Wood Elf's actual "elf" range.

So, herowise:
Nomad Prince(literally just Araloth, the plastic named character introduced last edition, renamed)
Waywatcher(renamed version of the Waystalker we had introduced last edition rather than just "Buy Waywatcher gear for a Glade Lord))
Waystrider(Glade Lord with the 2h sword who was intended to be able to represent an Eternal Kindred when they dropped the range revamp)
Wayfinder(Glade Lord with Hail of Doom Arrow)
Spellweaver(Mage)

Unitwise:
Wild Riders of Kurnoth(stag riding priests with spears who only just got given the shields from their kit as an option...which for whatever reason subtracts a point from their Move and does nothing but reroll save rolls of 1s on a unit with a 5+ save)
Sisters of the Thorn(a unit of stag riding witches, essentially, with poisoned javelins)
Glade Guard(archers)
Sisters of the Watch(previously a High Elf unit, the Handmaidens of Avelorn--renamed and now for whatever reason made Battleline by a Waywatcher?)
Eternal Guard(spear and shield wielding infantry that can root themselves in place and get better rolls at the expense of being unable to move)
Wildwood Rangers(not really rangers at all--Elves with two handed axes that get bonuses against monsters)


We lost the Wardancers and associated Shadowdancer character, we lost the Glade Riders period(no idea why as the new fluff actually makes them more sensible than they were before!), we lost the Great Stag riding character option, unicorn Spellweavers, etc.

And that's ignoring all the Sylvaneth stuff which was split off onto its own.

 Kanluwen wrote:
we lost the Glade Riders period(no idea why as the new fluff actually makes them more sensible than they were before!)

Supposedly because of the actual model sculpts, specifically their connection to the bases. They had these rails which slotted into the two slits in the bases.. the rectangular bases that is. In the absence of oval bases for AoS with the same slits, the models had no place in the new game. While there are still other models in the range with the same slotted bases, none of those have officially transitioned to AoS in terms of repackaging as far as I'm aware (still in old WHFB or plain white boxes, sold with rectangular bases), while the Wood Elves/Wanderers were pretty early in that, and thus we lost the Glade Riders kit. Sadly. Wish I'd bought just the one extra box at the time...

 Coenus Scaldingus wrote:

Schmapdi wrote:
I'm all over the Ogres and Lizardmen warbands! I actually listed them as what I specifically wanted in that survey GW sent out last year(?).

Do you remember what else you asked for? If there is reason to believe they've listened to you, I'd be interested to hear what else we might expect.

I believe that was it - though we'll really know it was me if the Lizardmen warband is all-Skink

Schmapdi wrote:

 Coenus Scaldingus wrote:

Schmapdi wrote:
I'm all over the Ogres and Lizardmen warbands! I actually listed them as what I specifically wanted in that survey GW sent out last year(?).

Do you remember what else you asked for? If there is reason to believe they've listened to you, I'd be interested to hear what else we might expect.

I believe that was it - though we'll really know it was me if the Lizardmen warband is all-Skink

Sort of a Red-crested Skink gang? That'd be cool. And unlikely, so if it happens, I'm saying it's all because of you. If that were to happen, would you mind requesting a Made-to-Order wave of Mordheim sets in the next survey, perchance with some Kislev figures and Dogs of War thrown in for good measure? (Preferably with some notice, as I have to find a buyer for my kidney first.)

Season 3 Underworlds: Beastgrave

Season 3 can now be officially named – welcome to Warhammer Underworlds: Beastgrave! Bringing the ultimate competitive miniatures game to the heart of a living mountain in Ghur, the Realm of Beasts, we’re incredibly excited to see just what warbands and mechanics we can look forward to.

Centaur!

Possibly an Elven Centaur!

The silhouettes look promising! Not sure about that season name, though

 RiTides wrote:
The silhouettes look promising! Not sure about that season name, though

Pft! It's Ghur, the Realm of Beasts...and I'm wondering if it's a nod to some older Wood Elf fluff as well.


See, part of the Realm of Athel Loren? They had a thing called "The Council of Beasts". They were effectively similar to the "Godbeasts" we've seen here in AOS, and the various Amber Wizards were kinda/sorta aware of them.

It's got me wondering if those are the Beasts whose grave this is.

Wood Elvish versus Beastmenish in the core set?

Wait so did the season 1 warband escape shadespire?

 DaveC wrote:
Season 3 Underworlds: Beastgrave

Season 3 can now be officially named – welcome to Warhammer Underworlds: Beastgrave! Bringing the ultimate competitive miniatures game to the heart of a living mountain in Ghur, the Realm of Beasts, we’re incredibly excited to see just what warbands and mechanics we can look forward to.

Now that has me very excited, hopefully the starter set is not Stormcast, think WU has enough of them for the time being. Seeing as WU was primarily set in Shadespire, having this series now in different realms really increases its shelf life. I wonder what new mechanic it adds? I'm guessing random events that are draw from a deck of cards that change at the end of a round.

I assume the starter will be Wanderers vs Beastmen, from the trailer.

Chopstick wrote:
Wait so did the season 1 warband escape shadespire?

I'm guessing it's referring to the Nomad Prince from some of the audio dramas/short stories and his Wanderers.

I am wondering if GW wanted to get in on the Frostgrave hype train with this name..

I for sure thought that there might have been a connection

 ImAGeek wrote:
I assume the starter will be Wanderers vs Beastmen, from the trailer.

I would Love that! Beastmen didn't make the rumored release list, though, so this should also indicate if that list is accurate or not.

I've warmed up to the name, too . I'm excited for a new setting, hopefully more varied looking boards, etc!

Maybe elves vs beast hunting chaos warriors from the outline.

 porkuslime wrote:
I am wondering if GW wanted to get in on the Frostgrave hype train with this name..

I for sure thought that there might have been a connection

Never even thought of the similarity, there’s so many things with one or the other word In it.
As in an actual connection between them?

To me it’s just classic GW naming.
It’s like saying night vault was chosen because of the night king in GoT..

I will go nuts if we are getting plastic centigors.

Sotahullu wrote:
I will go nuts if we are getting plastic centigors.

Broke too as you get one in every $30 set, and they all look the same.

 Theophony wrote:

Sotahullu wrote:
I will go nuts if we are getting plastic centigors.

Broke too as you get one in every $30 set, and they all look the same.

Looks like there are at least two in silhouette in the video.
It could easily be an all centigor band

Voss wrote:

 Theophony wrote:

Sotahullu wrote:
I will go nuts if we are getting plastic centigors.

Broke too as you get one in every $30 set, and they all look the same.

Looks like there are at least two in silhouette in the video.
It could easily be an all centigor band

It looks like the Centaur things are on the Aelf side to me. It looks like it’s heading towards the Beastman silhouette, has the classic wardancer hair style, and the tail of the beast part matches the tail of the lion thing they showed at warhammer fest.

Maybe this time around we'll have a Daughters of Khaine warband.

I agree that the centaur is on the Wanderer's side. It has the hair and I believe the tail is braided together, which is why it looks so narrow. As for the horned figure, it looks more like a chaos warrior in a horned helmet than a gor to me, but of course I could be wrong.

Could be beastial Chaos worshipping Aelves...

Looking at that punk aelf weird silhouette I don't thik it'll be a stunning model.... Hopefully the rest of the (punk) band will look better.

Hmmm... just to throw a very random thought out there... given the Wood Elf Blood Bowl star player roster, what if the Zoats were making a comeback...?

Clockpunk wrote:
Hmmm... just to throw a very random thought out there... given the Wood Elf Blood Bowl star player roster, what if the Zoats were making a comeback...?

I think there was a rumor in the 40K thread where a centaur-like race was being developed. Everyone was sure it was a species from the Ghoul star cluster (or something along those lines). But maybe we had it all wrong and the Zoats are what is coming back.