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Played my first two games yesterday. First game with khorne, second with Stormcast.

I was too aggressive with the Khorne guys and wound up seeing all my guys murdered.

My second game, I was a bit gun shy, so I played defensively. This did not pay off for me as I kept drawing cards that could not help me, lol.

Had blast both times. Really looking forward to the Skeletons.

My record is right about .500 so far. I've only played the Stormcasts so far, but I've more or less figured out some solid "do"s and "don't"s for them. The best tip I can give is to not leave any of them on their own. They're all pretty tanky, but don't fair well when swarmed, and it's awfully hard for them to deal with opponents who have support if they don't have any of their own.

 Z-Ray wrote:
Got hold of the Orcs and Skellies, they look great but I am annoyed that the Orc's feet are molded to the bases (non of the other sets have this bar the one skeleton coming out of the ground)
I like to Base board game minis like this on acrylic bases so you can see more of the nice board art under them.

Dice look nice but Im
'm still bugged by the exclamation mark symbol feeling out of place with the other custom symbols, you've got the exact hammer that stormcast use, the exact shield that stormcast use, the half and double "halo" thing, even the dodge arrow is well designed graphically and then a wingding (I am a graphic artist by trade so may just be hyper sensitive to this kind of design inconsistency)

This !!! I bought the orcs but will sell the minis because I already have some ironjawz in clear bases and will use them (they are very easy to identify) but it was my first concern when I saw them.

I base everything on clear bases and it was hard for some of the khorne that stand on one leg.

Skaven revealed: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/11/03/news-codexes-heroes-blood-glorygw-homepage-post-3/

Blog says six miniatures, but I only count five in the video... Look very nice though.

 Insane Ivan wrote:
Skaven revealed: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/11/03/news-codexes-heroes-blood-glorygw-homepage-post-3/

Six ratmen!

The stone thing the warlord is sitting on is an unsolved rumor engine, I believe. They look good definitely gonna buy em.

I like them

not overly spiky like the death runners in ST.

 Insane Ivan wrote:
Skaven revealed: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/11/03/news-codexes-heroes-blood-glorygw-homepage-post-3/

Blog says six miniatures, but I only count five in the video... Look very nice though.

Either some miscommunication...or a stealthy way to later introduce an Eshin Gutter Runner/Night Runner/Assassin.

In the first Shadespire tournament the top four players each used a different faction. The top two will play on twitch tomorrow.
Also here is some of the stuff you get for playing in the grand clash events.

Nice, thanks for the link!

And yeah, I'd like to think there's an assassin hidden somewhere... didn't they previously say that Skaven would be 6 models?

Wouldn't they put it in the video though, hidden in some corner for a frame or two?

And yet she wears a metal bikini #equality, lol

Pariah-Miniatures wrote:
And yet she wears a metal bikini #equality, lol

Compare to the Darkoath chieftain from silver tower. They are designed to go togethet as hoth being scantily dressed.

#payattention

 RiTides wrote:
Nice, thanks for the link!

And yeah, I'd like to think there's an assassin hidden somewhere... didn't they previously say that Skaven would be 6 models?

From the Warhammer-Community web page with the video:

Games Workshop wrote:This expansion will contain five new fighters for your games of Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire...

Weapon of the Skaven warlord look kinda generic, comparing to other warlords.

Carlovonsexron wrote:

Pariah-Miniatures wrote:
And yet she wears a metal bikini #equality, lol

Compare to the Darkoath chieftain from silver tower. They are designed to go togethet as hoth being scantily dressed.

#payattention

LoL
Not even worth dignifying with an explanation.

Chopstick wrote:
Weapon of the Skaven warlord look kinda generic, comparing to other warlords.

It does but it also fits the aesthetic of a Skaven warlord exactly. Not that Skaven need another Warlord model.

 akai wrote:

 Insane Ivan wrote:
Skaven revealed: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/11/03/news-codexes-heroes-blood-glorygw-homepage-post-3/

Blog says six miniatures, but I only count five in the video... Look very nice though.

Either some miscommunication...or a stealthy way to later introduce an Eshin Gutter Runner/Night Runner/Assassin.

In the first picture there is a mini all the eay in the back out of focus, or so it seems. Its between the team and the church looking building.

And the last pic as well, behind one of the other skaven...

Pariah-Miniatures wrote:

Carlovonsexron wrote:

Pariah-Miniatures wrote:
And yet she wears a metal bikini #equality, lol

Compare to the Darkoath chieftain from silver tower. They are designed to go togethet as hoth being scantily dressed.

#payattention

LoL
Not even worth dignifying with an explanation.

Also, no boob plate and she's actually wearing more armor than either the chaos marauders or the Chieftan, while still existing firmly amongst those models aesthetics.
Its a strong model design wise - if its upsetting people, there is an issue; just not with the model.

Look like there're only five (and they said so in the article)

Warlord

Spear rat

Flail rat

Daggerfist rat

Hero-landing pose rat with tail holding a shank.

One in the last pic is the spear rat...

Chopstick wrote:
Look like there're only five (and they said so in the article)

Warlord

Spear rat

Flail rat

Daggerfist rat

Hero-landing pose rat with tail holding a shank.

One in the last pic is the spear rat...

The article originally said six but they changed it after someone pointed out the mistake on Facebook. I like these guys a lot especially the hero-landing pose rat!

The new Skaven set looks sweet!

I've been looking forward to the rats.

My FLGS ordered a bunch of both expansions, then an extra batch, then an EXTRA extra batch and they still didn't have a set that wasn't spoken for when I asked today.

I'm strangely happy about that, even though I need to order it online or wait a week to MAYBE have it locally.

 Breotan wrote:

 RiTides wrote:
Nice, thanks for the link!

And yeah, I'd like to think there's an assassin hidden somewhere... didn't they previously say that Skaven would be 6 models?

From the Warhammer-Community web page with the video:

Games Workshop wrote:This expansion will contain five new fighters for your games of Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire...

Ah, they must have edited it (see the posts above mine, it said six!). Still cool though

I'm not a Skaven guy at all, but I might just have to pick those up after all. Great looking models.

Requizen wrote:
Yeah that's how it is. Character cards clear, and then two different backs for Power (20) vs Objectives (12).

Not enough to sleeve the whole box, though.

Ask me how annoying it was to only receive 19 power sleeves instead of 20 in my stormcast sleeve pack.

fattdex wrote:

Requizen wrote:
Yeah that's how it is. Character cards clear, and then two different backs for Power (20) vs Objectives (12).

Not enough to sleeve the whole box, though.

Ask me how annoying it was to only receive 19 power sleeves instead of 20 in my stormcast sleeve pack.

How annoying was it?

fattdex wrote:

Requizen wrote:
Yeah that's how it is. Character cards clear, and then two different backs for Power (20) vs Objectives (12).

Not enough to sleeve the whole box, though.

Ask me how annoying it was to only receive 19 power sleeves instead of 20 in my stormcast sleeve pack.

Not really annoying as GW will no doubt send you a new full pack?

Will be picking up the Skaven.

Picked up my Orks and Sepulcheral Guard today and I have some interesting observations about the whole deal.

The Stormcast have me spoiled on damage, seeing only one 3 damage side for the Orks uninspired and 2 while inspired was a big surprise. The Stormcast seem to be the only faction that can reliably kill nearly any model in one attack.

The Sepulchral Guard are all REALLY SLOW. Even inspired they only move 3 hexes per round. Thank goodness the Warden can move 2 (3 with the upgrade) models per turn. However much like the Khorne Band, unless they get lucky they'll have a hard time winning glory with the Death by 1000 Cuts method they seem to have.

I've yet to play any games with either, but it should be interesting to see how the Orks go with their high wounds but low output.

I was murdering Stormcast all over the shop at the Tournament with my Khorne guys, but I struggled against Orks. They benefit from weapons upgrades (much like Bloodbound do) but they seem to be more about grinding opponents down.
Certainly Orks did well across the whole tournament.
Skeletons seem to play completely differently in terms of board control, and will take some getting used to.