Age of Sigmar news & rumours : Malign Portents

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**NinthMusketeer**

I wouldn't rule out pestigors yet either.

New model is cool, and not overdone with details, which is perfect. Ditto on the flat maggots though.

**EnTyme**

I'm also not convinced that they are previewing everything in the range this week. This could be just a taste.

**Galas**

NinthMusketeer wrote:
I wouldn't rule out pestigors yet either.

New model is cool, and not overdone with details, which is perfect. Ditto on the flat maggots though.

To me they look more like this than maggots

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Spoiler:

**EnTyme**

And now I'll never be able to eat Bugles again. Thank you for that, Galas.

**zamerion**

One question.

WD is on sale 5 january. Does this mean that Saturday will be on preorder?

**EnTyme**

Codex: Chaos Daemons will drop before Maggotkin of Nurgle, and we still have 3 more Days of Nurgle, so I would expect this book and the Rotbringers line to drop in mid-late January. My best guess is that it'll go Codex: Chaos Daemons, Malign Portents (the clock is counting down to next Wednesday), then Maggotkin of Nurgle. Depending on how much is released with Malign Portents, that would put Maggotkin up for preorder either January 13th or 20th.

**Kanluwen**

Atia said that she can do her preview/review of Maggotkin on 6-1-2018...so it'll be up for preorder on that day.
Haven't seen anything regarding Chaos Daemons.

If I had to throw some speculation out there, I'd guess that we'll see both books on January 6th with the accompanying Greater Daemons and Daemon characters then.

We could see the Beasts of Nurgle this Saturday, releasing on January 6th...they'd be a release that would be supplemental without needing to be really "done".
We might see the mortal Maggotkin stuff on Saturday as well since the AoS app tends to be updated pretty damn quickly.

**EnTyme**

I doubt anything Nurgle-specific will be preordered before the end of the 7 Days of Nurgle, and we still have 3 left.

**Cataphract**

EnTyme wrote:
Codex: Chaos Daemons will drop before Maggotkin of Nurgle, and we still have 3 more Days of Nurgle, so I would expect this book and the Rotbringers line to drop in mid-late January. My best guess is that it'll go Codex: Chaos Daemons, Malign Portents (the clock is counting down to next Wednesday), then Maggotkin of Nurgle. Depending on how much is released with Malign Portents, that would put Maggotkin up for preorder either January 13th or 20th.

Malign Portents is more of an event perhaps than an.single release. So likely on a Wednesday we will get full details or at least some more actual details and we will see releases over an extended period of time. Maggotkin itself appears to be a kick off for the release based on all the hints that Nurgle is rising to oppose Nagash.

**Ghaz**

Pusgoyle Blightlords are the shock cavalry of the Rotbringers army, combining the speed of a unit of Plague Drones with the durability and martial prowess of the Putrid Blightkings. These are the elite of the Rotbringers, and they allow you to flank enemies, control space and dash onto objectives at the last minute, giving you a much wider tactical toolbox when using the Nurgle army!

In the Pusgoyle Blightlords kit, you’ll also find the option to build a Lord of Affliction, who, like the Lord of Blights, is a new leader for Nurgle armies, with abilities designed to aid the rest of your Pusgoyle Blightlords and inflict mortal wounds on your foes.

As always, you’ll be able to download the rules for these guys for free, but if you want to make the most of them, we’d recommend picking up Battletome: Maggotkin of Nurgle – you can find out more about it in our preview.

**zamerion**

Seriusly?

Other hero?

**Ratius**

The Nurgling riding its own drone

Im not totally convinced of Gws direction with the new nurgle stuff but some touches have been genius

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Note the lack of Flying Stands....

**Galas**

The one with the trident and the corpse vomiting is a master piece.
And the nurgle with the fly wasn't for the beast, afterall.

**Mr Morden**

Looking forward to this Battletome - hoping for some interesting new fluff.

They are creating some great fun models

**Ratius**

Will these new models be crossed over to 40k?

**Galas**

Ratius wrote:
Will these new models be crossed over to 40k?

The mortal ones? Not, the daemons will be as always for bot games. They have confirmed that Horticulus will be in 40k too.

**xking**

zamerion wrote:
Seriusly?

Other hero?

Whats wrong with heroes?

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Guessing it’s just two to a box then...

**zamerion**

xking wrote:
zamerion wrote:
Seriusly?

Other hero?

Whats wrong with heroes?

Nothing. The problem is with the units. That there arent XD

A sub-faction with 9 heroes and only 1 unit (that is elite)

https://www.games-workshop.com/es-ES/Warhammer?N=2216143373+587820966&Nr=AND%28product.locale%3Aes_ES_gw%2Csku.siteId%3AES_gw%29&Nrs=collection%28%29%2Frecord%5Bproduct.startDate+%3C%3D+1514561820000+and+product.endDate+%3E%3D+1514561820000%5D

And they realease 2 heroes more, and only 1 unit that is more elite.

PD.some one on facebook said (with th january WD) that they come 2 in a box

**MajorWesJanson**

zamerion wrote:

And they realease 2 heroes more, and only 1 unit that is more elite.

Statistically that is a vast improvement then.

**EnTyme**

Ratius wrote:
Will these new models be crossed over to 40k?

The Daemons almost certainly will, but the mortals won't.

**Hulksmash**

zamerion wrote:
xking wrote:
zamerion wrote:
Seriusly?

Other hero?

Whats wrong with heroes?

Nothing. The problem is with the units. That there arent XD

A sub-faction with 9 heroes and only 1 unit (that is elite)

https://www.games-workshop.com/es-ES/Warhammer?N=2216143373+587820966&Nr=AND%28product.locale%3Aes_ES_gw%2Csku.siteId%3AES_gw%29&Nrs=collection%28%29%2Frecord%5Bproduct.startDate+%3C%3D+1514561820000+and+product.endDate+%3E%3D+1514561820000%5D

And they realease 2 heroes more, and only 1 unit that is more elite.

PD.some one on facebook said (with th january WD) that they come 2 in a box

You do realize that this faction has anything that can be marked nurgle for mortals, all nurgle daemons, nurgle skaven, plus the two units that are halfway daemon/mortal (blight kings). That's a pretty good spread. Did the other two get a few more specialized units? Yep, but they didn't get skaven stuf too.

**zamerion**

Yes i know. But i like nurgle miniatures, no mortals with some tentacles and postulates conversions painting on green.

I love the new models, but i was dreaming with pestigors or some plague zombies/flagelants. Sorry.

I'll have to wait for the nurgle blood bowl team to make a beautiful army with a variety of troops

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from warhammer french froum

- Battletome : 25€, préco le 6

- Grand Immonde : 110 € précommande le 6 (5€ de plus que Skarbrand, 20 € de plus que le Buveur de sang et que le Duc du changement/Kairos, je trouve ça étrange)

- Feculent Gnarlmaw : 22,5€, préco le 6

- Lord of Blight : 20€, préco le 6

- Sloppity Bilepiper : 20€, préco le 13

- Spoilpox : 20€, préco le 13

- Beast of Nurgle : 32,5€, préco le 13

- Pusgoyle Blightlords : 55€, préco le 13

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

I’m thinking they might be saving Pestigor et al for a Beasts book.

They’d still be compatible and Key Worded to fit Maggotkin that way, and GW won’t have to come up with too many new units for an already long established race (Gor, Ungor, Bestigor, Minotaur, Chariots, the two Big Ones, Centigor are already enough for Bread and Butter units - not that more shouldn’t or couldn’t be done!)

**zamerion**

looking at the prices, who is feculent? And.. where is the tree?

**Cataphract**

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/12/29/white-dwarf-preview-a-nurgle-y-new-year-and-much-moregw-homepage-post-2/

GW posted a teaser about the upcoming WD. January seems to be Nurgle's month.

It seems it will have two short stories providing more clues as to what Malign Portents is. If it is a Death release it looks like it is backed up to late January and February.

**Wayniac**

What is bugging me about the Pusgoyles is that if one can make a lord, you're left 1 short for Matched Play (or 1 too many, in any event you're paying for at least 1 you are not using). Inexcusable at this point when GW has to know that most people play matched play, and the points are inflexible.

**Geifer**

I like that there's a trident.

zamerion wrote:
Seriusly?

Other hero?

To be fair putting extra bits for a character build in a unit box is a much better way of adding characters than clamshell heroes, especially in such an excessive way as we've seen with Death Guard.

zamerion wrote:
looking at the prices, who is feculent? And.. where is the tree?

Expect the Feculent Gnarlmaw to be the tree, because you know, it's gnarly with a big maw.

**Fafnir**

Wayniac wrote:
What is bugging me about the Pusgoyles is that if one can make a lord, you're left 1 short for Matched Play (or 1 too many, in any event you're paying for at least 1 you are not using). Inexcusable at this point when GW has to know that most people play matched play, and the points are inflexible.

Unless they can be used in units of 1. That might be a thing.