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 Insane Ivan wrote:
The AoS app now has the warscrolls for the starter set units, and the Celestar Ballista image has different crew (female!) than the box set:

Sculpted bases so probably an "easy to build" kit as well.

Atlas with rules-$60
Generals Handbook-$35 a year
Everchosen+inevitable Hosts of Slaanesh book-$83-90


……..um, yeah. Nope.


I live near Games Workshop and a comic book store that strongly prefer Shadespire and 40k over Fantasy/AoS. It it because of this that I am VERY glad I am saving money for just one game now.


P.S. to those that wanted pages of maps with the rules, NAGASH TAKE YOUR SOULS!
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/05/12/new-edition-of-warhammer-age-of-sigmar-your-essential-guide-may12gw-homepage-post-3/

EDIT. CLEAND UP/ADDED SOME STUFF. Forgive my drowsiness that day.

 parakuribo wrote:



……..um, yeah. Nope.


I live near Games Workshop and a comic book store that strongly prefer Shadespire and 40k over Fantasy/AoS. Because of this, I am VERY glad I am saving money because of this.


P.S. to those that wanted pages of maps with the rules, NAGASH TAKE YOUR SOULS!
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/05/12/new-edition-of-warhammer-age-of-sigmar-your-essential-guide-may12gw-homepage-post-3/

Um..what?

 parakuribo wrote:

……..um, yeah. Nope.

I live near Games Workshop and a comic book store that strongly prefer Shadespire and 40k over Fantasy/AoS. Because of this, I am VERY glad I am saving money because of this.

P.S. to those that wanted pages of maps with the rules, NAGASH TAKE YOUR SOULS!
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/05/12/new-edition-of-warhammer-age-of-sigmar-your-essential-guide-may12gw-homepage-post-3/

What is the "this" you are referring to and why are you posting a month old article we've all seen?

 Irbis wrote:
Speaking of soulblight, is it me, or some of their heroes are being squatted right now?

 Geifer wrote:
Compared to the artwork, the Mortarch's paint job is really poor. It completely lacks that ethereal ghostly vibe. The sculpt looks decent, though.

See, this it the thing that bothers me about new ghosts. They just don't look like undead. Compared to ethereal bodies and skull faces, their normal looking hands terribly reinforce the 'bedsheet ghosty' look. Compare it to old GW ghost with skeletal hands and the new ones are kinda lamed by that detail:

Spoiler:

You can argue they look like the banshee, but she actually had flesh on the face still. So, yeah, arms just create jarring dissonance with head...

Thanks for pointing that out. I thought the arms looked odd, but I couldn't figure out what bothered me about them.

So, can the Sequitors have three Greatmaces for the original five models, with 2 plus the Prime? Thats how Im reading their warscroll there.

I wonder if they are goong to be battleline, and if they are, how many points over Liberators will they be, since they are a direct upgrade.

They also have two different warscrolls:

https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/PDF/Downloads//ENG_Stormcast_Sequitors.pdf

https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/PDF/Downloads//ENG_Sequitors_Stormcast_2018.pdf

The first is from the easy to build, the latter is from the starter set.

 Crazyterran wrote:
So, can the Sequitors have three Greatmaces for the original five models, with 2 plus the Prime? Thats how Im reading their warscroll there.

I wonder if they are goong to be battleline, and if they are, how many points over Liberators will they be, since they are a direct upgrade.

They also have two different warscrolls:

https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/PDF/Downloads//ENG_Stormcast_Sequitors.pdf

https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/PDF/Downloads//ENG_Sequitors_Stormcast_2018.pdf

The first is from the easy to build, the latter is from the starter set.

Interesting !

I think the first link you provided is the more up-to-date version ; it includes a "redemption cache" which is probably an option from the future multi part plastic kit (see the attachment)

EDIT : the "Tempest blades" option can be seen on the right here (along with the redemption cache) :

https://spruesandbrewsblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/img_5942.jpg?w=1756

Well I got my hands on some of the EZ build Sequitors and did a review/build.

https://youtu.be/gvS7hVr58vY

Ben2 wrote:
Well I got my hands on some of the EZ build Sequitors and did a review/build.

https://youtu.be/gvS7hVr58vY

Wait so they are gray plastic not gold? Even though I prefer the gray it's weird they say on the site otherwise.

Chopstick wrote:

Ben2 wrote:
Well I got my hands on some of the EZ build Sequitors and did a review/build.

https://youtu.be/gvS7hVr58vY

Wait so they are gray plastic not gold? Even though I prefer the gray it's weird they say on the site otherwise.

The promo stock is grey, the run for the EZ build boxes is coloured.

 Geifer wrote:

 Irbis wrote:
Speaking of soulblight, is it me, or some of their heroes are being squatted right now?

 Geifer wrote:
Compared to the artwork, the Mortarch's paint job is really poor. It completely lacks that ethereal ghostly vibe. The sculpt looks decent, though.

See, this it the thing that bothers me about new ghosts. They just don't look like undead. Compared to ethereal bodies and skull faces, their normal looking hands terribly reinforce the 'bedsheet ghosty' look. Compare it to old GW ghost with skeletal hands and the new ones are kinda lamed by that detail:

Spoiler:

You can argue they look like the banshee, but she actually had flesh on the face still. So, yeah, arms just create jarring dissonance with head...

Thanks for pointing that out. I thought the arms looked odd, but I couldn't figure out what bothered me about them.

Me too.

Should be a general rule: skeletal face/head is matched by skeletal every ofther exposed bit.





I really like the skeletal-headed crow on the base of the nearmost one. Quite cool in general for easy build figures. Might actually be tempted to pick them up (despite not needing anything else on my backlog). I've been using Wraiths to counts as ghouls for Mordheim.

 sockwithaticket wrote:

 Geifer wrote:

 Irbis wrote:
Speaking of soulblight, is it me, or some of their heroes are being squatted right now?

 Geifer wrote:
Compared to the artwork, the Mortarch's paint job is really poor. It completely lacks that ethereal ghostly vibe. The sculpt looks decent, though.

See, this it the thing that bothers me about new ghosts. They just don't look like undead. Compared to ethereal bodies and skull faces, their normal looking hands terribly reinforce the 'bedsheet ghosty' look. Compare it to old GW ghost with skeletal hands and the new ones are kinda lamed by that detail:

Spoiler:

You can argue they look like the banshee, but she actually had flesh on the face still. So, yeah, arms just create jarring dissonance with head...

Thanks for pointing that out. I thought the arms looked odd, but I couldn't figure out what bothered me about them.

Me too.

Should be a general rule: skeletal face/head is matched by skeletal every ofther exposed bit.





I really like the skeletal-headed crow on the base of the nearmost one. Quite cool in general for easy build figures. Might actually be tempted to pick them up (despite not needing anything else on my backlog). I've been using Wraiths to counts as ghouls for Mordheim.

Never looked close enough to spot it but now that you mention the bird I hope its a raven (not a crow) and thus a homage to Quath the Raven from Discworld; the winged mount of the DEATH of Rats (Quoth being into the whole deal for the eyeballs)

Are the free rules available somewhere? I looked on the GW site, didn’t have any luck.

 timetowaste85 wrote:
Are the free rules available somewhere? I looked on the GW site, didn’t have any luck.

Yeah, there's a link on https://ageofsigmar.com/

Edit for direct: https://ageofsigmar.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/06/AoS_Rules-ENG.pdf

Awesome. Thanks man.

So wait, I’ve not seen any news on next week’s preorders. Is there anything about that I’ve missed?

changemod wrote:
So wait, I’ve not seen any news on next week’s preorders. Is there anything about that I’ve missed?

This is a two week pre-order and will be released on the 30th. There's no new pre-orders on the 23rd for more releases on the 30th.

 Ghaz wrote:

changemod wrote:
So wait, I’ve not seen any news on next week’s preorders. Is there anything about that I’ve missed?

This is a two week pre-order and will be released on the 30th. There's no new pre-orders on the 23rd for more releases on the 30th.

Huh, that’s very out of character for them.

There was a two week pre-order for 40K 8th edition as well.

 sockwithaticket wrote:

 Geifer wrote:

 Irbis wrote:
Speaking of soulblight, is it me, or some of their heroes are being squatted right now?

 Geifer wrote:
Compared to the artwork, the Mortarch's paint job is really poor. It completely lacks that ethereal ghostly vibe. The sculpt looks decent, though.

See, this it the thing that bothers me about new ghosts. They just don't look like undead. Compared to ethereal bodies and skull faces, their normal looking hands terribly reinforce the 'bedsheet ghosty' look. Compare it to old GW ghost with skeletal hands and the new ones are kinda lamed by that detail:

Spoiler:

You can argue they look like the banshee, but she actually had flesh on the face still. So, yeah, arms just create jarring dissonance with head...

Thanks for pointing that out. I thought the arms looked odd, but I couldn't figure out what bothered me about them.

Me too.

Should be a general rule: skeletal face/head is matched by skeletal every ofther exposed bit.

Well, it's all subjective isn't it? Personally the combination of skull faces, but thin, spectral arms is one of the things I like most about the Nighthaunts. It makes them look more creepy.

 Crazyterran wrote:
So, can the Sequitors have three Greatmaces for the original five models, with 2 plus the Prime? Thats how Im reading their warscroll there.

I wonder if they are goong to be battleline, and if they are, how many points over Liberators will they be, since they are a direct upgrade.

They also have two different warscrolls:

https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/PDF/Downloads//ENG_Stormcast_Sequitors.pdf

https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/PDF/Downloads//ENG_Sequitors_Stormcast_2018.pdf

The first is from the easy to build, the latter is from the starter set.

Battleline with allegiance and Lord Arcanum as general. 80 points for 3, so likely 120 for 5, making them a bit more than liberators which is appropriate. They perform better but not that much so.

Did I miss the discussion on the new green and blue technical paints? I love the idea of the “glow” shades/washes, but I hate that they made them direct only, and I fear they’ll be limited release.

 AduroT wrote:
Did I miss the discussion on the new green and blue technical paints? I love the idea of the “glow” shades/washes, but I hate that they made them direct only, and I fear they’ll be limited release.

That’s weird, I ordered one of each from Element Games where I placed my preorder.

 ImAGeek wrote:

 AduroT wrote:
Did I miss the discussion on the new green and blue technical paints? I love the idea of the “glow” shades/washes, but I hate that they made them direct only, and I fear they’ll be limited release.

That’s weird, I ordered one of each from Element Games where I placed my preorder.

'Webstore Exclusive' is a bit of a misnomer. If I recall correctly, your FLGS can get this product in but not with their usual discount.

They're available from Wayland and Darksphere too so in the UK at least they're getting a retail release

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
They're available from Wayland and Darksphere too so in the UK at least they're getting a retail release

Nighthaunt Gloom and Hexwraith Flame are listed as webstore exclusives in the UK as well.

changemod wrote:

 Ghaz wrote:

changemod wrote:
So wait, I’ve not seen any news on next week’s preorders. Is there anything about that I’ve missed?

This is a two week pre-order and will be released on the 30th. There's no new pre-orders on the 23rd for more releases on the 30th.

Huh, that’s very out of character for them.

Aye but consider that edition releases are going to generate vast sales for GW. Even with free rules releases on the website a lot of people are likely going to get at least one or two items in this. I suspect the Maligan Spells will be flying off the shelves and the Big Rule Book is always popular, plus all of the existing Sigmar fanbase is likely to get the Generals Handbook. Plus they've really bigged up Sigmar this time and suspect that in itself will generate even more sales.

So unlike a new faction, a new edition is going to be a lot lot more orders; so it makes sense to have a wider window of pre-orders. Considering that many will pre-order early it lets GW know exactly what is and isn't selling in vast volume and gives them two weeks to focus production to try and help bolster any potential gaps. Eg if GW didn't think many would get the Big Rule book and it turns out that was the only thing everyone ordered then they've got two weeks to get in more stock to try and avoid a shortfall at launch.

Worry not, July is likely to have at least two 40K codex (Orks and Space Wolves) whilst the first of August is likely to have Genestealer Cults then there's the launch of Titanicus in August.

 AduroT wrote:
Did I miss the discussion on the new green and blue technical paints? I love the idea of the “glow” shades/washes, but I hate that they made them direct only, and I fear they’ll be limited release.

They might be a limited release--but it would likely have more to do with stock on hand than any "BUY BUY BUY NOW!" deal. Remember that paints are done out of house.

 Overread wrote:
Worry not, July is likely to have at least two 40K codex (Orks and Space Wolves) whilst the first of August is likely to have Genestealer Cults then there's the launch of Titanicus in August.

July will have the Nighthaunt battletome (most likely on pre-order on the 30th) and the rest of the Nighthaunt releases. Then we're likely to see a new Stormcast battletome (the current one is already on 'Last Chance to Buy') and the new Sacrosanct models.

Have we talked about that Slaanesh demon in the background yet? That just caught my eye.