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Quite, back on the topic of discussing news and rumours please.

so what're missing are

Awesome looking models. Nighthaunt range is just amazing. Any idea on projected release dates for that lot? particularly looking at picking up that Black Coach

 Donomar wrote:
Any idea on projected release dates for that lot?

None, but I hope they are all released by the 21st with killteam
Edit: ... that said the WD gave the impression more will be spread to august

Cheers aracersss not that long away to wait; time to start saving fast!

Not next week anyway

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/07/08/coming-next-week-heroes-old-and-new/

I wonder if they'll spread them out alternating with something else obviously Killteam is due on the 21st so no AoS that week (like this week is Bloodbowl).

Seriously tho, what's the Black Coach doing in this faction? It has always been a vampire thing.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Seriously tho, what's the Black Coach doing in this faction? It has always been a vampire thing.

It's been Nighthaunt since the launch of Age of Sigmar.

It shouldn't be Nighthaunt, it's a classic vampire unit.

They did this with the Varghulf, giving him away the Flesh Eater Courts, they also did it with the Black Coach, which before AoS didn't have anything spectral about it (unless you count one of its levels).

It should at least be a unit in both, with a vampire in the LoN one and a powerful undead in the Nighthaunt one. Which is kind of what it is until you realise that the LoN one is worse in every way possible.

I hope they at least intend the LoN one to use the new model xD

But yeah...I miss proper Vampire Counts. I play Legion of Blood (not Soulblight because a) no neferata and b) it's SO much weaker) and that does the job somewhat but it pales in comparison with for example the 8th ed armybook for VC.

Here's hoping for a Soulblight battletome at some point, full of vampires who don't necessarily follow Nagash, have decent bloodlines and some cool new units! Maybe in a year or two.

I'm trying to work out how can get Astreia Solbright's Dracoline as a Doomfire Warlock mount.....

Oh my goodness some classic heroes there, always loved Gorbad's sculpt I may have to just pick him up for display, and boy oh boy it's our boi settra.

Grimhail and the two horseback fellas give me serious Warcraft Scourge vibes, it's gonna be an exclusive weekend.

I'm assuming 21st for kill team then either a one or two week window before the next round of nighthaunt based on how much time is needed for kill team distribution.

Hopefully just 1...

On the rumours, with what we got this week, what is missing might only take up another week!

Edited by RiTides - See mod note above to return to the thread topic

So, it is on to post misogynistic gak and it gets a pass but if you answer to it, you get censored. Interesting and telling about some mods.

 DaveC wrote:
Not next week anyway

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/07/08/coming-next-week-heroes-old-and-new/

I wonder if they'll spread them out alternating with something else obviously Killteam is due on the 21st so no AoS that week (like this week is Bloodbowl).

Ughh the new stuff looks great. But I'm not getting any more until I have there respective half of the Soul Wars box painted up honest

Aren73 wrote:
It shouldn't be Nighthaunt, it's a classic vampire unit.

They did this with the Varghulf, giving him away the Flesh Eater Courts, they also did it with the Black Coach, which before AoS didn't have anything spectral about it (unless you count one of its levels).

It should at least be a unit in both, with a vampire in the LoN one and a powerful undead in the Nighthaunt one. Which is kind of what it is until you realise that the LoN one is worse in every way possible.

I hope they at least intend the LoN one to use the new model xD

I assume you are meant to use the new model for the LoN one. I get it being Nighthaunt (it's driven by Nighthaunts) buuut it still has a vampire in it. Granted the fluff now says that it can be a powerful necromancer in there instead which is fine but I wish they had given it the Legion one the Soulblight keyword, at least.

But yeah...I miss proper Vampire Counts. I play Legion of Blood (not Soulblight because a) no neferata and b) it's SO much weaker) and that does the job somewhat but it pales in comparison with for example the 8th ed armybook for VC.

I think we all have stuff we miss from WHFB, it is what it is. At any rate Neffy & Manfreddy are part of the Soulblight allegiance; they have the keyword.

Here's hoping for a Soulblight battletome at some point, full of vampires who don't necessarily follow Nagash, have decent bloodlines and some cool new units! Maybe in a year or two.

Soulblight vampires all serve Nagash, it's the dominant type of vampire but not vampires as a whole. All Soulblight are vampires, not all vampires are Soulblight. At any rate I doubt a battletome but it would be nice to see their allegiance buffed to compensate for a very restrictive unit roster.

The main reason the Black Coach is Nighthaunt is that the trope of a big, ghostly carriage flying out of the darkness, driven by cackling spirits, very obviously belongs with the spooky ghost army. When the unit was first created for WHFB 5th Edition, they'd split generic "Undead" into gothic and Egyptian varieties for the first time so it fit naturally into the Vampire Counts half of the army. Now the factions have been refined still further - if they'd had a "just ghosts" army back then, the Black Coach might have ended up there. As it is, it's become associated with vampires.

Now there's a blast from the past.

I'm not fan of the Sigmarines, but I think that the chick leading this unit might be one of the best minis in the entire range:



The pose, look on her face, the balefire on her staff. It's very well designed.

Its a great model and tbh could work as a variety of characters not just Stormcast

Yep, that's a great model.

What material is Settra made of, out of curiosity?

OH MY F GOD!

At last! My love! We will be united without paying Ebay prizes!

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Now there's a blast from the past.

I'm not fan of the Sigmarines, but I think that the chick leading this unit might be one of the best minis in the entire range:



The pose, look on her face, the balefire on her staff. It's very well designed.

Yeah, but which colours to use?
Original yellow and blue?
Classic Green and Gold?
Mighty Crimson and Gold?
Or modern black and yellow?



Also I kinda like the idea that the staff headpieces are mobile and change configuration with the spell being cast…

This is the other build for the Evocators, I think I prefer them with the staffs

 DaveC wrote:
This is the other build for the Evocators, I think I prefer them with the staffs

I do like this one more.

 Galas wrote:
OH MY F GOD!

At last! My love! We will be united without paying Ebay prizes!

Do you, er, do you two need some time alone?!

It's too bad the Evocators on Dracolines can only equip 2 grandstaves per 3.

aracersss wrote:Edit: ... that said the WD gave the impression more will be spread to august

Spoiler:

Is this classic White Dwarf gets it wrong once again? 3 ways to subscribe to White Dwarf. I thought they canceled WD online. Wonder if we can get a subscription and then turn it into GW increased credit. Then use that money to buy more Age of Sigmar product.

Print versions of magazines go to press well in advance of things - so this is probably just that.

I'm sure that if anyone tried to subscribe to the print version they'd be politely told that they can't.

 Mysterio wrote:
Print versions of magazines go to press well in advance of things - so this is probably just that.

I'm sure that if anyone tried to subscribe to the print version they'd be politely told that they can't.

It's the digital version that went away, not the print version.

Oops!

Even better then!

That's incredibly easy for them to stop - no more digital with the flick of a switch.

Maybe they're trying to get more people to go into the shops?

AoS 2.0 has me right on the verge of jumping in, so maybe not that bad of an idea?

Especially if it helps out FLGS.