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If that's all you've got crossed...it's not going to be enough!

 Tiberius501 wrote:
As much as I’d love to see Light Aelves previewed, I highly expect they’ll be much later. So if they’re showing anything I’d expect Darkoath and/or Slaanesh.

But they may just be showing random little things, or might focus more on 40k.

I really hope I’m wrong though, my pants are bloated with excitement for Light Aelves.

I'd love they'd show us some art featuring them. I mean, weren't high elves a popular army in the previous system? Surely it'd be in all our interests to show us with what concepts they're tinkering with.

I have rats incoming, so I'm fine with no light elves until 2020. On the other hand, I wouldn't mind putting rats on indefinite hold and prioritize the light elves, if they're released in 2019.

 Knight wrote:

 Tiberius501 wrote:
As much as I’d love to see Light Aelves previewed, I highly expect they’ll be much later. So if they’re showing anything I’d expect Darkoath and/or Slaanesh.

But they may just be showing random little things, or might focus more on 40k.

I really hope I’m wrong though, my pants are bloated with excitement for Light Aelves.

I'd love they'd show us some art featuring them. I mean, weren't high elves a popular army in the previous system? Surely it'd be in all our interests to show us with what concepts they're tinkering with.

I have rats incoming, so I'm fine with no light elves until 2020. On the other hand, I wouldn't mind putting rats on indefinite hold and prioritize the light elves, if they're released in 2019.

Yeah, I've just been painting up a new force of Goblins and Troggoths but I'd instantly pause them if Light Aelves came.

I'd love to see some art teasing them as well. If they didn't show anything else I'd still be happy to see that they are being worked on to some degree. But I highly doubt that Light Aelves are this year, with the rumour of GW focusing mostly on updating current factions with only a couple of new factions coming. Darkoath and Slaanesh will be the main ones for Sigmar I assume, and Sisters of Battle and Ynnari will possibly be the big ones for 40k.

They were, and I’m not so sure why they got rid of so many of their plastics. Surely they could have held out for a bit longer?

How good would a duo model of god-mode Tyrion and Teclis be? Or even two seperate models that gain bonuses for being together (Tyrion being blind and seeing through Teclis' eyes and all). I won't deny my wood is solid.

 Future War Cultist wrote:
They were, and I’m not so sure why they got rid of so many of their plastics. Surely they could have held out for a bit longer?

Most of the plastic stuff that went away for High Elves was old stuff.

The Silver Helms, Archers, and Spearmen were the same as when I got into WHFB back in the day. It's really just the Island of Blood stuff that needs to come back...and all of that was basically its own frame that could be released.

Since we saw two elf factions last year, I'm skeptical we'll see the light/dark elves so soon.

Island of Blood was really odd. It had a load of unique and updated things for High Elves and Skaven and yet for some reason GW put everything on the same mould and then must have never sold enough to make them invest in new ones to cast them up for both armies.

New clan rats, engineer, weapon team and ogres were on the skaven side - all (possibly barring clan rats) being very old/metal things and the weapon team could easily have been bumped up to have all 4 weapon options (gattling, warp thrower; globe thrower and grinder).

Even right now many Skaven players are surprised GW hasn't updated them. Still even a new book on its own is a VERY big boon for the faction.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/02/05/5th-feb-chaos-battletome-skaven-the-low-downgw-homepage-post-3/

 Ghaz wrote:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/02/05/5th-feb-chaos-battletome-skaven-the-low-downgw-homepage-post-3/

Yesssssssssssss, Skaven are probably one of the only armies I'd consider building afresh for AOS, having played them for over a decade in Oldhammer. Super excited to finally see an armybook that brings them together properly.

 EnTyme wrote:
Since we saw two elf factions last year, I'm skeptical we'll see the light/dark elves so soon.

I think it's going to depend on what they actually are.

Shadowkin, from the way it was being described, seems like it will be more along the lines of Idoneth(a new range entirely) while Tyrion's Aelves(I don't think we ever got a name for them even!) seemed to be more in the vein of Daughters of Khaine(a mix of old and new).

I'm thinking more likely we might see a 'revised' faction(*fingers crossed for Wanderers...* IMO, this is the best option as all the others are fragmented) before those two make a grand entrance though.

They've just released 3 AOS battetomes so I think the LVO will be 40k

SLAAANESH! Please let LVO be the Dark Prince!!!!

Probably Vigilus news.

Oh man so excited for Skaven. Looks like an awesome battletome.

I really like what they’ve done with the Skaven book. It seems like an excellent example of how to approach multi faction forces.

I just mentioned a little while ago how I wished for an all-encompassing Skaven book and here it is! Hail the thirteen!

I hope clan moulder get's some new rat ogres/giant rats down the line

nagash42 wrote:
I hope clan moulder get's some new rat ogres/giant rats down the line

Yeah, I usually have a lot of nostalgia for most of the old plastic kits, but those rat ogres look like 80's action figure.

I ended up having to go buy some of the rogue trader and slightly newer metal ones, since they look so much better.


the Island of Blood ones were some of the best I've seen, but that look seems to have ended (I mean, it was the end times)


Forge World hasn't given me much confidence that they'll get better, with their Bloodbowl Rat Ogre...

It looks like a molerat ogre lol.

I forgot about those metal rat ogres. They do look much better than the current plastics. I imagine it’s because they were still getting to grips with the technology when those were made while the metals were the result of a more ‘tried and tested’ method.

nagash42 wrote:
It looks like a molerat ogre lol.

This is because somewhere between Old World and AoS the painting and art team at GW stopped using the fur detail as a guide and used it as a firm barrier; so all their rats started ending up bald with a few stray hairs here and there.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/02/06/6th-feb-battletome-flesh-eater-courts-the-lowdowngw-homepage-post-3/

Definitely looking like just what they needed. The change to feeding frenzy is great; the current rendition is borderline useless.

Hmmm Blisterskin Court worships Hysh? I wonder if Tyrion is hearing the constant chattering of the Mordants as part of his prayers from his other worshippers.

Well, no model updates there that I can see.

Still think the SERFS keyword is awfully suspicious. But if there were adding an old kit like zombies to the army today's article would be the place to showcase it. Bah.

Feeding Frenzy is great and I'm very happy to see "chapter tactics".

Cataphract wrote:
Hmmm Blisterskin Court worships Hysh? I wonder if Tyrion is hearing the constant chattering of the Mordants as part of his prayers from his other worshippers.

Funnily enough the wording probably wouldn't seem any different!

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Well, no model updates there that I can see.

Still think the SERFS keyword is awfully suspicious. But if there were adding an old kit like zombies to the army today's article would be the place to showcase it. Bah.

Feeding Frenzy is great and I'm very happy to see "chapter tactics".

It doesn't look like it's actually a "keyword" but rather it relates to the Summoning ability the new guy has...they described it in text rather than post the ability proper.

Cataphract wrote:
Hmmm Blisterskin Court worships Hysh? I wonder if Tyrion is hearing the constant chattering of the Mordants as part of his prayers from his other worshippers.

I expected this trope. It's suiting for the FEC, although it's a bit unclear to me if that particular court emigrated from Fire into the Light (sounds like a cheesy power metal song), seems that whatever is calling the realm of Hysh its home gets some bonus on movement along with command point regeneration/recycle.

I'd love it if it'd be stated that Tyrion is capable to perceive their delusion. I think it was showcased that although he is blind he does perceive other things, I'm not sure where I've read that (perhaps in Pantheon).

Really happy with the flavor of both books.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Well, no model updates there that I can see.

Still think the SERFS keyword is awfully suspicious. But if there were adding an old kit like zombies to the army today's article would be the place to showcase it. Bah.

Feeding Frenzy is great and I'm very happy to see "chapter tactics".

It doesn't look like it's actually a "keyword" but rather it relates to the Summoning ability the new guy has...they described it in text rather than post the ability proper.

It's a keyword. New guy can summon "either a COURTIER, a unit of up to 3 KNIGHTS or a unit of up to 20 SERFS". I got this directly from squinting really hard at his actual warscroll in an Carrion Empires promo pic. I don't know why they would introduce a new keyword instead of just saying 20 Crypt Ghouls unless there were more than one types of serf unit.