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 Geifer wrote:

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
You... didn't notice that before?

It is something I like about how they did the kit. Among many other factors.

Until the ambition kicks in and you try to figure out how to paint that translucent.

The Slaanesh-approved method is to use a fresh hobby knife to cut off very thin slices of your own skin and apply them as you would gold foil. Anything to achieve the perfect look.

 NinthMusketeer wrote:

 Geifer wrote:

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
You... didn't notice that before?

It is something I like about how they did the kit. Among many other factors.

Until the ambition kicks in and you try to figure out how to paint that translucent.

The Slaanesh-approved method is to use a fresh hobby knife to cut off very thin slices of your own skin and apply them as you would gold foil. Anything to achieve the perfect look.

Man, why didn't I think of that?

Too bad I only have experience with thicker slices of my own skin. It'll just look mismatched if I try that.

Back to the drawing board.

 Geifer wrote:

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
You... didn't notice that before?

It is something I like about how they did the kit. Among many other factors.

Until the ambition kicks in and you try to figure out how to paint that translucent.

Thin layers of washes/glazes.

I honestly did not notice those before!

Although it does force me to do some changes to paint scemes I thought about.

 Geifer wrote:

 NinthMusketeer wrote:

 Geifer wrote:

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
You... didn't notice that before?

It is something I like about how they did the kit. Among many other factors.

Until the ambition kicks in and you try to figure out how to paint that translucent.

The Slaanesh-approved method is to use a fresh hobby knife to cut off very thin slices of your own skin and apply them as you would gold foil. Anything to achieve the perfect look.

Man, why didn't I think of that?

Too bad I only have experience with thicker slices of my own skin. It'll just look mismatched if I try that.

Back to the drawing board.

It goes on like gold foil does.

You DO apply gold foil to your Slaanesh models, right?

Sotahullu wrote:
Keeper now wears stockings now!

Spoiler:

The important thing to remember about Daemons is that they don’t have “clothes” as a normal mortal does – anything they wear is as much a manifestation of the will of Slaanesh as they are. The line between where the Daemon ends and clothing begins is deliberately unclear. The stockings, for example, start as clothing, and end up as part of the Daemon itself. We wanted the clothing to give each model its own identity, distinguishing them from each other.

 NinthMusketeer wrote:

auticus wrote:
The problem with chaos warriors is for their cost they are still not as durable and they have miserable damage output.

They are ok at tanking an objective however. But are still overcost. Combining them and a warshrine would get you (unless I'm just totally off base here) a 5+ extra save and a 6+ extra save additionally.

I've found them to perform pretty well. Having that 5+ against mortals is quite strong and means an opponent/unit relying on MWs to get past armor is in a tough spot. Given how common it is to counter armor with MWs they have a definite counter-play role. What makes them bad is running them in an StD army; in god-specific armies they are far more useful. For Tzeentch, Khorne, and Slaanesh they are an anvil unit the god doesn't otherwise have, while Nurgle makes them absurdly tough with a harbinger or quite offensive with blades of putrefaction.

A tourney list focused around them sticks in my mind since it more or less hard-countered my old skryrefyre.

A 20-man blob is really hard to shift. They're invaluable for objective-based scenarios. Run them alongside a more offensively-inclined unit and you have a great hammer-and-anvil!

Remember you don't have to paint them as stockings. The way they are modelled they are essentially the flesh of the model not clothing itself - so you can paint it as skin tones and then just put some soreness around the clips holding it up (red or black or whatever colour fits the blood and organs colour of your demons)

 Overread wrote:
Remember you don't have to paint them as stockings. The way they are modelled they are essentially the flesh of the model not clothing itself - so you can paint it as skin tones and then just put some soreness around the clips holding it up (red or black or whatever colour fits the blood and organs colour of your demons)

I paint mine as Flesh Stockings

 Geifer wrote:

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
You... didn't notice that before?

It is something I like about how they did the kit. Among many other factors.

Until the ambition kicks in and you try to figure out how to paint that translucent.

I think the new Fiends have stockings too. I really like it - especially since they are painted to watch the slowly darkening limbs we usually see on Daemonette hands etc - it blurs the lines between wearable stockings and stockings that seem to meld into their skin. Where does fabric end and claw begin? Pretty messed up

EDIT: Whoops, I forgot I was a whole page behind and didn't see all this discussion... carry on

Could always paint the stockings bloody, like the skin has been peeled away. Then the eye drifts to where it connects and there is a strange sort of wrongness that is perfect for a daemon model. You'd have to do it really well to sell the effect though, otherwise it'd just look like gore stockings.

They're up on the New Zealand website. Good news, it looks like you should be able remove the face from the Fane with an Exacto and there's a 360 of the Infernal Enrapturess

what's the Fane and an Exacto?

I can definitely see some shenanigans with Epitome + Balewind Vortex. Masque Finally has a use for the Staff of Masks . I definitely need to get a bigger base for my KoS to make use of his D3 healing.

All in all, pretty good upgrades + nasty model. Now if they can actually be of use in 40K.

aracersss- Some people don't like the KoS face on the Fane.

Keeper is really interesting as its dagger deals damage whilst the claw heals it. The shield gives a 6+ save against wounds and mortal wounds which is nice, but a little weak, then again if it had a 5+ or better it might have easily overshadowed the other choices.
The whip gives a ranged attack, but its special tangling ability only works on other monstrous units.

I can see the whip being more popular on the named hero as that critter can only take shield or whip. Interestingly the whip appears to have two hand options in the kit, possibly suggesting a split (double joined) hand.

Speaking of the named variation, its a darn powerful hero hunter. It's really following its lore well and is clearly built to hunt and kill other heroes!

Wow the Masque is awesome now!

Sad for me they removed the cool abilities from hellstriders. They actually work in their role batter now and the scroll is well designed, but something about that stacking attack potential was so enticing.

 Ghaz wrote:
They're up on the New Zealand website. Good news, it looks like you should be able remove the face from the Fane with an Exacto and there's a 360 of the Infernal Enrapturess

Yes, it could be workable which is a good thing.
I love this kit.

mortar_crew wrote:

 Ghaz wrote:
They're up on the New Zealand website. Good news, it looks like you should be able remove the face from the Fane with an Exacto and there's a 360 of the Infernal Enrapturess

Yes, it could be workable which is a good thing.
I love this kit.

I'm planning to do the same, its has a beautifully sculpted base as well. I'll probably paint the Keeper's face like stone or marble and incorporate it into a separate terrain piece.

Are the rules for the KoS and other things up somewhere? If that shield rule accurate that will be super sad because the unit is dead on arrival. Nothing which is melee with a defense line like T7 16 wounds 5++ and over 200 points is worth it.

Shield needed to be either +1 T, +1 Invuln or 5+++ for it to be a workable unit.

drakerocket wrote:
Are the rules for the KoS and other things up somewhere? If that shield rule accurate that will be super sad because the unit is dead on arrival. Nothing which is melee with a defense line like T7 16 wounds 5++ and over 200 points is worth it.

Shield needed to be either +1 T, +1 Invuln or 5+++ for it to be a workable unit.

All the Age of Sigmar warscrolls can be found on the appropriate product page.

Ahh. Wonder if there is yet hope for the 40k version

drakerocket wrote:
Ahh. Wonder if there is yet hope for the 40k version

Yeah everything is AOS atm. Someone on the FB group tried to tell me what the shield did and it made no sense. Lol

Wow... AUD$70 for the Infernal Enrapturess. I paid AUD$28 for mine. Yikes!

And it doesn't look like it'll be all that hard to get the dopey KOS face off the Fane. That's good news.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Wow... AUD$70 for the Infernal Enrapturess. I paid AUD$28 for mine. Yikes!

And it doesn't look like it'll be all that hard to get the dopey KOS face off the Fane. That's good news.

It's probably an error, they will correct it to $108 AUD shortly.

 aracersss wrote:
what's the Fane and an Exacto?

The fane is the scenery piece and an exacto is a hobby knife.

Looks like Slaanesh finally got some updated names:

The Resin Herald is now a "Viceleader".
The Herald on Exalted Chariots is now a "Bladebringer."
The Alluress is now an "Allurer".

Strangely the split the Hellstriders into two separate units.
But the entries for the Hellflayer, Exalted Chariot, and Herald on Seeker Chariot are all missing.

shinros wrote:
A warhammer underworlds game is being made for PC.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/04/26/first-look-warhammer-underworlds-online/

Sweet!

Also the Seeker chariots look good. And they have a better save than Overlord ships too.

 Arbitrator wrote:

 shinros wrote:

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Not available too me right now, but one of the devs was asked what was going on with Slaneesh at an open day and apparently there is meant to be a summer event dealing with it's fate. Which could possibly tie in with the schedule above. But the lack of Slaneeshi releases on the list makes me question it.

Right if there is an event dealing with slaanesh even if I am a undead fan in AOS, for slaanesh sake I am going chaos and everyone else should as well. How cool would it be if slaanesh ends up the strongest chaos god in AOS because of it?

Seems more like they know the sheer number of Order/Sigmarines, especially if there's an Elf release immediately prior, would skew the results into a massive victory for them.

Maybe that'll be their excuse to fully squat Slaanesh. "w-w-well s-ee! You did affect the narrative!"

You know, this comment has aged quite badly, now that I scrolled past it.

So the Lords of Slaanesh are already nuked from the store? Just great. Missed my chance it seems.

I actually have the mammariaeworm from back when they sold metal bits...but all this Slaanesh talk made me want the full model :(

 Sersi wrote:
Looks like Slaanesh finally got some updated names:

The Resin Herald is now a "Viceleader".
The Herald on Exalted Chariots is now a "Bladebringer."
The Alluress is now an "Allurer".

Strangely the split the Hellstriders into two separate units.
But the entries for the Hellflayer, Exalted Chariot, and Herald on Seeker Chariot are all missing.

What surprised me is that they mentioned they split the Hellstriders so that they could give them different stats and points and the only difference they've got is the weapon properties. I figure that as AoS doesn't do points for weapons/upgrades (like 40K does) this meant they had to split them to give them different points for each option.