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Jesus... just had to be you I'm replying to, didn't it? Oh well. *deep breath*

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
The setting where entire contents fly, an army of flying metal boats exists, and THAT's what you find problem with?

Because it doesn't look natural.

The turtle looks great, but floating around like that?

I await your typical "You hate everything HCBNS!!!" reply.

Aren73 wrote:
You know what that means SPELL EFFECTS/MISSILES/VORTEXES ATE BEING REPRESENTED BY MODELS.

No model = No Spell.

Hehehe.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Jesus... just had to be you I'm replying to, didn't it? Oh well. *deep breath*

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
The setting where entire contents fly, an army of flying metal boats exists, and THAT's what you find problem with?

Because it doesn't look natural.

The turtle looks great, but floating around like that?

I await your typical "You hate everything HCBNS!!!" reply.

Aren73 wrote:
You know what that means SPELL EFFECTS/MISSILES/VORTEXES ATE BEING REPRESENTED BY MODELS.

No model = No Spell.

Hehehe.

Exactly. The ''it look like a turd but its' suppose to look like a turd" defense is not very convincing.

Oh well, great for those that like them, but i was expecting so much more (more sinister and fish like). They are not bad, far from it, but they are underwhelming

The guy with the pirate eye on the seahorse and most of the characters are great though


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ERJAK wrote:

 streetsamurai wrote:

 NinthMusketeer wrote:

 streetsamurai wrote:
Sea creatures that fly :/
A bit dissapointed

The setting where entire contents fly, an army of flying metal boats exists, and THAT's what you find problem with?

Yes exactly. These other things were fine. A giant turle that fly looks daft (im not mentioning the flying turds). Which is a shame since it would have been a cool model if it was walking

They don't fly, that terrain peice projects a magic aura that lets them act as if there was water (from earlier rumors) sort of like the fake moon from DBZ

But why isn't the other army drowining then?


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 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:

 Nostromodamus wrote:

 NinthMusketeer wrote:

 streetsamurai wrote:
Sea creatures that fly :/
A bit dissapointed

The setting where entire contents fly, an army of flying metal boats exists, and THAT's what you find problem with?

Guess he never saw what the sky dorfs hunt

ha the imbecilic 'streetsamurai always complaining' thing again. Weird that you never comes around whenever i praise one of GW release (like pretty mcuh all Necro models, or the KO)

Wasn't one of the rumors that the army basically casts a spell on the battlefield that allows them to move on land like they're within water still? Pretty sure I read that on here someplace.

That would explain why the sharks, eels, and turtles are "flying". They're really just swimming in a strange magical water field. Still kinda..odd..but it makes sense in an Age of Sigmar fashion.

Found this....

BFG and Adeptus Titanicus previews soon!

https://sepulchreofheroes.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/my-notes-from-gw-adepticon-studio.html

Also from that blog MDG linked:

New FW team for.aos

Get to work, FW team. I want a fleshed out Fimirach army asap!

I see the Purple Sun is finally back to wreck another game system

 streetsamurai wrote:
Sea creatures that fly :/
A bit dissapointed

If it wasn’t flying (swimming), the turtle would just be slowly and awkwardly dragging itself along the ground. It’d move like an inch a turn.

 streetsamurai wrote:
The guy with the pirate eye on the seahorse and most of the characters are great though

The seahorse character looks great, as is the guy with the wave cloak. That model is exquisite.

The infantry aren't doing it for me, at all. There's nothing... special about them. The guys riding the eels/barracudas... eh... more flying fish!

 ImAGeek wrote:
If it wasn’t flying (swimming), the turtle would just be slowly and awkwardly dragging itself along the ground. It’d move like an inch a turn.

Pretty sure he knows that. Doesn't make it any less dumb.

There are things that we accept, and there are things that even in a fantasy world break SOD. The first one that broke it for me with GW in a while was this piece of nonsense. "It uses magic to fly!" Great. It looks like the kind of thing that would kill the eagle instantly should it ever choose to hover, or would plummet to the ground if the eagle ever slowed down.

Fish out of water, literally, are somehow worse.

The characters are AMAZING to me, and I see tons of potential in tje infantry kits both in paint scheme changes and kit bashes. Likewise, the cavalry being fish out of water isnt so great for me, BUT the bits on those kits are fantastic- SO MUCH KITBASH POTENTIAL!

I actually think thematically it makes a lot of sense.

You have a water based faction, whose main strengths are all tied to being in water. How can that faction ever hope to attack the factions on land, seeing as there they would have such a colossal disadvantage it's not even funny.

Well, what they do is should they wish to attack somewhere they cast a spell so that they can move through the air as if it was water. It's not THAT ridiculous, what with bringing people back from the dead or casting bolts of pure energy also being part of the universe.

That's all it takes, if you can deal with the Idoneth making air behave like water for them for a limited area and amount of time so they can swim through it then everything else is quite logical.

And yes, air could never behave like water for creatures their size, density and makeup forbid that and how would it not affect anything else etc etc yes that part just requires the "it's magic" excuse but after that everything makes sense.

This is probably the one army that I'm going to stick with, love the concept of Idoneth Deepkin so much.

If flying fish aren't your thing, you could make full use of their mastery of the sea and model on some water so it looks like they're leaping out of water, if that makes things better.

A new teaser, so lots of "stop liking what I don't like"? Standard Dakka!

Nice concept; the big chap and the "living wave" dude look great.

Interesting that the infantry appear physically unfinished.

Pale, almost translucent skin, lack of eyes. Reminds me of these guys.



And those aren't traits demonstrated on what I assume to be the characters, nor the Turtle riders.

Wondering what the story there is. Clones? Flesh Golems? Magical Constructs? The race is described as being 'soul thieves', so possibly something to do with that?

I think I like the idea of horrible drowned elves back for revenge more than the presented models. Need a little more grimdark in my warhammer, this is too high fantasy for my tastes. If their rules are good I might proxy some Reaper squids and Cthulhu monsters in for the turtles and sharks. The eyeless guys, octopus accountant and pirate riding the most badass seahorse in the world are great models though:

 JohnnyHell wrote:
A new teaser, so lots of "stop liking what I don't like"? Standard Dakka!

Thinking fish swimming through the air is dumb = "Don't liking what I don't like".

Y'all got a very black'n'white view of criticism Johnny boy.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 JohnnyHell wrote:
A new teaser, so lots of "stop liking what I don't like"? Standard Dakka!

Thinking fish swimming through the air is dumb = "Don't liking what I don't like".

Y'all got a very black'n'white view of criticism Johnny boy.

Dont remember addressing you, but if the shoe fits... I jest, and opinions are completely fine, but when the usual voices make multiple posts trying to tell everyone how dumb the latest thing is, then eh. Say your piece and let it go if the models aren't for you. No need to start arguments over plastic mandollies. But you're not new around here and know this!

Very, very nice.

Language barrier and all I was exppecting a tortoise and not a turtle all this time. It's head looks like a Troglodon. Hmh. A crest-less Stegadon head would look better, IMO.

And of course GW releases real flying fishea before I bought the parts to build Nurgle flying fish knights (a stolen idea frlm the convertorum, did he see stuff in the studio...or did they take his idea or seperate developments I wonder). And now I'm waiting on my Melusai to build a hippocamp with one of their tails they do an evil hippocamp.

At least the weresharks I sculpted for Hordes don't fly

Welp, it happened.

Snake-Girls and Greek like armored elves standing side-by-side.

There goes my money.

Blown away by these. I've just bought a load of black ark corsairs and a hydra, now vainly hoping they'll be in the battletome... if not, well, at least they're Order and will look OK next to them

GW has gone full high fantasy with AoS which I personally love, but I can understand that there are people who dislike this direction.
That said with Mierce, mantic, Game of thrones and the like there are plenty of companies doing excellent low fantasy or Tolkienesque minis and there are a few companies pushing the horror angle. Noone else is doing high fantasy nearly this well.
Also as a massive discworld fan, I am all about flying Turtles.

With a very strong aesthetic that still allows for a great deal of variety within the army, some exotic creatures and amazing heroes that provide great painting opportunities, this is pretty much my ideal faction.
This will be the first Aos faction for which I buy everything.

Yeah , GW has clearly chosen high ,over the top, fantasy and that's alright with me. But I can see why some older fantasy fans might dislike it.

I kind of like the less Grim Dark AoS, but I also love me some Grim Dark Fantasy. Vermintide and Total Warhammer 2 gets me my fix of the latter though.

I cant wait for the AoS Warcraft Clone. :p

I just have to figure out how to stuff all this cool stuff in a Trident Realms KoW army

Between these and the Daughters of Khaine, it looks to me like we've still not seen the faction(s) that Tenebrael Shard and Mistweaver Saih come from. More aelves to come, hopefully.

The weirdest thing about the Deepkin is that their design feels all over the place. I may change my mind when we get proper sights of everything, but it feels weird and disparate. I really love some of it, but others feel very, very odd. That Avatar is incredible though.

Aren73 wrote:
Surely both, I see both influences, plus the infantry looks a bit like the sylvaneth dudes.

It's its own thing.

Kanluwen - I was not aware we know so much about their lore already

Its discussed briefly in the Daughters of Khaine battletome - most of it is also summarised here: http://whfb.lexicanum.com/wiki/Aelf

If it wasn't for the fact that it's all so expensive, I would be a little sad that AoS is so unappealing as a game... Because I absolutely adore everything about this release. Not quite as cool as the sky Dwarfs, but right up there.

I wonder how big the sharks are. Can I finally have space shark bikers?!

Oh and the Deepkin - Just WOW

Also thinking if you wanted a whole new look to a Dark Eldar force based around Beastmasters....... some replacements for bikes and Raiders?

How long was it between the preview of the DoK and their release?