Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

 ImAGeek wrote:
There’s no way everything for Stormcast that has a scenic base is for shadespire (Warmachine and 2 Stormcast sprue, 3 Stormcast with massive ranged weapons, a Gryph hound and a lion mount thingy). And the ghosts don’t match the art from the shadespire card we saw. Maybe they’re from the starter, not shadespire.

This.

It's possible there will be a second, smaller starter set (like Know no fear or the exclusive Plague Brethren DG got) alongside the main Starter set.

Speaking of which, do we have confirmation that the Starter set will be called Soul Wars (like Josh Reynold's novel) ?

And that the Core Book will be included in it (just like Dark Imperium) ?

I can clearly see the line between the base and the decoration on both the horseriders and the 2 banshees at front.

I don't think those are decorative bases, but just extra bling that comes with the models similar to spirit hosts.

P.S: whoops my bad added pic as spoiler sorry

The sheer amount of Stormcast stuff coming with V2 is kinda overwhelming. Going through the pictures from the event I think I count four or five different unit types(possibly more depending on how the weapon options work out) and the same number of Heroes, along with a warmachine.

If those spooks are not on moulded bases then they are incredibly well done and at odds with the bases on the majority of the other Nighthaunts that have been previewed.

Can we get spoilers on the huge images please?

Night haunt models look fantastic... but fragile. I'd be afraid to sneeze playing with them for snapping off something delicate!

I agree with Goatboy - to me those bases look sculpted rather than later decorated. Shadespire or not shadespire, I don't think those flagstones are glued on.

I wouldn't mind if those were a new Shadespire group.

Kinda surprised we didn't see any of the season two teams spoiled- or did we, and we just didn't know it?

I'm thinking starter box models.

Yeah, those are probably starter set guys.

On a side note, anyone else annoyed by how they've split up the various elves and dwarves and skaven into mini-factions that don't mix well but Stormcast get to stay all as one big group?

 TheWaspinator wrote:
Yeah, those are probably starter set guys.

The question is going to be "is it a full fledged starter set" ala the Age of SIgmar starter/Dark Imperium or a Blight War style campaign starter. Nothing really seemed to be 'easy build' style.

On a side note, anyone else annoyed by how they've split up the various elves and dwarves and skaven into mini-factions that don't mix well but Stormcast get to stay all as one big group?

Yes, but only because I wanted Stormcast split up. I was pissed when they rolled everything together. Additionally, I have a feeling that part of this 'new edition' and the GHB will be addressing this. Things like Swifthawk Agents just don't have any real leaders for their forces and that's pathetic considering the Skycutter comes with the option to build a guy on foot.

 TheWaspinator wrote:
Yeah, those are probably starter set guys.

On a side note, anyone else annoyed by how they've split up the various elves and dwarves and skaven into mini-factions that don't mix well but Stormcast get to stay all as one big group?

I don't mind that so much, but I feel like there should be a generic allegiance for Aelf, Duardin, Skaven, Grots, Orruks, and Ogors. Not super detailed but rather like the two-page ones from GHB2. Keep the distinct battletomes for specialized sub-factions but give something to the player who wants to run, for example, just elves rather than order soup.

 Geifer wrote:
Why aren't we discussing the most metal thing of this release?



They shoot maces! Friggin' mace launchers, man!

I didn't think stormcast could get any more ridiculous. Sideways turkey baster launchers proved me wrong.

The Nighthaunt stuff looks great. They've been very creative at splitting up old factions and adding new stuff to make a completely new faction.

 NinthMusketeer wrote:

 TheWaspinator wrote:
Yeah, those are probably starter set guys.

On a side note, anyone else annoyed by how they've split up the various elves and dwarves and skaven into mini-factions that don't mix well but Stormcast get to stay all as one big group?

I don't mind that so much, but I feel like there should be a generic allegiance for Aelf, Duardin, Skaven, Grots, Orruks, and Ogors. Not super detailed but rather like the two-page ones from GHB2. Keep the distinct battletomes for specialized sub-factions but give something to the player who wants to run, for example, just elves rather than order soup.

They did reverse some of the splitting with the Legions of Nagash. I hope they keep it up. There should totally be an "Allegiance: Aelf" or "Allegiance: Skaven".

 Gallahad wrote:

 Geifer wrote:
Why aren't we discussing the most metal thing of this release?



They shoot maces! Friggin' mace launchers, man!

I didn't think stormcast could get any more ridiculous. Sideways turkey baster launchers proved me wrong.

The Nighthaunt stuff looks great. They've been very creative at splitting up old factions and adding new stuff to make a completely new faction.

I really hope that these are only photo duplicates, and that the real models are each a bit more unique. This is almost as bad as the first plastic kits GW produced.

 streetsamurai wrote:

 Gallahad wrote:

 Geifer wrote:
Why aren't we discussing the most metal thing of this release?



They shoot maces! Friggin' mace launchers, man!

I didn't think stormcast could get any more ridiculous. Sideways turkey baster launchers proved me wrong.

The Nighthaunt stuff looks great. They've been very creative at splitting up old factions and adding new stuff to make a completely new faction.

I really hope that these are only photo duplicates, and that the real models are each a bit more unique. This is almost as bad as the first plastic kits GW produced.

They’re most likely in the starter and that’s why some are doubled up.

 streetsamurai wrote:

 Gallahad wrote:

 Geifer wrote:
Why aren't we discussing the most metal thing of this release?



They shoot maces! Friggin' mace launchers, man!

I didn't think stormcast could get any more ridiculous. Sideways turkey baster launchers proved me wrong.

The Nighthaunt stuff looks great. They've been very creative at splitting up old factions and adding new stuff to make a completely new faction.

I really hope that these are only photo duplicates, and that the real models are each a bit more unique. This is almost as bad as the first plastic kits GW produced.

They may be model duplicates, but they are not photo duplicates. The grass on the bases are all in different positions.

 streetsamurai wrote:

 Gallahad wrote:

 Geifer wrote:
Why aren't we discussing the most metal thing of this release?



They shoot maces! Friggin' mace launchers, man!

I didn't think stormcast could get any more ridiculous. Sideways turkey baster launchers proved me wrong.

The Nighthaunt stuff looks great. They've been very creative at splitting up old factions and adding new stuff to make a completely new faction.

I really hope that these are only photo duplicates, and that the real models are each a bit more unique. This is almost as bad as the first plastic kits GW produced.

When you shoot the baster blaster, you either lean left or you lean right. You may not know this, but beneath their loincloths the Stormcast armor has a metal bar that prevents them from ever closing their thighs. It is just one more reason Sigmar is actually the bad guy. The Chaos Gods are just misunderstood.

indeed, these are the real models. Such a shame that the clones wars of the 90's are making a comeback

The next Stormcast chamber will have guns that shoot smaller guns that shoot lightning.

 streetsamurai wrote:
indeed, these are the real models. Such a shame that the clones wars of the 90's are making a comeback

You mean the clone wars of 2017 right, as the 40k starter also has duplicate models in. All the push fit starters have.

Thank you all for noticing this. It has confirmed for me that these are from the starter set. If you look at these guys and the ones with shields you can see there are pairs of identical models. The same is true for the battleline nighthaunts.
The dark imperium set had one duplicated marine sprue and one duplicated death guard sprue. This box will have the same.
At this point it is highly likely that the minis shown on the community site are the contents of the starter set.

Incidentally the total number of minis shown on the blog is 53.
Exactly the same as dark Imperium.

Nighthaunts are the clear winners of the new releases, the Stormcast idea is nice, like the concept, but the models I think look uninspired.

Weird because the death models are almost the exact opposite. They all have quite different poses and all look pretty interesting.

 ImAGeek wrote:

 streetsamurai wrote:
indeed, these are the real models. Such a shame that the clones wars of the 90's are making a comeback

You mean the clone wars of 2017 right, as the 40k starter also has duplicate models in. All the push fit starters have.

Yes but even the.non duplicates are almost identical. The minis from the other starter sets dont.look that similar to each others

 streetsamurai wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:

 streetsamurai wrote:
indeed, these are the real models. Such a shame that the clones wars of the 90's are making a comeback

You mean the clone wars of 2017 right, as the 40k starter also has duplicate models in. All the push fit starters have.

Yes but even the.non duplicates are almost identical. The minis from the other starter sets dont.look that similar to each others

Yes, they do.
An army with identical uniforms will always look very similiar. Just look at the Dark Imperium Marines and the AoS Starter Stormcast.
Sure, Deathguard and Khorne don't look that similiar, but only because they are Chaos rag-tag.

Lets.be serious for a second. They dont have the exact same pose and the weapons pointed at the same angle as those guys have. Anybody claiming otherwise is not sincere

I think the mace launcher things are more likely to be explosive bolts like the Torque Bows from Gears of War .

 streetsamurai wrote:
Lets.be serious for a second. They dont have the exact same pose and the weapons pointed at the same angle as those guys have. Anybody claiming otherwise is not sincere

I will agree that they look a bit too similar. These guys look a lot better.

 streetsamurai wrote:
Lets.be serious for a second. They dont have the exact same pose and the weapons pointed at the same angle as those guys have. Anybody claiming otherwise is not sincere

Yeah, let's be sincere.


Sergeant, 2x Marine A, 2x Marine B
You telling me the different leg poses are more than these new Stormcast have?


Sergeant, 2x Marine A, 2x Marine B
Same here.


Looking similiar?

My bet is that those "scenic bases" Stormcast and Nighthaunt will be released in Easy-to-build sub-starter set(s), as variations of the units found in the main starter set (just like Know no fear, First Strike, etc.)

 angelofvengeance wrote:
I think the mace launcher things are more likely to be explosive bolts like the Torque Bows from Gears of War .

While I hate to go against the idea I championed earlier, it was of course just a joke. In truth the "mace launchers" are, as evidenced by the squad leader, stikk bomb launchas, proving once again the superiority of Ork engineering and culture. Or mek-wotsits and kulcha, if you prefer.