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That's not DoK. It doesn't match any style or aesthetic in the army. I'd take a bet it's a vampire.

Dysartes wrote:

JSG wrote:
Whoever keeps greenlighting DoK releases should be tarred and feathered.

Any objection to switching out "DoK" for "any Elf"?

I'm curious about Malerions lot but in general AoS does seem to have too many flavours of Aelf... and they've only released about half of 'em! I guess they sell.

Inquisitor Gideon wrote:That's not DoK. It doesn't match any style or aesthetic in the army. I'd take a bet it's a vampire.

My point still stands.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 straken619 wrote:

The way I see it this might be another point for my theory... The next Direchasm Warbands are Crimson Court and Hedkrakka's Madmob. So Death and Destruction.
If this is not a coincidence the next box might have Khorne vs Vampires (Death)
And the last one will have Slannesh vs Bonesplitterz (Destruction)

Or maybe GW is doing totally random stuff and I am slowly going crazy... thinking I could predict their next move...

See, I kinda thought that might be a point for your theory too...but then I went digging up the remainder of the box names.

"Bloodhunt" is making me think that it's almost an action or a ceremony/event. It's not beyond belief that vampires might be involved...but the silhouette looks more elvish. Initially I was thinking Black Ark Corsairs, but after seeing the silhouettes a bit better today? Thinking Idoneth.

The final box is titled "Nightmare Quest", which if that isn't an invitation for Slaanesh and Lumineth's much discussed but as yet unseen Vanari pathfinders/rangers to make an appearance? I don't know what else could be.

Yeah I have to admit "Nightmare Quest" doesn't sound like a box with Bonesplitterz in it...
But I will be really disappointed if the box named "Bloodhunt" does not have the Count Moltaire himself in the box.


Edit: Now that I look at the symbols again... Soulblight Gravelords in Warcry have a dragon as a symbol and not the winged skull so the count might be FEC after all but the silhouette does not look like a ghoul so I have no idea...
And there is this symbol in the map too (This name sounds more like Vampires)


The more I look into it the more confused i get

Like has been stated, blood hunt looks like Khorne and Vampires. The left silhouette is pretty clearly the Khorne WB, the right is the Vampire. Back banner on him/her seems to be a skull. Definitely not Idoneth as they don’t have hair, and the Vamp’s hair is pinned up. Would be interesting if they pulled the refined Khorne/savage vamps thing, but I don’t think the studio has the chops for that, so it’ll be the obvious.

 straken619 wrote:

Yeah I have to admit "Nightmare Quest" doesn't sound like a box with Bonesplitterz in it...
But I will be really disappointed if the box named "Bloodhunt" does not have the Count Moltaire himself in the box.


Edit: Now that I look at the symbols again... Soulblight Gravelords in Warcry have a dragon as a symbol and not the winged skull so the count might be FEC after all but the silhouette does not look like a ghoul so I have no idea...
And there is this symbol in the map too (This name sounds more like Vampires)


The more I look into it the more confused i get

Something we have missed this "season"(remember! this is only season 2 of WarCry) is NPC beasties, like the Furies and Raptoryx.

And we're in the Realm of Beasts.

Having some bestial FEC, put into grotesque mockeries through the Realmshaper Engines' malfunctions? That'd be a big interest to Khorne followers.


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Dread Master wrote:
Like has been stated, blood hunt looks like Khorne and Vampires. The left silhouette is pretty clearly the Khorne WB, the right is the Vampire. Back banner on him/her seems to be a skull. Definitely not Idoneth as they don’t have hair, and the Vamp’s hair is pinned up.

It's a blacked out silhouette. How do you know it's hair?

If they did the same angle and blackout with the Akhelian Thrallmaster and his weird helm made out of Starro's cousin, it would look like a bad mohawk.

Would be interesting if they pulled the refined Khorne/savage vamps thing, but I don’t think the studio has the chops for that, so it’ll be the obvious.

You underestimate the studio then, because they literally have already done the "savage vamps" thing. Look into the Vyrkos and Avengorii.

GW has been mighty inconsistent with winged skull symbols. Is it Night Lords? Flesh Eater Courts? Nagash? Soulblight Gravelords? Or some subfaction within any of those factions?

Here are some of the symbols according to the pin company Koyo:


If you ask me, Count Moltaire's Bloodhunt resembles more the middle pin, which iirc is Soulblight.
Meanwhile, Deadfang's Tower resembles more the higher wings on the Flesh Eater Court symbol.

Blood-hunt reveal - Blades of Khorne vs Soulblight Gravelords

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/01/27/lvo-2023-monastic-vampires-and-flesh-hound-aficionados-tear-into-warcry/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=warhammer-age-of-sigmar&utm_content=lvo-warcry:-blood-hunt

Those Khornate dudes are spiffy. And quite fond of the Vampires as well.

Eh, personally not a fan.. the only models I might pick up second hand are the Khornate spear-dudes.

Those masks might make fine Blood Pact grotesques..

I really like both teams. The ascetic monk Vampires more, but the Khorne guys are fairly interesting for Khorne too. I like how the leader has the mask and 2 skulls to try and emulate the three heads of Karanak.

Interesting how Khorne gets a warband that's blatanty Khrone, no is-it-or-isn't-it-god-influenced subtle design.

Vampires look damn nice, I really hope they're not ridiculously tall like Soulblight are.

Could skip the Khorne furry.

Nice terrain upgrade.

Wasn't sure on these initially. But the more I look at them, the more I appreciate the themes of their design. Now I love them.

The Khorne heads would make awesome Blood Pact conversion bits.

Nice stuff. It's cool that the terrain is evolving into more formal structures, but I'd still like to see some Seraphon ruins/chunks of the Eye of Chotec.

I feel like we've got enough ruins - Sigmar has been building like crazy as has everyone else. It's time we got some proper buildings and structures and a sense that the Mortal Realms aren't just a blasted wasteland

I love the designs of the new warbands, especially the Blades of Khorne. Not a huge fan of the terrain, but it does nicely fit with the previously released parts.

Also, seconding the need for more Seraphonic terrain. At least an obelisk that beeps or something.

Non-ruined structures are either nonfunctional bricks or a total pain to game if the interior is accessible tho.

I like both warbands but I am a little disappointed with the khorne one. I was expecting a warband that is a little different than the normal khorne guys (maybe something like the Tharn from Hordes) but other than the helmets and some weird haircuts they are pretty much regular khorne mortals. And I am especially disappointed in the beast guy... Because he is not really a beast guy, he is just dressed as a beast. Which is weird because we already have a khorne beast-man in blood bowl so why not make him like that one?

 straken619 wrote:
I like both warbands but I am a little disappointed with the khorne one. I was expecting a warband that is a little different than the normal khorne guys (maybe something like the Tharn from Hordes) but other than the helmets and some weird haircuts they are pretty much regular khorne mortals.

I was debating about that myself. The Rotmire Creed aren't exactly subtle, but they're not in your face with being Nurgle followers. Same with the stonemasks. The Corpse-grinder cults in Necromund are a nice example of Khornate cultists that aren't super khorne-y yet but are clearly worshippers. GW could have done something like insane followers of Sigmar who believe spilling blood or taking heads honors him. Or some weird cult that follows a talking skull or something.

Still, doing away with any kind of subtlety is exactly the kind of thing Khorne likes.



It's funny that GW's insistence that all the warbands have matching belt logos means that all the vampire monks have to have knotted rope around their waists. Also, are those bones on their hips? They look like bones but they're metal?

Didn't they say the warband worship Karanak?

Yep that's why they are all dressed with masks and elements of Flesh Hounds

I'm sold on this next box. Samurai Vampires vs Flesh Hound cosplayers. Warcry is a great spot for some experimentation with miniature design and it has paid off from the first set.

Def one of the better reveals

Ignispacium wrote:
I'm sold on this next box. Samurai Vampires vs Flesh Hound cosplayers. Warcry is a great spot for some experimentation with miniature design and it has paid off from the first set.

Agreed, Warcry and Underworlds have been fantastic areas where you can tell the creative staff have enjoyed working on something wild and non-mainstream for the various forces. I am also glad to see a set that isn't chock full of more Slaves to Darkness models. A dedicated set for a chaos army outside of STD and a set of Vampires - fantastic!

 Overread wrote:
I feel like we've got enough ruins - Sigmar has been building like crazy as has everyone else. It's time we got some proper buildings and structures and a sense that the Mortal Realms aren't just a blasted wasteland

Thing is, the setting is the Gnarlwood, basically a death world environment with a wrecked Seraphon ship at the center. Not some kind of bustling, populated city.

So I have not followed Warcry, but like the Khorne guys for other uses, will they sell them later out of the big box? I have no use for the terrain or the vampire dudes and don’t want the trouble of finding someone to split a set with.

 Theophony wrote:
So I have not followed Warcry, but like the Khorne guys for other uses, will they sell them later out of the big box? I have no use for the terrain or the vampire dudes and don’t want the trouble of finding someone to split a set with.

Yes everything in the current box gets split down for separate sale when the next box set comes out (warbands and terrain) so you are probably looking at 3 or 4 months after Bloodhunts release.

 DaveC wrote:

Yes everything in the current box gets split down for separate sale when the next box set comes out (warbands and terrain) so you are probably looking at 3 or 4 months after Bloodhunts release.

Good timing with the Skinks actually kinda coinciding with Seraphon reboot too. A rarity for GW.

 gorgon wrote:

 Overread wrote:
I feel like we've got enough ruins - Sigmar has been building like crazy as has everyone else. It's time we got some proper buildings and structures and a sense that the Mortal Realms aren't just a blasted wasteland

Thing is, the setting is the Gnarlwood, basically a death world environment with a wrecked Seraphon ship at the center. Not some kind of bustling, populated city.

Even if you move away from the specific location, Ghur may not be the best place to start introducing civilized terrain. If GW wanted to do something to that effect, it'd probably be tents and yurts and stuff.

Though it might be cool to get intact urban terrain down the line, with a more Warhammer Questy setting like the Hammerhal box. If GW can do Space Hulks, they can do sewers and tunnels. Alternatively (or additionally, if you like living in the sewers) make some workshops for open terrain and some closed buildings for LOS and movement blockers (with accessible rooftops) and you have something practical that looks like an intact settlement.

There are cities in Ghur.

A Dynasty of Monsters has a massive city built upon vast foundations and stilts to overcome a region where the land reshapes itself on a whim.

One of the early books, Skaven Pestilens (now in the collected volume Legends of the Age of Sigmar) even has a very advanced and developed city built on the back of a vast godbeast and its listed as one of several such cities. Granted through the events of Skaven its been blighted like crazy, and they mention another was conquered by Khorne, but if it could be built ones it could be built again. Plus, once more, we see that Sigmar has been building and defending and such.


Ghur might be a land of beasts and orks and nomadic tribes, but there's also vast cities, fortifications, settlements. Heck