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2020/03/05 22:57:52
Subject: Age of Sigmar N & R. P.21 Seraphon and new SC boxes.
Cronch wrote: That's one way to utilize the updated 2015 monsters. And I mean it in a nice way, they're clearly the best looking kits in the army right now, and I imagine a bunch of us love the lizards for their big monsters.
The Stegadon is actually much older than that. It’s held up really well.
Is it? Still must be past 2010 release, which is significantly younger than the 2001-2002 6th ed release of the foot skinks, sauruses and salamanders/slann.
The plastic Stegadon was released in February 2009:
Spoiler:
'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
2020/03/06 00:10:50
Subject: Age of Sigmar N & R. P.21 Seraphon and new SC boxes.
H.B.M.C. wrote: So is it just Stegadon armies, or could you just as easily bring an army full of Bastiladons?
The Bastiladon is such an awesome mini.
No. There's no indication that Bastiladons become Battleline or have a version that is a Leader. It does however up the number of Bastilidons you can take since they're no longer competing with Stegadons for those Behemoth slots.
'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
2020/03/06 05:39:37
Subject: Age of Sigmar N & R. P.21 Seraphon and new SC boxes.
That pyramid is truly terrible. The bits on the top just look like they are a Saurus standard chopped up and glued to the top. No attachment point, no sense of weight, no interesting design
The leaves/vines going up the side are also truly awful and look completely 2D. They might as well have been painted on.
There have been a number of smaller companies that have released truly stunning imaginative Lizardmen in the last couple of years. GW just crapped in the bed with this release. It looks home made, and not in the good sense.
2020/03/06 05:40:15
Subject: Age of Sigmar N & R. P.21 Seraphon and new SC boxes.
Cronch wrote: That's one way to utilize the updated 2015 monsters. And I mean it in a nice way, they're clearly the best looking kits in the army right now, and I imagine a bunch of us love the lizards for their big monsters.
The Stegadon is actually much older than that. It’s held up really well.
Is it? Still must be past 2010 release, which is significantly younger than the 2001-2002 6th ed release of the foot skinks, sauruses and salamanders/slann.
Feb 2009, as far as I can find.
2020/03/06 17:03:02
Subject: Age of Sigmar N & R. P.21 Seraphon and new SC boxes.
Lots of leaks have been happening for Seraphon on the WhatsApp and being talked about in the FB group, as well as on Lustria. Mixed/Divided reactions.
Lots of things still aren't known.
PourSpelur wrote: It's fully within the rules for me to look up your Facebook page, find out your dear Mother Gladys is single, take her on a lovely date, and tell you all the details of our hot, sweaty, animal sex during your psychic phase.
I mean, fifty bucks is on the line.
There's no rule that says I can't.
Well the book goes on pre-order tomorrow so doesn't that mean we get the standard page by page flip through on youtube? Or do those only come on release day?
Overread wrote: Well the book goes on pre-order tomorrow so doesn't that mean we get the standard page by page flip through on youtube? Or do those only come on release day?
Should get them tomorrow.
2020/03/06 17:14:38
Subject: Age of Sigmar N & R. P.21 Seraphon and new SC boxes.
Usually happens on Preorder days. The consensus is that those videos won't help much.
Why? Lots of folk are doubtful of reviewers knowing what to look for. Or that there won't be anything overtly powerful to see, so won't be much in-depth at first.
PourSpelur wrote: It's fully within the rules for me to look up your Facebook page, find out your dear Mother Gladys is single, take her on a lovely date, and tell you all the details of our hot, sweaty, animal sex during your psychic phase.
I mean, fifty bucks is on the line.
There's no rule that says I can't.
Carnikang wrote: Usually happens on Preorder days. The consensus is that those videos won't help much.
Why? Lots of folk are doubtful of reviewers knowing what to look for. Or that there won't be anything overtly powerful to see, so won't be much in-depth at first.
They usually do a flip through of the book, so anyone can look for whatever they’re looking for in them.
2020/03/06 21:12:27
Subject: Re:Age of Sigmar N & R. P.21 Seraphon and new SC boxes.
Realmshaper engine sprue - 2 in a box by keeping the center panels a uniform shape they can be flipped and then the corners and extra pieces fill in the gaps. Clever design if somewhat basic looking overall. I assume you could combine several kits to make a bigger Ziggurat although it might need some trimming and filling here and there.
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2020/03/06 22:44:57
Subject: Age of Sigmar N & R. P.21 Seraphon and new SC boxes.
I really like the look of that sprue. The arcing magic off of the ring will be nice for conversions if you don't use it on the Pyramid.
PourSpelur wrote: It's fully within the rules for me to look up your Facebook page, find out your dear Mother Gladys is single, take her on a lovely date, and tell you all the details of our hot, sweaty, animal sex during your psychic phase.
I mean, fifty bucks is on the line.
There's no rule that says I can't.
Dakka does have White Knights and is also rather infamous for it's Black Knights. A new edition brings out the passionate and not all of them are good at expressing themselves in written form. There have been plenty of hysterical responses from both sides so far. So we descend into pointless bickering with neither side listening to each other. So posting here becomes more masturbation than conversation.
ERJAK wrote: Forcing a 40k player to keep playing 7th is basically a hate crime.
2020/03/06 23:13:14
Subject: Age of Sigmar N & R. P.21 Seraphon and new SC boxes.
PourSpelur wrote: It's fully within the rules for me to look up your Facebook page, find out your dear Mother Gladys is single, take her on a lovely date, and tell you all the details of our hot, sweaty, animal sex during your psychic phase.
I mean, fifty bucks is on the line.
There's no rule that says I can't.
Most of the changes seem good for removing redundant abilities and just rolling them into the units. A lot is going to depend on point values. Saurus got a bump in slightly smaller units and against non-rending units and same against rend 1. The worst part is going to be the wholly within and a lot of the bonuses went to CP instead which makes them worse. Overall Saurus will need a point drop since most of their combo's went away and they were already a bit high.
Tentatively excited.
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2020/03/07 00:00:05
Subject: Age of Sigmar N & R. P.21 Seraphon and new SC boxes.
Points were leaked. They're fine, if not a little expensive in places for things like Razordons and Big Beasties.
PourSpelur wrote: It's fully within the rules for me to look up your Facebook page, find out your dear Mother Gladys is single, take her on a lovely date, and tell you all the details of our hot, sweaty, animal sex during your psychic phase.
I mean, fifty bucks is on the line.
There's no rule that says I can't.
What is strange is that , barring skinks, shields don't have any hability associated. This is a first, I believe. And is a shame that skins losed their retreat hability. And I lost a game because of that fething hability, but it was very tactical.
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Dakka does have White Knights and is also rather infamous for it's Black Knights. A new edition brings out the passionate and not all of them are good at expressing themselves in written form. There have been plenty of hysterical responses from both sides so far. So we descend into pointless bickering with neither side listening to each other. So posting here becomes more masturbation than conversation.
ERJAK wrote: Forcing a 40k player to keep playing 7th is basically a hate crime.
2020/03/07 00:57:21
Subject: Age of Sigmar N & R. P.21 Seraphon and new SC boxes.
Gallahad wrote: That pyramid is truly terrible. The bits on the top just look like they are a Saurus standard chopped up and glued to the top. No attachment point, no sense of weight, no interesting design
The leaves/vines going up the side are also truly awful and look completely 2D. They might as well have been painted on.
There have been a number of smaller companies that have released truly stunning imaginative Lizardmen in the last couple of years. GW just crapped in the bed with this release. It looks home made, and not in the good sense.
It is not the Alter of Skulls, but hey, what terrain piece is save the Alter of Skulls. I really don't think it is nearly as bad as you make it out to be. Maybe snake pillars at the top could have had a bit better mounting blocks to give the impression they well secured in the ziggurat. Maybe the steps could have been a bit wider. The vines probably like the stuff on the Death Forest terrain which isn't bad but doesn't photograph well. I suspect the sides of the model were intentionally to keep in style of many ziggurats as well as actually prevent models from climbing on it and becoming practically impossible for for other models to charge them or more easily stay wholly within it's aura if any.
It certainly isn't going to be in the top ten best of 2020, but I think it will be at least serviceable if the price is the same as most of the other faction specific terrain pieces. I think a lot of the design appears to be limited to keep it on par with the other faction terrain which is why it has the issues it does. Chances are to make a better kit GW would have had to add an additional sprue thus making it the most expensive and possibly the largest foot print of faction terrains.
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2020/03/07 01:28:53
Subject: Age of Sigmar N & R. P.21 Seraphon and new SC boxes.
If the Saurus warriors got the short end up the stick it hopefully.means that there are plans to eventually replace.them with new.flashy models with new flashy rules... sometime before.never.
Nice vid, not heard of that channel before. Happy to be wrong about the pyramid, looks a lot better than in the photos.
Sticking it upside down and placing it in a hill would make an interesting "stairway to the Lizardmen lair" type of scenery for D&D and suchlike. A throne from a Slann Priest or any of the top bits (throne, engine etc) from the Stegadon kit would also look great at the pyramid's summit.
Nice and versatile. Sold!
2020/03/07 13:01:30
Subject: Age of Sigmar N & R. P.21 Seraphon and new SC boxes.
Not heard of the Terrain Tutor before? Odd bloke. Very passionate. Very knowledgeable. Makes a lot of great videos, and it seems he has caught the eye of GW, hence the advanced terrain set.
And yeah, as soon as he turned it upside down my mind started spinning with the possibilities.
Galas wrote: What is strange is that , barring skinks, shields don't have any hability associated. This is a first, I believe. And is a shame that skins losed their retreat hability. And I lost a game because of that fething hability, but it was very tactical.
Shields in general seem to be moving to a flat +1 to armor save with no abilities. It's there in Cities of Sigmar in quite a few spots.
2020/03/07 13:22:10
Subject: Age of Sigmar N & R. P.21 Seraphon and new SC boxes.
Hive Fleet Hercual - 6760pts
