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Hinting at Chaos Dwarfs?

Ah dammmmnnn, we have a hint of Chaos Dwarves in the future.

All pretty cool in my book.

The spearmen even having tiny legs look much better proportioned and look better but the boss in the mount looks too ... strange.

Hobgrots apparently have darker masters...

The Hobgrots look terrible and they're the moat numerous. Bummer.

Ha I was right, that skull rumour engine was a Gargant skull.

Praetors, Vindicators, Annihilators, Lord Arcanum, Gutrippaz, Shaman and Stab-grot I like. The rest is meh.

The Gutrippaz spear guys are nice.

The distinct design of the Hobgoblins is pretty cool, as are the hints of their 'darker masters'.


Of what we've seen, I only want the two casters from that box.

These hobgoblins makes me wish we would have gotten cd instead of swamp orks. Maybe in the future

 Galas wrote:
The spearmen even having tiny legs look much better proportioned and look better but the boss in the mount looks too ... strange.

Yeah, the small legs look fine to me.....on everything except the mounted boss. The proportions look way off. That's the only one of new Orcs I don't really like, specifically because of that.

 Binabik15 wrote:
The Hobgrots look terrible and they're the moat numerous. Bummer.

Yah. I really didn't like them. The orcs and stormcast both look superb though. (Though as noted, the legs of the mounted orc look really weird, at least from the angle the photo was taken.)

 Sabotage! wrote:

 Galas wrote:
The spearmen even having tiny legs look much better proportioned and look better but the boss in the mount looks too ... strange.

Yeah, the small legs look fine to me.....on everything except the mounted boss. The proportions look way off. That's the only one of new Orcs I don't really like, specifically because of that.

Well the mounted boss also has a skin(?) skirt which makes legs look shorter then it is. Could look better.

I'd rather have had an army of stabgrost than the big ones....

Here I was, looking forward to thoroughly enjoying the stormcast and not caring about the new orcs… But I really like their design. The sharp edges, the callback to the shields and armor of old, and the hobgoblins armor...I am liking them. Makes me feel better about the box set.

I’d say more than hinted at Chaos Dwarfs.
All but said them.

Won’t be Chaos though I’d imagine.
Hashnul Duardin or something it’ll be.

"While stocks last" - that sounds very worrying.

While stocks last pre order in June - no you haven't made enough

"We made plenty,"

Limited time only, will sell out within seconds.

A lot of separate sprues rather than combined sprues.

Destruction Duardin would certainly be an interesting faction.

The stormcast spearmen gave me some vibes that didn't followed in the heroes. They look much more "old school" stormcasts to me.


Meh. If instead of swamp uruk hais we had receive 20 hobgoblins with Chaos Dwarfs units and a big bull centaur boss like the Executioner I would be all over this box, but after this I'm good with not buying it, even knowing it is limited like Indomitus.

 BertBert wrote:
"While stocks last" - that sounds very worrying.

It's a launch box like Indomitus. Expect a proper starter(s) later like the Recruit, etc. for 40K.

An awful lot, just like Cursed City

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
A lot of separate sprues rather than combined sprues.

Will sell like Command, Recruit and the other version for 40K starters

Sotahullu wrote:

 Sabotage! wrote:

 Galas wrote:
The spearmen even having tiny legs look much better proportioned and look better but the boss in the mount looks too ... strange.

Yeah, the small legs look fine to me.....on everything except the mounted boss. The proportions look way off. That's the only one of new Orcs I don't really like, specifically because of that.

Well the mounted boss also has a skin(?) skirt which makes legs look shorter then it is. Could look better.

That's true, It just looks strange to me. Might look better with more angles.

Yeah, I’m fully expecting the normal starters later.

Limited Edition, While Stocks Last...GW will never learn....

Since this is limited edition, I hope we get the three different sized starters like 40k got.

Some lovely designs across both factions.

I get where the comments about LotR inspirations came from. There's also a fair bit of that unique Rackham whimsy in the orc line-up that's been creeping into GW visuals for a while now. I wonder if they got some former Rackham designers on the team.

Highlight is the Boss mount, the shaman, the SC standard bearer and the Praetors, especially the female one.

Reminder: this is a launch box for the edition, not the proper starter boxes.

It stinks, but I would expect they to limit the order like the last time or right now with the last batch of pre-orders for Broken Realms bundles.


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 Sabotage! wrote:
Since this is limited edition, I hope we get the three different sized starters like 40k got.

They have done it since AoS 1.