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Mendi Warrior wrote:My guess is that the ones with an AoS vibe are related to a reimagined version of Mordheim where you would find various types of warbands, incl. vampires, undead, witch hunters.

It would make sense as next stand-alone board games, after Silver Towers and Blackstone Fortress. Haven't they said something about alternating the settings between AoS and 40K?

Anyway, that is my 2 cents. This said, I might be wrong, it would not be the first time.

That would be fantastic. Mordheim had a ton of character and even a stand alone game with a similar vibe would be awesome.

hotsauceman1 wrote:I feel like warcry is their mordheim replacement.
So far, both games have their 2 skirmish spin offs, Underworlds and Warcry for AOS. I dont think they will want to start another.

It could be, which as much as I enjoy Warcry, saddens me. Mordheim has a very different vibe (though I feel Warcry had a pretty dark vibe when it was just Chaos Cultists.....adding the extra factions was cool, but definitely changed the narrative), and I would to see it recaptured.

Also to be fair Underworlds isn't really a skirmish game. It's more of a Board/Card Game with minis (and a lot of fun!).

I agree and don't see another spin off, but Mendi made a good point that it could be a stand-alone boxed game along the lines of Warhammer Quest or Blackstone Fortress.

WarCry has somewhat lost its initial Chais focus. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, as it opens the game up.

But I hope the other factions are represented more as “special forces”. Groups of warriors one wouldn’t see in a pitched battle, but instead are carefully used to avoid pitched battles occurring.

I believe that many images that they have shown are related to warcry bands, which could be more related to things of the dead



Chains, halberds, and now upper forgefloors..

It's not, but it makes me think of Sisters of Sigmar

I wonder if they would be so bold as to have Mordheim literally come back. Like the actual original town from the Old World emerges on one of the Realms somewhere, in the state it was when the Comet hit… except frozen in time or something, so you have these eerie “statues” of thousands of people all either partying hard or staring up at the sky.

 Mr_Rose wrote:
I wonder if they would be so bold as to have Mordheim literally come back. Like the actual original town from the Old World emerges on one of the Realms somewhere, in the state it was when the Comet hit… except frozen in time or something, so you have these eerie “statues” of thousands of people all either partying hard or staring up at the sky.

they can always just have it set in the old world, no need to bring it to the mortal realms

That’s definitely an undead banner. Well made but aged and rotted to rags is kind of their signature.

Yep. Tattered grandeur, because I wanted to sound poncey!

Banner makes it less likely to be a warband, more likely an army.

"Raise the white flag high and show them what we're made of!"

 Tim the Biovore wrote:
It's not, but it makes me think of Sisters of Sigmar

You never know. Sigmar is still around in Age of Sigmar (strangely enough ) and he has a sub-faction of human cheerleaders that, like the other Order humans, have yet to receive dedicated AoS models to replace their Warhammer Fantasy incarnations. Plus, GW releases female models more frequently these days.

Considering GW went a little easier on the proportions and humongous weapons on Sisters of battle, that hammer may not be the worst fit. At least I wouldn't dismiss it out of hand.

I'd buy the heck out of new Sisters of Sigmar, but even the original minis had Sigmarite comets plastered all over their hammers (wouldn't mind if they didn't, tho ...)

I'd love the banner to be for Flesh Eater Courts. The whole army (although I love many of the models) needs an overhaul. Give them bone or broken bits of armor. Dull or chipped weapons. Tattered banners. Make them actually look like they think they're nobles and knights and kings. If the bone pipe is actually for FEC, then the army is going in the right direction. Shame that the Underworlds team didn't get enough unique models, though the one with bone armor is a step in the right direction

Undead Pirate Squig signal flag.

I don't tend to buy GW models these days, but if they bring out an Underworlds set with a Witch Hunter Vs a Vampire, I think it would be difficult for me to resist.

If they released a new set of zombies lead by Necromancers or a Vampire Lord with an army of human thralls, I would be equally...... enthralled?

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
It’s definitely AoS, and almost certainly human. It’s a solid, non-fancy design = human.

This is the only human release for AOS so far, I wouldn't call him "no frills", esp. the hammer. However the glove does kinda fit.

 Mr_Rose wrote:
That’s definitely an undead banner. Well made but aged and rotted to rags is kind of their signature.

Trying to remember the last time GW put out a featureless banner, though (no emblems or raised details).
This is great for anyone who can freehand it, but...

Mr.Giggles wrote:
I don't tend to buy GW models these days, but if they bring out an Underworlds set with a Witch Hunter Vs a Vampire, I think it would be difficult for me to resist.

If they released a new set of zombies lead by Necromancers or a Vampire Lord with an army of human thralls, I would be equally...... enthralled?

I'm honestly dubious they can do anything so... normal, without an AoS 'twist'

Voss wrote:

 Mr_Rose wrote:
That’s definitely an undead banner. Well made but aged and rotted to rags is kind of their signature.

Trying to remember the last time GW put out a featureless banner, though (no emblems or raised details).
This is great for anyone who can freehand it, but...

Wouldn’t be the first time that they showed the reverse or other odd angle of the mini for the rumour image. Or they could be making up a really nice set of multi-colour waterslide transfers a la the Imperial Knights heraldry.

Voss wrote:

 Mr_Rose wrote:
That’s definitely an undead banner. Well made but aged and rotted to rags is kind of their signature.

Trying to remember the last time GW put out a featureless banner, though (no emblems or raised details).
This is great for anyone who can freehand it, but...

It's very like the banner for the skeletons set, which also is featureless so its been a while.

The Elf releases(Eternal Guard/Wildwood Rangers, Wild Riders/Sisters of the Thorn plus the Dark Elf Warriors) are the last ones I can definitively think of as getting blank banners.

It would be weird to see a one-sided banner though...that might be flayed flesh instead of cloth.

an elaborate power maul...
Tell me SoB players, is that weapon an option`?

A Priest's mace?

 Shadow Walker wrote:
A Priest's mace?

Good spot, would tie in with the frateris rumor?

Not Online!!! wrote:
an elaborate power maul...
Tell me SoB players, is that weapon an option`?

You can give a retributor sergeant a power maul. Very different look though.

I could see this being a sisters weapon but it’s either a special character or some kind of elite unit just on the scale. Maybe connected with the 1st image. I still stand by that was Fallout 4 style armour for sisters and maybe this suggests they’d be armed with maces? Maybe a more tanky unit than Repentia or Penitent engines.

Crusaders with options would be my hope.

How do those rivets get in the corner?

 lord_blackfang wrote:
How do those rivets get in the corner?

Blessed is the mind too small for doubt.

Probably too much to hope for Arbites. Not that it matches their style anyway


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If it is for the Echlisiarchy(?), you think it'd have some form of "I", like the Retributor's one has

That's just how the power packs look on power weapons, the fact it bears a resemblance to the seal of the Adeptus Ministorum is just a coincidence