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Danny76 wrote:
Kangaroo riders?

The Wind Temple for Lumineth. The temples are kinda totemic, with each having a creature of some sort that exemplifies the element.

I'm dying to know more about this critter. We have horses in the range too, and the specifics of them are kinda boring. The bloodline is from the center of the realm of Hysh, in an area inhabited by all the mortal races.

Vampires

Potatocam strikes again!

Honestly that could almost be a dryad with a funky colour scheme it’s that blurry.

What is the source for that omg I want it even if the mini is as much of a pixelated sasquatch as the potato quality photo you just put in front of me.

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
Wasn't there a something related to Kill Team and Flayed Ones a long long while ago? Maybe we'll see that.

Yeah. There was a video snippet three months ago during the SM/Necron wave, and we got the bad result- that they're waiting until Kill Team to finish off the necron releases (and 5 or so pending SM kits, though some of those were likely tied to DA in the original relaese plan)

I'm not sure if its been mentioned but I think Seraphon could fit into the "divine" part. I mean they're all about the stars and all that.
Plus with the release of their Underworlds miniatures, it would be likely to begin releasing updates on their AoS models.

Of course as many have said Lumineth also seems likely, with the Kangaroo and all. Thats just what us Aussies look like on our ways to work..

You need a ride?

Kangaroos, but also Taun-tauns.

 Mr Morden wrote:
Wow thats....ermmm....odd

It's odd but it's got charisma. Kangaroo Archers? Yeah I'd buy like 5

Someone in the other thread made the vampire look clearer

@TalonZahn- ugh. That's much creepier and disturbing than the model.

Clearly the ? is a Mordheim reboot with the first thing revealed being Sisters of Sigmar.

That vampire model looks dope. I'm interested to see what the sprue layout looks like. Conversion fodder for Deldar, count me in.

I wonder how many more Lumineth units will come with these epic high elf taun tauns. The rumour engine they showed in the preview article looks like luminary cloth in wind so potentially a whole new “chamber”

 Tiberius501 wrote:
I wonder how many more Lumineth units will come with these epic high elf taun tauns. The rumour engine they showed in the preview article looks like luminary cloth in wind so potentially a whole new “chamber”

Four.

The "New Year, New Models" video teased a Mage on cloud(which is how the Wind Temple Mages are described) and had an armoured, knightly-esque character on a mount with a much more upright and almost gryphon-esque neck...along with a shield in hand. I'm guessing that will be a Vanari(which is not strictly Tyrionic or Teclian--it's the common soldiery) character.
The teaser today is likely the Wind Temple's Spirit.
The leak is the actual Wind Temple devotees.

I would not be shocked if a Broken Realms book unlocks Zaitrec getting Wind Temple as Battleline, since they're mentioned alongside of the named Wind Spirit, The Slicing Gale, in a story blurb.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Tiberius501 wrote:
I wonder how many more Lumineth units will come with these epic high elf taun tauns. The rumour engine they showed in the preview article looks like luminary cloth in wind so potentially a whole new “chamber”

Four.

The "New Year, New Models" video teased a Mage on cloud(which is how the Wind Temple Mages are described) and had an armoured, knightly-esque character on a mount with a much more upright and almost gryphon-esque neck...along with a shield in hand. I'm guessing that will be a Vanari(which is not strictly Tyrionic or Teclian--it's the common soldiery) character.
The teaser today is likely the Wind Temple's Spirit.
The leak is the actual Wind Temple devotees.

I would not be shocked if a Broken Realms book unlocks Zaitrec getting Wind Temple as Battleline, since they're mentioned alongside of the named Wind Spirit, The Slicing Gale, in a story blurb.

This is what I’m thinking too. Keen to see proper reveals of all of them.

 Orodhen wrote:

Spoiler:

Possible we see this in the reveal.

Interesting. Wonder how this will work in game. Generally in gw games mount plus bow is bad and they have to compete with 36" no los archers with not insignificant firepower for extra headache

For new Lumineth models does sound about right. I figure it would be on par with the Alarith if in fact it does turn out to be another of the elemental aspect temples. I personally wouldn't think any of the elemental aspect temples would reverse opinion of the Lumineth as they seem to be setup to put even more distance that Lumineth aren't High Elves in AoS. However, the places of the internet I visit seem to be much more receiving the Archeraroos than the Battlecattle. The jokes seem much more like light ribbing than harsh criticism with these.

I wouldn't put it pass my personal bias, or the fact that Lumineth already have a precedent of strange ideas that make these models more accepted. That, and I think people might just be responding better to these over the Spirit of the Mountain and Stone Guard models.

I still think that GW can catch a lot of new customers when they get to Tyrion and any more traditional military units that might come with him. But I do appreciate the weird and wacky stuff being done now. The Lumineth are quickly becoming my favorite GW faction (AoS or 40k don't matter). Which is strange as I don't even care for fantasy much anymore. Now, if I could just nail down how to paint the Lumineth as nice as I want them to be....

The real question will be if this means theres going to be plastic blood knights or if even vampire infantry? I could see thralls as a lower form of vampire if they don't want to just do a copy-paste of Vampire Counts from WFB.

 Orodhen wrote:

Spoiler:

Possible we see this in the reveal.

My god that looks so dumb...

The vampire lord looks bloody awesome though.

That bat hair would definitely get a snip if I got her. Not thrilled with the sculpt but happy to see some kind of vampire focused faction coming confirmed.

The Vamp is ok, the sculpt needs a haircut though.
Kangaroo riders are hideous and dumb. Good luck aiming, while that thing jumps up and down! The bow is also uneven - the bottom is shorter. The way this is sculpted and ornamented - Even the high elf eagle chariot looks cool and realistic in comparison.

The bow is also uneven - the bottom is shorter.

That's actually a historical thing with mounted archers.
Particularly Japanese archers, which the outfits seem to be trying to invoke.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yumi

SnotlingPimpWagon wrote:
The Vamp is ok, the sculpt needs a haircut though.
Kangaroo riders are hideous and dumb. Good luck aiming, while that thing jumps up and down! The bow is also uneven - the bottom is shorter. The way this is sculpted and ornamented - Even the high elf eagle chariot looks cool and realistic in comparison.

Seeing it isn't carbon　copy of kangaroo can't say how it moves

Big oof on both of those models and my condolences to Elf lovers that GW is going out of its way to make them dumb.

The pose looks almost like they're running rather than jumping but I agree, I think the Lumineth look ridiculous

Yup, the Lumineth look ridiculously awesome. They're angling to be my favorite faction of everything Games Workshop. Age of Sigmar, Warhammer 40,000, everything. And I normally find fantasy elves so very intolerable.

The reason the bottom of the bow is shorter than the top is a real historical design to allow the bow user to have a longer range bow with high torsion, while keeping the lower half short enough to allow the archer to pivot it over the mount without the length getting in the way.

Leaks are always exiting and the models look great. But I kinda hope this is it for unplanned reveals, as I'd like at least a few surprises on Saturday.

SnotlingPimpWagon wrote:
The bow is also uneven - the bottom is shorter.

Ummm...that's hardly unheard of. Japanese used one during feudal period. I doubt they would use it if it was bad.

So it's uneven. So what? Not every bow is even...Kudos for GW for not doing the standard bow all the time.

Now if bottom was longer than top it might raise eyebrow. This? Normal.