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That KT box is okay. A terribly skewed matchup, and most likely the same price as Catacombs. If only GW invested the time and resources into adding depth top the rules instead...

Vampires aren't terrible. Might even be great- hard to tell with those paint jobs.

Definitely not a fan of the swirly-gak-jumping fox-antelope for Moomineth. GW needs to make up their mind on their style and theme.

The Sisters dreadnought is badly designed and completely unnecessary.

Blood snake? No, no- that is clearly wax! CAD wax!

Am I the only one who is blown away by that Gorslav model? It is absolutely horrific in all the right ways.

That was pretty impressive.

Great looking figures!

Is there any particular reason why GW Vampires apparently feel that they can leave their arms entirely or partially unprotected? This is such a weird trend that started with the uglified Mannfred back during 7th (or was it 6th?).
They are donning heavy armor - which means they are concerned with their bodily protection - but leaving their weapon arm, including possible magic rings of regeneration and similar trinkets, exposed to being cut off by a skilled swing is fine?

I'm really liking the Paragon Warsuit. The gun arm doesn't look like it would be that overly weedy if we were to be looking at it from the side instead of head on.

 Dysartes wrote:

 Darnok wrote:
Well, my first thought was "oh, Infinity style battlesuits for Sisters... okay". If you play Sisters and like this: good for you. Not for me - but not my army anyway.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who went to Adepta Sorori-TAG on seeing that suit.

They're all Landmates.

The arm looks OK in that build - I think it is the HB one that's only been seen in a still from a video that people were saying looked weedy.

Favourites: Vampires, Witch Hunter and Warmaster Titan.
What were they smoking: SoB version of Dreadknight.

I went right to this:
http://www.mwctoys.com/REVIEW_123107a.htm

Aliens Power Loader w/ Sister Ripley.

Just had a look through everything and thought it was an absolutely fantastic preview. I liked everything. I think the Super-Sister-Suits look great! Really happy that GW is putting in the time and resources to really give pointy ears love. High Elves were one of my first WHF armies like 20+ years ago, same with the undead, bring back mummies! The Vamps are great and WQ.... well, If GW sorts out their production issues they will probably sell as many as they can make. I just hope this isn't a case of a boxset selling out in 1 minute.

I'd rather Sisters just have a Terminator unit than a Nemesis Babycarrier. If Inquisitors can wear suits of it, I imagine Sisters could - even if it's extremely rare. The way they're pushing these on multiple Imperial armies has me worried the Guard will inevitably get one and will look just as stupid as it has every other attempt... at least they're not leaping off a Tactical Rock I suppose.

The Cursed City actually looks quite promising, from the tone to the models - or at least their silhouettes.

 ArcaneHorror wrote:
Am I the only one who is blown away by that Gorslav model? It is absolutely horrific in all the right ways.

It put me in the mind of something out of one of Guillermo del Toro's films - eg Pan's Labyrinth or Hellboy. It's in that same creepy strange design block.


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 Arbitrator wrote:
I'd rather Sisters just have a Terminator unit than a Nemesis Babycarrier. If Inquisitors can wear suits of it, I imagine Sisters could - even if it's extremely rare. The way they're pushing these on multiple Imperial armies has me worried the Guard will inevitably get one.

The Cursed City actually looks quite promising, from the tone to the models - or at least their silhouettes.

But its not a baby carrier its an exosuite. You can see her legs are well into the legs of the suit itself. whilst her arms are below the main weapon arms with controllers on them. It's vastly different to the Grey Knights design which is a huge armoured walker with a guy strapped on the front. The Sister isn't strapped on the front; she's in the very middle in the main trunk of the body.

Good thing is that the Sister inside has no legs so you just need to remove the arms and get a ok looking Dreadnought like design instead of the Baby Carrier

All in all good day for reveals. I’m anticipating the release of the new Warhammer quest the most. Tis a shame, it’s not Mordheim, or that + Mordheim, I remained hopeful until the minute they started thanking everyone for attending.

The sisters suit is pretty great. Of course it reminded me of the Grey Knight hideous thing, but the design they showed us today works.

 Ghaz wrote:
I'm really liking the Paragon Warsuit. The gun arm doesn't look like it would be that overly weedy if we were to be looking at it from the side instead of head on.

I would really like a good look at it's back as well.

 Esmer wrote:
Is there any particular reason why GW Vampires apparently feel that they can leave their arms entirely or partially unprotected? This is such a weird trend that started with the uglified Mannfred back during 7th (or was it 6th?).
They are donning heavy armor - which means they are concerned with their bodily protection - but leaving their weapon arm, including possible magic rings of regeneration and similar trinkets, exposed to being cut off by a skilled swing is fine?

Not just that; the first shown vampire with the two swords already had the interesting fashion choice of having armoured legs and an unarmoured torso, and if you look closely you see the guy with the big mace did something similar, with an exposed midriff. And, incidentally, two protruding spikes just below it, so as soon as he bends over a bit he's stabbing himself. No wonder he's standing still like a statue.
The leader would be basically perfect if he had armour on his arms, such a great sculpt otherwise.

Good preview overall ... except the SoB unit.

Never liked the GK Dreadknight suit and always hated the SM Centurions. As a result, I'm not surprised that I find the SoB equivalent to be ugly as hell.

The Direchasm / Warhammer Quest stuff was fantastic though.

 Ghaz wrote:


I'm really liking the Paragon Warsuit. The gun arm doesn't look like it would be that overly weedy if we were to be looking at it from the side instead of head on.

So a Nun, in a Suit that helps her move....

Can we all agree it's a Mobile Suit Nundam.....

Nundam.... yep that's what I'm calling it from now on.

Thankfully the suit did not get huge boobs on the front .

Love the cover art for the daughters of khaine battletome. Too bad they aren't getting more melusai miniatures that look like that.

The sororitas battlesuit was unexpected for me and probably my favorite reveal of the bunch.

Kill team box is the least interesting thing here if i'm being honest.

 kodos wrote:
Good thing is that the Sister inside has no legs so you just need to remove the arms and get a ok looking Dreadnought like design instead of the Baby Carrier

I really don't like it but maybe they are actually piloted by sisters who have lost their limbs as alt to replacement legs?

 Coenus Scaldingus wrote:

 Esmer wrote:
Is there any particular reason why GW Vampires apparently feel that they can leave their arms entirely or partially unprotected? This is such a weird trend that started with the uglified Mannfred back during 7th (or was it 6th?).
They are donning heavy armor - which means they are concerned with their bodily protection - but leaving their weapon arm, including possible magic rings of regeneration and similar trinkets, exposed to being cut off by a skilled swing is fine?

Not just that; the first shown vampire with the two swords already had the interesting fashion choice of having armoured legs and an unarmoured torso, and if you look closely you see the guy with the big mace did something similar, with an exposed midriff. And, incidentally, two protruding spikes just below it, so as soon as he bends over a bit he's stabbing himself. No wonder he's standing still like a statue.
The leader would be basically perfect if he had armour on his arms, such a great sculpt otherwise.

Knowing my vampire lore I kind of always figured vampires don't really 'need' armor for the most part besides to look scary and intimidating. I mean, they have vampire speed and can fly and turn into mist. Oh yea, and also they're extremely powerful spellcasters who can regenerate with dark magic. Full plate really only makes sense in like, a large scale conflict, which Underworlds is not.

Sooo... the helmet of the Nundam pilot has a fleur de ley - indicating a Celestian - but the robes are red, despite GW retconning Order of Our Martyred Lady Celestians to having black robes (post M998.M41).

I didn't hate the Sisters TAG when I first saw it, and the more I see it the more I actually like it. A helmet is needed, but overall: good model. If I played Sisters I'd get it.

 Darnok wrote:
I didn't hate the Sisters TAG when I first saw it, and the more I see it the more I actually like it. A helmet is needed, but overall: good model. If I played Sisters I'd get it.

My only issue with the Paragon Warsuit it the legs. The Sister's legs are clearly inside the legs of the suit. However:
1. The suit's legs are too far apart for a human to fit their legs in them.
2. The thighs of the suit are too long for the pilots knees to be at the suit's knees, but seem too short for their feet to fit in them above the knees.
3. While not uncommon in 40K models, this suit has no peripheral vision. She has less than a 180 degree view.

Otherwise, not bad. I'll probably end up picking one up.

The arms are a bit weedy too imo

Where are we at now with Imperial technology? The nundam looks like it would topple over after firing the shoulder weapons and be unable to get back up. Or it can sprint and jump around like a wraithknight. I don't know.

Bubbatron wrote:


So a Nun, in a Suit that helps her move....

Can we all agree it's a Mobile Suit Nundam.....

We certainly can.

Pretty much like all the reveals so far. The Sister Paragon Suits looks like a more sensible take on the Dreadnaught since it has actual legs to move and the Dreadknight since it makes an effort to protect the pilot and doesn't look too much like a cheap exoskeleton suit. Fortunately it has the option for an helmet else it would be fairly ridiculous.

The vampires loos fine, but I'm disappointed that there are no sneak peaks into what seems to be upcomming Soulblight Vampires in April/Mai as I have been waiting to see how they would shape up to be.

The new Lumineth Demigod is pretty cool, but would have probably looked just fine on the round instead of on a vortex of magical wind. It looks hard to paint correctly. WIth the new mounted-archers and the new hero, it adds nicely to the small range of Lumineth making them a bit more well rounded.

The best ones though are the Warhammer Quest Cursed City models. The Necromancer and Inquisitor look fething amazing. I'm eager to see the rest of the cast and the mobs of enemy since it could be particularly awesome.

With these new models and those announced for the Hedonist of Slaanesh, it seems to me that the modelist team in charge of AoS is producing stuff of really great quality and surprising diversity compared to the 40K that seems to be stuck in an endless loop of Marines, a sidegrade to Lelith and thankfully a nice looking Sister update.