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This weeks loremaster on warhammer+ is on the leagues of votann. It’ll be interesting to see what’s explained.

Andykp wrote:
This weeks loremaster on warhammer+ is on the leagues of votann. It’ll be interesting to see what’s explained.

has to be a round up of the old lore and the stuff thats been teased. I'd be annoyed if they hid new lore behind a paywall..[not surprised but annoyed ]. Thought Loremasters really just gathered lore that was already out there and discussed it.

 silverstu wrote:

Andykp wrote:
This weeks loremaster on warhammer+ is on the leagues of votann. It’ll be interesting to see what’s explained.

has to be a round up of the old lore and the stuff thats been teased. I'd be annoyed if they hid new lore behind a paywall..[not surprised but annoyed ]. Thought Loremasters really just gathered lore that was already out there and discussed it.

Previous ones did, bit of an odd doing it in such an new faction. Would be a bit short if it’s just based on the lore released already.

 silverstu wrote:

Andykp wrote:
This weeks loremaster on warhammer+ is on the leagues of votann. It’ll be interesting to see what’s explained.

has to be a round up of the old lore and the stuff thats been teased. I'd be annoyed if they hid new lore behind a paywall..[not surprised but annoyed ]. Thought Loremasters really just gathered lore that was already out there and discussed it.

Surely we haven't had enough lore yet for them to make a 20 - 30 min episode on it?

 Mentlegen324 wrote:

 silverstu wrote:

Andykp wrote:
This weeks loremaster on warhammer+ is on the leagues of votann. It’ll be interesting to see what’s explained.

has to be a round up of the old lore and the stuff thats been teased. I'd be annoyed if they hid new lore behind a paywall..[not surprised but annoyed ]. Thought Loremasters really just gathered lore that was already out there and discussed it.

Surely we haven't had enough lore yet for them to make a 20 - 30 min episode on it?

Yes thats what concerns me .. but maybe the release is imminent after the demons - its all stuff that will be in the book. Thinking if they do an army box it might get previewed and come out after Nova...

 silverstu wrote:

Andykp wrote:
This weeks loremaster on warhammer+ is on the leagues of votann. It’ll be interesting to see what’s explained.

has to be a round up of the old lore and the stuff thats been teased. I'd be annoyed if they hid new lore behind a paywall..[not surprised but annoyed ]. Thought Loremasters really just gathered lore that was already out there and discussed it.

Loremasters also did an episode on the Ash Waste Nomads before the Ash Wastes book was released. So, I’m expecting, we might learn new stuff that will also be accessible through their codex.

I do find Loremasters intriguing, yet I find it has missed the mark because it doesn’t tell us anything exclusive. When they were talking about the T’au Castes, it was dissapointing that they mostly mentioned Fire Caste instead of giving us a better close up of the others. I think the most fun reveal in those episodes, was that the Albion Crisis is indeed fully considered canon and still part of the main Warhammer Fantasy Timeline.

New article up. Thunders.
I like them, I think.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/08/22/drop-the-wrench-and-pick-up-the-cannon-the-brokhyr-thunderkyn-are-marching-to-war/

Some parts of the frames remind me of Ripley's powerloader from ALIENS. Yeah, pretty cool.

I quite like them. I wouldn't say there's anything bad about the modeloutside of perhaps being a bit lacking in terms of visible armour.

Really the main thing i'm not too sure on is this being the Leagues engineers, having them all grouped into heavy-weapon squads seems like a bit of a strange choice.

I hope they have some helmet options. They look cool, but going around in big bulky power armor without a helmet is gonna end badly.

I get that 40k has the rule of cool, and some models go helmetless, but for a whole unit? All three only have goggles on

SamusDrake wrote:
Some parts of the frames remind me of Ripley's powerloader from ALIENS. Yeah, pretty cool.

The reason I say I think I like them is the “hands” look add to me. I see what they were doing but the angles look strange. Don’t think it will be enough to put me off. I like that they haven’t just done a devastator style normal squad but with heavy weapons, they will stand out. I think a whole army of the the leagues will look quite good, plenty of diversity but a coherent theme.

I like them too, despite having a very strong Fallout vib, but that industrial vib works well here.
Its one of thos rare case where GW managed to pull the "baby carrier walker" convincingly.

 GaroRobe wrote:
I hope they have some helmet options. They look cool, but going around in big bulky power armor without a helmet is gonna end badly.

I get that 40k has the rule of cool, and some models go helmetless, but for a whole unit? All three only have goggles on

I don’t think the LoV are big into helmets. There’s a few seen but most guys are bare headed. Doesn’t bother me at all.

Squats in mini-dreadknights. That was a design choice. Yet so small they aren't articulated enough to point the guns at anything that isn't standing beside them to the left.

Excellent.

At least they armored the left shoulder. The only vulnerable spot on a dwarf.

 (HN) wrote:
I like them too, despite having a very strong Fallout vib, but that industrial vib works well here.
Its one of thos rare case where GW managed to pull the "baby carrier walker" convincingly.

I see a more aliens vibe myself, even a smart gun look.

I neither hate nor like them.

I like them. Keen on the adapted technology angle, but once again not just being armour slapped on industrial tools.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I like them. Keen on the adapted technology angle, but once again not just being armour slapped on industrial tools.

I've been wondering about this really. It appears the Leagues don't have a standing army of any kind and they just send out whatever. For a society that's meant to be practical and believes something "isn't worth doing unless doing right" it's a bit of an odd choice to have them on the whole be using industrial equipment for war rather than something purpose designed.

Andykp wrote:
New article up. Thunders.
I like them, I think.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/08/22/drop-the-wrench-and-pick-up-the-cannon-the-brokhyr-thunderkyn-are-marching-to-war/

I do too. I like the idea and their execution of an exoframe that isn't primarily armor but rather enhanced strength/mobility.

I like the idea of them but... they really don't look like they can point the guns in the direction they're actually looking. Quite conspicuously tbh.

 The Phazer wrote:
I like the idea of them but... they really don't look like they can point the guns in the direction they're actually looking. Quite conspicuously tbh.

They definitely look like they'll only be able to aim their weapons in one particular direction. Arms don't seem like they'd be able to move into a position to let them fire forwards.

Do these solve any rumour engines?

Don't mind them, but for some reason that Conversion Beamer is giving me major Necron vibes.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Do these solve any rumour engines?

I think one of the feet does?

Not especially keen on these. The whole "cannot apparently aim at much" issue would be solved if one of the miniatures' Augmented left arm had an extended/extendable piston in the wrist. Whether that is a thing in the design or background to these I cannot say.

Andykp wrote:
I see a more aliens vibe myself, even a smart gun look.

True, it feels like a cross of both to me.

I like the design of the exoskeleton but I agree that how they hold their guns looks rather awkward.

Lol these dude need a better gun design because they can only shoot sideway.

I get that typically things like Devastators can't really aim their big bulky 2 handed weapons that well because of their armour, but they aren't wearing exo-suits that could be easily modified to let them aim in directions other than to their left.

I sort of like them? I like the aesthetic but the guns maybe look a little off, too short barrelled for the size of the suits.

I suspect the angle of the photos is at fault.


Pretty much confirmed that NOVA is going to be showing off the rest of what they have to offer.