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I was hoping for a skryre and/or moulder verminlord. Those are the two aspects of skaven I find most interesting. We have a pestilens, eshin, verminus, and 2 masterclan themed verminlords (one of which is more of a grey seer specifically. Vizzik is really a third masterclan option (and a second Grey seer from the looks of it).

Great update of the skaven range, especially the stormvermins. Only stinker is that dumb-looking wheel thing

 streetsamurai wrote:
Only stinker is that dumb-looking wheel thing

Not sure exactly what you expected, it's just a plastic version of the metal one.

 Platuan4th wrote:

 streetsamurai wrote:
Only stinker is that dumb-looking wheel thing

Not sure exactly what you expected, it's just a plastic version of the metal one.

Frag me. I had completely forgottent that these already existed.....

The metal one was pushed into battle, the plastic one appears to be some kind of an unicycle.

The Doom-Flayer was always an engine powered vehicle.

Yup. I’ve an original metal one somewhere, and definitely engine powered.

Well I for one like this doom flayer and would love to use it in Blood Bowl. In fact I think I will.

The rest of the Skaven releases look pretty cool. It's unfortunate for fans of the older Skaven that seem left out, like plague monks etc, but what they did get this time does seem to be done well, a couple of teeny gripes aside. Year of the Rat hey with the campaign results too.

I wonder how possible it would be to have a pure wheel list?

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
I wonder how possible it would be to have a pure wheel list?

The same person who shared the name of Krittok and several other accurate rumours said we're getting a mini doomwheel at some point.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
I wonder how possible it would be to have a pure wheel list?

Ratmageddon incoming!

I understood that reference

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
I understood that reference

Imagine that fun in fantasy, like some Empire city

Chikout wrote:

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
I wonder how possible it would be to have a pure wheel list?

The same person who shared the name of Krittok and several other accurate rumours said we're getting a mini doomwheel at some point.

Yea it's in the pictures above.

 lord_blackfang wrote:

Chikout wrote:

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
I wonder how possible it would be to have a pure wheel list?

The same person who shared the name of Krittok and several other accurate rumours said we're getting a mini doomwheel at some point.

Yea it's in the pictures above.

No. I know it sounds weird but we're apparently getting a mini doomwheel that is a different thing than the doom- flayers. Again this comes from someone who's shared about a dozen rumors and hasn't been wrong yet. There's some speculation that it might be this year's Warhammer plus mini.

On the Stormcast side the same person has suggested that we're getting stormstrike Palladors and a larger version of hero from Skaventide called a Morrgryph. This same person has also said that cities are getting a cogfort this edition.

This is from the same person who was the first to say that BoC were going away and that the launch box would include scenery.

Who is this person out of curiosity? I can't imagine getting new palladors without redoing the troops. And a cogfort has been a wishlist of item since it was first mentioned.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Who is this person out of curiosity? I can't imagine getting new palladors without redoing the troops. And a cogfort has been a wishlist of item since it was first mentioned.

It's 'whitefang back me up' over on TGA. If you search their username you can see everything they've shared. They talked about Stormcast on their last reforging and an avatar of the rat god as a centrepiece back in January so they're pretty legit.

Another wheel thing would be beyond redondant and boring imo.....

 streetsamurai wrote:
Another wheel thing would be beyond redondant and boring imo.....

Or alternatively it would be a fun and characterful mini perfect for something like Warhammer plus. My feeling is that limited edition minis should always be redundant in game terms.

Chikout wrote:

My feeling is that limited edition minis should always be redundant in game terms.

Which is just what they have been doing with W+, 1st year was just alternative sculpts for already existing models, 2nd year was models that don't exist in this way in the game so no rules and 3rd year was another wave of alternative sculpts.
So an alternative sculpt for a Doomwheel/Doom Flayer is perfectly inline with what they have been doing

Well if there is another mini doom wheel or doom flayer version coming as a limited release I wonder what the difference will be.

Maybe the rider will wear little racing goggles and use a jockey whip to make it go faster.

lost_lilliputian wrote:
Well if there is another mini doom wheel or doom flayer version coming as a limited release I wonder what the difference will be.

Maybe the rider will wear little racing goggles and use a jockey whip to make it go faster.

It can simply be a diorama piece like the Assassin in year 1 was. The Assassin itself wasn't really different but it had that terrain diorama that made the whole model special.

I can see the Wheel racing off a ramp, something like this for example:

Would be a bit of a big kit for a W+ special ed wouldn't it?

Maybe that rumoured ''mini doom'' is a new named character, like some warlock obsessed with speed or some other crazyness?

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Would be a bit of a big kit for a W+ special ed wouldn't it?

The rumour is about a Mini-Doomwheel

I don't expect something as big as in the image above but you can still get the same effect with a smaller model

In any case we know another wheel isn't coming for at least a year

I'm chalking it up to "Whitefang" (no relation) not knowing Doom Flayers exist, unless they explicitly said "no I'm not confusing tiny doom wheels with doom flayers"

 Matrindur wrote:

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Would be a bit of a big kit for a W+ special ed wouldn't it?

The rumour is about a Mini-Doomwheel

I don't expect something as big as in the image above but you can still get the same effect with a smaller model

My mistake, i forgot you said mini version.

The doomwheel isn't particularly big to begin with, so this is likely going to be some sort of promo miniature. I just can't see them introduce another wheel-type unit into the army, especially at a lower scale.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
In any case we know another wheel isn't coming for at least a year

I'm chalking it up to "Whitefang" (no relation) not knowing Doom Flayers exist, unless they explicitly said "no I'm not confusing tiny doom wheels with doom flayers"

This was what he posted a day after the preview show:

Did you all enjoy the new Skaven models?

Wait until you all see the mini Doomwheel!

So I would be very surprised if he meant the Doom Flayers instead when he is directly referencing the reveals


Also this:

Can you solve this lightning round anagram?

astrid pork steamrolls

to get something that is likely Stormcast into the mix.

The most likely solution we got over on TGA was Stormstrike Palladors

While Palladors would be extremely cool (and i know Whitefang has an extremely good record), i just find it odd unless they redo the Hunters as well. And would GW redo two troop types in same edition?