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2025/01/17 17:16:34
Subject: AoS N&R(LVO Reveals, Soulblight mini’s, Maleneth and Roadmap p68)
They already confirmed that one's going away. Amusingly, it's gone from like 10 on Element earlier down to one now. (I am included in reducing their number)
2025/01/17 17:32:23
Subject: AoS N&R(LVO Reveals, Soulblight mini’s, Maleneth and Roadmap p68)
Inquisitor Gideon wrote: They already confirmed that one's going away. Amusingly, it's gone from like 10 on Element earlier down to one now. (I am included in reducing their number)
They confirmed it?
Glad I didn’t wait to pull the trigger on ordering one.
Art is entirely subjective, but the cover art for all of the AoS 4 Battletomes have underwhelmed or flat out disappointed me. The SBGL cover art for the limited edition tome with the Wight is pretty stellar, but the standard retail tome continues the trend of disappointment for me.
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"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
2025/01/17 17:44:37
Subject: AoS N&R(LVO Reveals, Soulblight mini’s, Maleneth and Roadmap p68)
Glad I already got my Wight King model then - also used this as an excuse to get Fangs of the Blood Queen as I suspect that will vanish with the update too.
And here I was eyeing up those Darkoath starter sets only yesterday.
Inquisitor Gideon wrote: They already confirmed that one's going away. Amusingly, it's gone from like 10 on Element earlier down to one now. (I am included in reducing their number)
Ugh. To buy or not to buy one off ebay, before they're gone...
It's definitely not a good model imo, but the FOMO is strong. Wonder if this guy was sculpted before Cursed City and so they want all the undead to have the new aesthetic
2025/01/17 17:49:41
Subject: Re:AoS N&R(LVO Reveals, Soulblight mini’s, Maleneth and Roadmap p68)
nels1031 wrote: Art is entirely subjective, but the cover art for all of the AoS 4 Battletomes have underwhelmed or flat out disappointed me. The SBGL cover art for the limited edition tome with the Wight is pretty stellar, but the standard retail tome continues the trend of disappointment for me.
Yeah none of them have been great so far.
2025/01/17 17:54:26
Subject: AoS N&R(LVO Reveals, Soulblight mini’s, Maleneth and Roadmap p68)
Inquisitor Gideon wrote: They already confirmed that one's going away. Amusingly, it's gone from like 10 on Element earlier down to one now. (I am included in reducing their number)
Ugh. To buy or not to buy one off ebay, before they're gone...
It's definitely not a good model imo, but the FOMO is strong. Wonder if this guy was sculpted before Cursed City and so they want all the undead to have the new aesthetic
He does have that old-world vibe, which is a draw for some of us. It;s not like the unit is going away, just the model. So if you are not a fan, just wait and grab the new one.
Plus lets face it of all armies - Undead warriors raised from the graveyards of any old kingdom can easily have different armours and styles across the range. Just represents a favoured/more mighty King raised from a barrow far off compared to the local forces
Glad to see this then; he was high on my list of "things to include in some future order", so will get him to go along with the previous plastic Black Knights and things.
The new ones look stellar though, a very nice design overall (especially the mounted lads), but despite sharing 85% of the design elements, I'll just get that previous lord to complete that little collection. I do wish the new troops had slightly more variation in especially helmets to feel a bit more like individual undead knights instead of a uniformed unit, but otherwise they're great.
2025/01/17 18:53:41
Subject: Re:AoS N&R(LVO Reveals, Soulblight mini’s, Maleneth and Roadmap p68)
The head and helmet look kinda goofy. I'm never a big fan of skeletons with shields (and other attire) covered in vampire iconography. I guess it could have been a servant for an undead master, but I always prefer my wights to be their own thing. And the skeletal steed is posed on a tactical rock and that looks silly imo)
2025/01/17 18:59:52
Subject: AoS N&R(LVO Reveals, Soulblight mini’s, Maleneth and Roadmap p68)
Think of the undead like favoured pets. If you've got a favoured pet you're going to get them a fancy collar even though they'd never have one in the wild where they came from.
So a vampire with a favoured legion of undead would certainly bling them up a bit
The head and helmet look kinda goofy. I'm never a big fan of skeletons with shields (and other attire) covered in vampire iconography. I guess it could have been a servant for an undead master, but I always prefer my wights to be their own thing. And the skeletal steed is posed on a tactical rock and that looks silly imo)
I also think the wights head is very goofy. Definitely a weak point on the model.
2025/01/17 19:35:25
Subject: AoS N&R(LVO Reveals, Soulblight mini’s, Maleneth and Roadmap p68)
nels1031 wrote: In regards to the roadmap images, I see Khorne and K.O., but my sleep eyes can’t place the third bottom image.
Flesh Eater Courts.
And here I thought it was either DoK or Double Seraphon, because at the end we had hypno toad gazing through my soul and if that Zombie Dra(conith) is anything to go by, I expect nothing less for them!
2025/01/17 19:40:42
Subject: AoS N&R(LVO Reveals, Soulblight mini’s, Maleneth and Roadmap p68)
Overread wrote: Think of the undead like favoured pets. If you've got a favoured pet you're going to get them a fancy collar even though they'd never have one in the wild where they came from.
So a vampire with a favoured legion of undead would certainly bling them up a bit
I guess you could argue that the armor and weapons would still look old and dingy, since some of the vampires also have corroded bling.
But even the Sons of Velmornn in Underworlds somehow have those vampire county shields, despite not having to do with any vampires or undead stuff prior to their curse
2025/01/17 21:21:25
Subject: Re:AoS N&R(LVO Reveals, Soulblight mini’s, Maleneth and Roadmap p68)
That's what it reads like to me. Wonder what else they'll get.
"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
2025/01/17 21:31:25
Subject: AoS N&R(LVO Reveals, Soulblight mini’s, Maleneth and Roadmap p68)
I wonder what more there could be - alternate build of the dragon as terrorgast could be one potential that they've not shown off that they are holding back.
I don't expect that but its possible.
Could also be some of the Cursed City models returning on their own release instead of huge sprue. Which I'd be very happy to see back honestly and might not be something they'd lead with on a preview.
I thought it was phenomenal, i went out amd bought one despite having zero interest in skellies otherwise, its 100% the reason i effectively have a deathrattle army today.
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2025/01/17 23:12:18
Subject: Re:AoS N&R(LVO Reveals, Soulblight mini’s, Maleneth and Roadmap p68)
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