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Offline The Penguin

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Re: Rumours and what's new to be expected of WAoS
« Reply #850 on: March 25, 2018, 06:23:31 AM »
Either way; lots of great conversion material available with all the new stuff

I agree. Some of the details and accessories are fantastic.Will work perfectly for every army starting from Dark elves, to High elves, to Chaos dwarfs.  :smile2:

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Re: Rumours and what's new to be expected of WAoS
« Reply #851 on: March 25, 2018, 08:20:52 PM »
Where is this made to order stuff on the GW shop ?


It hasn't started yet. When it will be, it's usually under the pre order section. So far they've just announced it as a program their going to do.

It's an infrequent thing which is usually only announced the week before a set of minis will go on Made to Order, and you only have a week to order them, then it can take anywhere from a week to a month before they get sent out.  It depends on how many they end having to make.

I'm sure some of us who keep an eye on these things will put up a message on this forum to let people know when anything is happening

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Re: Rumours and what's new to be expected of WAoS
« Reply #852 on: April 06, 2018, 08:40:51 PM »
Word on the street is that GW is gonna make a new starter box with Stormcast Wizards and Nighthaunt.

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« Reply #853 on: April 07, 2018, 06:54:11 PM »
So GW has been putting a bunch of short stories out as part of their Malign Portents event. I thought people might like these ones. Looks like the sea elves aren't staying under water:

https://malignportents.com/story/the-ghosts-of-ensignfort/

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Re: Rumours and what's new to be expected of WAoS
« Reply #854 on: April 07, 2018, 07:33:42 PM »
I agree the Idoneth Deepkin are very nice models, but are they not just elves. Would have been nice to see scales or web hands and feet, gills even, then you could either round off the ear or remove it to make a different race. Also betting that turtle turns up in some 40k armies before long.
They seem like dark elfs.  Maybe I'll call them deep elfs?  Yep, that sounds better than the GW name.  I like 'em! :icon_cool:
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Re: Rumours and what's new to be expected of WAoS
« Reply #855 on: April 07, 2018, 08:03:46 PM »
Teclis kinda screwed up creating the Deepkin because all of the elf souls that Slaanesh consumed bears some kind of taint. Like Morathi and her elves have the gorgon thing going. The Deepkins offsprings are born with souls that slowly eroded away, so they have to reinvigorate them with the souls of other people.

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Re: Rumours and what's new to be expected of WAoS
« Reply #856 on: April 07, 2018, 08:08:41 PM »
Remarkably close to 40k Dark Eldar.

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« Reply #857 on: April 07, 2018, 08:19:47 PM »
I did notice that. However, they seem to be find less joy in causing suffering and they don't appear to be nearly as decadent as the Dark Eldar.

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Re: Rumours and what's new to be expected of WAoS
« Reply #858 on: April 07, 2018, 08:25:27 PM »
That’s exactly why I hate the DE both in fantasy and 40k. The fact there is so much suffering already to be found and they live off of that controlled debauchery makes me feel good to destroy as many of them as I can 😺
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Re: Rumours and what's new to be expected of WAoS
« Reply #859 on: April 07, 2018, 08:49:47 PM »
In WHFB the DE was a pastiche of Michael Moorcock's fictional race the Melbonéans, which did indeed grow so wicked and decadent that all the other nearby people of the world ganged up on them and laid waste to their civilization. GW took a great deal of inspiration from Moorcock for their settings, so the DE has always been a rather appropriate inclusion.

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« Reply #860 on: April 08, 2018, 01:21:00 PM »
I like DE, and recall something like them in D&D ... drow!
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Re: Rumours and what's new to be expected of WAoS
« Reply #861 on: April 08, 2018, 01:28:53 PM »
Excellent to learn the source of fluff and it’s inspiration. I guess the Protestant puratism impact I grew up in left it’s mark 😸
Slaanesh is more evil that the 3 chaos gods combined and I just don’t feel gork and mork are truly evil lol.
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« Reply #862 on: April 08, 2018, 02:19:16 PM »
Quite. GW "borrowed" so much stuff from Moorcock that they also straight up used the same 8 pointed star that Moorcock originally envisioned as a symbol Chaos. In his version of the Chaos star the 8 arrows sprouting in different directions suggests that there are no wrong options and all paths in life is just as valid. Meanwhile he envisioned the symbol of Law to be a single arrow pointing upwards in one direction, suggesting that the truth path in life is staying true to structure and order.

Moorcock would have the gods of Chaos and Law being at constant conflict with eachother. Should one side ever gain supremacy over the other the cosmic order would be out of balance and mortals would suffer under extreme forces. Law might not seem as bad as Chaos, but too much Law will ultimately lead to a sterility where nothing flourishes.

Games Workshop decided to tone down the gods of Law, but with Age of Sigmar they seem to be making a sort of return as dominant forces at conflict with Chaos.

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Re: Rumours and what's new to be expected of WAoS
« Reply #863 on: April 11, 2018, 11:45:12 AM »
Remarkably close to 40k Dark Eldar.

My thoughts exactly.
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Re: Rumours and what's new to be expected of WAoS
« Reply #864 on: May 15, 2018, 01:00:04 PM »
New Night Haunt Battletome incoming here is a preview

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/05/14/14th-may-faction-focus-nighthauntgw-homepage-post-3/















https://youtu.be/bWljwmoaVAU

From this you can also see a new Black Coach will be on the way and possibly new cavalry
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Re: Rumours and what's new to be expected of WAoS
« Reply #865 on: May 15, 2018, 01:05:08 PM »
I am really loving these models. 👆
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Re: Rumours and what's new to be expected of WAoS
« Reply #866 on: May 15, 2018, 03:24:53 PM »
those are nice models
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Re: Rumours and what's new to be expected of WAoS
« Reply #867 on: May 16, 2018, 06:41:41 AM »
Faction Focus of the Stormcast Eternals with a preview of the new Sacrosanct Chamber (the magic and artillery department)

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/05/15/15th-may-faction-focus-stormcast-eternalsgw-homepage-post-3/

This is the Chamber where the Lord-Ordinator (Released for Malign Portents) also belongs too.

New line infantry with a little magic twist: Sequitors


Evocators


Castigators


The Celestar Ballista


The Lord-Arcanum


Knight-Incantor warscroll


and a preview vid with more to find out
https://youtu.be/Q9daI6m4KsM

Atleast one more mystical creature carring a Stormcast to follow

Some of this was already released with the Live blog about the Warhammer Fest
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Re: Rumours and what's new to be expected of WAoS
« Reply #868 on: May 16, 2018, 10:31:35 AM »
The mount for the new cavalry is a Dracolion.

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Re: Rumours and what's new to be expected of WAoS
« Reply #869 on: May 17, 2018, 01:25:55 AM »
Faeit is reporting that those models pictured above will be the contents of the new starter box. If that is the case, I'd have a hard time turning it down.

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Re: Rumours and what's new to be expected of WAoS
« Reply #870 on: May 17, 2018, 01:35:55 AM »
That's what I figured, for all the same reasons.

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Re: Rumours and what's new to be expected of WAoS
« Reply #871 on: May 17, 2018, 01:37:27 AM »
Loving gheee new stormcast. The names and units. I was almost decided on the vanguard but now I have to rethink.
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Re: Rumours and what's new to be expected of WAoS
« Reply #872 on: May 17, 2018, 09:14:16 AM »
Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.

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Re: Rumours and what's new to be expected of WAoS
« Reply #873 on: May 17, 2018, 09:43:48 AM »
I think he meant Stormcast Vanguard Chamber, rather than Everchosen Varanguard.

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Re: Rumours and what's new to be expected of WAoS
« Reply #874 on: May 17, 2018, 09:58:19 AM »
I think he meant Stormcast Vanguard Chamber, rather than Everchosen Varanguard.

Ah yes...

Well maybe he has another option now to rethink about? :)
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