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 GaroRobe wrote:
So is this the untimely end of skarsnik and gobbla?

Looks like. I don’t see him on the US website anymore.

Also, this model and the new Ghoul King are glaring omissions from that rumor list.

I like him except the chin part of his mask (which can be easily removed or maybe there are two masks in the kit to choose from?).

 Shadow Walker wrote:
I like him except the chin part of his mask (which can be easily removed or maybe there are two masks in the kit to choose from?).

Agreed. I was looking at my recently purchased Gloomspite kits and searching for a more impressive hat/head to give him.

 nels1031 wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:
I like him except the chin part of his mask (which can be easily removed or maybe there are two masks in the kit to choose from?).

Agreed. I was looking at my recently purchased Gloomspite kits and searching for a more impressive hat/head to give him.

Same here, chin bit is weird.


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 nels1031 wrote:
Also, this model and the new Ghoul King are glaring omissions from that rumor list.

GK I give a pass on because it isn't a normal release. But a new GSG hero is pretty big to miss, and there's no way that guy could be confused with Gitmob to be the rumored 'Gotmob Hero'.

I love the new grot boss. Has a Doctor Doom vibe with the mask which I quite like.

Love the chin, love the fact GW seems to be rediscovering the silly flavour of goblins that was largely absent from the range for years after the early plastic kits replaced the old metals.

There's also a touch of Rackham's whimsy in those designs that I like.

He's okay but a strictly average sculpt in the context of the faction. You are for sure better off buying the new Underworlds gang for Gitz hero proxies.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
He's okay but a strictly average sculpt in the context of the faction. You are for sure better off buying the new Underworlds gang for Gitz hero proxies.

He's a goblin. It's not a question of being poor, average or high sculpt - more one of being in line with other goblin heroes. Underworld gangs aren't especially more detailed.

The advice does stand when talking about difference in prices when it will be released, sure, but the level of details of the sculpt isn't the issue here. After all, we know since a long time ago it has absolutely nothing to do with how GW puts prices on what they sell.

I do like its simplicity, makes me remember old monobloc goblins that are so easy to paint. A blessing given the number of these lil green critters you need in your army. It's just a shame he's clearly too big to be put on a 20mm square base, otherwise I would have thought about taking him for my Warhammer Battle V8 army.

Not strictly the level of details, no, just generally not looking like an interesting model. I don't think this one stands apart in any way, like why would I get him in particular over some other sculpt (apart from maybe some good rules being locked to him). He does the job and nothing more.

Compare with the recent Nighthaunt heroes where one has a stockade and one has a book and one has a boat, they kinda tell a story and this guy is just some dude.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Not strictly the level of details, no, just generally not looking like an interesting model. I don't think this one stands apart in any way, like why would I get him in particular over some other sculpt (apart from maybe some good rules being locked to him). He does the job and nothing more.

Compare with the recent Nighthaunt heroes where one has a stockade and one has a book and one has a boat, they kinda tell a story and this guy is just some dude.

Just like the Stormcast, there are too many of them and they are all over the top in their own specific way so that they all start to flow together and become indestinct. Couldn't pick that one from a Grotspittle Gitstabber or whatever they're call this week

Tsagualsa wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Not strictly the level of details, no, just generally not looking like an interesting model. I don't think this one stands apart in any way, like why would I get him in particular over some other sculpt (apart from maybe some good rules being locked to him). He does the job and nothing more.

Compare with the recent Nighthaunt heroes where one has a stockade and one has a book and one has a boat, they kinda tell a story and this guy is just some dude.

Just like the Stormcast, there are too many of them and they are all over the top in their own specific way so that they all start to flow together and become indestinct. Couldn't pick that one from a Grotspittle Gitstabber or whatever they're call this week

For a moment I actually thought it was a redone Skarsnik (as the Gobbo in the Iron Mask), until I realized he had a shepherd's crook rather than a spear. Mostly because of the squig on the base.

First half of 2023 sneak preview is up:

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/12/28/whats-in-store-for-warhammer-age-of-sigmar-in-2023/

Seems like a lot of big lizard-person things, a random airship??? and more chaosy and dark-elfish stuff from the silhouettes, as well as half a dozen battletomes, but none for destruction.



As for Warcry and Underworlds: Vampires? Shadow Elves? Who even knows!

The GW "Roadmap
Scarcely one step above "stuff is coming out" in the levels of information it provides.

Maybe the last thing in that trailer was a new Fish Elf? They could do with their second wave (no pun intended).

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
The GW "Roadmap
Scarcely one step above "stuff is coming out" in the levels of information it provides.

Maybe the last thing in that trailer was a new Fish Elf? They could do with their second wave (no pun intended).

I have no idea about AoS faction logos, isn't the new Underworld warband logo Dark Elf related? If so it's maybe that.

Also, the lizard silhouettes look like at least some of the large beasts will be feathered, which would solve a couple of rumor engine pics.

Tsagualsa wrote:
First half of 2023 sneak preview is up:

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/12/28/whats-in-store-for-warhammer-age-of-sigmar-in-2023/

Seems like a lot of big lizard-person things, a random airship??? and more chaosy and dark-elfish stuff from the silhouettes, as well as half a dozen battletomes, but none for destruction.

Well...year starts with slaves to darkness and then last destruction book missing(shown in video)

You expecting aos3 books get 2nd version already???

Beside gloomspite all destruction has got book...and no new factions until old ones get aos3 book tyvm.

The first silhouette is a new Slann

Definitely new Lizardmen in there. Possibly some kind of feathered lizard riding beasty.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
The first silhouette is a new Slann

That makes a lot more sense than a random balloon

I hope the last 2 are khorne mortal and vampire from warcry bloodhunt. Although i would prefer if it was khorne and FEC in the box.

Definitely a new Slaan a la Kroak, the CAD files for palanquin make that a no brainer. The Saurus doesn't have a tactical rock so my fingers are crossed that it's an update of the rank and file unit. Big feathered beastie ideally the new Cold Ones, I like the idea of a more "true" raptor design for the dinosaur faction to separate them from the Dark Elves. Very exciting stuff.

I was gonna say watching the video I thought immediately it was just new Saurus Cav

Danny76 wrote:
I was gonna say watching the video I thought immediately it was just new Saurus Cav

Saurus Cavalry may easily get a boost in size and oomph and fit a slot more like 'superheavy' cavalry, like the drakoth-riding stormcast, bloodcrusher and so on. That would also open up another slot for skinks on more slender, smaller lizards as light cavalry.

 straken619 wrote:
I hope the last 2 are khorne mortal and vampire from warcry bloodhunt. Although i would prefer if it was khorne and FEC in the box.

I think a Khorne themed warband is to be expected. There's already a Nurgle themed warband and a Tzeentch themed one. I'm guessing Khorne is next and then Slaanesh. One chaos god affiliated warband each would make sense, and the last two other warbands would hypothetically be one each for undead and destruction. This would make one new warband for each overall allegiance also.

Finally new Saurus and cavalry unit. Looks like a Skink riding something to me--the feet are standing on top and they look like skink legs not saurus.

The saurus knights are a particularly terrible kit. Probably the worst in the range, and that includes several failcast kits, so that's saying something.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

Maybe the last thing in that trailer was a new Fish Elf? They could do with their second wave (no pun intended).

Most if not all of their blades are serrated. The Lumineth ones are usually straight. And SoK don't have that many clothes. So the model doesn't really fit either faction.

Some frustrating padding of the video run time with the focus on StD stuff that's already released. "Check out the Centaurion Marshall thats been out for better part of the year! And Be'lakor! And Archaon! "

New elf could be for Malerion maybe?

 Dryaktylus wrote:

Most if not all of their blades are serrated. The Lumineth ones are usually straight. And SoK don't have that many clothes. So the model doesn't really fit either faction.

It could always be Privateers...the faction that does beasthunting and breaking.

In other AoS news : The Blacktalon cartoon is coming this year on WH+.

Also, does this put all of the nails in the coffin of that rumor list a few pages back? Didn't see much that corroborated it.

Looks like the Battlescroll updates for Jan 2023 (Galletian Champions) have leaked online. Could be a fake for all I know, but the group I am in is treating it like the real deal.

https://imgur.com/a/UTmKVyx