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 Kanluwen wrote:
I'm currently looking at doing something like:
1x Marshal+Envoy
1x Marshal on Horse
1x Fusil-Major on Warhulk

3x Steelhelms
3x Fusiliers
3x Wildercorps
2x Cannon
2x Knights

I will probably settle for just 1 cannon, definitely want at least 2 fusil-majors on warhulks, maybe 4. I like the idea of actually deploying a castelite formation in an actual, err... castelite formation, with the "walls" and "watchtowers" and a "gate". Basically an old napoleonic square formation. Will probably go 4 units of fusiliers and only 2 of wildercorps.

Gonna have to crunch some points on that eventually.

drbored wrote:

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:

 Commodus Leitdorf wrote:
I'm really not understanding people visceral hatred for the helmets

Erm...not a single person has shown "visceral hatred" for the helmets

And if you do find someone that is showing 'visceral hatred' for helmet designs on a plastic model, please tell them to touch grass.

I won't find them, because they don't exist...unlike internet hyperbole, which is sadly ubiquitous

I'm getting excited for my Cities box to arrive, I've got a lot of headswaps to consider!

Also, I do believe that the mounted knights are my favourite mounted models GW have produced, along with the Varanguard. A lot of the new Cities models give me Confrontation combined with Midland Warriors from Berserk feel, which is definitely a good thing

I'm in the "not a fan" camp when it comes to most of their helmets, but even then, some of them look good. The calvary helmslook awesome, for example. Even a few of the foot soldiers look fine.

Looking forward to seeing what human head could be swapped out for the steelhelms

Dice and demons did a nice little comparison video. https://youtu.be/w-oX09B1bdQ?si=0mLul2udG3z75_d_
The steel helms are almost exactly the same size as the new cadians.
The new knights are pretty big though, much bigger than old Bretonnians. They tested a possible sister of battle conversion which you can see in the picture. The standard design of the arms and heads on the sprue definitely leaves a lot of room for kitbashing.

 GaroRobe wrote:
I'm in the "not a fan" camp when it comes to most of their helmets, but even then, some of them look good. The calvary helmslook awesome, for example. Even a few of the foot soldiers look fine.

Looking forward to seeing what human head could be swapped out for the steelhelms

Agreed 100%.

Not all of the helmets are bad, some of the cavalry helmets in particular are very nice indeed.

Edit: the size of the mounted models look perfect for my tastes, thanks for the pics!

Might use my NIB Norgrimm’s Runethrong as the stepping stone to an all Duardin or majority Duardin CoS army for some casual gaming.

Good to see the CoS boxed set sold out online (US site at least). Looking forward to seeing what people do with the kits.

I actually love the helmets. They’re basically medieval kettle helmets.

So it wasn't a mutalith vortex the fyreslayer was talking about in that Warcom short story; it was literally a giant troggoth with a portal on his back. Trugg is awesome

Free pdf for the Ironjawz new units is pretty dope.

Wasn't expecting gorgers for Warcry but thats cool. They'd be great conversion fodder for FEC

That gorger glowup is CRAZY.

I guess that means the slaanesh tease will be for underworlds? We never got a slaanesh warcry band though

Slaanesh warband for WH:U is outrageously good.

 nels1031 wrote:
Slaanesh warband for WH:U is outrageously good.

Yeah, the last Hedonite warband was awesome but this one blows them out of the water

Gorgers look great, they're a model that's long languished being stuck as a monopose metal/resin kit and it's great to see them give such new dynamism within the context of AoS.

Highlight for me was definitely the Ironjawz reveal. New Ardboyz look sick and matches a lot better with the aesthetic of Brutes and Gore Gruntas. I'm just happy it looks like their whole unit is actually outfitted with shields now. Saves having the micromanage the ward saves on the unit. It's also nice to have another named character that isn't Gordrakk, and it's an Orruk smith at that! More buff pieces are definitely needed and it's good that they're starting to branch into Brute variants as that was definitely something that felt was missing in the Ironjawz line.

Runner up is the Trogg special character, just glad Gloomspite gets some more love given the nerfs they got recently.

 Grimskul wrote:
Gorgers look great, they're a model that's long languished being stuck as a monopose metal/resin kit and it's great to see them give such new dynamism within the context of AoS.

I agree, although I'd like to scale with the average bull/glutton/ironguts. Also, warscroll.

Either way, I think that box is going to sell pretty well.

I really didn't want the Ironjawz to look that good, means I'm going to have to start collecting them again.

 Rolsheen wrote:
I really didn't want the Ironjawz to look that good, means I'm going to have to start collecting them again.

They're very likely to have a new Start Collecting/Vanguard box, so hopefully some of the new stuff makes its way there.

 Grimskul wrote:

 Rolsheen wrote:
I really didn't want the Ironjawz to look that good, means I'm going to have to start collecting them again.

They're very likely to have a new Start Collecting/Vanguard box, so hopefully some of the new stuff makes its way there.

Not that likely, it will be an Orruk Warclans Vanguard and since the Kruleboyz Boss-Krew (the Dominion stuff) is no longer available that will likely be in the Vanguard and if that is the case the rest will also probably be Kruleboyz.

 GaroRobe wrote:

 nels1031 wrote:
Slaanesh warband for WH:U is outrageously good.

Yeah, the last Hedonite warband was awesome but this one blows them out of the water

Nah. These are cool, but the Hedonites warband is still one of the best Underworlds warbands ever.

My main problem with these new Ironjawz is that they make the first wave look worse by comparison. The main offender is the Gore Gruntas which I didn’t think were good anyway but next to the big pig look awful. I was worried the new Ardboys would just look like Brutes but smaller but they’ve done a good job differentiating them. A really nice second wave for them finally.

Well that's all sexy as hell. Ironjaws certainly got a boost they needed, and nice they'll get a free pdf to go with it. Now let's see the same for Fyreslayers, Idoneth and so on.

Gorgers look great, was expecting Maneaters, but a pleasant surprise. Even more so with the mini Vs box.

Thrugg looks fantastic, big ol' lad that I'm looking forward to slapping some paint on. And the underworlds warbands are both great. Slaanesh inparticular always seems to stand out in the subgames.

Not really sure who won, the interety of Ironjawz (with a Z) or Gorgers, but I think Gorgers are the actual MVP: came from nowhere, from a faction I thought would never get no love and they might be THE glow up of the entire Fantasy-to-AoS range.

Not to excited about Thrugg. Sometimes less is more and he is, let's say, a happy accident, or a beautiful mess, whichever you prefer.


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Underworlds, not sure who won, Squid Game or NA Daemonette.

Those Gorgers are sick. Love them!

Loving the Gorgers and their terrain piece

Good Underworlds gangs too

Weirdbrute Wrekkaz are probably my favourite. Proper crazy Ork berserkers that may or may not have something akin to Butcher’s Nails “to get the wonk out”.

A disturbing lack of pictures. Allow me to remedy that

I really like that maw pit.

This book will also contain all the rules you need to support these three particular factions with Matched Play Armies of Renown, as well as an Army of Renown for the Kharadron Overlords themed around the Grundstok Expeditionary Force – a hard-hitting force of mercenaries who often work with other Order forces.

Grundstok Expeditionary Force sounds interesting.

The ironjawz have a beautiful looking army. If only the goregruntaz didn’t look so strange…


Was that ironjawz orruk from underworlds a rager or a wrekka? He has the weapon of the former and the skull helm of the latter

 GaroRobe wrote:
The ironjawz have a beautiful looking army. If only the goregruntaz didn’t look so strange…


Was that ironjawz orruk from underworlds a rager or a wrekka? He has the weapon of the former and the skull helm of the latter

The new pig has really exacerbated how off the gore gruntas look as well. It’s like the same general idea but much better done.