GW News: SKAVEN VICTORY! #NewAoS

Ha ha. Fine, I'll let the Tepok connection slide... this time, GW.

Yeah, I suppose you could give them AoA for 3+/4+ during shooting phase, which would help a little.

 

Spear and alternative (stone) banner!



I'm in love with 5 meters tall Godzilla here, and we also have some rules!





Hopefully Guards will have even better rules to justify using an older, smaller sculpt.

 

they do not. we have the full book over in new rumor

 

Oh my

 

I'm just going to drop the new sprues here:

Slann:







Raptadon Riders:







Saurus Warriors:

 

So the skinks are separate from the Raptadons and the shields are separate from the saurus warriors. Looks like my saurus cav conversion idea is definitely viable. And it would be a cinch to use the older shields on the new warriors.

 

I've decided to do my old world project with a variation on the goblin green bases of yore.

Also, the Saurus shields being separated is excellent news.

I look forward to this weekends reveals.

Hopefully we get a proper basing chart.

 

Any predictions?

 

Again, hopefully confirmed base sizes.

and an orc VS empire starter set. I don't belive the brets v tomb kings rumor.

 

I'd be highly surprised if they went into depth on something like that. It's not the type of sexy announcement/reveal that would drum up interest.

Agreed.

I could see something like Kislev though.

 

Next Underworlds warband:



And roadmap:




FEC IN SIGHT!, LIKE, ACTUAL NEW FEC MODELS! WITH BABOON GHOULS! BABOULS!:



With a roadmap too:



TOW and AoS will be covered tomorrow.

Before we start the 40K stuff, it seems the pricing on the launch box will be £150 / USD$250 / AUD $420, according to this terms & conditions for a draw.

 

Forget Ghouls, these boys are the stars of the show so far:



This new Carnifex isn’t the best, there’s too much of the weird-looking 2nd Edition metal model about it and I hope it won’t replace the great and hugely customisable current kit and will just serve alongside them, but there’s no denying it’s an intimidating and fearsome model. I’d be interested to see a size comparison between it and the current Carnifex. Curious that this one has a big brain and that it seems to have been given Synapse Creature rules, Carnifexes are not normally well-known in the intelligence department. More Synapse options are always welcome, as for those not familiar with the Great Devourer they are there to stop your entire army from going out of control, rampaging across the battlefield, running away or even eating each other as they could in the 6th Edition rules if you weren’t careful.



Now this one is interesting, the Neurotyrant, a living generator of the Shadow in the Warp. Not as big as I expected it to be, but that hopefully means it’ll be on the more affordable side of things. I’m curious as to what those little mini-me familiars do.



These Neurogaunts are curious things, they seem to be a fusion of Tyrant Guard, Gaunt and Synapse Creature. It’ll be most interesting to see how they work with bigger Synapse Creatures, perhaps they simply extend the Synapse Range of the big beasts or something. Also they’ll likely be a more expendable and cheaper bodyguard unit than Tyrant Guard that can protect Synapse Creatures other than Hive Tyrants.





Barbgaunts - something extra to add to our not-to-be-sniffed-at range of shooty creatures. Their ability to take them in squads of 5+ and their comparatively small model size (compared to other gun beasts like Warriors or any of our monsters) should make them more difficult to deal with as they can hide behind more cover and may not need to worry about Instant Death if their small size can warrant them one Wound rather than more (in proper 40K discussion that is, Instant Death’s gone from the new Editions).


And lastly this dude, the Psychophage. Primarily focused on killing Psykers (not that the Tyranids need much help there with Shadow in the Warp), though I hope he can be given all-round decent fighting rules against other targets as well.


An all-round solid range of new Tyranids, I look forward to hopefully being able to pick up a few of these with the release of the inevitable partworks magazine series that will appear in a year or two, and writing 6th Edition rules for all these new models.

On to the TOW preview tomorrow, I for one am hoping for a quality Bretonnians vs Tomb Kings starter box as the ultimate display of apology from GW for shitting on these awesome factions in the past. Certainly a boring rehash of the 6th Edition boxed game or a dire Kislev-focussed set would be a waste of potential.

 

Firstly, new marines are what I was expecting.

Flamer boys not being troops angers salamanders players everywhere, because otherwise this box looks purpose-made to start a salamander army.

Mids are cool. Neurotyrant is my fav, then screamer killer.

Warcry looks decent. I like the new direction they are taking with Gould, but will miss the grins.

 

The Tyranid models do look really cool. The Screamer-Killer is nice.

I'm not a fan of the Warcry Ghouls, but I do like that alternate Realmshaper Engine.

 

That's a pretty bold move. Imagine going through all the time and effort to rebase your models and then the game turns out to be an absolute dumpster fire. Not saying that will happen, but it is a possibility. I think rebasing armies for a game you know little about is too risky.

 

Is it just me, or could you picture someone doing a funny golf conversion on this guy?...