Only just got round to posting on here and... CALLED IT! I TOLD you Seraphon would arrive alongside High Elves 2.0!
However, what I didn't call was that you'd be getting a massive great pyramid as a scenery piece.
That thing looks great, if probably expensive.
Really pleased for you all! Your patience paid off!
Let's hope that GW finally make it possible to win without a Slann...
If I had to guess, something to do with the established lore of how dreamed-up Seraphon will eventually 'coalesce' into physical beings if they are allowed to remain in the Mortal Realms long enough.
You heard it here first: The Coalesced will be one of our sub-factions that sacrifices summoning or magical ability for increased combat brutality.
...and certainly if this idea of the Coalesced is correct, it could well be possible!
Also those are magnificent and:
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Gr, Imrahil
These are just... AWESOME!
The new takes on Spearmen and Silver Helms are just gorgeous, with Corinthian helmets aplenty yet also remaining quite faithful to the old High Elf aesthetics, especially if they're painted with colours more similar to the old High Elf palette (with silver armour and blue and white outfits). I have quite a few of the old High Elf Spearmen and Silver Helms already, but the cavalry would look good as Dragon Prince proxies, and I imagine the infantry could also be put to good use.
I had a momentary blackout on who the enchanted suit of armour was supposed to be for, but having realised that it's for Eltharion the Grim, I agree that's a really nice touch. Wonder if GW will do something like this for other Fantasy heroes?
The new Teclis miniature is just mind-blowing. He's probably going to be both horrendously expensive and horrendously fragile, so I won't be getting him anytime soon, but he is magnificent nonetheless.
And the best part is that this was merely a teaser, and we'll be seeing a lot more of these chaps closer to March. I am thoroughly impressed with these, and I look forward to seeing what else GW does with them in anticipation.
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@Canas, while they do look fairly different from the old High Elves, their army structure at the moment means that if you wanted to start gaming with their army list without having to spend too much, you could still probably use old High Elves as proxies for them - old High Elf spearmen could be used as the new Spearmen, and Silver Helms could be used to represent the new cavalry. After all, they are the ancestors of these chaps. Perhaps an army of High Elves using the rules for these Lumineth Realmlords could be a sect of traditionalists preserving all the old High Elf equipment they took with them from the world-that-was?
Skaven got Stormfiends, terrain and spell, kept most of their resin line.
Skaven got Stormfiends during the End Times, before AoS even arrived. Just wanted to correct that for you.
And one more thing... CALLED PLASTIC GHAZGHKULL!
I know, what they tease here is a little Gretchin called Makari, but he was Gazghkull's pet and assistant, meaning Gazghkull himself won't be far behind.
Back in the days when White Dwarf was weekly, they had an 'Ask Grombrindal' column where the legendary Grudge-God would answer questions posed to him by hobbyists in an entertaining, yet also useful, fashion. When the Orks received their 7th Edition Codex in around May-June 2014, White Dwarf went green (as it usually does when Orks/Orcs get new stuff), and Grombrindal was replaced by none other than Gazghkull Thraka himself. The question the reader mailing in that week asked him about Makari, and Gazghkull replied that he had sat on him.
Obviously, this was either a big fat lie, or Gazghkull had sat on another hapless Gretchin and Makari had disappeared in completely unrelated circumstances.
That was so inspiring! If they release new models, I might actually buy directly from GW for the first time in about 10 years
