Warhammer Fest AOS reveals

[Jack Shrapnel]

Some pretty cool stuff in here:

cities of sigmar:


www.warhammer-community.com/2023/04/30/the-courageous-cities-of-sigmar-cavaliers-charge-forth-to-reclaim-the-realms/


Dawnbringers:


www.warhammer-community.com/2023/04/30/four-warriors-of-grim-portent-usher-in-dawnbringers-the-next-chapter-of-the-age-of-sigmar/

huge war boar!:


www.warhammer-community.com/2023/04/30/move-over-gore-gruntas-the-maw-grunta-is-a-humongous-hog-whos-here-to-slay/

[question]

I don't play AoS but that war boar is great! I wonder how I could convert it for 40K?

[lightcavalier]

Apr 30, 2023 9:26:54 GMT -5 question said:

I don't play AoS but that war boar is great! I wonder how I could convert it for 40K?

Beastboss on squig thijg?

[LizardTau]

Oh ya that thing would look sweet as a beast boss on squigasaurus

[mudwump]

My poor wallet, definitely gonna be picking up the new harbinger of decay. Possibly the maw-grunta as well to expand my ironjawz, I love the side riders lol

[dave]

I love the new harbinger of decay. Old one was cool enough for the age, but that's a great glow up. A lot of the nurgle stuff is gross but fun, while this dude is downright scary.

I'm going to be a buzzkill here and say I don't actually love the side-orks on the new hog. Those platforms give him a weird profile, and it seems a bit tacked on. But what the hell do I know? Ork aesthetics usually go over my head.

Speaking of things that easily go over the head, how about that new dwarf slayer? A nice redo of the older model, even if his shorts aren't as flashy. But I've gotta ask the obvious question:

By Grimnir's molten arse, why does the faction with only FOUR units and NINE foot heroes, need another one???

[ItsBird]

why would you run units when you could run nine foot heroes!

I have to say I agree about the boar guys. Normally I love the Orky ramshackle platform look but it fits a little weirdly on this. I'd rather they were riding and leaning down or even hanging onto the bristles.
That said I think it's one of the stand out models of all the reveals to me. That and the harbinger

[dave]

I do love the boar itself. He has a great face. They mentioned it was a multi-build kit, so I am interested to see the options. May just be "the version with the fancy hat is the hero", but who knows?

Regarding the fyreslayer, it's probably all academic anyway. GW knows that no one actually plays the army. Repeatedly releasing small foot heroes instead of actually fleshing out the force gives people interested in painting a figure or two something cool, without investing the resources into big kits that don't sell. Or they could put effort into making the army interesting and maybe it would sell? My choice would be to bring out new proper dwarf kits and mash dispossessed and fyreslayers back together.

I noticed they still didn't come out and say what the last battletome will be. Reaally hoping that's a FEC book with a significant update. Might be aiming to do it STD style with a big box before christmas and a bunch of updated sculpts following. I think the chivalry ghouls have a lot of potential and they have just barely scratched the surface.

[mudwump]

Now that I take a look at the frame in the video where you can see the pig's full back profile it does look a little awkward lol. I agree it has the potential to be a lot more dynamic with some converting.

The harbinger of decay's new horror-fantasy inspired look is really cool and intimidating (hopefully the rules refresh will be the same). I've always enjoyed the grotesque and goofy style of the Blightkings and the flies, but it will still be exciting to have something new.

Also I'm definitely gonna build the harbinger with antlers!

[distractedcarnifex]

I like the look of those new Cities of Sigmar heavy cavalry. As they say, if it's not Baroque, you better fix it!

[question]

Really? that was the joke you went for? 8)

[StepwisePilot]

In term of the Ironjawz big pig, I think the side guys would look better if they were hanging onto the boar with one hand. Would give a sense of motion, as opposed to them just standing there.