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Something else I noticed in the Old World rulebook's lore section was that, in its small boxout, Albion was said to be populated by one-eyed creatures living in misty swamps (i.e. the Fimir) rather than the giants and druids who were mentioned previously.

I kinda like the Fimir, for being this odd mishmash of Lizardmen, Chaos, and Irish myth. They also give me vibes of Lovecraftian non-human cultists, like the Deep Ones that worship Dagon and Mother Hydra, so I would have nothing against the Fimir being brought back to OW.

Anyoen here played man'O War: Corsair? I have some questions.

I haven't played it but I had heard it was quite poor. I always wanted to play the original Tabletop version as the ships (particularly the Dwarf ones) looked cool.

I have liked the look of the Fimir since I played HeroQuest for the first time, and that was before I had even heard of Games Workshop.

Ditto. Heroquest was my first exposure to GW and indirectly the Warhammer franchise.

Brought it last week on Go G for three bucks, but even then it kind of feels like i was ripped off, because it is janky and unfinished. it's functional, but barely. Still fun, but never buy it full price.

Warhammer World anniversary today so we get some reveals:

• Slaves to Darkness Gunnar Brand and the Oathbound◊ based on a Hammer and Bolter animation and an upcoming book◊. Ther look really good, especially Sigrid the horse archer◊
• Blood Bowl GNOMES who bring along their animals◊ and trees◊. I wasn't expecting to get Gnomes before High Elves

Edited by SebastianGray on Mar 2nd 2024 at 2:54:57 PM

I don't believe the gnomes have been part of Warhammer Fantasy for 30 years or so. I don't mind, as I could have lots of use for these with my various projects, even the animals. I could use them for Gnomes in Warcraft and D&D alike. Interestingly, in the past year there have been plenty of other manufacturers that have released armies based on garden-gnomes.

Of the Oathbound I like Broken Nadja the best. I would use her in a horror-game, as a witch hiding out in the wilderness.

The Gnomes were mentioned in the Halfling Spike! magazine but only in an Did You Know... box. Fishmen and Sea Elf teams were mentioned in the same way so we could get them in at some point.

Today on Warhammer Community:

• More Blood Bowl Gnomes, this time the Star Player Rodney Roachbait◊. Love the movement on the fishing line.
• Slave to Darkness Darkoath Supplement◊ and Army Box◊. Some great models, particually the Darkoath Chieftain on Warsteed◊.

I've talked before about my Warcraft-themed miniature-converting project, for which I look at available minis from GW and others. Blood Bowl has a level of cartoon-y whimsiness, so those models are perfect for it. The earlier Gnomes were already a good fit for for Warcraft-y Gnomes, but that guy is perfect if I decide to make a Fishing Trainer.

The Darkoath are pretty much an updated version of the classic Chaos Marauders, which is what I would use them as. At the same time, many of these models have a nobility to the sculpt, so they could just as well be used as more heroic barbarians. I particularly like the Wilderfiend, for being a more controlled variety of Chaos Spawn, very similar to Scyla Anfingrimm. They remind me a bit of some Folk Horror monsters I've seen.

mordheim is mentionned in the Old World Rulebook, on page 306 as a blurb. Saying that Ostermark built a wall aroudn the ruins, officially to contain them. Which means the warpstone commet must have been massive if two centuries and half later some peopel are still gathering bits of it.

Teaser for something coming.

All the Battletomes have been released and there is a series of campaign books currently releasing. That's when GW changes edition so it's 4th Edition AoS.

Ahead of Adepticon, the Warhammer Community reveals a Teratic Prowler◊. I've not really warmed up to the Ossiarch Bonereapers as a faction, preferring more traditional undead corpses. But I do like their war-beasts, as well as the more alien-looking characters they have, ironically enough. This creature would fit in well with them.

Edited by Mara999 on Mar 11th 2024 at 9:51:43 PM

That is a cool looking version of an undead dog (even if I do keep misreading the name as Tantric Prowler). I do quite like the Ossiarch Bonereapers as I am a fan of the Undead and I am a fan of constructs so Undead constructs have always been something I have always liked. It's probably also why I like the Necrons, as well as the Ushabti and Bone Giants in WFB/OW and Bone Golems in DnD.

It's mainly the rank-and-file troopers that make me uninterested in the Ossiarchs as a faction. Ditto with the commanders that look the most like stylized humans. I can't put my finger on why, but I simply don't like those models at all. Which is weird, because the freakier ones I do like, along with the larger constructs. Since I too like the Tomb Kings' constructs, anything that eminds me of things like the Ushabti and Bone Giants is fine. Hell, I've even built the Undead Bone Horror from AOW, so it's evident that I like fearsome undead war-beasts built from assorted smaller skellies.

Yeah, I've never been quite able to get into the Ossiarchs' aesthetic either.

I do like the Nighthaunt, though. They've got a rather nice "cavalcade of keening spirits" theme going.

The "Sigmar Lied" video has made multiple people think the Skaven have tunneled into Azyrheim.

Really? That's been hinted at since 1st edition and, I think, confirmed in 3rd.

Yeah, but I guess now it's finally happening.

The thing is though, I don't see anything in that video to indicate that the Skaven are involved, there's no green lightning or anything. Warhammer Community page for the video expands the quote "The God-king Sigmar lied – everything has a price" which to me indicates one of two things:

• 1 - The twin-tailed Crusade, the largest Dawnbringer Crusade ever, is destroyed and Hammerhal is sacked/falls as a direct result of the lack of troops in the cities (this is the storyline of the current campaign books).
• 2 - The flaw in the reforging process (which causes the Stormcast to become increasingly Lawful Neutral, obsessive, inhuman, etc. with each death) becomes too bad to hide, possibly with some of them go on the warpath in Hammerhal or Azyr. This is my preferred theory as that lightning strike at the end looks very much like the beginning of a Stormcast attack despite the streets being empty.

I like the idea of some Stormcast becoming a relentless force of robotic destroyers, out to punish people for being insufficiently orderly. Ironically, they would be functionally almost like the undead.

There could also be something akin to the Horus Heresy, with some outraged Stormcast feeling betrayed and rebelling against Sigmar. The rebels don't have to side with Chaos, as that would be quite on the nose. Unlike half the Stormcast rebelling like the Astartes did, I could see the disgruntled Stormcast splintering into several independent warbands, some perhaps siding with Nagash, or even with Destruction, just to get away from Sigmar.

Rebel Stormcast would be redundant since we already have the Warriors of Chaos.

Edit:

It's kind of funny that Sigmar as God-King is starting to show the problems with trying to shoulder everything by yourself. He's making the very mistakes he tried to prevent in the first place by abdicating.

Sigmar: Aye, the Empire needs heirs, and you are all my heirs. Everyone who lives in this land is my heir. Everyone who fights and bleeds to protect the Empire…They will all be Sigmar's heirs.

Edited by M84 on Mar 17th 2024 at 7:03:27 PM

Yeah, I agree. With GW trying to characterize Sigmar as clearly different from the Emperor, I don't think they would want to obviously copy the Heresy and have half the Sigmarines rebelling. But if Sigmar does give reason for Stormcast to be disappointed in him, I could see a White Dwarf article on converting custom rebel-Stormcast, maybe themed around Death. The Stormcast models fit the archetype of paladins very well, so they would be excellent Death Knights as well. Chaos seems a bit too obvious and even lazy for rebel-Stormcast to flock to, but the models are good for converting them into Chaos Warriors. Destruction seems the weirdest and most difficult to convert Stormcast for, especially as there doesn't seem to be any human worshippers of Destruction. Perhaps Stormcast who join the Beastclaw Raiders, to intentionally become more barbaric?

We have another video. Would have just embedded it but couldn't figure out the right part.

Hope Cast Into Ruin.

The Skaven are definitely involved somehow...but with what?

Edited by theLibrarian on Mar 17th 2024 at 2:25:52 PM