jerhien Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 12 hours ago, Hollow said: I don't want to get off-topic. Just remember that perspective is important and a lot of the information sources of today thrive on pumping out negative narratives. It's important to step back and look at the big picture. 2023 is THE BEST time to be living for the vast majority of human beings, better than any other time in human history. Hundreds of millions of humans have been lifted out of extreme poverty, with more access to education, health and information than ever before. As for the GW release cycle, I'm not a fan of how much isn't actually new stuff. If you look at the pre-order page on the GW website today, there isn't really a single new thing. It's just all repackaged stuff in different starter sets. (Incidentally, many of my local FLG's and Warhammer stores still have dozens of copies of Levithian sitting on the shelves.) I find frequently that I think, "damn, so many new things coming out this week! 12+ preorders" but when you actually look into it, it's only maybe a handful of actually new things. I sincerely hope this trend doesn't get out of control ( I fear it might with the number of old kits returning for TOW) where they just start churning out old stuff, repackaged because it's nearly all profit) This is such a bad response. I have a degree in Anthroplogy, and I think this answer is both wrong and uninformed. It's like you're getting ready to quote Pinker, who's a joke in the academic community. 3 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goatforce Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 1 hour ago, jerhien said: This is such a bad response. I have a degree in Anthroplogy, and I think this answer is both wrong and uninformed. It's like you're getting ready to quote Pinker, who's a joke in the academic community. A multiple award-winning tenured Harvard professor, who has served on the editorial board of several journals, is a joke in the academic community? Sure some of his work is contraversial but that seems to be going a little far. I assume given your degree (and topic) you are probably mostly referring to "Better Angels", which did have a mixed reception, but I knew professors that were on both sides of the fence about it anyway. But yeah this is a little off topic so that I think will be my 2 cents on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoghurtKobold Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 This in new art isn’t it? Notice, that floating chains in the background. 12 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asbestress Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, YoghurtKobold said: This in new art isn’t it? Notice, that floating chains in the background. It's the cover art for the Army Set (and probably also the regular Battletome) Spoiler Wouldn't put much on us getting a metalith themed unit, but it'd be cool! Also, where's the image from? Edit: nevermind, it's from Instagram Edited July 18, 2023 by Asbestress 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beliman Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 6 minutes ago, YoghurtKobold said: This in new art isn’t it? Notice, that floating chains in the background. Wow, that looks awesome! Common GW, give us the whole range!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asbestress Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Just now, Beliman said: Wow, that looks awesome! Common GW, give us the whole range!! I know GW can be pretty random in terms of social media posts, but this without a miniature reveal is kinda lame (even though the art is amazing and is immediately getting used as some kind of wallpaper) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draznak Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 3 minutes ago, Asbestress said: Reveal hidden contents Also, where's the image from? Its also comes from a Facebook post (not even an hour ago) asking which is our favourite city. There's nothing to suggest an imminent release, but the little clues are piling up one after the other... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EonChao Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 3 hours ago, Still-young said: I’m not sure how well the MTG thing maps over all that well. The reason there’s so much burnout there is that almost every MTG release theoretically applies to every player (apart from some format specific sets etc) and you need to keep buying to keep up. Unless you play lots of armies, which is a choice, most GW releases shouldn’t really apply to you. How many big model releases has AoS actually had, and how many of them do you need to get? I don’t disagree with the rest. World’s whack. MtG burnout is also down to product fatigue. For GW we have a fairly limited selection and you know what is in pretty much every release as it comes out. Yes things are constantly being released but it's very easy to compartmentalise between the different systems, factions and product types without too much difficulty. Magic has the issue where not only is pretty much everything relevant for Commander (the most popular format), but each product is released in 4-5 different ways that further muddies things. There's plenty of people who are just mentally burning out from that overload. I forgot Commander Masters was a thing until I stumbled across a preview for it... it just wouldn't click that there could be two booster sets in between two standard sets. Last time I tried to order singles I hit major decision paralysis because I was discovering cards that I just didn't know existed. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Arthur Hotep Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 49 minutes ago, YoghurtKobold said: This in new art isn’t it? Notice, that floating chains in the background. Loving the fact that we are getting art featuring the new models. I wouldn't mind another metalith terrain piece either. Overall, a new batch of terrain is fairly likely. We have already seen the completed Dawnbringer buildings in a bunch of pictures. I would say a new floating island (Highscryer island?) could definitely also be in the cards. GW seems to like that modeling tech, and they should absolutely use it more. I don't think anyone else makes floating island terrain at the moment. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wraith Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Goatforce said: A multiple award-winning tenured Harvard professor, who has served on the editorial board of several journals, is a joke in the academic community? Sure some of his work is contraversial but that seems to be going a little far. I assume given your degree (and topic) you are probably mostly referring to "Better Angels", which did have a mixed reception, but I knew professors that were on both sides of the fence about it anyway. But yeah this is a little off topic so that I think will be my 2 cents on it. I agree. This is definitely going off topic. And who really wants to have to read my 15,000 word reply to why I disagree with the Pinker thesis, anyway? But we don't come to this forum for academic debate about the state of the world. A far more relevant way to think is to focus on what possibility is there of us getting all our toy soldiers painted before global civilization collapses? (responses in 1000 words or less, please) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightbox Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 27 minutes ago, Wraith said: A far more relevant way to think is to focus on what possibility is there of us getting all our toy soldiers painted before global civilization collapses? (responses in 1000 words or less, please) Very little for me. And that's assuming I die of old age before a global collapse I'm very good at procrastinating. Hopefully I'll at least have my khorne painted up though. Since I'm a good chunk of the way through them 😅 But that cities release has me mighty distracted 🥰 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clan's Cynic Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 (edited) Rumour time. Tactical rock? Terrain? Edited July 18, 2023 by Clan's Cynic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Arthur Hotep Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Clan's Cynic said: Rumour time. I would say this is an AoS thing. Reminds me most of the base decorations of Yndrasta or the mounted Killaboss. Edited July 18, 2023 by Neil Arthur Hotep 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clan's Cynic Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 4 minutes ago, Neil Arthur Hotep said: I would say this is an AoS thing. Reminds me most of the base decorations of Yndrasta or the Killaboss. Yeah, definitely AoS unless 40k goes somewhere truly bizarre. My initial thought was Warcry terrain, since we know we're getting Season 2 soon and it's presumably still set in the Gnarlwood. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBrodd Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 10 minutes ago, Clan's Cynic said: Rumour time. Tactical rock? Terrain? This looks exactly like the Dominion base dressings. Kruelboyz seems likely!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lost Sigmarite Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 21 minutes ago, Clan's Cynic said: Rumour time. Tactical rock? Terrain? Plants = OMG Moss Troggoth confirmed ? 😱 Jokes aside, I can feel its for AoS. Looked into nature themed armies, it's too clean to be Nurgle imo. I have 0 clue what this is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_Templar_Lad Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 2 hours ago, YoghurtKobold said: This in new art isn’t it? Notice, that floating chains in the background. B-E-A-UTIFUL 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boingrot Bouncer Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Seems very Gnarlwood terrain to me, so probably Warcry terrain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Firaun Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Clan's Cynic said: Rumour time. Tactical rock? Terrain? My mind says it’s either Skaven, Nurgle, or FEC related. All three factions deal with decay in different ways (decay of environment, decay of body, decay of mind), so it’s possible. However, given the Dawnbringers focus on Nurgle and FEC specifically, my money is more on one of those two factions getting a new hero/monster with a tactical rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivo Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 (edited) That tim burton-esque tree is very nurgle indeed. maybe its slimux's dead shell :'< Edited July 18, 2023 by Ivo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollow Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 5 hours ago, jerhien said: I have a degree in Anthropology, and this sounds like ****** to me. If you're gonna quote Pinker, just don't. A degree! Wow! Somebody with a degree in Anthropology should know what a quote is. I didn't quote anybody. Although, if I want to, I will quote anybody I like. I have 2 BAs, an MA and a PHD. Bow before my superior academic qualifications peasant! (I also know how worthless and bankrupt much of Academia is. Having worked in it for years) Regardless. I wasn't trying to make some political point. I was trying to provide a little perspective, to what I perceived as someone feeling a bit down about how things appear to be these days. That is all. So get back in your box. 5 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnusaur Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 I'm a little out of the rumor loop, but today's engine got me thinking... Didn't Whitefang (all hail) hint that something was coming for Stormcast "soon"? I think the conversation was centered on whether older stuff would be updated to Thunderstrike. Of course, next year we'll see some along 4th edition, but has there been any further rumor of stuff coming before that? Maybe a small release at the tail end of 3rd/the Dawnbringer arc? It's certainly not unprecedented for them to get stuff mid-edition... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EonChao Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 51 minutes ago, Magnusaur said: I'm a little out of the rumor loop, but today's engine got me thinking... Didn't Whitefang (all hail) hint that something was coming for Stormcast "soon"? I think the conversation was centered on whether older stuff would be updated to Thunderstrike. Of course, next year we'll see some along 4th edition, but has there been any further rumor of stuff coming before that? Maybe a small release at the tail end of 3rd/the Dawnbringer arc? It's certainly not unprecedented for them to get stuff mid-edition... I don't think they said soon, just that older stuff being updated was on the cards. I assumed it was talking about 4th edition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nezzhil Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 2 hours ago, Clan's Cynic said: Rumour time. Tactical rock? Terrain? It is clearly Kruleboyz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganigumo Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 13 minutes ago, Nezzhil said: It is clearly Kruleboyz It does look very similar to the rock on the gnashtoof base. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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