Chikout Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Garrac said: Ok, I´ll bite: what are all the new units suggested for skaven on the book? Spoilers ahead. BEWARE! Still don't know how to add spoiler tags on mobile. (Sorted - GT ) Thanks! . Spoiler Assassins with chain whips. Skaven bats both large and small. Corrupted creatures including animals and humans that have become ratlike. Skaven with giant shields, which aren't stormvermin who get mentioned later. The big clawlord on palanquin. A giant horned skull covered in human skin that acts as a kind of portal which vomits out maddened skaven whose skin is covered in metal spikes. Edited August 1 by Chikout added spoiler tags 6 3 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ejecutor Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 I don't know if this is new. I didn't see it before, but it is pretty handy! There's a new (maybe?) button bellow the featured warcom article. When you click on it, it shows the latest update on the downloads page: 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PraetorDragoon Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 53 minutes ago, Chikout said: Spoilers ahead. BEWARE! Still don't know how to add spoiler tags on mobile. (Sorted - GT ) Thanks! . Hide contents Assassins with chain whips. Skaven bats both large and small. Corrupted creatures including animals and humans that have become ratlike. Skaven with giant shields, which aren't stormvermin who get mentioned later. The big clawlord on palanquin. A giant horned skull covered in human skin that acts as a kind of portal which vomits out maddened skaven whose skin is covered in metal spikes. Skaven bats is hilarious as there are various languages that have "flying mice" as their name for bats. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beliman Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 (edited) 3 hours ago, PraetorDragoon said: Skaven bats is hilarious as there are various languages that have "flying mice" as their name for bats. Agre. We say "rata-penada". Rata means Rat, and Penada comes from the latin Pinna, feathers, that they have wings. Edited August 1 by Beliman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deakz28 Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 1 hour ago, Chikout said: Spoilers ahead. BEWARE! Still don't know how to add spoiler tags on mobile. (Sorted - GT ) Thanks! . Hide contents Assassins with chain whips. Skaven bats both large and small. Corrupted creatures including animals and humans that have become ratlike. Skaven with giant shields, which aren't stormvermin who get mentioned later. The big clawlord on palanquin. A giant horned skull covered in human skin that acts as a kind of portal which vomits out maddened skaven whose skin is covered in metal spikes. This just sounds so damn cool! Even if just some of it is true, that would be awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentSentinel Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 All of those sound like they would be pretty nice in model form, the only ones I can't see getting models are the mutated animals and humans. Then again none of them might get models since they could just be creative liberties on the part of the author but it would be cool to see some more brand new units. A tanky great shield unit could be cool and skaven covered in spikes sounds interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackStreicher Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 Any rumors on the upcoming Stormcast units? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon-knight77 Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 1 hour ago, JackStreicher said: Any rumors on the upcoming Stormcast units? Nothing other Lord Relictor & Lord Celestant alluded to by WD 502 & the index Rest is uncharted water and speculation like multipart Reclusian and there was a rumor a while back about a seige weapon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king.del Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 1 hour ago, JackStreicher said: Any rumors on the upcoming Stormcast units? I think we'll see what happens to Ruination Chamber once they lose all mortal memories. Skaventide book hints at what happens. "...killed and sent by as a lightning bolt to lose another piece of themselves and come back as something less. Or to lose everything. Every memory they created as a mortal and come back as something else. Something pure but inhuman..." No hints as to what that could look like. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinoJon Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 1 hour ago, Dragon-knight77 said: Nothing other Lord Relictor & Lord Celestant alluded to by WD 502 & the index Rest is uncharted water and speculation like multipart Reclusian and there was a rumor a while back about a seige weapon Don't forget the birds! the Rooks? Seems like an update to Aetherwings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ejecutor Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 (edited) 1 hour ago, king.del said: I think we'll see what happens to Ruination Chamber once they lose all mortal memories. Skaventide book hints at what happens. "...killed and sent by as a lightning bolt to lose another piece of themselves and come back as something less. Or to lose everything. Every memory they created as a mortal and come back as something else. Something pure but inhuman..." No hints as to what that could look like. That's pretty interesting! I am 100% confident we will see some sort of human-shaped lightning bolt. EDIT: In fact... what about this RE being the lightning man: Edited August 1 by Ejecutor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Someravella Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 25 minutes ago, Ejecutor said: That's pretty interesting! I am 100% confident we will see some sort of human-shaped lightning bolt. EDIT: In fact... what about this RE being the lightning man: I was expecting something similar to a Protoss Archon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon-knight77 Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 2 hours ago, DinoJon said: Don't forget the birds! the Rooks? Seems like an update to Aetherwings True but i don't think it going to be updated Aetherwings (also they're not going anywhere) rather i think they're going to be some sort of Grimrook falconer who handles the death birds there should also mention a knight of some sort of knight could be a name character? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king.del Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 2 hours ago, Ejecutor said: That's pretty interesting! I am 100% confident we will see some sort of human-shaped lightning bolt. EDIT: In fact... what about this RE being the lightning man: I'd really like to see a giant golem or Sigmar avatar unit. Maybe its a lightning man inside, but armored outside. Lightning gheist doesn't excite me personally, but would be happy to be convinced otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kronos Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 (edited) I’m still holding hope for a “Gal Vorbak” Style unit for Stormcast with the armour either missing or splitting and cracking and giving way to a Lightning Elemental form underneath. Lightning Djinn if you will. Are there any more rumours or news about Vandus, I’m not up to date with the Lore and was hoping to see him return in some sort of Broken format. edit : Just came across this image of an Old Skaven Army. Maybe winged creatures aren’t that bizarre an idea in a Skaven Army. (See the back unit) Edited August 2 by Kronos To avoid a naughty double post. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon-knight77 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 1 hour ago, Kronos said: I’m still holding hope for a “Gal Vorbak” Style unit for Stormcast with the armour either missing or splitting and cracking and giving way to a Lightning Elemental form underneath. Lightning Djinn if you will. Are there any more rumours or news about Vandus, I’m not up to date with the Lore and was hoping to see him return in some sort of Broken format. edit : Just came across this image of an Old Skaven Army. Maybe winged creatures aren’t that bizarre an idea in a Skaven Army. (See the back unit) Spoiler for Dawnbringers 6 Spoiler He induced into the ruination chamber There no rumor of Broken Vandus unless they actually do Lighting ghiest and give a name variant of it but right now his Lord Celestant on Dracoth isn't leaving the range so doudt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Kim Woof-Woof Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 4 hours ago, Kronos said: edit : Just came across this image of an Old Skaven Army. Maybe winged creatures aren’t that bizarre an idea in a Skaven Army. (See the back unit) They're the old Dark Elf Harpies, aren't they? Don't know what in hell's name they're doing in a Skaven army. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GloomkingWortwazi Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 10 minutes ago, Big Kim Woof-Woof said: They're the old Dark Elf Harpies, aren't they? Don't know what in hell's name they're doing in a Skaven army. Yep, they're the old marauder sculpt dark elf / chaos harpies. One of those classic nonsense WD pics lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nezzhil Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 12 hours ago, Ejecutor said: I don't know if this is new. I didn't see it before, but it is pretty handy! There's a new (maybe?) button bellow the featured warcom article. When you click on it, it shows the latest update on the downloads page: This is not new, but It is not used really often 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01rtb01 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 56 minutes ago, GloomkingWortwazi said: Yep, they're the old marauder sculpt dark elf / chaos harpies. One of those classic nonsense WD pics lol. Armies used to be able to take monsters such as harpies. There was a massive list of what could be taken. The models are from the 4th Ed dark elf army release and iirc, weren't marauder at this point. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GloomkingWortwazi Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 9 minutes ago, 01rtb01 said: Armies used to be able to take monsters such as harpies. There was a massive list of what could be taken. The models are from the 4th Ed dark elf army release and iirc, weren't marauder at this point. Too long ago for me to remember composition rules, but that sounds about right as I've got a handful of different monsters alongside my old armies. We're splitting hairs for sure lol, but they're definitely marauder sculpts. I took a look in my oldhammer case. I think they were post absorption though, like a lot of the classic Skaven sculpts from 4E times. So they're tagged marauder on the slotta tag but released under citadel. I'm not sure if I'm excited for some flying ratmen unless they're using inventions to do it. Abomination bat-rats sounds just a little too goofy for the current aesthetic they seems to be re-establishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosskelot Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 I guess my concern is that Skaven have one of the strongest identities and aesthetics in the general Warhammer IP and loads of long-iconic units where it just feels more sensible to update everything that already exists rather than just seemingly squatting some of it and adding in new stuff. Like why Skaven with bat-wings instead of just updating and doing new Censor-Bearers? There's plenty of bat-wing creatures/units across AOS and 40K already. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Arthur Hotep Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 1 hour ago, Bosskelot said: Like why Skaven with bat-wings instead of just updating and doing new Censor-Bearers? In my opinion, Censer Bearers certainly seem like one of the most cuttable units from the Skaven range. They are just a variant of Plague Monks and GW seems to be moving away from having a lot of hard to differentiate infantry units in AoS factions. Also, from a creative point of view, I think having to retread established ideas again and again is unexciting for those working on miniatures and lore. There are already a lot of straight refreshes coming for the Skaven line. I think the desire to also have a few units that are completely new to the Skaven in AoS is very valid. I think players frequently think in terms of the stuff that is already part of the game and that they already think is cool. When I was thinking about the kinds of units that Cities of Sigmar might get, I was certainly not anticipating the Ogor Warhulk. But it is one of my favourite concepts from the new wave of models now. I think especially for Skaven, which are very fantastical and could in theory have a lot of weird stuff in their army, just redoing old concepts all the time would be a bit of a shame. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrus Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 @Bosskelot@Neil Arthur Hotep : we know (almost) for sure the Censer bearer will not come back since there are listed in "Danger" rumors list from SG Warhound liked by Whitefang Quote DANGER : Plague Censer Rat Swarms Giant Rats Gutter Runners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaRegis Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 On 7/31/2024 at 5:22 PM, Dragon-knight77 said: speaking old art so far 10th edition has been reusing old artwork for nearly all it codexes (not a codex but its old 9th edition promo art) (this the 8th edition codex) all they been doing it putting this egregiously bad background logo/effect that they have done with their Display posters like I'm sort of worry that they do the same to AOS 4th edition rather than actually get new artwork (and honestly with how bad those background effects are i would take reused art work) Agreed. While I think that the newer art style is better then the 2015-2017 stuff that was coming out where it looked like they hired a bunch of artists who worked on mobile games, the new codexes are really bland and lazy. So much has been rehashed from 9th. That being said some of the new AOS art is really good. Harkens back to some of old WHFB art by Kopinski and Adrian Smith. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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