What's New Today ...Grand Alliance of Chaos Contents and More

I wonder when The Empire shows up in the AoS lore...

It's here, it's official, the new Grand Alliance: Chaos! As you'd expect, this is huge news and today's post is going to be suitably massive as a result. Read on to find out more about this new book and it's contents.

Via Warhammer TV:

A blight upon the once-verdant mortal realms, the forces of Chaos are a terrifying swarm of murderous killers who fight for the glory of their hideous patrons. Monsters, daemons and mortals are all caught within the spell of Chaos, lured by the promise of glory and bound to destroy. Followers of the four Dark Gods - and the Horned Rat - storm across the lands, slaughtering all in their path with brute strength, revolting disease and sheer animal cunning - though the Stormcast Eternals fight bravely, to turn back this tide is surely beyond the will of even Sigmar...

A truly weighty tome clocking in at over 300 pages, Grand Alliance: Chaos is an absolute must-own artifact for anyone and everyone collecting Warhammer Age of Sigmar Chaos armies; whether concentrating on a single faction, mixing and matching from the range or splitting the pantheon into smaller chunks, this book is everything you need! The ultimate guide to the myriad forces of Chaos it features extensive information on each of the 21 the factions that make up Chaos, Warscrolls for each and every warrior and beast from each faction (a total of 158!), guiding information and diagrams helping you to choose, collect and organise your forces into armies ready for the gaming table - and a number of Warscroll Battalions, collections of Chaos might with their own special rules and abilities.

Grand Alliance: Chaos details the many different factions that make up the mighty hordes of Chaos at the dawn of the Age of Sigmar. From terrifying daemon legions to glory-seeking mortal warbands, scurrying swarms of back-stabbing skaven to rampaging bands of mutants and monsters, the servants of the Chaos Gods are incredibly varied and diverse. 

This book provides an insight into the background and character of each faction, showing how many of them organise themselves for war and describing the reasons that they fight. In this way, Grand Alliance: Chaos provides in-world context for your collection of Citadel Miniatures, and shows you how to mass them into a warband fit to win the regard of the Dark Gods themselves.

The book's index...

Within the pages of this book, you will find a broad range of warscrolls covering all the individual units and characters available to Chaos collectors. You will find a number of warscroll battalions that provide guidelines and exciting in-game bonuses for collecting such formations as a Tallyband of Nurgle or one of the Clans Skyre.

With this eldritch tome in hand, you can gather your grim and evil hordes and lead them to battle against the defenders of the Mortal Realms. The victory of the Chaos Gods is surely at hand, so amass your army of glory-seekers and set out to seek your rewards upon the field of battle.

Related to this release, GW is about to (re)launch the Warriors of Chaos line, now renamed as Slaves to Darkness (for reasons...), and a new "starter" pack called "Lord Heldrath’s Deathtide". Check it out!

Lord Heldrath’s Chaos Deathtide: $180 (about £130)

For those who like the Lore, here are 5 big previews for the new Age of Sigmar Balance of Power Campaign Book.

Via Scanner :

War is coming to the realms of Sigmar, and this new book picks up right where the Quest For Ghal Maraz left off. The Celestant Prime is coming, Allies are rallying to the side of the Stormcasts, and Chaos, well is being typical Chaos it looks like.

Could this be the end for a mighty champion of Sigmar?

Lies and Half-truths!

Keep an eye on UR-Gold!

Slaanesh may or may not be dead, and it looks like someone missed them!

Ultimate Powerrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

So the stage is set for the next episode in the Realm Gate Wars saga. Will Sigmar solidify his battle lines and push forward OR will Chaos once again triumph?

In other news, rumors about a Adeptus Mechanicus (2.0) release are oozing from the warp... apparently with a new codex coming later this year... Here are the rumor's basics:

The Codex

• Look for a Combined Adeptus Mechanicus book to replace the current pair released in 2015.

Models

• New combo Robot kit will make 2 different robot versions.
• New Transport kit.
• New Flyer kit.

Rules

• Knights moving to LoW.
• Mixed chatter regrading specialized Ad-Mech fortifications.

Seems perfectly logical to combine all the codexes in one book, and also adding to the army transport vehicles and flyers, but all the Adeptus Mechanicus and Skitarii releases are just about an year old and some armies from the 40k universe do not even have a paper codex, nor formations or any new models in years... Yes, I'm talking about the Sisters of Battle and a part of me wishes that GW would redesign their army...

Thank you for your time and until the next publication


Joaquim de Oliveira

"There is no truth in flesh, only betrayal."

"There is no strength in flesh, only weakness."

"There is no constancy in flesh, only decay."

"There is no certainty in flesh but death."

— Credo Omnissiah

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What's to Come... Forge World's Space Marine Legion Armoury‏ and More!

Just this morning Forge World released the new legion armor patterns (MK2 to 6) sets and there is also some tasty rumors doing the rounds: GW’s plans to expand the plastic Horus Heresy line and the return of the Wolves! Stay tuned!

True discipline: 1,000 marines... 1 toilet...

Just this morning I've received an email from Forge World announcing the release of the new legion armor patterns sets. Here's a description of one of the said sets:

• This multi-part resin kit provides enough parts to build five Space Marines in MkII 'Crusade' Armour. The kit includes; five pairs of legs; ten shoulder pads; five left arms; five right arms; five torsos; and five helmets. 
• These components are fully compatible with plastic and resin Space Marine armour sets, weapons and upgrade kits.
• Five 32mm round bases are also included. Weapons shown in some images sold separately.

Finally we can stretch your legs a bit on these new bases...

It seems that this release is merely a re-packing of the old sets, who now include the round bases 32mm. Either way it's good to note that Forge World hasn't abandoned its resin miniatures with the launch of The Horus Heresy: Betrayal at Calth ...

Speaking of the devil, there is some tasty rumors doing the rounds. Here’s the latest on GW’s plans to expand the plastic Horus Heresy line! Sources who spoke to BoLS on condition of anonymity reported the following:

"Sequel to Betrayal at Calth contents:
Assault squad sprue featuring packs and close combat weapons.
Legion Heavy Support squad sprue with a variety of heavy weapons.
Mk. IV Tactical sprues continue their appearance.
2 new Heroes are included.
Imperial Fists are involved in some manner.
Uses the same Betrayal at Calth ruleset."

So it looks like this is a continuation of the Betrayal at Calth series, but more importantly is becoming a vehicle for Forge World to roll out an expanding line of Heresy plastics. They could roll out 2 of these a year, and each contains the makings of 2-3 new kits/characters. These can later be sold seperately in boxes, giving GW has a perfect vehicle to spike sales as needed while building up 30K into a viable line with an wide plastic core set of products... Actually a smart move, if true...

But the rumors don´t stop here... it seems there will be a return of the Space Wolves but no, the Space Wolves aren’t shaping up to be a giant Tau sized miniatures and campaign book overhaul...

One of my favorite pieces of warhammer 40k art...

There’s a new morsel from the rumorsphere on 40’s next campaign book – And it stars the Space Wolves and the Ruinous Powers!

OK, all the standard caveats apply. Here’s the latest from Lucky Shot on Faeit

“Space Wolves campaign book is called “Curse of the Wulfen”

Also includes a decurion for Chaos Daemons"

via Darnok on Warseer

“I’ve been told the SW will not get a new codex, but an expansion book – I guess similar to the last Tau update. There will be new models, but I have no details about them (yet)."

Earlier this week sources told BoLS that the Space Wolves are returning this year, but there are some big caveats:

"Look for the Space Wolves to return in the first half of the year, before summer arrives.
This will be a minor “reboxing release”
Look for some originally limited edition models to make their way into the standard SW range.
Look for mostly reboxings with updated bases and the like.
There is no current word on an updated codex."

At first look I would assume this would be the next product in the same vein as Kauyon or Mont’ka, though not as extensive. More intriguing is the potential for such a campaign book to be a linking product between a Space Wolves release that multiple sources are now talking about and a Chaos Daemons update. In any case both Space Wolves and Chaos Daemons would like to have a “Decurion”... what do you reckon it would look like?

Actually, if you think about it, this sounds like a 1-2 weeks kind of release sandwiched in between other larger releases, similar to say the Betrayal at Calth release window last year, or perhaps the Seraphon release, if there is a codex to go along with it...

Thank you for your time and until the next publication

Joaquim de Oliveira

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Behold... the Chaos Grand Alliance!

Hello once more... it seems that the "Whole Lot of Chaos!" is actually really a whole lot of stuff... check it out!

The four horsemen gather. Technically only two are horses ... I think...

Next week we shall see two more Duardin Fyreslayers: the Battlesmith and the Grimwrath... check these pictures:

But now pay some attention to the new releases panel...

A 304 page book for just £20? Is it just a fluff book or something more? Maybe the answer is in this next rumour...

via Warseer’s Archibald_TK (1-18-2016)

What is coming this weekend:

– Bloodthirster, Bloodcrushers (now per 6), Bloodletters & Bloodthrone are back in new packaging.
– Battlesmith (1 model) 23€ – £18 – $30 – AU$ 1.000.000 and a liver
– Grimwrath Berserker (1 model) 23€ – £18 – $30 – AU$ 1.000.000 and a kidney
– Chaos Alliance book or whatever it’ll be called in English (304 pages, yup, no typo here, softcover) 26€ £20 $33
Ah, it’s the old softcover Codex pricing! 158 Warscrolls for the 21 following factions:
– Everchosen
– Slaves to Darkness
– Khorne Bloodbound
– Daemons of Khorne
– Tzeentch Arcanists
– Daemons of Tzeentch
– Nurgle Rotbringer
– Daemons of Nurgle
– Hosts of Slaanesh
– Daemons of Chaos
– Brayherds
– Warherds
– Monsters of Chaos
– Chaos Gargants
– Thunderscorn
– Master Clan
– Clan Verminus
– Skryre
– Moulder
– Pestilens
– Eshin

It sounds like the first of the “big faction books” including all the current warscrolls for the Chaos Faction (1 down, 3 to go). Note the very large pagecount, softcover format and the $33 low price. GW must have a good reason for dropping the price and changing the format.

Now that's a release, 304 pages with 158 Warscrolls... man I can't wait to find out more about it... check this little teaser:

Via spikeybits.com

Warriors of chaos from every Chaos God... plus Daemons, Beastmen and Skaven? Will the warscrolls be the same previously published in PDF, or will we see someting new?

Nagash, the Supreme Lord of the Undead, vs the new Archaon... I wonder...

Thank you for your time and hoping to write to you soon.

Joaquim de Oliveira






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Fire, Flame, Ferocity and... More Chaos?!

Hello There. There's already some informations about next week's releases: The Fyreslayer’s Big Beasty – The Magmadroth!

I know I know, it´s not the GW Magmadroth... but theese Imperial Guardian Lions (traditionally known in China simply as Shi) were the first thing that came to my mind as soon as I saw the first revealed pictures...

We already knew the name of the big Salamander/Dragon beast (check here!), and now we can say that the Magmadroth, apparently, has two different builds: Auric Runefather on Magamadroth or Auric Runesmither on Magmadroth.

According to the rest of the pics leaked this kit will run £65 (around 85€),  which makes it, definitely, one of the pricer kits for Age of Sigmar, but it’s also one of the larger models... check both builds and respective rules!            

Next week’s key releases are:

And the warscrolls:

      

          

       

Mounted on Magmadroth and on foot (below)...

So we have the latest products and prices: Besides what you can see above, Black Library kicks out yet another artbook  and the appearance of Battletome: Fyreslayers would normally signal the end of a release cycle. But then we get… the next week’s Ruinous Teaser!

Something is still coming for the Fyreslayers, but perhaps it’s just something hobby related like a painting guide. To be fair, in this last few months we've seen a lot of new chaos stuff, either from Khorne Bloodbound and Archaon... I find dificult to belise that yet more WoC and/or Daemons material is going to be released, unless their going to update some of GW's old miniatures like the Chosen or the Furies... Who knows...

Thank you for your time and hoping to write to you soon.

Joaquim de Oliveira






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New Age of Sigmar Army...Fyreslayer ?!

Non-shave November went well for this guys...

Hello hello, it seems that we already have the 2016's the first GW release: Dwarf Slayers (or Fyreslayer if you prefer...). Here are the pics from next WD's issue!

The new Slayer ministures look cool...

More details....

And some monsters to back them up...

The salamander/saurian monsters look great... and notice the battle standars bearer!

Here's the resume of all the basic rumours/intel I could find:

via Archibald_TK (1-2-2015)

New releases: 

Fyreslayers Hearthguard (5 miniatures) – 33€ 25£ 40$ 

Slayers with shorter beards with what looks like shooting weapons, greataxes or some sort of flail halberd. 

Fyreslayer Vulkite Berserkers (10 miniatures) – 45€ 35£ 60$
Slayers with dual axes, or a bladed shield coupled with an axe or pickaxe. 

Fyreslayer Auric Runemaster (1 model) 23€ 18£ 30$
This is not the one we saw on the sprue, that one carries some sort of brazero staff and he… he… he has no mustache! 

SURPRISE! The WD shows the models that have yet to be released everywhere. I find the new giant salamander to be absolutely gorgeous. IMO in term of design they take models like the slaughterbrute, break them in half, throw the parts into an incinerator and bury the ashes 3 feet under. 

For those wondering, Fyreslayers use the Ur-Gold to create runes over their own body. I have no time to actually read the WD but I’ll come back later if there is anything interesting. I think that army design is a success. 

The way the scales are done, especially on the head, they kind of remind me of the demon/dragon design I would expect from Japanese or Korean video games. (multiple horns, heavily segmented horns instead of a smooth single piece). 

There are two models, one carry some sort of Runemaster on a throne (which alas I find looks like he has a broom up his…), the other a lord with some awesome weapons, some actually designed long enough that the dwarf can hit something smaller than a Carnosaur with it. 

Keywords are Order, Duardin, Fyreslayers.

Some more:

via Archibald_TK 1-2-2015

A few more nuggets of info from the WD: 

– Fyreslayers are born from the fight between Grimnir and Vulcatrix. 

– Fyreslayers believe that in Ur-Gold resides the essence of Grimnir, their shattered God. 

– Ur-Gold is magical. There is a funny rule when you play a Runemaster where your opponent chooses one of his units as carrying some gold, and thanks to it said unit can reroll all 1 to wound. But better not let the Runemaster get close enough and realize you are carrying the gold or the Fyreslayers will go all chop chop on you. 

– When they insert Ur-Gold runes in their flesh, their God’s energy starts flowing through their vein. This lead to things like being surrounded by flames, striking harder, more resilient skin (I suppose that’s why they have 5+ save).This is how each of their chapters is organized: 

– Chapter mast.. no wait what am I saying? I mean Auric Runefather. 

– Below that is the Auric Runemaster (the one in the WD) 

– Auric Runesmiters 

– Grimwrath Berzerkers 

– Auric Runesons 

– Hearthguard Berzerkers and Auric Hearthguard (the ones in the WD) 

– Battlesmiths 

– Vulkite Berzerkers (the ones in the WD) 

PS- They’re not actually called Chapters as you already guessed, but I don’t know how to translate the real name in English. 

…More seriously, you have to keep in mind that these models are very naked, and you know that GW always has issues when doing muscles and they are no exception. But considering they didn’t go all Rob Liefield on them and considering the positive reaction people had regarding the new Blood Marauders replacements (whatever they are called) I expect the Fyreslayers design will be well received. 

The huge salamander looking monster are 100% new models and are featured heavily in the next WD. They’re not simple cavalry, they’re large monsters in the same category as a Carnosaur. 

Thought they are not actually slayers at all, they have their traditional look. Normal flesh, orange hair (but they show other models with dark hairs). Flames only appear on a few specific items. One recurring item they carry is the key. In fact one of the weapons carried by a lizard rider looks like what would happen if you were to turn a Keyblade into a halberd. 

PS- Thought I constantly called them salamanders, I have actually no idea what the big monsters will be called. If it’s in the WD I’ve yet to read it.
They all are helmeted. Usually the part at the top of the helmet where the hairs “burst out” is shaped like a dragon head. Between the helmet and how much they are naked they kind of give a small “300” vibe. (Archibald says the models look exactly like the top image above:)

Personally, all of this looks great but are they a complete new army (with their own rule book and formations), or just part of the Dwarfs army?

Thank you for your time and  hoping to bring you more details.

Joaquim de Oliveira


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Best of 2015 and More....

And so begins 2016... If you picked up WD# 100 this weekend (I didn't) you’ll have read our review of the year, in which we discussed the many GW models, books and hobby products that came out over the course of 2015. And there were a lot of them! Over the course of the year they released 71 new plastic kits, making 92 different units, not to mention countless books, paints, tools, digital products, novels and no less than three new boxed games: Warhammer Age of Sigmar, Assassinorum: Execution Force and The Horus Heresy: Betrayal at Calth...

But what was your favourite miniature of 2015? With so many to choose from, it's going to be a tough call… 

In 2014 the Imperial Knight was voted miniature of the year. Will the Imperial Knight Warden uphold the honour this year?

To help decide what should be the greatest Citadel miniature of 2015, GW is asking all of us to make a list of your top five models (favourite being number 1) and send them to team@whitedwarf.co.uk before midnight on January 10th, wich result will be publish them some time in the new year.

Here are some examples that I reckon will be in those lists, by month:

Januray -  Verminlord                                                                February - Solitaire

March - Khorne Bloodthirster                                                      April - Eversor Assassin

May -  Imperial Knight Gallant                                                     June - DA Interrogator-Chaplain

Jully -  Vandus Hammerhand                                                    August - Celestant Prime

September - Skarbrand                                            October - KV128 Stormsurge

November - HH Captain in Terminator Armour                      December - Archaon Everchosen

Of course this is only my opinion, and most likely you will have other opinions ... Personally I am more inclined to vote in Archaon... what about you?

But the new year starts also with a chance for you starting a new army, with 12 (actually) great-value boxed sets available to pre-order today, six each for Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Age of Sigmar.

"Pick your poison"

As you can see, there's quite a range of starter forces available, including Astra Militarum, Seraphon, Necrons and Greenskinz to name but a few. All the models are plastic – brilliant if you're new to building Citadel miniatures – and all the kits include construction booklets for all the models. Inside, you'll also find an exclusive datasheet (Warhammer 40,000) or warscroll battalion (Warhammer Age of Sigmar) for using your models on the battlefield. 

I guess they're all great, depending on which army you like and/or want to start, with a price tag of £50 (not £57 as I once said...), but personally I'm looking for the Tau and Warriors of Chaos (Now called Slaves to Darkness for reasons...). But those aren't the only new releases!

Games Workshop is "offering" the non-Tau parts of Mont’ka & Kauyon as stand alone digital supplements ...Were you looking for the Marine and Astra Militarum Supplements but didn’t want to purchase Mont’ka or Kauyon books? Well GW has a solution for you – as long as you go digital!

BOLS wrote an extensive article about each of these supplements, but here are the main points:

White Scars: A Codex Space Marines Supplement

This Warhammer 40,000 expansion will allow you to field an army of White Scars in your games of Warhammer 40,000. It is designed to be used in conjunction with the datasheets in Codex: Space Marines, and contains the following:

• • 4 White Scars formations, groups of models that gain additional special rules when used together on the battlefield
• • A new Scarblade Strike Force detachment representing the way the Chapter wages war
• • Tactical Objectives to use in Maelstrom of War missions
• • White Scars-specific Warlord Traits and Chapter Relics

Raven Guard: A Codex Space Marines Supplement 

This Warhammer 40,000 expansion will allow you to field an army of Raven Guard in your games of Warhammer 40,000. It is designed to be used in conjunction with the datasheets in Codex: Space Marines, and contains the following:

• • 7 Raven Guard formations, groups of models that gain additional special rules when used together on the battlefield
• • A new Talon Strike Force detachment representing the way the Chapter wages war
• • Tactical Objectives to use in Maelstrom of War missions
• • Raven Guard-specific Warlord Traits and Chapter Relics
• • An Echoes of War mission based on a famous engagement of the Raven Guard.

Flesh Tearers: A Codex Blood Angels Supplement 

This Warhammer 40,000 expansion will allow you to field an army of Flesh Tearers in your games of Warhammer 40,000. It is designed to be used in conjunction with the datasheets in Codex: Blood Angels, and contains the following:

• • New Flesh Tearers formations, groups of models that gain additional special rules when used together on the battlefield
• • A new Flesh Tearers Strike Force detachment representing the way the Chapter wages war
• • Flesh Tearers-specific Warlord Traits and Chapter Relics
• • An Echoes of War mission based on a famous engagement of the Flesh Tearers.

Cadia: A Codex Astra Militarum Supplement 

This Warhammer 40,000 expansion will allow you to field an army of Cadian Shock Troops in your games of Warhammer 40,000. It is designed to be used in conjunction with the army list in Codex: Astra Militarum, and contains the following:

• • Datasheets for 8 super-heavy tanks to add to any Astra Militarum army
• • 12 Astra Militarum formations, groups of models that gain additional special rules when used together on the battlefield
• • Tactical Objectives for Astra Militarum forces to use in Maelstrom of War missions
• • A new Cadian Battle Group detachment representing the armies of Cadia
• • Cadia-specific Warlord Traits and Heirlooms
• • An Echoes of War mission based on a famous engagement of the Cadians.

Thank you for your time and  wishing you all happy holidays and a new year full of positive achievements.

Joaquim de Oliveira




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