New Warriors of Chaos Pictures - Now THAT'S Chaos

Some new pictures of the imminent chaos release are surfacing. I know this stuff is all out in White Dwarf tomorrow, but I need to gush a little about the forsaken kit.

Look at these guys. As the person who sent me these images said, 'as if they just popped out of the old realm of chaos books from the late 80's', and I couldn't agree more. That's some old school chaos crazy right there. There's so many usable bits in that kit it makes my brain ache thinking about the possibilities. I can tell this is going to be a popular kit, I'll certainly be having one. As my own army is fimir based on the Warriors list, I can see a unit of warp-spasming fimm warriors appearing real soon using a fair dose of these parts. It's all I can not to start an actual Warriors of Chaos army looking at these mutant nutters. It has to be said, nice one GW. Bang on.

In other news, a better photo of the slaughterbeast, who looks a lot better from this angle I think. Yep, they found his good side.

Warrios of Chaos - New Rules Rumours

Some rumours from The Last Chancers Club, often found on Wargaming Ireland, a plethora of new Warriors of Chaos rumours via Chamber of the Evershosen:

• Khorne is now hatred not frenzy.
• Forsaken are core with M6 .
• Ensorcelled blades are now an upgrade 
• New monsters are rare, expensvie (200+ points) and fill an already overcrowded slot.

• WoC sorcerors now seem to have access to Shadow, Metal, and Death. Supposedly, you have to mark up a sorceror (so undivided would be gone), and they then get access to one of the book lores, or spells from that mark. It works out as Nurgle/Death, Slaanesh/Shadow/ Tzeentch/Metal.

• Slaugherbeast is rare, can apparently use the Chaos Lord's WS under certain circumstances. (It's bound to his will, might be similar to the old crown of command - It's NOT a mount) Gorebeast Chariot is special.

• Mutalith is rare, Skullcrushers stay rare.
• Forsaken are apparently core.
• Ensorcelled Weapons might be an upgrade instead of standard.
• Nurgle: Lore Attribute is (I assume after successfully casting a spell) that on a roll of 6 on a D6 the caster's Wounds and Toughness is increased by 1 until the end of the game. The signature spell can be cast on Nurgle's holy number and is a flame template which causes a wound after a failed toughness test. No mention of it being treated as breath weapon, so it might not be usable in close combat.
• Tzeentch: For every 6 you rolled when casting a spell, you generate a power dice for the caster on a roll of 6 on a D6. So Irresistable Force at least grants you two power dice before you go boom.
• Slaanesh: Your Attacks, Initiative and Weapon Skill are increased by one until the end of the next magic phase.

Warriors of Chaos - A Bucket of New

I'm coming a little late to the party here I know. The images for the new Warriors of Chaos book and models started appearing yesterday and since then have been all over the net. No doubt you've all seen the images of the various new kits. If not, you can see them here. There's an avalanche of new kits as well as the new army book, all the more surprising as the general wisdom was expecting a new dual warhammer/40k daemon release in February, and here comes the Warriors of Chaos all up in our face with new kits by the bucket load.

Most interesting to me of the existing units getting new models are the new dragon ogres and forsaken, both of which one never sees on the table. Are we looking at new rules? I sure hope so, because right now dragon ogres are shining the shoes of the skullcrushers. As for forsaken, never was a unit better named. Let's hope they get the love, as the forsaken kit looks pretty interesting.

But, there's new units too. New stuff that makes me reach inadvertently for my wallet. The giant tentacle monster is such a stuff. I'm not sure what it's name is yet, but hell, look at it. LOOK AT IT. It's a slice of awesome sandwiched between the bread of amazeballs. One please.

The other releases are rather fine too. The beast chariot, the Throgg model, vilitch, the chaos lord, all a bit great. I can't wait to get my hands on the book to see what the changes are there. No more infernal puppet for me, I'll bet.

On a more personal note, this means big things for my fimir army, seeing as it's based on the Warriors of Chaos list. I already have an idea for a unit of warp-spasming fimm to use as forsaken should they end up worth taking. The tentacle monster fits right into my wormy, tentacle laden theme for the fimir army as it is. Just take off the chaos icons and add some fimir handlers/riders/crew and we're there. Well, I might convert it a bit more, we'll see. It might be garbage in game though. But... it's too beautiful to be garbage.

Exciting stuff, I guess all list building will have to pause until the army book is released, probably early February, one would imagine.

Fimir - Skull Crushers?

I've been keeping an eye on the various warriors of chaos rumours of late. Seems we're due a White Dwarf update next month, followed by a second wave in February next year. As I use the warriors list for my fimir army, I'm quite interested in these developments. The unit that catches my interest is the skull crushers, the unimaginatively named mortal juggernaut riders. This is the monstrous cavalry unit for the warriors I guess, probably on demigryph size bases, and this got me thinking about a fimir unit I've been mulling over. If the skull crushers pan out, this would give me a place in the army to field a unit of fimir marl worm riders. This is the model I'm using for the worm, from Gribbly Miniatures.

He's a handsome devil, isn't he? I plan on using the plastic Games Workshop savage orc boar boys as a basis for the riders, and fimir them up some. Not too sure on the saddle yet, probably something with hooks and rough hide or leather, maybe a skull or two to garnish. I had planned on a single marl worm rider as a hero or some-such, but if the new warriors unit does come to pass I won't be able to resist a unit of these fellows.

Nurgle Lord - New Photo

I spotted this on Hobby Horse, a photo of the new Nurgle lord out next month. Very nice, I have a soft spot for Nurgle (it's probably infected) and this guy is great. I'm a fan of the new plastic characters, I must say. I'd like more options on the sprues, but it's going in a great direction. GW seems to be playing a blinder lately. Keep it up...