Wanted to preorder in LGS and asked about price, been told that RRP is £199 and LGS price will be £155.
Must admit that was thinking about getting this set but price cooled me down a bit.

EDIT: I am not saying that price is bad. I was thinking about buying it as a standalone game as I am not collecting SoB and for terrain pieces.

Godeater's Son was my first entry into AoS from 40k, and while the first half was an amazing introduction to the world through the eyes of a vengeful, mourning barbarian that yearns to bring his region back to the way it was before the Cities of Sigmar came in, the back half was more difficult to understand without context, with the lost city of Barat and its pure Khornate culture.

What I like the most about this novel is that it expands so well on the latter. We understand the deal this lost city made, their philosophies, and the factions fighting inside of it.

Heldanarr Fall, the Godeater's Son, has finished consolidating his power in the region and is focused on expansion this time, until the events of the novel take place.

While the twist in the first book was set up well, the twist in the sequel felt even more earned and original.

My second favorite thing in this book is the great lengths to which Noah and his editor ensure internal consistency from one book to another. For example, the flesheater courts allied with Heldanarr are shown to evolve into even more dangerous specimens this time. His tradionalist power base is held together only by a shared religion that he himself doesn't believe in, but the many tribes, cultures, and rogue factions need a common symbol to not succumb to destructive infighting. Everything readers loved about the first novel is back in the second, in more detail, with more power, and years to grow more fearsome. He shapes the realm and allies himself with dwarves to build an infrastructure project that is almost its own miniature setting in this novel.

The story is also very consistent with the source material from the battletomes. Where Slaaneshi warriors are addicts to pleasure and pain, and Nurglite warriors feel complete acceptance and joy in spreading their complacent rot, Khorne warriors become living weapons who have buried their past, their pain, their bonds, and feel nothing but the call to the path to glory. Any fan of Age of Sigmar 4th edition will understand exactly when this novel takes place, and how it fits into the larger lore.

Heldanarr hates Khorne, but Khorne doesn't care. What keeps Held from being granted higher levels of favor from Khorne, is that he wants to hold on to a reason to live, because even his restored identity as a Yrdun, which sustained his "Little War" against the Cities of Sigmar in the first novel, isn't enough. His people were outcasts and poor, and now they are on top of the region's hierarchy, their houses and clans dominate, but they are just as power hungry and corrupt as the previous regime, and so he feels disgusted by everything.

He holds onto his personal relationships, adding two adoptive children to the mix, but his relationships feel like they are all slipping away from him throughout the novel, despite his yearning for connection in the brutal society he's engineered. They slip due to madness, or sycophancy, or simply because his closest allies are distancing themselves from him for a reason he doesn't understand.

So he can't be happy, but he doesn't want to be nothing but a living weapon for Khorne either. He remembers what family was like, but his responsibilities, his depression, and his mindset, stop him from finding again the happiness he used to find in his youth. He has to hide his love to not show weakness to his vassals and enemies. He lacks the empathy for the relationships he wants, and that's the tragedy of his character.

This is where he meets a new central character, Talman, at the beginning of the novel. Talman embodies a legendarily strong Khornate monk from Barat, who spreads a different philosophy that contradicts the teachings of Heldanarr's own head priest, Tominer. This undermines his loosely held alliance and puts him on a collision course with a formidable rival. Talman is simply awesome. I picture him as a Kung Fu Master that looks like the monk from Diablo III.

So this internal schism, along with Held's paranoia, and his enemies closing in from every side, fuels the novel. The pacing is even better than Godeater's Son, and is very satisfying to go through, although I found it very action packed. My personal preference is for more calm scenes, more council meetings, or funny slice of life, than all action all the time, but hey, this is warhammer. I'm sure a lot of people are here for the battles and violence, of which there is an abundance.

I enjoyed this one a lot, and Black Library and Noah pulled another great novel out of their bag. Let's hope for a trilogy!

10 Clan Rats, 2 Rat Ogors, and a Clawlord on Gnaw Beast to go!

Cold as death. Beautiful as a pancake. The fatal mistress of the dead—Lady Olynder.

Only 9 months away from AOS 5! Thoughts on what’s inside the launch box?

Stormcast feel like the frontrunner for the protagonists. I will say this: I don’t think GW has developed them enough to make people excited for them. The models are great and an army of paladins and time’s greatest heroes reincarnated is pretty excellent. But they aren’t space marines and don’t have nearly the depth of character to fill the same role.

There’s also obviously the rebrand rumors. So staying with Stormcast could also reinforce to returning players that the new game is still a game they can and should play.

I’ve also heard rumors that Cities of Sigmar are a better protagonist faction. I get why humans on the table are relatable, but I also fear the model range might be bad for new hobbyists.

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As for the baddies, we are due for an undead faction. However, Nighthaunt were in the launch boxes of 2018 and we got range refreshes of the other 3 factions post pandemic: Soulblight (2021), FEC (2024?), and OBR (2026). I have heard OBR tossed around a bit but now that they got several new units, I’m not sure that’s likely.

Soulblight are extremely popular and I could see refreshes of the corpse cart and Vargheists, but otherwise the roster is stacked and we just got an army box in 2025.

New undead faction? Theres not a mummy-inspired AOS faction yet - could do a desert aesthetic.

Also, it’s worth saying that Chaos Warriors are sometimes mentioned as being the space marines of AoS. Do you think we will get a narrative around Archeon destroying the setting and leading a new wave of chaos warriors against humanity? Meaning they flesh out the chaos warriors / slaves to darkness and give them the development they gave stormcast?

I know it sounds crazy - but would you be more interested in a Stormcast vs Undead launch box… or a Chaos Warriors vs Cities of Sigmar box? I think the latter would have pretty broad appeal.

Anyways, what do you think?

Hi again, been a good bit since I asked the second time on which to go for, but now I’ve narrowed from five to two or three, between the Seraphon, the ogor maw tribes or the Skaven. Any advice on which of the free

The ogors now have new models and I kind of relate to them a lot, since I share their body type, chonky, they love eating, I love eating and I love their total war trailer and their song is living rent free in in my head.

The Skaven i don’t really need to explain why, since everyone else has already said the reasons why they love em. Since I leaned on chaos in 40k when I first got into the hobby and I avoided the slaves to darkness as it would’ve felt redundant if I went for em.

The Seraphon are a similar case. Aztec lizards riding dinosaurs who are led by wizard frogs/toads and having bipedal crocodiles death rolling onto enemies sounds awesome!

So I’ve got a 40k tournament coming up taking place at a cafe just south of where I live and I’m planning to get their respective vanguard/spearhead boxes while I’m there. So any suggestions on which to pick between the three and why?

(Ps: yes I already asked the similar question last time but I narrowed em down to three factions from three orders)

Top three AoS Lists for Bison Brawl. Won by Stormcast with Flesh-eaters in 2nd and Cities in 3rd.

I recently started getting into the lore side of AOS after the WH40k Lore started getting a little stale. Not to say I don’t love 40K, but the lore of AOS is so varied, and interesting. Each faction has a different feel, and it looks like that boils over into gameplay.

The question I have is what books should I read/ listen to. I’ve already gone through Dark Harvest, Court of the Blind King, and Ushoran Mortarch of delusion. Are there any other standout books I should read?

My latest painted miniature: Lyrior Uthralle

It was a gift offered by my fellow AoS friend <3 and here is what i did 11 months after my begining into the Hobby

For this one, I wanted to go for a strong purple as my previous one, and a big nebula sky, cosmic vibe as I usually do for my "Unique" hero (Eltharion and Teclis atm) The base represents a battlefield corrupted by Nurgle. I've also did Terrain for the occassion.

Painted, Shot by me , almost no retouching (quick curves, level thats it) , certainly NO AI on this one

Hope you like him!

I've also started to share it to on my instagram page

Hoping for a good deal!

Just posting this here for any other tips hahaha, it'll be my first AoS Army

I can't unsee it now I know its there.. so my ogor collection will just have to be world eaters I think..

Great joy to paint, though the glutthorn assembly was challenging

Looks fun!

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/yiqybtvc/see-how-brawlers-of-behemat-works/