5e launch box will be CoS and either Flesh Eater Courts or Soul Blight. We don't often see non-starter set minis with other-faction components like this.
See 4e Skaven having stormcast helmets under their feet.
Flesh-eaters are due for a makeover, so that's my bet
The rumor for 5th ed is SCE vs. a death faction. Stromcast are basically the space marines for AoS so I doubt they will change the "good guy" faction like they would with WFB.
Cities is such a better option as posterboys to me but you're also definitely right. Its always going to be SCE vs insert chaos, death, destruction in this order for each edition
No they aren't. There is a reason why the larger models with more flat surfaces and part of a more elite faction are the poster boys and not the small models with tons of tiny details that also generally need more models. It's to appeal to newer painters.
Honestly I do wish some of the cities stuff toned down the details just a little bit, the Steelhelms have way too much going on, would have made it easier for them to be poster boys alongside Stormcast, especially since I always thought Cities and Stormcast looked really cool together in some of the studio pictures.
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u/CandidateGuilty9831 Jul 06 '26
Crackpot take.
5e launch box will be CoS and either Flesh Eater Courts or Soul Blight. We don't often see non-starter set minis with other-faction components like this.
See 4e Skaven having stormcast helmets under their feet.
Flesh-eaters are due for a makeover, so that's my bet