Since this is the first AoS episode we've done, (and the only one we're doing for awhile) we're looking for feedback and ideas regarding future ones: 1. Should we keep our 40K audio-visualizer avatars when discussing AoS or should we use a second set when we cover AoS like we have for our MtG podcast? 2. If we should use a second set of avatars when covering AoS what ideas do you all have for each of us? ...Other than the obvious "Brad is clearly a Slaan" joke I can already hear you all typing. 3. If you're only a 40K player, was this easy to follow and understand? We attempted to follow our 40K formatting to hopefully make the topic jump painless. 4. If you're primarily a 40K player, do you have interest in seeing a lot of our more popular 40K topics done for AoS? (Budget episodes, Intro episodes, Grading Every Faction's X episodes, etc.) (I will also probably post this as a proper community post later. Comments with this feedback and the other RUclips pleasantries are always encouraged though.)
I prefer keeping the same audio visualizers. And as a 40k only player, this was pretty easy to follow. Most of us who have been the hobby for any length of time have had at least some exposure, even if its just playing next to sigmar games in LGSs
I just want 40K to have MORE models, or at least update all the older ones. But Space Marines need their constant updates since they’re the cash cow. I’m saying this as a DA player too lol.
Eric and I take turns choosing violence. He picks trees and a 20 year old WHFB model for iconic mascots in AoS. I tell people WW2 tanks are ugly designs.
@@thepoorhammerpodcastWW2 tanks were ugly. I take this stance as a history major with a personal fascination of weapons evolution in war. WW1 and 2 tanks SUCKED. For many reasons. One of which was that they were ugly.
@thepoorhammerpodcast I love steam tank and want a troll army full of tanks and gyrocopters/bombers. Also Eric sold me on the wyldwood trees. Gonna pick up a box later thus week! Haha
As someone who’s a fan of both IPs, I would love more AoS content especially a “translation” episode that explains the similarities and differences between 40K and AoS to give people a better idea of what the other game offers and if they’d enjoy it
@@ihaiaoconnor1209 I convert or proxy similar models all the time. Saves a ton of money when a model doubles for two armies. Sylvanteh makes great Nurgle. Daughters of Khaine make great Snaaneshi (naturally). The old Khorne Bloodbound box is a better Combat Patrol than the real one for World Eaters with a few backpacks. Better Jakhals than Jakhals, for sure! The chonky Stormcast Eternals start collecting box made me Jump Captains, Inquisitors, and a bunch of Ministorum Crusaders on the cheap. Just cut the hammer at the hand and replace with a sword. GK swords look perfect.
If I had to introduce fyreslayers to my friends i wouldn't hide the fact that they are intoxicated, oiled up, sweaty, hot, half naked dwarves, I would lead with it.
As I once described them to a friend, they're the fiery chihuahuas of the AOS setting - small, angry, and ready to throw down at the slightest provocation
You guys are missing some of the appeal of seraphon. It isnt just "lizards riding dinosaurs" it is so much more unhinged. It is "aztec lizards riding dinosaurs with laser beams."
Seriously, AoS is gloriously unhinged in a way that 40K isn't. Capitalist sky dwarves, soul sucking sea elves, delusional ghouls that think they're glorious knights. Like, take the Stormcasts, they're heroes of yore cursed with a flawed immortality. It's utter madness and I love it.
No, it’s what would happen if you took a much cooler faction, obliterated its canon and then re-used half the models and style to make a half baked mimicry of the original faction. Yes I’m still bitter.
Back in Autumn 2022, during a quitting smoking attempt, I pulled the trigger on building and painting warhammer models. My first purchase(s) were two Start Collecting: Sylvaneth boxes. I was concerned at Brad's sigh but when Eric mentioned the Awakened Wyldwood I laughed myself into a hysterical crying coughing fit. He is not meme-ing. Drybrush bark and leaves in the throes of chemical withdrawal and you will know.
As an Ossiarch Bonereapers player, all I have to say is read the lore, realize that every single model is “a walking graveyard” (actual quote btw), and then revel in the fact that your baseline skeletons are made of plate armor.
A very fun twist on the skeleton trope of "shambling horde of skinny skeletons," into brick shithouses and imo is like Custodes done right where it's akin to Greco-Roman artists and sculptors were the ones intricately crafting their soldiers and its actually seen in the minis
Screaming Bell, Lightning Cannon, and/or Hell Pit were the models that sold the faction in WFB. Enough to overlook the 200ish Skavenslaves you probably needed to play the army.
Oh awesome, an Age of Sigmar episode. I really wish more people gave the setting a chance and stuff like this will certainly help. I can say, Lady Olynder's model is what single-handedly got me into AoS and Nighthaunt as my starter army. Death in general is fantastic and I think they've got the best models out of all the Grand Alliances.
Ossiarchs are basically an elite army of bone constructs. Each soldier is made of magically hardened bones (so they're more like a bone-golem army than a classic, resurrected skeleton army).
Another big plus for Stormcast, and why I'll defend them: Stormcast lore, goes really hard. AOS skirts the line really well from going full grimderp and still feels like a solid fantasy world. I'm glad GW doesn't lean on grimdark as hard for AOS, it actually makes me enjoy the setting.
AoS is allowed to go so much harder than 40K ever will. Comparing the Leagues of Votann with the Kharadron Overlords, it's like night and day. The former is extremely safe, unambitious. Whereas the latter understands what it wants to be perfectly.
@@Bluecho4Also it has way cooler characters. If you’re remotely interested in the Kharadron, read both of Drekki Flynt’s novels- They’re both excellent and some of the most fun books in AoS.
Some AoS, nice As a sylvaneth fan, I fell in love with the model range- one of the only models I wasn’t a fan of was the wyldwood- so I deffo thought that was a meme answer lmao
2:12 Im only adding this for the sake of being a nerd but there was actually a WW2 Tank that looked like that a bit. Check out the French Char B1 Bis. Small turret on top, 75mm howitzer gun that they wanted the driver to use. Results were...hmm... Anyhow just throught this might give you a chuckle. Have fun!
Not gonna lie, I unapologetically love Stormcast Eternals since it got me into AOS. Fantasy even when I was a kid never stuck out but with AOS, Stormcast got me in and I've got a few armies since.
@@staalforsfh Self-identified Grognard... I approve of Noctis' message! WHFB was a fun time but the setting, models, etc. of Age of Sigmar are super creative and I feel its a worthwhile successor to Warhammer Fantasy. (and most diehard anti-AoS people aren't even WHFB fans, they're Total Warhammer fans who insist they were "there from the start!")
@@DuskEalainvery refreshing to see, thank you! Been into WHFB for 13 years, now massively into AoS and a recovering AoS hater (around the 1st edition launch) as well haha
21:25 Yeah the space marine naming gets a bit ridiculous once you realise that the Chaos Marines have less confusing names. Bezerkers - bezerk melee guys, Havocs - heavy weapon teams that cause havoc, chaos lord - warband leader.
Also more discussion of the actual way factions play, you guys are one of the only ones that talk about the actual game in a somewhat casual way. As much as I love channels like Auspex sometimes their videos are just throwing terms and numbers at me that I have no context for.
I moved from being mostly a 40k player to being mostly an AoS player a few months ago and I do not regret it! Would love to see more AoS content from you guys!
Thank you Berillio for all you do for this podcast. As someone who views it exclusively on RUclips your work is noticed and appreciated. I also really appreciate seeing some new content. AoS is a really neat setting and I’d like to see you guys dip in more often.
The best part is that according to the ttrpg lore, that octopus is doing all the math for counting the souls (their species is really smart and fucking love maths, so IDK train them to be accountants). It's legit reasonable to assume the octopus is the Legendary Hero in that model lol
Please continue doing AoS/TOW content. Warhammer Fantasy is honestly such an underrated IP and it's one where GW has writers with the chops and the balls to actually push a narrative forward instead of the lore feeling subservient to the tabletop. The way AoS handled Stormcast Eternals was so refreshing; taking them from "Sigmarines" to an actually unique army with it's own characters, narrative, problems, and tension was a breath of fresh air and what allowed me to start taking AoS seriously as a setting and game. I would suggest getting a few episode ideas together, then start the AoS episodes after the launch of 4th so we can see where the game is headed. As for this episode, my wife agrees that "Big Turtle" is the best model, and I am personally surprised that you guys didn't pick the Doomwheel as the mascot for Skaven. A literal hamster wheel powered by a coked out rat swarm throwing warp lightning until they crash into something and explode? Literally describes the furry rat bastards to a T, and it's why I love them so much. As an audio listener, I went out of my way to leave a comment to let you know that AoS gets a big thumbs up for me and I'd love to see more.
Also, AoS is great to cover because the popularity spread between factions is much more healthy and varied compared to 40K's "All Space Marines, All The Time" spread.
I mentioned this in another comment. However it bears repeating. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!! I'm very happy to see youve finally done an AoS episode and I cant wait for more to come!!! However, I do need to point out a few errors in regards to points made in the episode, because I'm a pedant. First: Stormcast Retributors weren't the "main" unit mascot for their first wave release, that was the Liberators. Using the Space Marine analogy, Retributors are the equivalent to Stormcast Terminators, while Liberators are Intercessors. So theyre supposed to be more heavily armored as a result. Second: The lore explanation for the new style of Stormcast armor is because Be'lakor cursed the skies and that prevents Stormcast wearing the old armor from respawning if they die. So the new "Thunderstrike" armor was made to counter that, just by filling it with so much lightning they can break through the cursed barrier. Because Warhammer lore. Third: The "Bull" theme you mentioned with Lumineth isn't 100% accurate. The Bull asthetic is only meant for about 3 units, the Alarith Mountain Spirit, the Alarith Stonemage and the Alarith Stoneguard. If you dont believe me, look at the "Hurakan" units, they dont have a bulk theme, but a fox theme in their asthetic. Think of them like more fleshed out Eldar Aspect temples. Because each Lumineth Elemental Temple gets a "troop" a "caster" and an Elemental Spirit that make their up their own sub-portion of the army. I agree theyre the best part of the army. They're Elf monks trained to embody their chosen element in life and combat, but the Bull theme is mostly contained to the Alarith Mountain Temple. If youve read all of this, thank you for indulging me. This was a legitimately great video and I truly hope you do more AoS content in the future!!! And, of course, thank you Berilio for your service. Sigmar will reward you for your efforts on The Anvil of Apotheosis.
Ossiarchs Bonereapers are essenetially bone and soul constructs. Basically Nagash's effort into making quality over quantity soldiers. Bodies are gathered up, flesh stripped off, the leftover bones are then refined and processed into a much harder material and formed into a body with a sort of soul gem. The soul gem is then stuffed with a grafted soul. Basically a composite soul made up of different bits and pieces of other souls to form perfect soldiers. The only "liche" amongst them is Arkhan the Black. ' Also, I love the deathrattle skeletons, but I wish there was more focus on the necromancers portion instead of just vampires all day everyday.
HeyWoah's videos for AoS is what inspired our 40K equivalent. I'd HIGHLY recommend watching both of his until we inevitably cover it. (It's going to be real hard not to copy his homework with how much I loved those videos though.)
Had my first ever game of AoS yesterday so this has come at a good time. Even though I already know what armies I would collect it'll still be a fun video. StD for life
The llama rider thing is what sold me on the lumineth, but my first army is flesh eater, and what sold me on them was the judge guy with the bone gavel and wig made out of intestines
@16:02 "-and Skaven had models that were updated in 2020 -we would be an AoS podcast that sometimes dabbled n 40k". Well it's not 2020 anymore, but when the summer comes you're gonna be real tempted to take a second look! In fact you'll get a sneak peak this wednesday most likely! Edit: Ah, ofc you know about this and touch on it during the actual Skaven bit of the video.
Thanks Berilio! You do a great job, as always! I'm on my seventh 40k army now, and every time I get a new model I have to stop myself from getting Seraphon, because if I break that glass and get into AoS, then the snowball will keep rolling... Was really cool seeing all these awesome models!
As a lover of "big dudes in armor", I love the aesthetic of Stormcast. I also love the idea of having interchangeable models between AoS and 40k, and I think I could port Stormcast easily into a Custodes army.
LOVE that yall are covering some AoS stuff now too! I’ve been playing both 40K and AoS for a little over a year now and just recently found the podcast, y’all are great and I look forward to more!
I'd like to see an episode on the negatives of each faction or just AOS in general. One of the reasons i love this channel is because it gets into the negatives of 40k that people wouldn't know about unless they play or are heavily involved in the community.
I really liked this episode because yesterday I was looking for new models to paint and saw a lot of AoS at the store but couldn't really figure out what to look for, so seeing these "mascots" gives me a really good idea of what the aesthetic of each faction is and what I can look for next time I go in. Thank you for such a great job Borellio (sorry if I misspelled it).
Aos has such great models and more than a few of them will join my warhammer collection. A collective army of night lords and flesheater sounds great to me. Sadly my painting skills are far away from what i need to make these things look as good as the boxart.
Keep the same avatars, it's your brand image, and less work. As for wanting more content, Yes! Love your format and I'd like to hear you folks talk about AoS.
I have no knowledge of AoS, so this was lots of fun to learn about! Shoutout to Berilio for the visuals - so many of these models are absolutely gorgeous finds, and I could honestly just play this video on mute as a pseudo slide-show and still enjoy it.
You seem to have gotten the Stormcast Chambers confused with the Storm Vaults in your lore explanation. The actual explanation for the new Stormcast look is that Be'lakor did some magic bullshit to stop Stormcast from reviving, so Sigmar and Grungni got together to make a new type of armor to get around that
I only have 40k models, but this made me want to collect a couple of AoS Factions. Just to paint the models. Thank you Berillio, your contribution is the cherry on top of this episode.
I just love fantasy in general and Aos stand out of most fantasy seethings, and i often want to buy models just to have gorgeous models for other games like dnd. I hope you cover more Aos, this game deserves more attention. And Hopefully, we will see a lot of rats en adepticon, Skaven are my favorite faction. Btw thanks berilio, you can relax a little bit, good episode.
This is probably a bit unusual but I love the first design of the Stormcast. This isn't intentionally but I imagine when the Stormcasts began to fight that the people in the Mortal Realms saw these angelic figures coming to save them. I really love that idea.
Opening disclaimer that I am very new to Warhammer and have thus far been a wandering fan looking at things from the sidelines while considering getting in. Prior to this video I knew next to nothing about AoS and was fully sold that should I get into the hobby, I'd be diving into 40K. But this was super interesting to me, and the mascots of the Death factions especially really gripped me in a way I've struggled to find from the 40K factions I like and was unable to grip into from Tomb Lords or Vampire Counts from Fantasy. I would love to see more AoS content from y'all - your videos are what really got me interested in Warhammer and I'd love to see more from y'all in this realm as well.
My friend and I just bought our first AoS boxes the other day and were just saying how we wish you guys would make a few AoS episodes, I’m glad you guys are getting into AoS episodes!
As a person that's never played AoS....the best tzeentch model is the Jade Obelisk warcry team. They're just Cathay if Cathay didn't have dragons to protect it
Are you telling me Lord Kroak's response to being killed was *literally* 'I don't have time to die - I'm too busy!' Pulling a Goge Vandire But For Serious, this toadman.
Thank you Berellio! Your work truely elevates the podcast from two dudes talking to the great reference and visual aid symphony that it is. One suggestion would be to credit yourself in the description so people like me can check if we are spelling your name right
Im super new to 40K, but ive fallen for the trap and got some Stormcast to start my first AoS army literally a few days ago so this is impecible timing
@LSOP- If you bought a recent stormcast, they look almost nothing space marines. You don't have to like AoS but you could just end at you don't like it instead of spreading the same ignorant slop people have been for 9 years now
You guys touched a bit on it here but I think you should really do a "Should Daemons be split into mono gods?" episode and give different reasons for why or why not and how you would go about doing it. Personally I think they should give a detachment in each cult marine codex that incentivises taking daemon allies and also expand some of the keywords. Like for World Eaters I'd add a Khorne Daemonkin detachment, give it strategems that target the KHORNE keyword, then make the aura abilities on Skarbrand, the Bloodthirster, and Angron target the KHORNE keyword too
This is great, SUPER easy to follow! I would love to see more AoS content!! I would love to see your guys fav AoS armies as your new avatars! I play Orks in 40k But IDK seems really cool! I would love to find some prints for it. It would be nice to see some more intro videos as I read up on AoS because of you loveable sons of B*tches!
Berellio great job on grabbing all the models for the video. I had almost the same intro to Warhammer as you guys. I started with total war, looked at the tabletop and my favorites (lizardmen & tomb kings) were bad / absent. Then went to 40k.
I may or may not have purchased 4k points of SCE this week for my 1st AOS army...In 40k Custodes are my favourite, so your analysis on the crossover was spot on!
This is my first proper introduction to Age of Sigmar and I am very interested! I would eat it up if you guys made more, I'm definitely gonna go look up some lore info
Much love to Berilio for the work you've put in! Glad you're a part of the team. As for feedback: 1) Definitely keep the avatars. Using a second set could be fun, but no strong feelings either way. 2) Brad is clearly a Slaan (you started this), and Eric should be... well, I personally love Tretch Craventail. But a Warlock seems like the obvious go-to, or perhaps have a Slaan v Verminlord vibe. 3) Format is good! 4) Would love to see more AoS content if y'all are willing to jump in for more!
Its always funny to me when you guys do these mascot/best model videos. The things you guys find most appealing (vehicles, dinosaurs, and monsters generally) are the least interesting things in each army to me. I usually like battle line (any group of regular dudes with cool weapons) / cavalry units (horses or bikes).
56:30 As an orc (specifically Ironjawz) player who definitely skipped to the part where you guys talked about the orcs: I simultaneously feel called out and validated, thank you.
@@LSOP-i haven’t played but i prefer the factions in AoS more! and i don’t see how it’s got a flavor problem just LOOK at the Hedonites of Slaanesh rules or Sylvaneth, or Deepkin. they all have cool rules that represent the faction so well
@@LSOP-ah yes, such flavour, as, um. wood elf. unwood elf. removed from the game elf half of warhammer fantasy is basically just cribbing off of Tolkien and the designs are generally about as generic as fantasy stuff can get, man.
Heck yeah, been waiting for AoS stuff for ages. Would love more as someone wanting to get into it. As for avatars, yeah, you should have different ones. But Instead of being important things like a Slaan, you should be the runts. Like a skink and a grot, of whatever AoS calls them.
Since this is the first AoS episode we've done, (and the only one we're doing for awhile) we're looking for feedback and ideas regarding future ones:
1. Should we keep our 40K audio-visualizer avatars when discussing AoS or should we use a second set when we cover AoS like we have for our MtG podcast?
2. If we should use a second set of avatars when covering AoS what ideas do you all have for each of us? ...Other than the obvious "Brad is clearly a Slaan" joke I can already hear you all typing.
3. If you're only a 40K player, was this easy to follow and understand? We attempted to follow our 40K formatting to hopefully make the topic jump painless.
4. If you're primarily a 40K player, do you have interest in seeing a lot of our more popular 40K topics done for AoS? (Budget episodes, Intro episodes, Grading Every Faction's X episodes, etc.)
(I will also probably post this as a proper community post later. Comments with this feedback and the other RUclips pleasantries are always encouraged though.)
Would love more AOS content!
You should cover tow, not AoS.
Just don’t do AOS again fantasy settings are a dime a dozen and aren’t even remotely interesting
I prefer keeping the same audio visualizers. And as a 40k only player, this was pretty easy to follow. Most of us who have been the hobby for any length of time have had at least some exposure, even if its just playing next to sigmar games in LGSs
Not a fan of AoS, think it’s way more boring than 40k.
Poorhammer AoS let’s fucking GOOOOOOOOOO
Also I will die on the hill that AoS models absolutely mollywhomp 40k models
Small hill to die on, facts are facts lol
I'll raise your hill: AoS is the best Warhammer hands down.
Man said mollywomp 💀💀💀
100% agree, I just wish I had friends that play it 😂
I just want 40K to have MORE models, or at least update all the older ones. But Space Marines need their constant updates since they’re the cash cow. I’m saying this as a DA player too lol.
"AoS has such good models, the 40k modelers could learn a thing or two."
First mascot model: steam tank.
I guess it's iconic at least. The actual mascots for COS are the command corps realistically
It's still true tho
Eric and I take turns choosing violence. He picks trees and a 20 year old WHFB model for iconic mascots in AoS. I tell people WW2 tanks are ugly designs.
@@thepoorhammerpodcastWW2 tanks were ugly. I take this stance as a history major with a personal fascination of weapons evolution in war. WW1 and 2 tanks SUCKED. For many reasons. One of which was that they were ugly.
@thepoorhammerpodcast I love steam tank and want a troll army full of tanks and gyrocopters/bombers. Also Eric sold me on the wyldwood trees. Gonna pick up a box later thus week! Haha
As someone who’s a fan of both IPs, I would love more AoS content especially a “translation” episode that explains the similarities and differences between 40K and AoS to give people a better idea of what the other game offers and if they’d enjoy it
This sounds amazing
Or msybe a video what aos models would look good in a 40k army...yea i love both ips
Strong Agree!
@@ihaiaoconnor1209 I convert or proxy similar models all the time. Saves a ton of money when a model doubles for two armies. Sylvanteh makes great Nurgle. Daughters of Khaine make great Snaaneshi (naturally). The old Khorne Bloodbound box is a better Combat Patrol than the real one for World Eaters with a few backpacks. Better Jakhals than Jakhals, for sure! The chonky Stormcast Eternals start collecting box made me Jump Captains, Inquisitors, and a bunch of Ministorum Crusaders on the cheap. Just cut the hammer at the hand and replace with a sword. GK swords look perfect.
@@Vortenger oh 100% im a kitbash fiend. Want more people tonget into it
If I had to introduce fyreslayers to my friends i wouldn't hide the fact that they are intoxicated, oiled up, sweaty, hot, half naked dwarves, I would lead with it.
Which is good, because 90% of the army is just that, with slightly different weapons.
Absolutely.
They're the Mandalorians of AOS who live in volcanos riding dragons.
The models doesn't do them justice, yet. But the theme is awesome.
As I once described them to a friend, they're the fiery chihuahuas of the AOS setting - small, angry, and ready to throw down at the slightest provocation
You guys are missing some of the appeal of seraphon. It isnt just "lizards riding dinosaurs" it is so much more unhinged. It is "aztec lizards riding dinosaurs with laser beams."
This is the way
Seriously, AoS is gloriously unhinged in a way that 40K isn't. Capitalist sky dwarves, soul sucking sea elves, delusional ghouls that think they're glorious knights. Like, take the Stormcasts, they're heroes of yore cursed with a flawed immortality. It's utter madness and I love it.
They're the bad guys from dino riders.
I think you can actually use some of toyline toys and no one would be the wiser.
"from space"
@Chrysamer77 you’re not even wrong is the great thing
In retrospect, not picking a mascot for BoC was the GW approved move
My mother got our entire family into AOS because she wanted in on our 40K talk, saw a Stegadon and said “I’d play that.”
Your mother sounds like a cool person
Thanks to Berillio for the amazing work that he does. He elevates this podcast so much.
Agreed. Thanks Berillio.
@@Bluecho4 Berillio our beloved.
Without Berillio, I would have had no idea what any of the models they were talking about were at all.
@@michaelrippetoe6648 same. Simply showing the models on screen makes it so much more watchable.
Without Berillio, this podcast would just be two nerds talking.
With Berillio, this podcast becomes art.
Cities of Sigmar is basically what would have happened if Leonardo da Vinci got the funding he deserved.
Da vinciPunk
@@598019001 you mean.... Leanardo Da Funk?
No, it’s what would happen if you took a much cooler faction, obliterated its canon and then re-used half the models and style to make a half baked mimicry of the original faction. Yes I’m still bitter.
@@jwebcoding7289 Old Timer, The Old World is back. You can stop whining about the End Times and play your game again.
@@DatBrasss it’s the principle of the thing. That GW did what they did to the game/setting that built their house should always be called out.
Back in Autumn 2022, during a quitting smoking attempt, I pulled the trigger on building and painting warhammer models. My first purchase(s) were two Start Collecting: Sylvaneth boxes. I was concerned at Brad's sigh but when Eric mentioned the Awakened Wyldwood I laughed myself into a hysterical crying coughing fit. He is not meme-ing. Drybrush bark and leaves in the throes of chemical withdrawal and you will know.
I love for Skaven they picked 2 of the only 3 kits released within the last 10 years.
Honorable mention to the Store Anniversary version of the Admiral for the Kharadron, it's just a little guy holding a miniature version of his boat
There’s a T-shirt idea in the, “Did you know it’s based off the Strumtiger?” line.
As an Ossiarch Bonereapers player, all I have to say is read the lore, realize that every single model is “a walking graveyard” (actual quote btw), and then revel in the fact that your baseline skeletons are made of plate armor.
A very fun twist on the skeleton trope of "shambling horde of skinny skeletons," into brick shithouses and imo is like Custodes done right where it's akin to Greco-Roman artists and sculptors were the ones intricately crafting their soldiers and its actually seen in the minis
The thing that gets ppl into Skaven is the screaming Bell, because you may think that "well it's a bell" and then you see the grey seer surfing on it
Hickory dickory dock.
Seconded. Grey Seer on Screaming Bell is peak Skaven. Silly yet sinister.
Screaming Bell, Lightning Cannon, and/or Hell Pit were the models that sold the faction in WFB. Enough to overlook the 200ish Skavenslaves you probably needed to play the army.
@@Boshea241 Hell Pit Abomination, my beloved
Verminlord weren't for the somewhat empty base would be so peak
Oh awesome, an Age of Sigmar episode. I really wish more people gave the setting a chance and stuff like this will certainly help. I can say, Lady Olynder's model is what single-handedly got me into AoS and Nighthaunt as my starter army. Death in general is fantastic and I think they've got the best models out of all the Grand Alliances.
Lady Olynder is definitely my favourite Death model.
As someone recently getting in to AoS I would love to see more content from you two on it as I like your style and its fairly informative
Sylvaneth are actually just the most gorgeous faction. So many absolute bangers and so much hobby potential
tree
Bush
Weed
Ossiarchs are basically an elite army of bone constructs. Each soldier is made of magically hardened bones (so they're more like a bone-golem army than a classic, resurrected skeleton army).
As a fan of skeletons and robots/autonomous constructs, this is an absolute win. It helps that the models look amazing as well.
I personally would’ve used the Gothizzar or the Liege-Kavalos as the sales pitch- They’re both great fun to paint and look great too.
@@cthulhubecausewhynot1182
True! Even Arkhan to be fair!
Another big plus for Stormcast, and why I'll defend them: Stormcast lore, goes really hard. AOS skirts the line really well from going full grimderp and still feels like a solid fantasy world. I'm glad GW doesn't lean on grimdark as hard for AOS, it actually makes me enjoy the setting.
I had no idea the AoS models looked this good. Kinda amazed honestly.
AoS is allowed to go so much harder than 40K ever will. Comparing the Leagues of Votann with the Kharadron Overlords, it's like night and day. The former is extremely safe, unambitious. Whereas the latter understands what it wants to be perfectly.
@@Bluecho4Also it has way cooler characters. If you’re remotely interested in the Kharadron, read both of Drekki Flynt’s novels- They’re both excellent and some of the most fun books in AoS.
Some AoS, nice
As a sylvaneth fan, I fell in love with the model range- one of the only models I wasn’t a fan of was the wyldwood- so I deffo thought that was a meme answer lmao
2:12 Im only adding this for the sake of being a nerd but there was actually a WW2 Tank that looked like that a bit. Check out the French Char B1 Bis. Small turret on top, 75mm howitzer gun that they wanted the driver to use. Results were...hmm... Anyhow just throught this might give you a chuckle. Have fun!
Not gonna lie, I unapologetically love Stormcast Eternals since it got me into AOS. Fantasy even when I was a kid never stuck out but with AOS, Stormcast got me in and I've got a few armies since.
You are going to explode grognard brains with this comment
@@staalforsfh Self-identified Grognard... I approve of Noctis' message!
WHFB was a fun time but the setting, models, etc. of Age of Sigmar are super creative and I feel its a worthwhile successor to Warhammer Fantasy. (and most diehard anti-AoS people aren't even WHFB fans, they're Total Warhammer fans who insist they were "there from the start!")
This aged like milk man.
Rip
@@TibTub2… why? Stormcast got INSANE new models
@@DuskEalainvery refreshing to see, thank you! Been into WHFB for 13 years, now massively into AoS and a recovering AoS hater (around the 1st edition launch) as well haha
The Freeguild Cavalry-Marshal alone got me to buy into cities of sigmar.
One of theories regarding 4th generation of srormcast is that we will see what happens if srormcast is reforged too many times. And i am interested
That's absolutely full of good story-telling potential.
Reforged too many times, you say... I guess they loose their hardness, becoming vulnerable to sheering, bending and twisting
@@Jfk2Mr, now we just need to see this in mini form. How does reforging shape their body?
I think the trailer half-confirms this.
We did!
For Lumienth, The Light of Eltharion is one that basically sold me on the faction. Hollow armour in a cool pose? I’m sold.
It is a fantastic model, yes.
I almost went for that faction as my army because of him and the Twins. Went with Nighthaunt in the end.
21:25 Yeah the space marine naming gets a bit ridiculous once you realise that the Chaos Marines have less confusing names. Bezerkers - bezerk melee guys, Havocs - heavy weapon teams that cause havoc, chaos lord - warband leader.
Also more discussion of the actual way factions play, you guys are one of the only ones that talk about the actual game in a somewhat casual way. As much as I love channels like Auspex sometimes their videos are just throwing terms and numbers at me that I have no context for.
That Frazetta Nurgle model is an absolute work of art! The AOS team deserves a raise. I should probably get into playing the game, too.
Death Dealer!
Who could have guessed that Brad ignored the awesome crowd of barely clothed berserkers for a dinosaur
Yea such boring aesthetic preferences by both hosts imo
I moved from being mostly a 40k player to being mostly an AoS player a few months ago and I do not regret it! Would love to see more AoS content from you guys!
I am a simple AoS fan I'm so starved for content I see it I click like water in a desert
Truuuuuuuue
17:40 "I don't have time to die. There are many wikifeet articles to edit"
Gotta love being awake at 12:03am to see Poorhammer uploaded 2 minutes ago so you can go to the gym
Hell yeah, AoS content! Can’t wait to see you dip your toes into this and what else you will cover in the future (if anything)
I've been getting much more into ToW and Aos a lot more than 40k recently so i do absolutely love to see it
Thank you Berillio for all you do for this podcast. As someone who views it exclusively on RUclips your work is noticed and appreciated.
I also really appreciate seeing some new content. AoS is a really neat setting and I’d like to see you guys dip in more often.
Likewise. I don't really do podcasts, but these are gold and Berillio is a HUGE part of it! Always fun when he pops in on an episode.
10:20 This model is way funnier if you see it as the octopus threatening to absolutely annihilate the dude unless he signs his shady contract.
The best part is that according to the ttrpg lore, that octopus is doing all the math for counting the souls (their species is really smart and fucking love maths, so IDK train them to be accountants). It's legit reasonable to assume the octopus is the Legendary Hero in that model lol
I've never been more excited to be this early, I'm so pumped for the beginning of AoS content from you guys.
it was confirmed by GW at LVO that beasts of chaos aren't going to be squatted
The army or the models? Because they could totally fold them into std or something
@@CarbonMage welp i guess they were wrong
Please continue doing AoS/TOW content. Warhammer Fantasy is honestly such an underrated IP and it's one where GW has writers with the chops and the balls to actually push a narrative forward instead of the lore feeling subservient to the tabletop. The way AoS handled Stormcast Eternals was so refreshing; taking them from "Sigmarines" to an actually unique army with it's own characters, narrative, problems, and tension was a breath of fresh air and what allowed me to start taking AoS seriously as a setting and game. I would suggest getting a few episode ideas together, then start the AoS episodes after the launch of 4th so we can see where the game is headed.
As for this episode, my wife agrees that "Big Turtle" is the best model, and I am personally surprised that you guys didn't pick the Doomwheel as the mascot for Skaven. A literal hamster wheel powered by a coked out rat swarm throwing warp lightning until they crash into something and explode? Literally describes the furry rat bastards to a T, and it's why I love them so much. As an audio listener, I went out of my way to leave a comment to let you know that AoS gets a big thumbs up for me and I'd love to see more.
Also, AoS is great to cover because the popularity spread between factions is much more healthy and varied compared to 40K's "All Space Marines, All The Time" spread.
So Bone reapers aren't wearing bone as armor, rather they're essentially bone golem. They collect bones and break them down to create new creatures.
I mentioned this in another comment. However it bears repeating. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!! I'm very happy to see youve finally done an AoS episode and I cant wait for more to come!!!
However, I do need to point out a few errors in regards to points made in the episode, because I'm a pedant.
First: Stormcast Retributors weren't the "main" unit mascot for their first wave release, that was the Liberators. Using the Space Marine analogy, Retributors are the equivalent to Stormcast Terminators, while Liberators are Intercessors. So theyre supposed to be more heavily armored as a result.
Second: The lore explanation for the new style of Stormcast armor is because Be'lakor cursed the skies and that prevents Stormcast wearing the old armor from respawning if they die. So the new "Thunderstrike" armor was made to counter that, just by filling it with so much lightning they can break through the cursed barrier. Because Warhammer lore.
Third: The "Bull" theme you mentioned with Lumineth isn't 100% accurate. The Bull asthetic is only meant for about 3 units, the Alarith Mountain Spirit, the Alarith Stonemage and the Alarith Stoneguard. If you dont believe me, look at the "Hurakan" units, they dont have a bulk theme, but a fox theme in their asthetic. Think of them like more fleshed out Eldar Aspect temples. Because each Lumineth Elemental Temple gets a "troop" a "caster" and an Elemental Spirit that make their up their own sub-portion of the army. I agree theyre the best part of the army. They're Elf monks trained to embody their chosen element in life and combat, but the Bull theme is mostly contained to the Alarith Mountain Temple.
If youve read all of this, thank you for indulging me. This was a legitimately great video and I truly hope you do more AoS content in the future!!! And, of course, thank you Berilio for your service. Sigmar will reward you for your efforts on The Anvil of Apotheosis.
Ossiarchs Bonereapers are essenetially bone and soul constructs. Basically Nagash's effort into making quality over quantity soldiers. Bodies are gathered up, flesh stripped off, the leftover bones are then refined and processed into a much harder material and formed into a body with a sort of soul gem. The soul gem is then stuffed with a grafted soul. Basically a composite soul made up of different bits and pieces of other souls to form perfect soldiers. The only "liche" amongst them is Arkhan the Black.
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Also, I love the deathrattle skeletons, but I wish there was more focus on the necromancers portion instead of just vampires all day everyday.
Oooh spicy choice. Should have led with the "every faction for AoS in less than X minutes" first tho IMO
HeyWoah's videos for AoS is what inspired our 40K equivalent. I'd HIGHLY recommend watching both of his until we inevitably cover it. (It's going to be real hard not to copy his homework with how much I loved those videos though.)
@@thepoorhammerpodcast sounds like the obvious solution is to invite him as a guest and let him do all the homework for you!
Hell yeah
AoS is amazing
Had my first ever game of AoS yesterday so this has come at a good time. Even though I already know what armies I would collect it'll still be a fun video. StD for life
I just started Slaves to Darkness! Currently painting my chosen
I love my StD army. StDs are the best
@@DollClockheart I need some chosen. At the moment my collection is the old start collecting, the current vanguard, and a random sorcerer
@@lordarchaon6 i got the warhost of eternetus box since its a full 1k points in a single box and found it for $190
bro my first game was yesterday too and im also playing slaves to darkness
7:15 I need this sound clip used all the time “look at this isn’t this cool? Ignore the swarm of naked dudes”
The llama rider thing is what sold me on the lumineth, but my first army is flesh eater, and what sold me on them was the judge guy with the bone gavel and wig made out of intestines
@16:02 "-and Skaven had models that were updated in 2020 -we would be an AoS podcast that sometimes dabbled n 40k".
Well it's not 2020 anymore, but when the summer comes you're gonna be real tempted to take a second look! In fact you'll get a sneak peak this wednesday most likely!
Edit: Ah, ofc you know about this and touch on it during the actual Skaven bit of the video.
Thanks Berilio! You do a great job, as always!
I'm on my seventh 40k army now, and every time I get a new model I have to stop myself from getting Seraphon, because if I break that glass and get into AoS, then the snowball will keep rolling...
Was really cool seeing all these awesome models!
Hey Poorhammer;
Do a “Cutesy Warhammer” minis video covering stuff such as the Sassy Nurgling, Duinclaw and Squigs.
Grading Every Faction's Nurgling
As someone who really loves AoS, I love this episode. I totally want more AoS content, the whole works.
Glad to see you dive into AOS. I'm excited for 2 years from now when it's "Faction sales pitch - Every Old World Army"
so happy you guys are covering AOS stuff!
Absolutely PLEASE do more sigmar content!! I’d love to see some faction focuses or rules reviews when fourth hits or really anything
As a lover of "big dudes in armor", I love the aesthetic of Stormcast. I also love the idea of having interchangeable models between AoS and 40k, and I think I could port Stormcast easily into a Custodes army.
LOVE that yall are covering some AoS stuff now too! I’ve been playing both 40K and AoS for a little over a year now and just recently found the podcast, y’all are great and I look forward to more!
I'd like to see an episode on the negatives of each faction or just AOS in general. One of the reasons i love this channel is because it gets into the negatives of 40k that people wouldn't know about unless they play or are heavily involved in the community.
Frankly AoS needs a "positives" video more, at least at first. A ton of people already dunk on AoS just for having the audacity to -exist-.
Theres enough people still mad about End Times as is, man.
I really liked this episode because yesterday I was looking for new models to paint and saw a lot of AoS at the store but couldn't really figure out what to look for, so seeing these "mascots" gives me a really good idea of what the aesthetic of each faction is and what I can look for next time I go in. Thank you for such a great job Borellio (sorry if I misspelled it).
Aos has such great models and more than a few of them will join my warhammer collection. A collective army of night lords and flesheater sounds great to me. Sadly my painting skills are far away from what i need to make these things look as good as the boxart.
New Skaven! You mad lads brought it into being and now this channel will become AoS-centric!
Last time I came this early Eric was still the co-host.
Thank you Berelio. This was a fun video I think it’s fun to look for models to try and poach for the Old World armies I want to make.
Keep the same avatars, it's your brand image, and less work. As for wanting more content, Yes! Love your format and I'd like to hear you folks talk about AoS.
I have no knowledge of AoS, so this was lots of fun to learn about! Shoutout to Berilio for the visuals - so many of these models are absolutely gorgeous finds, and I could honestly just play this video on mute as a pseudo slide-show and still enjoy it.
You seem to have gotten the Stormcast Chambers confused with the Storm Vaults in your lore explanation. The actual explanation for the new Stormcast look is that Be'lakor did some magic bullshit to stop Stormcast from reviving, so Sigmar and Grungni got together to make a new type of armor to get around that
I only have 40k models, but this made me want to collect a couple of AoS Factions. Just to paint the models.
Thank you Berillio, your contribution is the cherry on top of this episode.
Great episode! Would love to see more AoS
I just love fantasy in general and Aos stand out of most fantasy seethings, and i often want to buy models just to have gorgeous models for other games like dnd. I hope you cover more Aos, this game deserves more attention.
And Hopefully, we will see a lot of rats en adepticon, Skaven are my favorite faction.
Btw thanks berilio, you can relax a little bit, good episode.
This is probably a bit unusual but I love the first design of the Stormcast. This isn't intentionally but I imagine when the Stormcasts began to fight that the people in the Mortal Realms saw these angelic figures coming to save them. I really love that idea.
Opening disclaimer that I am very new to Warhammer and have thus far been a wandering fan looking at things from the sidelines while considering getting in. Prior to this video I knew next to nothing about AoS and was fully sold that should I get into the hobby, I'd be diving into 40K. But this was super interesting to me, and the mascots of the Death factions especially really gripped me in a way I've struggled to find from the 40K factions I like and was unable to grip into from Tomb Lords or Vampire Counts from Fantasy. I would love to see more AoS content from y'all - your videos are what really got me interested in Warhammer and I'd love to see more from y'all in this realm as well.
18:13 tried selling these guys to my mate who is seemingly obsessed with all thing lizardfolk, he was uninterested cause "theyre not fuckable"
Kinda a skill issue on your friend’s part that finds the Seraphon unfuckable. By all accounts, these are some HOT lizardfolk
My friend and I just bought our first AoS boxes the other day and were just saying how we wish you guys would make a few AoS episodes, I’m glad you guys are getting into AoS episodes!
As a person that's never played AoS....the best tzeentch model is the Jade Obelisk warcry team. They're just Cathay if Cathay didn't have dragons to protect it
The Fyreslayers for sure need the Warcry faction as their mascot kit. It’s such an amazing departure from a cool starting aesthetic.
Watching so much Heywoah recently so this feels like whiplash
Are you telling me Lord Kroak's response to being killed was *literally* 'I don't have time to die - I'm too busy!'
Pulling a Goge Vandire But For Serious, this toadman.
just reading the title i love this episode : instant like
Thank you Berellio! Your work truely elevates the podcast from two dudes talking to the great reference and visual aid symphony that it is.
One suggestion would be to credit yourself in the description so people like me can check if we are spelling your name right
Im super new to 40K, but ive fallen for the trap and got some Stormcast to start my first AoS army literally a few days ago so this is impecible timing
So you got tired of space marines and bought more space marines? Is your major food group glue?
@@LSOP-you just hunting down people to be a cunt to? Still getting high off copium for your dead setting?
Nice, stormcast are always pretty fun with the schemes and ideas you can come up with for them. Especially the ones from dominion onwards
@LSOP- If you bought a recent stormcast, they look almost nothing space marines. You don't have to like AoS but you could just end at you don't like it instead of spreading the same ignorant slop people have been for 9 years now
Alright old man give us your phone and go play your "old world" @LSOP-
You guys touched a bit on it here but I think you should really do a "Should Daemons be split into mono gods?" episode and give different reasons for why or why not and how you would go about doing it. Personally I think they should give a detachment in each cult marine codex that incentivises taking daemon allies and also expand some of the keywords. Like for World Eaters I'd add a Khorne Daemonkin detachment, give it strategems that target the KHORNE keyword, then make the aura abilities on Skarbrand, the Bloodthirster, and Angron target the KHORNE keyword too
This is great, SUPER easy to follow! I would love to see more AoS content!! I would love to see your guys fav AoS armies as your new avatars! I play Orks in 40k But IDK seems really cool! I would love to find some prints for it. It would be nice to see some more intro videos as I read up on AoS because of you loveable sons of B*tches!
Berellio great job on grabbing all the models for the video.
I had almost the same intro to Warhammer as you guys. I started with total war, looked at the tabletop and my favorites (lizardmen & tomb kings) were bad / absent. Then went to 40k.
Berillio is the finely sculpted model we all want to play with in 40k and AOS, then slap a square base on and play fantasy.
I may or may not have purchased 4k points of SCE this week for my 1st AOS army...In 40k Custodes are my favourite, so your analysis on the crossover was spot on!
Hope you will do a PAINting tier list for AoS so I can learn how mistaken my faction choices were 😂
If the Ossiarchs are anything besides the Morghast, I call bullshit.
Everyone else is easy, but the Morghast are pain to do all the little bits.
This is my first proper introduction to Age of Sigmar and I am very interested! I would eat it up if you guys made more, I'm definitely gonna go look up some lore info
4:19 That's what Kroot are btw
Much love to Berilio for the work you've put in! Glad you're a part of the team.
As for feedback:
1) Definitely keep the avatars. Using a second set could be fun, but no strong feelings either way.
2) Brad is clearly a Slaan (you started this), and Eric should be... well, I personally love Tretch Craventail. But a Warlock seems like the obvious go-to, or perhaps have a Slaan v Verminlord vibe.
3) Format is good!
4) Would love to see more AoS content if y'all are willing to jump in for more!
Its always funny to me when you guys do these mascot/best model videos. The things you guys find most appealing (vehicles, dinosaurs, and monsters generally) are the least interesting things in each army to me. I usually like battle line (any group of regular dudes with cool weapons) / cavalry units (horses or bikes).
56:30 As an orc (specifically Ironjawz) player who definitely skipped to the part where you guys talked about the orcs:
I simultaneously feel called out and validated, thank you.
glad to see some AoS! i’ve recently got into from 40k and my GOD are the rules better, models better, AND more flavor!
If you think AoS has flavour, wait until you hear about the old world. AoS is flavourless pablem.
@@LSOP-🤡
@@LSOP-i haven’t played but i prefer the factions in AoS more! and i don’t see how it’s got a flavor problem just LOOK at the Hedonites of Slaanesh rules or Sylvaneth, or Deepkin. they all have cool rules that represent the faction so well
@@LSOP-ah yes, such flavour, as, um.
wood elf.
unwood elf.
removed from the game elf
half of warhammer fantasy is basically just cribbing off of Tolkien and the designs are generally about as generic as fantasy stuff can get, man.
That was a fun episode! the sea, light, and wood elves have a great aesthetic ins AOS. Thank you Borellio!
Beasts of chaos is one of the best armies ATM, GW is basically bleeding money just by not giving them newer models
The fuckers
The absolute fuckers
Thank you for all the work, Berillio!
Heck yeah, been waiting for AoS stuff for ages. Would love more as someone wanting to get into it.
As for avatars, yeah, you should have different ones. But Instead of being important things like a Slaan, you should be the runts. Like a skink and a grot, of whatever AoS calls them.
Appreciate the AoS coverage!
Really enjoyed the episode and hoping for more!