Whilst I'm
not a big fan of AoS, even I have to admit the range has undergone
one improvement. You see, a problem I always had with the Warriors Of
Chaos range was that it was a bit samey for a faction defined by the
infinite mutability of corrupting magic.
They worship
the god of blood and murder? Tall dudes in full plate armour with
horn hats. God of plague and despair? Tall dudes in full plate armour
with horn hats. God of pleasure and excess? Tall guys, horn hats. God
of magic and mutation? Fucking guess. It was all just painted
different colours.
This was all
set against artwork and background fiction where each god's followers
had their own iconography and motifs. One thing Aos definitely has
going for it is that, finally, mortal Chaos has some visual diversity
to it. There's a real visual distinction between the Khorne
Bloodbound...
… and the
Disciples of Tzeentch.
I'm really
looking forward to when they get around to Nurgle. There are some
fantastic Avatars Of War miniatures in their Corrupters Of The
Apocalypse range, I have some myself, but I really want to see what
GW does with them. No offence to Avatars but GW do just have better
miniatures technology and, y'know, legal rights to all the
iconography. Plus, a plastic Great Unclean One will be a nice
addition to my Death Guard.
Also, if
Pestigor are going to make a Tzaangor-esque comeback you won't hear
any complaints from me. I am a big Chaos fan and the fact that GW are
going back to the deep background is heartening to me. Probably a
unique case since Chaos is the only faction that really relates to
its old Fantasy Battles background but I'll take what benefit I can
get from this new game, to be perfectly frank.
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