Awesome New Aelves Of Blood & Light Revealed For Age Of Sigmar
March 10, 2020 by brennon
Games Workshop didn't stop with the reveals from GAMA as they also dropped a bunch of new goodies into the mix for fans of the Mortal Realms. The Fantasy world of Warhammer: Age Of Sigmar is going to be graced with new releases starting with the Daughters Of Khaine in Warhammer Underworlds.
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These deadly killers have been added into the mix finally for Warhammer Underworlds as part of Morgwaeth's Blade-Coven. I really like this warband once again, a response which I think carries through across all of the warbands for use in Warhammer Underworlds. They are a wonderful snapshot of the factions from Age Of Sigmar and they give you a chance to paint a whole bunch of different and very characterful models.
I really like Morgwaeth herself in the middle and the leaping Khainite in the bottom left who is about to ruin someone's day. I also quite like the Witch Aelf in the bottom right who has taken up a fighting stance which reminds me of old Warhammer Quest models! If you've wanted to try Daughters Of Khaine but not wanted to dive into a full army, this might be a nice entry point for you.
Warriors Of Light
Sticking with the theme of Aelves but from a very different realm, we also have a peek at more of the Lumineth Realm-lords. This time around we got introduced to their ranged options in the Auralan Sentinels.
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In classic High Elf/Aelf style, these warriors fight along the mighty phalanxes of Auralan Wardens. Much of the DNA of the classic High Elf Archer has been carried over into their design for Age Of Sigmar but of course, you've got an added sense of grandeur befitting the forces of the Mortal Realms.
They are rather similar looking throughout the unit as a whole, only really differentiated by their various heads. However, as they are all meant to be martially adept Aelves I can sort of forgive this, all of them readying to loose their arrows at the same time.
The Lumineth Realm-lords are pretty darn zen when it comes to their place within the Mortal Realms and with Teclis at the helm, they are obviously going to be masters of magic. It was neat to see a peek at one of their spellcasters then in the form of the Alarith Stonemage.
These mages have mastered the elements and are able to use the world around them to cause great harm to the enemy. I really like the idea of balance and being at one with the powerful winds of magic here. One of the fascinating things about these new Aelves is that we're seeing Games Workshop look to other cultures and corners of the world for inspiration and I'm getting a serious Far Eastern vibe here crossed with a hint of the Middle-East throughout the rest of the army too. It's a nice mix and really helps to make the army look unique.
Also, a fun little bit of trivia. You'll notice that each of the new Aelves in this range have cloaks, banners and the like which are all blowing in the wind. Well, if you look closely, they are all blowing the same way. This has been done deliberately to give the impression of them all moving and existing as one!
What do you make of these new miniatures for the Mortal Realms?
"What do you make of these new miniatures for the Mortal Realms?"
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When I saw the Alarith Stonemage on the Warhammer Instagram account on my small phone screen I actually thought it was a weird new release of the Slann Mage Priest floaty toad thing…
Both zen in their own way it seems
They should stop fighting each other and start some sort of community with tents and yoga classes XD
They’re both part of the Order alliance, so I’d imagine they’d spend some time off the battlefield together meditating. Or at least for a few minutes before they get into a debate about whose gods are better and start fighting again.
They should be put in front of each other in a staring match. The one that laughs first looses. My money is on the slann.
New objective confirmed!
I know im of the old school warhammer club but these new high elves make me so sad, they’re now unrecognisable from what they used to be, all the lore, models and art confined to history. I get why they are doing it but its so upsetting to knonw that the older high elves are no more.
I’d also like to add their hats are so stupid, the rest of them arent too bad but headswaps are a must.
The classic High Elves and lots of other classic square-based models will be coming back with Warhammer: The Old World at a future date, so don’t write them off just yet.
As for head swaps, there’s plenty of places offering alt-elf heads, so you’ve got plenty of options if you’re not happy with the current sculpts.
Where did you hear that?
I believe that is a huge assumption on your part. The only thing we know is that square bases are coming back for a rank and file style game.
There has been no proof, as far as I know, that the old races/themes will be coming back. Just because it says old world, doesn’t mean it will be the old world we all know and love.
In truth, this was just speculation on my part. However, I’d still assume based upon what I’ve heard in the press releases that if they’re going to be doing something set in the Old World, they’d bring back the classic races from before AoS. It wouldn’t make sense for them to do an Old World setting with what we have now because, outside of the orcs, Skaven, and some of the undead, not a lot really fits the old aesthetic. I believe the plan is to do with the Old World what the Horus Heresy is doing for 40K- using… Read more »
I think a lot of people believe along the same lines. But I just cant do that. Been fooled to many times. I believe GW will do what they have always done, maximize profits. Which means new everything to sell. I believe the will “update” every Old world races aesthetics, to push new kits. I believe there will be some size creep. I believe there will be square bases, but 30mm ones.. or some odd GW size. I believe they will “advance” the history story line to sell new books. What ever they decide to do, it wont be the… Read more »
Imo the plausible theory so far is that they’re gonna basically do “Total War: Warhammer: The Miniatures Game”. Big units, smaller scale, big spectacle.
Mostly cause I just don’t think they’d make something that’s compatible with Age of Sigmar. Different scale would facilitate that. I could even see them doing it at 12 or 18mm… just so none of the alternate fantasy figures fit the scale 😀
I think from the look of the map that they drew up in a recent preview, it is going to be the Old World. Whether or not it comes back in 28mm…well, that’s another matter entirely. It could well come back in a smaller scale (Warmaster). But, if you’re interested in the aesthetic of the Old World – I would imagine that will certainly be coming back…in whatever form it might take.
@civilcourage Last Sword Miniatures makes excellent high elves that are similar in style to the GW ones. In fact, they just finished a kickstarter with female high elves that look fantastic! You may still be able to get in on the pledge manager.
I also like some of Gamezone’s high elves, particularly the rank and file pike and archer models.
@ceppie thanks for suggesting those, they look amazing!
I wish they’d just make up their damn mind about it honestly… The old world stuff just doesn’t fit in the Age of Sigmar universe. It’s too grounded. But yet Landsknechte get to stay for some stupid reason… just overhaul the whole thing and be done with it. This “old world stuff but reimagined in soulless CAD” isn’t working for me.
That’s quite a helmet. Crikey.
Rita Repulsa wants her wardrobe back
Rita Repulsa sounds familiar, but I don’t know why?
Power Rangers 😉
I had to Goggle that but YES!
There was a bad movie a while ago that I skimmed. Too old for the TV series as it was way after my time.
i’ve booked my place on the hype train for the hyish elfs
Been trying to find a way not to buy Daughters of Khaine as building an army is too expensive and even a Warcry band costs a fortune as you need 2-3 boxes of minis to do it..
So that Underworlds box is tempting. If nothing else they would make some great RPG villains.
They promised pointy elves… they delivered bellend elves… very disappointing. =/
Some interesting figures.
With those hats they all look like there doing Tripitaka cosplay
OMG, stinkers all. Is Kirby back running GW?
I want to love these new elves, but there’s always something off about them.
The spearmen were cool, except that they were all wearing those ridiculous peacock headdresses that those performers wear in Vegas while dancing around on casino stages.
Now the archers with their whole “If I have triple the bow-strings, the arrows will go three times faster!”
The humanoid sisters of Khaine look very good which I think is because they retain the old aesthetic whilst masterfully updating the sculpts.
As for the High Elf replacements. Yuck. As a traditional High Elf fanatic these are awful to me. The three bowstrings nonsense is just jarringly silly; albeit it is probably a miracle given the bolt guns the storm cast wield that they were not given shuriken catapults. Definitely agree with Sundancer on the Slann clone. Rather feels like they just designed these via a what can we trademark process rather than a clear new vision.
I don’t like the triple bow strings on those Archers at all. Not only can I see it being of any real use or benefit but it also looks stupid. I do like the overall look of the new Aelves but not that particular model
More strings, more twang… its all about the twang.
Not feeling any of these
I might be wrong, but those triple string bows don’t look like they’d work. I reckon most of their training must be how not to get their daft hats and all the tassles tangled in the strings. Also, they only have six arrows each. These guys will not be getting added to my High Elf army.
I’ve never really liked these pointy eared devils but after seeing these I’m questioning my life choices!!!
I like Mr horny-hat-floaty-rock-guy. Makes a change from foot-on-rock to have arse-on-rock!
Eesh – my wallet’s certainly safe from those archers!!! Their asymmetric bows remind me of the ones used by samurai, so to my mind they really don’t mesh well with the visual theme they’ve got going, and the triple anchor points for the bow strings just look ridiculous. Virtually single-pose too? Yeah I’m a lot less forgiving than the article writer on that one! – pure laziness from GW there…
Those are great elves (or wathever lol)!
Really liking the Daughters Of Khaine for Underworld, i don’t play the game but, i could see myself grabing this box with a great set of minis and translate it into D&D villains like drow elves!
After seeing the mage, all I could think of was a line from one of the Austin Powers movies (and no, it’s not “Get in my belly!”).
I quite like the Underworld warband, except for the jumping elf, she is very likely to break off.
The Lumineth archers overall design I like, the triple bowstrings however are stupid, the floating guy is nice except for the helmet.
Bland digisculpts. Although he triple strings are ridiculous 😀
I like the ‘Cathay’ influence these guys bring, the Stonemage makes me think of the classic Monkey Magic
There is of course one big problem with all of these new releases… they are not Dwarves!! Oh well, can’t win them all
I still have my fingers crossed that we’re going to be seeing a new and improved Dispossessed force in the future