Just a quick update for you all, which happened after the video was finished and uploaded - the Orruk Warclans has been split up so the Kruleboyz and Ironjawz will be separate factions in 4th edition, which actually feels like a great thing for both of them. This way your preferred playstyle will have more options rather than just being a sub faction of a larger one. Hope that helps and thanks for watching!
@@TheCommandPhase if the Ogors had had a range refresh I'd be going for them. It's between Sylvaneth, Fyreslayers and SCE. I'm thinking of doing the sensible thing and starting with SCE and getting the starter box, I can always pick up spearheads of the others. Shout out to SOB too but I don't think it will help me learn the game.
@@TheCommandPhase I mean really I want to have all of them at some point. But realistically the main ones I'm into are Blades of Khorne, Idoneth Deepkin, Gloomspite Gitz, Ossiarch Bonereapers, Fyreslayers, Kruleboyz, and Flesh Eater Courts.
Stuck between lizards riding dinos, warrior skeletons, and ghost skeletons AOS seems like the break from 40k i need. Only found out about it when working on my thousand sons army and finding out i could use a few AOS minis. Now ive found another lore rabbit hole to jump down
To be fair I think a fair number of 40K players jumped across for the same reason when 4th launched. I certainly did, plus the models looked incredible! Those are 3 great factions and I guess it depends on which you think look the coolest. Worst case and you still can’t decide, try a painting up a spearhead box as if you can’t see painting up an army of it, you’ll still have a great game format to be able to play!
The first thing I wanted to do was getting a Beast of chaos army because I love beastmen and after not even a week I heard they will not continue beast of chaos. Well ... Trying to find an army but I think I am done when I am not even starting. My colleagues are right when they all switched to saga ... Well ... I hope I can find an army enventually.
Thanks for the comment, I’ll certainly be aiming to do a lot more going forward with the new edition as I can’t wait for it. Especially with the spearhead format 👍 If there is anything in particular you’d like to see, do let me know 🙂
@@TheCommandPhase I really enjoyed the “Cost of Warhammer” and “Find the Perfect Army” series of videos you did for 40K, would love to see those for Age of Sigmar 👍🏻
Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed them and it’s something I’ll certainly look to do for AoS - the cost one I’ll look at once we’ve had release and we have had some tournaments to see regular lists. Plus the plan is if I can get the work done in my garage, I’m hoping to build a set to even do some Spearhead battle reports in the future. Maybe even look at some more Lore content (lots of ideas in my head that I can try out to see what the audience enjoys)
100% and with AoS there is sooo much cool to choose from. The model range is incredible! 2 great looking armies there and I’m totally not tempted by them at all.. 😅
Its very simple to pick a race in AOS, you only need to ask yourself one question really. Do you want to be Dinosaurs Riding Dinosaurs, Or do you want to be Dinosaur Food? I kid of course, but man Lizardmen/Seraphon are such a perfect faction for me, and I jumped into the game because of their refresh.
I mean I’m currently building the Seraphon spearhead so they had me sold at Lizards riding dinosaurs! The range refresh was fantastic and honestly it’s tempting to try and find one of the older Christmas battleforce boxes to expand if I can find one. What colour scheme did you go for? I’d love to see some of your models if you have them on a social media or want to join the channel’s discord server and share them.
@@TheCommandPhase I don't have them up anywhere, might join the discord. But for my guys I decided that sense they might be from different spawning pools, they don't necessarily have to have a complete uniform look, but for thematic coloration I decided Blue will be a major theme on all the minis. (Except the aggradons because I just wanted to paint classic Jurassic Park raptors there) So my Sauros warriors are a navy with a lighter blue on their stomach scales and grey spikes. My skink are a simple sky blue. Kroxigor are a bright blue with cream chests and red spikes, because I am the biggest nerd I based them off the pokemon feraligatr. My aggradon riders, and my old blood are green with cream chests. And my carnosaur is purple with a blue undercoat and red spikes, and little streaks of blue across his scales. I haven't had the time or honestly the confidence to paint my slann yet.
They sound great and love your concept for them too. I totally get that about the Slann/harder models. I’ve got a couple primarchs sat on a shelf primed but no further as I wanted to get better and do them justice. My excuse for it anyway!
Honestly, þe Seraphon never interested me, and I never understood why. I love riding dinosaurs, and I _love_ Aztec culture and design, so why don’t I like þe Aztecs riding dinosaurs? I þink I finally figured it out. For one, þe Seraphon feel very one-note in þeir faction, wiþ not a lot of variety when it comes to characters. It’s þe same reason I don’t much care for þe Necrons, I believe. Þey hate þe forces of Chaos, and þey worship þe Old Ones, but what else? To quote þe Swan Princess, “What else _is_ there?” Þe oþer issue I have is, paradoxically, þe lizards riding dinosaurs. Dinosaur people? Awesome. Dinosaur steeds? Even more awesome But having dinosaur men _riding_ dinosaur steeds? I dunno, it feels excessive. Like having a satyr riding a goat; it just feels weird.
One correction: While Khorne looks like a Timmy unga bunga army on the tin, on the table it's actually one of the fiddliest, with lots of techy shenanigans from blood tithe and a lot of relatively fragile units as the core of the army. We haven't seen what it will be like in 4th yet, so it's hard to say for sure, but I would be surprised if they wound up being ironjawz but red.
Glad to hear it and thanks for the idea - my aim once the game has launched would be to get more spearhead content out there - and I'll definietly do this, where I can talk about the rules for that game on top of the value on the box and such. Thanks again👍
Awesome seeing more AoS content, been a bit of an underdog on the content side of things even though the models and lore are pretty great. I'm collecting Fyreslayers atm and even planning a second army.
I’m certainly starting to see that more and honestly it’s been a joy to explore the game - something I’m looking forward to a lot more in 4th edition and beyond. Plus I can’t say no to all of those incredible looking models I’ve looked at regularly! Fyreslayers are a really cool force and I did pick up their vanguard box while making this video because of my lack of self control… The warcry warband is one I’ve got my my eye on as those sculpts are fantastic! What is the second faction you’re thinking of going for?
That’s awesome, really glad to hear you found an army you enjoy. The mechanics look really interesting and look forward to seeing that on the tabletop. You’re 100% correct about Belthanos, his model is so so good!
My picks: Grand Alliance Order: Kharadron Overlords Grand Alliance Chaos: Maggotkin of Nurlge Grand Alliance Death: Ossiarch Bonereapers Grand Alliance Destruction: Gloomspite Gitz As much as I would really want to have my first army as a death army, I dont know if i could give up picking kharadron overlords first, i mean, steampunk dwarfs in airships! God damn, what a combo, what an amazing looking army, but then again, my heart will always be with undead and death related armies.
I mean those Kharadron do look amazing! You could always grab a spearhead box of the Kharadrom and Bonereapers to get into the spearhead game format and then build up whichever you prefer for full AoS from that while still having a force to play Spearhead.
They almost brought me in at the start of 3rd edition, but my playgroup were far more 40K based - which I think is changing with 4th’s release. They are great looking models and really nice to see a different aspect/theme for Orks that aren’t just big brutes. Hope you have a great time collecting and playing them in 4th!
While I don't plan to start an AoS army anytime soon, the Kharadron Overlord have some great models with steampunk aesthetics so I will be buying some to paint!
They honestly do look fantastic and to be fair if you ended up grabbing the spearhead/vanguard box you’d have a great format to play without needing a full size army.
All the Nighthaunts are so pretty! I don't know if I'll do their playstyle well, but I loooooove their look. (I'm brand new to WH, wargaming, miniatures, Everything.)
They have some incredible looking models and if that’s one you like the most I’d certainly at least give the spearhead a try to see if it’s something you enjoy going forward to a full army. End of the day, the army you love the looks of the models is the most important thing as the rules are temporary with each edition. Welcome to the hobby and hope you have a fantastic time! If you ever have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out and I’d be happy to help 🙂
are you going to make a Video with all factions, how they play, waht is the gameplan , how is the gameplay overall, is it just dice manipulation or is there something more to it? because theese are for many people one of the main reasons to pick one army, besides style, coolnes and lore :D
I totally get the gameplay being a really big aspect of why someone picks a faction and when the game releases and the battletomes come out, I do plan to do more content on each of the factions, spearhead for sure and age of sigmar in general.
Wow. This was a great video. Sooo many cool factions to choose from. Ultimately, I went with Nighthaunt. Not sure how they’ll play but when I saw the way Lady Olynder was painted by the Grimdark Compendium I knew it was the one for me. More AoS content please! Subscribed.
That’s a great choice, I’ll have to have a google for that paint job as his work is always impressive! Thank you for the subscription, really appreciate it🙂
So the quick version is yes - they ended up blowing up the “world that was” to create the mortal realms at the launch of Age of Sigmar - To be fair the stories in the Mortal Realms now have some pretty good arcs. So yeah AoS replaced a poorly selling Warhammer Fantasy a few years back, although as I’m sure you are aware now they’ve brought it back as The Old World.
I am currently working on a Gloomspite gitz army. I love goblins and squigs so it was perfect for me. My 40K army is orkz, guess I am just a fan of greenskins.
They are an awesome force with so much character. The mangler squigs models look incredible too so I don’t blame you at all for choosing them. I’d love to see some pictures of your army if you’d like to share them either on social media or on the channel’s discord.
I think GW have done a great job with the sculpts for AoS models over the past few years, arguably far better looking models than in 40K, but the push and marketing for 4th edition really put it into the eyes of a lot of 40K players. I’m sure many will be taking the jump over. What army are you collecting for 40K?
Oh I feel you! I ended up buying two spearhead boxes from different factions while I was making this video 😅 Which are the ones you're most interested in?
@TheCommandPhase my wife already got the Seraphons (which are absolutely great) and I've been mulling over whether to pick Skaven, Deepkin or Daughters of Khaine. I believe I will start off with the Deepkin though as the Skaven will probably be getting a few more model upgrades and additions after 4th launched.
Your wife has great taste - love the Seraphon! 100% skaven will be getting a rather sizable range refresh, which I'm very excited for. That Skaventide box can't come soon enough (although I've got 4 spearheads still to build 😅) Great choice on the deepkin - after reading up on the lore properly, that was one of the spearhead boxes I had to grab. Plus the playstyle looks really fun and the aquatic model range looks awesome. Whichever you choose I hope you have great fun!
Just a heads up - if you're starting from scratch then these aren't super useful metrics, outside of loosely overall strategy (i.e. Korne likes melee). Each edition can vastly change an armies tools and therefore playstyle and match ups. An "optimized" army list will almost certainly be different from one edition to the next, and sometimes totally different if a balance update is put out. The deciding factor for every battle is going to be luck and skill more than army match up, and if you're just getting into the game then you won't build and paint a full size army quick enough for it to be the same army by the time you're done. The rule of warhammer, both for 40k and AOS, is to build what looks cool and/or what lore you like the most. GW is a model company, not a game company - the models should be a slightly bigger focus for the buyers as well.
Pros of playing the Soulblight: They are the new Vampire Counts. Cons of playing the Soulblight: Mannfred Von Carstein and a thorough lack Vlad and Isabella.
So the typical answers would be something like Stormcast for being a Jack of all trades type army that have options for all different playstyles should you wish, plus being in the starter set easy to get hold of cheaply on the secondary market. Ironjawz are another nice option for being a very heavy melee force that’s very much run and fight. Or nighthaunt with ignoring rend and having ward saves making them pretty resilient. But to be honest, the best army is the one you think looks the coolest and love the models of. The rules of the game and army you’ll pick up as you go, plus if the army is one you’re excited by, you’ll be more determined to learn the rules for them. Best advice would be to grab a spearhead box of the faction you like the most. Build, paint and play some games with that. The format is perfect to learn the rules of the game and get a feel for what your army does in a quick game style which you can then expand upon if you enjoy them.
Already got over 3k points of Slaves to Darkness, 1,500 points in Stormcast, and a few Warcry-level skirmish teams in a lot of oþer factions. A _lot_ of factions. Blades of Khorne; Daughters of Khaine; Disciples of Tzeentch; Flesh-Eater Courts; Hedonites of Slaanesh; Maggotkin of Nurgle; Orruk Warclans; Soulblight Gravelords; AND Stormcast fucking Eternals …I have _way_ too many gods-forsaken factions. 😵💫
@TheCommandPhase its hard to say, i really like the saurus units and Slaans, aswell as the larger dinosaurs. But at the same time, orcs have a good mix of classic fantasy orcs and monsters. I could also probably get use out of the orks as minis for dnd and pathfinder. I could always start with one and expand as time gose on
I'm probably looking to grab the Slaves to Darkness vanguard for my birthday as a starter. Has all the mainstays for the army, and then down the line I can get a Sorcerer Lord, some Darkoaths, fun flavor like that. :3
for 40k i have an army for each chaos god so i decided for AoS I would collect every death army :3 I just finished painting up the army box and ushoran and soon ill be moving on to soulblight gravelords
Thank you for this. As someone just looking to try out AoS, this guide was fantastic. Definitely helped me pick one faction and create a short list of others that appeal.
So the closest would be Cities of Sigmar using more of the freeguild cavaliers and marshals for the majority of your army. Else if you wanted a chaotic theme, then slaves to darkness with a Varanguard and Chaos Knights heavy list gives you the “bad guy” knights army. Hope that is somewhat close in the age of Sigmar space to what Bretonians would have been for Old World.
@@TheCommandPhase Yhe I was looking for something similar to the old world nights but I’m new to age of sigma have you got a video of the cities of sigma and slave to darkness factions?
Some fun choices there, got the cities myself and very tempted by the gloomspite gitz as I can’t say no to squigs! I’ll be sure to try and get those done early on 👍
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed! I’ve just been around just over a year now so I’m really pleased with the growth so far, but interaction like this and video being shared really makes a big difference - so thank you for watching and commenting 🙂
I have some nostalgia for the old world with being the models I grew up with and destroying most of my Skaven army with itself using scatter dice. But honestly I’d have to admit that AoS and their incredible new sculpts really have brought me back into that fantasy setting. It’s a more enjoyable game (for me at least) and the spearhead format is one I’m a huge fan of - just so I have an excuse when I end up picking up new armies 😂
@timoklein1912 yeah it’s Age of Sigmar’s version of combat patrol - but in an infinitely better place. A great way into the AoS with some fast, fun and often pretty close games 👍
I have a good amount of Kruleboyz, SCE, OBR. I have some Sons of Behemat, Magotkin of Nurgle, FEC, Slave to Darkness and a little range of Idoneth, Sylvaneth and Fyrslayer. Looking forward to by some Mega Gargants to complete the big Boys .
Slaanesh main who started in 3rd edition here: Please don't start with Slaanesh. Their models are beautiful (if fragile), but while they have excellent mobility, they also have very poor defense until they can get some of their early-game buffs going, which in 3rd Edition was often luck-based (if you couldn't get many Depravity points, you're not getting that army-wide -1 penalty for enemies to hit you).
I know you don't actually care what some random name on YT is choosing as their faction and the exhortation to do so in the video is a thinly disguised call for engagement. But I'm ok with engagement so...Bonereapers for me.
I've been really interested to see which factions tend to be the most/least popular from the viewers. The bonereapers look like a really awesome force on the tabletop and their new army rules in the faction focus we've had recently look really interesting to play. Was it the models, lore or gameplay that drew you to the Ossiarch Bonereapers?
@@TheCommandPhase Ultimately paint scheme, I had an idea for sickly necromantic underlighting and the models had the perfect mix of textures and layers to let that work.
The big problem I have with AoS is that I want all of them! 😂 Which works out great with the Spearhead game mode. I have a reasonable force of Kruleboyz, Gloomspite Gitz and Stormcast from the Stormbringer magazine. My next project is increasing Lumineth to 2k points minimum and getting more spearheads.
Oh I know that feeling - I bought 4 spearheads while making this video…. Hope you have a great time building and collecting your Lumineth! You’ll have to send me some images on Twitter/insta/discord when you’re done as I’d love to see them.
@@TheCommandPhase Skaven, Ogor, Cities of Sigmar, Seraphon, Nighthaunt lol so you can see my problem with picking 😄 , it's how I came across this video to see if there's anything that can sway me
@SoMrStewart lots of great looking armies there so I can understand! Is there a particular one you think looks the coolest? Or has a model you really want to build, paint and play with?
@TheCommandPhase I'm a old git so I remember the times of warhammer fantasy having cardboard cutout special characters and chaos dwarfs and hobgoblins lol but I think skaven and empire (cities of sigmar now) have always court my eye . Just where I live ppl play 40k so trying out an army or spending money on one is a worry as I don't wanna make a bad choice . So I may just have to buy models here and there and see which one I enjoy painting most I guess
There may well be a little more room for people trying out the new edition and Spearhead as an entry point into the game. I know at least my local GW is doing regular Spearhead nights going forward. But totally understand 40k being the main game in most areas. Those are two great factions and with the Skaven being part of the starter sets/launch boxes you'll be able to grab the new models of those fairly cheap too!
So we haven’t fully seen the rules for 4th yet, I’m sure they’ll be released for free in the next week or two. They’re a faction that don’t have many models and are pretty resilient so allow you to learn the rules and focus on that easier than some larger armies, but each model is really important so if you do end up taking casualties you’ll feel it more than others. That being said, if you like the look of the models and idea of this army then go for it!
Torn between Nighthaunt and Seraphon, because you can't be bad at painting skin tones if your army doesn't have skin. Though I lean more toward Seraphon because my lizard brain tells me Aztec Dinosaurs riding dinosaurs is the raddest thing ever.
I mean both are really cool forces - I guess is just depends if you prefer criminal ghosts or lizards riding dinos! I mean I went Seraphon for that reason, but I'm also tempted with the nighthaunt spearhead as I have no self control xD
I'm in the same position as you. Hopelessly stuck trying to decide between those two. As soon as I've convinced myself to get one, I talk myself out of it and convince myself I like the other more, and then the cycle starts again.
Just a quick update for you all, which happened after the video was finished and uploaded - the Orruk Warclans has been split up so the Kruleboyz and Ironjawz will be separate factions in 4th edition, which actually feels like a great thing for both of them. This way your preferred playstyle will have more options rather than just being a sub faction of a larger one.
Hope that helps and thanks for watching!
The problem with AoS is that all the factions are cool, thus you can't choose just 1.
And the model ranges are phenomenal! I mean I may have bought a couple of spearheads while making this video…
This is absolutely where I am. Not a clue where to start 😂 I've got a few favourites
I definitely get that! Which are your favourites that you're trying to choose between?
@@TheCommandPhase if the Ogors had had a range refresh I'd be going for them. It's between Sylvaneth, Fyreslayers and SCE. I'm thinking of doing the sensible thing and starting with SCE and getting the starter box, I can always pick up spearheads of the others. Shout out to SOB too but I don't think it will help me learn the game.
@@TheCommandPhase I mean really I want to have all of them at some point. But realistically the main ones I'm into are Blades of Khorne, Idoneth Deepkin, Gloomspite Gitz, Ossiarch Bonereapers, Fyreslayers, Kruleboyz, and Flesh Eater Courts.
More AOS content! This was brilliant!
I’m really glad you enjoyed it! There certainly will be more coming 🙂
Stuck between lizards riding dinos, warrior skeletons, and ghost skeletons
AOS seems like the break from 40k i need. Only found out about it when working on my thousand sons army and finding out i could use a few AOS minis. Now ive found another lore rabbit hole to jump down
To be fair I think a fair number of 40K players jumped across for the same reason when 4th launched. I certainly did, plus the models looked incredible!
Those are 3 great factions and I guess it depends on which you think look the coolest. Worst case and you still can’t decide, try a painting up a spearhead box as if you can’t see painting up an army of it, you’ll still have a great game format to be able to play!
@@TheCommandPhase I appreciate the tips. You got a subscriber out of me
The first thing I wanted to do was getting a Beast of chaos army because I love beastmen and after not even a week I heard they will not continue beast of chaos. Well ... Trying to find an army but I think I am done when I am not even starting. My colleagues are right when they all switched to saga ... Well ... I hope I can find an army enventually.
I'm thinking between Seraphon and Skaven for my first army, can y'all give me an idea of how each play? Pros and cons? Personal experience?
More Age of Sigmar content please!
Thanks for the comment, I’ll certainly be aiming to do a lot more going forward with the new edition as I can’t wait for it. Especially with the spearhead format 👍
If there is anything in particular you’d like to see, do let me know 🙂
@@TheCommandPhase I really enjoyed the “Cost of Warhammer” and “Find the Perfect Army” series of videos you did for 40K, would love to see those for Age of Sigmar 👍🏻
Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed them and it’s something I’ll certainly look to do for AoS - the cost one I’ll look at once we’ve had release and we have had some tournaments to see regular lists. Plus the plan is if I can get the work done in my garage, I’m hoping to build a set to even do some Spearhead battle reports in the future. Maybe even look at some more Lore content (lots of ideas in my head that I can try out to see what the audience enjoys)
Rule of cool is number one in AoS. I picked up ironjawz and Nighthaunt. I have never felt bad about it.
100% and with AoS there is sooo much cool to choose from. The model range is incredible! 2 great looking armies there and I’m totally not tempted by them at all.. 😅
@DooDooDisco see for me I see Metallica album covers looking at nighthaunt 😂 but I see where you are coming from.
Its very simple to pick a race in AOS, you only need to ask yourself one question really. Do you want to be Dinosaurs Riding Dinosaurs, Or do you want to be Dinosaur Food?
I kid of course, but man Lizardmen/Seraphon are such a perfect faction for me, and I jumped into the game because of their refresh.
I mean I’m currently building the Seraphon spearhead so they had me sold at Lizards riding dinosaurs! The range refresh was fantastic and honestly it’s tempting to try and find one of the older Christmas battleforce boxes to expand if I can find one.
What colour scheme did you go for? I’d love to see some of your models if you have them on a social media or want to join the channel’s discord server and share them.
@@TheCommandPhase I don't have them up anywhere, might join the discord.
But for my guys I decided that sense they might be from different spawning pools, they don't necessarily have to have a complete uniform look, but for thematic coloration I decided Blue will be a major theme on all the minis. (Except the aggradons because I just wanted to paint classic Jurassic Park raptors there)
So my Sauros warriors are a navy with a lighter blue on their stomach scales and grey spikes.
My skink are a simple sky blue.
Kroxigor are a bright blue with cream chests and red spikes, because I am the biggest nerd I based them off the pokemon feraligatr.
My aggradon riders, and my old blood are green with cream chests.
And my carnosaur is purple with a blue undercoat and red spikes, and little streaks of blue across his scales.
I haven't had the time or honestly the confidence to paint my slann yet.
They sound great and love your concept for them too. I totally get that about the Slann/harder models. I’ve got a couple primarchs sat on a shelf primed but no further as I wanted to get better and do them justice. My excuse for it anyway!
I'll have you know the gloomspite gtiz are quite happy being sqig and troll food 😅
Honestly, þe Seraphon never interested me, and I never understood why. I love riding dinosaurs, and I _love_ Aztec culture and design, so why don’t I like þe Aztecs riding dinosaurs?
I þink I finally figured it out. For one, þe Seraphon feel very one-note in þeir faction, wiþ not a lot of variety when it comes to characters. It’s þe same reason I don’t much care for þe Necrons, I believe. Þey hate þe forces of Chaos, and þey worship þe Old Ones, but what else?
To quote þe Swan Princess, “What else _is_ there?”
Þe oþer issue I have is, paradoxically, þe lizards riding dinosaurs.
Dinosaur people? Awesome.
Dinosaur steeds? Even more awesome
But having dinosaur men _riding_ dinosaur steeds? I dunno, it feels excessive. Like having a satyr riding a goat; it just feels weird.
I’m glad you’re doing AoS content as well as 40K vids
Thank you - glad you’re happy about that 🙂
One correction: While Khorne looks like a Timmy unga bunga army on the tin, on the table it's actually one of the fiddliest, with lots of techy shenanigans from blood tithe and a lot of relatively fragile units as the core of the army. We haven't seen what it will be like in 4th yet, so it's hard to say for sure, but I would be surprised if they wound up being ironjawz but red.
Thanks for this, I’m looking forward to seeing what happens to them in 4th.
Always love to see more AoS content, vanguard box tier list would be also awesome
Glad to hear it and thanks for the idea - my aim once the game has launched would be to get more spearhead content out there - and I'll definietly do this, where I can talk about the rules for that game on top of the value on the box and such. Thanks again👍
Awesome seeing more AoS content, been a bit of an underdog on the content side of things even though the models and lore are pretty great. I'm collecting Fyreslayers atm and even planning a second army.
I’m certainly starting to see that more and honestly it’s been a joy to explore the game - something I’m looking forward to a lot more in 4th edition and beyond. Plus I can’t say no to all of those incredible looking models I’ve looked at regularly!
Fyreslayers are a really cool force and I did pick up their vanguard box while making this video because of my lack of self control… The warcry warband is one I’ve got my my eye on as those sculpts are fantastic! What is the second faction you’re thinking of going for?
Finishing up my first box of sylvaneth. I love their look and how they play. Plus Belthanos looks really cool.
That’s awesome, really glad to hear you found an army you enjoy. The mechanics look really interesting and look forward to seeing that on the tabletop. You’re 100% correct about Belthanos, his model is so so good!
I’m thinking of getting the launch box for the rats and the stormcast
You and me both! They’re amazing looking sculpts. Which are you most excited to play of the two?
Rats rats rats! Ever since I watched the Ad Ric video on the skaven I’ve been excited for them
Gift me an army i cant buy another right now lol
It’s all about the Skaven for me!
Counting down the days for the new set. They look fantastic!
My picks:
Grand Alliance Order: Kharadron Overlords
Grand Alliance Chaos: Maggotkin of Nurlge
Grand Alliance Death: Ossiarch Bonereapers
Grand Alliance Destruction: Gloomspite Gitz
As much as I would really want to have my first army as a death army, I dont know if i could give up picking kharadron overlords first, i mean, steampunk dwarfs in airships! God damn, what a combo, what an amazing looking army, but then again, my heart will always be with undead and death related armies.
I mean those Kharadron do look amazing! You could always grab a spearhead box of the Kharadrom and Bonereapers to get into the spearhead game format and then build up whichever you prefer for full AoS from that while still having a force to play Spearhead.
Been saving kruleboyz since their launch for a day i knew that they would be their own faction - seems that day is coming sooner rather than later ;D
They almost brought me in at the start of 3rd edition, but my playgroup were far more 40K based - which I think is changing with 4th’s release. They are great looking models and really nice to see a different aspect/theme for Orks that aren’t just big brutes. Hope you have a great time collecting and playing them in 4th!
Ere we go!
Not only are kruleboyz becoming their own faction, they're looking very strong in 4th if their faction focus is anything to go by.
Now i may already have kruleboyz, ironjawz, skaven, dok and fyreslayers but maggotkin are looking mighty good
I mean if the sloppity bilepiper doesnt sway you then nothing will 😂
While I don't plan to start an AoS army anytime soon, the Kharadron Overlord have some great models with steampunk aesthetics so I will be buying some to paint!
They honestly do look fantastic and to be fair if you ended up grabbing the spearhead/vanguard box you’d have a great format to play without needing a full size army.
Minor point. But cities of sigmar in the lore is very much waging a campaign of colonization not reclamation...
REAL MEN CHOOSE ORKS
Sylvaneth, the army of life - 75% of their army is ghosts
All the Nighthaunts are so pretty! I don't know if I'll do their playstyle well, but I loooooove their look. (I'm brand new to WH, wargaming, miniatures, Everything.)
They have some incredible looking models and if that’s one you like the most I’d certainly at least give the spearhead a try to see if it’s something you enjoy going forward to a full army. End of the day, the army you love the looks of the models is the most important thing as the rules are temporary with each edition.
Welcome to the hobby and hope you have a fantastic time! If you ever have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out and I’d be happy to help 🙂
are you going to make a Video with all factions, how they play, waht is the gameplan , how is the gameplay overall, is it just dice manipulation or is there something more to it? because theese are for many people one of the main reasons to pick one army, besides style, coolnes and lore :D
I totally get the gameplay being a really big aspect of why someone picks a faction and when the game releases and the battletomes come out, I do plan to do more content on each of the factions, spearhead for sure and age of sigmar in general.
Wow. This was a great video. Sooo many cool factions to choose from. Ultimately, I went with Nighthaunt. Not sure how they’ll play but when I saw the way Lady Olynder was painted by the Grimdark Compendium I knew it was the one for me. More AoS content please! Subscribed.
That’s a great choice, I’ll have to have a google for that paint job as his work is always impressive! Thank you for the subscription, really appreciate it🙂
Super noob here who used to paint 15+ years ago but now just follow 40k lore.. did Age of Sigmsr replace original Warhammer?
So the quick version is yes - they ended up blowing up the “world that was” to create the mortal realms at the launch of Age of Sigmar - To be fair the stories in the Mortal Realms now have some pretty good arcs.
So yeah AoS replaced a poorly selling Warhammer Fantasy a few years back, although as I’m sure you are aware now they’ve brought it back as The Old World.
I am currently working on a Gloomspite gitz army. I love goblins and squigs so it was perfect for me. My 40K army is orkz, guess I am just a fan of greenskins.
They are an awesome force with so much character. The mangler squigs models look incredible too so I don’t blame you at all for choosing them. I’d love to see some pictures of your army if you’d like to share them either on social media or on the channel’s discord.
Another great video, Mark! however, you have now made it hard for me not to buy another spearhead/vanguard box. 😂 *shakes fist*
I bought the Idoneth Deepkin one and the Flesh Eaters while making this video so I can totally understand that 😂
@@TheCommandPhase oh dear! Lol
More like age of Squigmar.
Squigs are awesome!
May want to expand on Orruk Warclans as Kruleboyz and Ironjaws are now their own factions.
I’ll add a pinned comment outlining this so everyone is aware going forward 👍
I already have Kruleboyz, Stormcast and Skaven. Going to get nighthaunt, seraphon and Iron Jaws soon.
Nice work - Those are some great looking armies coming soon to your painting table!
have to admit, ogors with cannons as rifles has a nice appeal to me
It’s a pretty great aesthetic choice!
I just started 40k. But aos looks really cool
I think GW have done a great job with the sculpts for AoS models over the past few years, arguably far better looking models than in 40K, but the push and marketing for 4th edition really put it into the eyes of a lot of 40K players. I’m sure many will be taking the jump over.
What army are you collecting for 40K?
How can a video both help and make you want even more of them at the same time 😂
Oh I feel you! I ended up buying two spearhead boxes from different factions while I was making this video 😅
Which are the ones you're most interested in?
@TheCommandPhase my wife already got the Seraphons (which are absolutely great) and I've been mulling over whether to pick Skaven, Deepkin or Daughters of Khaine. I believe I will start off with the Deepkin though as the Skaven will probably be getting a few more model upgrades and additions after 4th launched.
Your wife has great taste - love the Seraphon!
100% skaven will be getting a rather sizable range refresh, which I'm very excited for. That Skaventide box can't come soon enough (although I've got 4 spearheads still to build 😅)
Great choice on the deepkin - after reading up on the lore properly, that was one of the spearhead boxes I had to grab. Plus the playstyle looks really fun and the aquatic model range looks awesome. Whichever you choose I hope you have great fun!
@TheCommandPhase I've made a list for an army consisting mostly of cavalry and she did the same, so we can have fish vs dino battles 😂
Love that!
I want to know for each: overall strategy, key units, powerlevel, winrate best/worst matchup, difficulty of playing 😊
I’ll look into that once the new edition has released and we start to see data from games 👍
@@TheCommandPhase would be sweet! And thanks for this vid 👍👍👍
Just a heads up - if you're starting from scratch then these aren't super useful metrics, outside of loosely overall strategy (i.e. Korne likes melee).
Each edition can vastly change an armies tools and therefore playstyle and match ups. An "optimized" army list will almost certainly be different from one edition to the next, and sometimes totally different if a balance update is put out. The deciding factor for every battle is going to be luck and skill more than army match up, and if you're just getting into the game then you won't build and paint a full size army quick enough for it to be the same army by the time you're done.
The rule of warhammer, both for 40k and AOS, is to build what looks cool and/or what lore you like the most. GW is a model company, not a game company - the models should be a slightly bigger focus for the buyers as well.
Pros of playing the Soulblight: They are the new Vampire Counts.
Cons of playing the Soulblight: Mannfred Von Carstein and a thorough lack Vlad and Isabella.
Awesome video! Im getting super hyped for 4th edition! Im going to being staring off with Cities of Sigmar myself! 💯
Amazing! Hope you enjoy the army, some exceptionally nice models in that range :)
@@TheCommandPhase Indeed! Your AOS content is on point. You should definitely do more!
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Great video! Thank you for this ❤
You’re welcome, hope it’s helped you narrow down or pick a faction 🙂
What is an easy army for a new player to learn with?
So the typical answers would be something like Stormcast for being a Jack of all trades type army that have options for all different playstyles should you wish, plus being in the starter set easy to get hold of cheaply on the secondary market.
Ironjawz are another nice option for being a very heavy melee force that’s very much run and fight. Or nighthaunt with ignoring rend and having ward saves making them pretty resilient.
But to be honest, the best army is the one you think looks the coolest and love the models of. The rules of the game and army you’ll pick up as you go, plus if the army is one you’re excited by, you’ll be more determined to learn the rules for them.
Best advice would be to grab a spearhead box of the faction you like the most. Build, paint and play some games with that. The format is perfect to learn the rules of the game and get a feel for what your army does in a quick game style which you can then expand upon if you enjoy them.
Already got over 3k points of Slaves to Darkness, 1,500 points in Stormcast, and a few Warcry-level skirmish teams in a lot of oþer factions.
A _lot_ of factions.
Blades of Khorne; Daughters of Khaine; Disciples of Tzeentch; Flesh-Eater Courts; Hedonites of Slaanesh; Maggotkin of Nurgle; Orruk Warclans; Soulblight Gravelords; AND Stormcast fucking Eternals
…I have _way_ too many gods-forsaken factions. 😵💫
That sounds like an awesome collection right there!
Im finally getting into minis, im so stuck between dinos and orcs.
Is there one that you feel the model range looks cooler than the other?
@TheCommandPhase its hard to say, i really like the saurus units and Slaans, aswell as the larger dinosaurs. But at the same time, orcs have a good mix of classic fantasy orcs and monsters. I could also probably get use out of the orks as minis for dnd and pathfinder. I could always start with one and expand as time gose on
For sure - plus with spearhead you have a quick game format too you can try out to see if you enjoy the army before going all in.
I'm probably looking to grab the Slaves to Darkness vanguard for my birthday as a starter. Has all the mainstays for the army, and then down the line I can get a Sorcerer Lord, some Darkoaths, fun flavor like that. :3
Awesome - hope you have a fantastic birthday!
Just sent this video to a friend after we played spearhead. Heres hoping
Fingers Crossed!
@@TheCommandPhase he went in deep and got 500 bucks worth of serephon lmao. Wish I had that kind of disposable income
God damn - fair play - I mean with the Skaven releases coming in a couple weeks I'd need that kinf of income for those xD
Cities of sigmar for sure!
Amazing choice and such a stunning model range!
for 40k i have an army for each chaos god so i decided for AoS I would collect every death army :3
I just finished painting up the army box and ushoran and soon ill be moving on to soulblight gravelords
I love that idea!
Thank you for this. As someone just looking to try out AoS, this guide was fantastic. Definitely helped me pick one faction and create a short list of others that appeal.
I’m really glad to hear you found it helpful, which faction did you go for?
trying my 1st game today
Awesome - best of luck!!
I really wanted to do a Beastmen army... WTH is wrong with GW?
I really want to have a faction that looks like medieval knights as I love that look
So the closest would be Cities of Sigmar using more of the freeguild cavaliers and marshals for the majority of your army. Else if you wanted a chaotic theme, then slaves to darkness with a Varanguard and Chaos Knights heavy list gives you the “bad guy” knights army.
Hope that is somewhat close in the age of Sigmar space to what Bretonians would have been for Old World.
@@TheCommandPhase Yhe I was looking for something similar to the old world nights but I’m new to age of sigma have you got a video of the cities of sigma and slave to darkness factions?
I don't have any individual army range videos right now, but something I'm looking to sort out in the future.
@@TheCommandPhase Yhe ok fantastic this video was still super helpful keep the great videos coming
A video analysis of factions in spearhead will be really appreciated ❤
Once I’m back home from my holiday I’ll look into creating these going forward 👍
Any particular faction you’re most interested in?
@@TheCommandPhase slave to darkness, slaneesh, cities, and gloom ❤️
Some fun choices there, got the cities myself and very tempted by the gloomspite gitz as I can’t say no to squigs!
I’ll be sure to try and get those done early on 👍
@@TheCommandPhase amazing! 🔥
Dude, what an awesome video. How do you only have 5K subs?!
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed! I’ve just been around just over a year now so I’m really pleased with the growth so far, but interaction like this and video being shared really makes a big difference - so thank you for watching and commenting 🙂
In my time it was High Elfs, Lizardman, Dwarfs etc... 😅
Ah yes, the world that was..
Also known as The Old World now GW has brought it back. I mean I still call Seraphon lizardmen 😅
@@TheCommandPhase what do you prefer? The old world or age of S?
I have some nostalgia for the old world with being the models I grew up with and destroying most of my Skaven army with itself using scatter dice. But honestly I’d have to admit that AoS and their incredible new sculpts really have brought me back into that fantasy setting. It’s a more enjoyable game (for me at least) and the spearhead format is one I’m a huge fan of - just so I have an excuse when I end up picking up new armies 😂
@@TheCommandPhase spearhead format? Thats new for me. Is that a kind of new system?
@timoklein1912 yeah it’s Age of Sigmar’s version of combat patrol - but in an infinitely better place. A great way into the AoS with some fast, fun and often pretty close games 👍
I have a good amount of Kruleboyz, SCE, OBR.
I have some Sons of Behemat, Magotkin of Nurgle, FEC, Slave to Darkness and a little range of Idoneth, Sylvaneth and Fyrslayer.
Looking forward to by some Mega Gargants to complete the big Boys .
Oh nice - lots of options for the new edition. Which are you most looking forward to playing?
@@TheCommandPhase I think it will be Sons of Behemat or Magotkin of Nurgle. Easy to paint, easy to play.
Is not Heesh, is Hi-ish
Slaanesh main who started in 3rd edition here: Please don't start with Slaanesh. Their models are beautiful (if fragile), but while they have excellent mobility, they also have very poor defense until they can get some of their early-game buffs going, which in 3rd Edition was often luck-based (if you couldn't get many Depravity points, you're not getting that army-wide -1 penalty for enemies to hit you).
I know you don't actually care what some random name on YT is choosing as their faction and the exhortation to do so in the video is a thinly disguised call for engagement.
But I'm ok with engagement so...Bonereapers for me.
I've been really interested to see which factions tend to be the most/least popular from the viewers. The bonereapers look like a really awesome force on the tabletop and their new army rules in the faction focus we've had recently look really interesting to play. Was it the models, lore or gameplay that drew you to the Ossiarch Bonereapers?
@@TheCommandPhase Ultimately paint scheme, I had an idea for sickly necromantic underlighting and the models had the perfect mix of textures and layers to let that work.
That sounds incredible - do you have any pictures online of that on say and instagram or twitter? I'd really like to see that.
@@TheCommandPhase Nope not yet. They're currently sitting on a sprue, waiting for the edition to launch!
I would like one of everything please...
You and me both!
The big problem I have with AoS is that I want all of them! 😂
Which works out great with the Spearhead game mode. I have a reasonable force of Kruleboyz, Gloomspite Gitz and Stormcast from the Stormbringer magazine. My next project is increasing Lumineth to 2k points minimum and getting more spearheads.
Oh I know that feeling - I bought 4 spearheads while making this video…. Hope you have a great time building and collecting your Lumineth! You’ll have to send me some images on Twitter/insta/discord when you’re done as I’d love to see them.
@TheCommandPhase awesome - I tagged you over on twitter.
@trevorharvey6928 thanks I’ll check it out now 👍
Oh no Orruks just got split today lol
They certainly did! I need to put a pinned comment up about that for viewers.
Easy decision: orruks is best
Dey certainly iz!
ORK CUZZINS ARE DA BEST!!!
Haha! They are fantastic sculpts - huge fan of the big pig!
Flesh Eater Courts yaaaayyyyy
They are such an awesome faction!
I have plans to get the Seraphon and Orks
Awesome - hope you have a great time collecting them!
@@TheCommandPhaseI hope so too!
It'll be for Spearhead
Just when I think of an army to start I look at another army and think oooooh look at them
Oh I’m sure we’ve all had that feeling! My pile of potential is full of ooooh that’s a cool model 😅
Which are you trying to decide between?
@@TheCommandPhase Skaven, Ogor, Cities of Sigmar, Seraphon, Nighthaunt lol so you can see my problem with picking 😄 , it's how I came across this video to see if there's anything that can sway me
@SoMrStewart lots of great looking armies there so I can understand! Is there a particular one you think looks the coolest? Or has a model you really want to build, paint and play with?
@TheCommandPhase I'm a old git so I remember the times of warhammer fantasy having cardboard cutout special characters and chaos dwarfs and hobgoblins lol but I think skaven and empire (cities of sigmar now) have always court my eye . Just where I live ppl play 40k so trying out an army or spending money on one is a worry as I don't wanna make a bad choice . So I may just have to buy models here and there and see which one I enjoy painting most I guess
There may well be a little more room for people trying out the new edition and Spearhead as an entry point into the game. I know at least my local GW is doing regular Spearhead nights going forward. But totally understand 40k being the main game in most areas.
Those are two great factions and with the Skaven being part of the starter sets/launch boxes you'll be able to grab the new models of those fairly cheap too!
Are Sons of Behemat good to start
So we haven’t fully seen the rules for 4th yet, I’m sure they’ll be released for free in the next week or two. They’re a faction that don’t have many models and are pretty resilient so allow you to learn the rules and focus on that easier than some larger armies, but each model is really important so if you do end up taking casualties you’ll feel it more than others. That being said, if you like the look of the models and idea of this army then go for it!
Which is probably better orruk ironjaws or kruelboyz
Torn between Nighthaunt and Seraphon, because you can't be bad at painting skin tones if your army doesn't have skin.
Though I lean more toward Seraphon because my lizard brain tells me Aztec Dinosaurs riding dinosaurs is the raddest thing ever.
I mean both are really cool forces - I guess is just depends if you prefer criminal ghosts or lizards riding dinos! I mean I went Seraphon for that reason, but I'm also tempted with the nighthaunt spearhead as I have no self control xD
I'm in the same position as you. Hopelessly stuck trying to decide between those two. As soon as I've convinced myself to get one, I talk myself out of it and convince myself I like the other more, and then the cycle starts again.
Personally I love minies from all fractions.
hard to chose! But the fact that the setting is blend and boring, soulless makes it easy - non XD
The model range is fantastic!