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The payment at the end points toward the Eldar release being Craftworld, Dark and Hareliquins, so maybe no Corsair/Exodite?

It appears it might be a hammer fire, revolver bolt pistol. Which I hope not because between the belt hanging at an angle not possible for a hip holster, you can't have a open bolt hammer fire belt fed revolver.

So I call hand waivium inquisition bolt pistol thingy or its Cypher and some scuplter thought it would be totes cool to make him "western".

It looks like it's stylized after the Heresy/Rogue Trader missile launchers, with the "bird beak" muzzle, and we're looking at the flat side of it.

"Payment in soulstone gems, captured slaves or jokes" is pretty suggestive of the next Eldar triumvirate being aDark, Craftworld, and Harlequin combo.

 rollawaythestone wrote:
"Payment in soulstone gems, captured slaves or jokes" is pretty suggestive of the next Eldar triumvirate being aDark, Craftworld, and Harlequin combo.

I can still dream of Corsairs. They take slaves too.

Okay, I think the purple cloak of the rumor engine is a farseer's, just look at the color scheme next to the gyrinx.

"Answers to Gyrinx (when it feels like it)"

Definitely a cat.

And I always felt that Corsairs and Exodites were the rankest of rank outsiders for their chances of being involved in this.

 Brother SRM wrote:
It looks like it's stylized after the Heresy/Rogue Trader missile launchers, with the "bird beak" muzzle, and we're looking at the flat side of it.

That is the holster. The barrel would be thinner to get that kind of holster shape, not like GW actually cares about "realism". If anything it reinforces what I think is supposed to be a six shooter bolt pistol.

There is some kind of overlay on that image.... Anyone got their hands on photoshop?

 BrotherGecko wrote:

 Brother SRM wrote:
It looks like it's stylized after the Heresy/Rogue Trader missile launchers, with the "bird beak" muzzle, and we're looking at the flat side of it.

That is the holster. The barrel would be thinner to get that kind of holster shape, not like GW actually cares about "realism". If anything it reinforces what I think is supposed to be a six shooter bolt pistol.

Why would a Revolver have a Ammo Belt, and no visible cylinder?

I was thinking that the pistol grip looks Eldary, not Chaosy.

 bubber wrote:
I was thinking that the pistol grip looks Eldary, not Chaosy.

I was thinking the same. Were similar to a Splinter pistol. But the rest of it is too Imperial-looking

 VictorVonTzeentch wrote:

 BrotherGecko wrote:

 Brother SRM wrote:
It looks like it's stylized after the Heresy/Rogue Trader missile launchers, with the "bird beak" muzzle, and we're looking at the flat side of it.

That is the holster. The barrel would be thinner to get that kind of holster shape, not like GW actually cares about "realism". If anything it reinforces what I think is supposed to be a six shooter bolt pistol.

Why would a Revolver have a Ammo Belt, and no visible cylinder?

If you look right above where the ammo belt is, there seems to be a cylinder.

Maybe the "hammer" on the back switches the feed from cylinder to belt and vice versa?

 bubber wrote:
I was thinking that the pistol grip looks Eldary, not Chaosy.

Nah, definitely an Imperial equivalent.

The ammo hanging loose definitely suggests Chaos over Loyalist. And given it has an ammo belt, I doubt it's a six shooter.

Instead, I think it could be a combi-pistol of some kind. The ejection port seems low for most bolt pistols we've seen, compare to the following pic, a Tigris pattern bolt pistol from Forgeworld's MkIV Power a Weapon Set.

The ejection port is near identical - but seems lower down (could be the holster and ammo belt playing tricks on my eyes!). But there's much more up top.

Now the likely suspect is of course a scope or sight of some kind, but the shape, and the hammer which I feel is likely to be a shot selector (Bolters not having a firing pin) would support it being a combi-pistol.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 VictorVonTzeentch wrote:

 BrotherGecko wrote:

 Brother SRM wrote:
It looks like it's stylized after the Heresy/Rogue Trader missile launchers, with the "bird beak" muzzle, and we're looking at the flat side of it.

That is the holster. The barrel would be thinner to get that kind of holster shape, not like GW actually cares about "realism". If anything it reinforces what I think is supposed to be a six shooter bolt pistol.

Why would a Revolver have a Ammo Belt, and no visible cylinder?

If you look right above where the ammo belt is, there seems to be a cylinder.

Yeah, Im not seeing it looking like a cylinder, looks to me more like the extra metal plate like the Chaos Plasma Pistol has.

Maybe Cypher merged his pistols and is wielding something else, like the Lion Sword...

Bit on top?

Just sayin'....

 VictorVonTzeentch wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 VictorVonTzeentch wrote:

 BrotherGecko wrote:

 Brother SRM wrote:
It looks like it's stylized after the Heresy/Rogue Trader missile launchers, with the "bird beak" muzzle, and we're looking at the flat side of it.

That is the holster. The barrel would be thinner to get that kind of holster shape, not like GW actually cares about "realism". If anything it reinforces what I think is supposed to be a six shooter bolt pistol.

Why would a Revolver have a Ammo Belt, and no visible cylinder?

If you look right above where the ammo belt is, there seems to be a cylinder.

Yeah, Im not seeing it looking like a cylinder, looks to me more like the extra metal plate like the Chaos Plasma Pistol has.

Look again.
You have the ammo feed and ejection port, then right above that is what looks like it might be the cylinder for a 'revolver'.

Silly as it might sound, I'm sticking with it being related to Cypher. He makes an appearance in "Fall of Cadia", and I would not be surprised to see him getting Special Issue Ammunition.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 VictorVonTzeentch wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 VictorVonTzeentch wrote:

 BrotherGecko wrote:

 Brother SRM wrote:
It looks like it's stylized after the Heresy/Rogue Trader missile launchers, with the "bird beak" muzzle, and we're looking at the flat side of it.

That is the holster. The barrel would be thinner to get that kind of holster shape, not like GW actually cares about "realism". If anything it reinforces what I think is supposed to be a six shooter bolt pistol.

Why would a Revolver have a Ammo Belt, and no visible cylinder?

If you look right above where the ammo belt is, there seems to be a cylinder.

Yeah, Im not seeing it looking like a cylinder, looks to me more like the extra metal plate like the Chaos Plasma Pistol has.

Look again.
You have the ammo feed and ejection port, then right above that is what looks like it might be the cylinder for a 'revolver'.

Silly as it might sound, I'm sticking with it being related to Cypher. He makes an appearance in "Fall of Cadia", and I would not be surprised to see him getting Special Issue Ammunition.

No I see what you are talking about, it just (as someone who owns revolvers) looks nothing like a revolver cylinder to me.

A new Cypher would be great.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Bit on top?

Just sayin'....

Combi-grav pistol would make for some pretty awesome gunslinging.

 Nevelon wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Bit on top?

Just sayin'....

Combi-grav pistol would make for some pretty awesome gunslinging.

I hope not, grav everywhere sucks. It was supposed to be pretty rare (2nd ed wargear card), and is a massive crutch that people use in their marine armies

Maybe it is from a kit, rather than a special character. Unless removed a lot from the picture, that seems like a strange bit for a plastic character. Seems much more like an extra bit in a kit. I especially think it would be odd to sculpt the holster like that, if there weren't also going to be bits that showed the same kind of pistol unholstered and with a bayonet attached, so the shape of the holster would make some kind of sense.

Inquisitor Kallus wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Bit on top?

Just sayin'....

Combi-grav pistol would make for some pretty awesome gunslinging.

I hope not, grav everywhere sucks. It was supposed to be pretty rare (2nd ed wargear card), and is a massive crutch that people use in their marine armies

I don't think it'll be a combi-grav pistol, doesn't seem like something GW would do. And in response to your complaints about the gameplay, fluff-wise, you're right. Maybe limit the armies to one or 2 grav-guns MAX.

 JustaerinAtTheWall wrote:

Inquisitor Kallus wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Bit on top?

Just sayin'....

Combi-grav pistol would make for some pretty awesome gunslinging.

I hope not, grav everywhere sucks. It was supposed to be pretty rare (2nd ed wargear card), and is a massive crutch that people use in their marine armies

I don't think it'll be a combi-grav pistol, doesn't seem like something GW would do. And in response to your complaints about the gameplay, fluff-wise, you're right. Maybe limit the armies to one or 2 grav-guns MAX.

Oh, so Wraithknights are going to become one for every 2500 points? Characters one per fifty troop models?

Nope. Those kinds of requirements were wildly arbitrary.

 JustaerinAtTheWall wrote:


I don't think it'll be a combi-grav pistol, doesn't seem like something GW would do. And in response to your complaints about the gameplay, fluff-wise, you're right. Maybe limit the armies to one or 2 grav-guns MAX.

Really? This is the same company that brought us a heavy bolter/heavy flamer combi-weapon in their Deathwatch release. Plus, the eversor assassin has a combi needler pistol.

 JustaerinAtTheWall wrote:

Inquisitor Kallus wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Bit on top?

Just sayin'....

Combi-grav pistol would make for some pretty awesome gunslinging.

I hope not, grav everywhere sucks. It was supposed to be pretty rare (2nd ed wargear card), and is a massive crutch that people use in their marine armies

I don't think it'll be a combi-grav pistol, doesn't seem like something GW would do. And in response to your complaints about the gameplay, fluff-wise, you're right. Maybe limit the armies to one or 2 grav-guns MAX.

I am sure Tau players are going to be pissed about Riptides being made one per army and having their price tripled.

It would be unusual for GW to sculpt a new or unusual weapon and have it holstered. A holstered weapon is usually something innocuous like a bolt pistol or laspistol.

True. Unless it's an example for a unit's side arms?


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Now...angle of the hang? Strap and ammo belt, plus a 'muzzle only' holster?

I'm thinking bikers.

Here is a crazy guess since it looks like some kind of combi-bolt pistol. A combi sonic bolt pistol for new plastic noise marines. When ever GW updates a infantry kit they add new weapon options to incentavise people to buy the new kits.

It could explain the crazy shape of the holster.