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That's a bit of an odd one! It looks like it's flesh spread across, maybe something Dark Eldar or a weirdy Necromunda thing?

i like all the terrain suggestions, but my guess is something nurgly. can't see it being DE, even if it's covens. catachans would be fun, but i think that's also pretty unlikely

The new Kroot Lone Spear reveal solved three Rumour Engines.

Posted on March 14th, 2023:


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Darkoath?

Could be the related to that Darkoath looking rider that was teased a bit back.

i don't usually agree with most guesses for darkoath, but this one could definitely be that. it looks like it's specifically AOS, and it's clearly not anything from order. i doubt it would be death, either, and it doesn't really fit most destruction factions as-is, which just leaves chaos. so, to be different, i'm gonna say it's beastmen (maybe a new wizard?)

AFAIK that extremely angular wood style is exclusive to Maggotkin.

Chaos barbarians or beastmen so it could be some resin character for TOW. Or...Skaven?

Warboss Kurgan pointed out we've seen the rune/sigil before:


Might be related, might be coincidence.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Warboss Kurgan pointed out we've seen the rune/sigil before:

Spoiler:

Might be related, might be coincidence.

Maybe another BL character? BTW what does the rune stand for?

 Shadow Walker wrote:
Maybe another BL character? BTW what does the rune stand for?

London subway

 lord_blackfang wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:
Maybe another BL character? BTW what does the rune stand for?

London subway

Had to check it but yes

Clearly is a driver of the Hammerhal Netherways then...

 Shadow Walker wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
Warboss Kurgan pointed out we've seen the rune/sigil before:

Spoiler:

Might be related, might be coincidence.

Maybe another BL character? BTW what does the rune stand for?

Rotate it ninety degrees and it's the Dark Tongue rune for 'H'.

The shaft is pretty fragile, making me think of something small, like a spiderfang grot perhaps.

Anyway, the symbol on the vampire base is not the same as the one on the rumor pic. The vampire one has pretty clear small wings at the ends of the horisontal bar, and the new one dont even expand outside the circle.

It does look grot sized, but as I said, the twig is distinctly Maggotkin.

It's gonna end up being a Nurgling wizard base decoration.

more base decoration nurglings are always a good thing

 lord_blackfang wrote:
It does look grot sized, but as I said, the twig is distinctly Maggotkin.

It's gonna end up being a Nurgling wizard base decoration.

Grot sized, but nurgle looking?

New plague monks for Skaven?

New one

the article mentions,

this could be a Kurnothi, a Bretonnian Paladin, or a Christmas Squig.

which makes me inclined to say it isn't any of these, because that would be too easy. the ropes(?) are throwing me off a little, since they have different thickness and appearance. if i had to guess, these horns are attached to something being ridden, so it's probably an AOS cavalry unit. maybe Sylvaneth? if they're planning on expanding the elves that far. of the three mentioned, Kurnothi feel like the only reasonable answer, but i think it might be something else, even if only adjacently

Friendly reminder Khurnothi have played a role in the last two dawnbringer books

 GaroRobe wrote:
Friendly reminder Khurnothi have played a role in the last two dawnbringer books

Also that there's now a splinter-subfaction of humans devoted to "The Cult of the Great Stag", who abandoned the Ghyranite Crusade to go into the wilds with Belthanos.

Whilst I can’t really give a good explanation why, having things tied to Antlers doesn’t seem very Kuornothi to me?

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Whilst I can’t really give a good explanation why, having things tied to Antlers doesn’t seem very Kuornothi to me?

So, Kurnothi-wise?

There's two iterations going on:
-a catch-all term for any creature devoted to Kurnoth. There's insinuations of Human, Duardin, and Aelf Kurnothi existing in Ghyran.

-The ones that are implied to have been created by Alarielle. They have soul-pods in their bellies, and what's been written so far is that they have the ability to be "blessed" with aspects of Kurnoth. There's also been continued mention of "White Stags" as mounts for some Kurnothi heroes.

It wouldn't be wildly out of place, say, for the ties to be for a mount.

Do any beastmen have antlers?

not that i've seen. there's always the chance for something new, tho

Something tells me the model could end up being a bit pricey.

After all, by definition it'll be a little deer...

War coms official musings indicating antlers in general and even name kurnothi obviously prove its not kurnothi or even antlers.

Perhaps a reimagined eldar bonesinger.
The paintjob has a weird ethereal quality.

 Haighus wrote:
Do any beastmen have antlers?

Some did back in the Realms of Chaos days, but since then they homogenised into caprigors almost entirely. Maybe this is the replacement Gor for AoS, to shunt the originals back into the Old World!

 Fayric wrote:
War coms official musings indicating antlers in general and even name kurnothi obviously prove its not kurnothi or even antlers.

Perhaps a reimagined eldar bonesinger.
The paintjob has a weird ethereal quality.

oh, a new bonesinger would be fascinating. the old model is gorgeous, but it could definitely use a new take