Breotan wrote:

 Cream Tea wrote:
It has to be if it's going to be a regular-sized candle in 40k, which I think it is.

What makes you say this? Seems more likely it's AoS. If it were 40k, I'd sooner ascribe it to Dark Angels than anyone else.

Oh sure, I just tend to forget Age of Sigmar exists. I was mostly referring to the scale, which is the same in both games.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
It's the shape of the thing, and that it seems to be pointing in the same direction as the flame.

That’s more to do with the constraints of a two-part mould than anything else.

Well, after Admech, IG, Eldar, and Nids all end up getting 'light' releases, I'd say we're probably due for a full scale release. I'd put my money on either Dark Angels or Adeptus Ministorum/Sisters/Inquisition/Agents of the Imperium release. Knowing GW, I'd probably lean a fair bit closer to Dark Angels on this one.

AoS is always a possibility, but I get the feeling GW wants to ride the 40k wave throughout the rest of the year.

My bet is on Adeptus Ministorium or Inquistion. Maybe Undead ir AOS, but it looks a bit too clean for that.

I mean, the Inquisition and Friends Family Funtime Hour needs and deserves the attention more than any other faction in the game has in the history of Warhammer 40k right now, and it would be a prime time to drop them, but I get the feeling that GW's animosity to the faction and the people that like it is far too high to let that actually happen.

Remember, they represent the absolute most indulgent and surreal of 40k's grimdark, absurdist fetishist glory days, in an era where GW keeps trying to whitewash their property and its image.

Aye, jokes and memes aside lets be 1000% real here - it's not Sisters/the Ecclesiarchy, and it's highly unlikely to be Inquisition. It'll be something for AoS, or something wholly new for 40K like those daft Adeptus Retconicus "militant historians" GW had Rowboat invent.

If I'm wrong nobody will be happier, but I doubt I am.

 Fafnir wrote:
I mean, the Inquisition and Friends Family Funtime Hour needs and deserves the attention more than any other faction in the game has in the history of Warhammer 40k right now, and it would be a prime time to drop them, but I get the feeling that GW's animosity to the faction and the people that like it is far too high to let that actually happen.

Remember, they represent the absolute most indulgent and surreal of 40k's grimdark, absurdist fetishist glory days, in an era where GW keeps trying to whitewash their property and its image.

Whitewash?

https://whc-cdn.games-workshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/FW-OpenDay-Nec2jrx.jpg

absolutely absurd statement to make.There have also been aos khorne guys and GSC. Most representations are made when painting You clearly have no idea as to why the Inquisition 'and friends' haven't been done yet. Someone once made a comment that GW were sexist because they had not remade/updated to plastic the Sisters of Battle...

It could be from anything, we;ve been massively surprised by some of the things GW has done in recent years, I dont think anything is off the table

Inquisitor Greyfax has a candle on her hat, so it could very well be something 40K, related to inquisition/ecclesiasty.
Some type of magician for AoS is more likely, but still, there's hope for the gothic grimdark.

fresus wrote:
Inquisitor Greyfax has a candle on her hat, so it could very well be something 40K, related to inquisition/ecclesiasty.
Some type of magician for AoS is more likely, but still, there's hope for the gothic grimdark.

True, we will seen in due time

 Inquisitor Kallus wrote:
Whitewash?

I'm pretty certain that, in this particular case, whitewash as a term applies to supposed attempts by GW to sanitize the more extreme elements of the setting - Slaanesh, techno bondage, nuns in space, etc.

 Yodhrin wrote:
Aye, jokes and memes aside lets be 1000% real here - it's not Sisters/the Ecclesiarchy, and it's highly unlikely to be Inquisition. It'll be something for AoS, or something wholly new for 40K like those daft Adeptus Retconicus "militant historians" GW had Rowboat invent.

If I'm wrong nobody will be happier, but I doubt I am.

I don't.

I mean, that's an awfully thin reed to lean upon there!

But I guess that's what's "fun" about these snippets they send out?

 Inquisitor Kallus wrote:

 Fafnir wrote:
I mean, the Inquisition and Friends Family Funtime Hour needs and deserves the attention more than any other faction in the game has in the history of Warhammer 40k right now, and it would be a prime time to drop them, but I get the feeling that GW's animosity to the faction and the people that like it is far too high to let that actually happen.

Remember, they represent the absolute most indulgent and surreal of 40k's grimdark, absurdist fetishist glory days, in an era where GW keeps trying to whitewash their property and its image.

Whitewash?

https://whc-cdn.games-workshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/FW-OpenDay-Nec2jrx.jpg

absolutely absurd statement to make.There have also been aos khorne guys and GSC. Most representations are made when painting You clearly have no idea as to why the Inquisition 'and friends' haven't been done yet. Someone once made a comment that GW were sexist because they had not remade/updated to plastic the Sisters of Battle...

It could be from anything, we;ve been massively surprised by some of the things GW has done in recent years, I dont think anything is off the table

he didn't mean white wash in that context. He meant it in the context of trying to make the setting more kid friendly by removing or lessoning the more morally questionable elements of the "good guys" (Ie, the Inquisition and Sisters' habit of setting people on fire if they don't entirely follow the Imperial Creed)

 Inquisitor Kallus wrote:

 Fafnir wrote:
I mean, the Inquisition and Friends Family Funtime Hour needs and deserves the attention more than any other faction in the game has in the history of Warhammer 40k right now, and it would be a prime time to drop them, but I get the feeling that GW's animosity to the faction and the people that like it is far too high to let that actually happen.

Remember, they represent the absolute most indulgent and surreal of 40k's grimdark, absurdist fetishist glory days, in an era where GW keeps trying to whitewash their property and its image.

Whitewash?

https://whc-cdn.games-workshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/FW-OpenDay-Nec2jrx.jpg

absolutely absurd statement to make.There have also been aos khorne guys and GSC. Most representations are made when painting You clearly have no idea as to why the Inquisition 'and friends' haven't been done yet. Someone once made a comment that GW were sexist because they had not remade/updated to plastic the Sisters of Battle...

It could be from anything, we;ve been massively surprised by some of the things GW has done in recent years, I dont think anything is off the table

The fact that the one majority female army is the one that has been the most marginalised and ignored, is not a good image no matter how you slice it.

I think 'sexist' is the wrong word. But GW has been very poor with female representation in their games.

I think the previous peacock feather and this candle ads up to a classic scribe type of guy.

The design of the candleholder has a much more "fantasy" vibe than the ones used in 40K, at least in my opinion. It probably is something AOS-related.

Regarding the "kid friendly" discussion, let us remember that we still have Commissars shooting people in the head, flamethrowers, GK Purifiers, and for what is worth, still have the AoS Witch Elves, as well as Alarielle and, soon the Escher girls from Necromunda...

To be honest, they released Celestina and her two bodyuards AND Greyax, which is indication they are not cutting them off the game altogether.

 Fayric wrote:
I think the previous peacock feather and this candle ads up to a classic scribe type of guy.

Good call, I can also see both of them coming from the same model.

fresus wrote:

 Fayric wrote:
I think the previous peacock feather and this candle ads up to a classic scribe type of guy.

Good call, I can also see both of them coming from the same model.

Maybe the Order hero for the Undead AoS event which I can now longer remember the name of and we've already seen the Death hero?
Some nerdy human instead of a Stormcast?

Regarding the candle rumor . . . .

Necromunda has a new release coming up . . . what do you think about Mordheim being announced? A candle seems to fit with that universe, as well as searching and discovery. And it also looks somewhat like the "i" in Mordheim's box cover:

Looking at all of the rumor engine pieces, they all are carefully photoshopped to A. be gray and B. be cut out from their context. The edges of the image are sharp, implying someone erased anything that was behind it. The candle could be resting on top of something (a table or night stand for all we know, or even resting on a vehicle chassis).

Also, looking at a lot of the rumor engine images, I feel that a lot of them will be for Shadespire. We're expecting Skaven, Fyreslayers, and plenty of other factions. There will probably also be additional releases for Necromunda after it drops. People have suggested that GW wants to support Necromunda better than Bloodbowl, with faster releases out the gate.

I also can't deny that candles are very Inquisition-y. They're in dire need of an update and Inquisitors are some of the most popular characters in 40k. Eisenhorn, Ravenor, tons of others. They would fit very well in the new Herohammer that 8th edition has become. Different acolytes, attendants, and other characters to add on, along with assassins and other agents as well. Of course, there's also the Sisters of Battle, a faction in this weird position of having one plastic model. It's in this weird position of dichotomy where it feels to most like it's been forgotten and ignored, yet it continues to be mentioned, even scoring in the top 15 of the last tournament...

 Alpharius wrote:

 Yodhrin wrote:
Aye, jokes and memes aside lets be 1000% real here - it's not Sisters/the Ecclesiarchy, and it's highly unlikely to be Inquisition. It'll be something for AoS, or something wholly new for 40K like those daft Adeptus Retconicus "militant historians" GW had Rowboat invent.

If I'm wrong nobody will be happier, but I doubt I am.

I don't.

I mean, that's an awfully thin reed to lean upon there!

But I guess that's what's "fun" about these snippets they send out?

I don't see what's thin about it. We've seen the result of their teasing(and I mean that in the pejorative sense given they knew fine well how much anticipation the comment would generate among a group of long-neglected fans) about plastic Sisters, it was Celestine & Co. Greyfax is the only new Inquisition model that's shown up in years that wasn't a Space Marine. There's been no hints that I've seen that either the Ecclesiarchy or the Inquisition are the focus of some upcoming event-narrative, and GW have demonstrated a clear, unambiguous preference in their recent output for adding wholly new stuff. I think AoS, something brand-new for 40K, or one of the Space Marine variants as an outside chance are by far more likely than them finally paying some attention to a couple of factions they evidently don't really know what to do with.

Looks like a tail curling around a rock?

I honestly have no clue what that can possibly be. The text is particularly cheeky too!

Riding into view like an ancient hero atop some kind of flying machine, the Rumour Engine is here, with a particularly cryptic instalment. What could it possibly be?

Looks like an animal of some kind and then something wrapping around its head or blocking its view. Perhaps an item of the rider? Very strange. Now does it look more AoS or 40k? That is the question.

Rock resembles a pine cone to me, rather than a rock.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Rock resembles a pine cone to me, rather than a rock.

I was thinking more like the trunk of a palm tree.

It kinda looks like some sort of palm tree-animal abomination. lol.

looks like some kind of old chunk of ruins or a standing stone or something, with vines growing up it...and some kind of tail?

...really though, that image is just going to give me a headache if I look at it any more, several parts of it could be many different things, depending on what scale it is, which is hard to determine...

My money is on Shadespire Skaven warband.

The rock makes me think of Sylvaneth, or some other decorative base. Having just put together a bunch of Dryads, I can't help but make the connection, as there are a lot of extra bits in the box that are rocks and skulls with roots curling around it.

The long curved object looks too smooth to be a rat tail and too long and blunt to be a claw. It's touching/attached to the rock/pinecone, which makes me think it might not just be a decorative base...

 angelofvengeance wrote:
My money is on Shadespire Skaven warband.

That's my guess, too.

that looks very much like a 2 fingered nurgling hand curling round the 'pinecone', since I painted so many of them recently,

wonder if its something from the rumoured nurgle demons release

On second thought, the 'rock' reminds me of the scales on the Ophidian Archway scenery for AoS.

Slann?

 bubber wrote:
Slann?

Don't be ridiculous, it's clearly Zoats.



Seriously though, I can't even really decipher what any of the elements of the image are, nevermind begin to ascribe a game system or faction to it.

It looks like something hatching from an otherworldly egg or the like.

 Ghaz wrote:
On second thought, the 'rock' reminds me of the scales on the Ophidian Archway scenery for AoS.

Spoiler:

Yeah, it does. It’s a bit of ruin with vines on it, and a tail or something attached.

 ImAGeek wrote:

 Ghaz wrote:
On second thought, the 'rock' reminds me of the scales on the Ophidian Archway scenery for AoS.

Spoiler:

Yeah, it does. It’s a bit of ruin with vines on it, and a tail or something attached.

Skink special character?

I don't have a clue what it is but I would guess it's related to the "egg sac" and "baby dragon" rumour engine photos?

This is now solved:


Thermic Plasma Conduits

Ooh, that looks quite nice. I may have to get some for next year’s AoP.

And the frag bomb one. That's part of the Necromunda Barricade set.

Oh, nice!

Agh. That’s one of the images I need to re-add to the OP due to the GW image hosting change. Give me a few hours to get onto my PC and do it.

OH man... I can't wait to get my hands on the conduits. The question is, one or two boxes.

 oni wrote:
OH man... I can't wait to get my hands on the conduits. The question is, one or two boxes.

Get three. Only way to be sure. It's like buying one and buying two at the same time.

drbored wrote:
The rock makes me think of Sylvaneth, or some other decorative base. Having just put together a bunch of Dryads, I can't help but make the connection, as there are a lot of extra bits in the box that are rocks and skulls with roots curling around it.

The long curved object looks too smooth to be a rat tail and too long and blunt to be a claw. It's touching/attached to the rock/pinecone, which makes me think it might not just be a decorative base...

Looks like a Nurgling horn from the lil dudes on the swarm sprues. Would fit with the exture seen in the paint thanks to a lot of zoom, but I doubt it's a Nurgling unless it's on some sort of Sylvaneth scenic base.

Not sure how many of the plasma conduits I'd like TBH, I'd probably find more use for extra promethium pipes, but the plasma ones do look very cool.

I just wish I could find someone to split a Sector Imperialis board with - cutting them up to cast for constructing HUEG-size walls would be brilliant but you only need one of each design and they only sell them in the bundle of six tiles for 200 quid :(

No idea : /

Scaly underbelly of something rearing up.

Snake? Snake Monster? Fulgrim?

Come on new Aelf Dragons...

Looks to be a large part - brush strokes look 'normal' in the pic.

Hm, assuming those are scales, it could be related to that "hand dragon" that was shown ages ago.

While scales seems a good guess, maybe tread on a tyre of some sort?

Cataphract wrote:
Snake? Snake Monster? Fulgrim?

Is it time for another primarch already?

It could very well be Fulgrim....one wonders if that hilt thing might be his weapon?

New lizardmen? Not sure if the brushstrokes are the right size.

Fulgrim.

Exodite Dinosaurs.


One can dream.

A very, very close up of Kharandras helmet.

Necron Silent King's throne

Some weird mutant beast for Necromunda?

Serpentor- Cobra Emperor Sky Chariot

New contemporary game confirmed .

 Galas wrote:

Spoiler:

zamerion wrote:


No idea : /

A very, very close up of Kharandras helmet.

Lol, thats actually the first thing I thought of.

For some reason I think it look more artificial than organic, as a machine crafted to look like a serpent or crab or something.

Please let it be glorious Fulgrim!

If it is Fulgrim, one wonders if that large Eagle piece might be his Pauldron?

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
If it is Fulgrim, one wonders if that large Eagle piece might be his Pauldron?

Well this is a whole picture of him in horus heresy. As a daemon primarch.



Also I do recall vincent said in his Nova video during the Q&A when they questioned GW about slaanesh in AOS they said 2018. So maybe? COME ON LET IT BE FULGRIM!

The only thing preventing me from saying “FULGRIM” is the fact that those scales look concave instead of convex, like Fulgrim’s scales. I like the idea of Slaanesh, though. I am a Slaanesh lover.

I'm doubtful we'll see another Daemon Primarch before we see a loyalist. I'm expecting The Lion or The Wolf next. Probably El'Johnson given previous rumor engine pics.

honestly, these sneak peek show so little that I stopped caring about them a long time ago. Sad cause it could have been a cool way to build up excitement

 streetsamurai wrote:
honestly, these sneak peek show so little that I stopped caring about them a long time ago. Sad cause it could have been a cool way to build up excitement

The problem for me is the inconsistence in release frames. If those where sneak peaks of a future release in, for example, one month, then the community could keep track of who guessed what, to see who was right.
But when some of this images are from things that are release 5-6 months after the imagen, or just 2-3 weeks, is very inconsistent and easy to forgot about them.

All I know is that serpent thing in the pale hand was previewed way too early, no way whatever that is will be out this year. I kind of feel like that was way too far in advance of a sneak peak.

 Galas wrote:

 streetsamurai wrote:
honestly, these sneak peek show so little that I stopped caring about them a long time ago. Sad cause it could have been a cool way to build up excitement

The problem for me is the inconsistence in release frames. If those where sneak peaks of a future release in, for example, one month, then the community could keep track of who guessed what, to see who was right.
But when some of this images are from things that are release 5-6 months after the imagen, or just 2-3 weeks, is very inconsistent and easy to forgot about them.

Pretty much some of the images are months apart if I recall some are a few weeks.

 shinros wrote:
Please let it be glorious Fulgrim!

Spoiler:

Where is this artwork from?

I was going to suggest something interesting like Rak'gol but of course it will probably be Imperial or chaos as usual.

Process wrote:

 shinros wrote:
Please let it be glorious Fulgrim!

Spoiler:

Where is this artwork from?

Me
https://twitter.com/The_M0thman/status/909944711380701184

 Mothman wrote:

Process wrote:

 shinros wrote:
Please let it be glorious Fulgrim!

Spoiler:

Where is this artwork from?

Me
https://twitter.com/The_M0thman/status/909944711380701184

Well its pretty awesome. So nice one.

Someone on B&C posted this:


Which is a Rak’Gol, and looks pretty similar. There were hints at new Xenos too. I’d like it to be Fulgrim, I think it’s a case of when not if for him and Angron, So could well be.

 ImAGeek wrote:
Someone on B&C posted this:


Which is a Rak’Gol, and looks pretty similar. There were hints at new Xenos too. I’d like it to be Fulgrim, I think it’s a case of when not if for him and Angron, So could well be.

I don't know. Dakka/GW has pretty much squashed my will to believe in anything non-imperium ever getting releases. It's probably just Imperial or chaos of some sort.

 Gamgee wrote:

I don't know. Dakka/GW has pretty much squashed my will to believe in anything non-imperium ever getting releases. It's probably just Imperial or chaos of some sort.

1) You've done that to yourself!

2) There is no "Dakka" hive mind - just a bunch of individuals with their own opinions!



Now, just what is that supposed to be?!?

 Gamgee wrote:

I don't know. Dakka/GW has pretty much squashed my will to believe in anything non-imperium ever getting releases. It's probably just Imperial or chaos of some sort.

Its better to not expect anything and be surprised than expecting too much and be disappointed.

I think it looks like Fulgrim's stomach

Racerguy180 wrote:
I think it looks like Fulgrim's stomach

Actually I think it doesn't. Not at all. If you notice the line running between the plates where they meet. It doesn't look like the line on other fulgrum pics. It does however bear an uncanny resemblance to the line between the Rak'gol plates. Not to mention Fulgrims plates are usually depicted as quite movable like a snakes where they splay outwards a little. Like here



The Rak'gol on the other hands plates tend to usually be depicted as fixed to their body. I'm not saying these are for sure Rak'gol's because obviously something for the IoM/Chaos. I just don't think it's Fulgrim is all I'm saying.

That’s a very old pic for Fulgrim though and old art isn’t gospel. Newer art looks like this, which is closer, albeit missing the line down the middle.


Additionally that Rak’Gol art is from Fantasy Flight I assume so isn’t official GW so they might look different.

 ImAGeek wrote:
That’s a very old pic for Fulgrim though and old art isn’t gospel. Newer art looks like this, which is closer, albeit missing the line down the middle.


Additionally that Rak’Gol art is from Fantasy Flight I assume so isn’t official GW so they might look different.

Except that GW took most of the DW lore from FFG when making the codex. So if it IS the Rak'gol there would be almost no need to redesign them. Especially since they seem to have a small fan base within the community. You are right in that newer pics look more like it. Personal opinion time I liked Fulgrims old stomach look more. Far more menacing.

Edit
On top of that the Hadex Anomaly which was made by FFG has made it into the map for 8th. So I would consider FFG just as canon as anything until GW says otherwise.

 Gamgee wrote:

Racerguy180 wrote:
I think it looks like Fulgrim's stomach

Actually I think it doesn't. Not at all. If you notice the line running between the plates where they meet. It doesn't look like the line on other fulgrum pics. It does however bear an uncanny resemblance to the line between the Rak'gol plates. Not to mention Fulgrims plates are usually depicted as quite movable like a snakes where they splay outwards a little. Like here



The Rak'gol on the other hands plates tend to usually be depicted as fixed to their body. I'm not saying these are for sure Rak'gol's because obviously something for the IoM/Chaos. I just don't think it's Fulgrim is all I'm saying.

sorry I meant underbelly.

I'm still getting Necron/C'tan vibes. It's not organic enough for a creature, and doesn't have the Chaos asthetic they use for flesh/metal. Buy living metal - could well be.

The only problem is there isn't a sniff of Necrons on the horizon. That and I never get these rumours.....

 ImAGeek wrote:
Someone on B&C posted this:

Spoiler:

Which is a Rak’Gol, and looks pretty similar. There were hints at new Xenos too. I’d like it to be Fulgrim, I think it’s a case of when not if for him and Angron, So could well be.

Quite scary looking monster!

Somebody threw out an interesting thought that it could be a new version of Dechala.

It's possible, but originally she was quite dinky (no idea where my one went, sadly).

This thing looks fairly large. I know it's hard to tell when it's such a small snippet, but the brushstrokes don't individually stand out. That to me suggests a larger model.

Well it's not as if GW haven't been scaling up in the past few years. And it's been so long since she's been mentioned it wouldn't be hard to retcon it to make her stand out large.

It is possible, and she is a personal favourite.

But she's also never been mentioned before Champions of Chaos, nor mentioned since Champions of Chaos.

If it's any snake bodied Slaanesh devotee, far more likely to be Fulgrim.

If it's Slaaneshi, I'm going to say its the tail of a new Fiend of Slaanesh.

All images have been restored to OP. Are there any solved images remaining in the Unsolved section?

Wasn't the 2nd of August piece (the drawing) an image from the Nurgle dex?

These two





Should be the new Ironskull guy from Shadespire:




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Is the Death Guard Biologis Putrifier:

Done. Thank you very much.

Still curious of what that wheel from May 24th could be. Death Guard got no wheeled vehicles, so it must be something else... Maybe, maybe it's those new Ork Buggies that there have been whispers about....

I could have sworn that coil from March was part of the Kharadron release, but I could be wrong.

It wasn’t, which really annoys me. I even consulted my local GW manager.

Like someone was complaining about earlier, how is it that we still have previews from freaking February that haven't been revealed yet?

Perhaps they were things that were planned for release but have slipped with GW actually responding to consumer demand

after all release some stuff sooner than expected and it's likely at least some of the stuff planned for the slot is going to be shelved at least temporarily

Or they could be playing the long game with some previews.

I’m honestly not sure what’s up with that one. It seems to perfectly match the Kharadron colours and design themes, but it just never released.

Could also be because of their production woes. Parts could be parts of big kits that are slow to produce right now.

zamerion wrote:


No idea : /

Malekith? I mean Malerion?

This one is for the Skaven warband from Shadespire:

Yep, time to take a look at all of the Rumor Engine stuff and see what can be knocked out by the Shadespire Skaven release. Pretty sure there's an image of a tail in there that's from the same release.

The tail was from Shadespire Skaven team. it was never from Blood Bowl. The curve is wrong and no blade attached to the tail.

Today rumour....Small rose

Chopstick wrote:
Today rumour....Small rose

It's obviously the symbol of office of the Knight Gardynos, the chief boutanysts of the stormhosts.


That or pretty marines.

You joke, but there was a Knightly Order for the Empire that had roses as part of their iconography since they were the Knights of Morr.

Yeah - also quite similar to the scythe of Amethyst Wizard in the Battlemage kit!

What was the name of that Sylvaneth character from the Realmgate Wars? Lady of Thorns was it? Because that looks quite thorny.

So that's obviously a flower of some kind (probably a rose, but something about the leaves doesn't look right) and a thorny vine, but what about the horizontal structure? Possibly a branch?

 EnTyme wrote:
So that's obviously a flower of some kind (probably a rose, but something about the leaves doesn't look right) and a thorny vine, but what about the horizontal structure? Possibly a branch?

Female/elven/fairy arm. You can see the elbow and the wrist.

Maybe you can see that...

You're right, it does look like an arm. It's still very much 'death' style tho, check the backside of the scythe in the 360° shot of the Amethyst wizard here https://www.games-workshop.com/de-DE/Collegiate-Arcane-Mystic-Battle-Wizards - it's basically the same flower as the one below the skull, with the three leaves surrounding it.

 Alpharius wrote:
Maybe you can see that...

You'd better believe that I can. And with the right medication, so can you.

But seriously, start on the left with the upper arm, It narrows down into the elbow. The forearm is thicker towards the left than the right, as you would expect, and then broadens into the hand. And it's thin with barely any muscle, thus female/elven/fairy.

MobileSuitRandom wrote:
You're right, it does look like an arm. It's still very much 'death' style tho, check the backside of the scythe in the 360° shot of the Amethyst wizard here https://www.games-workshop.com/de-DE/Collegiate-Arcane-Mystic-Battle-Wizards - it's basically the same flower as the one below the skull, with the three leaves surrounding it.

Since I'm STILL waiting for a Death release and/or a plastic vampire, I wouldn't object to the rose being death related rather than, as suggested earlier, Lady of Thorns Sylvaneth thing. The resin vampiress on foot has a couple of roses one her, too.

 Geifer wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
Maybe you can see that...

You'd better believe that I can. And with the right medication, so can you.

But seriously, start on the left with the upper arm, It narrows down into the elbow. The forearm is thicker towards the left than the right, as you would expect, and then broadens into the hand. And it's thin with barely any muscle, thus female/elven/fairy.

Ha!

OK, maybe?

Still looks more skeletal/death-y to me though...

So Phil Kelly held an interview today, any highlights?

MobileSuitRandom wrote:
Yeah - also quite similar to the scythe of Amethyst Wizard in the Battlemage kit!

Amethyst being the lore of Death and those who practiced it being devoted to Morr, with the Priests of Morr carrying scythes and hourglasses...that makes sense.


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 Alpharius wrote:

 Geifer wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
Maybe you can see that...

You'd better believe that I can. And with the right medication, so can you.

But seriously, start on the left with the upper arm, It narrows down into the elbow. The forearm is thicker towards the left than the right, as you would expect, and then broadens into the hand. And it's thin with barely any muscle, thus female/elven/fairy.

Ha!

OK, maybe?

Still looks more skeletal/death-y to me though...

Honestly, it looks more like it is something from a Dryad or wrapped around antlers rather than being an arm.

One can look at the recent Aelf models(the Mistweaver Saih and Sisters of the Thorn notably) to see that even though they are kept thinner than their male counterparts they're not unrealistically thin.

Sisters of Battle? Celestine carries roses, right?

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
What was the name of that Sylvaneth character from the Realmgate Wars? Lady of Thorns was it? Because that looks quite thorny.

Lady of Vines

http://whfb.lexicanum.com/wiki/Lady_of_Vines

Another Branchwraith character would be cool - probably have to buy her.

but I'd also love many of the other suggestions - Vampire, Priest of Nagash-Mor, Sister of Battle.

New one, a quiver of arrows:

Yeah, I got nothing.
14 November 2017


Colorized rumour engine:


Edit: Brook, where did you learn these ancient Japanese arts?

Obligatory Aelves anybody?

Light Aelves.

EDIT: Damm you Gideon

 Verviedi wrote:
Edit: Brook, where did you learn these ancient Japanese arts?

Most people have me on ignore, so it's not hard to sneak in and do my thing.


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I'm going to say this belongs to the limited edition Valentines Day mini they're doing next year, first time for everything! Pre-order your Primaris Cupidus soon at a GW store near you.

A proper wood elves realease! ....please be true

 Chief wrote:
A proper wood elves realease! ....please be true

WE need a huge boost since didn't they basically split the army in half with Sigmar - trees one side elves the other?

Ooooh, I'm all aquiver!

Wood Elves/Wanderers got allegiance abilities in GH2017. Not likely this will be a release for them.

 Hanskrampf wrote:
Wood Elves/Wanderers got allegiance abilities in GH2017. Not likely this will be a release for them.

It's actually kinda/sorta possible. There's been mutterings afoot about the fact that Orion has been brought back via the "Avatar of the Hunt" warscroll for Wood Elves but not Wanderers and that the Wild Riders have retained their priest status.

 Overread wrote:

 Chief wrote:
A proper wood elves realease! ....please be true

WE need a huge boost since didn't they basically split the army in half with Sigmar - trees one side elves the other?

They both split the army in half and gutted the Elvish side of it (Glade Riders, Wardancers, Waywatchers, Forest Dragons and Warhawks all got axed).

AllSeeingSkink wrote:

 Overread wrote:

 Chief wrote:
A proper wood elves realease! ....please be true

WE need a huge boost since didn't they basically split the army in half with Sigmar - trees one side elves the other?

They both split the army in half and gutted the Elvish side of it (Glade Riders, Wardancers, Waywatchers, Forest Dragons and Warhawks all got axed).

Waywatchers is kind of a weird situation.

They're still in it's just they have been changed exclusively to a Hero choice in the Wanderers list.

The Elf side of things lost:
Glade Riders
Wardancers
Waywatchers(unit)
Glade Scouts(these were just an alternate build of Glade Guard as Skirmishers though so not sure if it's really a loss?)
Orion(although he was recently rejigged as the Avatar of the Hunt)
Hunting Hounds
Forest Dragons
Sisters of Twilight
Warhawks
Glade Lord on Great Stag
Glade Lord on Great Eagle
Great Eagles
Glade Lord on Purebred Steed
Glade Captain Battle Standard Bearer
Shadowdancer
Spellsingers as well

Tree Kin are out as well but they're Treefolk so not Elf.

Ah yes WE did have a lot of metal/finecast that got dropped fast. Shame I always liked the idea of a "wild" army; but yeah sounds like they need a serious amount of attention; htough with the way GW has done Sigma it wouldn't surprise me if they just mash all the elves together into a single faction with niche focuses within it.

They've could've done that with Pestilence Skaven, Beastclaw Raiders, Flesh-Eater court or just mix Savage orruks and Grots together. They haven't done that with all those easy chances and likely will continue the trend with the Aelves and just flesh them out with better spells, formations and allegiances that can make them solo powerhouses or mix it up with other sub-factions.

Wood elves/Wanderers could certainly use help but as it is now people have found clever ways of using allied heroes and the like to give them an edge.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Ooooh, I'm all aquiver!

Bravo.

Looking forward to seeing how this plays out. I hope the Morathi causing trouble rumor is true and we end up with a Aelven civil war with Slaanesh corruption accusations flying around. That'd be a great read with lots of plot potential.

Baron Klatz wrote:
They've could've done that with Pestilence Skaven, Beastclaw Raiders, Flesh-Eater court or just mix Savage orruks and Grots together. They haven't done that with all those easy chances and likely will continue the trend with the Aelves and just flesh them out with better spells, formations and allegiances that can make them solo powerhouses or mix it up with other sub-factions.

Wood elves/Wanderers could certainly use help but as it is now people have found clever ways of using allied heroes and the like to give them an edge.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Ooooh, I'm all aquiver!

Bravo.

Looking forward to seeing how this plays out. I hope the Morathi causing trouble rumor is true and we end up with a Aelven civil war with Slaanesh corruption accusations flying around. That'd be a great read with lots of plot potential.

All of those were released before 2017 when the trend started going the other way. Disciples of Tzeentch, Stormcast Eternals, and Blades of Khorne all combined what used to be multiple sections on the web store into fewer battle tomes. I wouldn't use Pestilence, BCR, FEC, or Orruks as examples of how future releases will go. Honestly, I wouldn't use DoT, SE, or BoK as examples either. The sample size is really too small to know which direct GW will go down. Personally, I'm hoping we'll continue to see armies combined into fewer tomes.

Also, I just have to say it:

I used to speculate on Rumor Engine teasers, then I took an arrow to the knee.

Morathi is dead as of Khaine too, so I really doubt she'll be causing anything...

Ironjawz are different to Bonesplitterz.

Blades of Khorne is different to Tzeentch book.

If things were being fully homogenised, we wouldn’t be getting different books for different Gods.

Instead, we’re seeing them move away from splitting stuff down to a silly degree. So whilst we won’t see Daughters of Khaine get a unique Battletome, that’s not the same as all Elves being covered as a blob book.


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 Kanluwen wrote:
Morathi is dead as of Khaine too, so I really doubt she'll be causing anything...

She may not be....I’ll need to go re-read it, but there’s at least a suggestion that she was found by Malekith and Tyrion.....albeit ‘changed’

@Kanluwen
Hmm, I keep hearing different on her situation but we shall see.

All of those were released before 2017 when the trend started going the other way. Disciples of Tzeentch, Stormcast Eternals, and Blades of Khorne all combined what used to be multiple sections on the web store into fewer battle tomes. I wouldn't use Pestilence, BCR, FEC, or Orruks as examples of how future releases will go. Honestly, I wouldn't use DoT, SE, or BoK as examples either. The sample size is really too small to know which directGW will go down. Personally, I'm hoping we'll continue to see armies combined into fewer tomes. 

Also, I just have to say it: 

I used to speculate on Rumor Engine teasers, then I took an arrow to the knee.

Good point and well played.

I Bow to you and offer an exalt.

[Edit] @Mad Doc,

Yeah, they'll likely balance things out with the Aelves. Enough stuff to put into several battletomes at the very least.

@Kanluwen & Baron Katz : instead of « hearing things », just read the first Age of Sigmar book ?
In the chapter about Malerion, it is explained how he found in the Realm of Ulgu his mother, « still flesh and blood, but changed ». Morathi is alive and kicking !

It's going to be either Tyrion lead Light Elves or Malekith/Malerion lead Shadow Elves

I'm going to be greedy and cross my fingers for both.

 HorticulusDK wrote:
@Kanluwen & Baron Katz : instead of « hearing things », just read the first Age of Sigmar book ?
In the chapter about Malerion, it is explained how he found in the Realm of Ulgu his mother, « still flesh and blood, but changed ». Morathi is alive and kicking !

Haha, excellent point.

Working though so that wasn't an option at the time.

Anyone want to connect the arrows to Lionel Johnson or Leman Russ? I'm bored but I can't come up with anything.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Ironjawz are different to Bonesplitterz.

Blades of Khorne is different to Tzeentch book.

If things were being fully homogenised, we wouldn’t be getting different books for different Gods.

Instead, we’re seeing them move away from splitting stuff down to a silly degree. So whilst we won’t see Daughters of Khaine get a unique Battletome, that’s not the same as all Elves being covered as a blob book.


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 Kanluwen wrote:
Morathi is dead as of Khaine too, so I really doubt she'll be causing anything...

She may not be....I’ll need to go re-read it, but there’s at least a suggestion that she was found by Malekith and Tyrion.....albeit ‘changed’

Morathi lives, remember reading in the first book about Malekith/Malerion finding her in a glad with "shadow demons".

Let’s settle the Morathi question.

She is alive, changed, and allied with Malerion.

Some rumor engines can be linked to aelvish esthetic.

Perhaps there will be two factions, in Silver Tower we got 2 similar but quite different style of Aelf (the Tenebrael Shard & the Mistweaver Saih)

Cool. I don't know why, but I can never properly remember that the background is that explicit.

I mean, I've bought and read everything AoS, but that bit just won't stick!

@Mad Doc Grotsik : perhaps everything you read about Ulgu is .. shrouded in mist and illusion

Nah, I'm just curiously thick at incredibly inopportune times!

The quiver is obviously more Stormcast, the only true Order faction.

 HorticulusDK wrote:
Let’s settle the Morathi question.

She is alive, changed, and allied with Malerion.

Some rumor engines can be linked to aelvish esthetic.

Perhaps there will be two factions, in Silver Tower we got 2 similar but quite different style of Aelf (the Tenebrael Shard & the Mistweaver Saih)

I'm sure I've read that the Mistweaver and Tenebrael are both Shadowkin, think it might be in the Silver Tower tie-in novel?

Chainy.

Anchors away?

zamerion wrote:

C'mon Shadowkin with a hunting beast, c'mon Shadowkin with a hunting beast...

my guess would be either some mounted model or some sort of beastmaster. But seeing how there are 2 chains that run parellel its more likely a mounted model

 Kanluwen wrote:

zamerion wrote:

C'mon Shadowkin with a hunting beast, c'mon Shadowkin with a hunting beast...

Hand looks definetely female and/or elf-ish.
But the chain is way too long for a hunting beast at the other end, unless it is ridden.

 Hanskrampf wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

zamerion wrote:

C'mon Shadowkin with a hunting beast, c'mon Shadowkin with a hunting beast...

Hand looks definetely female and/or elf-ish.
But the chain is way too long for a hunting beast at the other end, unless it is ridden.

Could be that there's a scenic piece the beast handler is on. Or the beast could be kinda low to the ground to start with. Hell, they could even have just not attached the chain to the beast for the photo.

Just throwing some ideas out there. The chain matches with what the Tenebrael Shard has dangling from him though.


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terry wrote:
my guess would be either some mounted model or some sort of beastmaster. But seeing how there are 2 chains that run parellel its more likely a mounted model

Look at Khorgos Kul for the Bloodbound; two chains for his Fleshhound.

Elfy looking hand to my eyes.

I'm guessing some sort of mounted elf unit (standing on top of the mount based on the angle and length of the chain).

40K finally admits its Dune roots and its Paul Atreides surfing the worm?

But seriously, I reckon its something elf surfing something beastie. Its a long chain, so seems bigger than just a dog handler or similar.

Elf on sandworm would be the best compromise.

Possibly an exodite on a big ass lizard?

Some Necromundian with a pet.

Daedalus81 wrote:
Some Necromundian with a pet.

Escher with a big cat would be cool (carefully phrased)

Can't wait to find out this Elf thing is just 1 model for the upcoming campaign with right hand holding the small wyrm and left hand holding the chain for whatever it is riding.

They have rotated images before haven’t they?

If you rotate the screen 90 degrees it could be someone standing and a large canine or big cat rearing up.

The other potential is something like the Deldar Hellions.

The handle seems to have two protuberances and one of which ends in a fashion that makes me remember this

I wonder if it's upside down. Some kind of trapeze act....

Also hoping for the Shadowkin

Lord Kragan wrote:
The handle seems to have two protuberances and one of which ends in a fashion that makes me remember this

The Tenebreal Shard and Mistweaver Saih have similar references so 'Aelf' is still the front runner IMO.

Hope it's part of a large release, but could just be a Shadespire squad, which would still be neat but presumably months and months away as we still have four known sets to work through.

 plastictrees wrote:

Lord Kragan wrote:
The handle seems to have two protuberances and one of which ends in a fashion that makes me remember this

T 'Aelf' is still the front runner .

Aelf and you know who ain't exclusive

 plastictrees wrote:

Lord Kragan wrote:
The handle seems to have two protuberances and one of which ends in a fashion that makes me remember this

The Tenebreal Shard and Mistweaver Saih have similar references so 'Aelf' is still the front runner IMO.

Hope it's part of a large release, but could just be a Shadespire squad, which would still be neat but presumably months and months away as we still have four known sets to work through.

It's meant to be a crescent moon. The reference is to Lileath and Morai-Heg("The Crone"). That's why there is a raven-skull on the Mistweaver.

Could also be a Moonclan Grot holding back a squig...

Moonclan grots have hands like that?

Carlovonsexron wrote:
Moonclan grots have hands like that?

Post end times in gray scale with little other context/ scale? Sure, why not.

This new one looks related to that arm holding the mini dragon spawn that was shown off...a long time ago. I'm very curious to see any AoS re envisioning of elves. Especially if it's the faction related to that tenabrael shard guy from silver tower.

Since the hand and chain is so straight and if you turn the picture upside down i can imagine those chains being attached to some flying thing and the figure holding on and dangling below it. Like some circus swing thing.

Or just holding onto some big beast on the ground, might be more likely.

 plastictrees wrote:

Carlovonsexron wrote:
Moonclan grots have hands like that?

Post end times in gray scale with little other context/ scale? Sure, why not.

My money's on aelves, though most of the things Ibthough fornsure were gonna be aelf related turned outnto be the nurgle snail, so what donI know?

That said, I do think it looks a bit to slim for grots. I doubt GW would get rid of the chunky limbs that help give them sonmich character.

Looks like a scenery bit to me.

 Ghaz wrote:


Looks like a scenery bit to me.

that or something ad mech, but I doubt that.

New AdMech?! Pleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease

Hmm the cog hints of Mechanicus, but it is a plain skull, not the half-machine skull they use on all the terrain.

New tech priest? Or a vehicle?

But probably another bit of terrain to add to the sector Mechanicus stuff.

More terrain?

I mean, I love terrain more than most... but there's so much. I need to plan this stuff out, and adding more pieces is making that hard.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
More terrain?

I mean, I love terrain more than most... but there's so much. I need to plan this stuff out, and adding more pieces is making that hard.

Alright, someone fetch-a-mod. H.B.M.C.'s account has been hacked...


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Thinking back, anyone got a link to those White Dwarf battle report images posted a while back - they appeared to have some unseen water tanks as part of the terrain set up.

I'm not sure if I was scrolling past it too fast, but it gave me a ships wheel vibe for a moment.

I'm really hoping it's a new AdMech transport, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

A generator of sorts, whether it is terrain or mounted on the back of some cyber-golem remains to be seen.

I'm going for terrain to help bulk out Necromunda.

A Scooty Puff Junior for Belisarius Cawl to ride about on



heretical new technology nobody will question as he's so powerful

Might get lost in the new speculation, but this one from March 2017 is solved:

If its a new Ad mech unit, I'll eat my hat

Ad Mech skulls are cybernetic. This one is plain. That is why I think this is something else. AoS Squats perhaps?

 Oguhmek wrote:
Ad Mech skulls are cybernetic. This one is plain. That is why I think this is something else. AoS Squats perhaps?

Adeptus Mechanicus skulls (aka the Opus Mechanicus) are only split like that if they are big enough for that detail to be noticeable. Since the Squats never used anything like the Opus and neither do the Karadron Overlords, I reckon it’s just a small Adeptus Mechanicus component zoomed in close. Like Cawl’s key, way back when. This could then be the backpack power generator for a new Adeptus Mechanicus infantry model, or perhaps a detail component on a larger vehicle, but the backpack seems more likely based on the shape.

As for what the model is? I’m hoping for a new kind of Magos. We’ve got the Dominus type but missing all the others.

Might get lost in the new speculation, but this one from March 2017 is solved: 

Dang, good eyes!

Yup Rose has it right - all the lack of a cyber-half on the Opus means is that the part is teeny-weeny. I think the biggest sizes you see the plain skull Opus is on stuff like Techmarine shoulderpads or the engine detail part from the Land Raider kit.

The "spokes" behind the techno-detailing made me think it might be a wheel at first, but the cutout at the bottom makes that unlikely. Maybe some kind of ornate power core for a new Electropriest character? Eh, who knows, these "hints" never really tell us much.

Yeah, It def looks like some of the electro priests bits to me:

 Mr_Rose wrote:

 Oguhmek wrote:
Ad Mech skulls are cybernetic. This one is plain. That is why I think this is something else. AoS Squats perhaps?

Adeptus Mechanicus skulls (aka the Opus Mechanicus) are only split like that if they are big enough for that detail to be noticeable. Since the Squats never used anything like the Opus and neither do the Karadron Overlords, I reckon it’s just a small Adeptus Mechanicus component zoomed in close. Like Cawl’s key, way back when. This could then be the backpack power generator for a new Adeptus Mechanicus infantry model, or perhaps a detail component on a larger vehicle, but the backpack seems more likely based on the shape.

As for what the model is? I’m hoping for a new kind of Magos. We’ve got the Dominus type but missing all the others.

Does either the arc rifle or plasma caliver have a skull like this on their back packs?

it matches the design that's is on ever Ad mech model, they all have the plain skull and not the half mechanical skull

Would be nice if its something admechy, but then again Bobby G has this symbol on the back of his armor

The Arc Rifle backpack looks like this.

Very similar.

Mechanicus Flyer?

Just rampant speculation.

Huh, I was mistaken then. My memory was probably skewed due to painting a lot of Sector Mechanicus terrain lately, and on that every skull is divided - even the smallest ones.

New Robot maybe?

Or a generator from the floating platforms used in the codex art of AdMech vs Tyranids.

Odd for a new bit of art to include units that don't have models, and stranger still for there to be multiples of them in the artwork.

There's a dakka thread on them here

Do you think you'd be able to estimate size based on the rivets? Looks to me like it'd be about four times the size of the Skitarrii backpacks roughly judging by the rivet size compare to the eye sockets on the skull.

You know, I think I may be able to do that. I’d just need a way to measure rivet size in milimeters, and then make a mm-to-pixel ratio.

 WrentheFaceless wrote:
it matches the design that's is on ever Ad mech model, they all have the plain skull and not the half mechanical skull

Would be nice if its something admechy, but then again Bobby G has this symbol on the back of his armor

I feel like if it was AdMech they would have picked a different part of the model to make it less obvious. Or maybe that's what they want us to think...

Done!



I think I did this right. The plate on the left is the Onager Dunecrawler Icarus Array side plate. Assuming the rivets are the same size, the rumour engine thing should be roughly 1/2 inch.

Looks like the Mechanicus emblem on the back of an Imperial Knight.

Is that image of a lion head from a while back part of the new Custodes cloak. If you look at the Custodes right shoulder it appears to have a pelt on it and he has other lion iconography on his person.

 EnTyme wrote:
Looks like the Mechanicus emblem on the back of an Imperial Knight.

Centurions also have it.

I'm going to be quite grumpy if this is another ing Space Marine unit. Mechanicus hasn't had a release in ages, and got a crappy book.

 Verviedi wrote:
I'm going to be quite grumpy if this is another ing Space Marine unit. Mechanicus hasn't had a release in ages, and got a crappy book.

They are all busy building all those new armours, tanks and weapons for the Primaris. Stop being so entitled, why should the ones that make everything for the Imperium have like, something for themselves? They are blessed by the opportunity to make weapons for the Emperor's Finnest Mark II Gluten-Free edition

Go Marine or Go Home.

Wait, you mean there are factions other than Space Marine? That's just crazy talk

Well. That's as clear as mud!

That looks like a cape or an exceptionally large loin cloth.

It's clearly the cape of the Knight Taurus, the elite bullfighters of the stormcast eternals and their best answer against doombulls and luring in ogroid taumaturges.

 kronk wrote:
That looks like a cape or an exceptionally large loin cloth.

Or it could be a really tiny loincloth really zoomed in But seriously, that could be any damn thing from any of the systems.

2 Cherubs carrying a cloak

I’m gonna to with Fulgrim. All of my guesses will be Fulgrim until it is something that obviously can’t be him. Lol

The bunching in the corner is suggestive of a fastening or holder just out of sight.

Could also well be a curtain for a dais of some kind you know.

Ok so the design of the piece in the last pic at least gave us a few general indicators of what it could be. This one however? All you can say is its not Tyranids

GoatboyBeta wrote:
Ok so the design of the piece in the last pic at least gave us a few general indicators of what it could be. This one however? All you can say is its not Tyranids

Don't be silly. It's quite obviously a Tyranid's bib for when it becomes a messy eater

If it is 40k it is imperial or maybe slaanesh. The ruffles on the side don't fit the Eldar and the other races are too scruffy. If it is aos it is Stormcast, free people's or Aelves. It has a very pompous imperial feel to it so I'm going to guess either custodes or sisters. I think it will end up bring some kind of banner

Plastic sisters confirmed!

Going through a bit of a tangent here but: we've had released chapter approved and the two loyalist codexiis by 12/12. 19/12 will be the lord celestant. Is there anything left for the 26/12?

I think that's the street date for the last of the Deathwatch (Blight Haulers and Easy Build Terminators & Lord)

 kronk wrote:
That looks like a cape or an exceptionally large loin cloth.

I'm going with it's the tabard for Malerion and he and his Shadowkin will be out in January, right before my local GW starts a new escalation league for AoS where I finally won't miss it because of sheer happenstance and inclement weather!

Reminds me of the old Saint Celestine model more than anything.

It's Tom Kirby's dirty laundry

 Imateria wrote:
Reminds me of the old Saint Celestine model more than anything.

Same
I'm assuming the cloth piece is pretty large, given the number of folds. So probably not a rank and file infantry model.

New curtain in Fulgrim's toilet?

He wouldn't use a curtain. Or a door.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:


Don't be silly. It's quite obviously a Tyranid's bib for when it becomes a messy eater

Don't be silly. Tyranids are NEVER messy eaters, you need every bit of biomass. Therefore you finish by eating the bib.

/ Fredrik

It looks like a flag or something that would hang from a building. It's laying way to flat for a cape.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
He wouldn't use a curtain. Or a door.

Or a toilet, he would go wherever it pleased him and caused most offence to the norms. How Rapturous!

It’s Vects bath towel being held up by his slaves.

 General Kroll wrote:
It’s Vects bath towel being held up by his slaves.

that would be fun....

Buts its almost certainly a Stormcast or Marine.

Primaris *rolls dice* Adjudicator.

Looks like the cloak of valoris custodian captain dude.

Mephiston

I'm kinda leaning towards the "too wide to be a cape" arguments.

It probably is a cape but I could see it as scenery now too. Could be a ShadeSpire/Silver Tower update kit or the like with a old heraldry flag on a structure.

Sector Mechanicus Illumination Regulator panel.

Clearly a Blood Bowl anti-Minotaur specialist Torero Star Player

Good idea!

Baron Klatz wrote:
I'm kinda leaning towards the "too wide to be a cape" arguments.

Mm. For a sane and rational model, I'd agree. However, GW has had some real monsters of capes/cloaks in the past.

It's definitely being held up/suspended at the drape-y end. By something.

 JohnnyHell wrote:
It's definitely being held up/suspended at the drape-y end. By something.

Cherub? Plastic sisters?

It's going to be Dorns loin cloth. GW has listened to many peoples critiques of Roboutes armor being too over the top, so they've choosen to strip down Dorns model to only its bare necessities.

So... i've only been kinda following this thread, but we've got unsolved images since February. That's almost a full year since they "hinted" at something, and we still haven't seen it yet? Seems kinda lame on GW's part to me.

Looks like hair to me...

could be elfen hair

new lilith or female phoenix lord

Fulgrim's Luscious Locks.

Or a helmet plume.

Hair Squigs.

a new ork topknot?

those goff rocker models could use an update

Helmet plume from yet another Stormcast hero.

It's clearly the mane of the knight hairios, the elite-hairdressers of the stormhosts.

Looks very whooshy. Nothing's as wooshy as elf hair.

In before Galas and Aelves.

A model from the Horus Hairesy?

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
In before Galas and Aelves.

Is not my fault everything is so elvish, like the arm with the chains, or the arm with the little dragon

 Galas wrote:

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
In before Galas and Aelves.

Is not my fault everything is so elvish, like the arm with the chains, or the arm with the little dragon

Aelfish. would it kill you to get their pronouns right, GOD.

the_scotsman wrote:

 Galas wrote:

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
In before Galas and Aelves.

Is not my fault everything is so elvish, like the arm with the chains, or the arm with the little dragon

Aelfish. would it kill you to get their pronouns right, GOD.

Hmm... for some reason in my head the plural of "Aelf" was "Aelves", not "Aelfs", like the plural of "Elf" is "Elves", not "Elfs". In the old compendiums they say things like "Aelven shields", etc... not "Aelfish"

http://ageofsigmar.wikia.com/wiki/Aelves

I apologize, sometimes I read some word wrongthe first time, and I spent years saying it wrong until I realize it. Of course the fault of this is in GW and their strange name changes and... my english is no mucho bueno

New horse?!

Edit: Ooo, rough riders!

 Galas wrote:

the_scotsman wrote:

 Galas wrote:

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
In before Galas and Aelves.

Is not my fault everything is so elvish, like the arm with the chains, or the arm with the little dragon

Aelfish. would it kill you to get their pronouns right, GOD.

Hmm... for some reason in my head the plural of "Aelf" was "Aelves", not "Aelfs", like the plural of "Elf" is "Elves", not "Elfs". In the old compendiums they say things like "Aelven shields", etc...

http://ageofsigmar.wikia.com/wiki/Aelves

I apologize, sometimes I read some word wrongthe first time, and I spent years saying it wrong until I realize it. Of course the fault of this is in GW and their strange name changes and... my english is no mucho bueno

Sorry, /s.

That was a joke

 Ghaz wrote:


Looks like hair to me...

My first thought.

I'll admit a potential bias of wishful thinking though.

Well maybe the Delaque are getting a rewrite to their history

 Galas wrote:

the_scotsman wrote:

 Galas wrote:

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
In before Galas and Aelves.

Is not my fault everything is so elvish, like the arm with the chains, or the arm with the little dragon

Aelfish. would it kill you to get their pronouns right, GOD.

Hmm... for some reason in my head the plural of "Aelf" was "Aelves", not "Aelfs", like the plural of "Elf" is "Elves", not "Elfs". In the old compendiums they say things like "Aelven shields", etc... not "Aelfish"

http://ageofsigmar.wikia.com/wiki/Aelves

I apologize, sometimes I read some word wrong the first time, and I spent years saying it wrong until I realize it. Of course the fault of this is in GW and their strange name changes and... my english is no mucho bueno

That is some outdated lore. Maybe they should read the Grand Alliance order book

Standard GW topknot. Could literally be attached to anything.

 Elbows wrote:
A model from the Horus Hairesy?

What a hairrible thought.

Voss wrote:
Standard GW topknot. Could literally be attached to anything.

Ehhh...
It's less of a topknot, more of lustrous locks in the wind. It shares elements with the Wild Riders/Sisters of the Thorn in that likely it's a piece with hair and will have a helm/face frontpiece that 'plugs on' to it.

Maybe we're getting a Sister of Silence plastic HQ model.

 Aesthete wrote:

 Elbows wrote:
A model from the Horus Hairesy?

What a hairrible thought.

Hair hair thair!

 Asmodai wrote:

 Ghaz wrote:


Looks like hair to me...

My first thought.

I'll admit a potential bias of wishful thinking though.

Well, we know custodians are getting at least some love in the future so it isn't unreasonable. Or just illustrates how all models with flowing hair have it look really similar and it could be anything.

Just like last weeks piece of cloth the only thing that can be said for sure about this is its not Tyranids(and probably not Necrons either)

 djones520 wrote:
So... i've only been kinda following this thread, but we've got unsolved images since February. That's almost a full year since they "hinted" at something, and we still haven't seen it yet? Seems kinda lame on GW's part to me.

The one from February is interesting as it is fairly clearly something from the dwarf overlords. If you look at their unique character for example, you can see something very similar. There are a few other places with the same sort of bauble with the exact same paintjob. But nothing matches up exactly. Possibly part of the line ended up having production problems and was never officially released? Stranger things have happened, and with 40k releases picking up shortly after said model may have gotten pushed back or something.

Its from GW's new top knot upgrade sprue. Now we can finally give our 'Nids the top knots they were missing out on.

Or its time for Abbadon's top knot to finally ascend to deamonhood and it gets its own top knot

New head options for Flayed Ones. Sanctuary 101 upgrade sprue .

It's not hair its cables from the plastic thunderhawk

Spaghetti faction for AoS

The new style they are going for plastic sisters or battle, clearly.

She will also be riding on a plastic thunderhawk.

 CURNOW wrote:
It's not hair its cables from the plastic thunderhawk

its not cables, its hair from one of the sister of battle crew members for the new plastic thunderhawk, which can also be used in AoS for the stormcast eternal

I think the hair is too long to be a Stormcast or a Custodes. These guys usually have shorter hair, so the hair bundle gets narrow pretty quickly.
I'd say Elves or Eldars. It actually looks a lot like Yvraine's hair to me, so if it's Eldar, I picture some female Eldar in wych suit.

 Ghaz wrote:


Looks like hair to me...

Princess Twilight Sparkle.

My Little Pony 40k crossover confirmed.

Fresus, check out the top knot on the Lord Aquilor model.

It kind of makes me think about Mistweaver Saih, so Shadow Aelves?

Amazon blood bowl team where parts are interchangeable with necromunda Escher figures to make them more native like the artwork.

I'm going with Shadowkin but these flowing manes/hair/topknots are a challenge to tell apart.

 Inanimate wrote:
Fresus, check out the top knot on the Lord Aquilor model.

I did not realize Stormcast had top-knots so big and so light (floating in the wind instead of dropping).
So yeah, if models that bulky can get top-knots like that, I guess anyone can…

Not saying this is the same, but there's a definitive similarity:

28th June


https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/12/17/new-champion-storm-rises/


The one in June looks more detailed, possibly larger?

ChrisB wrote:
Not saying this is the same, but there's a definitive similarity:

28th June


https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/12/17/new-champion-storm-rises/


The one in June looks more detailed, possibly larger?

Yeah, I still think the June snapshot is a Sigmar model.
We already have Nagash and Alarielle as god-like beings, and the Celestant-Prime is really just a champion.

It's... an entirely different design.

Mad Donna?

Yeah, it looks lion-like but there's some key differences that look like you could zoom out and see horns on it or something similarly ghoulish.

Vexing part is what it's biting into. Looks like an anvil.

It's a hopeful stretch but it could circle back to the architect rumor. Lion+ rune anvil= Ironweld?

It's likely stormcast, anvil, lion, hammer are common Stormcast symbol. Had been discussed before.



Which is dreadful because more SC are coming.