The overlapping plates are very evocative of tyranid armor/head plates.

I agree with the GSC guesses.

 Shadow Walker wrote:
Nah, it is Slaanesh (just because ).

I was just about to suggest hedonites.
The exact elaborate style of the staff itself is used by the hedonites, while the genestealer cults have more crude and functional stuff.
Although, my first impression was GSC.

Daemon Engine?

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:


Daemon Engine?

New Primaris Lieutenant. We've not had one in a while.

Could be something for Mechanicum. They're missing one of the murder bots, the Ursurax or Athanax or something...

Wondering if it ties into this?



Both seem to show similar weathering.

Dare I hope for Dark Mechanicum, albeit with hopefully a better name?

1st thought was Yarrick, but doesn't look orky enough.

Looking at it? I think there’s a flamer, possibly melta barrel on the rear side. Akin to the Washing Machine Dreadnought’s auxiliary shooter.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Looking at it? I think there’s a flamer, possibly melta barrel on the rear side. Akin to the Washing Machine Dreadnought’s auxiliary shooter.

I originally suspected it was new rat ogre Skryre bits, but now that you mention it, there's definitely a gun under there.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Wondering if it ties into this?



Both seem to show similar weathering.

Dare I hope for Dark Mechanicum, albeit with hopefully a better name?

this is a good catch; however, i'm inclined to believe the teaser text this time and say it's a horse. warhammer could always use more horses

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Looking at it? I think there’s a flamer, possibly melta barrel on the rear side. Akin to the Washing Machine Dreadnought’s auxiliary shooter.

Power claw with flamer built in. New Huron Blackheart?

Dark Mechanicum?

 MajorWesJanson wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Looking at it? I think there’s a flamer, possibly melta barrel on the rear side. Akin to the Washing Machine Dreadnought’s auxiliary shooter.

Power claw with flamer built in. New Huron Blackheart?

Oh, I would love that. He needs an update.

Hmm. Could this be for an updated Spyrer Malcodon rig? It looks too neat to be a Chaos weapon and the two fingers + thumb combo is unusual.

The general spikyness is really close to wotsisface, the Demi-god bloke?

And, if that is a Meltagun (barrel most closely resembles), then the scale is likely around Dreadnought.

The curved claws with spikes down the middle of the back are 100% Daemon Engine stuff. Look at Heldrake and Vashtorr.


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Between the claw and the narthecium, my wild wild guess is a Daemon Apothecary counterpart to Vashtorr the Daemon Artificer.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
The curved claws with spikes down the middle of the back are 100% Daemon Engine stuff. Look at Heldrake and Vashtorr.


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Between the claw and the narthecium, my wild wild guess is a Daemon Apothecary counterpart to Vashtorr the Daemon Artificer.

You see very similar motives on Adeptus Mechanicus stuff, like the Onager Dunecrawler claws. Pteraxii and Ironstriders also have similar spike decorations on components, although they don't have claws.

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 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
The general spikyness is really close to wotsisface, the Demi-god bloke?

And, if that is a Meltagun (barrel most closely resembles), then the scale is likely around Dreadnought.

Terminator scale is also plausible- we have an example of a Terminator fist with underslung meltagun.

We know Mechanicum was teased as next for HH so likely tied to that.

Necromunda Spyrer maybe

There looks to be a bit of clothing visible behind the housing for the claw.

Could be an additional sprue for Ogryn

HH Decimator variant?

The weathering on it makes me think Horus Heresy for sure.
The reach of the claws suggests Daemon Engine or Automata.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:


Daemon Engine?

hmm....

A solid enough guess that I went to look at the Mechanicum catalog in detail, but alas, definitely not unless the plastics depart far more from the source than any previous FW to plastic shift has.

Unless they’re for 40K Chaos.

Definitely a potential candidate overall.

If they're for 40k Chaos, it isn't in the main codex.

It wouldn't be beyond belief to see an upgrade frame for the Helbrute to do a World Eater specific variant, right?

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
The general spikyness is really close to wotsisface, the Demi-god bloke?

And, if that is a Meltagun (barrel most closely resembles), then the scale is likely around Dreadnought.

Looking at the painting, specifically the edge highlighting, this is likely a human-sized model rather than anything large.

 Kanluwen wrote:
If they're for 40k Chaos, it isn't in the main codex.

It wouldn't be beyond belief to see an upgrade frame for the Helbrute to do a World Eater specific variant, right?

Since it's been less than 20 years since the last World Eater model was released, yes, it would most definitely be beyond belief.

Man of iron powerfist

Pale colour as well, rather than the traditional black/deep red of Chaos.

Hazard yellow or industrial grey makes me think Necromunda, perhaps updated Pit Slaves etc

I'm guessing a Necromunda model as well. Probably a new bot of some description.

SamusDrake wrote:
I'm guessing a Necromunda model as well. Probably a new bot of some description.

It did remind me of a more spikey ambot claw.

 Tastyfish wrote:
Pale colour as well, rather than the traditional black/deep red of Chaos.

Hazard yellow or industrial grey makes me think Necromunda, perhaps updated Pit Slaves etc

Vashtorr has a pretty muted palette though.

A fair few Mechanicum units are painted bone/beige, but never quite as corroded.

Maybe Munda isn't that unrealistic.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
A fair few Mechanicum units are painted bone/beige, but never quite as corroded.

Looking at the Dunerider, the beige parts are heavily corroded.

Not. A. Clue.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:


Not. A. Clue.

Reminds me of the void dragon. Perhaps they're moving more c'tan from resin to plastic?

i don't think they would reuse the style so heavily for future c'tan

my one in a million shot is that this is something nurgley, connected to those nurgle underworld warband bits we got shown over christmas. or a big centerpiece model (but that one is kinda obvious)

Skaven warp lighting? With bits of warpstone?

They still do that in AoS?

More Gnarlwood scenery. It looks arboreal with a chunk of meat in it.

 Kanluwen wrote:
More Gnarlwood scenery. It looks arboreal with a chunk of meat in it.

Kurnothi offering altar?

 Nevelon wrote:
Skaven warp lighting? With bits of warpstone?

They still do that in AoS?

Not a bad shout that.

I'm guessing some sort of magic effect for AoS or something on a base.

Rose Quartz shattering Pink Diamond cca -5000 BC (colorized, no wait)

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:


Not. A. Clue.

I'm guessing new endless spells. To coincide with today's article.

Something for the Votann, maybe? Psychic geomancy effect?

Looks like a Saurus shield. But isn’t a Saurus shield.

I mean, Saurus Guard haven't been resculpted yet.

Gold plated spikes? Fancy

I’m guessing temple guard or maybe spiky new skinks? I feel like the model may not be that large

i think it's the back for some kind of mount

Necromundan creature maybe?

It's a squig.

 StudentOfEtherium wrote:
i think it's the back for some kind of mount

I think you are right. More specifically it looks alot like the neck of a dracothian, and they would probably be up for resculpts sooner or later.

 GaroRobe wrote:
Gold plated spikes? Fancy

I’m guessing temple guard or maybe spiky new skinks? I feel like the model may not be that large

Almost certainly Temple Guard, yeah. They match the back spikes of the new Saurus pretty much exactly, down to the gold caps on their champion. I figure we'll see a lot of that sort of ornamentation on the Guard, so pretty much a shoe-in.

Mechanicum maybe?

Mmmm! DAEMON ENGINE!

It’s got legs, and it knows how to use them!


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Oooop, slightly ninja’s!

Willing to bet this ties in with the servo skull and claw thing.

Maybe not the same model (but probably is) but definitely the same range/aesthetic.

Could be a Vorax leg. It's different to the current Vorax, but still reasonably similar.

this is definitely a mechanicum robot and now i'm convinced that the others are too. might even be something we see revealed this weekend

 Snrub wrote:
Could be a Vorax leg. It's different to the current Vorax, but still reasonably similar.

Do vorax have spikes on claws?

Robo Rooster. For 40k Mechanicus of course.

 Dryaktylus wrote:
Robo Rooster. For 40k Mechanicus of course.

It's a little early in the lifespan of the AdMech book for us to get new units, I think?

Not Online!!! wrote:
Do vorax have spikes on claws?

Not exactly like the rumour pic.

But there's nothing to say it couldn't be a minor redesign.



As I said previously, could also be the Ursarax, which haven't been for sale for aaaages (not that that means anything really, in the context of Forgeworld) or it could even be the Arlatax which has never had a model.


Or it might not be Mechanicum and could be Ad-Mech. Not sure if they're due a codex or not for 10th?

AdMech already got their codex for 10E.

 Kanluwen wrote:
AdMech already got their codex for 10E.

Those technically aren’t AdMech, and won’t be in the codex any time soon.

AdMech already got their 10th edition codex. that's where the stilt-leg skitarii came from

we already know plastic mechanicum is coming from the last reveals show so i don't think it's too absurd for it to be that

Ah ok, so not likely to be Ad-Mech then. Guess they could be Dark-Mech. That'd give them an army they could bounce between both 30k and 40k. Although there's not exactly rules for Dark-Mech in 30k (yet) apart from 2 special characters.

The scuffed up paint job is all that's stopping me from being convinced it's Mechanicum. They just don't use that style on the FW kits. Not to say that couldn't change for the plastic range. Guess we'll find out for sure in a few days.
Announcing Dark-Mech over Mechanicum would be quite the rug pull!

Mechanicum - we just need to wait few days for the confirmation for HH reveal.

 Snrub wrote:
Ah ok, so not likely to be Ad-Mech then. Guess they could be Dark-Mech. That'd give them an army they could bounce between both 30k and 40k. Although there's not exactly rules for Dark-Mech in 30k (yet) apart from 2 special characters.

The scuffed up paint job is all that's stopping me from being convinced it's Mechanicus. They just don't use that style on the FW kits. Not to say that couldn't change for the plastic range. Guess we'll find out for sure in a few days.
Announcing Dark-Mech over Mechanicus would be quite the rug pull!

You mean Mechanicum(30k).

The Mechanicus(40k) have that scuffing on a lot of the "cream" colored paint parts.

There's a chance for something AdMech related to come out via Kill-Team, but whatever these things are is likely Newcromunda or 30k.

Looks Dark-mech to me, claw and what looks like heavy weathering on the armour panel don't look loyalist...

All of these robots things are dirty white with extreeeme chipping which doesn't match any established Eavy Metal scheme.

30k Mech is likely-ish but my money is on weird gak encountered by Necromunda dead hive explorers..

It's quite close to the chaos knights aesthetic as well

 Kanluwen wrote:
You mean Mechanicum(30k).

Yep, surely did. I had both running through my brain and between it and my fingers the two got conflated.

 Snrub wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
You mean Mechanicum(30k).

Yep, surely did. I had both running through my brain and between it and my fingers the two got conflated.

I hate that the organization rebranded by changing an "m" to an "s", so I get it! Wasn't meant to be nitpicky or anything.

 Kanluwen wrote:
I hate that the organization rebranded by changing an "m" to an "s", so I get it! Wasn't meant to be nitpicky or anything.

Nah nah, I get it. It's an easy one to cause confusion with and in a conversation such the current, the distinction matters!
I'm not sure I've ever heard in lore reason why it changed from Mechanicum to Adeptus Mechanicus. Certainly nothings jumping to the fore.

 Kanluwen wrote:
There's a chance for something AdMech related to come out via Kill-Team, but whatever these things are is likely Newcromunda or 30k.

If the new Necromunda thing is a Warhammer Quest-type game, I could see this (and the servo skull and claw pics) being from the bad guy faction. Slightly corrupted, slightly corroded, all DEADLY!

I think the next Chaos Knight release will be a proper Tyrant kit, whereas this looks smaller. I'm going to go with a Necromunda mech.

 Snrub wrote:

I'm not sure I've ever heard in lore reason why it changed from Mechanicum to Adeptus Mechanicus. Certainly nothings jumping to the fore.

It was covered in HH: Binary Succession audio-drama. Basically having an Adeptus title gave them both loyalist status, and power in the Imperium.

SamusDrake wrote:
I think the next Chaos Knight release will be a proper Tyrant kit, whereas this looks smaller. I'm going to go with a Necromunda mech.

I'll be amazed if there is one, there are enough HH knights out now to pull them into the books and call it done for chaos and imperial.

While the front plate and back spike make me doubt, the structure of the leg itself looks really similar to the one from the Killa Kan kit.

Dudeface wrote:

SamusDrake wrote:
I think the next Chaos Knight release will be a proper Tyrant kit, whereas this looks smaller. I'm going to go with a Necromunda mech.

I'll be amazed if there is one, there are enough HH knights out now to pull them into the books and call it done for chaos and imperial.

I mean, they could break them up into 3:
-"Relic Knights" that go into AdMech, but can theoretically be taken as Freeblades/Spiky Freeblades.
-"Imperial Knights", which just really need their own version of the "War Dog" kit adding a series of variants to the Armigers
-"Chaos Knights", which just really need a Tyrant.

For what its worth, the heal claw has a similar claw on the Ad-mech robo-horses, so I would not call it sinister enough to be heretical.

Something about the guardshield looks like necromundas fondness of ribbed shield plates.

Dudeface wrote:


I'll be amazed if there is one, there are enough HH knights out now to pull them into the books and call it done for chaos and imperial.

While a possibility, the Cerastus might remain with Imperial Armour due to being part of the Horus Heresy range. I can also foresee the problem of customer demand for Chaos versions of the Cerastus, should they add them to the 40K codices. At least for now, the only pressure from Chaos Knight players is a Tyrant kit...

SamusDrake wrote:

Dudeface wrote:


I'll be amazed if there is one, there are enough HH knights out now to pull them into the books and call it done for chaos and imperial.

While a possibility, the Cerastus might remain with Imperial Armour due to being part of the Horus Heresy range. I can also foresee the problem of customer demand for Chaos versions of the Cerastus, should they add them to the 40K codices. At least for now, the only pressure from Chaos Knight players is a Tyrant kit...

I mean, we still share the Armiger kit for the Huntsman and Executioner, as well as the Despoiler, so it's not just the Tyrant.

Laughing Man wrote:

I mean, we still share the Armiger kit for the Huntsman and Executioner, as well as the Despoiler, so it's not just the Tyrant.

It would be so much easier if they just released upgrade kits for the Armigers & Wardogs, but you can at least make a Huntsman from the Wardog kit.

I might consider taking this into another thread, as its a little bit of topic.

Rapier Scout Titan for LI/AT.

I'm gonna manifest that @#$%er.

 gorgon wrote:
Rapier Scout Titan for LI/AT.

I'm gonna manifest that @#$%er.

Dire Wolf in 40K scale for 40K/Horus Heresy

 gorgon wrote:
Rapier Scout Titan for LI/AT.

I'm gonna manifest that @#$%er.

Yeah, whatever happened that guy, eh? All talk for years and still no show...

It looks like there is no engine solved by AoS box.

I think that Necromunda reveal is solving at least 4 engines.

I'm not sure it solves any, other than suggesting that they could well be the other Spyrers.

Claws and legs are wrong. Orrus suits have flat feet/hooves and round fingers.

this one wasn't a surprise


people were definitely calling this one, too


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these are the only ones that got solved, tho, unless it's something really subtle

Looks like I was overly ecstatic because munda's reveals. Yeah, they solved nothing :(

Gonna start thinking it's Chaos Titans for LI.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Gonna start thinking it's Chaos Titans for LI.

Was anything RE ever related to LI? I do not remember but it could be nice to get something for a change.

 Shadow Walker wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Gonna start thinking it's Chaos Titans for LI.

Was anything RE ever related to LI? I do not remember but it could be nice to get something for a change.

I don't think it was, probably because the scale makes most things obvious. But it could work in this case.

 lord_blackfang wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Gonna start thinking it's Chaos Titans for LI.

Was anything RE ever related to LI? I do not remember but it could be nice to get something for a change.

I don't think it was, probably because the scale makes most things obvious. But it could work in this case.

Yeah, LI Warhound Titan would be about 40k dread sized?

 Shadow Walker wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Gonna start thinking it's Chaos Titans for LI.

Was anything RE ever related to LI? I do not remember but it could be nice to get something for a change.

I don't think it was, probably because the scale makes most things obvious. But it could work in this case.

Yeah, LI Warhound Titan would be about 40k dread sized?

Old Dread, but yeah.

A brassiere.

Sorry. Brazier.

Could be for anything really. Although I guess wood suggests AoS over 40K.

Cities of Sigmar or Bretonnia or Empire. Flagellants?

Here we go, something undeniably Warhammer. Unambiguous, a little gothic, probably carried by someone with breathtakingly outdated views on inclusivity… it’s got the lot. We don’t even need to guess what this is, really.

lol

flagellants is a good guess, tho, i like that

 Shadow Walker wrote:
Cities of Sigmar or Bretonnia or Empire. Flagellants?

I could see Cities getting new flagellants and the current ones getting booted back.

New Mordheim confirmed.

Or perhaps some redemptionist scrapyard throne of judgement walker.

Wooden shaft rules out Necromunda at least.

Little teaser for Empire perhaps. Not flagellants but maybe a priest hero or some such.

 StudentOfEtherium wrote:

Here we go, something undeniably Warhammer. Unambiguous, a little gothic, probably carried by someone with breathtakingly outdated views on inclusivity… it’s got the lot. We don’t even need to guess what this is, really.

lol

flagellants is a good guess, tho, i like that

Haha, I like how they changed that blurb very quickly, guess someone at GW played their hand too early.

Outdated views on inclusivity... OK, I'll put some Orc Boys and Chaos Warriors in with my Empire units as they don't want to be a bigot now. I'm sure they'll get on well.

Comedy aside. Yeah that is most definitely some Empire TOW stuff.

 stonehorse wrote:

 StudentOfEtherium wrote:

Here we go, something undeniably Warhammer. Unambiguous, a little gothic, probably carried by someone with breathtakingly outdated views on inclusivity… it’s got the lot. We don’t even need to guess what this is, really.

lol

flagellants is a good guess, tho, i like that

Haha, I like how they changed that blurb very quickly, guess someone at GW played their hand too early.

shame they changed it. making fun of bigots is always a good time

Skull

Very Goffik Easter Egg.


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Makes me think of Brother Josef from Inquisitor if I’m honest.

Bloody hell. That's almost an exact match.

Inquisitor reboot confirmed!

Even the Fingerless gloves!

Dang that was solved quickly

Also the skull looks kinda weird. Maybe it’s because it’s paying homage to the old model but it definitely looks different than the other skulls we typically get

Could be something coming from the rumoured Imperial Agents book.

But, close as it is to Brother Josef, it’s not exactly a unique design overall, being an Ossuary. Those are pretty common in GW’s design language.

If it isn't inquisition based, it could be Black templars, Krieg etc.

It also shares an aesthetic with cities of sigmar, who may get a model, or unit in the new sigmar.

Most likely already solved by Mad Doc though. Great spot.

The Preacher is a model long overdue for a redo.

Yeah, I can't imagine that isn't homage to Brother Josef. It's just too spot on with the fingerless gloves and the same reliquery. Wow! I really hope that's for the rumored Imperial Agents book.

Truthfully, I hope it's a solo model.

There's a whole box of stuff slathered in iconography for the Inquisition via Kill Team. It would be nice to see the Ecclesiarchial side of Sisters and Guard get a chance to have a model that can be obtained without needing a whole boxed set...just like it would have been nice for the AdMech to have gotten a Servitor Retinue.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Truthfully, I hope it's a solo model.

There's a whole box of stuff slathered in iconography for the Inquisition via Kill Team. It would be nice to see the Ecclesiarchial side of Sisters and Guard get a chance to have a model that can be obtained without needing a whole boxed set...just like it would have been nice for the AdMech to have gotten a Servitor Retinue.

One guy at ~$35 or 6 at $55? If all you need is the one guy, I can see not wanting to shell out for a full box full of stuff you don’t want/need. But the single character prices are insane. Maybe bundles together with 2-3 in a box? Might not be much better. I don’t know if other armies have characters sold like that, but Eldar Warlocks are 2 in a box for $60, so not a huge improvement over the single character price.

 Snrub wrote:
Bloody hell. That's almost an exact match.

Inquisitor reboot confirmed!

Well, we've already had Stone, Damien, Eisenhorn and Artemis, so we're well on the way!

 Shakalooloo wrote:

 Snrub wrote:
Bloody hell. That's almost an exact match.

Inquisitor reboot confirmed!

Well, we've already had Stone, Damien, Eisenhorn and Artemis, so we're well on the way!

Don't forget Sevora and Severina

 KidCthulhu wrote:

 Shakalooloo wrote:

 Snrub wrote:
Bloody hell. That's almost an exact match.

Inquisitor reboot confirmed!

Well, we've already had Stone, Damien, Eisenhorn and Artemis, so we're well on the way!

Don't forget Sevora and Severina

Mmm, the inspiration is definitely S&S, but they never had those strips of purity seals, and much chunkier bionic eyes (almost half their heads).

Just like the male Daemonhost was very much inspired by the popularity of the 54mm Cherubael. Close, but not exact.

I miss inquisitor :(

Cities of Sigmar was going to be my guess, but you make a strong case for that Preacher, for sure.

clearly new epic's release went so well that GW is already well underway on the new Inquisitor edition

I think new Inquisitor would be good, but they'd be mad to release it at any scale other than 28mm these days. The potential options for Inq28 are vast across the current range.

The skull is obviously not 54mm, the teeth are poorly defined even compared to the skull basing sprue.

 Haighus wrote:
I think new Inquisitor would be good, but they'd be mad to release it at any scale other than 28mm these days. The potential options for Inq28 are vast across the current range.

i don't see a reason in rereleasing Inquisitor without the old scale, since looking back that's one of the most interesting things about it

 StudentOfEtherium wrote:

 Haighus wrote:
I think new Inquisitor would be good, but they'd be mad to release it at any scale other than 28mm these days. The potential options for Inq28 are vast across the current range.

i don't see a reason in rereleasing Inquisitor without the old scale, since looking back that's one of the most interesting things about it

It massively limited the model range for a very sandbox RPG with a focus on personalised warbands. Whereas Inq28 has a much larger model range to choose from and people are more likely to collect stuff they can use with other systems. This is especially true for terrain- you can use your Necromunda or 40k or even AoS or Old World terrain if it is 28mm, but need a bespoke table for one game system otherwise.

54mm models is a big part of why Inquisitor wasn't very popular IMO.

that's fair enough; my perspective is that of a new player who only knows Inquisitor secondhand from reading about old stuff

Inquisitor was hella cool concept, but the scale was a dealbreaker to many. It required fully scrath building a completely new set of terrain, and for a game that really encouraged conversions, the limited range of big metal models was a poor fit.

Also, current 28mm models are way more detailed than when Inquisitor was released. They have almost as much detail than the 54mm models had.

Some sort of official Inquisimunda where you could have all sort of varied and wild warbands in 28mm scale would be my dream game, but I really don't think that is something a current GW with their "only rules for stuff that can be built from one box" would do.

But isn't Codex: Imperial Agents rumoured? I hope they make it a proper one, that allows at least some wild customisation, and support it with some new models.

And the SoB could use some plastic priests too, though if it was that I assume it would have been revealed alongside the Canoness and their new combat patrol.

 Crimson wrote:
Some sort of official Inquisimunda where you could have all sort of varied and wild warbands in 28mm scale would be my dream game, but I really don't think that is something a current GW with their "only rules for stuff that can be built from one box" would do.

Necromunda (and other specialist games) are an exception to this and include a lot of options that you can't necessarily build out of a single box

Inquisitor at 28mm can get bent. 54mm or nothing.

Plastics can also go to hell. Give me real models. Metal models.

 Crimson wrote:

And the SoB could use some plastic priests too, though if it was that I assume it would have been revealed alongside the Canoness and their new combat patrol.

They have recently re-cut Pious Vorne for that board-game to be on one sprue, so she's easily thrown out as a boxed release to fill that niche, especially since her loadout is one of the options for the priest, and one that no other miniature matches.

The big problem with the rumor pic is that brother Josef has a really cool iconic pose charging with the hammer in two hands, but if this is a remake he will apparently be holding a skullbox in one hand. So I suppose that leave him to a lame static pose raising the hammer with his bionic arm.

True.

But then the 28mm homage to the 54mm Sgt Stone is recognisably a homage (same weapon and aesthetic) but a very different post.

 Fayric wrote:
The big problem with the rumor pic is that brother Josef has a really cool iconic pose charging with the hammer in two hands, but if this is a remake he will apparently be holding a skullbox in one hand. So I suppose that leave him to a lame static pose raising the hammer with his bionic arm.

One of the downsides of the Inquisitor big-scale stuff was that the poses were a little over-dramatic in places. Barbaretta running headlong forward like that - and her body being all of one piece - was very annoying.

The scale itself was the main problem. Not just terrain, but for kit bashing.

Had they got conversion kits ready to go on launch? I think it might’ve lasted longer. The ones that released were amazing kits, and allowed me to create a squad of Guardsmen. Well. Demi-squad. But by then? It was just me, baby, just me.

Still wish I hadn’t sold them off when I did.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
The scale itself was the main problem. Not just terrain, but for kit bashing.

Had they got conversion kits ready to go on launch? I think it might’ve lasted longer. The ones that released were amazing kits, and allowed me to create a squad of Guardsmen. Well. Demi-squad. But by then? It was just me, baby, just me.

Still wish I hadn’t sold them off when I did.

The later waves were better for conversion options, but having every rogue trader, every arbitrator and every space marine sprinting all out was very frustrating. Having the cyber-mastiff's legs all joined together was infuriating.

A Jackson Pollock.

Obviously a Gorkamorka grot wind-powered cart

Tattered cloth fits a lot of factions. It seems thicker then most tatters though. Not sure what that could be.

Possibly the only thing less faction ambiguous then a skull...

Also are they 3rd print layer lines at the top of it?

GW paint the pre-casting prototypes, and use rapid prototyping to print those. So yes, but the production model won’t be 3d printed.

Skaven Night Runners?

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Obviously a Gorkamorka grot wind-powered cart

"I can dream, Harold!"

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
GW paint the pre-casting prototypes, and use rapid prototyping to print those. So yes, but the production model won’t be 3d printed.

There is also "print lines" in the white background at the lower part of the picture, so its probably just the usual filter they use to give the engine pics some flavour to look like its generated on imperial tech equal to an early 80s computer monitor.

The Wight King on foot seems like a good choice to be replaced.

Anybody else get the impression of flayed skin from the texture?

 Kanluwen wrote:
The Wight King on foot seems like a good choice to be replaced.

There were also rumours about new Cairn Wraith.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Anybody else get the impression of flayed skin from the texture?

that was my first thought, but i'm not sure skin would be so thick

 Kanluwen wrote:
The Wight King on foot seems like a good choice to be replaced.

Yes we can't have a character costing less than a family size pizza

 lord_blackfang wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
The Wight King on foot seems like a good choice to be replaced.

Yes we can't have a character costing less than a family size pizza

I was thinking more because they're just not as impressive as they used to be.

Either a tattered cloth piece from some new terrain, of the wing of a giant bat-squig. I'm 50/50 on either.

Looks a bit like bonereaper style.
Didnt they get some new unit types in warcry that might indicate an atempt at updating their range?

Polearm for sure. But could be a number of armies.

Feeling a bit more like a new Grave Guard kit.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Feeling a bit more like a new Grave Guard kit.

Hopefully, they really need an update.

Could be Storm Vermin?

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Could be Storm Vermin?

That blade is corroded. Would the elite (even Skaven) use poor quality weapons?

Yup! Because Skaven quality is still pretty low quality. And quite possibly nicked from a corpse.

100% Soulblight, you can tell by the V-shaped mounting point. Skaven polearms are never like that.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Yup! Because Skaven quality is still pretty low quality. And quite possibly nicked from a corpse.

The new aesthetic for them doesn't seem to have the damage on the weapons, even for the Clanrats.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Yup! Because Skaven quality is still pretty low quality. And quite possibly nicked from a corpse.

What?

Slaves and fodder rats maybe, but anyone higher than that gets really good quality gear, one of the best in AoS. Skaven don't waste time decorating it and it's pretty much strictly utilitarian, but when you look at how well and uniform it's made, it easily beats most civilized armies. Is Sten gun "low" quality because it's mass produced, roughly finished and boxy unlike that snaplock musket with painstakingly carved wood panels and gilded metalwork?

Anyway, in any case, the point is moot, as elegant, flowing lines and pits/corrosion is 100% something vampire or vampire adjacent, no other army in GW lineup has that design language.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Yup! Because Skaven quality is still pretty low quality. And quite possibly nicked from a corpse.

The new aesthetic for them doesn't seem to have the damage on the weapons, even for the Clanrats.

Ummm, the clan rat photos in the link you provided clearly have knicks in the blades.

first impression was something fantasy. soulblight would make sense for that

 Dawnbringer wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Yup! Because Skaven quality is still pretty low quality. And quite possibly nicked from a corpse.

The new aesthetic for them doesn't seem to have the damage on the weapons, even for the Clanrats.

Ummm, the clan rat photos in the link you provided clearly have knicks in the blades.

I said "the damage on the weapons".

As in the chunks of blade missing, like the Rumor Engine presents. The Clanrats have small knicks in the blade and a serrated bit of blade.

That kind of screams grave guard glaive. Which probably means it's something totally different.

Skaven, Nurgle or Undead. I'll join in with the Undead due to the pitting on the blade.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
That kind of screams grave guard glaive. Which probably means it's something totally different.

Or it could be related like some Soulblight unit for Warcry?

I'd be surprised as we only got the Askurgan this season. Unless of course it's specifically a bone warband

There is a difference between a small nick or scratch, where a blade might have been damaged in combat during the current battle, that hasn’t been repaired yet and great overlapping craters of rust from possibly millennia of disuse.
The intentional triangular serrations also don’t count; they should be present on the Engine image if it was a Skaven blade, but aren’t.

More of a voulge than a halberd so doesn't seem very stormverminy.

I'm going with the general skellington consensus.

Something mechanical

Something House Cawdor I reckon.

It looks canine...

Maybe, just maybe, Guard finally get a canine officer?!

It looks primitive enough for Necromunda gang or something AoS tech level.

My first thought was robo-doggo, so it's probably something else.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Something House Cawdor I reckon.

For sure

one-in-a-million longshot guess: Pursuer Cadre cyber-mastiff. we're finally getting real models for Sisters of Silence

more realistically, yeah probably necromunda


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 Kanluwen wrote:
It looks canine...

Maybe, just maybe, Guard finally get a canine officer?!

arbites already exist

 StudentOfEtherium wrote:
one-in-a-million longshot guess: Pursuer Cadre cyber-mastiff. we're finally getting real models for Sisters of Silence

more realistically, yeah probably necromunda


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 Kanluwen wrote:
It looks canine...

Maybe, just maybe, Guard finally get a canine officer?!

arbites already exist

It is a Regimental Standard reference: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/09/26/the-regimental-standard-managing-your-canid/

Seems the full article is gone though :(

https://web.archive.org/web/20200817003848/https://regimental-standard.com/2018/09/26/managing-your-canid/

available through the wayback machine

anyway, huh interesting. wonder how they would do that in a way to make it different from Arbites dogs

 Haighus wrote:

It is a Regimental Standard reference: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/09/26/the-regimental-standard-managing-your-canid/

Seems the full article is gone though :(

Correct. And the article had the dog as the officer, same as many military & paramilitary setups today where the dog outranks the handler.

Would be a good add as a kind of "anti-infiltration" unit.

 StudentOfEtherium wrote:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200817003848/https://regimental-standard.com/2018/09/26/managing-your-canid/

available through the wayback machine

anyway, huh interesting. wonder how they would do that in a way to make it different from Arbites dogs

Choosing a breed that isn't butt ugly is a good start.

 Geifer wrote:

 StudentOfEtherium wrote:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200817003848/https://regimental-standard.com/2018/09/26/managing-your-canid/

available through the wayback machine

anyway, huh interesting. wonder how they would do that in a way to make it different from Arbites dogs

Choosing a breed that isn't butt ugly is a good start.

There is always room for more doggos. I like the recon anti-infiltrator suggestion.

Maybe the Guard could have future German shepherds, somewhat distinct from Arbitrs mastiffs and the Rogue Trader dobermann.

 Haighus wrote:

Maybe the Guard could have future German shepherds, somewhat distinct from Arbitrs mastiffs and the Rogue Trader dobermann.

A litter of puppies from Creed's beloved pet Cadian Bulldog.

I reckons Necromunda as well, maybe something to do with the Hive Secundus malarkey.

Something Nurgle, as I’m pretty sure that’s a stylised Fly on the shield/barding.

Snarlfangs have similar straps/barding although they aren’t spit down the middle and have 2 flaps rather than 3 might be a chariot or mounted hero?

New Demigryph Knights or a Wildercorps hero with a big dang dog.

Looks like some barding.

The icon is halfway between a bell and a fly so yea, how can it be anything but Nurgle? Or maybe a tiiiny chance of Skaven?

It looks too well-maintained to be Nurgle, and the 'bells' are in fours rather than threes.

It could still be Nurgle, of course. Just...feels off?

that's definitely nurgle, and the patch of flesh next to the icon gives me the impression of something on four legs, so i'm going to guess some kind of cavalry unit

So erm…plastic Fulgrim?

 DaveC wrote:
Snarlfangs have similar straps/barding although they aren’t spit down the middle and have 2 flaps rather than 3 might be a chariot or mounted hero?

Yeah, I agree with you. That looks almost identical to the Snarlfang armor.

Huh. Well, case closed.

With the caveat the new snarlfang might have some twist to it as it looks more beat up.

If it's a hero, I'm in trouble.

That’s a bloody good spot.

Hobgobla Khan rides again?

 Kanluwen wrote:
If it's a hero, I'm in trouble.

What it it's a whole Spearhead?

But to be less wild, could be Warcry gang, they can be more beat up and it is about time for a new one.

 lord_blackfang wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
If it's a hero, I'm in trouble.

What it it's a whole Spearhead?

I'd be in less trouble, but more trouble at the same time?

A simple addition of a hero and a set of archers to go with the existing ones would be an interesting way to beef them up.

But to be less wild, could be Warcry gang, they can be more beat up and it is about time for a new one.

It would be weird to be a Warcry warband since they already have a unit out?

 Kanluwen wrote:

It would be weird to be a Warcry warband since they already have a unit out?

Like FEC got a random Warcry hunting party they didn't need for either game. Just a minor thought. Probably it's a hero, so let's just hope it's not the only Gitz release for the next 3 years.

FEC didn't need the hunting party, but it wasn't a 1:1 copy for an existing unit.

That's all I meant.

 lord_blackfang wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
If it's a hero, I'm in trouble.

What it it's a whole Spearhead?

But to be less wild, could be Warcry gang, they can be more beat up and it is about time for a new one.

Oh man, that would be my dream. I want more Gitmob so much.

So…a staff, a book and I think a cloak, maybe a curtain?

Probably AoS?

Welp, looks like more Devoted of Sigmar.

TOW Empire?

Some reptile.

 Shadow Walker wrote:
Some reptile.

Only if it's a snaketopus. Otherwise it's just a straight up cephalopod.

 Geifer wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:
Some reptile.

Only if it's a snaketopus. Otherwise it's just a straight up cephalopod.

IMO it looks like a tail.

Defo a tail I reckon.

 Shadow Walker wrote:

 Geifer wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:
Some reptile.

Only if it's a snaketopus. Otherwise it's just a straight up cephalopod.

IMO it looks like a tail.

Of course it does. They're trying to trick you.

 Geifer wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:

 Geifer wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:
Some reptile.

Only if it's a snaketopus. Otherwise it's just a straight up cephalopod.

IMO it looks like a tail.

Of course it does. They're trying to trick you.

Then it has to be a squig, no other option remains

Does that ridge of spikes look like cut gem highlights to anyone else? Who would bejewel a lizard tail? Slannesh? Magma dwarves?

 Nevelon wrote:
Does that ridge of spikes look like cut gem highlights to anyone else? Who would bejewel a lizard tail? Slannesh? Magma dwarves?

Lizardmen aka Seraphon?

Exodites at last! (In my dreams, at least)

 Shadow Walker wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:
Does that ridge of spikes look like cut gem highlights to anyone else? Who would bejewel a lizard tail? Slannesh? Magma dwarves?

Lizardmen aka Seraphon?

I didn’t think they were into cut gems, but admit it’s been a while since I took a good look at their model range. Plenty of gems out there. Plenty of lizards. But the overlap space is where my mind went.

Maybe it’s a……

Diamond Back

I’ll see meself out.

New Temple Guard is the too obvious guess.

Oh, I know! It is Malerion in his draconic form.

 Shadow Walker wrote:
Oh, I know! It is Malerion in his draconic form.

Reminds me of the old Imrik kit before the 6th edition one.

 Olthannon wrote:
Reminds me of the old Imrik kit before the 6th edition one.

A new kit for TOW High Elves would not be out of place when we already had Pegasus and Undead Dragon.

Out of curiosity, were any of the past rumor engines for The Old World? I know people want to be hopeful in spite of the small amount of new plastic kits the game gets, but is there any precedent that the game even makes an appearance in the rumor engine?

 Geifer wrote:
Out of curiosity, were any of the past rumor engines for The Old World? I know people want to be hopeful in spite of the small amount of new plastic kits the game gets, but is there any precedent that the game even makes an appearance in the rumor engine?

A Dwarf Lord on a shield?

 Shadow Walker wrote:
Some reptile.

It's a strange looking thing. Doesn't really read as proper scales to me, but then the humpy bits up the top on the left look like the kind of soft fleshy underbelly you'd get on a reptile. Then the knobbly bits down the bottom on the left look like receeding armour platey type things that you'd find on a reptile like creature. The number of lighter coloured bands also lend weight to being snake or lizard markings.
But again, those scales just don't look right.

 Nevelon wrote:
Does that ridge of spikes look like cut gem highlights to anyone else? Who would bejewel a lizard tail? Slannesh? Magma dwarves?

There's definitely a number of gem-like looking protuberances there.




New salamander or razordon unit maybe?

I'm leaning towards something Idoneth.

Could be a Wild Spell thing for AoS? I forget what they’re called.

I don't think they've done any Endless Spells in forever. I wouldn't be surprised if they're steering away from them

Not much of a taper on it, so quite long, a whippy lizard tail? What bothers me is the line of "gemstones" doesn't seem to correctly follow the twist of the tail, looks more like they're spiraling around it. Also looks resin, somehow. Would have guessed it's another random critter for Ash Wastes if we weren't leaving that setting.

The scales are rounder than you usually see on Seraphon, looks more like soft snake than hard dinosaurian. Snake pimped with jewels sounds like it could possibly be a 40k Fulgrim.

But then again, the few snakes GW have done dont look like that, so Im back to square one.

Carrying the pic over for ease of reference.



It could be Fulgrim you know. If it is a tail? Who knows how long it is? The bottom of the pic may be misleading, as the jewelled spikes seem more prominent, but we’re seeing them from a different angle. And looking at it that way, I’m seeing a continuous and sense making twist with the other jewelled bits.

 Shadow Walker wrote:

 Geifer wrote:
Out of curiosity, were any of the past rumor engines for The Old World? I know people want to be hopeful in spite of the small amount of new plastic kits the game gets, but is there any precedent that the game even makes an appearance in the rumor engine?

A Dwarf Lord on a shield?

Thanks. Good to know.

The "jeweled" bit look like the larger spikes on old school metal cold ones, but painted black (so the edge highlighting makes it look like a gem). The color bands look very snakey, so I wonder if it's more Daughters of Khaine?

EDIT: there also seems to be scutes on the underside towards the tailtip.

It could be a new Sslyth model.
They are hedonistic lovers of luxury, after all. Which could be shown pretty neatly by having body-modded gemstones into one’s scales!

That said, the same goes for Fulgrim (and the slaaneshy snake people in his backstory, if I remember correctly?). Which is probably the safer bet.
Though that tail looks a bit to small for a Darmon Primarch model. So maybe he’ll have several smaller tails, rather than one big one?
Or it could be a new unit of ”Fulgrim-lite” space marines/terminators for the legion?

It also could be a model for just about any faction for Age of Sigmar. Since anyone in that game could show up on a scaled mount of some sort, at any moment ^_^

the only thing i feel certain saying is that this isn't going to be a Seraphon model (feels too thin for a lizardman)

I doubt it's Fulgrim. The scales are too organic and not neat enough. What we see of the colour patterning doesn't feel Slaaneshi either.

Some new Lizardmen monster would be my guess. Maybe a new Chimera?

My gut reaction was Idoneth when I was looking at it on my phone yesterday, but looking at it again today it definitely looks more lizardy.

I'd lean towards something for Lizardmen, with a reserve option of Exodites, as I'd quite like to see them become a thing at long last.

I think the fancy bits are probably added decoration, but the strip of lighter-painted scaled that leads into each one does make me wonder if they're natural after all...

With the Beasts of Chaos loredrops today, maybe this is from a Dragon Ogor?

 Kanluwen wrote:
With the Beasts of Chaos loredrops today, maybe this is from a Dragon Ogor?

Don't do it. Don't give me hope.

 Kanluwen wrote:
With the Beasts of Chaos loredrops today, maybe this is from a Dragon Ogor?

...did they not revert to Dragon Ogres when they were banished back to the Old World?

 Dysartes wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
With the Beasts of Chaos loredrops today, maybe this is from a Dragon Ogor?

...did they not revert to Dragon Ogres when they were banished back to the Old World?

They'll always be Shaggoths in our hearts.

 Dysartes wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
With the Beasts of Chaos loredrops today, maybe this is from a Dragon Ogor?

...did they not revert to Dragon Ogres when they were banished back to the Old World?

There's new art of Dragon Ogors floating around from the Dawnbringer stuff. Rules might be banished, but doesn't seem like the lore was.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Dysartes wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
With the Beasts of Chaos loredrops today, maybe this is from a Dragon Ogor?

...did they not revert to Dragon Ogres when they were banished back to the Old World?

There's new art of Dragon Ogors floating around from the Dawnbringer stuff. Rules might be banished, but doesn't seem like the lore was.

Thats interresting. With the lore explanation why the beastmen lay low this edition, it certainly sounds like they actually have something new planned for the beastmen, just not for a couple of years.

Ofcourse, back in the day GW could just have done an entire faction out of just the box of Dragon Ogors, but these days they actually go all in with full range overhauls. I like it.

Interesting little holographic display of a Fortress of Redemption.

Votann maybe?

Could be Guard I suppose.

I was thinking it could be Votann. There's not really anything about it that outright suggests any particular Imperium faction, it's just a fairly standard looking relatively sleek sci-fi style.

Do Imperial Guard or Space Marines even have anything with that style of small hydraulic/arm/connector or whatever they're called?

Probably? It looks like it could be mounted to a Servo-Skull sized item.

The Fortress of Redemption is an interesting choice to be the 'target' though.

Ad mech do.

I wonder if the holo image is based on anywhere real this time. The strategos holotable shows Warhammer World.

Edit: Kan is right, that is a Fortress of Redemption.

So probably not Imperial.

Drop target designator for the new kill team.

 Haighus wrote:
Ad mech do.

I wonder if the holo image is based on anywhere real this time. The strategos holotable shows Warhammer World.

Edit: Kan is right, that is a Fortress of Redemption.

So probably not Imperial.

Ad Mech do have some units with hydraulics like that, but unless i'm forgetting something theirs tend to include spikes and a bit more decorative style. More of a slightly complex and archaic look to theirs.

 Haighus wrote:
Ad mech do.

I wonder if the holo image is based on anywhere real this time. The strategos holotable shows Warhammer World.

Edit: Kan is right, that is a Fortress of Redemption.

So probably not Imperial.

A Fortress of Redemption is a towering bulwark against the ravages of planetary invasion. Each is virtually impervious to conventional firepower and the lower levels, bunker annexes and sub-crypts can house entire platoons of battle-ready warriors. First used by the Dark Angels Legion during the days of the Great Crusade, they have since been used by every military force in the Imperium and proven invaluable to its defence. A Fortress of Redemption is adorned with symbols depicting angels of death and the skulls of ancient heroes. This gothic grandeur of the unyielding edifice is matched only by its uncompromising and efficient lethality. Nestled within its armoured walls, a Fortress of Redemption houses an Icarus lascannon capable of destroying enemy ships in low orbit, a missile silo and a profusion of heavy bolters to repel ground based invaders.

It could still be Imperial, or a display for a barrage to support the defense of said spot.

 Mentlegen324 wrote:

 Haighus wrote:
Ad mech do.

I wonder if the holo image is based on anywhere real this time. The strategos holotable shows Warhammer World.

Edit: Kan is right, that is a Fortress of Redemption.

So probably not Imperial.

Ad Mech do have some units with hydraulics like that, but unless i'm forgetting something theirs tend to include spikes and a bit more decorative style. More of a slightly complex and archaic look to theirs.

They tend to on the larger pieces, but this is small enough that it might not. Usually small utility servo arms aren't very decorated.


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Thinking about it, this would work really well for an Iron Warriors model. Unlikely but plausible.

 Haighus wrote:

 Mentlegen324 wrote:

 Haighus wrote:
Ad mech do.

I wonder if the holo image is based on anywhere real this time. The strategos holotable shows Warhammer World.

Edit: Kan is right, that is a Fortress of Redemption.

So probably not Imperial.

Ad Mech do have some units with hydraulics like that, but unless i'm forgetting something theirs tend to include spikes and a bit more decorative style. More of a slightly complex and archaic look to theirs.

They tend to on the larger pieces, but this is small enough that it might not. Usually small utility servo arms aren't very decorated.


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Thinking about it, this would work really well for an Iron Warriors model. Unlikely but plausible.

I've just had a quick look at some of their models on the store that clearly have servo arms and such, and I can't see any that aren't decorated at least to the extent of being more than this is?

i like the suggestion of votann. that was my first guess. are admech associated with holograms?


sort of reminds me of the GSC nexos

 Mentlegen324 wrote:

I've just had a quick look at some of their models on the store that clearly have servo arms and such, and I can't see any that aren't decorated at least to the extent of being more than this is?

Technoarchaeologist and Datasmith both have servo-arms without a whole lot of decoration on them.

Again though, this seems to be projected by something that's hovering.

Personal thoughts:
This seems to be one of the few actual work-in-progress shots that the Rumor Engine has posted. Often times the Rumor Engines are photos taken by the webteam for product spotlights. You'll see them reused in the product pages when they get released.

There's something that the hologram is supposed to be resting on missing. I'd almost say as well that there appears to be "teeth" in front of the swivel mechanism, where the "Warhammer Community" popout box is on the border of the photo.

Dark Mechanicum or Iron Warriors?

Those are the teeth of a servo-skull just poking from the top of the image. Some Inquisitorial projector.

 Shakalooloo wrote:
Those are the teeth of a servo-skull just poking from the top of the image. Some Inquisitorial projector.

Perhaps the Warhammer+ figure for next year.

 Tastyfish wrote:

 Shakalooloo wrote:
Those are the teeth of a servo-skull just poking from the top of the image. Some Inquisitorial projector.

Perhaps the Warhammer+ figure for next year.

That’s a good shout.

Supposedly next year's model is a Blood Angels Terminator.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Supposedly next year's model is a Blood Angels Terminator.

I thought that was Valrak speculating that a Terminator captain model released separately from the Blood Angel codex release might be the Warhammer+ figure. Which could be true, though that or an Inquisitor could also be the 2025 store/event anniversary model too.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Mentlegen324 wrote:

I've just had a quick look at some of their models on the store that clearly have servo arms and such, and I can't see any that aren't decorated at least to the extent of being more than this is?

Technoarchaeologist and Datasmith both have servo-arms without a whole lot of decoration on them.

Those are two of the miniatures I was looking at. Spikes, Studded parts, a slightly non-straight shape is them being decorated more so than the rumour engine / Votann versions.

Could be part of an alpha legion update sprue for the Incursor/Infiltrators kit.

 Mentlegen324 wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Mentlegen324 wrote:

I've just had a quick look at some of their models on the store that clearly have servo arms and such, and I can't see any that aren't decorated at least to the extent of being more than this is?

Technoarchaeologist and Datasmith both have servo-arms without a whole lot of decoration on them.

Those are two of the miniatures I was looking at. Spikes, Studded parts, a slightly non-straight shape is them being decorated more so than the rumour engine / Votann versions.

If you compare comparable parts it is very similar. The rumour engine image only shows the very end of the appliance, not a whole limb section where the decoration tends to be.

This is from the technoarcheologist, zoomed in to what looks like a comparable scale:

And that's another one solved:

Wasn't there one there another one that was part of the eagle?

Not that I noticed, but I could definitely be wrong.

 Olthannon wrote:
Wasn't there one there another one that was part of the eagle?

not that i'm seeing

Stanchion thing the Eagle is mounted on might solve one?

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Stanchion thing the Eagle is mounted on might solve one?

Same style but I honestly don't think that is that. Which then implies another release.

Had another look, and circled the bits that make me think it is, as it was easier than trying to describe.

i thought that churchy bit was from the jump pack canoness

Yeah I think you’re right.

However, I think the gap on the opposite side does not match up. it's above the level of the circled piece on Coteaz and far below it on the RE.

23 July



Feathered Cloak. Could be anything!

Raven Guard aka Corax Returned

Age of Sigmar.

Stormcast or Cities, tied to Morrda.

Is it just me, or does the shape of the cloak suggest a bat type wing?

I don’t think it is a wing, as we’re not seeing tips or veins or that. But cloth fashioned to resemble one.

I see what you mean, the folds are too sharp to be loose cloth billowing in the wind, but at the same time there's also no visible structure holding them (as fingers on bat wings would).

yeah, i think this is for AOS. probably something for order or death, if i had to guess

Could be something Tzeentch. Feathers are part of that aesthetic, and the unseen part of the cloak could be morphing into a proper wing?

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Could be something Tzeentch. Feathers are part of that aesthetic

Feathers are also part of the aesthetic for the Dark Riders from Cities of Sigmar's Shadowblades. Furred mantles aren't part of Tzeentch's aesthetic though...and the feathers are coming out from under a furred mantle.
While not represented on the models, because there aren't any City specific models, raven feathers are also supposed to be a big part of the Lethisian motif.

and the unseen part of the cloak could be morphing into a proper wing?

Honestly, the design just looks like a shorter cloak. It just appears to be a dagged cloak, but I'm not seeing bat.

The top of the thing looks like fur

So maybe some monster hunter layering bat skin, feather and fur for his drip swag

 lord_blackfang wrote:
The top of the thing looks like fur

So maybe some monster hunter layering bat skin, feather and fur for his drip swag

That would be a dream come true for me. Hunter and Hunted implies that the Wildercorps has cadres specialized to each Realm...a Shyishian corps would be awesome to see.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
The top of the thing looks like fur

So maybe some monster hunter layering bat skin, feather and fur for his drip swag

Yeah looks like feathers at the bottom then fur above.

Who knows?

I'm going to go with Corax, too. It's not going to be, because GW won't make enough money from him, but the irregular, wavy shape of the edge of the cloak to me is reminiscent of the Shadowstalkers shadow-constructed cloaks, hinting at warp magic rather than simple fabric. Add to that the dark (black?) feathers that look distinctly corvine...

My more realistic guess is it's probably an AoS chaos or similar (related to Krethusa, maybe - If you look at her wings, the tops also look somewhat like fur) figure.

Really wish it was Corax, though...

Would be cool if the dark riders were updated, I hadnt noticed they had feathered cloaks.

First thought was they update the cockatrice, but its probably a cloak, despite the deliberate membranes.

If they hadn't removed Servitors from the Adeptus Mechanicus book, I would have suspected that.

Something Kill Team-y maybe?


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 Fayric wrote:
Would be cool if the dark riders were updated, I hadnt noticed they had feathered cloaks.

Yep. Ravens were a big deal for the Naggarythe. It was tied to Morai-Heg, the Crone, who Krethusa is tied to in AoS.

Interesting.

Looks like part of the hand/claw has been clipped out?

Yep. The "projector" had the same.

Kin?

Pretty sure its Leagues of Votann. Very similar to the hands on the COG Robots.

Yeah, that's a Votann Kin arm right?

Explorators team for KT/40k?

Do we need another LoV kill team? We have two already

 GaroRobe wrote:
Do we need another LoV kill team? We have two already

It's possible that it's just for a LoV unit. They haven't gotten their codex yet after all.


Explorators for KT would be great...but AdMech got their codex, so I highly doubt it.

maybe this and the other stuff will finally be for a bespoke admech kill team, so that they have another option besides the white dwarf team

Yeah looks Votann- eCoG hand. Maybe support crew for a weapons platform? Doubt it will be for a Killteam so maybe the LoV Codex isn't massively far away.

 silverstu wrote:
Yeah looks Votann- eCoG hand. Maybe support crew for a weapons platform? Doubt it will be for a Killteam so maybe the LoV Codex isn't massively far away.

oh, that would be really cool. votann certainly need more heavy support-type options

 silverstu wrote:
Yeah looks Votann- eCoG hand. Maybe support crew for a weapons platform? Doubt it will be for a Killteam so maybe the LoV Codex isn't massively far away.

Something worth mentioning:

There are several Mechanicus models with bionic hands featuring 3 fingers and a thumb, rather than the full 4 fingers and thumb, which are actually fairly similar to the Brokyr Forgemaster's eCogs.
Immediately identifable ones are the Technoarcheologist, Datasmith, the recent Sydonian Stiltman, and the Sicarian Infiltrators.

This isn't to say "NOPE! NOT VOTANN!". Just that there's a shared visual language on a specific set of bionics between the midtier Techpriests, Sicarians, and the Votann's eCogs.

The difference seems to be a single finger.

it could be that this mechanical stuff is for two different units. one admech kill team, and one votann thing