My only issue thought process wise, is what will a knight sized power scourge offer? Traditionally they've been a multi-attack s:user D1 power weapon so far. Unless this gives a knight 5/6 attacks per attack I'm struggling to see a niche, even then I'm not sold on the idea.
Dudeface wrote: My only issue thought process wise, is what will a knight sized power scourge offer? Traditionally they've been a multi-attack s:user D1 power weapon so far. Unless this gives a knight 5/6 attacks per attack I'm struggling to see a niche, even then I'm not sold on the idea.
If I’m right and it’s specifically an Energy Whip, it’s intended to fry the crew of opposing vehicles by surging their feeds and that with energy. In Adeptus Titanicus, it easily fried MIU’s specifically, and was pretty nasty as a result.
I went through that whole Rumour Engine list. It's amazing how long some of them took to solve, some just recently (the Inquisitor and the emaciated 'Orc'). There are some on there that still haven't been solved from ages ago.
Dudeface wrote: My only issue thought process wise, is what will a knight sized power scourge offer? Traditionally they've been a multi-attack s:user D1 power weapon so far. Unless this gives a knight 5/6 attacks per attack I'm struggling to see a niche, even then I'm not sold on the idea.
H.B.M.C. wrote: I went through that whole Rumour Engine list. It's amazing how long some of them took to solve, some just recently (the Inquisitor and the emaciated 'Orc'). There are some on there that still haven't been solved from ages ago.
Dudeface wrote: My only issue thought process wise, is what will a knight sized power scourge offer? Traditionally they've been a multi-attack s:user D1 power weapon so far. Unless this gives a knight 5/6 attacks per attack I'm struggling to see a niche, even then I'm not sold on the idea.
When in doubt: Mortal Wounds.
The oldest one is this, from March 2020.
Like, all the possible hype one could get from said pic died down well over a year ago, come on, what's the point of teasing something that's not gonna be revealed for years.
I'm still holding out hope for a Defiler resculpt. We're also still waiting for a standalone Venomcrawler kit...
And that unsolved rumor engine reminds me a lot of the Master of Possessions staff from Shadowspear, wouldn't be surprised if that was from the standalone sculpt version of the character and they just haven't got around to releasing it yet.
Ohmans composite seems to fit together nicely too.
Shoulders extending way too far above his head for standard marine plate. Also, people reckon it's this guy. It fits, there's a silhouette of the chainfist in the vid.
Shoulders extending way too far above his head for standard marine plate. Also, people reckon it's this guy. It fits, there's a silhouette of the chainfist in the vid.
That's actually a good call, as GW DO seem to be, currently, trying to turn every pice of classic Mark Gibbons into a miniature!
Shoulders extending way too far above his head for standard marine plate. Also, people reckon it's this guy. It fits, there's a silhouette of the chainfist in the vid.
Given the Squat Killteam rumour, is it of note that the heel of this (apparent) bionic leg matches the styling of what looks like a foot at the top of the image here?
On the Krieg decal sheet that comes with Kill Team Octarius, there is a vehicle "Krieg" decal that looks very much like the painted letter in that image. Can be a "K".
That is a letter 'K' stenciled on the top right of the image. This looks very human and very Imperial to me. It also looks like a vertical surface going by the rust drips.
vim_the_good wrote: That is a letter 'K' stenciled on the top right of the image. This looks very human and very Imperial to me. It is also the side of something going by the rust drips.
Looking forward to the new guard regiment, Kadians
vim_the_good wrote: That is a letter 'K' stenciled on the top right of the image. This looks very human and very Imperial to me. It is also the side of something going by the rust drips.
Looking forward to the new guard regiment, Kadians
Id love new AM vehicles. Especially if they have a krieg specific body for like a gunner. Not just another Cadian. I'd settle for an upgrade sprue down the line where we can custom tanks, sentinels, etc, so that people who want krieg armies can convert easier
Kanluwen wrote: Naaah...the rumored Guard vehicle is "between a Leman Russ and Baneblade" for size. Purportedly it's also not new to the lore.
Where is this rumour from? I've seen this and "new cadians" repeated several times but I haven't found where it's from or what was actually said.
From the rumours posted on B&C which nailed BT, Tau and Eldar. It's under "without specific date but in the pipeline" along with various IG, World Eaters and Squats.
Kanluwen wrote: Naaah...the rumored Guard vehicle is "between a Leman Russ and Baneblade" for size. Purportedly it's also not new to the lore.
Where is this rumour from? I've seen this and "new cadians" repeated several times but I haven't found where it's from or what was actually said.
From the rumours posted on B&C which nailed BT, Tau and Eldar. It's under "without specific date but in the pipeline" along with various IG, World Eaters and Squats.
The full quote is ‘Astra Militarum with veteran-style Cadians. Two new regiments are also in the works. New Kasrkin and new vehicle, designed to fit between the Leman Russ and the Baneblade.’
The new "veteran-style Cadians" were actually described a bit more in another thread by the same poster. That description ended up being a match for a piece of art in the KT Core Book pg23.
Kanluwen wrote: The new "veteran-style Cadians" were actually described a bit more in another thread by the same poster. That description ended up being a match for a piece of art in the KT Core Book pg23.
Does that mean it confirms the leak or that someone saw a piece of artwork and said "this is exactly what we're getting."
Even if its the latter, GW tends to want art to match models, though they have deviated in recent years
"And if you're carrying a Power Fist(tm), then before you equip your Master-Crafted Bolt Rifle(tm), you must answer me my riddles three!"
And that basically writes itself:
What is your name? Roboute Guilliman What is your favorite color? Blue What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen Stormraven? What do you mean, a Great Crusade or 41st Millennium Stormraven? I don't know that! Aargh!
[Later, to Calgar]: You have to know these things when you're a Primarch, you know.
Squats. Doesn't match Genestealers and GW went out of their way to keep plastic Guard vehicles on tracks. I doubt they'll start handing out wheeled vehicles to Guard now.
These are the three outstanding Rumour Engines that seem to be vehicle-based. I, personally, am thinking that there is a redesign of the Sabre Weapons Platform concept coming for Imperial Guard.
It's too still-in-one-piece to be orks, and too broad and unadorned to be IG or match the other vehicle-type pics we've got. I say terrain for the next Kill Team box. Maybe something for a mission where you have to escort a vehicle across the table.
That's actually a strange looking wheel, for the inner rim to be as distorted as it is, presumably the outer edge of the tyre is a lot further out than the hub is. So we're looking down on kind of a funnel shape.
Fayric wrote: Probaly a big robot warrior that can fold itself in to a seemingly ordinary catachan Jeep.
I was getting very strong Vietnam M274 Mule vibes, so maybe you're not far off? They were used as mobile weapons platforms...
Spoiler:
if it was a rumour engine for a real life vehicle, I'd say you were spot on.
I just can't see that being in the IG line up. Unless GW are copping out and making the FW regiments the new armies. So Elysians and Death Korps are just in plastic..
The antennas on the right do have the rings reminiscent of the Kasrkin backpacks. So maybe Imperial / Admech? Cults trying to contact the star children?
It doesn’t particularly resemble any 40K styling I’m familiar with at the moment (no Aquilas etc)
Exactly - the coils look a touch steam punk and the whole thing looks very clean [hence I'm not sure on the ash wastes terrain]. Could be an array on top of a larger squat vehicle if it's not terrain.
GiToRaZor wrote: I guess the guy that guessed Ash Waste gets all the Points:
IG Rumor Engines back to 0. All Vehicles are probably Necromunda up to this point.
I suspect it is an Ash Wastes vehicle, but not the land train as there are a different number of hub bolts and gw artists copying from a model tend to get those sort of things right (so possibly a buggy etc with similar wheel set up)
Wonder if GW would pull an item from Necromunda to work double duty in 40K. They could make an Imperial Guard buggy with battle damage extra parts to make it look more ramshackle and sell it for use in Necromunda. Then we could have a Tallarn/Elysian buggy with ganger bits sprue to replace parts/driver/gunner. Like the old Imperial and Chaos vehicle sprue. That way it could also be used for cultists with another sprue or just use the gangers as chaos imperial guard cultists.
These are the three outstanding Rumour Engines that seem to be vehicle-based. I, personally, am thinking that there is a redesign of the Sabre Weapons Platform concept coming for Imperial Guard.
I'm starting to think this is for the Ash Wastes Necromunda stuff.
These are the three outstanding Rumour Engines that seem to be vehicle-based. I, personally, am thinking that there is a redesign of the Sabre Weapons Platform concept coming for Imperial Guard.
I'm starting to think this is for the Ash Wastes Necromunda stuff.
I'd agree for the first two, the bag and bedrolls seems very caravan-y the second one looks like a buggy suspension with a tire hub identical to the Ash Waste trailer's land train.
The third one looks very Space Marine like though. The revolver cylinder style rotary launcher has only been used on the Storm Speeder Thunderstrike to my knowledge. And the (what looks to me like an) optic on the right has the same rectangular blocks mainly seen on Primaris scopes.
I know it'll sound silly given the apparent size but I wonder if the missile array is the weapon for the rumored Primaris missile squad. It'd certainly explain the offset optic.
These are the three outstanding Rumour Engines that seem to be vehicle-based. I, personally, am thinking that there is a redesign of the Sabre Weapons Platform concept coming for Imperial Guard.
I'm starting to think this is for the Ash Wastes Necromunda stuff.
I'd agree for the first two, the bag and bedrolls seems very caravan-y the second one looks like a buggy suspension with a tire hub identical to the Ash Waste trailer's land train.
The third one looks very Space Marine like though. The revolver cylinder style rotary launcher has only been used on the Storm Speeder Thunderstrike to my knowledge. And the (what looks to me like an) optic on the right has the same rectangular blocks mainly seen on Primaris scopes.
I know it'll sound silly given the apparent size but I wonder if the missile array is the weapon for the rumored Primaris missile squad. It'd certainly explain the offset optic.
The cylindrical missile thing is also on the Mechanicus Onager.
These are the three outstanding Rumour Engines that seem to be vehicle-based. I, personally, am thinking that there is a redesign of the Sabre Weapons Platform concept coming for Imperial Guard.
I'm starting to think this is for the Ash Wastes Necromunda stuff.
I'd agree for the first two, the bag and bedrolls seems very caravan-y the second one looks like a buggy suspension with a tire hub identical to the Ash Waste trailer's land train.
The third one looks very Space Marine like though. The revolver cylinder style rotary launcher has only been used on the Storm Speeder Thunderstrike to my knowledge. And the (what looks to me like an) optic on the right has the same rectangular blocks mainly seen on Primaris scopes.
I know it'll sound silly given the apparent size but I wonder if the missile array is the weapon for the rumored Primaris missile squad. It'd certainly explain the offset optic.
I mean bolters are space marine weapons, but plenty of chodes in Necromunda can have them. I really think this is some kind of missile launcher on a mad max car. A lot of the new primairs aesthetic has been very cylindical, so I'd imagine any missile systems they're going to get will not be cubic, but much more like a tube.
The cover on that missile box has the same broken x pattern that all the frag grenade boxes and the hunter slayer missile on repulsors and gladiators do.
MajorWesJanson wrote: The cover on that missile box has the same broken x pattern that all the frag grenade boxes and the hunter slayer missile on repulsors and gladiators do.
That new Sector Fronteris landing pad also has hazard stripes. Maybe this is an AA emplacement that goes together with that big dish that they also previewed.
I mean, if I was a daemon I would play a living instrument that screamed as I blew into the reed. Doesn't have to be brass.
It does look somewhat Khornate to me, usually Khorne stuff has spikey horns and such on it, the face looks kinda bloodthirster-ish. Does Daemon Primarch Angron wield an axe? It looks like it could be the end of an axe haft.
chaos0xomega wrote: I mean, if I was a daemon I would play a living instrument that screamed as I blew into the reed. Doesn't have to be brass.
It does look somewhat Khornate to me, usually Khorne stuff has spikey horns and such on it, the face looks kinda bloodthirster-ish. Does Daemon Primarch Angron wield an axe? It looks like it could be the end of an axe haft.
Isn't the Khornate look kind of the problem? I hear Khorne becomes quite irate at the suggestion "doesn't have to be brass, I prefer to blow fleshy pipes".
It looks more Jabberslythe than Tyranid to me, tbh. Tyranid wings are much smoother, without the stretch marks going all the way to the middle. The joints look somewhat diffrent, and the colours don't seem to be the default 'Nid colour scheme
I'd definitely go with "Winged Tyranid", but I'll leave it at that for now.
Shrike or Parasite seems to be the safe pair of bets. Could the Parasite just be an alt-build in a set of three Shrikes, like Nork Deddog in the Ogryn box? Or is it too distinctive/big for that?
The orientation of the fingers, the style of holes, the tips, and there's also the extra fake finger coming from the elbow like on the Tyrant. That's a trait only on larger winged plastic Tyranids so far, but it was also present on the old FW Shrike wings.
If anything, the unusal number of holes point more in the direction of the Parasite - as an independen character it could have more detail and more weathered looks.
It appears to be skeletal or exo-skeletal judging by the way its shaped and painted, so its most likely either AoS Death or Tyranid in nature. I'm leaning towards Death as the amount of holes and raggedness of the wing edge of the flap has more in common with fell-bats and terrorgheists than it does anything in the Tyranids model range.
Based on the scaling of the holes/raggedyness its also too small to be anything much larger than a gargoyle in size, so unless they're giving us a resculpt of those (the current kit isn't that old, so unlikely) it wouldn't fit as the rumored parasite/shrike kit, especially not when compared to the preview snippet from the teaser video that Chikout shared....
Pretty sure they did once, or there was an entry that could just as well be an enormous mutant butterfly as anything else. But they leaned harder into chaos just having weird gribblies rather than corrupted normal animals (possibly because they’re more trademarkable).
Pretty sure they did once, or there was an entry that could just as well be an enormous mutant butterfly as anything else. But they leaned harder into chaos just having weird gribblies rather than corrupted normal animals (possibly because they’re more trademarkable).
Bring it back! A giant mandlebrot winged chaos butterfly would be far stranger than the things that they call strange right now.
zedmeister wrote: Or they could be planning to do plastic Elysians? Kill Team seems to be doing a lot of Forgeworld stuff
Spoiler:
I now wonder if the announcement of a new Combat Patrol next week is Cadians. There's supposed to be a new box of them(NOT THE REPACKED BOX!. The repacked box was announced before this rumor list was made) in addition to the Kasrkin.
zedmeister wrote: Or they could be planning to do plastic Elysians? Kill Team seems to be doing a lot of Forgeworld stuff
Spoiler:
I now wonder if the announcement of a new Combat Patrol next week is Cadians. There's supposed to be a new box of them(NOT THE REPACKED BOX!. The repacked box was announced before this rumor list was made) in addition to the Kasrkin.
Given they release with/after a codex and there's nothing to indicate guard getting a book, this is a stretch.
So would the combat patrol be full of new but monobuild models? Like the slaves to darkness Start Collecting and how they originally released the new ork boyz? Not gonna lie, if that's what it takes for us to get updated cadians, I'll take it
GaroRobe wrote: My biggest fear is that GW will just make karskins an upgrade sprue for the current cadian kit.
I'd be more worried to get shiny, new Kasrkin only to be stuck with the core of the army still being the ugly, old Cadians. Because then you definitely want to do something with the shiny, new Kasrkin but are stuck with the ugly, old Cadians to make up the core of your army. And that sucks.
The SC: Guard box has been kind of an issue for awhile now.
I don't think referencing 40k rules for a KT unit is a good basis for that assumption, if you're postulating a guard kill team you're probably nearer the money would be my guess.
The SC: Guard box has been kind of an issue for awhile now.
I don't think referencing 40k rules for a KT unit is a good basis for that assumption, if you're postulating a guard kill team you're probably nearer the money would be my guess.
There's also the Gravis Captain and Primaris Ancient who received free rules, in advance of their codex release.
Simply put, the SC: Guard box has been a dumpsterfire since day one. Given that they've now been pushing HWT-less Infantry Squads(Brood Brothers box is the only one featuring a HWT) as releases? Introducing the updated Cadians that were rumored to be coming(Marshal Loss might have the screencaps of the description? It matched up to KT's Core Book p23) as a Combat Patrol, alongside of Kasrkin ala the Slaves to Darkness set or Shadowspear or Sisters with updated datasheets online would not be as far-fetched as you lot seem to think.
If that was VS, it would look way more advanced. They use ovals, not squares as primary primitive shape. Not to mention no camouflage.
Sealed environment suit, chunky and robust auspex. I still think it could be Van Saar, or at least something Ash Wastes related (such as the new gangs we’re heard mentioned).
If it really is a Kasrkin (or at least a Stormtrooper), I am wondering where that put's the Scions in the future. The build for 40K has so far been, that you stick the odd units in a seperate detachment, to keep their unique abilities or have them in your army's main detachment sans unique rules. Kasrkin and Stormtroopers are sort of competing and if the IG dex needs one thing it's trimming down of the 4+ elite small units, not getting more of them.
But who am I kidding, if this is true, I can finally field my Grenadiers again under regimental rules.
The idea was to perhaps allow regular IG armies to have their 4+ units intergrated in their Regiment, with Scions being their own thing, with the possibility of keeping Deep-Strike and maybe the hotshot Volleygun?
GiToRaZor wrote: If it really is a Kasrkin (or at least a Stormtrooper), I am wondering where that put's the Scions in the future. The build for 40K has so far been, that you stick the odd units in a seperate detachment, to keep their unique abilities or have them in your army's main detachment sans unique rules. Kasrkin and Stormtroopers are sort of competing and if the IG dex needs one thing it's trimming down of the 4+ elite small units, not getting more of them.
But who am I kidding, if this is true, I can finally field my Grenadiers again under regimental rules.
40k also isn't a stranger to subfactions having a significant amount of bloat by the virtue of units unique to them that aren't really all that different from the units in their parent faction.
Imperial Guard are the logical next faction to receive Codex Supplements IMO. Seems weird that thus far they have been basically limited to Space Marines.
chaos0xomega wrote: Imperial Guard are the logical next faction to receive Codex Supplements IMO. Seems weird that thus far they have been basically limited to Space Marines.
CSM, SM, and Guard are basically the "Big Ones" for it--with Aeldari and Drukhari being the next ones.
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Bobthehero wrote: The idea was to perhaps allow regular IG armies to have their 4+ units intergrated in their Regiment, with Scions being their own thing, with the possibility of keeping Deep-Strike and maybe the hotshot Volleygun?
Scions as an auxiliary unit with deep-strike, volleyguns as options vs Grenadiers/Kasrkin as DKoK/Cadian specific 4+'s with standard specials and a signature special to boot.
Elfs being shoved together into Craftworlds (and Ynnari being reduced to a 'craftworld' with weird build rules) suggests to me that its paradigm shift time, and the idea of supplements is being scrapped.
And Chaos Marines are doggedly (but slowly) sticking to god-specific legions are the only true variations and get their own book, no supplements allowed.
We'll see how Marine Codex 9.5 or 10.0 handles it, but it looks like an 8th edition concept trial that had no legs, rather than something they're going to expand to other factions.
Scions as an auxiliary unit with deep-strike, volleyguns as options vs Grenadiers/Kasrkin as DKoK/Cadian specific 4+'s with standard specials and a signature special to boot.
Yup. Krieg Grenadiers already had their signature bit where they have access to some heavy weapons, but they weren't super hot, tbh.
Maybe these will be another killteam faction with codex rules more akin to grenadiers than stormtroopers. Less drop troop/special forces, more heavy infantry/hold the line types. It’s definitely kasrkin.
Don't know why we need a new Sentinel though. What's wrong with the current one? It took all four varieties of Sentinel (vanilla, Catachan, Armoured/Cadian, Enclosed/Steel Legion) and combined them into a single kit and added Plasma Cannons and Missile Launchers as options.
GaroRobe wrote: So would the combat patrol be full of new but monobuild models? Like the slaves to darkness Start Collecting and how they originally released the new ork boyz? Not gonna lie, if that's what it takes for us to get updated cadians, I'll take it
This would be fantastic! I have a strong feeling it will be Ynnari or another Marine Box….mostly likely Marines…because they really don’t have enough. Another chance is that it’s the Nids box getting announced ahead of the book that is coming soon.
H.B.M.C. wrote: Don't know why we need a new Sentinel though. What's wrong with the current one?
Yeah, of all the Guard kits, the Sentinal is one of the few that really doesn't need an update.
Maybe a drop sentinel with the heavy bolter and multi melta options? Preferably with an elysian crew, but more likely they could do a standard and tempestus decor parts.
lord_blackfang wrote: You know it's not going to technically be an update, right, just an overlapping new unit that makes the old one obsolete. See Mek Gunz vs Big Gunz.
It could also be a fact that the Sentinel is too cheap and GW wants to avoid just pricehiking it so they throw in an additional sprue for some cents and hike the price that way and sell it as new and improved tm.
It's possible the new Sentinel kit is linked to the "2 new regiments thing" that's been mentioned. It is odd that it needs redoing, maybe they're just updating it because it's an older kit?
And here I would have said it was “Cawl always existed, was best buds with Gulliman, and has been secretly testing and deploying Primaris marines for ten thousand years and no-one noticed.”
Olthannon wrote: It's possible the new Sentinel kit is linked to the "2 new regiments thing" that's been mentioned. It is odd that it needs redoing, maybe they're just updating it because it's an older kit?
This is not a rumor, just me musing, but I wonder what's the likelihood that one of the elite regiments is Elysians and the redone Sentinel has the Drop Sentinel upgrades in it
Olthannon wrote: It's possible the new Sentinel kit is linked to the "2 new regiments thing" that's been mentioned. It is odd that it needs redoing, maybe they're just updating it because it's an older kit?
This is not a rumor, just me musing, but I wonder what's the likelihood that one of the elite regiments is Elysians and the redone Sentinel has the Drop Sentinel upgrades in it
Extremely small as there has been no mention of Elysians...but there is a chance that it's adding another sprue's worth of equipment and pilot bits to the kit. Someone else mentioned the Sentinel Powerlifter--and that might not be a bad shout, opening up the kit for use in the upcoming Ash Wastes stuff for Necromunda.
If I had to make a bet? I would say it's to add the Jump Sentinel in--something out of the old Visions of Heresy books that the Imperial Army had. Standard Sentinels but with limited jump capacity.
Mr_Rose wrote: And here I would have said it was “Cawl always existed, was best buds with Gulliman, and has been secretly testing and deploying Primaris marines for ten thousand years and no-one noticed.”
Let's not forget 'And was given free reign to play with the Geneseed and master it, which you know, Primarchs couldn't do, Fabius Bile couldn't do....and hell, the Emperor himself couldn't do but Cawl got it just right!'
The worst, lamest, most cringe-worthy retconning in the 40k lore.
Add 'needless' to that list and it's perfect. It's not like anyone was asking the question "Why is it called a Land Speeder?"
You all realize it was a joke, right? The punchline is that Arkhan Land was extremely proud of his work, and consequently became super whiney when everyone assumed that the vehicles he named after himself were instead called that for, you know, the obvious reason. There's even an IA book which mentions him writing a huge manifesto about it.
I know it's in vogue to make fun of the "Land Raider" stuff right now and pretend it's just the designers adding lore where there didn't need to be any, but the Land situation is absurd because it was written to be a joke at the Imperium's expense. Y'all think you're laughing at the GW writers, but in reality, you're laughing with them without realizing, which, arguably, makes you the butt of the joke.
Mr_Rose wrote: And here I would have said it was “Cawl always existed, was best buds with Gulliman, and has been secretly testing and deploying Primaris marines for ten thousand years and no-one noticed.”
There had been dozens of stories about secret tests of SM upgrades (like the Homo Sapiens Novus story, or all Cursed Founding lore, or hints about chapters having abnormal primaris-like traits, like Sons of Antaeus, or old stuff like Raven Guard Raptors, or [insert 50 more examples]), but yeah, sure, it's a ""retcon"" and ""no one"" noticed
It's funny, but somehow every single post whining about primaris lore shows complete ignorance of both actual primaris lore, and of 40k lore before it, and can be summed as "GW doesn't adhere to my fanfiction"...
DarkStarSabre wrote: Let's not forget 'And was given free reign to play with the Geneseed and master it, which you know, Primarchs couldn't do, Fabius Bile couldn't do....and hell, the Emperor himself couldn't do but Cawl got it just right!'
Yeah, Corax doesn't exist, Bile's New Men or upgraded CSM from actual tabletop rules don't either, Mechanicus sure as hell never did Cursed Founding or sponsored Homo Sapiens Novus tests, or [insert 50 more examples].
You guys ever tried, like, reading any actual 40k lore? No, 4chan trash memes don't count, unless you want to look like 40k equivalent of flat earther or covid denier
The worst, lamest, most cringe-worthy retconning in the 40k lore.
Add 'needless' to that list and it's perfect. It's not like anyone was asking the question "Why is it called a Land Speeder?"
You all realize it was a joke, right? The punchline is that Arkhan Land was extremely proud of his work, and consequently became super whiney when everyone assumed that the vehicles he named after himself were instead called that for, you know, the obvious reason. There's even an IA book which mentions him writing a huge manifesto about it.
I know it's in vogue to make fun of the "Land Raider" stuff right now and pretend it's just the designers adding lore where there didn't need to be any, but the Land situation is absurd because it was written to be a joke at the Imperium's expense. Y'all think you're laughing at the GW writers, but in reality, you're laughing with them without realizing, which, arguably, makes you the butt of the joke.
If you have to explain the joke, it's not much of a joke. Besides, I'm not laughing at the writers, I'm disappointed.
Kanluwen wrote: I don't usually pay attention to Valrak, cause clickbait, but here's a posting from today:
Lots of New stuff for the Imperial Guard:
New Tank (Apparently named Rogal Dorn Battle Tank)
New Kasrkin Kit
New Sentinel Kit
New Veteran Cadians/Command Squad
New HQs
The tank, Kasrkin, veteran Cadians, and HQs were things we "knew".
The Sentinel is the Big Surprise. Assumption is that it's adding a new sprue with some additional crew bits and weapon options.
I dont buy that the tank is named the Rogal Dorn, mainly because its Valrak and it sounds way too convenient for that to be true coming from him.k is n
I'm in agreement that the name feels way too convenient, but we do know there's a tank from that big leaked list--same with the Cadian Veterans and Kasrkin.
The Land Raider was "inspired" by a Judge Dredd comic (plus WW1 tanks), where it was named thus because it was... uh a raider that they drove over land between MC1 and MC2.
I guess that the Arkhan Land thing was invented later to distance it from the Judge Dredd one, I have no problems with that, especially it's a nice touch that Land himself was annoyed that people didn't understand it was named after him. A little piece of meta humor.
I really don't get all the whining about Primaris.
They exist for one main reason: Existing space marines were too small. Added to that, a soft-reboot of the range would allow both a subtle aesthetic redesign that can take full advantage of modern design techniques, and an opportunity to do something slightly different with squad setups, etc.
The fluff exists in order to justify original models and the newer models existing together. That's it. It could have been better written, no doubt, but GW bodged a way for oldmarines players to still use their armies, and even add to them.
That's it.
As for all the Cawl stuff, I don't care how inconsistent with your own headcanon it is. He's a good character that writers can have some fun with.
My first thought was hair, but when I tried to think what kind of mini would have a goblin thing trapped in a hair-cell, came up completely blank. Spider web? Fire? Smoke? Magic? Nothing else seems to fit.
GiToRaZor wrote: If it really is a Kasrkin (or at least a Stormtrooper), I am wondering where that put's the Scions in the future. The build for 40K has so far been, that you stick the odd units in a seperate detachment, to keep their unique abilities or have them in your army's main detachment sans unique rules. Kasrkin and Stormtroopers are sort of competing and if the IG dex needs one thing it's trimming down of the 4+ elite small units, not getting more of them.
But who am I kidding, if this is true, I can finally field my Grenadiers again under regimental rules.
I wonder the same thing, especially since I'm sitting on a shelf or two of Arbites in need of a rules home.
Maybe... Scions move to elite, Kasrkin as troops with infiltrate (an old Strom Trooper ability) but not deep strike?
Or maybe it's just a sneaky way to improve the Scion box? They're not bad models but just a terrible value for the money.
Kasrkin with 10 to a box and multiple special weapons (and shotguns? shotguns please?) would far outsell the 5 man Scion box.
Don't know why we need a new Sentinel though. What's wrong with the current one? It took all four varieties of Sentinel (vanilla, Catachan, Armoured/Cadian, Enclosed/Steel Legion) and combined them into a single kit and added Plasma Cannons and Missile Launchers as options.
Like the Valkyrie and Chimera 2 it's just a really great kit flexible with all the options, and good for scratch building. I hope they're not making it obsolete. The only issue I have is the current price.
A bigger meaner tanky sentinel (the Sentry?) would be cool, maybe a 4 legged one?
My guess would be a drop sentinel for the Kasrkin, but that's just a guess.
I don't think I've been this stumped by the Rumour Engine before
Its a baby vampire in the curtains of a window or a door (you can see the arch along the side). What's to be stumped by?
Baby vampire, sure. But where you see curtains others see a beard. What you call an arch may just as easily be part of the phantom giant of the opera's mask.
I don't think I've been this stumped by the Rumour Engine before
Its a baby vampire in the curtains of a window or a door (you can see the arch along the side). What's to be stumped by?
Baby vampire, sure. But where you see curtains others see a beard. What you call an arch may just as easily be part of the phantom giant of the opera's mask.
... what?
how does the phantom of the opera come into anything?
I don't think I've been this stumped by the Rumour Engine before
Its a baby vampire in the curtains of a window or a door (you can see the arch along the side). What's to be stumped by?
Baby vampire, sure. But where you see curtains others see a beard. What you call an arch may just as easily be part of the phantom giant of the opera's mask.
... what?
how does the phantom of the opera come into anything?
Because the phantom's mask only covers one side of his face and the thingy in the picture is also only on one side?