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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
How do!
And so we begin again! Here’s a link to WarbossKurgan’s page tracking all previous Rumours and Reveals. https://warbosskurgan.blogspot.com/p/rumour-engines.html
First out the gate is a Mace of some kind.
3 January 2023 - Solved! Chaos Beastman
10 January 2023
17 January 2023 - solved. Adeptus Arbites thingy
24 January 2023 - solved. WarCry Khorne Nutter
31 January 2023 - solved. Kroxigor
7 February 2023
14 February 2023
21 February 2023 - Boss Snikrot, base decoration
28 February 2023 - Khornate Priestess staff top
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Something Orky.
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1 December 2023 - Chrimbo begins!
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Post by: Tsagualsa
That looks rather primitive, and somehow seems pretty small. I'd almost say Halfling, but don't know why.
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Post by: The Phazer
Arm doesn't look sci-fi enough to be Arbites. Are there any Warcry bands we've not seen yet? Could be some kind of electro-barbarian cult there?
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Post by: Tsagualsa
The Phazer wrote:Arm doesn't look sci-fi enough to be Arbites. Are there any Warcry bands we've not seen yet? Could be some kind of electro-barbarian cult there?
The arm seems to be wrapped in some sort of shabby cloth or bandage - perhaps Scavvies for Necromunda, or more Cawdor stuff?
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Post by: xttz
Cawdor or Cities of Sigmar imo
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Post by: StraightSilver
Yeah, those wraps definitely look Cawdor, but the fingernails don't, so i would say Scavvies for Necromunda?
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
Scavvies seems a good shout. It’s an odd mix of Decent Metal and cobbled together.
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Post by: Olthannon
Looks more 40k than fantasy at first glance.
Then again wraps and claws could be Skaven.
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Post by: Kanluwen
Obviously it's a Corpse Grinder Tenderizer.
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Post by: Dysartes
MDG - Are you going to include the link to Warboss Kurgan's blog that's hosting all the RE images again?
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
Well, I am now. Or have now.
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Post by: Dysartes
Good man
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
Slaan/Skink I reckon?
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Post by: Nevelon
Skink shaman vibes.
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Post by: DaveC
Getting more of Slaanesh Shardspeaker vibe from it might be a Slaanesh leaning Warcry warband?
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Post by: Scottywan82
The hand looks very human/elf to me too. But hope colors my vision, I imagine.
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Post by: Inquisitor Gideon
That screams Warcry in its style.
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Post by: Nevelon
Scottywan82 wrote:The hand looks very human/elf to me too. But hope colors my vision, I imagine.
Heh. Struck me as non-human which is why I guessed skink. Could be demonic though…
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Post by: Voss
Just 3 smooth fingers strike me as skink.
The lack of obvious talons makes me doubt a little bit, but GW has been forgetting those details on some recent models (particular orks and orcs).
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Post by: lord_blackfang
Bit weird to assume there are no more fingers on the far side of the pot.
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Post by: Voss
Yeah, well. When I look at human hand, I notice the fingers are immediately adjacent to each other and don't come to points. Anatomy, right?
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Post by: Shadow Walker
My first thought was Skink but now I am not sure. Rather inhuman than human though.
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Post by: The Power Cosmic
The style of the smoke says Elf to me. Sort of a mystical like the AoS fox elf guy thing.
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Post by: Tsagualsa
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It's a big bowl of Dark Elf Khainite Murdercrack.
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Post by: Olthannon
Looks pretty Elvish at first glance, nice bangle and that.
Who knows about the glass making industry in AoS? Who does cut glass?
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Post by: ImAGeek
It could be Slaanesh, that was what I thought initially. The hand does look kind of small and maybe not human but there’s precedent in Slaanesh for having weird little guys carrying fancy stuffs.
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Post by: Tsagualsa
ImAGeek wrote:It could be Slaanesh, that was what I thought initially. The hand does look kind of small and maybe not human but there’s precedent in Slaanesh for having weird little guys carrying fancy stuffs.
On the other hand, weird little guys, familiars, pets and such are an AOS thing in general, and many factions have them, so it might as well be a 'pet' for a new thing we haven't seen yet. Or it's for Underworlds/WarCry, where all bets are off anyway.
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Post by: Dysartes
I thought Elvish had left the building.... uh-huh-huh.
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Post by: Geifer
DaveC wrote:Getting more of Slaanesh Shardspeaker vibe from it might be a Slaanesh leaning Warcry warband?
Wouldn't be bad timing for the rumor engine either. We're expecting Khorne affiliated for the next box and Slaanesh affiliated for the one after that, aren't we? Could easily be the warband's shaman/healer/sorcerer/drug pusher for the Slaaneshis.
Slender fingers like that could be elf, female or both.
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Post by: Scottywan82
That was my assumption too. They make a decent case, though. I hadn't really counted the fingers at all.
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Post by: drbored
Yeah, this has to be a Skink. Could be an attendant on the Slaan's big frog chair, as we've seen for Kroak and other Slaan models.
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Post by: Mr_Rose
On the mace; FEC retainer? It’s that combination of well-made but corroded metal with barely-held-together soft bits that the undead love. About time they got some models to fit their outlook.
On the incense burner; the arm could be a skink buuut they just don’t seem to be incense types? So I’m going to with the slaanesh theme but take a wild leap and say it’s part of a new Blood Bowl team.
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
No idea, but I like it.
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Post by: Dysartes
Bottom of another floating IronKyn for LoV?
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Post by: Lord Perversor
It gives me Necromundan vibes... Either some Spire hunters thing or some kind of Vox/announcement system for preachers,zealots or some Guild.
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Post by: Tsagualsa
Same. Looks imperial, but no clue beyond that. It has danger stripes like that one missile-launcher thing from way back, but does not seem to be from the same kit. It guess it'll be some sort of weird accessoir for an actual unit. Could also be the underside of a floaty platform or something like that for Necromunda.
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Post by: Snrub
I dunno what it is, but i'm pretty sure I want it.
It looks like some sort of floating loudspeaker array. Not going to be at all surprised if there's some manner of vid-screen on the other side.
Akin to the floating screen drones the Enclave use in Fallout 3 (or is it New Vegas? I forget now, it's been ages since I played them).
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Post by: Tsagualsa
Snrub wrote:I dunno what it is, but i'm pretty sure I want it.
The cover on the lamp/searchlight looks very much like the one on the Hernkyn trike:
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Tsagualsa wrote:
Same. Looks imperial, but no clue beyond that. It has danger stripes like that one missile-launcher thing from way back, but does not seem to be from the same kit. It guess it'll be some sort of weird accessoir for an actual unit. Could also be the underside of a floaty platform or something like that for Necromunda.
plzplzplzplzplz GSC
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Post by: Tsagualsa
Gir Spirit Bane wrote:Tsagualsa wrote:
Same. Looks imperial, but no clue beyond that. It has danger stripes like that one missile-launcher thing from way back, but does not seem to be from the same kit. It guess it'll be some sort of weird accessoir for an actual unit. Could also be the underside of a floaty platform or something like that for Necromunda.
plzplzplzplzplz GSC
That's another good guess, the same style of lamp cover is used on the Goliath mining truck, the Atalan quad and the Ridgerunner. As well as the Hekaton Land Fortress and the Sagitaur. It seems that's their go-to visual shorthand for industrial equipment.
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Post by: Kanluwen
Tsagualsa wrote:
That's another good guess, the same style of lamp cover is used on the Goliath mining truck, the Atalan quad and the Ridgerunner. As well as the Hekaton Land Fortress and the Sagitaur. It seems that's their go-to visual shorthand for industrial equipment.
It's their visual shorthand for STC stuff.
Anyways, going with scenery for Soulshackle. It has the look of something you might see on a prison ship or in a prison--and it appears to feature a camera in the vein of the piece from Shadowvaults on the side we're not seeing of it.
For the record, the Shadowvaults' pieces are on this frame:
The two cameras are the two matched parts second from the bottom of the frame.
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Post by: Geifer
It has hazard stripes, therefore it's Necromunda. It floats, therefore it's Van Saar. Who is one of the two houses missing their ash waste vehicle? Exactly.
Logic therefore dictates that it is in fact... *dramatic drum roll*... a mechanical balloon Squig!
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Post by: Tsagualsa
Geifer wrote:It has hazard stripes, therefore it's Necromunda. It floats, therefore it's Van Saar. Who is one of the two houses missing their ash waste vehicle? Exactly.
Logic therefore dictates that it is in fact... *dramatic drum roll*... a mechanical balloon Squig!
With a rocket launcher system!
https://warbosskurgan.blogspot.com/p/rumour-engines.html#2021-10-26
Almost two years old, still unsolved. And also not entirely un-squat-like. And with danger stripes.
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Post by: lord_blackfang
Yea Votann or 'Munda. Maybe a propaganda/camera drone like the ones on Fallout 3. Enforcer remote? Ooooh hol up, Arbites is also on the menu.
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Post by: Shadow Walker
Maybe something for the enforcers, some riot control device?
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Post by: Tsagualsa
Not necessarily 'or', could be 'and'. Necromunda squats exist in several varieties
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Post by: Oguhmek
Looks like the sort of thing that would stick out the top of an Adeptus Arbites Rhino.
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Post by: Fayric
Im thinking GSC, with the striped cable.
But some crowd control device for abitres would also be very plausible.
Just hope its topped with Nixons head in a glass cannister.
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Post by: Olthannon
Hmm it's a cheeky one. At first glance I would have said it wasn't Votann, but the casing at the top of the image looks so much like the Hernkyn bikes.
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
Genestealer Hybrid of some kind?
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Post by: Segersgia
Something Vampiric I reckon
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Post by: Tsagualsa
I guess it's for one of the Bloodhunter dudes due for preview on Thursday/Friday.
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Post by: Nevelon
Look too refined for a greenskin, but still on the rough and savage side. GSC is a good guess with the claws.
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Post by: Tsagualsa
Nevelon wrote:Look too refined for a greenskin, but still on the rough and savage side. GSC is a good guess with the claws.
We have some clawy hands in the engine, as well as some undead-ish general decor, and one of the upcoming WarCry bands is most likely Vampires, maybe that will solve a lot of them at once.
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Post by: Mr_Rose
FEC bodyguard dudes, I reckon. It’s of decent manufacture with a definite aesthetic but it’s also old, worn and damaged through lack of care. So FEC - all their stuff always looks pristine to their eyes so why polish/clean/repair it?
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Post by: Inquisitor Gideon
Makes me think Eshin
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Post by: Shadow Walker
Either for the upcoming Warcry box or KT or maybe some bestial Malerion aelves?
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Post by: Asmodai
Don't think it's GSC. No wrist-blades in the range, and it doesn't match the shape of the Magus or Sanctus' bio-daggers.
Article text:
"We’re noticing a drawback with our new sponsorship program. We’re obliged to pass on their message no matter how… well… you’ll see.
Today’s sponsor is the Respectable Salvager’s Nocturnal Consortium, who assure us that they are certainly not a secret society of Hrud, and wish to encourage all spacefarers to dispose of junk, broken machinery, and expired foodstuffs by leaving them scattered around their voidcraft near any unsecured vents."
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Post by: Tsagualsa
Warhammer meme reddit has a field day with all that stuff, they're memeing themselves into believing that AoO book 5 is a bait-and-switch and will introduce the Hrud as 'Space Skaven' instead of the Lion ''I want to believe'' on warp-crack
For the record, i'm all for the Hrud, but Space Skaven is a bit unimaginative, weird Morlock-like beings that come from the future and go backwards through time are a more interesting take on them than ratmen-men.
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Post by: Voss
Tsagualsa wrote:Warhammer meme reddit has a field day with all that stuff, they're memeing themselves into believing that AoO book 5 is a bait-and-switch and will introduce the Hrud as 'Space Skaven' instead of the Lion ''I want to believe'' on warp-crack
For the record, i'm all for the Hrud, but Space Skaven is a bit unimaginative, weird Morlock-like beings that come from the future and go backwards through time are a more interesting take on them than ratmen-men.
Once upon a time, someone at the studio did up some old metal skaven (~3rd edition fantasy models- I still have the models used as the starting point) with RT-era guard lasguns, A few people decided that meant GW had planned to do Space Skaven. When hrud illustrations first appeared (mysterious cloaked figures) someone did 1+2 =5 and an early internet meme of skaven=hrud was born.
For whatever fething reason, that's stuck hard in some people's heads.
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Post by: Tsagualsa
Voss wrote:Tsagualsa wrote:Warhammer meme reddit has a field day with all that stuff, they're memeing themselves into believing that AoO book 5 is a bait-and-switch and will introduce the Hrud as 'Space Skaven' instead of the Lion ''I want to believe'' on warp-crack
For the record, i'm all for the Hrud, but Space Skaven is a bit unimaginative, weird Morlock-like beings that come from the future and go backwards through time are a more interesting take on them than ratmen-men.
Once upon a time, someone at the studio did up some old metal skaven (~3rd edition fantasy models- I still have the models used as the starting point) with RT-era guard lasguns, A few people decided that meant GW had planned to do Space Skaven. When hrud illustrations first appeared (mysterious cloaked figures) someone did 1+2 =5 and an early internet meme of skaven=hrud was born.
For whatever fething reason, that's stuck hard in some people's heads.
Apparently 'Space Ratmen' was a concept that got on the shortlist for 'New Alien Race' back when they prepared what eventually became Tau + Kroot, including some preliminary concept art and mockup sculpts, so the concept was taken quite seriously for some time. Of course, by that time the 'classic' pic with Kroot, Donorian Clawed Fiend, Necron, Tarellian Dogsoldier and hooded Hrud w/ ratty tail was about five years old already.
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Post by: Old-Four-Arms
At one point, Jes Goodwin tinkered with some 40k-ified Skaven concept art :
https://pariedolia.weebly.com/nimh/rats-in-spaaace
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Post by: Dysartes
Tsagualsa wrote:For the record, i'm all for the Hrud, but Space Skaven is a bit unimaginative, weird Morlock-like beings that come from the future and go backwards through time are a more interesting take on them than ratmen-men.
...how is "Space Skaven" as a core concept any more "unimaginative" than, say:
- Humans in Space
- Evil Humans in Space
- Knights with Guns in Space
- Evil Knights with Guns in Space
- Nuns with Guns in Space
- High Elves in Space
- Dark Elves in Space
- Wood Elves in Space
- Orcs in Space
- Goblins in Space
- Ogres in Space
- Halflings in Space
- Metal Tomb Kings in Space
- Space Bugs in Space
- Big Honking Human Robots in Space
- Big Honking Evil Human Robots in Space
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Post by: Tim the Biovore
The blade looks more Khorne to me. It's not scrappy or salvaged, the rough edge is intentional, and the closest visual matches are Khorne daemons and certain Bloodbound.
Hail Mary, I'll guess it's a Khorngor/dog-like beastman for the Khorne Warcry warband
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Post by: Theophony
Vampire Blood Bowl team. It has been discussed that it was probably the next team to be released.
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Post by: Lord Perversor
That was my 1st tought too, but something about the hand nails still puts me off a bit. Maybe something related to Malerion elves being Half dragon ?
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Post by: lord_blackfang
So the WarCom blurb hints at space skaven huh. Probably pairing off vs Arbites on Kill Team huh.
Without the blurb my guess would have been the Khorne/Vampirinc team for Warcry.
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Post by: Mentlegen324
I'm wondering if that rumour engine could be kroot. 4 fingers with sharp claw-like nails, the wrappings, and crude looking weapons and armour are all element that they have too, especially with the Farstalker Kindband.
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Post by: drbored
My guess for the latest RE is Soulblight Gravelords. The scale looks too big to be skaven (level of detail on the leather and claws) and the claws match very closely to those that you see on the Vargskyr and Radukar the Beast. The armor is too clean to be Flesh Eater Courts (who don't really wear armor) or Skaven, but slightly corroded blades is a theme we see a lot of in Soulblight Gravelords.
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Post by: Olthannon
Yeah I think wampirs as well.
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Post by: Jadenim
Theophony wrote:Vampire Blood Bowl team. It has been discussed that it was probably the next team to be released.
Open hand with bladed bracer is certainly in keeping with a lot of other BB models and I definitely think it’s vampiric.
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Post by: lost_lilliputian
Vampire Blood Bowl team would be so cool and I really got a vamp vibe from the rumour pic more than anything else for some reason.
Just wanted to show the similarity to an old BB Vampire player, look at the blade design and how it leaves the hand free.
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Post by: Haighus
lost_lilliputian wrote:Vampire Blood Bowl team would be so cool and I really got a vamp vibe from the rumour pic more than anything else for some reason.
Just wanted to show the similarity to an old BB Vampire player, look at the blade design and how it leaves the hand free.
Looks like it could well be a modernisation of this concept. The old sculpt has gloves on, which would be the biggest difference.
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Post by: Shadow Walker
So the latest is already solved by today's reveals - Khorne's guy from new Warcry box. What else there?
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Post by: Old-Four-Arms
26.10.21 - Nerf gun (Primaris Devastators)
14.06.22 - fern (Slann base)
05.07.22 - manacles (Arbites)
23.08.22 - rope & plumes (Skink cav banner)
20.09.22 - crest (Skink cav mount)
27.09.22 - mace (Warcry Vampires)
18.10.22 - tail (skink cav mount)
17.01.23 - vox-thingy (Arbites)
Warboss Kurgan's list has already been updated..
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
I’ve update the OP already. Just not with the piccies as I cannot be arsed.
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Post by: Tsagualsa
Lol, now they're just messing with people - the new Tarot card for AoO shows a hand grasping for the dawn blade - while being buried under a mountain of rats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAZX0ZdkPjE
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Post by: Segersgia
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
Something Lizardmen.
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Post by: JWBS
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Post by: Kanluwen
Oh look, something for Kroxigor!
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Post by: lord_blackfang
Looks a bit too flimsy to be Kroxigor club imho, more a caster's staff.
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Post by: Inquisitor Gideon
Probable a replacement for the skink starpriest
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Post by: ImAGeek
Almost certainly a Kroxigor weapon, yeah. Sold already!
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Post by: Tsagualsa
It looks very much like an updated version of Gor-Rok's club:
And one of the Kroxigors had one in this style:
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Post by: lord_blackfang
I know there's a ball club on old Kroxigors.
I urge you to consider the weak attachment point and thin shaft that definitely isn't Kroxigor fist scale.
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Post by: Voss
Dunno. It could be, but its a more delicate-looking version of the melee weapon on the alt-build of the new skink cavalry (their lances have the 'ball' built into the frame- no spacer and more surface area keeping the orb in place).
There's little to determine a scale, and if the rider's lances are any indication, the function of the item may not be obvious, even with the spikes on the orb.
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Post by: Tsagualsa
lord_blackfang wrote:I know there's a ball club on old Kroxigors.
I urge you to consider the weak attachment point and thin shaft that definitely isn't Kroxigor fist scale.
I see what you mean. By the scratches on the shaft, it seems smaller than the Kroxigor club. Skink size seems about right - i think it's too much like the other clubs to be something caster-related, but it could be some as-of-yet unknown old one techno-magic doodad. Or a club, who knows. Definitely lizardmen ofc.
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Post by: GaroRobe
Ranged kroxigir unit who hurls stones using very thin yeeters
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Post by: Tsagualsa
GaroRobe wrote:Ranged kroxigir unit who hurls stones using very thin yeeters
It almost looks like something in that vein, might be some sort of small stonethrower, perhaps mounted on some bigger creature.
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
Skink riding a Kroxigor Master Blaster style?
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Post by: lord_blackfang
I always enjoy seeing a little guy riding a big guy.
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Post by: Shadow Walker
Slaaneshi sorcerer/ess stuff from the next Warcry box?
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Post by: JimmyWolf87
"Wait, are we still doing 'Phrasing'?"
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Post by: Kanluwen
GaroRobe wrote:Ranged kroxigir unit who hurls stones using very thin yeeters
The new Skinks have an alternate build that almost looks like a laser-lance. I wouldn't be shocked if this was a "thunder hammer" in all but name.
Dinosaurs with lasers and tech weapons, coming soon!
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Post by: Tsagualsa
Kanluwen wrote: GaroRobe wrote:Ranged kroxigir unit who hurls stones using very thin yeeters
The new Skinks have an alternate build that almost looks like a laser-lance. I wouldn't be shocked if this was a "thunder hammer" in all but name.
Dinosaurs with lasers and tech weapons, coming soon!
The alternate build to that also uses Atl-Atls to throw their javelins, so using a staff-based stonethrowing implement to keep in line with mesoamerican weapons and designs would also fit.
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Post by: Tim the Biovore
I get why it seems like too thin a haft for a Kroxigor weapon, but if the alternative is something Saurus or smaller then the haft isn't just too flimsy from an in-verse perspective but also annoyingly thin from a miniature assembly perspective.
Makes far more sense for it to be a Kroxigor sized entry into GW's history of poorly designed weapons (if it even is, considering it's clearly not wood and more than likely the same sleek dark grey rock/metal seen on the new Saurus weapons)
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Post by: Danny76
Gor-Rok looks about right.
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Post by: Dread Master
Lizard wizard.
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Post by: MajorWesJanson
Saurus Cav club
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Post by: Scottywan82
Agreed. I think a Skink Priest.
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Post by: Quasistellar
Nah, it's almost certainly something pretty big. You can tell by the highlight lines the size is pretty large, and there's a lot of detail on the globe -- too large for a skink.
I'm guessing Kroxigor or a new similar unit.
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Post by: Tsagualsa
The Saurus revealed today solves an engine:
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
Saurus Cavalry banner, I reckon.
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Post by: GaroRobe
We already have a plastic skink priest on foot and a second one from Underworlds. Though it could be a priest that rides something, like a stegadon?
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Post by: Voss
GaroRobe wrote:
We already have a plastic skink priest on foot and a second one from Underworlds. Though it could be a priest that rides something, like a stegadon?
That already exists, too. Its part of the basic stegadon kit.
It could be a replacement for the one on the floating seat- the resin starseer. (Which coincidentally is now out of stock on the US store, along with a lot of saurus stuff).
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Post by: Kanluwen
That assumes that the Starseer remains rather than being phased out entirely. It's always stepped on the toes of the Troglodon, IMO, and seeing it fade out into Legends only would make it so that they can focus on palanquin being for Slaan only.
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Post by: CMLR
As a Lizardmen/Seraphon player, getting all of these lizard leaks (leakzards?) starts to feel like:
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Post by: Tsagualsa
Domandi wrote:https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/iHZpgPlkOFCNP9sa.jpg
solves the book stack rumor.
Also gives nice conversion bits for Slaaneshi Squats
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Post by: Olthannon
Tsagualsa wrote:Domandi wrote:https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/iHZpgPlkOFCNP9sa.jpg
solves the book stack rumor.
Also gives nice conversion bits for Slaaneshi Squats
I can't remember what I thought this was but probably not that.
I do want one for my Votann though.
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Post by: Fayric
Went back to the old rumor thread, and most people had a pretty decent guess what the book/scales was.
For example, Lord Blackfang, as a rsponse to someones musings, called it for a Kharadron battle accountant
Always fun to go back and see if anyone was spot on.
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
An axe. Possibly two handed.
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Post by: Tsagualsa
It somehow reminds me of old WHFB high elves, especially Phoenix Guard, if it's imperial at all i'd wager it is for some sort of subfaction, looks too 'styled' for the mainline stuff. Possibly an event miniature, or a character / something for KillTeam.
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Post by: Nevelon
The back grubbins look like STC stuff, so probably imperial, but could be stunties. The curved decoration doesn’t seem very IoM. Hand? Pretty high on the haft. Not a swinging grip.
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Post by: Chikout
It's a glove holding it, not a gauntlet which rules out quite a lot of things. I'm going to say it's Sisters of Battle.
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
It’s either being held “at rest”, or we’re seeing the top hand on a dual handed chopper, mid-swing.
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Post by: Nevelon
Chikout wrote:It's a glove holding it, not a gauntlet which rules out quite a lot of things. I'm going to say it's Sisters of Battle.
Good call. Although with all the little KT factions, it could also be a navy breacher, arbites, or some one-off. Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:It’s either being held “at rest”, or we’re seeing the top hand on a dual handed chopper, mid-swing.
Hard to tell, but the angle of the hand looks a lot more like an resting grip. Other hand probably shooting a pistol or pointing/waving/making rude gestures/etc.
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Post by: Kanluwen
Might just be a generic release Judiciar with a more traditional executioner's axe opposed to the blade, as they have gloves over top of their gauntlets.
Though there's also been that rumor of the old "Masters of the Chapter" getting a Primaris Glow-Up, and one was the Master of Executions...
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
I’m thinking it may be Votann.
I say that as they have Plasma Blades, which are sculpted smooth. Power Weapons however have cables and nodules on the blade itself.
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Post by: GaroRobe
Yeah, Votann was my first thought as well. I know we have the jetbike Hernkyn Pioneer, and another rumor engine also has something that comes from that specific set.
My thoughts are Votann rangers/scouts, which would probably be Pioneers on foot.
Two points against this idea:
* The bikes do have an axe in a sheath, but the back of the axe doesn't have the power coupling
* Votann do wear gloves but its usually only the fingers exposed and then some metal plating over the main hand. You can't really tell from the image, but it looks like it's more glovey than typically LoV hands
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Post by: Mentlegen324
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:I’m thinking it may be Votann.
I say that as they have Plasma Blades, which are sculpted smooth. Power Weapons however have cables and nodules on the blade itself.
My first thought was Votann too, but looking at their versions it doesn't really seem to match anything they have too well. Their plasma weapons don't have a big vented square/box on the back linked with a thick cable (but most Imperial weapons do have something like it) and they tend to have an emitter on the blade side that follows the shape of it roughly.
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Post by: Irbis
Mentlegen324 wrote:My first thought was Votann too, but looking at their versions it doesn't really seem to match anything they have too well. Their plasma weapons don't have a big vented square/box on the back linked with a thick cable (but most Imperial weapons do have something like it) and they tend to have an emitter on the blade side that follows the shape of it roughly.
Actually Einhyr Champion has axe with nearly identical shape and same hand grip, I'd say it matches fairly well. Also, Votann power blades love the pointless really exposed U cable going from haft to power generator, see troops box. In any case, no skulls or wings, so it surely isn't Imperial.
It kinda looks lower tech than usual Votann stuff so I wondered if it isn't squat axe but no, they have very rounded gear design and the casing and notches in it matches Votann visual language much closer.
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Post by: Mentlegen324
Irbis wrote: Mentlegen324 wrote:My first thought was Votann too, but looking at their versions it doesn't really seem to match anything they have too well. Their plasma weapons don't have a big vented square/box on the back linked with a thick cable (but most Imperial weapons do have something like it) and they tend to have an emitter on the blade side that follows the shape of it roughly.
Actually Einhyr Champion has axe with nearly identical shape and same hand grip, I'd say it matches fairly well. Also, Votann power blades love the pointless really exposed U cable going from haft to power generator, see troops box. In any case, no skulls or wings, so it surely isn't Imperial.
It kinda looks lower tech than usual Votann stuff so I wondered if it isn't squat axe but no, they have very rounded gear design and the casing and notches in it matches Votann visual language much closer.
No it doesn't?
This isn't "nearly identical" at all:
No housing around the majority of the blade, vastly different haft shape in the centre compared to all the League axes, and the blade itself is different style to what we've seen from them.
While League plasma axes don't have a big box with a thick cable on the back. Their stuff tend to have relatively small plain cables further down.
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Post by: Irbis
Mentlegen324 wrote:No housing around the majority of the blade, vastly different haft shape in the centre compared to all the League axes, and the blade itself is different style to what we've seen from them.
While League plasma axes don't have a big box with a thick cable on the back. Their stuff tend to have relatively small plain cables further down.
I said SHAPE of the axe, not the casing. Ignore decorative bits, look at the blade itself, and tell me it's not the same. Or try to find even remotely as good match in all other factions using power weapons, you won't. Even SW, the other Viking-like faction loving medieval axes, have top part straight, without 'hook' in it. Then there is the grip part you ignored, no other faction in the game grabs the haft in combat the same way (due to Votann proportions).
Also, stop looking at plasma weapons, as it's completely different technology, and compare their metal axes/blades. They are far closer match, if more high tech like I noted. And even U cable bit is seen much more often on Votann weapons, both melee and ranged, than it is on Imperial. If not for the less sophisticated look, I'd say it's 100% certainty League model.
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Post by: Tsagualsa
It could also be some heresy-era weirdness, that would explain the axe being a callback to random space adventurer #37 from RT or something of equal obscurity.
I still try to imagine the pose that the miniature is in, and it seems like it's something like left-handedly holding the axe and pointing with it.
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Post by: Mentlegen324
Irbis wrote: Mentlegen324 wrote:No housing around the majority of the blade, vastly different haft shape in the centre compared to all the League axes, and the blade itself is different style to what we've seen from them.
While League plasma axes don't have a big box with a thick cable on the back. Their stuff tend to have relatively small plain cables further down.
I said SHAPE of the axe, not the casing. Ignore decorative bits, look at the blade itself, and tell me it's not the same. Or try to find even remotely as good match in all other factions using power weapons, you won't. Even SW, the other Viking-like faction loving medieval axes, have top part straight, without 'hook' in it. Then there is the grip part you ignored, no other faction in the game grabs the haft in combat the same way (due to Votann proportions).
Also, stop looking at plasma weapons, as it's completely different technology, and compare their metal axes/blades. They are far closer match, if more high tech like I noted. And even U cable bit is seen much more often on Votann weapons, both melee and ranged, than it is on Imperial. If not for the less sophisticated look, I'd say it's 100% certainty League model.
No, they're not the same. The Votann blade doesn't have open edges at the back, doesn't have curved parts on the back of the blade and has a more angular/wider sharpened shape. The shape of the axe is not similar, and all the other parts that are more indicative of who it might belong to than the shape of the blade itself are also vastly different from what we've seen on the Votann.
Yeah, Votann weapons have a U cable on them. Their cables are relatively small, plain cables, whereas the cables shown on Imperial Power axes are commonly big, thick ribbed cables like connect from the handle to a vented square thing like that does. Find something that's similar to that on the Votann because I can't find anything close to it.
Nothing about it seems similar to the Votann axes in a way that suggests its theirs, neither the blade or the other parts - for both their metal and plasma axes.
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Post by: Inquisitor Gideon
Probably a new kill team of some sort
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Post by: Olthannon
I'd suspect Votann myself. It's more likely that than owt else.
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Post by: NAVARRO
Theres been several Votann rumour engine things lately, so Im assuming quite a few new models coming in.
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Post by: drbored
My guess is it's a random model that'll be for boxing day 3 years from now that's impossible to predict because it'll be based around some tiny piece of lore that nobody has looked at in a decade.
Just as likely as anything else.
But seriously. I just have no clue. It looks so generic yet *purposefully* clean and yet elegant at the same time. My guess is a unit for 30k we haven't seen yet, like something for solar auxilia.
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Post by: Theophony
New imperial assassin model who uses axes....just not the way anyone else would ever use them.
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Post by: Dysartes
Theophony wrote:New imperial assassin model who uses axes....just not the way anyone else would ever use them.
...to clean a sink?
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Post by: MajorWesJanson
Theophony wrote:New imperial assassin model who uses axes....just not the way anyone else would ever use them.
In the back seat of a Volkswagon?
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Post by: Mr_Rose
I’m going to suggest, more on hope than reason, that it’s a new generic Inquisitor (and possibly retinue for kill team).
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Post by: fox-light713
Looks like an impiral power axe. Its just a matter of which system it will be for, 40k, Kill Team, Horus Heresy, or Necromunda.
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Post by: pgmason
It reminds me of the old plastic marine power axe (top right sprue in the pic):
http://solegends.com/citcat1993/cat1993p509-01.htm
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Post by: Voss
That seems like a very uncomfortable place.
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Post by: Oguhmek
I get more of a 30K than 40K vibe from that axe.
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
Smoke Grenade. Possibly on its own base?
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Post by: Old-Four-Arms
Looks orkish.. possibly linked to Boss Snikrot ?
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
That seems a good call. Spesh if we’re getting plastic Kommandos.
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Post by: Kanluwen
We already have plastic Kommandos.
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Post by: Matrindur
Seems like it has its own base, so a marker for some kind of ability. Could be Kill Team?
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Post by: Tsagualsa
We do have another orky-looking gas grenade + hand in the unsolved pics already. Snikrot-grots maybe?
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Post by: oni
I'm guessing Snikrot. Perhaps a marker that provides a radius of cover.
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Post by: Matrindur
You can even see the same kind of smoke on Snikrots base
But since the rumour engine shows it from the wrong angle it might still be some kind of marker? But definitely connected to him
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
That’s true.
But I’m not sure we’ve had a Rumour Engine from something already sneak previewed?
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Post by: Kanluwen
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:That’s true.
But I’m not sure we’ve had a Rumour Engine from something already sneak previewed?
We have. Not digging it up, but we most certainly have had Rumor Engines from things in the "Coming This Year" videos.
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Post by: Tsagualsa
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:That’s true.
But I’m not sure we’ve had a Rumour Engine from something already sneak previewed?
We kinda did with the Arbite floaty-drone, it was engined after the Arbites were sneak-previewed, although it was not the exact same model. And that weird HH assassin dude got his second rumour engine picture on 12/27 and the video on 12/29; there seems to be no definite rule.
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Post by: Fayric
Just a base with a smoke grenade?
Looks like new Alpha Legion confirmed!
Smoke and mirrors.
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Post by: Tsagualsa
Fayric wrote:Just a base with a smoke grenade?
Looks like new Alpha Legion confirmed!
Smoke and mirrors.
There's a purple ork on that base too, but he's just too good at sneaking
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Post by: Breotan
Well, it does look like a stikkbomb so I'm thinking maybe it's something for Boarding Parties?
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Post by: GaroRobe
Tsagualsa wrote:We do have another orky-looking gas grenade + hand in the unsolved pics already. Snikrot-grots maybe?
Imagine if we got unique grot models for snikrot, but not for Zodgrod
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Post by: MajorWesJanson
GaroRobe wrote:Tsagualsa wrote:We do have another orky-looking gas grenade + hand in the unsolved pics already. Snikrot-grots maybe?
Imagine if we got unique grot models for snikrot, but not for Zodgrod
There is already a sneak grot in the kommando kit, and Ghaz came with Makari. Would be cool if more ork characters came with grits as well. Mad Dok, Zag, and Zogwort could use plastic updates with grot attaches
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
Something Necromunda I reckon.
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Post by: Nevelon
Goblin spider shaman?
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
Far too well made for Gobbo.
But I think it probably is something AoS now, because it looks Artisan, rather than cobbled together or manufactured.
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Post by: Nevelon
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:Far too well made for Gobbo.
But I think it probably is something AoS now, because it looks Artisan, rather than cobbled together or manufactured.
I saw spider legs, jumped to gobbos.
But could that be a khorne symbol?
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Post by: Kanluwen
I'd lean more towards something Death-y.
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Post by: GaroRobe
That looks like a khorne icon though I can’t imagine it’s held by something other than a wizard, which makes no sense
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Post by: JSG
Another Khorne priest... Yay.
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Post by: Mentlegen324
Could it be something for the Ossiarch Bonereapers? Not too familiar with them so not sure if it doesn't fit well
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Post by: Theophony
Isn't there a Warcry spider faction? Looks like it would fit with them, possibly a special character for that faction.
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Post by: skrulnik
Shadow Elves? It looks familiar, like its a re-imagining of something from an old-school metal sculpt
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Post by: Inquisitor Gideon
That skull looks like it's been painted to show it's been carved rather than being an actual skull.
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Post by: DreadfullyHopeful
Might be a "back pole" type thingy like what the skullreapers have.
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Post by: Tsagualsa
skrulnik wrote:Shadow Elves?
It looks familiar, like its a re-imagining of something from an old-school metal sculpt
I also get a diffuse old-school Dark Elves vibe from it, it feels like something we've seen before, on a banner or maybe a staff or something.
The skull is carved, but the vanes behind it seem to be made of bone.
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Post by: Shadow Walker
Malerion crew?
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Post by: Old-Four-Arms
Tsagualsa wrote: skrulnik wrote:Shadow Elves?
It looks familiar, like its a re-imagining of something from an old-school metal sculpt
I also get a diffuse old-school Dark Elves vibe from it, it feels like something we've seen before, on a banner or maybe a staff or something.
The skull is carved, but the vanes behind it seem to be made of bone.
Getting Khainite vibes from this one.. The old metal Morathi mini had a horned skull-tipped staff as well.
First image in the gallery for artwork :
https://whfb.lexicanum.com/wiki/Morathi
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Post by: Fayric
The daemon horns on the skull suggest something chaos. Dont think I ever saw those kind of horns on any other faction.
Edit: ok, some wicked elves also have those kind of horns.
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Post by: Irbis
Old-Four-Arms wrote:Getting Khainite vibes from this one.. The old metal Morathi mini had a horned skull-tipped staff as well.
These spikes had definite Elven look to them, though, ellipsoid curves instead of bent Khornate horns, though.
Then there is the fact we already have new Morathi, so...
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Post by: Tsagualsa
Fayric wrote:The daemon horns on the skull suggest something chaos. Dont think I ever saw those kind of horns on any other faction.
Edit: ok, some wicked elves also have those kind of horns.
Some of the Old Warhammer Online concept art for Dark Elves has very similar designs, but bot quite exactly the same.
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Post by: Olthannon
I would say it looks a lot like Dark Elves to me, so whatever the AoS thing for that is?
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Post by: Scottywan82
It almost looks like a Khornate symbol on the reverse of the skull. And they are due a new book soon, I think.
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Post by: Tsagualsa
Scottywan82 wrote:It almost looks like a Khornate symbol on the reverse of the skull. And they are due a new book soon, I think.
It's also structurally similar to this daughters of Khaine rune:
Four downwards, four sidewards, horned skull on top. But of course much more brutal in material - maybe some sort of Khaine-related beastmasters or sth. like that.
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Post by: GrosseSax
Probably yet another Daughters warband..
Boring!
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Post by: Mr_Rose
My mind jumped straight to Karloth Valois and won’t budge. What better time for a new Zombie Uprising than in the middle of a civil war triggered by the Cicatrix opening?
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Post by: Tsagualsa
Mr_Rose wrote:
My mind jumped straight to Karloth Valois and won’t budge. What better time for a new Zombie Uprising than in the middle of a civil war triggered by the Cicatrix opening?
That would be awesome, i now want it to be true.
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
That’s…..not unfeasible.
But I’d argue the best time is “just after the fighting is done, you have maximum corpses and their authority is at their most tenuous, because to pre-empt might mean it becomes Everyone Vs Your Zombies”?
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Post by: KidCthulhu
Mr_Rose wrote:
My mind jumped straight to Karloth Valois and won’t budge. What better time for a new Zombie Uprising than in the middle of a civil war triggered by the Cicatrix opening?
As much as I dearly want a new Karloth & plastic Plague Zombies, I keep seeing Khaine/Khorne in that design...
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Post by: Mr_Rose
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:That’s…..not unfeasible.
But I’d argue the best time is “just after the fighting is done, you have maximum corpses and their authority is at their most tenuous, because to pre-empt might mean it becomes Everyone Vs Your Zombies”?
Unfortunately Necromundan zombies are the infected living rather than raised undead so waiting until the bodies hit the floor doesn’t actually help Valois.
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Post by: Vermis
Mr_Rose wrote:
Unfortunately Necromundan zombies are the infected living rather than raised undead so waiting until the bodies hit the floor doesn’t actually help Valois.
Pat Mills lied to me! Where am I going to get my giant revivified rat mummy now?
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Post by: Shakalooloo
Vermis wrote: Mr_Rose wrote:
Unfortunately Necromundan zombies are the infected living rather than raised undead so waiting until the bodies hit the floor doesn’t actually help Valois.
Pat Mills lied to me! Where am I going to get my giant revivified rat mummy now?
That was crazy Ratskin shaman hoodoo, so you'll have to wait until that particular brand of heresy gets re-imagined!
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Post by: Shadow Walker
So Snikrot clears the smoky granade and Khorne girl the latest skull one. What else?
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
Feet on head cleared from last year, and the cherry blossom.
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Post by: Shadow Walker
Tree from Farsight but feet and head from whom?
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Post by: Matrindur
Slaanesh Hero
Khorne Hero
Farsight
Snikrot
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Post by: lord_blackfang
Is Khorne Girl's staff, at 5 days, the shortest lived Rumour Engine image ever?
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Post by: Shadow Walker
The claw from the Warcry Khorne guy was from 24th January and the reveal was on 27th.
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Post by: Tsagualsa
I don't think so, the shortest has been like 10 hours if i remember correctly
I can't find definite proof of that one, but there has been a Lumineth one that was revealed within 5 days, and one that was revealed within 3 days.
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Post by: Matrindur
Don't remember which one but we had a rumour engine before where the model was already revealed before it was posted. If I remeber correctly that was just a mistake and we got another one as replacement but still funny.
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
Record is the engine stack for the Big Knight, as I’m sure that was teased just the day before?
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Post by: lord_blackfang
Matrindur wrote: Don't remember which one but we had a rumour engine before where the model was already revealed before it was posted If it's the same one, I remember a bit for the upcoming update to the Mega Gargant kit was posted, but it was a bit that was already in the then existing kit, rather than one of the new bits
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Post by: Tsagualsa
Matrindur wrote:
Don't remember which one but we had a rumour engine before where the model was already revealed before it was posted. If I remeber correctly that was just a mistake and we got another one as replacement but still funny.
Yep, this terrain piece: https://warbosskurgan.blogspot.com/p/rumour-engines.html#2018-03-27
Revealed a day before the rumour engine pic
It's not even the winner, that goes to this Slaaneshi model, which got revealed two weeks before the engine picture https://warbosskurgan.blogspot.com/p/rumour-engines.html#2020-12-05
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
Stunty for Blood Bowl?
Maybe evil Stunty for Blood Bowl?
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Post by: Tsagualsa
Very likely Blood Bowl, maybe a Votann special character, one of their psykers?
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Post by: silverstu
Thinking Votann Grimnyr special character .
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Post by: JimmyWolf87
I want to say Votann if only because I don't they've ever done a Rumour Engine for Blood Bowl that I can recall.
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
JimmyWolf87 wrote:I want to say Votann if only because I don't they've ever done a Rumour Engine for Blood Bowl that I can recall.
Checking Warboss Kurgan’s page, there’s been at least one.
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Post by: Kanluwen
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:JimmyWolf87 wrote:I want to say Votann if only because I don't they've ever done a Rumour Engine for Blood Bowl that I can recall.
Checking Warboss Kurgan’s page, there’s been at least one.
Technically, the Blood Bowl stuff was its own thing. They did a "rumor engine" tease at the end of each article showcasing a bunch of the various Star Players early on.
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Post by: lord_blackfang
Mite b Necromunda Squats, they have gloves exactly like that
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Post by: Irbis
Gak detail and very soft lines suggest resin, so yeah, might be BB or Necromunda mini, especially with that painting style.
Though I'd guess 30K librarian-ish character or something, seeing all psychic SM recently had such gloves...
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Post by: Olthannon
Pretty confident in saying that is for Necromunda Squats. The glove is very similar and so is the whole sleeve. Looks like that rubbery hazmat suit style thing they have on their upper arms.
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Post by: The Power Cosmic
Santa Claus!
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Post by: Fayric
Olthannon wrote:Pretty confident in saying that is for Necromunda Squats. The glove is very similar and so is the whole sleeve. Looks like that rubbery hazmat suit style thing they have on their upper arms.
I think you are right. Its a pretty solid match.
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
Looking very bottom left? Glove seems to have a deal to the sleeve. So yeah. Necromunda Squats or Leagues.
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Post by: Tsagualsa
Looks like some sort of Harpoon or Bolt thrower ammunition, with cruel runes, so could be in the Chaos/Dark Elves direction. They look well-made too, but not easy to identify a faction from it.
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Post by: Nevelon
Javelins or balista/bolt throwers?
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Post by: Cataphract
Maybe…? Chaos Duardin!
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Post by: lord_blackfang
Random Underworlds/Warcry gang!
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Post by: Shadow Walker
Ogre hunter crew for Warcry?
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Post by: Vermis
That would be nice. As long as they aren't, like, piloting stonecarved mole machines, or penny farthings made out of lava, or biplanes cunningly fashioned from bologna, or anything as fething ridiculous as copper hot air balloons.
Still, good to see the hobbos back. They're quite well done.
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Post by: Geifer
It's fancy and barbed enough to be the Slaanesh themed Warcry warband we're still missing.
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Post by: Tittliewinks22
Vermis wrote:
That would be nice. As long as they aren't, like, piloting stonecarved mole machines, or penny farthings made out of lava, or biplanes cunningly fashioned from bologna, or anything as fething ridiculous as copper hot air balloons.
Still, good to see the hobbos back. They're quite well done.
If they don't have train, I sad.
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Post by: Jadenim
Tsagualsa wrote:Looks like some sort of Harpoon or Bolt thrower ammunition, with cruel runes, so could be in the Chaos/Dark Elves direction. They look well-made too, but not easy to identify a faction from it.
Nevelon wrote:Javelins or balista/bolt throwers?
It looks more like two spears being held together to me, either in a quiver or, more likely, just in the off-hand of whoever’s throwing them.
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Post by: Tsagualsa
A propos the rumour of a Beastmen Killteam currently floating around, i 'memad where i have seen this one before:
Not exactly the same, but same type.
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Post by: GaroRobe
Slaves to darkness models gave a lot of runes carved into weapons. Maybe they’re getting some ranged models
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Post by: Scottywan82
GaroRobe wrote:Slaves to darkness models gave a lot of runes carved into weapons. Maybe they’re getting some ranged models
They definitely need some.
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
Ogre. Near identical weapon head on Ironguts sprue.
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Post by: lord_blackfang
Let's hope the sculptor doesn't misread "mongol" as "mongoloid" in the design brief again.
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Post by: KillerAngel
Got a chuckle out of the War-Com description.
The Rumour Engine is leaking the raw, uncontained stuff off pure rumourstone, filling the air with heady fumes no mortal was meant to breathe. Codex: Primaris Lieutenants is around the corner! Gargants now have a minimum unit size of 20! The Squats are returning! And to top it all off, there’s this image! Shut it off!
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Post by: No wolves on Fenris
My biggest take from this was the announcement of Primaris Sicarius at the end coming next week
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Post by: MajorWesJanson
Isn't there a Black Library collection of Sicarus stories coming out?
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Post by: GaroRobe
2022-08-02 is solved (skeleton in hair). It’s the wolf from the new warcry, as seen here
https://www.reddit.com/r/WarCry/comments/11ylgjo/more_pictures_of_crypt_of_blood_showing/
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Post by: Bob Lorgar
I cannot find a wolf anywhere in that picture.
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Post by: Bob Lorgar
Oh, that looks like a baboon to me.
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Post by: Olthannon
New Kill Team box knocks a couple of rumours off, one being a smoke grenade used by the Beastmen and one being the exhaust of the Votann jumppack.
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
Yup. Well spotted to those who guessed Votann for that nozzle.
Can’t wait to see a full unit of them!
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Post by: Tsagualsa
The Beastmen Killteam also contains that spiked mace, the shamans staff is the skull with leather bindings, and the gong that the dude with the mace is banging was also a engine picture i think.
These ones
https://warbosskurgan.blogspot.com/p/rumour-engines.html#2022-11-22
https://warbosskurgan.blogspot.com/p/rumour-engines.html#2022-12-06
https://warbosskurgan.blogspot.com/p/rumour-engines.html#2022-12-06
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Post by: GaroRobe
Kruleboyz? Makes me think of that exclusive shaman
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Post by: Scottywan82
Maybe terrain from the new Warcry set?
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Post by: Dudeface
Looks flipped/inverted
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Post by: Geifer
It's the right way around if it's a bone flail.
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Post by: Shadow Walker
Warcry grotz?
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Post by: Tsagualsa
I can't figure out if they're right-side up and supposed to be some sort of mushroom, or if they're inverted and something like tusks or horns hanging from a banner or sth. like that.
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Post by: faeslayer
Those are Kruleboyz stuf, I’d wager. Look like the ends of chains at the bottom, so I’m guessing it’s inverted.
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Post by: Kanluwen
Beast Snagga range addition is my guess.
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Post by: Lord Perversor
Tsagualsa wrote:
I can't figure out if they're right-side up and supposed to be some sort of mushroom, or if they're inverted and something like tusks or horns hanging from a banner or sth. like that.
For me it looks like 3x different horns with metal/chains inside . you can notice the 2x nails heads in each horn to fix them to the chain/metal inside
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Post by: Tsagualsa
Yes, that seems to be what this is. Also the horns have scratches on top that would be weird on mushrooms.
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Post by: The Power Cosmic
Primaris Lt. suplexing a kruelboy. That's why his necklace is updside down.
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Post by: Fayric
Do they still bother with endless spells?
A Kruelboyz endless spell would make sense of the floating horns with chain piercings. But a quick googel tell me ossiarch got their endless late 2019, and Im not sure they have done any more since then.
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Post by: Geifer
Rusty scythe. That bodes ill for this year's harvest.
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Post by: Tsagualsa
Geifer wrote:Rusty scythe. That bodes ill for this year's harvest.
Looks to decrepit for even Nurgle in 40k, it's probably WarCry, Underworlds or Flesheaters for AoS. Or even something for TOW already, at some point stuff for it ought to creep into the engine.
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Post by: Matrindur
seems pretty in line for AoS Nurgle
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Post by: Theophony
Possibly a Harbinger of Decay update as that model is still Resin. Always wanted the model, but not in Finecast/ or even the newer resin they were doing.
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Post by: Asmodai
My first thought was Amethyst Wizards for City of Sigmar - but seeing the pic, I agree it looks more Nurgley.
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Post by: GaroRobe
The nails sticking in it are common in maggotkin models. Almost certainly nurgle
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Post by: Shadow Walker
New necromancer?
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Post by: Scottywan82
Theophony wrote:Possibly a Harbinger of Decay update as that model is still Resin. Always wanted the model, but not in Finecast/ or even the newer resin they were doing.
This is my hope. I'd love that model in plastic. It has such a gravity to it, the way it slouches on the horse.
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Post by: Fayric
Pestigor!.
I see Pestigor character Rurkhar Festigor have a scyte with nails like that.
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Post by: Scottywan82
Fayric wrote:Pestigor!.
I see Pestigor character Rurkhar Festigor have a scyte with nails like that.
That would also be great news. I really want them to finish making the various God-themed gors already.
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Post by: Tsagualsa
Today's picture:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/04/11/the-rumour-engine-11th-april-2023/
It looks vaguely tyranid-y, but that's a fakeout in my opinion, so i'd say it's the long-awaited shadow-elf-cthulhu-thingies for AoS.
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
Tentacles!
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Post by: xttz
Wet Elf sea creature
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Post by: Tsagualsa
The Shadow- and Mist-Elf dudes from idk Shadespire? Silver Tower? whatever have both swirly-misty things and random base tentacles, maybe it's something in that vein. Damp elf, not wet elf. We also have another engine picture with some sort of censer or aromatherapy vessel in rather delicate hands that seems to exude comparable swathes of swirly stuff.
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Post by: GaroRobe
Stephen Kings The Mist, but in model form
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Post by: NAVARRO
Fishmen with tentacled arm and smoking.
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Post by: Irbis
That looks more like smoke to me...
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Post by: Shadow Walker
Some smoke plus something that looks like a weirdo stuff made from some weirdo thing/creature - more weirdo elves?
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Post by: Kanluwen
Would be nice to see an Idoneth warcry setup. Embailors plus beasties would be a splash.
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Post by: drbored
I'm guessing a daemon thing for underworlds.
Or necromunda.
or blood bowl.
Or basically anything that's not the mainline games.
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Post by: Olthannon
I'm going to go way off course and say it's Lothern Sea Guard..
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Post by: H.B.M.C.
Looks like Fish Elves to me.
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Post by: Scottywan82
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Post by: Tsagualsa
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Post by: MajorWesJanson
Clearly a Votaan infiltrator.
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Post by: Mr_Rose
Two Votann infiltrators in a super-suit.
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Post by: Tsagualsa
Rumour engine for today:
It's some swirly magic and a non-human hand; could be anything really.
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
Possibly a Lt equivalent for Tzeentchian Horror?
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Post by: Tsagualsa
How many fingers do Lizardmen and Slann have?
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Post by: lord_blackfang
Looks Death to me for some reason
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Post by: NAVARRO
Goblin Chef making a pizza.
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Post by: Tyranid Horde
Flesh Eater Courts dude?
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Post by: Voss
I'm inclined to agree, maybe ghouls.
Also, Lizards and Tzeentch seem full up on character and near-character model releases right now
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Post by: Shadow Walker
Ghoul wizard.
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
Ded Orky.
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Post by: Mr_Rose
Yeah, was about to say that could not be more Orky if you tried.
But what is it though? Any classic units were still missing? The brush strokes give the impression of an infantry scale weapon so maybe new Lootas so they can ditch the old Boyz kit once and for all?
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Post by: Matrindur
Orks seem pretty likely, just look the that ring-piece at the front
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Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik
Could be updated Killa Kans or Deff Dredd, as a Kustom Kannon thing?
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Post by: Matrindur
seems like a 1:1 match with the Kustom shokk rifle on the Shokkjump Dragsta
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Post by: Haighus
Matrindur wrote:seems like a 1:1 match with the Kustom shokk rifle on the Shokkjump Dragsta
Good spot, depressingly similar.
From those new standardised mek produktion lines...
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Post by: Mentlegen324
Matrindur wrote:seems like a 1:1 match with the Kustom shokk rifle on the Shokkjump Dragsta
So much for it being a "Kustom" shokk rifle, then.
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Post by: Grimskul
GW loves reusing their CAD designs a little too much sometimes...
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Post by: MajorWesJanson
Alternate weapon for Tank bustas?
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Post by: Dudeface
I hate to say it, do orks really need another wave? They get very healthy mini support as it is compared to some.
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Post by: Haighus
Dudeface wrote:I hate to say it, do orks really need another wave? They get very healthy mini support as it is compared to some.
I think it is pretty much just tankbustas that need a kit update at this stage. Other ranges would benefit more methinks.
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Post by: Tsagualsa
Haighus wrote:Dudeface wrote:I hate to say it, do orks really need another wave? They get very healthy mini support as it is compared to some.
I think it is pretty much just tankbustas that need a kit update at this stage. Other ranges would benefit more methinks.
Perhaps it's something Nazzdregg-adjacent that was originally meant for AoO and got delayed? Mega-armour boss box that also builds Nazzdreg or whatever.
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Post by: Grimskul
Haighus wrote:Dudeface wrote:I hate to say it, do orks really need another wave? They get very healthy mini support as it is compared to some.
I think it is pretty much just tankbustas that need a kit update at this stage. Other ranges would benefit more methinks. Tankbustas and a few resin characters/ HQ's that need updates. Weirdboyz, Big Mek with KFF, Nob with WAAAGH! Banner, Grotsnik especially, followed by Zagstruk and Badrukk. The only one that has any urgency would be Grotsnik IMO, given how small he is relative to everyone else. Automatically Appended Next Post: Tsagualsa wrote: Haighus wrote:Dudeface wrote:I hate to say it, do orks really need another wave? They get very healthy mini support as it is compared to some.
I think it is pretty much just tankbustas that need a kit update at this stage. Other ranges would benefit more methinks.
Perhaps it's something Nazzdregg-adjacent that was originally meant for AoO and got delayed? Mega-armour boss box that also builds Nazzdreg or whatever.
I could see it as a weapon option for a Big Mek with KFF to be honest, given that they got rid of the scuplt at some point but then brought it back.
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Post by: Haighus
Oh yeah, forgot about the characters.
A kustom shokk rifle as a weapon for other units is fine. What is not fine is it being identical to the one on another kit.
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Post by: Major-Clanger
Ufthak Blackhawk from Brutal Kunnin
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Post by: Mr_Rose
Good spot on the shokk rifle. Not quite identical but definitely the same design language. So maybe a special weapon for tankbustas but it could be an extra option for loota/burna mekz
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Post by: Shakalooloo
Finally an Orkimedes model?
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Post by: Segersgia
I've seen people on the Ork subreddit speculate that it might be Ufthak, who starred in the Brutal Kunnin novels, who took a Shokk Rifle as a weapon.
And knowing that Ufthak also goes into battle in a Looted Centurion suit, I really hope they are right.
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