How do!

And here we go with the first image.

But before that? Warboss Kurgan has a list of all previous here - https://warbosskurgan.blogspot.com/p/rumour-engines.html

Right.

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Something Fish Elf I reckons.

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Tail-Squig!

Tail-pie!

Baby dino? Or fish elf critter?

I think whatever that thing is it has legs, the angle at the edge of shot seems to be going down to some kind of bird like pelvis.

Looks too skinny to be a tail for locomotion, it's more for balance.

It's a light elf water buffalo temple guard helmet horn. How do you know it's a light elf water buffalo temple guard helmet horn? Because the light elf water buffalo temple guard helmet horn is equipped for paddling.

I hate that light elf water temple is a perfectly reasonable guess.

I see a tentacle cleaning a window with a chamois cloth.


Anyway I agree it does seem to have a watery vibe somehow, an aquatic creature type maybe.

Elfish?

 Shadow Walker wrote:
Elfish?

Agreed, definitely an elf fish

 Tastyfish wrote:
I think whatever that thing is it has legs, the angle at the edge of shot seems to be going down to some kind of bird like pelvis.

Dunno, might also be bottom/belly fin. Whatever it is, looks tiny, fish elf critter scale would be about right for it.

Looks cheerful! Like something doing a tentacle high five.
So, could possibly be a Beast of Nurgle underworlds team.

It’s hard to get a sense of the, aha, scale.

It could be quite dinky, like a Chaos Familiar or those wee critters that follow the Armies of Sigmar. Or, it could horsey sized, and so be a mount.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
It’s hard to get a sense of the, aha, scale.

It could be quite dinky, like a Chaos Familiar or those wee critters that follow the Armies of Sigmar. Or, it could horsey sized, and so be a mount.

If it was mount sized, it would definitely have more details.

GW painting team usually only 'cheats' detail by painting them on only on really small bits. This is below skink sized, IMO.

Kind of looks like the tails on some of the Necromunda beasties?

I reckon small base filler lizard/Dino for a Seraphon big Dino/character

Smoke? Coral? Magic Coral Smoke?

Pie Bag? Sand Squig?

Plague smoke?

Definitely looks like coral to me, having recently assembled a multitude of playmobil mermaid sets.

https://theevolutionstore.com/aluminum-anthill-casting/

It's like trying to find Nemo in there. Or Dory.

Hmm yeah looks like coral to me. Something like the shape of water.


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 lord_blackfang wrote:
https://theevolutionstore.com/aluminum-anthill-casting/

So you're saying some type of borer? Underground? It does actually look remarkably similar

Something new for Idoneth Deepkin, and I'm guessing they'll be early in the new edition of AoS.

Given its multidirectional look, I’m definitely leaning toward Coral, as it’s the only real-world thing I’m aware of that matches.

Whether it’s spectral or not? I dunno. Could be, because of the smooth detailing. But….that could be because a macro lens applied to a tiny base decoration too.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:

Finally, plastic Emperor's Children

 Tim the Biovore wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:

Finally, plastic Emperor's Children

Awww jeez

Potato hit by a Gauss beam.

 Tim the Biovore wrote:
Finally, plastic Emperor's Children

Absolute peak answer.

This feels like they were trying for teasing and made an own goal instead. Swirly gak has peaked.

What do I see?
A pretty butterfly.

Voss wrote:
This feels like they were trying for teasing and made an own goal instead. Swirly gak has peaked.

Many moons ago.

So one piece solved https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/01/19/lvo-preview-2024-callis-and-toll-lead-the-saviours-of-cinderfall/

Also the mandrake holding the flame

The Kroot solve a few. Ejecutor on TGA has made a website to track them and when they’re solved:
https://rumour-engines.netlify.app/

Krethusa for the wings one.

 Shadow Walker wrote:
So one piece solved https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/01/19/lvo-preview-2024-callis-and-toll-lead-the-saviours-of-cinderfall/

Without confirming which Rumour Engine pic you're referring to, that's less than useful.

Warlord Kurrgan was posting on Twitter than he had seven down as ID'd? If no-one has posted them in here by the time I'm on my lunch break, I'll try to.

Is it just me or did "we" correctly guess Nighthaunt gang, but the Nighthaunt gang doesn't actually have any of the rumour engine bits that made us guess that (the poison vials)?

 Dysartes wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:
So one piece solved https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/01/19/lvo-preview-2024-callis-and-toll-lead-the-saviours-of-cinderfall/

Without confirming which Rumour Engine pic you're referring to, that's less than useful.

The cat one.

Here are the ones solved from the LVO preview. All screenshots taken from the fantastic WarbossKurgan's site: https://warbosskurgan.blogspot.com/p/rumour-engines.html













And I am shocked this one is not solved yet. I thought for sure this was a piece from the mandrake kit. Maybe one they didn't show off(?).

 Scottywan82 wrote:


And I am shocked this one is not solved yet. I thought for sure this was a piece from the mandrake kit. Maybe one they didn't show off(?).

Spoiler:

Or maybe it is from the Kroot model/s we have yet to see?

Yeah it’s similar to a lot of the new Kroot stuff, but doesn’t match any that we’ve seen exactly that I can see.

I bloody told you lot that the feathers weren't to Coteaz.

Wasn’t a bird solved? It was from the Christmas rumor engines

Yes, it was the Morai-Heg Croneseer.

She solved 3 Rumor Engines, I believe.
-Icon
-Ravens
-Feathers from Advent Engine

 Shadow Walker wrote:

 Scottywan82 wrote:


And I am shocked this one is not solved yet. I thought for sure this was a piece from the mandrake kit. Maybe one they didn't show off(?).

Spoiler:

Or maybe it is from the Kroot model/s we have yet to see?

I'm thinking it might be this one:



The different angle just makes it hard/impossible to actually match it 100%.

 Ohman wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:

 Scottywan82 wrote:


And I am shocked this one is not solved yet. I thought for sure this was a piece from the mandrake kit. Maybe one they didn't show off(?).

Spoiler:

Or maybe it is from the Kroot model/s we have yet to see?

I'm thinking it might be this one:



The different angle just makes it hard/impossible to actually match it 100%.

No, I think you're absolutely right. Good eye!

 Scottywan82 wrote:

 Ohman wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:

 Scottywan82 wrote:


And I am shocked this one is not solved yet. I thought for sure this was a piece from the mandrake kit. Maybe one they didn't show off(?).

Spoiler:

Or maybe it is from the Kroot model/s we have yet to see?

I'm thinking it might be this one:



The different angle just makes it hard/impossible to actually match it 100%.

No, I think you're absolutely right. Good eye!

Agreed, that's the one.

Sandbag.

Barring a little bit of weathering and wear, that’s a pretty generic non-descript cloak.

Judging by the coffee stain top right, it's a table cloth

Or some well worn curtains blowing in the breeze left from an open window?

all that comes to mind is the cloak rumor engine from christmas, but that was a lot more distinctly Krieg. this could be anything. lack of anything fancy on it might mean it's more AOS than 40K (since the only factions to wear cloaks in 40K are the ones to be extra about it)

Necromundan whoever or generic AOS wanderer?

 StudentOfEtherium wrote:
all that comes to mind is the cloak rumor engine from christmas, but that was a lot more distinctly Krieg. this could be anything. lack of anything fancy on it might mean it's more AOS than 40K (since the only factions to wear cloaks in 40K are the ones to be extra about it)

It could be a corner of a trenchcoat.

White flag of surrender

Cape Squig. Failing that, shower curtain.

Look at the size of that thing. That must be a giant's handkerchief.

Looks alot like a space marine loincloth, like the ones on the primaris sternguard veterans.
Except this one is caught by the vind, so vanguard vets?

Clearly an unrolling sausage roll.

It could be a pie crust being rolled out and placed on a dish.

 The Power Cosmic wrote:
It could be a pie crust being rolled out and placed on a dish.

Or the crimping on the corner of a pastry. Salmon en croute?

French Fancies.

It screams Sylvaneth, but could well end up being a scenic piece for something completely different.

Wood Aeaelef special character for AOS?

It's the base decoration of a dwarf character. You can tell because those bees don't have knees.

I kind of dislike how flat the bugs look. Tiny things like that rarely translate well on models

Either Sylvaneth or Nurgle.

it's definitely something sylvaneth. probably new basing materials, since they've already done "tree person with honeycombs" in Drycha


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 Shadow Walker wrote:
Either Sylvaneth or Nurgle.

i'd love for it to be nurgle. they need to stress the "god of life in microcosm" aspect more, I feel, and this would be a fun way of doing that for a character centerpiece model

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:


French Fancies.

I initially hoped for Sylvaneth but I'm thinking thats Nurgle flies and those are rotting torsos not hives..

Probably Skitter snuggs, or Gribblie gnitts.

Looks like it's meant to have camouflage strips woven in?

Votann Ranger?

Saying due to the look of the canister thing.

Yeah the camo-jacket is new but the canisters have a Votann feel and Valrak has foot pioneers/rangers as the next Killteam set.

Yeah, that was my immediate guess too.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Votann Ranger?

Saying due to the look of the canister thing.

 silverstu wrote:
Yeah the camo-jacket is new but the canisters have a Votann feel and Valrak has foot pioneers/rangers as the next Killteam set.

What do you think gives the canister a Votann feel? They don't have anything overly similar to it that I can find.

The canister isn't definitive enough for me on anything. It looks like a part from the Cadian Shock Troop sprue. I think the DKoK have one too.

Kanluwen wrote:The canister isn't definitive enough for me on anything. It looks like a part from the Cadian Shock Troop sprue. I think the DKoK have one too.

Could be - that was my second thought -Guard snipers maybe?

Mentlegen324 wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Votann Ranger?

Saying due to the look of the canister thing.

 silverstu wrote:
Yeah the camo-jacket is new but the canisters have a Votann feel and Valrak has foot pioneers/rangers as the next Killteam set.

What do you think gives the canister a Votann feel? They don't have anything overly similar to it that I can find.

There is something about the design feel of it to me- the ridges, the indent and the suggested over all form that just has a Votann feel. The camo and the strapping are very unfamiliar though, but haven't seen that on any other ranges so it could be new.

I'm just gonna go ahead and say it's a Cadian Sniper Team. They weirdly don't have Sniper Rifles as an option in their "iconic" unit, despite two novel covers of late featuring snipers.

Would be about time for the special weapon squad to make a comeback, and a 6 strong sniper team is as good a place to start as any.

a dedicated Cadian sniper unit would make sense. all IG has right now for that is snipers as a weapon option for infantry squads, and ratling snipers. they could use something to properly fill that role (would be a shame if it was Cadians, tho)

 silverstu wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:The canister isn't definitive enough for me on anything. It looks like a part from the Cadian Shock Troop sprue. I think the DKoK have one too.

Could be - that was my second thought -Guard snipers maybe?

Mentlegen324 wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Votann Ranger?

Saying due to the look of the canister thing.

 silverstu wrote:
Yeah the camo-jacket is new but the canisters have a Votann feel and Valrak has foot pioneers/rangers as the next Killteam set.

What do you think gives the canister a Votann feel? They don't have anything overly similar to it that I can find.

There is something about the design feel of it to me- the ridges, the indent and the suggested over all form that just has a Votann feel. The camo and the strapping are very unfamiliar though, but haven't seen that on any other ranges so it could be new.

Looking at it some more, maybe it could be for the Leagues?

Obviously not exact matches but:

 StudentOfEtherium wrote:
a dedicated Cadian sniper unit would make sense. all IG has right now for that is snipers as a weapon option for infantry squads, and ratling snipers. they could use something to properly fill that role (would be a shame if it was Cadians, tho)

Cadians had some great looking sniper models in the past:

Kroot sniper? Or a squig cape.

Also, the length of the coat.

If the equipment is in the small of the back, the length would be suited to a Kin.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Also, the length of the coat.

If the equipment is in the small of the back, the length would be suited to a Kin.

That's assuming it's a full-cloak, rather than a half-cloak or something just draped down.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Also, the length of the coat.

If the equipment is in the small of the back, the length would be suited to a Kin.

Or Ratlings.

 Scottywan82 wrote:


Or Ratlings.

I find it interesting that Ratlings are so heavily associated with camo-cloaks for Guard, when only 1:5 of the current models feature one. They're supposed to be naturally sneaky, not necessarily needing the tools that others do.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Also, the length of the coat.

If the equipment is in the small of the back, the length would be suited to a Kin.

yeah, this is a good point. i think i'm more convinced of it being votann than guard (but it could absolutely be either)


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 Scottywan82 wrote:


Or Ratlings.

much like tau, the most interesting part of IG is the weirder auxiliary stuff, so i'd be cheering if ratlings got a new sculpt. there's a lot of potential there!

Yeah, I'm 100% convinced it's not Votann. Whatever it is, it's an individual component not attached to a model.

Sisters have those canisters to, for there heavy meltaguns and flamers.

 skeleton wrote:
Sisters have those canisters to, for there heavy meltaguns and flamers.

But camouflage is heresy!!!

 Kanluwen wrote:
Yeah, I'm 100% convinced it's not Votann. Whatever it is, it's an individual component not attached to a model.

They sometimes edit out other parts of the model so they don't reveal too much. The recent Dark Angels Inner Circle rumour engine picture was just their backpack sword floating without it being on them for example.

 skeleton wrote:
Sisters have those canisters to, for there heavy meltaguns and flamers.

They have canisters, but they don't look overly similar to that.

 Mentlegen324 wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
Yeah, I'm 100% convinced it's not Votann. Whatever it is, it's an individual component not attached to a model.

They sometimes edit out other parts of the model so they don't reveal too much. The recent Dark Angels Inner Circle rumour engine picture was just their backpack sword floating without it being on them for example.

They actually do more than that in many instances. One of the ex-painter folks had mentioned that they'll commonly do individual alternate components separately and the photo team will take pictures of the component for the webstore's little popout of alternate components.

I'm fairly sure it's Votann as well to be honest. I can't see it being guard considering they've had a big release fairly recently.

I suppose it could be for 30k ?

 Olthannon wrote:
I'm fairly sure it's Votann as well to be honest. I can't see it being guard considering they've had a big release fairly recently.

Correct, because the Guard got their army book updated for 9th right before 10th.

It's not like these rumor engines are likely to be solved next week. It might be stuff for whenever Guard get their book done for 10th.

Anyways, I'm still thinking Guard. The cloth doesn't look right for being LoV material. I feel like the camo pattern's been used before but I can't place it.

I'm still hoping for a Ratling sniper/sapper kit

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
I'm still hoping for a Ratling sniper/sapper kit

Personal opinion I've held for a loooong time is that it would be nice to have both Guard and Auxiliary options for stuff like this.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Also, the length of the coat.

If the equipment is in the small of the back, the length would be suited to a Kin.

Yep, plus I think the canister is the ammo pack for the pioneer biker Ion Beamer. Also the camo pattern reminds me of Votann symbols, maybe oversized to act as camo marks.

I take it all back. There's a two-part camouflage pattern. If you look at the cloak of the Kasrkin Marksman, you can see the pattern in question. It's really faint on the rumour engine but that distinctive splinter camo pattern is there.

It's Cadian.

The shapes don't match at all tho

Now do the 360 and view the rear of the cloak.

There's a black jag pattern layered over top of a light green jag pattern. When viewed in the 360 view you can see that the jags are irregularly shaped and interlocked, rather than being done how the pattern on the armor is where it's a shape within a shape.

It's weird that you're pointing at the grenade for that cylinder, given that the grenade is recessed lines rather than raised lines.

Coud be a very bad gillysuit (camosuit for snipers)

I'm not pointing at anything, it's a reposted image from this thread.



Yea not seeing it. This is still the same jagged triangles he has on his armour plates, the rumour engine is parallel tetris blocks with all right angles.

Look at the Rumor Engine photo again. From the "u" to "u" in "Rumour", there's a black jag overlapping the white-ish "L" shaped bit. There's also what looks like another jag on the "gi" of "Engine".


I know it's hard to make out, given that they grayscaled the photo. But I promise you it's there!

I don't think I want to know what this one is?

 Kanluwen wrote:

I don't think I want to know what this one is?

New terrain range?

 Kanluwen wrote:

I don't think I want to know what this one is?

That was precisely my thought too!

Nids or Nurgle I reckon.

Wrong sort of fleshy for Slaanesh.

Tyranid terrain? Maybe for kill team?

I don't know what it is, but I want one.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Wrong sort of fleshy for Slaanesh.

No. Such. Thing.

Maybe sacrificial pit for GSC?

Definitely something fleshy under something hard/organic. Does not feel like nids to me. Getting more wood vibes then carapace. Nurgle or sylvaneth? Maybe other demons?

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Nids or Nurgle I reckon.

Wrong sort of fleshy for Slaanesh.

I could see it as part of a Dark Eldar model.

Frankly, that looks unfortunate for someone/something...

I actually think this might be the underside of a Catachan Face Eater (in the original Rogue Trader they look like face flannels....) - so maybe on a base of a new Catachan model?

That’s…a bloody good shout! Scale as ever is tricky to judge, but I don’t think it’s entirely out of the running.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
That’s…a bloody good shout! Scale as ever is tricky to judge, but I don’t think it’s entirely out of the running.

Maybe a more literal interpretation (The modern studio seems to be going in an AoS direction sometimes) of the brainleaf?
https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Brainleaf

And there is also whatever the venus flytrap inspired things still on the Catachan weapons team are.



But the scale of the brush strokes implies a fairly large object and that size combined with what we can see doesn't look like it's attached to any kind of tradition unit like infantry, a monster or vehicle. So it is a standalone object it seems, so Catachan/General Death World flora makes sense or perhaps some kind of AoS terrain or base scenery for a very large model.

Otherwise some kind of large Tyranid spore or terrain or "terrain model" like the Hammerfall bunker.

It looks Tzeentch to me.

Is Warcry still set in the Ghur predatory forest/Seraphon ruins? There are a few details that remind me of those trees.

 nels1031 wrote:
Is Warcry still set in the Ghur predatory forest/Seraphon ruins? There are a few details that remind me of those trees.

That's the vibe I get too. That this is something for AoS terrain.

Good lord it’s a squig scrotum!

Guys. It's the Heart of Ghur.

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

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

The new Kroot Lone Spear reveal solved three Rumour Engines.

Posted on March 14th, 2023:


Posted on May 9th, 2023:


Posted on May 30th, 2023:

Darkoath?

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

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

AFAIK that extremely angular wood style is exclusive to Maggotkin.

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

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


Might be related, might be coincidence.

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

Spoiler:

Might be related, might be coincidence.

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

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

London subway

 lord_blackfang wrote:

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

London subway

Had to check it but yes

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

 Shadow Walker wrote:

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

Spoiler:

Might be related, might be coincidence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

more base decoration nurglings are always a good thing

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

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

Grot sized, but nurgle looking?

New plague monks for Skaven?

New one

the article mentions,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

So, Kurnothi-wise?

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

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

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

Do any beastmen have antlers?

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

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

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

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

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

 Haighus wrote:
Do any beastmen have antlers?

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

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

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

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

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

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

tut tut tut. Go to the corner and think about what you've done.


Couple of things are odd: it's tied together with something that looks more like leather. It's also weirdly ethereal looking, I assume that's a smoke effect from the actual photo.

Reckon it's hanging off something or someone as a trophy and suggests more Fantasy than 40k.

My fun guess is it's Exodites, but my boring guess is Wood Elfy/ whatever their AoS is.

 Olthannon wrote:

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

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

tut tut tut. Go to the corner and think about what you've done.

What he has done is exercise the highest form of humour, the pune

New Lord of the Feast!


Wait...

 The Power Cosmic wrote:
New Lord of the Feast!

Too soon

New Great Stag for Wood Elves?

 Manfred von Drakken wrote:
New Great Stag for Wood Elves?

if TOW models can show up in the rumor engine, then that feels like a very likely option... have they shared HH models before? i can't remember any examples off the top of my head, but i have a piss poor memory

 StudentOfEtherium wrote:
have they shared HH models before? i can't remember any examples off the top of my head, but i have a piss poor memory

A couple of the HQs. loyalist Librarian off the top of my head. Possibly the siege breaker too?

Darkoath shaman solves two of the engines, antlers and stone on top of the staff https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/03/02/warhammer-world-anniversary-gunnar-brand-leads-the-oathbound-into-the-mortal-realms/

I was just looking at the others, but I think those two are it.

With Darkoath horsemen coming, I bet that boot belongs to them

 GaroRobe wrote:
With Darkoath horsemen coming, I bet that boot belongs to them

Yeah, they look like one from the engine pic.

Someone in the AOS thread listed matches from the leaked Darkoath video

Man the Darkoath are looking spangly. Clear classic Fantasy Barbarian design cues, but done…realistic? I guess. Maybe more practical.

The boot has to belong to one of them

Big ol Dwarfy looking axe.

Rumour Engine should start showing bits from 1998 kits for ToW.

Space Woof force axe. Not everyone with a beard and Norse style is kneeless.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Rumour Engine should start showing bits from 1998 kits for ToW.

I support this motion!

I reckon it’s Space Stunties too.

The top of the haft just doesn’t look Imperial to me.

Old world Dawi

Votann?

 GaroRobe wrote:
Old world Dawi

I think you mean Dispossessed for Cities of Sigmar.

in order of likeliest:
1. some sort of AOS dwarf
2. Votann
3. some sort of TOW dwarf
4. some sort of space furry

it doesn't resemble existing Votann axes, and we already have a unit to compare against, but that isn't inherently disqualifying. still, I think an AOS unit is more likely. we still don't know if TOW kits will be appearing on the rumor engine, so until that happens for sure, I'm skeptical of that. and then I don't think it's SW, but maybe it could be (unlikely)

my guess is chwarves. there are rumors of a chaos dwarf release in AOS 4th edition, so this might be the first tease for that

If it was Chaos Dwarves it would have a skull on it.

If it's Votann it's a bloody lovely model, my suspicion would be a TOW character or something.

Too techy for Old World
Doesn't match any existing Dwarf or Votann motif

Might actually be Cities.

hadn't considered Cities. they just got their refresh, and I doubt GW is racing to give dwarves new kits, especially so soon after their range refresh, but it could be possible. maybe there's going to be a Cities dwarf warcry band

 Kanluwen wrote:
I think you mean Dispossessed for Cities of Sigmar.

No, pretty sure he mean Old world Dawi.
He said it. It's right there in his post.

Grombrindal.. possibly Votann Grombrindal...

They did say something was coming up for the white dwarfs birthday

Yeah, if we are supposed to know who this is, it's White Dwarf with 99% certainty...

looking at Grombrindal's old models, the only ones with double-sided axes come from WHFB, and they have a different look from this


he also has a couple of models where he's using one or two smaller axes


and his 40K weapons are the most divergent, with a hammer, an AdMech axe, and... not really anything in that last one


so the impression i get is that his weapons are pretty varied! this doesn't really prove things one way or the other, but it definitely seems like a maybe for that being the case

In that last one, he has primaris style heavy bolt pistol (unless GW retconned these out of game while I wasn't looking) next to his leg. So, yeah, while this axe doesn't really feel votann I'd still bet on this being 40K WD as he typically has a lot of retro WFB aesthetic on his arms and armor...

The rectangular gem is an interresting feature you dont see alot. The Dwarf blood bowl team have lots of gems like that.

Yeah I’m getting a lot of old Dwarf aesthetic from that axe.
We’ve already seen the Dwarf dice for ToW, so a random axe for a new character would seem appropriate.

Well that could be any number of ranges.

Doesn’t look to be the dark tongue though, so probs not Chaos?

my first thought was a new asteroth, since BA are coming up soon, but the same rumors also say it's DC focused, so probably not him. don't see it being something SM otherwise. probably AOS; probably a wizard? not really sure

It's words! Burn it. Burn the witch.

Sigmarite priest?

New GW price list in €

 Shadow Walker wrote:
Sigmarite priest?

Or Flagellants in general...

When they talked about designing the Cities of Sigmar range, it was mentioned that the Grand Pontifex of the Wheel and her attendants was the "touchstone" for what they wanted to do with the Devoted of Sigmar, and it was implying that they had more just waiting to go.

Nearly scrolled past that one. My attention span is paper-thin today.

 Haighus wrote:
Nearly scrolled past that one. My attention span is paper-thin today.

Looks pretty thick to me

It's a load bearing scroll.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
It's a load bearing scroll.

Could be a new Sanguinor.

 StudentOfEtherium wrote:
my first thought was a new asteroth, since BA are coming up soon, but the same rumors also say it's DC focused, so probably not him. don't see it being something SM otherwise. probably AOS; probably a wizard? not really sure

You are probably spot on with the guess, as he is very associated with the BA Death Company!


From the webstore page.

"Astorath the Grim is the Blood Angels' High Chaplain and Redeemer of the Lost. He is a true Angel of Death, a legend of destruction who fights like a man possessed and brings with him the twin gifts of death and redemption. To confront Astorath is to come face-to-face with inevitable doom, if not by his axe, then by the hands of the Death Company army behind him."

If not Astorath then The Sanguinor as he also has scrolls holding him aloft in the air........Ninjad lol

I do love when they highlight a feature that feels like a flaw to me.

I can never unsee paper and cloaks with the thickness and heft of rock slabs.

 Original Timmy wrote:
You are probably spot on with the guess, as he is very associated with the BA Death Company!

Not really, that would be Lemartes. Astorath the Grim is the BA head Chaplain and as such, is responsible for the whole chapter, not just DC. Lemartes is the dude permanently attached to DC and acts as their leader, Astorath just hangs around and kills unruly members from time to time.

Voss wrote:
I do love when they highlight a feature that feels like a flaw to me.

I can never unsee paper and cloaks with the thickness and heft of rock slabs.

To be fair, if you want to jump pack around a high intensity battlefield with expolding sixes and whatnot, the paper need to be pretty sturdy.

It's the Big E.

Bonus Middle Earth tease.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Bonus Middle Earth tease.

Well holy expletive. A shock and a pleasant one. Now to descern what we can from the barding. Three stars..numenor?

Yeah, this might be Last Alliance Numenorean cavalry. I imagine Nimloth wouldn't look great at that size.

Sword. Or a sandbag?

Keep taking shots, Pieguy.

Looks like we have another Vampire on the way?

It does remind me of the classic vampire.

Given the angle of the sword compared to the blood it could be held up high. Which wild speculation would lead me to say new Konrad sculpt? The old one had him dripping blood into his mouth off his sword. Could be a recreation of that.

More likely I think it'd just be a standard vamp with bloody sword.

Would be nice to get a vampire on horse to go with the Blood Knights.

Hmm true. Got plenty of foot vamps, but distinctly lacking a good mounted Vamp Lord.

Don't chaos warriors usually have blade notches like that?

Sanguinary something?

Valkia the Stabby

Modern vampires usually have elegant weapons for a more civilized age. This is a heavy blade for a knight, but I suppose it would be cool to get a mounted vampire in a new style to go with the blood knights.

A lot of blades have fullers on them, the blood/poison whatever suggests some sort of evil doer.

Not that there are good guys, but the latest primaris lieutenant has a goopy blade and he’s a hero

The old empire captain wiping his sword had it too

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Olthannon wrote:
I'm fairly sure it's Votann as well to be honest. I can't see it being guard considering they've had a big release fairly recently.

Correct, because the Guard got their army book updated for 9th right before 10th.

It's not like these rumor engines are likely to be solved next week. It might be stuff for whenever Guard get their book done for 10th.

Anyways, I'm still thinking Guard. The cloth doesn't look right for being LoV material. I feel like the camo pattern's been used before but I can't place it.

WELLITY WELLITY WELLITY.

Loads of rumour engine pics solved today. But I’ll wait for Kurgan to sort that. I can’t be arsed.

Double axe one from page 6 is from TOW Dwarf Lord.

Good 10 or so solved from that. Abraxia did 4 in one model!

I'd quote the guys who claimed Abraxia bits were infantry sized model (or silly claims you can't establish scale from pics, with me countering each time it has to be really huge mount/weapon as per detail size) but I am too lazy to do it, so will just say - told you so

 Olthannon wrote:
WELLITY WELLITY WELLITY

Yup, when Kan says something isn't X, it's X with 99% certainty (and it's never the other, always outlandish thing he proposes, see him claiming obviously feminine RE Sister bits were 200% sure male tempestus because their lily symbol is 'undeniably' tempestus 'T', or claiming SM painting with blatant reivers on it were 'of course' infiltrators, despite oh, wrong armor, helmets, weapons, markings, gear, grenades, and literally everything else)

Servoskull.

That's Dr. Servoskull to you. He's clearly a dentist.

Maybe the =][=nquisitor henchmen need a new healer type now that the Hospitaler is in the Sororitas army proper with an embiggened model?

Looks a bit worn and grimy. Deathguard apothecary?

 KidCthulhu wrote:
Maybe the =][=nquisitor henchmen need a new healer type now that the Hospitaler is in the Sororitas army proper with an embiggened model?

Could be for torture, excavation, repairs, surgery. Maybe even a not terribly well design combat skull.

*Insert obligatory Slannesh joke here*

More seriously, it reminds me of the paintjobs on the Squat Prospectors. Maybe they will also be spelunking in the Hive Bottom.

Any chance it's Mechanicum?

Not an unreasonable chance I guess.

Paintjob suggests something that is used (dinged up paint on the drill implant) but not uncared for (skull isn’t showing splinters or dents or cracks and that)

this feels like it's attached to a vehicle, with how it and the skull are being positioned. maybe also a servitor? it's certainly not a weapon being held by a normal infantry unit. my guess is being a vehicle of some kind. not sure which imperium faction would get a drill vehicle, tho

seconding that it looks like something being used. if not for the giant skull, i'd think this was something Votann or GSC, to go for a mining and industrial theme, but neither of those care for servo-skulls all that much

The scale is perfect for a Narthecium tho, and even the two ridges behind the drill are on Nartheciums.

HH command squad, final answer.

There's a rumor (no pun intended) floating around about a new Enginseer model for Guard.

New servitors and servo skulls kit for all your 40k needs?

It would be flabberghasting to see a Servitor kit, seeing as how they've dumped them from Mechanicus & Marines.

 Kanluwen wrote:
It would be flabberghasting to see a Servitor kit, seeing as how they've dumped them from Mechanicus & Marines.

yeah, if they were going to make a new servitor kit, they would've stayed in the codex. similarly, i expect guard to lose its servitors once the codex comes out

 StudentOfEtherium wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
It would be flabberghasting to see a Servitor kit, seeing as how they've dumped them from Mechanicus & Marines.

yeah, if they were going to make a new servitor kit, they would've stayed in the codex. similarly, i expect guard to lose its servitors once the codex comes out

They could end up in an Imperial Agents book? Being a unit that can found pretty much anywhere the Imperium has reach?

I know, a bit grasping at straws. I would not be shocked to see them quietly phased out.

They're basically guaranteed to show up there, since they dumped them into that Kill Team of Henchmen.

Don't give me hope for plastic servitors; I couldn't handle the heartbreak when it doesn't pan out

 KidCthulhu wrote:
Don't give me hope for plastic servitors; I couldn't handle the heartbreak when it doesn't pan out

Considering how many armies included them, I was always shocked they never made it to plastic. While they might not have been a popular unit, the sheer number of people in the potential buyer pool seemed like it would make then a good investment.

 Nevelon wrote:

 KidCthulhu wrote:
Don't give me hope for plastic servitors; I couldn't handle the heartbreak when it doesn't pan out

Considering how many armies included them, I was always shocked they never made it to plastic. While they might not have been a popular unit, the sheer number of people in the potential buyer pool seemed like it would make then a good investment.

I am surprised a normal plastic Imperial Priest hasn't been released for the same reason- does triple duty for Guard, Sororitas, and Inquisition. Not quite as many as servitors but still good.

Also, maybe some of their lack of popularity was due to having hard-to-buy ancient models in finecast...

Last I knew, the Servitors that GW sold were still metal. I know when I bought a set of the Heavy Bolter ones in 2016 I got metals.

The ones that were from the Techmarine were Finecast though, I guess?

 Kanluwen wrote:
Last I knew, the Servitors that GW sold were still metal. I know when I bought a set of the Heavy Bolter ones in 2016 I got metals.

The ones that were from the Techmarine were Finecast though, I guess?

Huh, didn't know they'd never converted some over to finecast.

 Kanluwen wrote:
The ones that were from the Techmarine were Finecast though, I guess?

Yes, I believe so. I'm fairly sure I got some of those second hand.

A lot of the 30k mechanicum have that style of paint job, chipped paint etc. Reckon it might be something to do with their new releases.

It could also just be a scenery piece since the season is on an AdMech facility?

Would be nice to finally get a bespoke Mechanicus Kill-Team though...

 Kanluwen wrote:

Would be nice to finally get a bespoke Mechanicus Kill-Team though...

Agreed. Some murder servitors/automata/insert other mech-weirdos.

How about pit slaves for necromunda!

But I dont know how viable that is in the current turn of necromunda events.

Antlers?

Oh deer!

Not Orion?

Getting more of a coral vibe then antlers. Seems more like an enclosed globe then a rack.

there was another coral-like rumor engine a while back, but the two don't really feel connected. of the two, the older one feels more like coral, so i'm more inclined to say antlers. especially based on the spacing between them, since it feels like they're spaced like antlers would be

Are Antlers not normally fairly symmetrical?

I know that doesn’t count for much given the fantastical nature of the games, but might lean me more toward coral.

i mean like, they look like they're spaced in such a way to each be on one side of a head

 StudentOfEtherium wrote:
i mean like, they look like they're spaced in such a way to each be on one side of a head

Specifically a head with more humanoid proportions IMO, so could be some kind of dryad-type creature.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Are Antlers not normally fairly symmetrical?

I know that doesn’t count for much given the fantastical nature of the games, but might lean me more toward coral.

My thoughts exactly. Antlers dont grow random like that, but who knows what the designers make up to justify the weird shapes.

Edit: just checked the darkoath shaman from the black library group, and that one had asymmetrical antlers as a decoration that is either growing from the hunchback or crafted as a kind of throphy rack.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Are Antlers not normally fairly symmetrical?

Chaos maybe?

I mean, I was going to suggest it's tied to certain 'horned' rat but then remembered most depiction show goat-like, not deer horns...

There's not that many species that have antlers, it's more like that than say Beastmen. Let's call it something weird for upcoming Wood Elves.

In the description they dropped “…sizzling…ratty…horn…”. Does that combo make any sense?

Grzzldgamerps5 wrote:
In the description they dropped “…sizzling…ratty…horn…”. Does that combo make any sense?

Skaven warp-fueled fire/lightning?

It doesn’t read like flame to me, but those words could imply that.

Wasn't a new ... whatever the skaven greater daemons are called, in AoS rumours?

Do you mean the Verminlord, blackfang?

Going to the chapel and we’re gonna get blatted.

Sigmar War Shrine? Flagellants?

Has to be Sisters of Battle. Heavy iron work, fleur de lys.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Has to be Sisters of Battle. Heavy iron work, fleur de lys.

it being so obviously sisters makes me want to say it's not (the law of "they wouldn't make it that easy". i think the important part is, it looks like some sort of ruins, so i'm gonna say it's part of some elaborate base for a new model (which may or may not be sisters)

I wonder if this is the same model as the stonework shown here:

Definitely a mechy SoB character that carries around the ruins of some holy church and uses it as a blunt instrument

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
fleur de lys.

Bretonnia?

 GaroRobe wrote:
Definitely a mechy SoB character that carries around the ruins of some holy church and uses it as a blunt instrument

it's about time the church started recruiting ogryns!

Maybe WH+ subscriber model?


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 Shadow Walker wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
fleur de lys.

Bretonnia?

Not with that chunky ironwork. If it was stonework? Possibly. But not iron.

Didnt grey knights have a history of thrashing SoB?
Could be a new dreadknight laying ruin to the Adepta Sororitas

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Maybe WH+ subscriber model?

i had that thought. if not WH+, then some other promotion or celebration event

My bet would be a tactical rock for the rumoured Seraphim HQ model

We had a Vindicare on a Sisterhood statue head, so now we will have a Callidus running through a ruined Sororitas shrine.

Kill-Team scenery.

Here's a rumor for you.

Mod edit: non-wargaming image removed

i'm dismissing all of this just based on that first point. GW isn't getting rid of resin, because if they were, then they wouldn't be ramping up resin production for TOW. if they were truly getting rid of resin, then TOW would have launched as a plastic-only game, or at least, plastic and metal game


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also wait, why is this in the rumor engine thread? wouldn't literally any other GW thread be more topical?

 Shakalooloo wrote:
We had a Vindicare on a Sisterhood statue head, so now we will have a Callidus running through a ruined Sororitas shrine.

I for one wouldn’t say no to that.

 StudentOfEtherium wrote:

also wait, why is this in the rumor engine thread? wouldn't literally any other GW thread be more topical?

It's "rumors" for *all* the systems in one place!

 TalonZahn wrote:

 StudentOfEtherium wrote:

also wait, why is this in the rumor engine thread? wouldn't literally any other GW thread be more topical?

It's "rumors" for *all* the systems in one place!

I'm actually pretty sure it's for the pictures put up on Warcom under the title 'The Rumour Engine'

 TalonZahn wrote:
Here's a rumor for you.

You can pretty safely write off anything that suggests Tomb Kings comfortably outsold Bretonnians I think. That's... pretty obviously not true.

And yeah, for a company that's supposedly phasing out resin due to environmental regulations GW have launched a *lot* of resin models in the last few months.

4chan, lol

Obviously fake just from being 4chan, but a number of things here are known to be false. Cathay was officially announced and cancelled, warhammer underworlds gets big props in their stock calls and stuff. Their board apparently loves it.

 The Phazer wrote:

 TalonZahn wrote:
Here's a rumor for you.

You can pretty safely write off anything that suggests Tomb Kings comfortably outsold Bretonnians I think. That's... pretty obviously not true.

And yeah, for a company that's supposedly phasing out resin due to environmental regulations GW have launched a *lot* of resin models in the last few months.

Tomb Kings outsold Brettonians significantly, but TOW flopped because no one was buying Tomb Kings. either some fascinating things happened to the TOW sales, or the guy writing these rumors couldn't remember what he made up two minutes earlier

 StudentOfEtherium wrote:


Tomb Kings outsold Brettonians significantly, but TOW flopped because no one was buying Tomb Kings. either some fascinating things happened to the TOW sales, or the guy writing these rumors couldn't remember what he made up two minutes earlier

Ah, but you see, people were buying them in the belief they're the good guys, and marking this as such upon exiting the store, so the number of Villain Sales has been smaller than projected


Anyway, if the latest Rumour Engine reveal is in fact a base for a single miniature, I hope it's a WH+ decorative sculpt and not locking a new character into such a large object

 Segersgia wrote:
My bet would be a tactical rock for the rumoured Seraphim HQ model

It certainly looks like the kind of tactical terrain GW would use for a jump Canoness. It's also a large enough piece to force a skinny girl on a 50mm+ base and thus a totally GW thing to do.

I agree, nailed on to be the jump Canoness IMO.

A left field suggestion - it's a relic borne by a female Cawdor gang or character. (They're established to cosplay as Sisters.)

Blatant fanfic. GW don't care that Peachy and Suggs are out there doing their thing, they're just glad people are talking about their products even if it's occasionally less than glowing.

Not even fanfic.

Just outright lies and bull poop.

Legions Imperialis “massively underperformed”, yet constantly sells out. Those things are, y’know, the definition of Mutually Exclusive. Your product cannot be underperforming if you’ve nothing left to sell.

And it’s not just “sold out on release”. Stuff is coming and going from retail pretty regularly.

Chaos Dwarfs “removed for being anti-Semitic” tells us rather more about the author than anything else.

Total drivel, which if any of it happens will be simple coincidence.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Not even fanfic.

Just outright lies and bull poop.

Legions Imperialis “massively underperformed”, yet constantly sells out. Those things are, y’know, the definition of Mutually Exclusive. Your product cannot be underperforming if you’ve nothing left to sell.

And it’s not just “sold out on release”. Stuff is coming and going from retail pretty regularly.

Chaos Dwarfs “removed for being anti-Semitic” tells us rather more about the author than anything else.

Total drivel, which if any of it happens will be simple coincidence.

the entire post feels like it's pandering to an audience, and you can really tell what kind of person is going to believe this blindly

Tomb Kings?

BSB?
Unit standard for brand new desert skellingtons?

Vampire Counts/Soulblight, TK don't have the blood vial swag, why would they.

Genestealer Cults - cog design, the ridges, the staff matches the Magus design and the circular token the iconward

Daughters of Khaine. It looks like there's that mailed fist icon they sometimes like to use.

Oh, it's that GSC psyker we heard about!

EDIT: The hanging vial/gem is on every single GSC bannerpole. The coin usually is too.

 Scottywan82 wrote:
Oh, it's that GSC psyker we heard about!

EDIT: The hanging vial/gem is on every single GSC bannerpole. The coin usually is too.

Ooo, that's a good call.

after checking GSC models again, this is definitely that fabled psyker

here's some comparisons to existing GSC models

Could be for lizardmen in AOS.

Nah, it is Slaanesh (just because ).