2019 Warhammer Community Rumor Engine Thread

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**Kanluwen**

Herbington wrote:
I wonder if its vaguely linked to the rumours of blip tokens for the new GSC?

I would doubt that the blip tokens would be a full radar screen covered with blips that you have to paint.

More likely, they would be cardboard tokens.

That said, I'm going for a wild left field bit and saying it's the radar screen on a Salamander Command/Recon Vehicle in plastic for Guard.

**Kanluwen**

Jadenim wrote:
It feels a bit too steam age for 40k; mechanicum stuff is more 1920’s sci-fi gone mad + skulls. Betting on AoS, Kharadron Overlords?

Not the right motif for KO or AoS, in my opinion.

I'm tentatively speculating that GW is going back and doing some faction specific terrain bits for the early released armies(Marines, GK, CSM, AM, Guard) and potentially even revamping their books as part of Vigilus now that the GSC are done.

**Kanluwen**

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Spoiler:

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Welp, there goes the neighborhood.

**Kanluwen**

YAY IDONETH STUFF!

Those are present on the base for the Eidolonn of Mathlaan's scenic base.

Spoiler:

**Kanluwen**

They've said they want to do Endless Spells for all the factions, and some kind of "lurker of the deeps" spell that eats magic items would be pretty damn great.

**Kanluwen**

nels1031 wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:
YAY IDONETH STUFF!

Those are present on the base for the Eidolonn of Mathlaan's scenic base.

Spoiler:

Maybe you can finally solve “The Curious Case of the Missing Fish Bit” where a fish mounted to a base was revealed but doesn’t go to any Idoneth kits that were part of the initial release.

I figured that one just slipped the nets...

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah!

**Kanluwen**

zamerion wrote:
But he has no coins.

I do not see any type of elf with coins as treasure.

But I see any kind of dwarf with coins and elven jewelry seized as treasure .

Ever watched any footage of shipwrecks? Coins all over the place with critters residing within is not exactly an unheard of trope for undersea things.

**Kanluwen**

zamerion wrote:
And an Eidolon has decided to place his Idoneth jewels near abandoned coins (of another race) in the middle of the sea.

Because that Eidolon is a guy with a lot of style.

and now seriously, the jewels are Idoneth sure, but that does not mean that it has to be 100% idoneth

You understand that nobody is saying it's an Eidolon or whatever right?

GW stated they want to do Endless Spells(or a facsimile like the new Khorne stuff) for every book. Idoneth don't have Endless Spells and could literally just be given a (pardon the pun) wave of release that is just Endless Spells and maybe some updated Warscroll Cards.

**Kanluwen**

Sylvaneth, most likely for an Endless Spell is my guess.

**Kanluwen**

The Lord Executioner solves the stitched flesh rumor engine picture.

**Kanluwen**

It looks like a Wood Elf(Wanderer) rune although it's weird seeing what looks like a metal horn with gems with their runework on it.

**Kanluwen**

Marleymoo wrote:
I reckon it's a Wanderers horn. I wouldn't be surprised if they rolled the wanderers and sylvaneth together and released just an updated book and a character. The character would be called "The Caller of the Hunt" or something.

This would be like putting Legions of Nagash and Tomb Kings of Khemri together.

Sylvaneth don't like Wanderers. They blame the Wanderers for the fall of the Realm of Life to Nurgle.

**Kanluwen**

Waaaghbert wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:
Marleymoo wrote:
I reckon it's a Wanderers horn. I wouldn't be surprised if they rolled the wanderers and sylvaneth together and released just an updated book and a character. The character would be called "The Caller of the Hunt" or something.

This would be like putting Legions of Nagash and Tomb Kings of Khemri together.

Sylvaneth don't like Wanderers. They blame the Wanderers for the fall of the Realm of Life to Nurgle.

Do they? I did not know that, but I haven't kept up with the AoS story. That is an interesting bit of lore though.

The TLDR version is that when the Realmgates got 'cut off', some of the Wanderers were doing the whole (y'know) Wandering thing elsewhere. They couldn't get back to the Realm of Life to help fight Nurgle and those who were already there were basically wiped out by the various plagues and the like that Nurgle's incursion brought.

Alarielle thinks the Wanderers betrayed her and the Realm of Life because they died.

**Kanluwen**

Waaaghbert wrote:
Ah, thanks for the quick excursion .

What is with the shadow-kin? Aren't they around somewhere? Could be them, although the horn looks to bright for them, I figure.

Shadowkin are really an unknown quantity. All we know is that they're Malerion's folk and that the Mistweaver Saih and Tenebrael Shard are both supposed to be examples of their race.

**Kanluwen**

Cataphract wrote:

AOS Rulebook 2.0 in its timelines about events in Ghyran talk about several Wanderer clans in the Realm of Life see the war for the Realm as lost and so abandon the fight and flee to Azyr for safety.

There's a reason I said TLDR version and didn't just type out the whole passage.

**Kanluwen**

Venerable Ironclad wrote:
I have always found the whole Sylvaneth/Wanderers feud to be a weak lore excuse to explain why Sylvaneth and Wanderers aren't in the same book. GW could just as easily say Nagash invaded and the Wanderers helped fend him off and they are now friend again.

Truthfully, it's better if they aren't. Sylvaneth has become an actual, interesting faction in and of themselves and it gives room for(no pun intended!) a new faction to grow that is something notably different to Wanderers.

**Kanluwen**

Kdash wrote:
Eldarsif wrote:
With the skin face rumor engine there are three possibilities

Fabius Bile
Heinrich Kemmler
Lucius
Urien Rakarth(I doubt we are getting another standard Haemie yet)

These 4 all have some flesh suit going on for them. I find Fabius and Heinrich the most likely considering that both have some obvious similarities.

Iirc, there have been a couple of Tomb King rumours as of late.

TK never really did 'flesh suit'.

Fabius and Urien will lead the pack for what it could be. Mandrakes are a possibility as well as Flayed Ones.
Heinrich Kemmler died during The End Times, and if he came back...I doubt he'd be the same as what he was before.

I would, personally, say that it's something for the Aelf faction that the Tenebrael Shard belongs to...but I can't find him on the webstore to post.

**Kanluwen**

Looks like some more Dark Mechanicus stuff might be coming.

**Kanluwen**

Honestly, for anyone who is interested in Sylvaneth?
That box is going to be amazing if you can find someone to split it with.

10x Tree/Spite Revenants @ $37USD per 5($74)
3x Kurnoth Hunters @ $58USD
Arch Revenant(50mm base from the looks of things); guessing at $35-$40.

That's $167 to $172 retail...assuming a $175 pricetag like Shadowspear, locally that comes out to $187.69 with tax for the whole box and $93.84 for halvsies.
And seeing as how Tree-Revenants and Kurnoth Hunters are two of the more expensive parts of the Sylvaneth army...it makes them a hell of a lot more appealing to me!

**Kanluwen**

Alpharius wrote:
Do we know the Looncurse pricing (in USD) yet?

I don't think so.

If it follows Wrath and Rapture/Carrion Empire?
$160.
If it follows Shadowspear?
$175.

**Kanluwen**

Kurnoth Hunters let you measure to the Kurnoth Hunter instead of the character doing a Command Ability, which is pretty damn nice.
Their weapon options are nothing to sneeze at either.

Tree-Revenants are nice, I think most people get some good use out of them?

Dryads are a "musthave" for summoning purposes...but they're so stupid easy to get when you want some Treelords that it isn't a big deal!

**Kanluwen**

You're all nuts, bug jetpacks for life!

**Kanluwen**

It's one of the Sylvaneth's Endless Spells, called a "Gladewyrm".

**Kanluwen**

highlord tamburlaine wrote:
When did we see anything about Varanguard foot infantry? That's something I've sorely wanted for some time. Like, since the first ones were released.

That hand really does seem like one.

If I remember correctly, it was mentioned with regards to WarCry.

**Kanluwen**

It also is more likely given that it is supposed to be set in/around the Allpoints, which is a major confluence of the Realmgates.

It's got me wondering now if the reason why we didn't see Sylvaneth this week is they're holding them off for a June 22nd(day after the summer solstice!) release to bring a certain Huntsman back...

**Kanluwen**

terry wrote:
my first thought was that it looks eldar/aelfish, but the text mentionts tzeentch, who also uses gem stones

I wouldn't read much into that bit. They usually have some reference about sorcery--it's just a tongue in cheek reference to fortunetellers.

Looks more and more like it might be related to a text line in May's WD about the Stormvault in the Stormkeep of the Anvils of Heldenhammer containing "an old ally" of Nagash.

**Kanluwen**

Denny wrote:
Does it always have the 'It is said that the Rumour Engine can drive a person to madness! Dare you take a look?' tagline?

If not, and assuming that is a hint, Traitor Guard breastplate?

There's usually something along those lines, yes.

We've seen the Traitor Guard via Blackstone Fortress. It'd use the same assets.

I'm going to call this a Conscripts kit.

**Kanluwen**

Fingers crossed it's a plastic Salamander/Razordon and Skink Handler kit.

**Kanluwen**

Yodhrin wrote:
Also, could be their front and those are nipples and the bottom of a scraggly beard.

This guy has it in one, from what it looks like.

**Kanluwen**

AndrewGPaul wrote:
Have we seen those symbols on Harlequins, or just on the ruins they're perched on?

The ruins they're perched on aren't supposed to be Exodites, it's supposed to be stuff on Crone Worlds.
So far we've only seen these runes on their ruins, not on the Harlequins themselves.