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An incredible piece of Warhammer 40,000 lore, like you've never seen it before. See it tomorrow on warhammer-community.com from 4pm GMT. #SpaceMarineRitual

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Armouring up a Space Marine probably. Something that was shown in one of the trailers for the first Space Marine game and also potentially the Ultramarines movie.

 Gert wrote:
Armouring up a Space Marine probably. Something that was shown in one of the trailers for the first Space Marine game and also potentially the Ultramarines movie.

There's been a few more FB posts that say it's a new video (EDIT: TV video, not video game).

Ominous.

Oh. A space marine ritual, but like we've never seen it before.
Pretty sure they didn't animate the surgical process, so... guesses?

beast_gts wrote:
There's been a few more FB posts that say it's a new video (EDIT: TV video, not video game).

No, as in it's not something that's never been shown before.

Several sponsored posts on Twitter by various stills from it as well.

My out there guess would be announcing female space marines. With the new lore angle on the ritual shedding light on this either way.

Considering they’re building hype and clearly have spent money promoting it, imagine they feel it’s something pretty big/worth while.

Voss wrote:
so... guesses?

Ultramarine banners because no other chapters exist - right GW? The tech-priest is a bit odd, as it should be a techmarine doing all the marine stuff.

Let me guess - a ritual promotion to a battle brother or something similar.

Ac4155 wrote:
Several sponsored posts on Twitter by various stills from it as well.

Yeah. Whatever it is they're hyping it hard (and a bit late).

Guessing a free animation like Astartes to promote Warhammer+

Guessing Mr Space Marine is going to be getting dressed.

 Gert wrote:
Armouring up a Space Marine probably. Something that was shown in one of the trailers for the first Space Marine game and also potentially the Ultramarines movie.

Already been done well (though not strictly canonically) with Raptor. Not really much they could add.

This, but 40k:

Space Marines. Yawn. Call me when they're ready to do that "Cooking with Eldrad" show I've wanted forever. Recipes from the 41st millennium.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
This, but 40k:

aka this

Oh I'd never seen that!

I'm hoping it's not female SM mainly because I don't want to hear the subsequent shitstorm from the community over both sides of the agreement. My guess is it'd a new SM 9.5 Codex.

Ritual of shoving the last bits of a marine into a dreadnought. Cue the new dreadnought model release.

I really like the Raptor video over the others.

It’ll be a suit-up video no doubt.

 JohnnyHell wrote:
It’ll be a suit-up video no doubt.

Sure, a suit-up video, but... to what end? To announce what?

An actual TV show would be something, but many TV shows cut budget costs by doing at least some parts live action. Doing full 3d is super expensive and time consuming to the level of detail that normal television viewers expect nowadays. If GW thinks that 40k fans are vicious when it comes to picking apart animations, just wait until stuff tries to hit mainstream and ends up getting thrashed by ratings agencies.

If not a video game, my guess would be new stuff on Warhammer+.

Announcing a new price hike to follow the one that hit a few days ago?

Video of a terminator space marine ? (the robot kind, not the power armour )

Space marine ritual of sending out C&D letters. It will have their Space Marine Lawyers “suiting” up anyone still making videos about their products or using their original designs of circle, square, triangle for other purposes .

It’s a promotion ritual because the Ultras have decided to promote all marines to lieutenant.

drbored wrote:

 JohnnyHell wrote:
It’ll be a suit-up video no doubt.

Sure, a suit-up video, but... to what end? To announce what?

An actual TV show would be something, but many TV shows cut budget costs by doing at least some parts live action. Doing full 3d is super expensive and time consuming to the level of detail that normal television viewers expect nowadays. If GW thinks that 40k fans are vicious when it comes to picking apart animations, just wait until stuff tries to hit mainstream and ends up getting thrashed by ratings agencies.

If not a video game, my guess would be new stuff on Warhammer+.

They didn’t say it was a teaser, could just be a random “video lore” drop, but you’re probably right in that it will lead to something something WH+.

 privateer4hire wrote:
Announcing a new price hike to follow the one that hit a few days ago?

Cynical, yet...who am I kidding? You cant be accused of being cynical when it comes to GW. With them, consumer anguish is like nourishing manna. They thrive off of the tears shed at the cash register.

Anyways... the hype train is kinda lackluster when they try to keep us guessing when its likely one of 3 different scenarios.

"Youve never seen a space marine put on their pants like this before!"

"Guess whose getting their limbs cut off and stuffed into a VW beetle with legs? It's you!"

"Spez Mahrins just got new eye tech from the Van Saar's STC! The adepta sororitas will punish anyone caught using their Xray specs on their bodice armor."

 MonkeyBallistic wrote:
It’s a promotion ritual because the Ultras have decided to promote all marines to lieutenant.

Is it possible? Could this really be the long awaited announcement video for Codex: Primaris Lieutenants?

I'm guessing an armouring up video from Space Marine 2, the style looks right to me. Doesn't seem like it's being billed as any kind of announcement, just a video, so not expecting anything we don't already know about.

 Wiz Warrior wrote:
"Spez Mahrins just got new eye tech from the Van Saar's STC! The adepta sororitas will punish anyone caught using their Xray specs on their bodice armor."

OK, that one made me chuckle.

One hour to go, preparing to be whelmed and looking forward to the outrage caused by the unshattering, ungroundbreaking revelations we are about receive