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 Alpharius wrote:
If it gets you going on about something other than Tau, Tau and more Tau?

I'm all for it too!

Have an exalt!

 Mecha_buddha wrote:
Cover art for the 8th ed Xenos army book?

Ding!

Winner!

Orks???

I think it's a gobbo contraption for Blood Bowl.

Chainsaw Loonie?

It looks 3d-printed, will all those small lines...

 angelofvengeance wrote:
I think it's a gobbo contraption for Blood Bowl.

That is a great call.

Whatever it is, it is certainly rough in this picture. It definitely has an Orky feel to it - but goblin secret weapons for blood bowl could definitely look like this.

It's probably a Space Marine thing. Look at the hand.

No, I'll go with Blood Bowl as well.

 ChaosDad wrote:
It looks 3d-printed, will all those small lines...

Rapid prototyping.

GW do most of the design in CAD of somekind, print it off, then add final details by hand I believe (not sure if that's a universal approach though!)

They have not previewed a specialists games thing yet. I am going for new ork stuff for the Armageddon campaign they have been hinting at.
Also all the minis they produce in plastic have a resin version cast up first, specifically so that it can be painted in time to produce the box art.

I'm guessing an ork biker (image is of a left ork hand holding onto a handlebar from the bike, with an offensive chainsaw blade (perfect for charging into close combat for 8th edition ) .

Valhallan_Ice_Warrior wrote:
I'm guessing an ork biker (image is of a left ork hand holding onto a handlebar from the bike, with an offensive chainsaw blade (perfect for charging into close combat for 8th edition ) .

Interesting - could be a part of a rerelease of a speed freaks that finally have a biker boss or (dare I say it...) Wazzdakka....

They could atleast have cleaned it first! All that... urgh! It just feel wrong!

Goblin with a chainsaw, probably Nobbla Blackwart.

Chikout wrote:
They have not previewed a specialists games thing yet. I am going for new ork stuff for the Armageddon campaign they have been hinting at.
Also all the minis they produce in plastic have a resin version cast up first, specifically so that it can be painted in time to produce the box art.

They previewed the Skaven Bloodbowl booster models.

It's a gobbo, the secret weapons booster.

Thebiggesthat wrote:

Chikout wrote:
They have not previewed a specialists games thing yet. I am going for new ork stuff for the Armageddon campaign they have been hinting at.
Also all the minis they produce in plastic have a resin version cast up first, specifically so that it can be painted in time to produce the box art.

They previewed the Skaven Bloodbowl booster models.

It's a gobbo, the secret weapons booster.

I've taken a look at that booster pack and none of the Skaven have a tail similar to the one from the rumour image.

Still, it might be a gobbo secret weapon, but for now I'm rooting it is the new Warbike. Hastlings rumoured them being in production and a Goblin team would probably have less importance over a Chaos or elven team.

Thebiggesthat wrote:

Chikout wrote:
They have not previewed a specialists games thing yet. I am going for new ork stuff for the Armageddon campaign they have been hinting at.
Also all the minis they produce in plastic have a resin version cast up first, specifically so that it can be painted in time to produce the box art.

They previewed the Skaven Bloodbowl booster models.

It's a gobbo, the secret weapons booster.

Except that tail doesn't match any of the booster models'.

Gotta be an ork of some kind. Looks like some sort of weird power weapon. That or the most extreme lacrosse stick ever and we're getting blood lacrosse.

The fist pose does fit very well into being biker hand unless the part on right is the bottom side of weapon(rather than say "blade" of a sword).

I like theory of speed freaks though bikers don't really need new kit. Then again GW hasn't been fan of updating old models so could be new unit entirely. Nob bikers in plastic! Or super-nob bikers for completely new unit.

Didn't hastings say there was an ork truck release coming this year? I doubt the orks would only get one model if they are getting a release wave.

I'm fairly certain this is part of that wave. I guess it could be blood bowl as a second guess.

A kult of speed could get me interested. Of the orks and clans I like Freeboots, Kult of Speed, and the Blood Axes are all my favorites.

If this is a kult of speed and the models are interesting I could see myself possibly being interested.

zamerion wrote:


Orks???

Nah, it's just a close up to remind us of how their resin casting process hasn't changed and is still crappy.

the area between the hand and the chainsaw-blade does look like a badmoonz logo:


so it could be some new ork kit...I sure wouldn't complain about that! ...that said, night goblins especially use that symbol a lot too, so it could be some crazy bloodbowl thing...I dunno...would a chainsaw thing work in bloodbowl for goblins?...not sure if they have that kind of tech?

 ZoBo wrote:
the area between the hand and the chainsaw-blade does look like a badmoonz logo:

You're right. Can't unsee it now.

@ZoBo: Gobbos with chainsaws in BloodBowl have been a thing for a lonnng time.

Goblin skypirates confirmed.

 ZoBo wrote:
the area between the hand and the chainsaw-blade does look like a badmoonz logo:


so it could be some new ork kit...I sure wouldn't complain about that! ...that said, night goblins especially use that symbol a lot too, so it could be some crazy bloodbowl thing...I dunno...would a chainsaw thing work in bloodbowl for goblins?...not sure if they have that kind of tech?

That's what I thought. That design looks suspiciously Orky. I don't think its a goblin; the hand doesn't look right.
I suspect it might be a new Warboss or Nob model, and that thing is a big choppa.

It's resin. Therefore unlikely to be Age of Sigmar. None of the new releases have been in resin. Very definitely BloodBowl.

People said the other resolved images were resin to. To my recollection I don't think any of the resolved ones have been resin despite some looking that way.

The rumored goblin team is supposed to be plastic, the bonus special weapon wielding ones are likely a forgeworld kit. This just looks like the chainsaw wielding one. Which means the pogo stick and others are likely coming too.

The studio usually paint up resin masters as opposed to plastic as they're often working so far ahead of the release schedule (if you look carefully at previous miniatures you can easily tell which are resin masters - the Taurox springs to mind) so this could very well end up being a plastic kit.

Looking at it, the position of what (I assume) is a hand/clenched fist with a possible armoured knee behind it, I think it could be Ork, possibly even as Nob? Wielding some kind of dakka gun with chain blade attachment at the bottom end? Or it's a dual edged rippa for a new combat unit? I'm calling it now - Rippa Boyz


LordShaft.