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 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:

 aka_mythos wrote:
The fact we don't 'need' more primaris is precisely why it will be more primaris. Whether we like it or not GW's studio is required to produce a full slate of Marine releases every year. The group of designers and developers working on Space Marines is pretty much the same size as the group working on everything else for the game.

Please Sir, May I Have A Citation?

One of the GW podcast/video interviews with one their developers. I don't remember which, but he's remarking about how he got his start, how he got involved with a particular project, and as a quick aside, and for the benefit of listeners, he briefly touches on the different teams on the 40k side of things at GW, and how development is generally organized. He doesn't explicitly say the teams are the same size.

The jist of his story was he wrote some marine stuff for WD and got asked to enter the rotation of people on the marine side of the studio. He describes the 40k side of the studio, I paraphrase, where besides the very small support teams that do stuff for WD, or things like terrain, the bulk of the developers are split between two teams. There's a half of the development team working on marines, where some of them are typically wrapping up the 'current' marine project while the others are starting on the 'next' marine project, and he contrasts that with working on the other "half" of the team where they might be wrapping up a xenos race while starting to move on to chaos marines.

GW gonna gimme gaunts



This is from Octarius

"We have identified a number of new sub-variants of [gaunts] that fall even outside the alphus, betaro, gammis and kappun strains we have categorised. Local defence forces dubbed two of these 'tri-claws' and 'cyclopeans'."

Flehsborer beetles and devourer fleshworms collected from the battlefield were also different from the previously encountered and they also pointed out the fine adaptation of teeth and body shapes allowing them to penetrate different patterns of flak armor.

Looks more like an AoS bug. Sylvaneth, perhaps?

If its new gaunts, i hope its a.kit that replace the existing ones, and not only some new variants

Doubt it is Nids as the joints are usually ridged. Going to go with Sylvaneth flying bug cavalry.

Another vote for Sylvanteh

There's a new big boss on spider rumored to drop soonish. But I can't really say that leg looks very arachnid-y

 GaroRobe wrote:
There's a new big boss on spider rumored to drop soonish. But I can't really say that leg looks very arachnid-y

I believe that set of rumours was wholly debunked.

Agree with the majority. No nids there. It is either some AoS or Necromunda.

That's tough one. It has a very Tyranid shape, but is potentially missing some details (vents on the middle forearm, ridged tissue at the joints).

Although it's worth noting that some of the current Gaunts do not have either of those features on their middle set of arms (which are the ones that would have that smaller hook at the end). Part of that is because of the posture being so constricted that the joint tissue isn't showing... but I could also see the sculptor just skipping that detail, because the middle arms are so tiny it would mostly be lost, anyway.

It also seems to have "battle damage" in the form of round dents, which suggests projectile impacts rather than the gouges you'd normally see in a fantasy setting.

Isnt there an insectoid race called the silent people in aos? That would be a cool addition

Can’t claim credit for this as I saw it on TGA but the new rumour engine looks similar to the Jabberslythes “stomach legs”

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-DK/Jabberslythe

We might have a winrar!

We may indeed! And man it needs a new kit.

Yeah! Big enough model that it might also include the gnarly non-Kruleboyz vulture from February on its tactical tree stump, but that's just a wild guess.

Someone posted about that on reddit and it looks like a perfect match. I like the current model, so a non resin model would be great

If it's indeed a jabber, i guess it gives credence to the boc vs gsp box rumour

Just for fun I might go and say it is for 'nids.

It's quite a dainty hoof on display so maybe that's how the newer gaunts will look.

Its nids for sure

Tau updated Vespid......

First Battletomes - SCE and Orruks
Next 4 - Maggotkin, GSG, Ogors and BoC
3 new armies planned - Oathbreakers/Chaos Dwarves, Umbraneth (with Tyrion releasing at the same time), Dawnbringer Crusades (CoS)
Battlebox - GSG vs BoC
GSG new Scuttleboss, Spider Riders (current models) and Rockguts (current models)
BoC new Doombull, new Bullgors and new Jabberslythe

This was circulating in June.

I'm going with Sylvaneth or AOS in general as well. Nids always have that boney texture and flaring at the joint, with the mid-appendage splits that reveals the ribbed muscle (or whatever that detail is.)

 lord_blackfang wrote:

First Battletomes - SCE and Orruks
Next 4 - Maggotkin, GSG, Ogors and BoC
3 new armies planned - Oathbreakers/Chaos Dwarves, Umbraneth (with Tyrion releasing at the same time), Dawnbringer Crusades (CoS)
Battlebox - GSG vs BoC
GSG new Scuttleboss, Spider Riders (current models) and Rockguts (current models)
BoC new Doombull, new Bullgors and new Jabberslythe

This was circulating in June.

Current spider riders would be very.dissapointing. they.are.not too good and don't fit at.all with the aesthetic.of.gsg

 lord_blackfang wrote:

First Battletomes - SCE and Orruks
Next 4 - Maggotkin, GSG, Ogors and BoC
3 new armies planned - Oathbreakers/Chaos Dwarves, Umbraneth (with Tyrion releasing at the same time), Dawnbringer Crusades (CoS)
Battlebox - GSG vs BoC
GSG new Scuttleboss, Spider Riders (current models) and Rockguts (current models)
BoC new Doombull, new Bullgors and new Jabberslythe

This was circulating in June.

While it might be accurate (we will see), I don't like the fact that 5 of the first 6 are all "Evil" armies. Also GSG vs BoC is two "Evil" army factions in one box, it just seems weird. Though everyone cheers on the GSG until they turn on you .

It wouldn't be the first time they've done two "evil" armies (depending on your definition of evil) Wrath and Rapture was Khorne vs. Slaanesh (dual system release) and Feast of Bones, Ogors vs Ossiarch Bonereapers,

I don't think the GSG vs BoC is going to happen as listed and Nighthaunt may be up soon enough to throw off that first 4 list.

Not the Rumour Engine, but from this WarCom Article:

Before we go, we’ve seen one more Pathfinder sneaking around the edge of our vision, and we managed to catch a quick snap of them. Who could this be?

Our intel suggests that all will be revealed on Warhammer Community in the not-too-distant future… Join Vantage Point again soon as we recite a few quick litanies and get to grips with the hot-headed new Sisters Novitiate.

Looks like Darkstrider's becoming Dronestrider, amirite?

Looks like he might be in an XV15 suit, definitely jetpacky hints at the back.

Reminder the oldest rumour engine is over one and a half years old, and going by the leak, it's probably gonna remain unsolved for the rest of this year.

Why does GW tease something like that?

WAG: it’s a clone of Commander Puretide, given a set of his own engram chips from birth, here to lead the sixth sphere expansion now that the imperium is slightly distracted, as a proof of concept for the whole clone resurrection process.
Which definitely has nothing to do with certain suspiciously shiny “advisors” hanging around certain other influential members of the ethereal council.