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 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
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?

Perhaps another Cursed City sort of issue that didn't become as well known. Plus there are always the possibility of reshuffling the order of releases because one system has gained traction while another has slipped.

What is the oldest unsolved rumour engine?

 Theophony wrote:

Perhaps another Cursed City sort of issue that didn't become as well known. Plus there are always the possibility of reshuffling the order of releases because one system has gained traction while another has slipped.

This is the oldest. March 17th, 2020.

Next oldest, April 7th 2020.


There's a few more from 2020 yet, but most look like they're Underworlds or Kill Team adjacent. I wouldn't be shocked if the oldest was actually for an event model either, as Ripper Jackson and the Catachan Colonel both were Rumor Engines as well.

Just gonna throw this out there too...

I bet the top one is a Banner for the leaked Chaos Cultists... coming mid-2022.

Isn't there a rumoured Beasts of Chaos release fairly soon? That could possibly clear up those two skulls, although the March one doesn't really seem bestial enough.

Buggered if I know.

Are those rat fingers? Skaven?

The look GSC to my eyes?

Very Skaven base-esque.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
The look GSC to my eyes?

People seem to say this about every other RE. GSC are done for a while guys.

Ratman fingers in a sewer? It's Master Splinter.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
The look GSC to my eyes?

nah, the stonework gutter (as opposed to concrete) makes me think fantasy. maybe some warcry or one of the other board game sets they do.

JSG wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
The look GSC to my eyes?

People seem to say this about every other RE. GSC are done for a while guys.

Who knows, we might not see anything from this mini for a whole year. Just in time for the next GSC release

You say ratman but what about a ghoul?

Huge detailed base, infantry sized hand.

Another dumb command group diorama?

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
The look GSC to my eyes?

Too rounded for GSC. They usually have pretty sharp/long claws with short digits.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Huge detailed base, infantry sized hand.

Another dumb command group diorama?

Or a Cursed City refugee.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Huge detailed base, infantry sized hand.

Another dumb command group diorama?

There's been a rumor of a plastic Skaven Assassin floating around...might be that.

it's not main system 40K/AoS with that fancy base (unless as HMCB says it's a refugee originally intended for something else)

so I'll say an underworlds something or other (it feels scaven but those fingers don't look quite right)

 Kanluwen wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Huge detailed base, infantry sized hand.

Another dumb command group diorama?

There's been a rumor of a plastic Skaven Assassin floating around...might be that.

Isnt the base too detailed and not a universal theme that fits with Skavens(or other races) bases?, imo i think it might be from a future underworlds warband, as they seem to have extremely detailed themed bases

 Original Timmy wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Huge detailed base, infantry sized hand.

Another dumb command group diorama?

There's been a rumor of a plastic Skaven Assassin floating around...might be that.

Isnt the base too detailed and not a universal theme that fits with Skavens(or other races) bases?, imo i think it might be from a future underworlds warband, as they seem to have extremely detailed themed bases

While it is quite detailed, it does thematically fit existing Skaven bases.

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
it's not main system 40K/AoS with that fancy base (unless as HMCB says it's a refugee originally intended for something else)

so I'll say an underworlds something or other (it feels scaven but those fingers don't look quite right)

There's plenty of fancy bases in AoS. Dunno why you think this would be weird.

Look at any of the Cities of Sigmar plastic characters or the Lumineth characters.

The pipe and brickwork are annoying me.

They don’t quite look 40K, or AoS.

Not manky and old enough for 40K, yet too uniform and well made for AoS stuff.

Pi rats.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
The pipe and brickwork are annoying me.

They don’t quite look 40K, or AoS.

Not manky and old enough for 40K, yet too uniform and well made for AoS stuff.

We have entirely well-built cities in AoS.

They're even called the "Cities of Sigmar"...and Skaven definitely have been known to haunt them.

Cursed City expansion!

Just doesn’t look like either aesthetic to me.

Another possibility could be one of next year's Warhammer+ exclusive figures. The current assassin is virtually a terrain piece with a figure attached.

 Perfect Organism wrote:
Another possibility could be one of next year's Warhammer+ exclusive figures. The current assassin is virtually a terrain piece with a figure attached.

That's a pretty good theory (as is a Cursed City refugee). Or both!
Oh... huh. That's probably actually going to happen.

I just made myself sad.

It's obviously a skaven for new version of Mordheim!