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Valkia the Stabby

Modern vampires usually have elegant weapons for a more civilized age. This is a heavy blade for a knight, but I suppose it would be cool to get a mounted vampire in a new style to go with the blood knights.

A lot of blades have fullers on them, the blood/poison whatever suggests some sort of evil doer.

Not that there are good guys, but the latest primaris lieutenant has a goopy blade and he’s a hero

The old empire captain wiping his sword had it too

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Olthannon wrote:
I'm fairly sure it's Votann as well to be honest. I can't see it being guard considering they've had a big release fairly recently.

Correct, because the Guard got their army book updated for 9th right before 10th.

It's not like these rumor engines are likely to be solved next week. It might be stuff for whenever Guard get their book done for 10th.

Anyways, I'm still thinking Guard. The cloth doesn't look right for being LoV material. I feel like the camo pattern's been used before but I can't place it.

WELLITY WELLITY WELLITY.

Loads of rumour engine pics solved today. But I’ll wait for Kurgan to sort that. I can’t be arsed.

Double axe one from page 6 is from TOW Dwarf Lord.

Good 10 or so solved from that. Abraxia did 4 in one model!

I'd quote the guys who claimed Abraxia bits were infantry sized model (or silly claims you can't establish scale from pics, with me countering each time it has to be really huge mount/weapon as per detail size) but I am too lazy to do it, so will just say - told you so

 Olthannon wrote:
WELLITY WELLITY WELLITY

Yup, when Kan says something isn't X, it's X with 99% certainty (and it's never the other, always outlandish thing he proposes, see him claiming obviously feminine RE Sister bits were 200% sure male tempestus because their lily symbol is 'undeniably' tempestus 'T', or claiming SM painting with blatant reivers on it were 'of course' infiltrators, despite oh, wrong armor, helmets, weapons, markings, gear, grenades, and literally everything else)

Servoskull.

That's Dr. Servoskull to you. He's clearly a dentist.

Maybe the =][=nquisitor henchmen need a new healer type now that the Hospitaler is in the Sororitas army proper with an embiggened model?

Looks a bit worn and grimy. Deathguard apothecary?

 KidCthulhu wrote:
Maybe the =][=nquisitor henchmen need a new healer type now that the Hospitaler is in the Sororitas army proper with an embiggened model?

Could be for torture, excavation, repairs, surgery. Maybe even a not terribly well design combat skull.

*Insert obligatory Slannesh joke here*

More seriously, it reminds me of the paintjobs on the Squat Prospectors. Maybe they will also be spelunking in the Hive Bottom.

Any chance it's Mechanicum?

Not an unreasonable chance I guess.

Paintjob suggests something that is used (dinged up paint on the drill implant) but not uncared for (skull isn’t showing splinters or dents or cracks and that)

this feels like it's attached to a vehicle, with how it and the skull are being positioned. maybe also a servitor? it's certainly not a weapon being held by a normal infantry unit. my guess is being a vehicle of some kind. not sure which imperium faction would get a drill vehicle, tho

seconding that it looks like something being used. if not for the giant skull, i'd think this was something Votann or GSC, to go for a mining and industrial theme, but neither of those care for servo-skulls all that much

The scale is perfect for a Narthecium tho, and even the two ridges behind the drill are on Nartheciums.

HH command squad, final answer.

There's a rumor (no pun intended) floating around about a new Enginseer model for Guard.

New servitors and servo skulls kit for all your 40k needs?

It would be flabberghasting to see a Servitor kit, seeing as how they've dumped them from Mechanicus & Marines.

 Kanluwen wrote:
It would be flabberghasting to see a Servitor kit, seeing as how they've dumped them from Mechanicus & Marines.

yeah, if they were going to make a new servitor kit, they would've stayed in the codex. similarly, i expect guard to lose its servitors once the codex comes out

 StudentOfEtherium wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
It would be flabberghasting to see a Servitor kit, seeing as how they've dumped them from Mechanicus & Marines.

yeah, if they were going to make a new servitor kit, they would've stayed in the codex. similarly, i expect guard to lose its servitors once the codex comes out

They could end up in an Imperial Agents book? Being a unit that can found pretty much anywhere the Imperium has reach?

I know, a bit grasping at straws. I would not be shocked to see them quietly phased out.

They're basically guaranteed to show up there, since they dumped them into that Kill Team of Henchmen.

Don't give me hope for plastic servitors; I couldn't handle the heartbreak when it doesn't pan out

 KidCthulhu wrote:
Don't give me hope for plastic servitors; I couldn't handle the heartbreak when it doesn't pan out

Considering how many armies included them, I was always shocked they never made it to plastic. While they might not have been a popular unit, the sheer number of people in the potential buyer pool seemed like it would make then a good investment.

 Nevelon wrote:

 KidCthulhu wrote:
Don't give me hope for plastic servitors; I couldn't handle the heartbreak when it doesn't pan out

Considering how many armies included them, I was always shocked they never made it to plastic. While they might not have been a popular unit, the sheer number of people in the potential buyer pool seemed like it would make then a good investment.

I am surprised a normal plastic Imperial Priest hasn't been released for the same reason- does triple duty for Guard, Sororitas, and Inquisition. Not quite as many as servitors but still good.

Also, maybe some of their lack of popularity was due to having hard-to-buy ancient models in finecast...

Last I knew, the Servitors that GW sold were still metal. I know when I bought a set of the Heavy Bolter ones in 2016 I got metals.

The ones that were from the Techmarine were Finecast though, I guess?

 Kanluwen wrote:
Last I knew, the Servitors that GW sold were still metal. I know when I bought a set of the Heavy Bolter ones in 2016 I got metals.

The ones that were from the Techmarine were Finecast though, I guess?

Huh, didn't know they'd never converted some over to finecast.