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 plastictrees wrote:

Carlovonsexron wrote:
Moonclan grots have hands like that?

Post end times in gray scale with little other context/ scale? Sure, why not.

My money's on aelves, though most of the things Ibthough fornsure were gonna be aelf related turned outnto be the nurgle snail, so what donI know?

That said, I do think it looks a bit to slim for grots. I doubt GW would get rid of the chunky limbs that help give them sonmich character.

Looks like a scenery bit to me.

 Ghaz wrote:


Looks like a scenery bit to me.

that or something ad mech, but I doubt that.

New AdMech?! Pleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease

Hmm the cog hints of Mechanicus, but it is a plain skull, not the half-machine skull they use on all the terrain.

New tech priest? Or a vehicle?

But probably another bit of terrain to add to the sector Mechanicus stuff.

More terrain?

I mean, I love terrain more than most... but there's so much. I need to plan this stuff out, and adding more pieces is making that hard.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
More terrain?

I mean, I love terrain more than most... but there's so much. I need to plan this stuff out, and adding more pieces is making that hard.

Alright, someone fetch-a-mod. H.B.M.C.'s account has been hacked...


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Thinking back, anyone got a link to those White Dwarf battle report images posted a while back - they appeared to have some unseen water tanks as part of the terrain set up.

I'm not sure if I was scrolling past it too fast, but it gave me a ships wheel vibe for a moment.

I'm really hoping it's a new AdMech transport, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

A generator of sorts, whether it is terrain or mounted on the back of some cyber-golem remains to be seen.

I'm going for terrain to help bulk out Necromunda.

A Scooty Puff Junior for Belisarius Cawl to ride about on



heretical new technology nobody will question as he's so powerful

Might get lost in the new speculation, but this one from March 2017 is solved:

If its a new Ad mech unit, I'll eat my hat

Ad Mech skulls are cybernetic. This one is plain. That is why I think this is something else. AoS Squats perhaps?

 Oguhmek wrote:
Ad Mech skulls are cybernetic. This one is plain. That is why I think this is something else. AoS Squats perhaps?

Adeptus Mechanicus skulls (aka the Opus Mechanicus) are only split like that if they are big enough for that detail to be noticeable. Since the Squats never used anything like the Opus and neither do the Karadron Overlords, I reckon it’s just a small Adeptus Mechanicus component zoomed in close. Like Cawl’s key, way back when. This could then be the backpack power generator for a new Adeptus Mechanicus infantry model, or perhaps a detail component on a larger vehicle, but the backpack seems more likely based on the shape.

As for what the model is? I’m hoping for a new kind of Magos. We’ve got the Dominus type but missing all the others.

Might get lost in the new speculation, but this one from March 2017 is solved: 

Dang, good eyes!

Yup Rose has it right - all the lack of a cyber-half on the Opus means is that the part is teeny-weeny. I think the biggest sizes you see the plain skull Opus is on stuff like Techmarine shoulderpads or the engine detail part from the Land Raider kit.

The "spokes" behind the techno-detailing made me think it might be a wheel at first, but the cutout at the bottom makes that unlikely. Maybe some kind of ornate power core for a new Electropriest character? Eh, who knows, these "hints" never really tell us much.

Yeah, It def looks like some of the electro priests bits to me:

 Mr_Rose wrote:

 Oguhmek wrote:
Ad Mech skulls are cybernetic. This one is plain. That is why I think this is something else. AoS Squats perhaps?

Adeptus Mechanicus skulls (aka the Opus Mechanicus) are only split like that if they are big enough for that detail to be noticeable. Since the Squats never used anything like the Opus and neither do the Karadron Overlords, I reckon it’s just a small Adeptus Mechanicus component zoomed in close. Like Cawl’s key, way back when. This could then be the backpack power generator for a new Adeptus Mechanicus infantry model, or perhaps a detail component on a larger vehicle, but the backpack seems more likely based on the shape.

As for what the model is? I’m hoping for a new kind of Magos. We’ve got the Dominus type but missing all the others.

Does either the arc rifle or plasma caliver have a skull like this on their back packs?

it matches the design that's is on ever Ad mech model, they all have the plain skull and not the half mechanical skull

Would be nice if its something admechy, but then again Bobby G has this symbol on the back of his armor

The Arc Rifle backpack looks like this.

Very similar.

Mechanicus Flyer?

Just rampant speculation.

Huh, I was mistaken then. My memory was probably skewed due to painting a lot of Sector Mechanicus terrain lately, and on that every skull is divided - even the smallest ones.

New Robot maybe?

Or a generator from the floating platforms used in the codex art of AdMech vs Tyranids.

Odd for a new bit of art to include units that don't have models, and stranger still for there to be multiples of them in the artwork.

There's a dakka thread on them here

Do you think you'd be able to estimate size based on the rivets? Looks to me like it'd be about four times the size of the Skitarrii backpacks roughly judging by the rivet size compare to the eye sockets on the skull.

You know, I think I may be able to do that. I’d just need a way to measure rivet size in milimeters, and then make a mm-to-pixel ratio.

 WrentheFaceless wrote:
it matches the design that's is on ever Ad mech model, they all have the plain skull and not the half mechanical skull

Would be nice if its something admechy, but then again Bobby G has this symbol on the back of his armor

I feel like if it was AdMech they would have picked a different part of the model to make it less obvious. Or maybe that's what they want us to think...

Done!



I think I did this right. The plate on the left is the Onager Dunecrawler Icarus Array side plate. Assuming the rivets are the same size, the rumour engine thing should be roughly 1/2 inch.