Space Marines - Mark IX Armour - Rumors

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**Blacksails**

GW is providing maximum entertainment.

They're doing a better parody of themselves than anything the forums could come up with.

Amazing.

**HisDivineShadow**

I almost hope it does look like Iron Man.

I'd love Geedub to get a taste of its own medicine from Disney.

**Medium of Death**

"GW wants to protect its IP"

"looks like Iron Man's armour"

Stopped reading.

This is not happening.

**lord_blackfang**

Frankly, after the last couple of months, I just don't have any energy left to disbelieve GW doing completely insane things.

**Warhams-77**

Duffybear on Warseer

I do wonder if they will introduce it as a single unit.

I'm not sure if it was an official piece of artwork, but I remember seeing an Ultramarine with an Ironman style helmet faceplate at some point. Maybe they are just working off of that and only making slight changes to rest of the suit. The centurion kit has proved that they are willing to advance the story and the tech ever so slightly so it is possible for them to add new units in.

I suppose that these new suits could in fact be reworked older marks that a chapter has taken to improving themselves. If they are very similar and just feature a new helmet, set of arms and shoulder plates, or something like that then they would end up compatible with the other marine and variant chapter kits as well. If this is the case and the suit is similar to the Ultramarines art and they are the designers, then that could also explain why the new suit would be suddenly so widespread - Ultramarines being the parent chapter of so many mainstream chapters after all.

Just some thoughts.

Originally Posted by Commissar Merces
Yes because we needed more space marines before plastic sisters or a flavorful Chaos book.

This sounds like the least cool idea GW has had since Grimnar turned into Santa

I don't know when they are coming out. It could be before or after CSM/SoB (if those rumours are true). It could even be next year for all I know.

Originally Posted by Gobskrag 'Eadbasha
Hey Duffy, you wouldn't happen to know if there's anything to the Tzeentch and Sisters rumor would ya?

Sorry but I don't know anything about either of those. I really wish I did though, because Sisters are my favourite army

We will see, these are very early rumors of a new armour type for sure.

**Accolade**

I wonder if it'll be new tech or stuff the Adeptus Mechanicus just found lying around as usual.

"Oh, you guys *wanted* this advanced armor? We just thought it was junk and used it to decorate the Adeptus Gazebocus."

**Warhams-77**

"It works?"

**Platuan4th**

Snrub wrote:
Yeah, what's the point of the wonky leg armour. That makes no sense.

It's not just the leg, the arm on that side is larger and more armored as well. It's designed so that it's the side the marine advances forward with and thus is more heavily armored for better protection on the advance. It's a revamped idea of one of the older armor marks which did the same thing, though not so aesthetically obvious.

**sockwithaticket**

Accolade wrote:
I wonder if it'll be new tech or stuff the Adeptus Mechanicus just found lying around as usual.

"Oh, you guys *wanted* this advanced armor? We just thought it was junk and used it to decorate the Adeptus Gazebocus."

Gave me a good chuckle. Have an exalt, sir.

**H.B.M.C.**

Medium of Death wrote:
"GW wants to protect its IP"

"looks like Iron Man's armour"

Stopped reading.

You caught that too 'ay? Yeah. Pretty funny stuff.

**Azreal13**

Am I the only one thinking this?

Honestly, if Harry hadn't attached his name to it, I'd just assume someone had tripped over this on Google images and made up a story to fit.

**Bull0**

Beakie 2.0 just looks like a StarCraft marine to me.

I have big doubts about this one but I suppose we don't have long to wait to find out. Maybe it's that halfway between PA and TDA suit that was mooted before Centurions appeared? More likely than redoing all the marine kits. Or it'll be a replacement for the ageing Assault Squad kit. That could work.

**Snrub**

Platuan4th wrote:It's not just the leg, the arm on that side is larger and more armored as well. It's designed so that it's the side the marine advances forward with and thus is more heavily armored for better protection on the advance. It's a revamped idea of one of the older armor marks which did the same thing, though not so aesthetically obvious.

Huh. I didn't notice it.

That being said, I don't really like it. It's too.... modern. Not Grimdark enough. Doesn't fit 40k in the slightest.

Azreal13 wrote:Am I the only one thinking this?

I also thought of the Dorian Heresy armour too. Which I also don't like the look of. Too sleek and not pauldrony enough.

But hey... My opinion counts for gak in the grand scheme. So meh.

**Medium of Death**

I was just about to post the Dornian Heresy Ultra Armour.

It could be something similar but I really don't put much weight into this rumour with the directly conflicting ideas in the opening post.

H.B.M.C. wrote:
Medium of Death wrote:
"GW wants to protect its IP"

"looks like Iron Man's armour"

Stopped reading.

You caught that too 'ay? Yeah. Pretty funny stuff.

It's like the people writing fake rumours aren't even trying any more.

The concept of even remotely copying one of the largest IP's out there as a way to secure your future is pants on head.

There's also no need for more SM infantry as GW has just released the Blood Angels kit which was a variant of the re done SM kit.

If I was just pulling things out of thin air I'd say there's more chance of us getting brand new plastic Imperial Assassins than this, given all the dynamic poses we've seen in the Harlequin line. (not a rumour, just made up example)

**Kosake**

Ooooh, shiny. A new mark of armor for the poster boys that looks different to all those before just to strenghten their IP. No way changing the iconic look would backfire at all...

**His Master's Voice**

You people do realize that Iron Man's suit is as generic as they get? And the only things that could be conceivably fought over is the colour scheme and possibly the glowy central part?

Everything else has been used over and over and over in so many different iterations you could not possibly count them all. The goddamn Space Marine shoulder pad has more stake to being a distinct piece of protectable IP than the whole IM armour combined.

**Fayric**

The way I understand it, every change in 40k since 7th dropped has been a nostalgic nudge to 2nd edition. They even bring back the halequins as a force of their own.
Advancing the marines to high tech ironman armour sounds a bit off in the current MO.

Not that I think the rumor is null and void, just saying.

**Henry**

So, IF they are going to make new armour and IF it is an attempt to protect their IP (

that's still funny, no matter how many times people say it), my guess would be:

New armour at a different scale from current minis, hence the 32mm bases. The new minis will be sculpted and cut in more unique poses, with the joints being dispersed to different parts of the miniatures in the line, meaning less customisability and no backwards compatibility. That way it is not profitable for 3rd parties to make parts that only fit one or two figures in the line.
Then, with no freeloading thieves who can hide behind laws that were designed to prevent pig rustling, GW wins all the monies!

(ok, the bit about GW gets rich is not strictly part of my prediction)

**Cryptek of Awesome**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
Medium of Death wrote:
"GW wants to protect its IP"

"looks like Iron Man's armour"

Stopped reading.

You caught that too 'ay? Yeah. Pretty funny stuff.

His Master's Voice wrote:You people do realize that Iron Man's suit is as generic as they get? And the only things that could be conceivably fought over is the colour scheme and possibly the glowy central part?

Everything else has been used over and over and over in so many different iterations you could not possibly count them all. The goddamn Space Marine shoulder pad has more stake to being a distinct piece of protectable IP than the whole IM armour combined.

I don't think it's funny because I actually expect them to get sued by disney. I think it's funny because making your power armor look like Iron Man will in no way make your IP any stronger. In fact there have been a lot of recent "Power Armor Space Warriors" in the last year that look a LOT like Iron Man while still being obvious stand-ins for space marines - Mantic's Peacekeepers, Puppetswar armored guys, The new KS from Titanforge - probably lots others those three came to mind.

So its really amusing to think that GW would ever think to themselves... we need to make these guys look more like a character from a top grosssing movie franchise, a style that has been copied multiple times in our own field and that should make our Ip somehow MORE protectable and we can shut down all these little upstart miniatures companies....

I don't think they would be that dense *he said optimistically* I imagine it's just a way to try and tap into that sweet sweet Marvel money-pot.

**Lord of Misrule**

Should this prove true, I suspect Mk IX power armour will be received with much the same warm appreciation that greeted theCenturions and the Dreadknight.

**StraightSilver**

Could it be possible that some of those black and white sketches posted a while ago that everybody thought could be Ad-Mech or Arbites actually have been new Space Marines?

Can't find the pics to take another look but I do remember one of them having an "Iron Man" helmet but it had a big Cog Mechanicus symbol as a back piece.

**brendan**

If a new power armor model and bits doesn't invalidate older kits, how could more bits/options be viewed as anything but customer friendly? Anyone who thinks GW will wipe out their entire existing SM line in favor of all new looks is thinking a little too fast.

**Crazyterran**

Lord of Misrule wrote:
Should this prove true, I suspect Mk IX power armour will be received with much the same warm appreciation that greeted theCenturions and the Dreadknight.

Burning scathing hatred from the Internet, then begrudging love because they are competitive, and people need to pretend to love them to justify buying them?

**Henry**

Edit: forgot to add that because the new space marines are likely to be bigger, there will be less figures in a box but the box will either sell for the same price or be more expensive.

**Johnnytorrance**

Protect the IP, copy Iron Man's armor...

Makes sense

Could be he saw a FW Ultramarines 30k helmet?

Funny thing to me is, 30k is growing in popularity (people building marines of yesterday) but you're going to make something newer and different?

Personally, I like the Mk4-6 armor the most.

**Platuan4th**

Crazyterran wrote:
Lord of Misrule wrote:
Should this prove true, I suspect Mk IX power armour will be received with much the same warm appreciation that greeted theCenturions and the Dreadknight.

Burning scathing hatred from the Internet, then begrudging love because they are competitive, and people need to pretend to love them to justify buying them?

You forgot the "someone on the internet making up banal derogatory nicknames" step.

**Alpharius**

IF it is a 'next step' in armor design and still echoes MKVIII, and is on a 32mm base and is 'bigger/taller/truescale'?

I'm in!

**Lord of Misrule**

Crazyterran wrote:
Lord of Misrule wrote:
Should this prove true, I suspect Mk IX power armour will be received with much the same warm appreciation that greeted theCenturions and the Dreadknight.

Burning scathing hatred from the Internet, then begrudging love because they are competitive, and people need to pretend to love them to justify buying them?

Do people do that? I've never heard a good word about either except from Redshirts trying to sell me boxes of them of them.

**Johnnytorrance**

Gravturians are OP

**Azreal13**

His Master's Voice wrote:
You people do realize that Iron Man's suit is as generic as they get?

That could be, in large part, because Iron Man has been around for 50+ years and probably been ripped off numerous times?

Of course, "man in suit of metal armour" is a concept that's existed for literally hundreds of years, but calling Iron Man generic because there are similar things in existence may be slightly bass ackwards.