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Not entirely convinced on the Raven Guard claw being a solve, but I agree on the rest.

The angle of the photographs is different, that's all. They've not photoshopped it to a different shape, they simply cropped from a different photograph shot at a different angle

Yeah, the rumour image is from above, the stock photos are from the front/side. That's why you can't see the third claw on the preview pictures but can on the rumour image.

I think it's also some element of perspective from the paint job too - I still can't quite make out if the shiny bit on his lower hand is the flat top of a triangular blade, or the top half of something more double edged but I think it's the former.

Looks a lot more like that at 1hr:31min of the Youtube video where you can see the size comparison. The light seems to be properly catching the paler, shinier top section of his claws.

So in the rumour engine pic, the curved blades of the lightning claws are kind of hidden under the bulker upper surface of the claws as you're looking almost straight down on them.