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There is absolutely no schedule for the Rumour Engine. Having any sort of discernible pattern would change it into something closer to news than rumours.

The oldest unsolved rumour engine is over two years old.

 Mr_Rose wrote:
There is absolutely no schedule for the Rumour Engine. Having any sort of discernible pattern would change it into something closer to news than rumours.

It IS news. Always was. Just early ones. Did you miss the fact it was published by GW, not by some sort of leaker?

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
The oldest unsolved rumour engine is over two years old.

Which is the point - that absolutely was not the case before Covid, with there being only one long outlier (plasma pistol of AM explorer from BSF) that took far less time to reveal and was from side tabletop game, something most likely to be delayed, not shiny new 40K faction...

 Irbis wrote:
Metal dwarf leg solved as squad Votann robot. Incidentally, we had to wait 12.5 months for the reveal (and there are multiple older bits not released yet) - was GW schedule disrupted that much or were they too spoiler-happy?

It was that bad. All of the stuff in the new HH box are marked 2021. I guess is that it was originally due out last year, probably in the summer. Some of the painters said they recieved their boxes ahead of release "months ago" indicating either March or February. I'd say this stuff has been sitting for a while.

 Togusa wrote:

 Irbis wrote:
Metal dwarf leg solved as squad Votann robot. Incidentally, we had to wait 12.5 months for the reveal (and there are multiple older bits not released yet) - was GW schedule disrupted that much or were they too spoiler-happy?

It was that bad. All of the stuff in the new HH box are marked 2021. I guess is that it was originally due out last year, probably in the summer. Some of the painters said they recieved their boxes ahead of release "months ago" indicating either March or February. I'd say this stuff has been sitting for a while.

GW stuff can sit painted for 3-4 years before the actual relase, that's not really all too suprising

Courtesy of WarbossKurgan, similar metal connection... It seems the Leagues like their Animal Totems.

Yep! Same mounting as well.

I wonder if it's mounted on some kind of bigger, more exo-suit-esque unit, it seems larger.

 Togusa wrote:

 Irbis wrote:
Metal dwarf leg solved as squad Votann robot. Incidentally, we had to wait 12.5 months for the reveal (and there are multiple older bits not released yet) - was GW schedule disrupted that much or were they too spoiler-happy?

It was that bad. All of the stuff in the new HH box are marked 2021. I guess is that it was originally due out last year, probably in the summer. Some of the painters said they recieved their boxes ahead of release "months ago" indicating either March or February. I'd say this stuff has been sitting for a while.

Really? I thought a lot of the painters got boxes last minute, which is why some where painted very hastily and why one youtuber had someone else paint the army for him.

Also good catch with the LoV back banner thing.

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
I wonder if it's mounted on some kind of bigger, more exo-suit-esque unit, it seems larger.

Yeah seems that way. I wonder if perhaps something speedy given the bird head.

 Togusa wrote:

It was that bad. All of the stuff in the new HH box are marked 2021. I guess is that it was originally due out last year, probably in the summer. Some of the painters said they recieved their boxes ahead of release "months ago" indicating either March or February. I'd say this stuff has been sitting for a while.

That's not unusual, I've gotten brand new kits with a copyright form a year or two years before even before COVID.

They may put the year the design was finalized on them or might need a year to build up stock levels before they can release something big.

Hand looks Orky.

Smoke Squig.

More like a Catachan Kill Team dude gently rolling a grenade towards the enemy.

in 40k the orks have nails..

Maybe gretchin, but... There are also big men with little protection like the catachanes

Catachans is my guess. Hand it too meaty for regular human but not orky enough for orks. Also the grenade doesn't really match up with ork tech. Seems like the sort of thing you'd find on space-'Nam.

It does look like a chonky human hand. My guess would be catachan, but also Goliath or Ogryn come to mind as possibilitys..

Could be for a Goliath vehicle crew I suppose?

Something tells me that Ogryn and grenades are not a good combination...

I'm going with Ratling.

 Dysartes wrote:
Something tells me that Ogryn and grenades are not a good combination...

They used to have special ones built for their size and clumsy dex. IIRC from ancient lore/rules.

The current Ogryn rules have frag bombs, which are just big frag grenades.

 Nevelon wrote:

 Dysartes wrote:
Something tells me that Ogryn and grenades are not a good combination...

They used to have special ones built for their size and clumsy dex. IIRC from ancient lore/rules.

Still do.

Also Bullgryn have grenade firing gauntlets.

I want there to be a "Six/Twelve" Mauler Cannon for Ogryn squads. That's a fun thing.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
I want there to be a "Six/Twelve" Mauler Cannon for Ogryn squads. That's a fun thing.

Yes please.

I don't think it's Orky, nor Guard. I would guess it's something Necromunda related.

I feel it is probably a gas grenade of some kind. It could be a smoke grenade too, but the skull suggests something more lethal (on the other hand, skull motifs are common decoration).

I agree it is likely Necromunda, but Guard or maybe Inquisition is a possibility

I'll also say Catachans, but for a new Kill Team Deathworld box, pitted against plastic Lictors.

 Haighus wrote:
I feel it is probably a gas grenade of some kind. It could be a smoke grenade too, but the skull suggests something more lethal (on the other hand, skull motifs are common decoration).

I agree it is likely Necromunda, but Guard or maybe Inquisition is a possibility

Yeah, the Imperials slap skulls on everything. Even helmets.
If it were a skull and crossbones I'd be inclined to agree that it would be a poison grenade, but seeing as it's just a skull, I'm not so sure.

Yeah, I wouldn't read too much into the skull.

I said earlier that I think the way the grenade is attached to the hand it's being gently rolled towards the enemy. That would make a lot more sense for a smoke screen that you you between you and the enemy than poison gas that you definitely want as far away from you as possible.