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Looks like a deathwing terminator helmet in the eye of a tyranid.

Only clue on Warhammer coming is the western fringe

Anyone know what this means. I assume it has something to do with arks of omen

Some people are saying it's a new version of Space Hulk. Personally I'm not convinced, since the eye seems to belong to a Tyranid Warrior, not a Genestealer.

Could just be 10th Edition 40K. We already have rumours that the boxed set will be Space Marines vs Tyranids so seems to fit the bill.

Space Crusade - where I got my first Tryanid Warriors ?

Maybe Lizardmen and Slann - would actually be "new" and a bit more interesting (IMO)

Google images lead me to this: https://www.amazon.com/Barry-Sonnenfelds-Dinosaurs-Vs-Aliens/dp/1606903454

I mean it’s a white helmet with blue armor so not death wing.

It’s 10th
We were told in rumors that the 10th box would be marines vs tyranids.

There’s been no hint of tyranids in AoO, and space hulk is blood angels, so again white helmet and blue armor means very unlikely to be space hulk.

I don’t think the armour is blue, there is a tone of blue but I think that’s a product of a filter, but I can’t tell what colour it is so it could be ultramarines or blood angels or white scars

Terminators vs Tyranids...never have we seen such a showdown since Mustafa challenged Fabio to a duel.

mrFickle wrote:
I don’t think the armour is blue, there is a tone of blue but I think that’s a product of a filter, but I can’t tell what colour it is so it could be ultramarines or blood angels or white scars

i zoomed in on the shoudler of the still image. Im certian i can see part of a Ultramarine "inverted Omega" symbol, so i strongly believe its a ultramarine.

Nearly 20 years since Tyranids were last in a starter box.

Although, it could be a Crimson Fist in the eye of a Squig, taking 40k back to its roots with Rynn's World 2: Rynn Harder.

johnpjones1775 wrote:
~ and space hulk is blood angels, so again white helmet and blue armor means very unlikely to be space hulk.

The last version of SPace Hulk featured the BA.
But that's no reason to assume all future versions wil.

ccs wrote:

johnpjones1775 wrote:
~ and space hulk is blood angels, so again white helmet and blue armor means very unlikely to be space hulk.

The last version of SPace Hulk featured the BA.
But that's no reason to assume all future versions wil.

EVERY version I am aware has been BA

The original board game was BA, the old video game was BA, the new one was BA

johnpjones1775 wrote:

ccs wrote:

johnpjones1775 wrote:
~ and space hulk is blood angels, so again white helmet and blue armor means very unlikely to be space hulk.

The last version of SPace Hulk featured the BA.
But that's no reason to assume all future versions wil.

EVERY version I am aware has been BA

The original board game was BA, the old video game was BA, the new one was BA

So you never had the Deathwing expansion for the original game I take it.

It could be a new look Lictor or Deathleaper...

ccs wrote:

johnpjones1775 wrote:

ccs wrote:

johnpjones1775 wrote:
~ and space hulk is blood angels, so again white helmet and blue armor means very unlikely to be space hulk.

The last version of SPace Hulk featured the BA.
But that's no reason to assume all future versions wil.

EVERY version I am aware has been BA

The original board game was BA, the old video game was BA, the new one was BA

So you never had the Deathwing expansion for the original game I take it.

the original video game came out in 1993, it’s expansion from 1995 is still blood angels.

So you found the exception to the rule, something most every rule has, it doesn’t change that space hulk is a BA thing. Deathwing is an add on to a BA game, not a change in focus for the franchise.

What would space hulk add to 40K when we have kill team and boarding actions. Kill team can be scaled down to 5 models per side I think??

Does t seem like a big deal if it’s space hulk.

Don't know if it has any significance, but the short video of this transmission is tagged 'League of Legends' on YouTube; is this something that gets assigned by Youtube automatically?

johnpjones1775 wrote:

The original board game was BA, the old video game was BA, the new one was BA

Wrong, original Space Hulk was Dark Angels and so was the first PC game based on it, I should know because I own both. It was not until 2nd edition Space Hulk that Blood Angels seemed to take over everything Space Hulk related.

I'd add that the original Space Hulk used bubble termies with almost zero detail, so the faction identity in that game was not as strong as what came after.

But the story in the Deathwing expansion is still some of my favourite GW fluff... And I don't even play marines.

 ikeulhu wrote:

johnpjones1775 wrote:

The original board game was BA, the old video game was BA, the new one was BA

Wrong, original Space Hulk was Dark Angels and so was the first PC game based on it, I should know because I own both. It was not until 2nd edition Space Hulk that Blood Angels seemed to take over everything Space Hulk related.

The more recent video game was also Dark Angels (not the board game adaption, but the FPS one).

PenitentJake wrote:


But the story in the Deathwing expansion is still some of my favourite GW fluff... And I don't even play marines.

Original Space Hulk was my gateway into the 40k setting and I have been hooked since. Never actually played standard tabletop 40k until 8th edition, but have been reading the lore and played many of the video games since my early introduction. I had (and still have stashed away) all the 1st edition SH expansions, including the supplement book with rules for additional load outs and using traitor marines as well as standard power armor.

mrFickle wrote:
What would space hulk add to 40K when we have kill team and boarding actions. Kill team can be scaled down to 5 models per side I think??

Does t seem like a big deal if it’s space hulk.

Space Hulk is a very unique game in the GW Pantheon.

In short, it’s a real struggle for the Marine player. The Terminators have limited actions, are slow and cumbersome. They have differing mission objectives and, crucially, a strict time limit for their turn. Losses across missions aren’t always replaced.

The Genestealer player pretty much holds the aces. Their forces are an Unknown Quantity to the Marine player, as they’re deployed as blips. The Genestealer player has no time limit, and the Genestealers themselves are nimble, able to scuttle around, flanking the Terminators. If they get into HTH, they’ve the greater chance of getting the kill.

I don’t think it’s an overstatement to say it’s a game of asymmetric warfare.

mrFickle wrote:
What would space hulk add to 40K when we have kill team and boarding actions. Kill team can be scaled down to 5 models per side I think??

Does t seem like a big deal if it’s space hulk.

kind of?

the current edition of kill team doesn't really work very well with teams of 4 or 5 models, due to the nature of the core rules, objectives and scoring system favouring bigger teams. standard marine kill teams got an extra marine added to them as a balance patch, and the heavy intercessors (closest thing to termines supported in the current edition) are generally seen as one of the weakest kill teams due to over-concentration into too few models: they hit hard, sure, but physically cant do all the things nessiscary to get good scores and win games.

I would imagine that terminators would suffer a similar problem.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
In short, it’s a real struggle for the Marine player. The Terminators have limited actions, are slow and cumbersome. They have differing mission objectives and, crucially, a strict time limit for their turn. Losses across missions aren’t always replaced.

The Genestealer player pretty much holds the aces. Their forces are an Unknown Quantity to the Marine player, as they’re deployed as blips. The Genestealer player has no time limit, and the Genestealers themselves are nimble, able to scuttle around, flanking the Terminators. If they get into HTH, they’ve the greater chance of getting the kill.

I'd say its more like the Marine position can fall apart very quickly. It certainly doesn't feel like you hold all the aces as your Genestealers get casually gunned to bits on the approach.
But then one gets through, eats two Terminators, suddenly they can't hold junctions reliably and are quickly overwhelmed.