Space Marines - Mark IX Armour - Rumors

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**Snrub**

Dentry wrote:

I would buy the feth out of a Dead Space style power armour.

fething love the RIG from the first game.

Could this whole "GW 30k" release have been someone confusing the possibly impending Ad-Mech with FW's Mechanicum and figuring something 30k was getting a 40k release?

**ClockworkZion**

Hastings clarified: LoWG are right about no 30k in May but they are coming.

**Snrub**

So... we are getting a GW 30k release but not right away?

**ClockworkZion**

Snrub wrote:
So... we are getting a GW 30k release but not right away?

That's what it looks like.

It would ease up FW's production needs quite a bit and it's not like the Power Armor can't be done in plastic.

**Veteran Sergeant**

Plus it's Space Marines vs Space Marines, and "requires" players to buy an all-new army. I mean, how could GW not want to get that out to a wider market?

**Stormwall**

I hope it is something like the Dornian heresy armor.

Spoiler:

Or alternatively, something distinctly 40kish but with a dead space or Starcraft/Halo vibe.

**Snrub**

The dorian heresy armour just looks too generic sci-fi for my liking. It's too it's slightly to removed from the rest of the marine power armour to look like it belongs.

That being said though, were someone to have a set and wished to play with it in a game. I'd have no problem. It's just toy soldiers after all.

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

Snrub wrote:
The dorian heresy armour just looks too generic sci-fi for my liking. It's too it's slightly to removed from the rest of the marine power armour to look like it belongs.

That's the point. It's borne of integration/stealing Tau technology. It's also Mk.XVI, so double the Marks we have now, so there's bound to be some incremental stylistic changes across in the 7 other Marks between VIII and XVI, just as there were from II and VIII.

**Triszin**

Oh god, if it looks anything like the Dorian heresy armor. I will slowly turn away and cry tears of shame. That. really. Doesn't look good.

I hoe its decent? If true? But centurion. Santa Claus wolf . Ughh. I'll wait optimistically pessimistically.

**Veteran Sergeant**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
Snrub wrote:
The dorian heresy armour just looks too generic sci-fi for my liking. It's too it's slightly to removed from the rest of the marine power armour to look like it belongs.

That's the point. It's borne of integration/stealing Tau technology. It's also Mk.XVI, so double the Marks we have now, so there's bound to be some incremental stylistic changes across in the 7 other Marks between VIII and XVI, just as there were from II and VIII.

The Ultramarines story was one of the few parts of the Dornian Heresy story I really liked. It presented a believable alternate history for the Ultramarines, unlike say, the way the Space Wolves were treated as "because Chaos."

**ClockworkZion**

Veteran Sergeant wrote:
H.B.M.C. wrote:
Snrub wrote:
The dorian heresy armour just looks too generic sci-fi for my liking. It's too it's slightly to removed from the rest of the marine power armour to look like it belongs.

That's the point. It's borne of integration/stealing Tau technology. It's also Mk.XVI, so double the Marks we have now, so there's bound to be some incremental stylistic changes across in the 7 other Marks between VIII and XVI, just as there were from II and VIII.
The Ultramarines story was one of the few parts of the Dornian Heresy story I really liked. It presented a believable alternate history for the Ultramarines, unlike say, the way the Space Wolves were treated as "because Chaos."

Or how Sisters were outright killed off instead of being a natural extension of the Word Bearers?

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

ClockworkZion wrote:

Or how Sisters were outright killed off instead of being a natural extension of the Word Bearers?

More victimised Sisters?

**Veteran Sergeant**

Eh, with Space Marines as official troops of the Ecclesiarchy, there really wasn't any place for the Sisters of Battle in the Dornian Heresy. They exist as a loophole in Imperial dictate in 40K. The Dornian Heresy had no such rule. With actual Space Marines, and no Codex Astartes limiting the number you can have, why wouldn't they just make more Space Marines? I don't really see them as being a "natural extension". If anything, they'd be even more forced in that setting than Khornate Space Wolves.

**MajorWesJanson**

Apparently Mark 9 may just be a misunderstanding of Mark IV, or Mark 4, as part of a Heresy box set of marines. Hastings has been positively verbose the last couple hours, and Harry chipped in.

**Wyzilla**

Can they just make some bloody actual Errant Armor kits like the original sketch by Jes instead of making something entirely new? Errant already perfected everything, down to including miniature power fists for both arms.

**Stormwall**

I always thought MK8 and mk4 were the tits. I wouldn't mind that. The problem I have with mk8 is the fact there isn't enough. I can't stand having just one person from each squad with it in my army, so I usually use it as an incentive for bits trade in the Swap Shop.

**Dentry**

Just got through reading the latest bouts of Harry & Hastings posts and I'm all aflutter for this year's GW releases. My wallet, however, isn't too keen on the idea.

Not sure if Dakka's forum rules & guidelines -- not to mention whatever is considered courteous on the internet -- allow for posting the entirety of the aforementioned rumor mongers rumors, so I'll just post another poster's assessment.

drbored wrote:WE DID IT GENTLEMEN

To summarize...

-In No Particular Order-
Adeptus Mechanicus Codex & models (full release)
Genestealer Cult Codex & models (Harelquin sized release)
Deathwatch Codex & models (Harelquin sized release)
Horus Heresy Standalone box game, on sale for a few months, then models become part of 30k range - Mark 4 + Cataphract armors featured.
Assassins Standalone box game, on sale for a few months, then models become part of the 40k range.

Also of note:
Greater Daemons all complete
Dark Angels later in the year
Tzeentch later in the year

Automatically Appended Next Post:
Also, with regard to Mark IX (as MajorWesJanson mentions above):

Harry wrote:
Quote Originally Posted by 75hastings69 View Post
Enough with the mk 9 armour. I've stated please DO NOT ASSOCIATE ANY OF THIS WITH MK9 ARMOUR. I have heard no such thing, and it has nothing to do with anything on this thread. IF there is mk9 armour it's something totally different to what's on this thread, or are we deliberately trying to merge all the rumours back into one large blob?

I think I can clear this one up.
It would seem duffybear heard a rumour about new space marines. He naturally assumed these were what came next .... mark 9
However it did not occur to him that what his rumour was about was what came before .....

**Warhams-77**

Awesome news

And all this from Hastings. So amazing. It is like Harlequin Christmas all over again

Duffybear

Yeah sorry I got the Mk. IX thing wrong guys. I was right with the new armour, but it seems as Harry says, it wasn't going forward, it was going back in time. It'll be interesting to see what this new armour ends up looking like.

Excellent, then this is cleared up as well

**reds8n**

Easy mistake to make and no harm done.