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**deleted20250424**

I am 100% not a Demon fan, and that Magnus is making me question that choice.

Absolutely stunning, gorgeous.... no words really. Love it.

I need that Dread too.

**CragHack**

Any news about the Knight?

**totalfailure**

Davor wrote:
Ragnar69 wrote:must be a 3-up, it's way to huge for 40k

What is a 3-up? I don't have a clue. Yes I know as always.

In miniature and model making, the original master figure is frequently sculpted at several times the size of the finished for sale product. This makes it easier to work with, and get fine details on it. Then the molds are made to the reduced size. For an example, you can see the Land Raider article in Index Apocrypha. The then new, now current, Land Raider kit was mastered at twice its final size, with some details three times, like the weapons. They were then pantographed down to the kit we have today.

So people were thinking the very large Magnus may have been an oversized master, and the small one the production piece. Which is not the case, according to sources.

**GreenOak**

MadCowCrazy wrote:
I really hate how GW has no idea of what wolves actually look like, their heads and mouths are always extended in ways that would dislocate the jaw of the wolf. Wolves don't swallow their prey by dislocating their jaws like constrictor snakes do!

Those are giant Fenrisian wolves, they're not supposed to have much in common with real Terran wolves

**shade1313**

Looks like the Custodes "Contemptor" has a twin heavy bolter built into his big fething sword.

Edit: Battle Bunnies says flamer, looked more like two large gun barrels to me.

**ImAGeek**

shade1313 wrote:
Looks like the Custodes "Contemptor" has a twin heavy bolter built into his big fething sword.

Edit: Battle Bunnies says flamer, looked more like two large gun barrels to me.

It looks like this kind of heavy flamer:

**RoboDragon**

Magnus looks fantastic. Any more bits of info on the Thousand sons?

**Azreal13**

GreenOak wrote:
MadCowCrazy wrote:
I really hate how GW has no idea of what wolves actually look like, their heads and mouths are always extended in ways that would dislocate the jaw of the wolf. Wolves don't swallow their prey by dislocating their jaws like constrictor snakes do!

Those are giant Fenrisian wolves, they're not supposed to have much in common with real Terran wolves

As I've often said, all the post hoc justification in the world doesn't help if it just straight up looks wrong.

If they're supposed to be wolf like aliens (which, given convergent evolution, isn't utterly impossible) or are some sort of mutant Legionaries then they need to look different enough that any deviation from the very familiar, most of us know what a wolf is supposed to look like, isn't jarring. If you make then basically wolves but then give them some sort of element which is just a bit off, it just looks like a failure on the part of the sculptor.

Basically, if you're going to subvert any well known trope, you need to do so sufficiently to make it look deliberate, and not just a failure of imitation. It doesn't help that this instance means it doesn't work mechanically, the wolf wouldn't actually be able to close its jaws flush, which compounds the issue.

**Thargrim**

This is all looking cool so far, I hope they show off some forgeworld art though, like more color schemes like they showed off a while back.

**Warhams-77**

RoboDragon wrote:
Magnus looks fantastic. Any more bits of info on the Thousand sons?

Rubrics in plastic were confirmed by GW. Probably Rubric Terminators and a 40k Ahriman as well, rumored by Sad Panda (in a cryptic way).

I'm very carefull with the following rumor, but I appreciate he has posted it

Sonoftherubric21 - B&C - today

So a Gentlemen on Facebook (I wont post the name out of respect) Who had some reliable information in the past posted a supposed "Release list" for December.

Daemon Primarch Magnus
Plastic 40k Ahriman
Plastic Rubric marines
Plastic Rubric terminators
40k Tzaangors (bizarre but asked twice regarding this)
Sorcerer Cabal (Not sure if new models or re-packaging)
and at the end of december; Plastic Canoness for Sisters of Battle.....

The books are supposedly War Zone Fenris 2
Traitor Legions (not known if a rules book, an art book)
supposedly 8 mega force bundles in december between 40k and AOS (even split)

- Take with salt I suppose, but the guy has been fairly open regarding stuff in the past -

I would imagine the Terminators and Rubric plastics are Duel-kits. (complete guess on my part) Will be interesting to see if/how this pans out! (to say nothing of the sisters as well)

Edit; in hind sight it does all kind of make sense. Plastic Ahriman (or plastic generic sorcerers) all make sense from a logical standpoint as a gap GW needs to fill to get rid of finecast. and the Tzaangors and rubrics do fall along with the Sad Panda rumors as well.

Minus the book issue, though i suppose just tossing a faction list into War Zone Fenris 2 is just fine, every founding chapter of the loyalists has a decurion of its own and rules from a campaign, no reason to think that Thousand Sons or other Traitor legions wont also get them eventually.

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/326976-new-releases-from-gw-for-next-two-months/page-7#entry4553920

**JohnnyHell**

Regurgitated from elsewhere.

**BobtheInquisitor**

MadCowCrazy wrote:
I really hate how GW has no idea of what wolves actually look like, their heads and mouths are always extended in ways that would dislocate the jaw of the wolf. Wolves don't swallow their prey by dislocating their jaws like constrictor snakes do!

Yeah, but there are no Wolves on Fenris.

**Ghaz**

Magnus sprues from Battle Bunnies via Age of Sigmar:

**Davor**

totalfailure wrote:
Davor wrote:
Ragnar69 wrote:must be a 3-up, it's way to huge for 40k

What is a 3-up? I don't have a clue. Yes I know as always.

In miniature and model making, the original master figure is frequently sculpted at several times the size of the finished for sale product. This makes it easier to work with, and get fine details on it. Then the molds are made to the reduced size. For an example, you can see the Land Raider article in Index Apocrypha. The then new, now current, Land Raider kit was mastered at twice its final size, with some details three times, like the weapons. They were then pantographed down to the kit we have today.

So people were thinking the very large Magnus may have been an oversized master, and the small one the production piece. Which is not the case, according to sources.

Thank you very much. Greatly appreciate the explanation.

**lord_blackfang**

There are no 3-ups in digital sculpting tho.

**reds8n**

via Battle Bunnies

Howdy Guys and Girls

Some more news from the Open Day:

- No other Sisters of Silence have been worked on yet. They wanted to see how popular the first set were.
- Resin upgrades for the plastic Custodes will get done, similiar to the Secutarii ones. Also more vehicles.
- The Custodes will get an army list equivalent to the Solar Auxilia.
- Talons of the Emperor armylist. You will be able to do a pure Sister list or pure Custodes list or mix.
- Custodes are older than Thunder Warriors. Info about their creation is heavily guarded by the Emperor. No packers.
- Jenetia Krole, Valdor and Ahriman will get rules in Inferno!
- Thousand Sons will have scalable psychic powers.
- Inferno is biggest book yet by 8 pages.
- Inferno should be ready for pre-release February the 4th!
- Next Black Book will feature Blood Angels and Dark Angels.

- Daemon Magnus seems to have an alternate head and a sword option!

- "Squats are NEVER being done. Ever. You will see fishman in space before Squats. And there is no love for fishmans in space :("

video :

https://www.facebook.com/WarhammerTVteam/videos/281654248896227/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE

**lord_blackfang**

I get this funny feeling that GW and Mantic are racing to revisit 80s GW ideas. Mantic won on Squats, so GW gave them up.

**angelofvengeance**

Who is Jenetia Krole?

**Rolsheen**

Still not sold on Magnus's Madonna bra, everything else looks amazing

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

Resin upgrades for the plastic Custodes will get done, similiar to the Secutarii ones. Also more vehicles.

Meaning they're not done yet.

Hooray for proactivity!

**Lord Damocles**

reds8n wrote:

- No other Sisters of Silence have been worked on yet. They wanted to see how popular the first set were.

So they make rules for Sisters units and characters, and (will) put them in an army list(s), and they go full ham with Custodes models without knowing how popular they'll be, but hold off on Sisters models?

Sound like another 'No, we're not going to make a Heresy line. These older armour and vehicle marks are just for the Badab books. Honest' to me.

**Binabik15**

Don't like Magnus and huuuuge models in general, but mote Tzaangors would be great, new Termis might make decent conversion bases for my WBs and a plastic SoB char, let alone an army, would make me ecstatic (as long as they're as cool as classic sisters).

**reds8n**

angelofvengeance wrote:
Who is Jenetia Krole?

http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Sisters_of_Silence

Sister-Commander Jenetia Krole - Jenetia Krole was the mistress of the Raptor Guard and one of the Emperor’s personal battle confidantes, as well as the highest-ranking Sister of Silence during the early days of the Horus Heresy.

also owned many leather bound books.

**lord_blackfang**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
Resin upgrades for the plastic Custodes will get done, similiar to the Secutarii ones. Also more vehicles.

Meaning they're not done yet.

Hooray for proactivity!

You're talking about a company that struggles to (re)release tabletop versions of games within 5 years of their blockbuster video game tie-ins.

**TwilightSparkles**

Large Magnus is the main figure , small one is a 3D print color test , another cabinet had bare plastic version in. Plastic Ahriman was in the cabinet next to Magnus.

**Kirasu**

Ugh, so the pre-release for book 7 is in february? What about a general release?

**ImAGeek**

Kirasu wrote:
Ugh, so the pre-release for book 7 is in february? What about a general release?

It will be February too. Assuming they didn't mean pre-order February 4th (I'm not sure when the February event is), books are never long after the event they're pre-released at. Tempest was released on the Monday after the event, and mine was delivered on the Thursday.

**EnTyme**

reds8n wrote:via Battle Bunnies

- Thousand Sons will have scalable psychic powers.

Ooh! This sounds interesting.

- Daemon Magnus seems to have an alternate head and a sword option!

Is there another sprue other than the ones posted, then? Or am I just overlooking the sword and heads?

also owned many leather bound books.

And her apartment smelled of rich mahogany.

**casvalremdeikun**

EnTyme wrote:
reds8n wrote:via Battle Bunnies

- Thousand Sons will have scalable psychic powers.

Ooh! This sounds interesting.

- Daemon Magnus seems to have an alternate head and a sword option!

Is there another sprue other than the ones posted, then? Or am I just overlooking the sword and heads?

also owned many leather bound books.

And her apartment smelled of rich mahogany.

Sword is in the first image Ghaz posted, Center sprue near the bottom.

**Ruin**

TwilightSparkles wrote:
Large Magnus is the main figure , small one is a 3D print color test , another cabinet had bare plastic version in. Plastic Ahriman was in the cabinet next to Magnus.

As in the BoP one or the one rumoured for release?