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Could be Rogue Trader stuff.

Maybe Moonclan Grots.

Could be a Nurgle endless spell, they'll have to do those at some point for the other factions.

There is a pustule-ly bit on the "shoulder", top right corner. That makes GSC less likely than Nurgle. Can't go around seducin' and infection populations with some ugly skin disease.

As much as I'd love it to be more Nurgle stuff, these don't seem as much like Maggots, as they do 'Bitey Grubbs', if that makes any sense. They have little pincers which the Nurgle maggots don't have (IIRC). I'm going to guess it is something Moon clan/ Forrest Goblin. I'd love to see them get some wild bug stuff.

Kendo wrote:
Whatever it is, the left hand swarm of bugs looks like it will snap off in 0.02 seconds. Not a lot appearing to hold those bits on.

Yeah, I'm getting a bit tired with them making so many delicate bits on their new stuff. I appreciate the level of detail they can achieve in plastic now and the ingenious methods they use to make their models look dynamic, but they really need to take into consideration that these figures are game pieces and will experience rough handling. In many cases my models don't even survive painting!

It’s either an unseen rogue trader model or something from an expanded lost and the damned range.

 Perfect Organism wrote:

Kendo wrote:
Whatever it is, the left hand swarm of bugs looks like it will snap off in 0.02 seconds. Not a lot appearing to hold those bits on.

Yeah, I'm getting a bit tired with them making so many delicate bits on their new stuff. I appreciate the level of detail they can achieve in plastic now and the ingenious methods they use to make their models look dynamic, but they really need to take into consideration that these figures are game pieces and will experience rough handling. In many cases my models don't even survive painting!

There is a tassle bit on one of the Khinerai models that on 3 boxes of mine has broken off every time and that's just when I'm lightly scraping the mould lines off! To be honest I don't mind it gone as its so fragile I can't see it lasting any proper use. I do agree, the sculpts are outstanding and the detail great but darn it GW at least make the models have a bit of durability here and there

 Perfect Organism wrote:

Kendo wrote:
Whatever it is, the left hand swarm of bugs looks like it will snap off in 0.02 seconds. Not a lot appearing to hold those bits on.

Yeah, I'm getting a bit tired with them making so many delicate bits on their new stuff. I appreciate the level of detail they can achieve in plastic now and the ingenious methods they use to make their models look dynamic, but they really need to take into consideration that these figures are game pieces and will experience rough handling. In many cases my models don't even survive painting!

My personal theory is that it's at least in part a way to combat recasts. They may look delicate, but in HIPS they'll be surprisingly resilient, and attached with poly cement won't come off easily. However, try and recast those bits in resin and they're massively more fragile, not to mention more fiddly and time intensive to mould and cast.

From TGA:

As long as it's not Nurgle, I'll be happy. There's a lot of grot fans out there that would be thrilled if this is accurate.

 Azreal13 wrote:

 Perfect Organism wrote:

Kendo wrote:
Whatever it is, the left hand swarm of bugs looks like it will snap off in 0.02 seconds. Not a lot appearing to hold those bits on.

Yeah, I'm getting a bit tired with them making so many delicate bits on their new stuff. I appreciate the level of detail they can achieve in plastic now and the ingenious methods they use to make their models look dynamic, but they really need to take into consideration that these figures are game pieces and will experience rough handling. In many cases my models don't even survive painting!

My personal theory is that it's at least in part a way to combat recasts. They may look delicate, but in HIPS they'll be surprisingly resilient, and attached with poly cement won't come off easily. However, try and recast those bits in resin and they're massively more fragile, not to mention more fiddly and time intensive to mould and cast.

That seems like a plausible explanation, but their track record for making things resilient is pretty bad. Like I said, a lot of my GW models have had bits break off while I was handling them fairly carefully for painting.

One way they could make stuff stronger and still have thin parts is to make sure that they get supported at multiple points. I try to model my miniatures like that as often as possible, with cables, ribbons and antennae all crossing over each other or draped over other parts of the model, but the monopose nature of the new sculpts makes it difficult and it would help a lot if the designers thought to make them with the intent of that being possible.

I doubt its got anything to do with recasters. More likely its an evolution of 3D modelling and printing being more normal instead of them having to sculpt by hand. IT likely lets them create masters and then prototypes of much thinner and more delicate models that would, with hand sculpting, possibly prove too weak to support being worked on long term without metal supports underneath (ergo the very nature of hand sculpting would dissuade them from too many super fine contact areas because they might have to remake that segment over and over)

Can't wait for Moonclan, could definitely see that being tied to them. Obviously guessing we'll see a more underground theme with all the creepy crawlies.

Bought Skarsnik at WW since he's still one of my favourite sculpts and just waiting for their release. Can't wait to see what's in store for these hilarious bringers of destruction.

 unmercifulconker wrote:
Can't wait for Moonclan, could definitely see that being tied to them. Obviously guessing we'll see a more underground theme with all the creepy crawlies.

Bought Skarsnik at WW since he's still one of my favourite sculpts and just waiting for their release. Can't wait to see what's in store for these hilarious bringers of destruction.

I’m curious if they will fold the Spiderfang in with Moon Clan? Giant creepy crawlers aretheir thing too. The Stormcast Battletome did mention Tempest’s Eye being besieged by the Spiderfang, from below. “The Spear of Shadows” also features the Spider God for a paragraph or two.

 Perfect Organism wrote:

 Azreal13 wrote:

 Perfect Organism wrote:

Kendo wrote:
Whatever it is, the left hand swarm of bugs looks like it will snap off in 0.02 seconds. Not a lot appearing to hold those bits on.

Yeah, I'm getting a bit tired with them making so many delicate bits on their new stuff. I appreciate the level of detail they can achieve in plastic now and the ingenious methods they use to make their models look dynamic, but they really need to take into consideration that these figures are game pieces and will experience rough handling. In many cases my models don't even survive painting!

My personal theory is that it's at least in part a way to combat recasts. They may look delicate, but in HIPS they'll be surprisingly resilient, and attached with poly cement won't come off easily. However, try and recast those bits in resin and they're massively more fragile, not to mention more fiddly and time intensive to mould and cast.

That seems like a plausible explanation, but their track record for making things resilient is pretty bad. Like I said, a lot of my GW models have had bits break off while I was handling them fairly carefully for painting.

One way they could make stuff stronger and still have thin parts is to make sure that they get supported at multiple points. I try to model my miniatures like that as often as possible, with cables, ribbons and antennae all crossing over each other or draped over other parts of the model, but the monopose nature of the new sculpts makes it difficult and it would help a lot if the designers thought to make them with the intent of that being possible.

I think some of the (regular) breakages may well be slight imperfections in the moulds, I've painted a bunch of bloat drones and one (but only one) of the spikes on it almost always comes off really, really easily despite looking pretty much identical to others that stay put, I suspect there's a slight 'score line' that gets cast in and just provides an easy break point (just try running a knife over a bit of sprue to leave a really really fine line then bend it and it will snap easily when an untouched sprue won't)

My money is on the latest rumor picture being Slaugth. Slaugth is what will come in the Rouge Trader box set - they are not Nurgle. Look again at the Rouge trader images and see if anything matches up with the latest rumor.

buzzedaldrin wrote:
My money is on the latest rumor picture being Slaugth. Slaugth is what will come in the Rouge Trader box set - they are not Nurgle. Look again at the Rouge trader images and see if anything matches up with the latest rumor.

Is the Slaught rumour still alive? We've already seen snippets from the Rogue Trader book about the creatures being "Gellerpox Mutants" infected by a "Chaos techno-virus" that entered the ship when its Geller field generators broke down, so that's Chaos after all.

MobileSuitRandom wrote:

buzzedaldrin wrote:
My money is on the latest rumor picture being Slaugth. Slaugth is what will come in the Rouge Trader box set - they are not Nurgle. Look again at the Rouge trader images and see if anything matches up with the latest rumor.

Is the Slaught rumour still alive? We've already seen snippets from the Rogue Trader book about the creatures being "Gellerpox Mutants" infected by a "Chaos techno-virus" that entered the ship when its Geller field generators broke down, so that's Chaos after all.

Pretty thoroughly debunked. Those are Chaos mutants, definitely of a Nurgle influence.

Well, that's different. Looks like it belongs with the "rebreather" but really, wtf?

hmm...I'm thinking that's also part of one of those rogue trader kill team mutant dudes...or maybe GSC?...I can't quite tell if those things on the sides are organic armoured ridges, or mechanical cables...

The latest one looks either Tyranid/ GSC or Slaneshi in origin.

Or, if only, some new Xenos.

However there may be some big HQ model for AoS that I'm not considering.

vespid?

I very much doubt it's anything we could know about.

Wild idea: goblin mushroom zeppelin

perhaps some insect beasty that go with the moonclan grots

(absolutely no way, I know) it kinda reminds me a bit of the old rogue trader chaos dreadnought

(not mine, googled)

Someone in the article comments posted an ambull picture. The forehead carapace looks identical.

My money is on that being a cape or similar for Moonclan, and possibly upside down to how we'll see it on release

EDIT: Blimey, it does fit with the ambull incredibly well

Given the fact that the models are NEVER what you think, I'd say THIS is the first picture we've gotten of Fulgrim. Or Angron, maybe. But anything you think it is...it isn't; going by history with WHC rumors and leaks, anyway. The whole point is teasing while giving nothing away. Even the Slaanesh claws are likely from something akin to Angron smashing a Slaanesh model into the ground; not an actual new Slaanesh model.

I still hope this is a new tyranid LoW. They are the only faction without one.

Guessing some kind of grot bug, or the aforementioned ambull.