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He looks a little small to be a marine, but that rebreather and bald head setup does hearken back to a specific head on the old marine sprue (without service studs).

The armor and shoulder pads are completely wrong for any sort of marine, however. (A lot closer to chaos marauder armor from Fantasy).

But he's definitely being included as a loyalist to the ideals of the Imperium. Death cultist or minor league assassin? Someone with access to an Iron Halo, however.

Sergeant Whisper Thin.

There are marines who walk away. Or a Fallen, trying to redeem himself.

A marine is possible, though not probable.

Voss wrote:
He looks a little small to be a marine, but that rebreather and bald head setup does hearken back to a specific head on the old marine sprue (without service studs).

The armor and shoulder pads are completely wrong for any sort of marine, however. (A lot closer to chaos marauder armor from Fantasy).

But he's definitely being included as a loyalist to the ideals of the Imperium. Death cultist or minor league assassin? Someone with access to an Iron Halo, however.

Maybe the Iron Halo is just literally an iron halo and not the device with the energy shield.

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
GW community on Facebook implying that the halo figure is a space marine but I'm not buying it :

I think they’re more saying that Stormcast and SoB aren’t the only things who wear halos like that.

 amazingturtles wrote:
Sergeant Whisper Thin.

Brother Needs-a-Burger.

 Yodhrin wrote:
Regardless, the point is there are plenty of hooks in the existing material to tease out and expand upon, they need to go back to expanding on those(and seeding new ones) rather than this "SURPRISE! [Special Character You've Never Heard Of Before With Upcoming Big Model Kit] has done a thing, NEW FACTION!" thing they tried with Primaris.

I think we should just be happy that the first really new thing in 40K in quite a while doesn't have an absurdly obnoxious name.

It's just called a "Spindle Drone", rather than, "Spindlegrab Mechnodrone" or "Spindlelithe Droneserver" or some other such nonsense.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 amazingturtles wrote:
Sergeant Whisper Thin.

Brother Needs-a-Burger.

 Yodhrin wrote:
Regardless, the point is there are plenty of hooks in the existing material to tease out and expand upon, they need to go back to expanding on those(and seeding new ones) rather than this "SURPRISE! [Special Character You've Never Heard Of Before With Upcoming Big Model Kit] has done a thing, NEW FACTION!" thing they tried with Primaris.

I think we should just be happy that the first really new thing in 40K in quite a while doesn't have an absurdly obnoxious name.

It's just called a "Spindle Drone", rather than, "Spindlegrab Mechnodrone" or "Spindlelithe Droneserver" or some other such nonsense.

That's how you know it's REALLY ancient. From the time before they ran out of names that had real words in them.

Some might call it "Pre-Old One" technology.

The rest of us know it's really just "Pre-Chapter House" technology.

Just to add to the rumour mill (won't give source), but was told that reason that nobody has really seen the box or contents yet is because it has one specific miniature that they don't want to reveal right now. My guess is probably the main antagonist to the explorers. Make of that what you will.

stormboy wrote:
There are marines who walk away. Or a Fallen, trying to redeem himself.

A marine is possible, though not probable.

Heh... a pre-Heresy Dark Angel that has been trapped for.a while and who's loyalty cannot be judged as he still thinks Luther is a)alive and b) loyal

It could also be a renegade scout marine, who slipped away or something along those lines before completing his training.

partisan_nick wrote:
Oh my god, thats a really interesting and potentially fluff-changing mini right there, What the heck is it? Obviously not Necron? Old-one race or helper?

You've seen the article? Well, you're as much of an expert as anyone else. What do you think?

If he's a Space Marine could the armour be the missing Mk9 ?

Didn't it say something about a 'malign and sentient intelligence '? I'm wondering if the Blackstone Fortress itself is an A.I. I don't think it has been suggested previously, but maybe the ones so far encountered were 'dead', and this one is how they are supposed to work.

The figure they don't want to reveal is probably a Squat imo. And it may be the big robot, or a different miniature.

IIRC they are dormant and need the right tools (the Eye and Hand) to be reactivated properly. Could be misremembering things, but before it got retconned Eldrad was killed by one when he tried to connect with it through psychic means, only for the fortress to respond with an overwhelming force and turn him into crystal.

I expect they'll be like the keepers on the citadel in the mass effect games. Just 'there' created by whoever created the BSF

Its from the future!
GW is opening up for Ordo Chronos to make time jump alternate timelines.
Now they can have Terra invaded and just go back in time and undo it.
Also, thats how they bring back Sanguinius.

 bullyboy wrote:
Just to add to the rumour mill (won't give source), but was told that reason that nobody has really seen the box or contents yet is because it has one specific miniature that they don't want to reveal right now. My guess is probably the main antagonist to the explorers. Make of that what you will.

I have a feeling that will be a squat in Exo armour, or I am hoping anyway, I also reckon that iron halo is one of the new CSM .

 Fayric wrote:
Its from the future!
GW is opening up for Ordo Chronos to make time jump alternate timelines.
Now they can have Terra invaded and just go back in time and undo it.
Also, thats how they bring back Sanguinius.

Erm... I kinda love this idea:-\ I'm not sure I'm supposed to but it would have some crazy stuff

 Rayvon wrote:

 bullyboy wrote:
Just to add to the rumour mill (won't give source), but was told that reason that nobody has really seen the box or contents yet is because it has one specific miniature that they don't want to reveal right now. My guess is probably the main antagonist to the explorers. Make of that what you will.

I have a feeling that will be a squat in Exo armour, or I am hoping anyway, I also reckon that iron halo is one of the new CSM .

The image is introduced while the narrator is mentioning the imperial loyalists so I doubt that.

Wonder what today’s reveal will show us,

I’m hoping for more on the adversaries we’ll be up against.

I hope they continue with the Old-One theme and include an actual Old One (or Mummified Old One, ala Lord Kroak) as the big bad of the box set.

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
GW community on Facebook implying that the halo figure is a space marine but I'm not buying it :

If that was a cog instead of a halo, I'd say that looks like some kind of tech priest or electro priest. Maybe an Inquisitor? A chaplain without power armor?

Quasistellar wrote:

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
GW community on Facebook implying that the halo figure is a space marine but I'm not buying it :

If that was a cog instead of a halo, I'd say that looks like some kind of tech priest or electro priest. Maybe an Inquisitor? A chaplain without power armor?

When I look at that pic I see a Stormcast Eternal with a rebreather.

I'd assumed something like the Crusader Inquisitorial acolyte, or some sort of fanatic of an obscure Imperial cult.

 AndrewGPaul wrote:
I'd assumed something like the Crusader Inquisitorial acolyte, or some sort of fanatic of an obscure Imperial cult.

This. Not sure why people think it could be anything else.

 bullyboy wrote:
Just to add to the rumour mill (won't give source), but was told that reason that nobody has really seen the box or contents yet is because it has one specific miniature that they don't want to reveal right now. My guess is probably the main antagonist to the explorers. Make of that what you will.

ALLABOARDTHEHYPETRAIN DOOT DOOT

Prestor Jon wrote:

Quasistellar wrote:

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
GW community on Facebook implying that the halo figure is a space marine but I'm not buying it :

If that was a cog instead of a halo, I'd say that looks like some kind of tech priest or electro priest. Maybe an Inquisitor? A chaplain without power armor?

When I look at that pic I see a Stormcast Eternal with a rebreather.

Why? Side by side, every (visible) armor element is quite distinct. Halo is different, shoulder pads are different, giant chest spike on the front of the armor is non-existent on the stormcast, who has a gorget the mystery character lacks.

 AndrewGPaul wrote:
I'd assumed something like the Crusader Inquisitorial acolyte, or some sort of fanatic of an obscure Imperial cult.

The character might have an aesthetic that is similar to some new units/designs for Sisters perhaps? That is possibly why we can't immediately identify it but latch on to certain iconic similarities.

Yea, I have NO IDEA where people are getting Female and/or Stormcast vibe from that thing?!


https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer/comments/7hawx3/shadespire_stormcast_eternal/



Still looks like a Female first and foremost, perhaps a Sister (Battle or Silence) with an Iron Halo.