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 Carnikang wrote:
Well, here's hoping it's something interesting. It would be nice to see some reworked kroot, some plastic auxillaries, maybe even a new alien race added to the Empire. They've been going battlesuit heavy fir a while now.

Of course, that all depends on if this is PA or just a stand alone release. PA, it's probably one model and some rules.

Lol. No:

It will be Space Wolves Primaris Wolven Von Wolfenstein, Master of the Claw and Lord of the Wolftime.

Tau will get 6 gakky stratagems and a three page list of O'insert word here names you can randomly generate for the single commander you're allowed to bring in your army, because balancing rules is hard.

Space Wolves are "Saga of the Beast", not "The Greater Good".

 Kanluwen wrote:
Space Wolves are "Saga of the Beast", not "The Greater Good".

Jokes are meant to be funny, not spam.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Jokes are meant to be funny, not spam.

I tried.

Shadowsun looks Thicc. If they were to put out more models for Tau like that, and ease up on suits being so bad, I'd love to buy Tau again.

From B&C

So they datamined the banners from the GW site, it seems.

ok the one on the side that's a but cut off is clearly a pentient engine. what's the one beside it that the CSMs are facing down? maybe a SOB Anchorite?


looking at the pic of shadowsun we can clearly see genestealers. greater good could be tau vs GSCs

Not a Tau fan, but I do like the new model.

I could get on board with a Tau vs. Genestealer Cults book.

I don't like Shadowsun (I prefer Farsight for obvious reasons), but the new model looks good.

BrianDavion wrote:
ok the one on the side that's a but cut off is clearly a pentient engine. what's the one beside it that the CSMs are facing down? maybe a SOB Anchorite?


looking at the pic of shadowsun we can clearly see genestealers. greater good could be tau vs GSCs

The Mortifier I would assume, or whatever it's called, the alternate build from the same kit with exponentially better rules.

Tau vs GSC could be interesting. That looks like a Missilepod on top of her Fusion Blaster on the right arm, if so she could be getting a new datasheet.

She's got more like supports like on those call of duty exo suits than 2 sets of arms

 Imateria wrote:

BrianDavion wrote:
ok the one on the side that's a but cut off is clearly a pentient engine. what's the one beside it that the CSMs are facing down? maybe a SOB Anchorite?


looking at the pic of shadowsun we can clearly see genestealers. greater good could be tau vs GSCs

The Mortifier I would assume, or whatever it's called, the alternate build from the same kit with exponentially better rules.

Tau vs GSC could be interesting. That looks like a Missilepod on top of her Fusion Blaster on the right arm, if so she could be getting a new datasheet.

I don't think I've ever seen GW release a revamped character model without putting out a new datasheet even if it just tweeks their stat line

BrianDavion wrote:

 Imateria wrote:

BrianDavion wrote:
ok the one on the side that's a but cut off is clearly a pentient engine. what's the one beside it that the CSMs are facing down? maybe a SOB Anchorite?


looking at the pic of shadowsun we can clearly see genestealers. greater good could be tau vs GSCs

The Mortifier I would assume, or whatever it's called, the alternate build from the same kit with exponentially better rules.

Tau vs GSC could be interesting. That looks like a Missilepod on top of her Fusion Blaster on the right arm, if so she could be getting a new datasheet.

I don't think I've ever seen GW release a revamped character model without putting out a new datasheet even if it just tweeks their stat line

True, but she can't take missile pods at the moment so that would mean a notable change already.

 Imateria wrote:

Tau vs GSC could be interesting. That looks like a Missilepod on top of her Fusion Blaster on the right arm, if so she could be getting a new datasheet.

Honestly? It looks like she's using slightly downsized Fusion Colliders instead of Fusion Blasters.

Which would explain the 'support' arms.

 Imateria wrote:

BrianDavion wrote:

 Imateria wrote:

BrianDavion wrote:
ok the one on the side that's a but cut off is clearly a pentient engine. what's the one beside it that the CSMs are facing down? maybe a SOB Anchorite?


looking at the pic of shadowsun we can clearly see genestealers. greater good could be tau vs GSCs

The Mortifier I would assume, or whatever it's called, the alternate build from the same kit with exponentially better rules.

Tau vs GSC could be interesting. That looks like a Missilepod on top of her Fusion Blaster on the right arm, if so she could be getting a new datasheet.

I don't think I've ever seen GW release a revamped character model without putting out a new datasheet even if it just tweeks their stat line

True, but she can't take missile pods at the moment so that would mean a notable change already.

That is not a missle pod

What about the genestealers with armored pants above.

 Theophony wrote:
What about the genestealers with armored pants above.

I think that is how Genestealers have always looked. It is just their exoskeleton, I believe.

 Theophony wrote:
What about the genestealers with armored pants above.

Chitin, with the really bright highlight they've been using on that color scheme since the first GSC release back in 7th.

..and between this and the stuff about the Silent king in the white dwarf, I am now vaguely excited.

interesting Shadowsun model, and it looks workable for me. i really wonder what the Tau PA book will bring us.

 Theophony wrote:
What about the genestealers with armored pants above.

That's actually a really good catch! The Purestrain Genestealers were very well-received...maybe this is a kit for them?

The current kit has those 'kneeplates' as modeled directly onto the exoskeleton:

The Shadowsun image has a notable protrusion that none of the current images I can find have:

 fraser1191 wrote:
She's got more like supports like on those call of duty exo suits than 2 sets of arms

Given the Tau's design pedigree it may be an intentional reference to the landmates from Appleseed.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Theophony wrote:
What about the genestealers with armored pants above.

That's actually a really good catch! The Purestrain Genestealers were very well-received...maybe this is a kit for them?

The current kit has those 'kneeplates' as modeled directly onto the exoskeleton:

Spoiler:

The Shadowsun image has a notable protrusion that none of the current images I can find have:

Spoiler:

They're the same. I recognize it from painting genestealers. They all have the boney squarish plate on the knee, it's just poorly defined in the picture on the site. This one is edgehighlighted. On top of that, look under the back foot of the front stealer. Its on of the mini capillary towers that comes on their slotta for the 25mm bases. The claws and hands also match. They're just painted better in the GSC purestrain scheme from the codex.

Look directly above the drone at the left leg of the Genestealer.

It's physically different, not just the paint job, causing that look.

 Captain Joystick wrote:

 fraser1191 wrote:
She's got more like supports like on those call of duty exo suits than 2 sets of arms

Given the Tau's design pedigree it may be an intentional reference to the landmates from Appleseed.

Or she's actually a secret genestealer! She's not fighting against them she's fighting alongside them! It all makes sense now!

 Kanluwen wrote:
Look directly above the drone at the left leg of the Genestealer.

It's physically different, not just the paint job, causing that look.

It might just be the third genestealer from the front at an unusually tilted angle with a wierd highlight on the knee...

Not discounting it, it's just too hard to see.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Look directly above the drone at the left leg of the Genestealer.

It's physically different, not just the paint job, causing that look.

That's because they're the two genestealers from the Deathwatch Overkill boxset where the knee was slightly more pronounced, rather than the multipart kit.

No new models here.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Look directly above the drone at the left leg of the Genestealer.

It's physically different, not just the paint job, causing that look.

Those are the Deathwatch: Overkill versions I believe. They have much more rectangular knees.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3c/ce/45/3cce45e9f1ab7a4c3c20cfb52ad135ef.jpg

 The Phazer wrote:

That's because they're the two genestealers from the Deathwatch Overkill boxset where the knee was slightly more pronounced, rather than the multipart kit.

And that was an updated design and one that is no longer available. It was really bizarre, they updated the genestealers, then discontinued the box the updated ones came in and just continued selling the old sculpts. Makes no sense at all. I wish they'd release Overkill-style stealers.

 Crimson wrote:

 The Phazer wrote:

That's because they're the two genestealers from the Deathwatch Overkill boxset where the knee was slightly more pronounced, rather than the multipart kit.

And that was an updated design and one that is no longer available. It was really bizarre, they updated the genestealers, then discontinued the box the updated ones came in and just continued selling the old sculpts. Makes no sense at all. I wish they'd release Overkill-style stealers.

Cults getting a start collecting box with the monopose contents of Overkill would be in line with Vanguard/Daemonkin start collectings. Might also explain why it's taken so long for Cults to get one despite their contents seemingly being listed in the codex.