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Of those pictures.
1 & 3 are hands of the same model potentially, feral ghoul like features so maybe..
4 & 8 could be part of anything, they just get grouped in to similar things.
2 & 7 could be part of something together, yes a corpse cart, or just anything. With the nailed hand on 7, it fits several themes not just corpse cart though.

The flute hands are very fat, more like a nurture fellow than a ghoul personally. But could be anyone’s.
And the foot the same, personally I don’t think it fits any of this stuff.

FEC maybe fit two-four of these 8, maybe. (Corpse cart isn’t there’s anyway even if it was, not sure if they’d have a bird etc).
It’d be the first four for them if any I’d say..


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 Shadox wrote:
I'm pretty confident that many of the rumour engines show flesheaters.



Number 5 and 6 are quite ambiguous, I give you that, but 5 could be a musician and 6 is kinda close to the Abhorent from last year, could be kurnothi though. 7 and 8 could be a new corpse cart.

The hook thingy reminds me off Manfred,

Not Online!!! wrote:
The hook thingy reminds me off Manfred,

It's a very similar weapon to one used in the Ghoul Warhammer Underworlds warband, although more angular.

It seems likely the various "Death" rumours belong to different factions/releases, but it's difficult to say how many belong to either in order to give a clear picture of how big any of those releases might be. We also haven't seen enough of non-Ossiarch/Nighthaunt Death in AoS to know exactly what design direction they might take for those ranges. The aforementioned Underworld Ghouls for example have a few metal weapons, while the original plastics only have crude bone weaponry I think. The Archregent even has some worn but decorated armour; something not yet seen elsewhere. Who knows what vampires or zombies/zombie-esque constructs might be like for AoS at this stage...

sword and halberd are a bit too disciplined for the flesh eaters though.

Not Online!!! wrote:
sword and halberd are a bit too disciplined for the flesh eaters though.

I mean we already seen them with Halberds and The Arch-Regent had a broken sword


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zamerion wrote:

That's an oddly simple weapon for AoS.

zamerion wrote:

It would be a bit odd given that GW recently rolled them together but could it be an expansion of Ironweld Arsenal?

Alternatively, is there anything from LotR or the Old World that would match that aesthetic?

Yeah, kind of more like a tool than an (ornate) weapon, AoS Order weapon crew might make sense. Or some crafts- or mining-based Warcry warband? Interesting.

zamerion wrote:

Obviously... Vampire Hunters.

Vovin wrote:

zamerion wrote:

Spoiler:

Obviously... Vampire Hunters.

It does have that vibe tbh. It reminds me of weapons on Mordheim minis.

Well it’s not a dwarf hand/arm.
Not an elf like weapon/glove.
Something human..?

Inquisitorial Nail-slammer for 40k?

Is there a non dwarfish hammer wielder in the Middle Earth? Or maybe some player/referee for the Blood Bowl?

War hammers are only "dwarvish" in classic fantasy tropes. In reality they are a very good weapon for dealing with heavy armour foes. The image looks more clean human than board dwarf or lithe aelf. It is also rather plain of details and thus could well be something for Middle Earth since AoS and 40K tend to lean closer toward more high detail/gaudy designs.

Yea but real warhammers were also 3-6 lbs not the 25-40 you see in these pictures lol

Size of the hammer 100% rules it out as LotR unless they've done a sudden and drastic deviation from established design.

I feel like it’s 40K. Possibly Necromunda. Looks like a version of a modern sledgehammer, makes me think of Genestealer Cults though the hand doesn’t strike it to me. But it does feel kinda low tier 40K to me.

It's weird to see a hammer in Warhammer that isn't half the size of the wielder.

It kind of reminds me of hammers some GSC models use, but nothing else fits. That's not their style of glove

It’s definitely AoS, and almost certainly human. It’s a solid, non-fancy design = human.

 Tiberius501 wrote:
I feel like it’s 40K. Possibly Necromunda. Looks like a version of a modern sledgehammer, makes me think of Genestealer Cults though the hand doesn’t strike it to me. But it does feel kinda low tier 40K to me.

I actually was thinking Genestealer Cults as a potential too. It feels a lot like a non-Power version of the sledges the Aberrants have...the main difference being that theirs have larger metal hafts with the whole 'wrapped grip' look and the power weapon pack+cabling.

I'm thinking more Age of Sigmar though. The gloves feel a bit 'off' for GSC or Orlocks as there's no armor square/rectangle or knuckle guards so I'd lean a bit more towards something Freeguild/Devoted of Sigmar related.

Vampires, crows, all revealed:

Good catch there, I suspect you're right

Crow... or Raven?

 Jack Flask wrote:

zamerion wrote:

It would be a bit odd given that GW recently rolled them together but could it be an expansion of Ironweld Arsenal?

Alternatively, is there anything from LotR or the Old World that would match that aesthetic?

Are Middle-earth things every part of the Rumour Engines? Old World is way too far of, at least based on the normal time between preview and release (can be long, but not multiple years).

Could this actually be normal AoS humans? I'm weirdly enthusiastic about this preview. Just for the hope offered.

Could be some kind of cavalry hammer, explaining the relative small/reasonable size.

Would be cool if its a new harlequins piece.
I mean, the practical joke hammer works for Harley Quinn, right

Yeah, looks like the White Wolf Hammer things right?

A new AoS box of Sigmarite Vampire Hunters vs. Vampires would be really cool. We have seen a lot of rumors lately that look kind of fantasy human/ fantasy witch hunter like. The AoS Vamps could be related to the Underworlds band that comes out in March also.

I don’t know the context for the vampire hunters thing, but that would be where the hammer would go to me; great for putting stakes in.

My guess is that the ones with an AoS vibe are related to a reimagined version of Mordheim where you would find various types of warbands, incl. vampires, undead, witch hunters.

It would make sense as next stand-alone board games, after Silver Towers and Blackstone Fortress. Haven't they said something about alternating the settings between AoS and 40K?

Anyway, that is my 2 cents. This said, I might be wrong, it would not be the first time.

I feel like warcry is their mordheim replacement.
So far, both games have their 2 skirmish spin offs, Underworlds and Warcry for AOS. I dont think they will want to start another.