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1. Clean white aesthetic to their armour.
2. Worship a computer.

The new Squats are an Apple cult.

very intressting

Dude that art is awesome.

I'm getting a big future-dwemer vibe from this and I am here for it.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
1. Clean white aesthetic to their armour.
2. Worship a computer.

The new Squats are an Apple cult.

That would explain their absence.

With their Hipster Hair and Stupid Bloody Beards, they weren’t scoffed by Tyranids. They were all getting the queue for whatever iPhone was to be released. For several hundred years.

Thoughts on the helmet? It looks like a mix of kharadron and the new SCE helmet. I guess it probably can't look too closely to the former, though

Nice! Not too fussed about whatever fairy tale they go for fluff wise but that armour is looking exactly what I want!!!!

Love that artwork. Very atmospheric.

...you'd've thought the first question to ask a Votann once they began to noticeably slow down would by "what needs to be done to ensure you are capable of running at full capacity?"

And has anyone tried turning it off and on again yet?

With that artwork, it seems they place their dead into the machine to form a gestalt ancestor. Sort of like a colossal thinking servitor?

 Dysartes wrote:

And has anyone tried turning it off and on again yet?

Restart is a taboo word

Zardoz...is that you?!?

H.B.M.C. wrote:1. Clean white aesthetic to their armour.
2. Worship a computer.

The new Squats are an Apple cult.

Which somehow makes it worse...

 Chairman Aeon wrote:
Zardoz...is that you?!?

Zardoz speaks to you! The gun is good…

Man said, "Can entropy not be reversed? Let us ask the Cosmic AC."

The Cosmic AC surrounded them but not in space. Not a fragment of it was in space. It was in hyperspace and made of something that was neither matter nor energy. The question of its size and nature no longer had meaning in any terms that Man could comprehend.

"Cosmic AC," said Man, "how may entropy be reversed?"

The Cosmic AC said, "THERE IS AS YET INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR A MEANINGFUL ANSWER."

Man said, "Collect additional data."

The Cosmic AC said, 'I WILL DO SO. I HAVE BEEN DOING SO FOR A HUNDRED BILLION YEARS. MY PREDECESORS AND I HAVE BEEN ASKED THIS QUESTION MANY TlMES. ALL THE DATA I HAVE REMAINS INSUFFICIENT.

Has the Ancestor Core reached a verdict?

I HAVE.

Guilty or innocent?


Innocent!

Feed him to the Sharkticons!

I think it was originally a magic 8 ball, they've just added layers and layers of stuff on top of it

isn't that right Votann ?

'future hazy, try again later'

Definitely liking the fluff and the artwork.

In an amazingly convenient coincidence there is currently a Kickstarter running for a rather nic sci fi ai core type scenery piece

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kitbashkingdom/star-brain-core-by-kitbash-kingdom?ref=user_menu

Need to add your own screaming helmet-clad faces though.

Definitely like the artwork and the concepts behind it. Cool for sure, and the fluff doesn't seem necessarily incompatible with what we have learned previously about Squats.

Still unimpressed with what little we've seen of the current miniature design, but I am curious to see what bits of Votann fluff I might be able to incorporate if I ever get around to painting and building the Squats I have.

Quasistellar wrote:
Dude that art is awesome.

I'm getting a big future-dwemer vibe from this and I am here for it.

Yeah, that mark of power armor they're wearing is getting me harder than terminator armor!

Having them led by and worshipping giant AI cores that may or not be going mad is an interesting direction to go with them. Lots of things they could do with that - living ancestors being uploaded conciousness for example.

The artwork itself looks great and has plenty of atmosphere, and it looks like they'll be keeping some of the usual Dwarf archetype elements.

I do hope they're not *all* wearing big bulky suits of armour though. The leader guy looks alright, but i still feel like the others seems a bit bland and generic - like bulkier smaller Space Marines.

You just know that they are slowing down because some idiot asked them something about life, the universe and, well everything.

Sooo..challenge.. whats gonna be on page 42 of the codex?

princeyg wrote:
You just know that they are slowing down because some idiot asked them something about life, the universe and, well everything.

Sooo..challenge.. whats gonna be on page 42 of the codex?

A big floppy Donkey REDACTED BY THE INQUSITION THIS POST IS NOW SUBJECT TO ADVANCED COMPLIANCE PROTOCOLS

All games with Votann army models must be played on a new 6x7 foot play mat that will be special edition, never in stock, and will require a mortgage to acquire.

It won’t actually be that expensive, you just need to take out a mortgage with GW to qualify for it. Diversification, dontcherknow

 Abadabadoobaddon wrote:
Has the Ancestor Core reached a verdict?

I HAVE.

Guilty or innocent?


Innocent!

Feed him to the Sharkticons!

That was the thing I was thinking about too.

Three-faced Transformer robot with a god-complex.


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The guy with the pointing finger looks pretty tall. Doesn´t look to me like a Squat. Legs are too long.

 Shadow Walker wrote:

 Dysartes wrote:

And has anyone tried turning it off and on again yet?

Restart is a taboo word

Yeah, especially if the "Ancestor Core" is literally a bunch of ancestors hooked together! What if it doesn't turn back on again?

Going with the space hipster meme, "Oh? You only have one ancient leader hooked to a throne?"

In the one picture, are those dudes seated in the background all ancestors linked up to the core? Or are they the council of old ancestor/advisors (very dwarven) advising the guy in the big armor playing with the projected space rune stuff? Are they flying through space with stars in the background?

Anyways, Lots of questions! I definitely got a grim and dark sort of vibe I wasn't expecting, but maybe a should have since it is 40k. Not sure what to think yet since this artwork is very different from the previous reveal.

gravitywell wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:

 Dysartes wrote:

And has anyone tried turning it off and on again yet?

Restart is a taboo word

Yeah, especially if the "Ancestor Core" is literally a bunch of ancestors hooked together! What if it doesn't turn back on again?

Going with the space hipster meme, "Oh? You only have one ancient leader hooked to a throne?"

In the one picture, are those dudes seated in the background all ancestors linked up to the core? Or are they the council of old ancestor/advisors (very dwarven) advising the guy in the big armor playing with the projected space rune stuff? Are they flying through space with stars in the background?

Anyways, Lots of questions! I definitely got a grim and dark sort of vibe I wasn't expecting, but maybe a should have since it is 40k. Not sure what to think yet since this artwork is very different from the previous reveal.

My stable mutation is heritage and artisan.

Space Hipsters Confirmed!

I love the idea of GLaDOS mixed with Deep Thought looking like a Quintesson...in possession of STCs and other heretical information.

Yah...I like it. Definitely getting the army book. I would love if they could ally with the Imperium but not if there are any Mechanicus in spitting distance...

You can bet once Cawl gets wind of this that all hell will break loose.

 Sacredroach wrote:
I love the idea of GLaDOS mixed with Deep Thought looking like a Quintesson...in possession of STCs and other heretical information.

Yah...I like it. Definitely getting the army book. I would love if they could ally with the Imperium but not if there are any Mechanicus in spitting distance...

You can bet once Cawl gets wind of this that all hell will break loose.

I hadn’t thought about the first part… what is the official squat position on testing? (And singing sentry turrets… and cake)

Guys, I just realized GW completely ripped off Disney.

For context, the big bad of Amphibia is The Core, which is, and I quote:

The Core is a biomechanical, artificial hive mind... They were created long ago and is an amalgamation of the smartest minds from across Amphibia's history.

is exactly the same thing as:

They are event called Ancestor Cores.

The hell is Amphibia?