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**JimmyWolf87**

Don't mind that. Would probably look better without the shoulder pads and the studio colour scheme once again fails to do the models justice but, if we're going down the techno-armoured route rather than 'classic' padded jerkin squats (opinions on that choice in of itself may vary...), then this is at least a nice representation of that in my opinion.

**CthuluIsSpy**

Huh, they look even more like Terran Marines.
I guess GW has gone full circle and ripped off Blizzard after Blizzard ripped off GW

I don't like the heads. I get that they should look small because of the armour, but it still doesn't look good. They should all have helmets, or at least a built in helmet thing with the visor raised up so you can see their face.
Kind of like Terran marines, oddly enough. If you're going to copy Blizzard, might as well go the extra mile.

Edit : They actually have what I suggested.

They should all look like that really.

**Kanluwen**

Honestly, the studio scheme would work...if they added a bit of weathering.

Kanluwen wrote:
Mini-Terminators!

When it comes to protecting their all-important Ancestor Cores, the Leagues of Votann demand no less than the very best weapons and armour around. The honoured warriors who wield them are true elites, wading into battle clad in servo-assisted exo-armour, carrying a name that commands respect from all Kin – the Einhyr Hearthguard.

Selected from the most accomplished fighters in a Kinhold, the Einhyr Hearthguard have many roles – from bodyguards to deadly first-strike troops. Each Hearthguard has proved themselves over many years of front-line combat, ascending purely by the virtue of their deeds, just as the staunch meritocracy of the Leagues requires.

Like Hearthkyn Warriors, Hearthguard are dependable fighters, but their experience and inch-thick battle plating take the Kins’ natural durability to a whole new level. Crack units of Einhyr Hearthguard can be trusted to hold the line and inspire their fellows to stand firm even in the face of untold horrors.
They aren’t all take and no give, either. Each Einhyr is equipped with a Volkanite Disintegrator and a shoulder-mounted grenade launcher, laying down a solid curtain of fire as they advance. Once the Einhyr Hearthguard join the melee, they’re just as formidable, lashing out with devastating concussion gauntlets.

These marvels use ancient technologies to increase the mass of a warrior’s fist as they swing, turning an already burly uppercut into an earth-shattering blow that can lift a hulking Ork right off their feet. Those who prefer the deftness of a sword over the raw power of their gauntlets can fit a thrumming plasma blade to their wrist, perfect for slicing and dicing the galaxy’s less damage resistant dangers.

There’s plenty more to see from the Leagues of Votann, so stay tuned to Warhammer Community for even more reveals. You might be waiting a while for details from your own local Votann – they can get a bit slow in the summer months – so get to the front of the information queue by signing up to our newsletter and having every new tidbit beamed straight into your inbox.

Bringing it over to the next page!

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

They had me at Volkite Disintegrators.

CHOOOOOM!

**JimmyWolf87**

CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Huh, they look even more like Terran Marines.
I guess GW has gone full circle and ripped off Blizzard after Blizzard ripped off GW

I don't like the heads. I get that they should look small because of the armour, but it still doesn't look good. They should all have helmets, or at least a built in helmet thing with the visor raised up so you can see their face.
Kind of like Terran marines, oddly enough. If you're going to copy Blizzard, might as well go the extra mile.

I don't see what Great Crusade era Astartes from Terra have to do with this

**Olthannon**

I think they look awesome. I've never been a fan of this teal colour scheme but I guarantee they will look very cool in a dark red. I really like the dwarfy designs in the chest piece. I think I'd convert up like a fishbowl helmet for them. The scarring on the theyns brows is a cool touch.

Also, shoulder mounted grenade launchers? Excellent. Love everything about that.

**Wha-Mu-077**

So an entire squad of Turbo-Terminators, each with a Volkite-but-better gun?

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

I like

(well expect for the plasma blades, but they sound like they'll be a bit you can choose not to add, and the lack of helmets)

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

That’s…..that’s not scarring…that’s Demiurg

**CthuluIsSpy**

Olthannon wrote:
I think they look awesome. I've never been a fan of this teal colour scheme but I guarantee they will look very cool in a dark red. I really like the dwarfy designs in the chest piece. I think I'd convert up like a fishbowl helmet for them. The scarring on the theyns brows is a cool touch.

Also, shoulder mounted grenade launchers? Excellent. Love everything about that.

I like the shoulder mounted launchers too. Give them jump packs and they'd be proper Heinlein Space Marines.

**Wha-Mu-077**

I have never seen a single more Starcraft model from Games Workshop in my life

**NAVARRO**

This is going to be expensive!!!

Superb minis! I want them all so far.

**Crimson**

So here are the dwarfy runes people have been crying for. Personally I feel they would look better without them. I'm also not a fan of the massive shoulder pads, makes then look too much like space marines. Otherwise they're nice.

But why is one of them a Klingon?

**The Phazer**

Concussion Gauntlets are just Power Fists guys, stop trying so hard. And seem pretty redundant if they've always got a sword attached or they're holding a power hammer, but whatever.

They look pretty good IMO, save for the grenade launchers glued on the top. Big "I've got a Rhino with a hundred boltguns glued on as part of the 2nd ed vehicle design rules" energy. I assume they were a last minute design decision.

**Wha-Mu-077**

Crimson wrote:
So here are the dwarfy runes people have been crying for. Personally I feel they would look better without them. I'm also not a fan of the massive shoulder pads, makes then look too much like space marines. Otherwise they're nice.

But why is one of them a Klingon?

Because that's how the Demiurg (SUPPOSEDLY, one of the alien races allied with the T'au) look like. Which, together with the fact T'au are blatantly lugging around Squat technology, kind of confirms that the "Demiurg" are just the Votann's alternate identity for when they want to blatantly collaborate with Imperium's mortal enemies and everyone is too dumb to figure it out.

**Arbitrator**

Heads look awful. Is it the sculpts, the paint job or both? They look comically tiny. Hope they get helmeted options.

**Sotahullu**

Starcraft vibes...

**Mentlegen324**

Those are pretty cool. Feels both familiar and unique at the same time, like a Dwarf version of a Terminator (which I guess is what they are).

Not entirely sure on the heads or helmets though, would have been nice to have a bit more of a unique helmet than what appears to be the Hearthkin one again.

**SamusDrake**

Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
I have never seen a single more Starcraft model from Games Workshop in my life

We said a similar thing about Star Craft back in '98, that it looked heavily inspired by 40K.

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

I'd like the duckbill full face version from the necromunda squat kit, but you only get one per box

so i'll have to hope one of the 3d printers makes a copy or look a like

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

I like how compared to the Kyn, these folk feel like professional soldiers, compared to the feel of a militia.

Yes the armour still has level of gilding, but first and foremost it’s practical. It looks like it can move (compare to the very silly original Exo-Armour)

**lord_blackfang**

Terran Squats, meh. Also the runes make them not useful for anything else.

**Agamemnon2**

Fine miniatures. I can't wait to listen to 15 pages of bickering about why they're dogshit and a sign that GW is ruined, as usual.

Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
Because that's how the Demiurg (SUPPOSEDLY, one of the alien races allied with the T'au) look like. Which, together with the fact T'au are blatantly lugging around Squat technology, kind of confirms that the "Demiurg" are just the Votann's alternate identity for when they want to blatantly collaborate with Imperium's mortal enemies and everyone is too dumb to figure it out.

The Tau don't even fit on the top 20 list of the Imperium's mortal enemies. And the #11 on that list is "the Imperium".

**godardc**

What is this...thing ? Oh good lord I can't anymore ! Every single release is even worse than the previous one. It's a non stop flow of failures. Is it a joke, to make people regret having asked for the return of the squats ?

**Mentlegen324**

godardc wrote:
What is this...thing ? Oh good lord I can't anymore ! Every single release is even worse than the previous one. It's a non stop flow of failures. Is it a joke, to make people regret having asked for the return of the squats ?

In what way?

**jojo_monkey_boy**

GW: "Space marines sell well. How can we sell more space marines without cannibalizing exisitng marines sales?"

IMO these are super uninspired models. But to each their own.

**SirDonlad**

Crimson wrote:
So here are the dwarfy runes people have been crying for. Personally I feel they would look better without them. I'm also not a fan of the massive shoulder pads, makes then look too much like space marines. Otherwise they're nice.

But why is one of them a Klingon?

If you had tech that good, you would kling-on to it too...

I'll see myself out.

**lord_blackfang**

So did they just, like, grab some Starcraft marine STLs off thingiverse and shrunk the Z axis, or...?

**Agamemnon2**

godardc wrote:
What is this...thing ? Oh good lord I can't anymore ! Every single release is even worse than the previous one. It's a non stop flow of failures. Is it a joke, to make people regret having asked for the return of the squats ?

At this rate, Leagues players will be able to win tournaments by default, since the sight of their army drives drama-queen oldbeards like this godardc specimen here into comical excesses of performative loathing culminating, it can only be hoped, in self-immolation.

**Voss**

Helmets. That's all I want. Really, just _a_ helmet. Show me someone understands the concept, and doesn't just want to die despite battleship strength armor plate.

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Also, that horse icon raises questions... and now I want Votann clone-cavalry, just to show that they grasp the concept of horses.