Astra Militarum Rumors 2022-2023

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**Kanluwen**

Bluntly, "cawl-ified" means nothing. It could mean that there's extra gubbins on the kit or that it's a pattern from a secret tech hoard.

**Segersgia**

beefeb wrote:
Segersgia wrote:
There are still other ways to justify the sentinel. I’m betting it will be a new pattern from a different Forgeworld, like Agripinaa or Graia, that finally has finished manufacturing them to supply demand. The Cadian pattern is probably not getting built anymore.

CM Valrak, who has had a very good run of rumours from his source, and who mentioned new kasrkin, sentinel, tank, heavy weapons, stated that the new sentinel is cawl-ified, if thats a proper word, lol.

Was it his most recent video? Might check it out. I know Valrak, and I also know that sometimes his conjecture can sometimes mix in with the actual information he got from his source. Still, he isn’t someone that makes up rumours and leaks for views, so atleast when he says stuff, it usually comes true.

EDIT: I checked out both videos. He speculates on its design. He doesn’t state anything about Cawl’s involvement. Still. A possible theory.

**caladancid**

beefeb wrote:
Segersgia wrote:
There are still other ways to justify the sentinel. I’m betting it will be a new pattern from a different Forgeworld, like Agripinaa or Graia, that finally has finished manufacturing them to supply demand. The Cadian pattern is probably not getting built anymore.

CM Valrak, who has had a very good run of rumours from his source, and who mentioned new kasrkin, sentinel, tank, heavy weapons, stated that the new sentinel is cawl-ified, if thats a proper word, lol.

Im delighted for the attention guard is getting...long overdue, i got so tired of missing out on new releases for guard I started a space marines army. In all seriousness its funny how this image leaked just after the preorders for HH. Im very happy i didnt take the plunge with the HH set or the killteam traitor guard set and waited for the new guard stuff to come.....it looks like that was a good call. Cant wait for these....the leak/rumour said they were due around october.

I did not see the October release date in the rumors from the past...which ones said that?

**Kanluwen**

Kanluwen wrote:
MajorWesJanson wrote:
Shakalooloo wrote:
Why are the Kasrkin's bases painted so differently?

Are they even painted at all?

Yes. They're painted in an urban setup with a bit of brown debris on them.

So, bringing this bit back up...

We might be seeing Zone Mortalis becoming a fixture for 40k proper. I hadn't noticed it earlier but the scenery is all on top of ZM tiles from Newcromunda.

If you look, you can see the ventilation cover that is a hallmark of those tiles.

**beefeb**

caladancid wrote:
beefeb wrote:
Segersgia wrote:
There are still other ways to justify the sentinel. I’m betting it will be a new pattern from a different Forgeworld, like Agripinaa or Graia, that finally has finished manufacturing them to supply demand. The Cadian pattern is probably not getting built anymore.

CM Valrak, who has had a very good run of rumours from his source, and who mentioned new kasrkin, sentinel, tank, heavy weapons, stated that the new sentinel is cawl-ified, if thats a proper word, lol.

Im delighted for the attention guard is getting...long overdue, i got so tired of missing out on new releases for guard I started a space marines army. In all seriousness its funny how this image leaked just after the preorders for HH. Im very happy i didnt take the plunge with the HH set or the killteam traitor guard set and waited for the new guard stuff to come.....it looks like that was a good call. Cant wait for these....the leak/rumour said they were due around october.

I did not see the October release date in the rumors from the past...which ones said that?

I genuinely cannot remember, I couldve sworn it was Valrak himself.....perhaps it was on the discord rather than the blog.....my apologies if its rose timted glasses on my part. It may have come up in the chat about it on the Bolter & Chainsword forums....similarly the cawlified reference was on the post there too, Im sure, but B&C is dwn currently as its crossing the rubicon primaris and getting a server update.

**Kanluwen**

The "cawlified" reference was not valrak or anyone tied to the rumors.

It's the usual chann-y nonsense.

**Jarms48**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
Crimson wrote:
Would you prefer Belisarius Cawl having recently invented it?
Impossible. It'd be called the Cawl Battle Tank then.

I still hate the fact GW just didn’t make Malcador and Macharius tanks in plastic. Like they did with all those HH vehicles.

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caladancid wrote:

I did not see the October release date in the rumors from the past...which ones said that?

I know nothing about October but it’s possible. There’s only 6 codexes left. So could be something like:

- CSM: June
- Squats: July

August to November:
- WE
- SM2.0
- Guard
- Daemons

That’s assuming 1 codex per month. Any double codex release would easily speed that up.

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Kanluwen wrote:
Krieg are supposed to be getting Grenadiers/Combat Engineers and Death Riders--plus the HWS and a Command box.

It might be that the Kasrkin are a dual build kit?

There were rumours DKOK getting their own codex/supplement in 10th. So likely a second release wave with these.

**Duskweaver**

beefeb wrote:
cawl-ified, if thats a proper word, lol.

Surely it should be "Cawlifobbled"?

(Nobody outside Derbyshire will understand this reference.)

**dan2026**

I could see CSM and Daemons being a dual codex release. They've done it before.

**Agamemnon2**

Jarms48 wrote:
H.B.M.C. wrote:
Crimson wrote:
Would you prefer Belisarius Cawl having recently invented it?
Impossible. It'd be called the Cawl Battle Tank then.

I still hate the fact GW just didn’t make Malcador and Macharius tanks in plastic. Like they did with all those HH vehicles.

I've always loved the Malcador, so I heartily agree with this. Or they could have given us the Ragnarok, which was a Specialist Games invention for the Baran Siege Masters army list for Epic: Armageddon.

GW's track record with creating completely new IG vehicles is not that extensive and has resulted in a couple of absolute duffers (Taurox and Wyvern) so I'm a bit apprehensive about the rumor that they've making a brand spanking new tank.

**Dudeface**

Jarms48 wrote:

I know nothing about October but it’s possible. There’s only 6 codexes left. So could be something like:

- CSM: June
- Squats: July

August to November:
- WE
- SM2.0
- Guard
- Daemons

That’s assuming 1 codex per month. Any double codex release would easily speed that up.

CSM will almost certainly not land in June at this point, it'll be preorders go up last weekend in June as a guess, there's HH on the 18th, 2 sigmar books to get out for their recent box set, a couple of specialist odds and sods awaiting and CSM will likely be a multi-week release as a guess.

Personally, I think Squats will be the pre-christmas November release slot, WE will end up in Jan and then guard/Daemons sandwiching a September marine release. At this stage I think the Marine 2.0 thing is actually 10th 1.0.

**tneva82**

Preorder on 18 isn't announced. And yes aos has 2 battletomes but they could just as likely come to preorder on 25th. Csm certainly been hinted and previewed longer than sylvaneth&skaven so expecting it first.

**xttz**

New AOS stuff tends to go out mid-month, while 40k codex releases accompanied by multiple new models are typically end of month when people most commonly get paid.

I'd definitely expect the AOS battletomes to be up for preorder on the 18th, and for CSM to be either June 25th or July 2nd with lots more preview articles starting this week.

**Garrac**

dan2026 wrote:
I could see CSM and Daemons being a dual codex release. They've done it before.

Problem is, we haven't seen any rumours about anything demosn related. I think in fact that CSM, squats, AM and WE will be released before

**Kanluwen**

From reddit's Ok_Entrepeneur:

Do you want your super heavy to be tougher, more armored, with more wounds? We'll come on down to discount Dave's tank emporium! We got tanks which you'd never want to shoot damage 1 weapons into unless it's AP2! We got tanks which will wound everything on 2's causing INCREDIBLE damage!

What's that officer? YOU want to roll in style shouting "drive me closer so I can hit the enemy with my sword" well have I got an upgrade for you!

Scared those pesky melta guns are going to scratch your paint or those weird guys with wands and pointy hats are going to pop your head? Well on offer today is buy one get one free on this one time only upgrade

Response to "are Baneblades getting any upgrades?". Sounds like some traits are a-comin'.

**xttz**

Garrac wrote:
dan2026 wrote:
I could see CSM and Daemons being a dual codex release. They've done it before.

Problem is, we haven't seen any rumours about anything demosn related. I think in fact that CSM, squats, AM and WE will be released before

We have had a single Daemons rumour from OK_E - he said that any Chaos faction can bring Daemon allies up to 25% of their points without losing access to faction special rules.

As for when it comes out, that probably depends on what's coming with it. With major model updates for CSM, Squats, Imperial Guard and World Eaters all on the horizon I'll be surprised to see Daemons as another major release in 2022. At least one of those would be pushed into next year. Of course Daemons could just be the final small codex & single character release for 9th slotted in between other stuff.

OK_E has also just dropped another tidbit on Guard:

>Hey entrepreneur, any idea if any of the baneblade variants are going to see a stormsurge type glow up and actually be viable to play with?

Ok_Entrepreneur3004
Do you want your super heavy to be tougher, more armored, with more wounds? We'll come on down to discount Dave's tank emporium! We got tanks which you'd never want to shoot damage 1 weapons into unless it's AP2! We got tanks which will wound everything on 2's causing INCREDIBLE damage!

What's that officer? YOU want to roll in style shouting "drive me closer so I can hit the enemy with my sword" well have I got an upgrade for you!

Scared those pesky melta guns are going to scratch your paint or those weird guys with wands and pointy hats are going to pop your head? Well on offer today is buy one get one free on this one time only upgrade

**Dudeface**

Garrac wrote:
dan2026 wrote:
I could see CSM and Daemons being a dual codex release. They've done it before.

Problem is, we haven't seen any rumours about anything demosn related. I think in fact that CSM, squats, AM and WE will be released before

There's comments from the rumour people about the Daemons Codex allowing 25% of the army in a daemons detachment without breaking faction rules much like brood brothers, so Daemons rumours have started appearing.

**Kid_Kyoto**

Dudeface wrote:
Garrac wrote:
dan2026 wrote:
I could see CSM and Daemons being a dual codex release. They've done it before.

Problem is, we haven't seen any rumours about anything demosn related. I think in fact that CSM, squats, AM and WE will be released before

There's comments from the rumour people about the Daemons Codex allowing 25% of the army in a daemons detachment without breaking faction rules much like brood brothers, so Daemons rumours have started appearing.

Sounds more like a CSM rumor to me.

**xttz**

Kid_Kyoto wrote:

Sounds more like a CSM rumor to me.

The source said "Wait till the daemon book" - which makes sense as we already have several Chaos codexes without this rule.

**Kanluwen**

Cadia stands!

Ursula Creed

Ursula Creed is the Lord Castellan of Cadia – and we dare any of you to tell her that she can’t hold the post simply because Abaddon destroyed that entire planet. Creed follows in her father’s footsteps – but while nepotism is alive and well in the 41st Millennium, this is no hereditary title. She’s earned that mantle like her father before her, and is every bit as ruthless, tactical, and unflinching.

Spoiler:

There's a helmeted version too!

Kasrkin

The new Lord Castellan deserves to command only the finest troops in battle – and who better than the renowned Kasrkin? These warriors are the elite of the elite, and they’re getting a stunning kit to match their fearsome reputation.
Clad in the finest carapace armour, these special forces have more skills than your standard Astra Militarum trooper, and are able to cut down their enemies with volleys from their hot-shot lasguns.

Spoiler:

Finally, there’s an incredible new take on a classic kit – the Sentinel. These agile walker-vehicles are superb hunter-killers, and can be equipped with a variety of weaponry and wargear that enables them to deal with any foe – from blasting apart a tide of frenzied cultists to bringing down xenos monstrosities.

The new miniature can be assembled as an Armoured Sentinel or – if you prefer to feel the wind in your hair as you slay the enemies of the God-Emperor – a lightweight Scout Sentinel.

That’s just a taste of the reinforcements that are on the way for the Astra Militarum – we’ll bring you more in-depth intelligence reports as we get closer to their release. Sign up for our newsletter to stay updated with the latest from the Imperial Guard front lines.

Spoiler:

Soo...there's a heckin' sweet rotary grenade launcher apparently.

**caladancid**

The bare minimum reveal haha. Thank goodness for “faithless traitors” who unlike the rest of GW don’t treat release schedules like state secrets.

Also, the helmeted version of Creed is so epically goofy.

**Wha-Mu-077**

Now who could this fine chap in the background be?

**Bobthehero**

The Kasrkin is just beautiful, can't wait to get a box of them

**JWBS**

Nice! I like that new Sentinel even more now.

**Pyroalchi**

While the sculpt is no beauty, I appreciate that they did not make Creed a 20 something aged supermodel.

**lord_blackfang**

So with the Sentinel now having symmetrical hardpoints, my money is on a variant with paired weapons, because GW cannot resist sticking more and more guns on everything.

**Sotahullu**

I actually like this Creed (although helmet is goofy).

**Segersgia**

The editing in the video kind of looked unfinished. They really had to rush this, it seems.

**nekooni**

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**caladancid**

Pyroalchi wrote:
While the sculpt is no beauty, I appreciate that they did not make Creed a 20 something aged supermodel.

I would appreciate it if they didn’t go to far extreme of making her a fat old lady with a bicycle helmet.