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The weird thing is, we got a rumor engine pic back in december that was a servoskull scribe (or toilet paper servo skull ), that was quickly identified as nearly identical to inquisitor Solomon Lok´s hangaround skull.
We have still not seen that servoskull , so there should be some inquisitor model, or even Solomon Lok incoming. Just weird they have not announced him.

 StudentOfEtherium wrote:

Spoiler:

with everything else going on, she's flying under the radar, but the box for Aveline that they have on the website is oddly non-standard with recent GW packaging. the "1 citadel miniature" at the bottom in particular stands out

Maybe it's due to the link to Black Library? Normal boxes just say "x miniatures" in the place the Black Library symbold is. The Horus Heresy boxes I have say "x Citadel miniatures" in the same place.

Maybe GW wants to make sure that people who historically think of resin miniatures when they think of Black Library or Forge World models are made aware that it's plastic?

 Shadow Walker wrote:

 RaptorusRex wrote:

 Scottywan82 wrote:
Watching it again, I really want to see what that massive pair of cannons are for.

The marketing copy articles beforehand mentioned some sort of superweapon, so perhaps it's that?

Yeah, it is what that Ork kommando nob saw.

Not that I'm doubting you, mind, but embiggened twin-linked earthshaker that shoots things that are really far away doesn't sound like a super weapon fit for causing the hubbub human and Tau command center staff are all stressed out about.

Are we sensing some quality writing coming our way again?

 StudentOfEtherium wrote:

with everything else going on, she's flying under the radar, but the box for Aveline that they have on the website is oddly non-standard with recent GW packaging. the "1 citadel miniature" at the bottom in particular stands out

I noted that the product on the GW store also said "Whilst stocks last" so I grabbed one fast off firestorm

 Fayric wrote:
The weird thing is, we got a rumor engine pic back in december that was a servoskull scribe (or toilet paper servo skull ), that was quickly identified as nearly identical to inquisitor Solomon Lok´s hangaround skull.
We have still not seen that servoskull , so there should be some inquisitor model, or even Solomon Lok incoming. Just weird they have not announced him.

The latest store pre-order stuff has this piece of art which has a somewhat similar thing, I'm not quite sure if it's new or not but I really don't remember seeing it before:

 Geifer wrote:


Are we sensing some quality writing coming our way again?

Would not exclude that possibility

 Fayric wrote:
so there should be some inquisitor model, or even Solomon Lok incoming. Just weird they have not announced him.

Lok died at Anphelion and GW only wants to update "living" characters.

 Scottywan82 wrote:
Watching it again, I really want to see what that massive pair of cannons are for.

the teaser 'excerpts' refer to a super-weapon that has been preventing the Tau from taking over a certain hiveworld system. with the Tau one talking about how brute forcing their way in would see the loss of a good chunk of their fleet. so i'd guess they're some sort of 'system defense guns', ground emplacements so big and powerful they can fire on warships across a whole solar system.

Sounds like GW is doing Guns of Navarone with an interstellar cannon.

 RaptorusRex wrote:

 Scottywan82 wrote:
Watching it again, I really want to see what that massive pair of cannons are for.

The marketing copy articles beforehand mentioned some sort of superweapon, so perhaps it's that?

Giant WW2 german stick grenades. SPACE stick grenades

Yeah we’re getting Vespid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN1j_nuE8Fw

Yep. That or kroot vultures now have double pairs of wings

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/08/12/blood-angels-reveals-angelic-visions-descend-to-rout-the-enemies-of-baal/




In Gold and Blood clad,T-Pose for dominance!

Mom, can we have St. Celestine?

No, we have St. Celestine at home.

St. Celestine at home:

NMM on the face plate is giving him a bumchun, like Kirk Douglas. Makes it look a bit weird.

Otherwise it’s just a pretty straight update of the original I think?

Kinda like the Sanguinary Guard. Loss of the wings is an odd choice though.

Yeah, they all feel pretty phoned in.

The Sanguinor is the closest the Blood Angels are getting to a Primarch (hopefully) and really needed a Primarch tier model, and that really isn't one. What happened to his mask?

The Guard are just a flat downgrade. At least they feel a bit more fluid than some other jump marines recently. But I think it's the bum bags on their waists that's actually worse than the wings, it makes them look bloated and fat.

Doesn't Jes do Marine proportionality checking any more?

Sanguinary Guard are a miss, due to the lack of wings.

Sanguinor is... uninspired, I guess? At least he kept the scrolls instead of a tactical rock.

Hmm? I thought GW had done away with the chunky stormcast models...

....ooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhh, they're blood angels! Never mind!

Guard being units of 3 (presumably upgradeable to 6) hurts. Looks like weapon upgrades are 1/3 now too - no mention of the plasma pistol option but the unit leader has an inferno pistol in the photos.

Was hoping to be able to build around the golden boy theme but unless they have a detachment which gives sanguinary guard battleline that won't even be remotely possible now.

So, about this part:

Warhammer Community wrote:... the Sanguinor is a mystery shrouded in an enigma, wrapped in gold armour, capped off with seraphic wings.

... very little is known about the Sanguinor…

Is that still true? I haven't followed anything Black Library did, but I believe he appeared in one or more stories. Did they steer clear of giving more information on him?

And if he's still so mysterious, who gave him Primaris juice?

Not keen on the helmets at all, they all look like they have baby faces. But with these reveals is this a possible indication that the army set will be the pre order announcement next Sunday?

I actually hate that they primarised the Sanguinors armor

He should be in heresy era gear

The Sanguinor is fine, not going to win any awards for me but still fine.

The Sanguinary Guard on the other are even worse than I thought and I already came to terms with them losing their wings since that has been in the rumours for a while now.
But they look like somebody just took Stormcast together with Jump Intercessor and called it a day, they are just missing any flavor for me.
Just look at the Inner Circle Compansions as the DA equivalent and they scream DA to me. These do not do the same for BA

On top of the face being off (the "hair" in particular is gross), I dislike that the head isn't looking upwards like in the previous model. It was a nice posing touch that gave it a bit more air of divinity

Reg sanguinary guard heads aren't bad per se but are a downgrade from the current (and worse than stormcast heads). The wings are the biggest letdown. They coulda done a lot more than what they did, those little decorative wing finals are frankly lame and insulting.

These must've been sculpted by the sane intern who did coteaz.

The face and the scrolls ruin it for me.

The scrolls look so bad when compared to those of the original, it looks like whoever designed the model just couldn't be bothered to make them look in any way realistic.

Also, something undefinable has been lost in the transition from resin model to plastic model, the new one just looks so stiff, even though it's the same pose

I dont actually hate these ones as much as I thought, Especially the move that caps base SG unit size to 3 models. I absolutely detested the "BA lists" of yore which were nothing but SG spam. Good riddance

It's not quite the same pose. It's like someone glanced at the present and then resculpted it for memory, completely missing any of the specific details of the original pose that gave it character (upwards facing head, arms slightly turned up to the heavens, etc.). New model is just posed stiffly facing fully forward rather than capturing the feeling of something divinely descending from the heavens.

Wow. He looks like Zac Efron after all that bad plastic surgery. The Sanguinary Guard are also underwhelming for sure.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Yeah we’re getting Vespid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN1j_nuE8Fw

but i heard some very convincing arguments saying it wasn't vespids! how could "nuh uh" be wrong?