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Why does being the latest overall "big bad" matter, though? That's only really been a thing for the last three boxes, and there's an argument for it only really being true for Leviathan as a wide-spread threat.

Death Guard were basically concentrated on the small area near Ultramar, while for Necrons is was mostly to do with the Pariah Nexus.

Lets not forget a LOT of the main campaign events often just revolve around a key system or planet. The last was a single world Chaos was die hard trying to secure to cut the Imperium in Half.

That's well within the capabilities of any faction in the game. Even Genestealer Cults, who are likely the smallest single organised group compared to the rest, can manage to take whole systems.


It's all about location and timing. Dark Eldar are no way near big enough to take on the whole Imperium - can they target a few key worlds and throw the Imperium into confusion and panic - oh yes.
Can Tau rip a whole in space and time (by accident) and suddenly a whole expansionist fleet is attacking in inner Mechanicum world - yes.
Can Genestealer Cults grow on a major resource mining world; critical for the supply of raw materials for a whole cornerstone of the Imperium war machine - yes.

Heck Votaan have quite an established set of worlds near the Core.




You don't have to have the potential to eat the entire Galaxy to be the big-bad for a single edition; esp as editions are only 3 years now. If anything having more minor events actually works out better narrative wise. GW can easily back themselves into a corner with super-mega events

Dark Eldar are the faction that has gotten the closest to the Golden Throne!

GSC are possibly the most nerfarious threat.

All you need to at least start a world’s doom is a single Cult Member that has an ovipositor? And its influence will begin to spread, creating instant total loyalty, one infectee at a time.

Memory fails me on when that little biological tool is usually phased out across the generations, but it needn’t be a Purestrain.

A single individual, finding themselves on a new world.

Sure it’s a slow process. But that one individual can still kick the whole process off. And they’re not limited to a single infectee.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
GSC are possibly the most nerfarious threat.

All you need to at least start a world’s doom is a single Cult Member that has an ovipositor? And its influence will begin to spread, creating instant total loyalty, one infectee at a time.

Memory fails me on when that little biological tool is usually phased out across the generations, but it needn’t be a Purestrain.

A single individual, finding themselves on a new world.

Sure it’s a slow process. But that one individual can still kick the whole process off. And they’re not limited to a single infectee.

The maps in the GSC codexes do show Holy Terra as hosting a cult!

 Shakalooloo wrote:
Dark Eldar are the faction that has gotten the closest to the Golden Throne!

I'm sure the Mechanicus has gotten closer

Custodes?

Many potato cams have died to bring us this information


Also F in the chat for whatever natural disaster and/or AI tomfoolery transpired for this box to protrude from an exploded shipping palette but I guess it wasn't that bad if folks had time to stop and take photos.

Just a fake mock up Imho.

Uncentered logo, drawn background instead of picture.

Not even going to mention that Cardboard type or even the plastic wrap on the pic aren't used by GW in their products.

Veeery much AI slop

I would find it funny if GW was lighting AI backfires with AI altered images of real product.

I totally blanked on the same gak happening with the World Eaters fake a while back.

 Lord Perversor wrote:
Just a fake mock up Imho.

Uncentered logo, drawn background instead of picture.

Not even going to mention that Cardboard type or even the plastic wrap on the pic aren't used by GW in their products.

Another key clue is 'Demon Lord'. GW would refer to him as a 'Demon Primarch'.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
I totally blanked on the same gak happening with the World Eaters fake a while back.

The surgeon was a much better fake imo. They got the right sort of text in the right places, there wasn't obvious anatomical issues like this attempt has.

I suppose the realy message behind this is that this could be normal from now on. Someone knocking up fake product images via chat prompts when bored on a lunch break and dumping them out to troll.

It's going to get much harder in the future to tell them apart I think. Which, oddly, is great news for GW.

I'm still upset that the Sly Marbo Combat Patrol wasn't real.

Will the real Peter Turbo please stand up!

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/ycu7gzna/the-new-year-preview-revealed-the-eye-of-terror/

Gallery images may shown Perturabo, Mutilator and Defiler.

Possibly a basic iron warrior or upgrade sprue pad as well

Also, and you’ll have to manage your own expectations on this one? But from the Heresy Custards article…

Heresy Custards on Warhammer Community wrote:We’ve dropped a few hints that some of these models are also perfect for using in Warhammer 40,000 and it’s entirely true. A rules update for the Adeptus Custodes is set for later this year. But several of these new miniatures are already perfectly suitable to represent current units in Warhammer 40,000.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Also, and you’ll have to manage your own expectations on this one? But from the Heresy Custards article…

Heresy Custards on Warhammer Community wrote:We’ve dropped a few hints that some of these models are also perfect for using in Warhammer 40,000 and it’s entirely true. A rules update for the Adeptus Custodes is set for later this year. But several of these new miniatures are already perfectly suitable to represent current units in Warhammer 40,000.

My god! Encouraging us to use models from one game in another? Scandalous!


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 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Will the real Peter Turbo please stand up!

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/ycu7gzna/the-new-year-preview-revealed-the-eye-of-terror/

Gallery images may shown Perturabo, Mutilator and Defiler.

I love that the Mutilator is a looking like a Centurion warsuit. And I really want that big claw to be a new Defiler.

Not massively sold on Huron or his cabal but the Raiders and the Reave Captain look great. They'd probably make excellent Night Lords combined with the Kill Team parts.

I wonder if there's any chance the eye of terror book launches leman Russ as well.

They pitted angron against the lion, a match up that wasn't a HH one, so maybe it's perturabo vs leman Russ.

Certainly there's no better time for him than a book specifically about the eye of terror where he supposedly is.

 Hellebore wrote:
I wonder if there's any chance the eye of terror book launches leman Russ as well.

They pitted angron against the lion, a match up that wasn't a HH one, so maybe it's perturabo vs leman Russ.

Certainly there's no better time for him than a book specifically about the eye of terror where he supposedly is.

Alternatively? Lorgar vs. Corax. There's certainly some beef there to explore.

I doubt they are going to release 2 primarchs at the same time.

Where are people seeing Perturabo? I see Mutilator, Defiled, and Iron Warrior upgrade sprue parts.

 Abadabadoobaddon wrote:
Where are people seeing Perturabo? I see Mutilator, Defiled, and Iron Warrior upgrade sprue parts.

The two shoulder mount weapons on a Cataphractii looking body is either Perturabo or a Terminator Warsmith in plastic.

Huron Blackheart and the Masters of the Maelstrom

Red Corsair Raiders

Reave-Captain

Battleforce

Upgrades


Prince Yriel

Skyreavers

Kharseth

Vyper

Starfang

Battleforce

Some of those Red Corsairs would make excellent Space Marine Characters for the Marines Malevolent.

Now, I want new Chaos Raptors with Claw Feets and the Helmet Design of those Metal ones from 2002.

there is there a lore reason or whats the point of the Starfang having in the rare arc? (so only 90° line of sight in the back?)

 kodos wrote:
there is there a lore reason or whats the point of the Starfang having in the rare arc? (so only 90° line of sight in the back?)

From what I've seen, that's the tureets stowed position. The vyoer has it extended and turned in an active attack position.