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 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Solarite Gauntlet for Aquilon Terminators maybe?

It doesn't look quite right for Custodes in terms of shape, overall design and symbol. The bulk is there, otherwise I'd say this is a slam dunk for the Guard.

Who am I kidding, this is for yet another Space Marine named character coming up.

Guessing base decoration. What’s up with the knuckles and the bulge in the top right? Looks like it;s detached/broken/stripped for parts.

Very similar to the recent store anniversary Catachan Colonel power fist with the overall square shape, aquila at the elbow end and the exposed knuckle pistons.

I'm thinking Guard as well, new character or some such?

It's fancier than the Power Fists in the Command Squads, so I'm guessing an officer of some sort or special character.

Either Yarrick or Iron Hand could've gotten upgrades, but both limbs are right arms, so that rules them out.


I think insul almost got it right: Catachan could be updated next edition.

My guess is another commissar sculpt. The one in the krieg box has a power fist, the generic standalone commissar does not. Similar piston design to the krieg commissar as well but similar decorative elements to the generic commissar’s chest plate I think

The first legion-specific Saturnine upgrade sprue!

My money would be on Catachans but it could also be Tempestus Scions maybe?

The open knuckle design is consistently used across Cadian, Krieg, and Catachan powerfists.

It's almost certainly guard, hopefully new Catachans.

 xttz wrote:
The open knuckle design is consistently used across Cadian, Krieg, and Catachan powerfists.

It's almost certainly guard, hopefully new Catachans.

It feels too fancy for Catachans, I’d expect it to be more utilitarian. It’s fancier than the command squad ones for Cadian and Krieg which doesn’t feel right for Catachans.


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 Nevelon wrote:
Guessing base decoration. What’s up with the knuckles and the bulge in the top right? Looks like it;s detached/broken/stripped for parts.

That’s what the knuckles look like on IG power fists.

The fist of the Yarrick dread.

Just like to point towards this power fist on the Catachan colonel.

Which other regiment has fancy trim?
Scions maybe?
A tempestus scion marshal might be a thing…

 Olthannon wrote:


Just like to point towards this power fist on the Catachan colonel.

Or this one on the Cadian command squad, or this one on the Krieg one…

It’s defo IG, it’s not Catachan specific and I’d be very surprised if this fancy glove was a Catachan model (unless it’s a Commissar).

Is that style of winged skull on anything else?

I notice it's different from the Catachan PFist & the Krieg Officer chestplate above.

It looks kinda like the one on the Tempestus scion banner, but with the wings turned vertical.

Edit: also that commissar chest plate.

 ImAGeek wrote:

 Olthannon wrote:


Just like to point towards this power fist on the Catachan colonel.

Or this one on the Cadian command squad, or this one on the Krieg one…

It’s defo IG, it’s not Catachan specific and I’d be very surprised if this fancy glove was a Catachan model (unless it’s a Commissar).

It doesn't strike me as outside the realms of possibility that we'd get a Catachan squad for Kill Team soon. We don't have many rumours left (other than the nebulous Exodites and Gray Knights that are supposedly coming at some point) and the next set will presumably get revealed at Adepticon too.

I'd love to see a Catachan Devils kill team as a veteran melee guard unit, then feed into a full catachan redo like kreig did.

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
I'd love to see a Catachan Devils kill team as a veteran melee guard unit, then feed into a full catachan redo like kreig did.

Catachan Devils vs. a squad of Von Ryan’s Leapers in a new set of jungle terrain, using the old “everything is jungle” terrain rules from 4th (I think) edition. It would make the perfect KT big box, which is why it will never happen.

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
I'd love to see a Catachan Devils kill team as a veteran melee guard unit, then feed into a full catachan redo like kreig did.

I think we might even see them as the integrated "heavy weapons" guard. The guy carrying a heavy bolter like Harker or the old Mike McVey Golden Daemon entry with options for missile launcher & autocannon (ala Bragg) feels like it would be perfect for Kill Team, and also make them stand out a little more against the other two (whilst also grandfathering in some older players squad loadouts).

 Tastyfish wrote:

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
I'd love to see a Catachan Devils kill team as a veteran melee guard unit, then feed into a full catachan redo like kreig did.

I think we might even see them as the integrated "heavy weapons" guard. The guy carrying a heavy bolter like Harker or the old Mike McVey Golden Daemon entry with options for missile launcher & autocannon (ala Bragg) feels like it would be perfect for Kill Team, and also make them stand out a little more against the other two (whilst also grandfathering in some older players squad loadouts).

I admittedly kind of hope they don't do that, if only because carrying around a Heavy Bolter like that was specifically Harker's thing due to the man being a freak of nature and basically a Space Marine. If they all got Harkers in every squad it would make it too "normal".

Maybe a flamer or heavy stubber as a special weapon, and a heavy flamer or missile launcher as a heavy? Then a special melee guy with a power fist or eviscerator

Maybe not a heavy bolter, but a heavy stubber with a big bandolier or a SAW multilaser or something would be terrific. If it is going to be new Catachan I beg GW to not shirk on the 80s action hero stuff and give them all sorts of ludicrous special weapons.

Is there any squad heavy weapon more Catachan than a minigun? Call it a heavy stubber if you must, but a rotor cannon backed with a heavy flamer? Dooo iiit!

 Mr_Rose wrote:
Is there any squad heavy weapon more Catachan than a minigun? Call it a heavy stubber if you must, but a rotor cannon backed with a heavy flamer? Dooo iiit!

Good news, there's precedent for this: the Rotor Cannon!

Peep the bottom lad.

 Ashiraya wrote:


I admittedly kind of hope they don't do that, if only because carrying around a Heavy Bolter like that was specifically Harker's thing due to the man being a freak of nature and basically a Space Marine. If they all got Harkers in every squad it would make it too "normal".

Is it really Harker's "thing" when both Ox from the Last Chancers and "Try Again" Bragg did it before him?

There's precedent for it is the point.

Aren't those heavy stubbers? Those are substantially less heavy and powerful than heavy bolters. For example, they aren't even Heavy if Space Marines take them in 30k as part of Weapons of Desperation.

Heavy stubbers are basically just WW2-era machine guns in SPACE.

Bragg carries an AUTOCANNON in one Gaunt's story.

If they receuited street punks from necromunda they could walk around with h-bolters lascannons or whatever.
In the guard its probably a matter of resources, and not putting expencive weapons in the hands of expendable grunts.