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I mean it wasn't clear, since you didn't make that clear? Marine chapters had special rules in the last two editions, didn't they? The chapter codices in late 8th, and then continuing into 9th, right? And then before that, in 3rd and 4th, was the heydey of "vanilla" chapter rules (the index Astartes era and then arguably in the doctrines era of 4th). Even more so, wasn't this was also a thing in 6th and 7th too, wasn't it, in chapter tactics (x) special rules then? It doesn't feel new, since it's part of marine history going back to 3rd :)

Oh good about Xenith, even if we don't get the three months between trailer and box, that timeline I feel does fit each summer release from the past few years (well from full box reveal in May to proper release in summer).

Something so new it started back in 2001 with index Astartes?

As worked out by the lovely Soravion on discord, the preview is likely the 22nd May at Dallas? The premium tickets have access to the preview on Thursday then https://web.cvent.com/event/4928ecba-01fb-4110-981d-1971e98f0847/websitePage:ad1e3211-142f-41e3-adf5-e0aa6afd4a41 Which is exciting but so far away!

If we ever do get to the Scouring that seems a good opportunity - but if the situation is the IP separation or financial speration between the games needs to be crystal clear, I'm not sure how they can include 40k races/models in 28mm Scouring at least?

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The designer who occasionally posts on the Merchant princelings discord is very clear heresy will remain its own thing.

Even if one disagrees, this is great analysis @INKS - reminds me of Eternal Hunt and Chaos Bunker. The eviscerator man seems to be based on the original eviscerator zealot from Necromunda's 1996 redemptionists

40k is fundamentally soaked in, grounded in, and much grows from typical scifi adaptations of christian imagery, history and practice (especially high church forms of Christianity and imagery of saints, angels, hell, etc). Given the whole team is based on ecclesiastical and saintly imagery, seems to odd say only one does? It's so on the nose for them all :)

I believe it's a carcharodons/"oceanic" allusion :)

Really not a fan of this mini as Nex. I just so much prefer his gorgeous black book art featured in the article. Overall I fell RG work well when more restrained - whereas this this is a preponderance of raven skulls and detail.

While Bligh was and remains eternally wonderful, it's always good to remember the IA books were written by multiple authors - and has a manner set up earlier than his contributions - Kinrade up to volume 8, as well as Wylie, Fox, Hoare *and* Bligh, among others. Bligh was such a good fit because he continued the framework and style established by Warwick Kinrade so so well. Badab remains a high point of his career, definitely, and among the obituaries written about him, the lovely one by French, his often co-writer, remains the most focused on Bligh as a writer (even if it lets French airbrush himself out of their many collaborations, contributing to the hagiographising Bligh himself didn't seem a fan of, and many say he wouldnt have appreciated) However id also encourage people to look out "early" Bligh - ie his work for Specialist Arms (eg Necromunda) - as well as his FFG work. Both also emphasize his collaborators and co-creators, just as FW does - Andy Hoare, John French, Owen Barnes and others. It feels like there is little written about the histories of these kind of projects, which is a real shame - and tends to blank out the people who played key roles too.

I can't help but thank of the kind of (tasteless?) body comedy of, for example, Chara Soon in Gundam ZZ Something that felt very weird watching it in 2024 - but of course was deliberate on the part of the makers, for a slapstick-approach. Often raging heroes and other things feel the same - but it doesn't stop them being a bit weird for most? Or indeed that "ick" element which is part of modern dialectics.

100%! But crime is BL's best recent series or setting full-stop.

Sometime this year :)