Petitioner's City

You might remember the Headsman, who went from something that would not work in the English language world, to a more generic scary metal mask. Or you might remember this giant of the viith legion, replaced by a smaller model?

Aww I got excited and hoped this was heresy :(

I think the best example I can think of are the wraithguard with blades in Angel Exterminatus, who predated the release of similarly equipped minis for 40k. Presumably McNeill either had seen the models, or concepts of them, during their development, and included them in his finale: or he realized the concept independently of the design studio, thus seemingly presaging their release.

I was surprised it's not a clearly mechanicus/um skull, though. But I imagine you are right?

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.