Mk. IX Armour?

[AndrewChristlieb]

It could just be that mark 9 armor is going to be another suit for these new marines. Like the walking dudes use mk10, but jp guys have a mk9 with better integrated jump packs then the older armors? We really won't know till GW says though.

[Race Bannon]

Or maybe MkIX is the next suit for the revamped non-Primaris marines because ... Hope.

[Xenith]

MkIX is the one Grombrindal is wearing in the limited edition WD model.

[Race Bannon]

There can be only one ...

SOLVED!

[IronDrake28]

MkIX is the one Grombrindal is wearing in the limited edition WD model.

Nah that's MKXXXXXX dude. We're back to square one!

[SickSix]

Be on the lookout for a new FW release post 8th launch.

 

Minotaurs in MkIX armor that are somewhere between regular marine and primaris sized.

 

^wild unfounded guesswork.

 

But seriously, they could be throwing FW a bone with this.

[Arkangilos]

Or it could be for the next normal marine sets ;)

[Brother Tyler]

Pretty sure GK power armor is Mk9 Aegis.

 

SJ

This is my guess, too.

[jeffersonian000]

In a side by side, you can see the progression from MkVIII Erant to GK Aegis to MkX Gravis. As Aegis is produced by the AdMech, and the AdMech produce both the Erant and Gravis, it's not a stretch to think Aegis is the missing MkIX.

 

SJ

[Ryltar Thamior]

Although I'd thought that Aegis armour was actually developed *before* Mk.VIII - and that, if anything, Mk.VIII incorporates features which were first seen in mass production on the Aegis [like the raised collars etc]. 

Now, to be fair, there ARE artist depictions of what *appears* to be Mk.VIII-ish armour in-use during or before the HEresy [the Index Astartes article on Imperial Fists, is the best example for this]. 

But yeah, it seems curious that Aegis Armour - which is decidedly a non-mainstream pattern of plate for highly specialized use - would be assigned a production mark. 

And whilst we don't have full information as to whe whens and whenfores for either Aegis or Mk.VIII plate's production and distribution - the numbers available and in circulation for the Chapters in M.41 rather strongly implies that it is a more recent innovation (of the last few centuries or at most a millennium or two), whereas Aegis armour appears to have been in-use with fluff depictions of the Grey Knights about as far back as we can tell. 

Although this all gets a bit thrown around by the idea that Mk.X armour has been apparently in development for the last ten millennia on Mars or something [i'm not fully o-fay with the Gathering Storm fluff].

An additional possibility is that the 'Gravis Armour' [the 'not-terminator' plate of the Primaris Captain] will wind up representing Mk.IX - however,  given Terminator armours are a side-development and not generally given main armour mk.s, it's' unlikely. 

[House Taranis]

I was wondering, with the Primaris Marines coming out with Mark X armour, what happened to mark IX? Did GW forget how to count or was there something that I missed? Please tell me if I missed a space marine codex only release or if I am making sense.

[Grotsmasha]

You haven't missed anything, GW haven't released any info on mkIX as of yet. I suspect we'll see it in th New Edition, either with Primaris Marines, or regular Marines.

 

Cheers,

Jono

[Paikis]

I'm betting the marines in mk IX armour were the proof of concept for primaris... and they went rogue and joined chaos.

[BitsHammer]

Gravis could be the MkIX version, but since they haven,t said so we don't know for sure.

[Guest Triszin]

honestly, I am fulling the Alpha legion to show up with mark 9 armor. when GW finaly does them, and have the lore be the alpha legion stole the plans and destroyed the backups, making cawl start from scratch

[Olis]

Gravis could be the MkIX version, but since they haven,t said so we don't know for sure.

I myself had assumed Gravis to be MkIX but it seems Gravis power armour is merely a modification of the MkX Tacticus suits. So what exactly MkIX is, is anyone's guess.