Leagues of Votann Initial 1st April 2022 reveal, new lore & articles discussion

[Wispy]

Squats should launch with at least one of each unit type.

 

HQ, Troops, Elite, Fast Attack, Heavy Support.

 

Assuming the HQ can be taken more than once, that gives the ability to create any of the standard detachments right off the bat.

 

Troop: Hearthkyn Warriors

HQ: Hearthkyn Prime

Elite: Hearthkyn Veterans

Fast Attack: Hearthkyn Sprinters

Heavy Support: 3 Hearthkyn in a trench coat.

Edited April 28, 2022 by Wispy

[DesuVult]

FA will be bikenators

[phandaal]

 

Fast Attack: Hearthkyn Sprinters

 

 

 

Very dangerous over short distances!

[Burni]

I think the trike FA choice will be called ‘kin fast bikes

[Mandragola]

Maybe the new Exo armour will be spherical, allowing the squats to roll into the enemy - naturally inflicting a bunch of mortal wounds in the process.

[TrawlingCleaner]

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[Rusted Boltgun]

They strongly hinted we will see more kyn on Friday, so I guess either a prospector gang for necromunda or, more likely, a Leagues kill team.

The Kill Team Core Rules mentions skirmishes on spacecraft so I'm hoping for Kyn on a Hulk.

That would be at odds with a trike though.

Edited May 4, 2022 by Rusted Boltgun

[sitnam]

 

They strongly hinted we will see more kyn on Friday, so I guess either a prospector gang for necromunda or, more likely, a Leagues kill team.

The Kill Team Core Rules mentions skirmishes on spacecraft so I'm hoping for Kyn on a Hulk.

That would be at odds with a trike though.

Given the way new KT works, I'm really hoping a future expansion gives rules for fighting light vehicles and medium sized monsters, and I think you could fit something like this trike in

[Lord Marshal]

Another lore article.

[Joe]

Kin are straight up Sontarans. I love it.

 

Sontar-ha!

[Shinespider]

The clone stuff is neat. 

 

I wonder what the twist will be. Maybe the Skeins are slowly degrading?

 

Kin are straight up Sontarans. I love it.

 

Sontar-ha!

 

Actually, if that's the setting you're looking at, the Timelords themselves are a closer match. They're born from "looms" which contain a huge amount of biological data and draw upon that to weave unique beings. The Sontarans, on the other hand, are all nearly identical, which is very specifically not the case for the Kyn. 

Edited May 10, 2022 by Shinespider

[Guest Triszin]

Votann are....

 

Men of stone ...?

 

 

Aww yaaaaa

[Mazer Rackham]

Well, I have to say my interest is now dead.

 

Best wishes for those still aboard the Votann train (or hoverbike/ladies leg trimmer/lawn mower?).

[phandaal]

Not even Hoggle and his street sweeper can dim my enthusiasm.

 

Clones seem like a neat concept, and a good way to explain why Squats stay Squatty even when they leave their high gravity worlds.

 

Edit - wait, this means that in 40k, Dwarves really DO spring from holes in the ground. The memes are real!

Edited May 10, 2022 by phandaal

[Robbienw]

Votann are....

 

Men of stone ...?

 

 

Aww yaaaaa

 

Go to be!  Their souls being dimmer to the warp fits and other gene engineering to make them better at space travel, close relationship with men of iron, etc.

[Cyrox]

Well, didn't see that one coming!

[Redcomet]

The art piece of the planet miner/breaker thing looks awesome.

 

That they are genetically engineered and bred is a cool concept. Very Battletech Clan phenotype ish

[Iron Father Ferrum]

Very Battletech Clan phenotype ish

That's where my mind went at first too

[Scribe]

Interesting, and another mystery 'solved'.

[Preliminary Bombardment]

That's cool, cloning would be a reasonable way of managing population size on a generation ship.

[ThePenitentOne]

Very happy that there are a lot of people still on board- I want the Votann to be successful and make people happy, even if I don't like them.

 

I was okay with the clean armour, I like the fluff that we've seen and I really like the Necromunda Miners. The trike had some features I liked- the photoshop pic floating around that gives the trike wheels and the driver a beard was awesome- I would have preordered 3. 

 

I don't dislike all GW hover- eldar got it right, Custodes bikes look good, I like first born land speeders, and I could even live with primaris landspeeders... But I can't get behind the primaris and admech hover tanks, and this trike. And it's a shame, because while the trike is just one model, it sets an aesthetic, and if the army includes two wheeled bikes they too will likely follow the replace-wheels-with-fans style as well. 

 

If the army is viable without hover bikes, there might still be enough about the army I like and I might still buy in. But if the Trike's aesthetic is is central to the larger army, I'm probably going to save money on these guys which I can redirect to other armies that are looking a little sparse at the moment.

[MithrilForge]

Still Onboard    I'll make my own Fluff if i don't like how it goes anyway 

 

Mithril

[Guest Triszin]

If they truly End up being men of stone I'm hyped.

 

But it all comes down to the aesthetics. And innovation/new ideas.

[Dont-Be-Haten]

I think it makes for a great back story. I really can't wait to have this army. I think it is different enough to feel both Imperial and xenos.

 

It also has that feel of being able to develop a great army with tons of variability and won't be just codex marines vs codex marines.

[MithrilForge]

True, it feels like it hovers (pun intended) between imperial and Xenos .

I think my colour scheme theme will be fallout 4 inspired !.

 

Mithril