40K Assassins Gone from GW Website

[Kharn13]

Sorry if this is old news, but I noticed none of the 40K assassins are on the website? Agents of the Imperium incoming?

[Wormwoods]

I dunno, those are pretty recent sculpts, aren't they? 

 

...2015? Really? Huh. Well, that could be happening, sure. More interested in a multipart Inquisitor kit, that's my INQ28 white whale, can you imagine the BITS?

[grailkeeper]

That's what they want you to think...

[TrawlingCleaner]

Possibly being reboxed for the Agents Codex? I kind of expect them to be reboxed so that they're all in the same box

[Mogger351]

Coteaz who is also rumoured for an Agents release is still up however.

[skylerboodie]

Valrak's latest rumour video mentions that Deathwatch Combat Patrol has moved to 'Sold Out Online' (and rumour that it appears Deathwatch ARE being rolled up into Agents) so looks like Assassins may be similar ivo Agents release; surprised they're gone completely though, not just showing as 'sold out'.

[Wormwoods]

59 minutes ago, skylerboodie said:

(and rumour that it appears Deathwatch ARE being rolled up into Agents)

Everything's coming up Wormwoods.

[darkhorse0607]

1 hour ago, skylerboodie said:

Valrak's latest rumour video mentions that Deathwatch Combat Patrol has moved to 'Sold Out Online' (and rumour that it appears Deathwatch ARE being rolled up into Agents) so looks like Assassins may be similar ivo Agents release; surprised they're gone completely though, not just showing as 'sold out'.

Why do I feel like my dream of getting an updated Deathwatch Kill Team kit similar to the firstborn one is getting more and more unlikely

[Cleon]

8 minutes ago, darkhorse0607 said:

Why do I feel like my dream of getting an updated Deathwatch Kill Team kit similar to the firstborn one is getting more and more unlikely

I think it will happen, but probably not until the 12th edition Agents codex unfortunately.... 

[Joe]

If we were really lucky they'd roll Grey Knights in as well. Cutting down the number of elite faction army rosters really needs to be prioritised.

 

In a similar vein, I'm fully expecting Custodes to disappear from 30k or 40k in the next five to ten years, in line with how AoS is handling things.

[Brother Borgia]

I think @Chapter Master Valrak mentioned new assassins too, but I thought they would be new new, not just refresh. 
 

https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxtw_vVn5tjOuOwpL596pCxDSlCL5mT8At?si=A814PvN9Gjew5aJP

[Special Officer Doofy]

10 minutes ago, Joe said:

In a similar vein, I'm fully expecting Custodes to disappear from 30k or 40k in the next five to ten years, in line with how AoS is handling things.

 

*please be 40k, please be 40k*

 

Edited July 9 by Special Officer Doofy

[DemonGSides]

33 minutes ago, Joe said:

If we were really lucky they'd roll Grey Knights in as well. Cutting down the number of elite faction army rosters really needs to be prioritised.

 

In a similar vein, I'm fully expecting Custodes to disappear from 30k or 40k in the next five to ten years, in line with how AoS is handling things.

 

I agree with the top two sentences. I don't think Custodes are going anywhere, though. It would be an interesting addition to the idea of a more generalized "Imperium" faction.

 

If 40K did grand alliances like AoS did that could be interesting. Probably a lot harder to balance. 

[Wormwoods]

Yeah, I can't see Custodes going away. Would I rather they, alongside Deathwatch and Grey Knights existed only as single-squad additions to other Imperium armies, as flavourful little weirdos suitable for certain matchups?

 

Yes. Yes, I would like that very much. I'll settle for just Deathwatch, though. I look forward to them still being playable in a form not unlike the Kroot in the recent T'au codex, a detachment all their own for when they're not being used as an addition to someone's Guard or Sisters army.

[Toxichobbit]

1 hour ago, Special Officer Doofy said:

 

*please be 40k, please be 40k*

 

 

That'd be a disaster. 40k will still be around in 10 years so the Custodes will stay around. I doubt 30k will last that long.

[Lord Marshal]

22 minutes ago, Toxichobbit said:

 

That'd be a disaster. 40k will still be around in 10 years so the Custodes will stay around. I doubt 30k will last that long.

 

30k survived the post-8th period when every influencer was screaming "it NEEDS to adopt 8th edition rules or it's DEAD!" and the playerbase was at an all time low, only to bounce back with a vengeance in 2022.

 

Heresy'll be fine. 

 

Edited July 9 by Lord Marshal

[Emperor Ming]

Prob a repackage for the agents codex and a price increase, naturally

 

Then gw will be like, surprise! agents codex, who would have guessed right?

 

Entire community: 

[Lord Marshal]

Maybe they're getting bundled into an Execution Force box together again? 

[Robbienw]

2 hours ago, Joe said:

I'm fully expecting Custodes to disappear from 30k or 40k in the next five to ten years, in line with how AoS is handling things.

 

This is a ridiculous take.

 

Custodes are a high profile integral part of 30k.

 

They've become a high profile part of 40k.

[Mogger351]

Just now, Robbienw said:

 

This is a ridiculous take.

 

Custodes are a high profile integral part of 30k.

 

They've become a high profile part of 40k.

There is precedence of them replacing core units with newer versions to move the old ones back to the other game. It'd be like getting new wardens/guardians and the current kits going over to HH only.

[ZeroWolf]

On one hand, it'd be weird if only Deathwatch was rolled into Agents of the Imperium, but on the other, I think Grey Knights are more popular (according to rumours, it seems they'll still get an individual codex release...for now).

 

As for Custodes, can't see GW ditching them any time soon, they'll be more likely to get rescaled than vanishing. 

[Kharn13]

I think just Deathwatch being rolled in fits the bill. Some kill teams to give Agents some access to elite marines. 

[Marshal Reinhard]

I could see new assassin sculpts coming, they seem to have been some of the last plastic human models in the old scale.

 

The vindicare looks especially short and stocky compared to the newer warhammer+ exclusive version:

 

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[DemonGSides]

My local place has a bunch of them in blister packs. Maybe I should finally jump. I don't really love any of them besides the Vindicator. Love a big ass rifle. 

[conscriptboris]

3 hours ago, Toxichobbit said:

 

That'd be a disaster. 40k will still be around in 10 years so the Custodes will stay around. I doubt 30k will last that long.

 

HH been fully supported since 2012, big cult following prior. I reckon it will last 10 years. The fringe stuff will be gone (Necro/KT/Imperialis) etc I reckon.