40k Emperor's Children Render Teaser

[Deus_Ex_Machina]

No crab claws and bull horns?! Honestly this has the trappings of a scam.

[Dr_Ruminahui]

30 minutes ago, Deus_Ex_Machina said:

No crab claws and bull horns?! Honestly this has the trappings of a scam.

 Well, given that those things aren't likely to be on the shoulder pads, I think there is still plenty of opportunity for those to appear in future renders given that one would expect them to appear below and above, respectively, the teased parts.  

[GenerationTerrorist]

Oh, Slaanesh, you dirty tease 

[redmapa]

With how hard GW is riding nostalgia these days  I have serious hopes for DOOOMRIIIIIDDDEEEEEEEERRRRR! Maybe EC will update chaos bikers!

 

TEASE ME MORE GW, I NEED IT!

[grailkeeper]

5 hours ago, jaxom said:

Interesting. They don’t really strike me as matching a preexisting mark.

Looks like Mark 3 to me, albeit modified.

[The Praetorian of Inwit]

Neat.

[Borbarad]

Interesting change in the EC iconography. Previously it was a corrupted talon now it’s a crescent holding some round shape. 
 

The crescent is occasionally present in Slannesh iconography so I guess the change makes sense. The round shape might be some pearl or jewel, also prominent amongst Slannesh followers. 

Edited November 13 by Borbarad

[DeadFingers]

42 minutes ago, redmapa said:

With how hard GW is riding nostalgia these days  I have serious hopes for DOOOMRIIIIIDDDEEEEEEEERRRRR! Maybe EC will update chaos bikers!

 

TEASE ME MORE GW, I NEED IT!

Sadly it doesn't seem like that's going to be the case, at least for the time being. Although now that the boys in pink are getting their own Codex, there's a non-zero chance ol' Doomrider comes back in the future, as part of the character releases for some narrative series or as the mandatory one (1) model release alongside a future edition's Codex.

 

As for Bikers, their odd omission from the couple of refreshes undivided CSM have gotten, alongside the Defiler (also tanks but they're a bit different with how they're tied to the loyalist kits), and with some of the rumour engines out there, have me all tinfoiled up thinking there's going to be another undivided CSM wave in the future, leaning fully into the mechanical part of the roster, something Vashtorr's being a herald of. But that's a topic for another thread.

Edited November 13 by DeadFingers

[01RTB01]

11 minutes ago, Borbarad said:

Interesting change in the EC iconography. Previously it was a corrupted talon now it’s a crescent holding some round shape. 
 

The crescent is occasionally present in Slannesh iconography so I guess the change makes sense. The round shape might be some pearl or jewel, also prominent amongst Slannesh followers. 

 

https://images.app.goo.gl/xW4ycX9c2u7Ptu9G8

 

Arguably it's a corrupted version of what can be seen here. Possibility of variety. Looks decent though in my humble view.

[Special Officer Doofy]

I like how the person that said:

 

7 hours ago, DeadFingers said:

Inject them straight into my veins.

 

Told the person that said:

 

7 hours ago, skylerboodie said:

I hope they are from a bespoke kit and doesn't just end up being an upgrade sprue to the CSM squad.

 

To chill. If anyone is over reacting, it's the guy that said "Inject them straight into my veins" to a picture of 3 shoulder pads.

 

[Ammonius]

6 minutes ago, Special Officer Doofy said:

I like how the person that said:

 

 

Told the person that said:

 

 

To chill. If anyone is over reacting, it's the guy that said "Inject them straight into my veins" to a picture of 3 shoulder pads.

 

Oh I don't know. Somehow "extreme" responses feel appropriate for a Slaaneshi tease :)

 

I think the winged claw is just a variation of the Emperor's Children icon, and these 3 look awesome.

[Wispy]

Turns out those are cod pieces, not shoulder pads

[WrathOfTheLion]

I do hope there's bespoke infantry/Legionnaires, as it allows more gradation in the army if composed with the existing Legionnaires. Can have more basic squads, some mixed and bespoke squads to add visual interest.

 

I very much enjoyed using some normal CSM as the basis for some Khorne Berserkers for World Eaters.

Edited November 13 by WrathOfTheLion

[01RTB01]

Based on the valrak rumours we're getting noise marines and legionnaires. If the latter is the current chaos marine sprue with night lord levels of upgrades alongside a full noise marine kit, that could be quite fun.

 

Fun times ahead (unless you're my bank balance)

[RS1169]

World eaters were teased using renders in May of 2022 and then the subsequent release was spring 2023. So I’d say we have 8-10 months if they follow the same pattern 

[LSM]

23 minutes ago, 01RTB01 said:

Based on the valrak rumours we're getting noise marines and legionnaires. If the latter is the current chaos marine sprue with night lord levels of upgrades alongside a full noise marine kit, that could be quite fun.

 

IIRC the "EC Legionaries" were said by Valrak to look like the old art, which I don't think you can do with an upgrade sprue. The old art is covered in speakers, ornate faces, studded leathers, bondage straps, embossed flames, enlarged optics, pipes, tubes, drug feeds, etc. such that I don't think you could do justice to it with some shoulder pads and heads.

[StrangerOrders]

I find myself really curious what mark the EC are going to be wearing as, so far, all of the mono-god legions have had a particular mark assigned to them.

 

WE = MKV

DG = MKIII

TS = MKIV

 

Their Heresy range is closely associated with MKIV with a recent pivot fluff pivot to MKVI. 

 

I had been previously assuming that they would be MKVI as it's entire bit is being lighter and having a more advanced sensory suite, EC-things. I believe it was also what the older editions had on them iirc, which would appeal to the honoured ancients. 

 

But those are, as others have noticed, MKIII at best and do not have the right orientation for MKVI (which usually places the Legion emblem on the right shoulder).

 

GW might break their old pattern or maybe give them some new mark randomly but I do find myself curious what they are planning.

 

While I have quite a few EC in MKIII it would be so very strange to have the EC 40k range to have the same armour language as the DG...

[01RTB01]

23 minutes ago, StrangerOrders said:

I find myself really curious what mark the EC are going to be wearing as, so far, all of the mono-god legions have had a particular mark assigned to them.

 

WE = MKV

DG = MKIII

TS = MKIV

 

Their Heresy range is closely associated with MKIV with a recent pivot fluff pivot to MKVI. 

 

I had been previously assuming that they would be MKVI as it's entire bit is being lighter and having a more advanced sensory suite, EC-things. I believe it was also what the older editions had on them iirc, which would appeal to the honoured ancients. 

 

But those are, as others have noticed, MKIII at best and do not have the right orientation for MKVI (which usually places the Legion emblem on the right shoulder).

 

GW might break their old pattern or maybe give them some new mark randomly but I do find myself curious what they are planning.

 

While I have quite a few EC in MKIII it would be so very strange to have the EC 40k range to have the same armour language as the DG...

Aye, mkiv and vi seem to be the way. Guess we'll see. My biggest hope is for a variety of looks to the sonic weapons and not just the same style of sonic blaster for all...

[LSM]

34 minutes ago, StrangerOrders said:

Their Heresy range is closely associated with MKIV with a recent pivot fluff pivot to MKVI. 

 

Jes Goodwin's ~1990 sketches explicitly call out DG as MkII/III, TS as MkIV, WE as MkV, and EC as MkVI/VII.

 

Edited November 14 by LSM

[Matrindur]

1 hour ago, StrangerOrders said:

I find myself really curious what mark the EC are going to be wearing as, so far, all of the mono-god legions have had a particular mark assigned to them.

 

WE = MKV

DG = MKIII

TS = MKIV

 

Their Heresy range is closely associated with MKIV with a recent pivot fluff pivot to MKVI. 

 

I had been previously assuming that they would be MKVI as it's entire bit is being lighter and having a more advanced sensory suite, EC-things. I believe it was also what the older editions had on them iirc, which would appeal to the honoured ancients. 

 

But those are, as others have noticed, MKIII at best and do not have the right orientation for MKVI (which usually places the Legion emblem on the right shoulder).

 

GW might break their old pattern or maybe give them some new mark randomly but I do find myself curious what they are planning.

 

While I have quite a few EC in MKIII it would be so very strange to have the EC 40k range to have the same armour language as the DG...

Since the rumours are saying noise marines and legionnaires the legionnaries might have mixed armour while the noise maines will have MKVI only

[ZeroWolf]

6 hours ago, 01RTB01 said:

Based on the valrak rumours we're getting noise marines and legionnaires. If the latter is the current chaos marine sprue with night lord levels of upgrades alongside a full noise marine kit, that could be quite fun.

 

Fun times ahead (unless you're my bank balance)

I think Valrak has said that the rumours were currently a spring (or what passes for Spring like time frame at GW) release next year, so they'll be after Eldar/Krieg/Knights of both flavours. Could put us around May/June leading into the big SW refresh.

[Dark Shepherd]

Didnt GW tease them for Summer 23? Or am I imagining that

[LSM]

7 hours ago, Matrindur said:

Since the rumours are saying noise marines and legionnaires the legionnaries might have mixed armour while the noise maines will have MKVI only

 

If Valrak is correct (that the release will have a 10-man EC Legionaries squad and a 6-man Noise Marine squad) - which the lack of speakers on these shoulder pads suggests - my guess would be that the Legionaries are in a mix of MkIV/V/VI/VII (like CSMs and Berzerkers) with a lean towards MkVI (like 'Zerks leaning towards MkV), and that the reimagined Noise Marines will be big guys in armour so heavily mutated that it's mark is largely indistinguishable (and on 40mm bases, like Possessed and Eightbound). 

 

//

 

3 hours ago, Dark Shepherd said:

Didnt GW tease them for Summer 23? Or am I imagining that

 

Just "Coming 2025".

Edited November 14 by LSM

[DeadFingers]

3 hours ago, ZeroWolf said:

I think Valrak has said that the rumours were currently a spring (or what passes for Spring like time frame at GW) release next year, so they'll be after Eldar/Krieg/Knights of both flavours. Could put us around May/June leading into the big SW refresh.

Full reveal and/or date at Adepticon is my current (if hopeful) guess.

[Chapter Master Valrak]

22 hours ago, darkhorse0607 said:

Oh boy. No living with Valrak after this

 

VINNNDICAAATION

 

Edited November 14 by Chapter Master Valrak