The Rumour Engine – 19th of November

[Fire Golem]

47 minutes ago, Waaagh? said:

 

Honestly I think you're right here. 

Why? It’s visually like 99% identical to Alpharius’ spear. When have GW reused visual language like that across completely different factions? I know Alpharius’ spear is a Xenos weapon, but I highly doubt it’s a DE wych spear. 
 

edit: I don’t mean to pick on your comment so strongly here, I just find it weird that it’s essentially identical to a literal Primarchs weapon and there’s guesses as pedestrian and removed as ‘wych weapon’. 

Edited November 19 by Fire Golem

[Borbarad]

17 minutes ago, Fire Golem said:

Why? It’s visually like 99% identical to Alpharius’ spear. When have GW reused visual language like that across completely different factions? I know Alpharius’ spear is a Xenos weapon, but I highly doubt it’s a DE wych spear. 
 

edit: I don’t mean to pick on your comment so strongly here, I just find it weird that it’s essentially identical to a literal Primarchs weapon and there’s guesses as pedestrian and removed as ‘wych weapon’. 

Some people on the web consider it a AoS Idoneth Deepkin preview. So there is that 

[Indy Techwisp]

1 hour ago, TheMawr said:

What I read it seems putting this exact spear on an AL upgrade sprue would be akin to putting the Emperors sword on an Ultramarine upgrade sprue though.

 

AL do have the whole "I am Alpharius" thing going on tho, so I wouldn't put it past the Leader of an AL Warband to have a Power Spear made which looks like the Pale Spear to help complete the look.

[Fire Golem]

1 hour ago, Borbarad said:

Some people on the web consider it a AoS Idoneth Deepkin preview. So there is that 

I kinda get it if you’re not familiar with the Alpharius model (although I don’t think it really looks that Idoneth, or even Eldar for that matter), but when they’re in the thread next to each other they’re so close. 

[soviet1337]

We've just had a Night Lords upgrade sprue. Is it possible this is from an Alpha Legion upgrade sprue, as a special Power Spear type upgrade for the champion? 

[Marshal Loss]

Solomon as a BL celebration model sounds like a good shout. I'd much prefer someone like Honsou who occupies a far more iconic position in the BL stable, but never know what the future holds. Alternatively an AL upgrade frame or something to that effect would also be very cool

[lansalt]

25 minutes ago, Marshal Loss said:

Honsou

It's weird that the guy leading the Iron Warriors in 40k just under Perturabo has been forgotten.

[Mogger351]

23 minutes ago, lansalt said:

It's weird that the guy leading the Iron Warriors in 40k just under Perturabo has been forgotten.

I'm a bit behind maybe but at the end of the last novel he appeared in he was kinda army-less, lost and assumed dead was he not?

[lansalt]

1 minute ago, Mogger351 said:

I'm a bit behind maybe but at the end of the last novel he appeared in he was kinda army-less, lost and assumed dead was he not?

 McNeill wrote a pair of follow up stories for one of the latest omnibus reeditions. Honsou ends up meeting Perturabo (as a daemon prince), and after avoiding being killed by him, both go on to talk about the IW actions for the 13th Black Crusade. That's the last time we heard of them in 40k.

[Borbarad]

44 minutes ago, lansalt said:

It's weird that the guy leading the Iron Warriors in 40k just under Perturabo has been forgotten.

I’d love to see a special character for AL, IW, WB and NL. Black library has plenty of very popular characters to draw from, no need for Gw to reinvent the wheel. 

Edited November 19 by Borbarad

[Avf]

1 hour ago, Marshal Loss said:

Solomon as a BL celebration model sounds like a good shout. I'd much prefer someone like Honsou who occupies a far more iconic position in the BL stable, but never know what the future holds. Alternatively an AL upgrade frame or something to that effect would also be very cool

Would not be the first time they release a recent BL character, instead of a beloved classic. Severina Raine is cool and all that, but a Ciaphas Cain / Jurgen set would have been a blast.

[Captain Titus]

I'd love it if GW released the exact same alpharius model with a slightly simpler replica spear as the new omegon model.

[Wraithwing]

For the Horde!

[hd3]

Just wanted to add that in "Harrowmaster", Solomon is able to acquire the blades of the pale spear but the haft gets stolen by the Inquisition. So he has it reforged by the dark mehcanicum with a new haft. It is ostensibly still as deadly as with the original haft but that could explain why it looks a little different.

On 11/20/2024 at 5:39 AM, Avf said:

Would not be the first time they release a recent BL character, instead of a beloved classic. Severina Raine is cool and all that, but a Ciaphas Cain / Jurgen set would have been a blast.

 

I'd be happy with any AL specific stuff honestly. Though if they released a cain and jurgen model set, I might switch teams to Guard

[Gorechilde]

In all likelihood, if it is Alpha Legion it is probably an upgrade sprue or Solomon Akura. That said, my wishlist idea is that we are in fact getting an Omegon model and this spear head belongs to the power spear Alpharius used in the days prior to finding Omegon that he mentions in Head of the Hydra.

 

The story is told by Alpharius himself, so ofcourse there are lies, but he himself stated that lies have to be wrapped in as much truth as possible in order to work. It would be cool if this was the sister weapon to the Pale Spear.