Question about The Flawless Blades

[The Praetorian of Inwit]

The new Flawless Blades for Emperor's Children, do they have Pistols? I thought I saw one holstered on the back of one in the reveal video but now I don't see it.  Am I going mad? 

 

If they do, are we thinking a regular Bolt Pistol or Plasma Pistol?

[LSM]

There are handles poking out the back of a couple of their waists. (Centre and left; right is turned too far to see for sure if they have the same.*)

 

Impossible to see if they're pistols, or knives. If they are pistols, I'd imagine that they're just Bolt Pistols.

 

(The Flawless Blades are very overtly based on Adrian Smith's ~2002 Noise Marine art, which is wielding a Bolt Pistol.)

 

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You might also be thinking about the Lord Exultant, who in the video could be seen to have a small Pistol on their back/waist.

 

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*Actually, zooming in on the big army picture, that one on the right looks to have a whip on his hip. (Or a coil of rope, but... probably a whip...)

 

Edited February 4 by LSM

[Dr_Ruminahui]

I would be extremely surprised for GW to give an entire unit plasma pistols without making that loadout integral to the unit's identity (so, like SM hellblasters).

 

Now, its possible that they get their own bespoke type of "corrupted" pistol, but in my opinion its unlikely to be more than perhaps slightly better AP or Strength (and unlikely to be both) than a normal bolt pistol.  

Edited February 4 by Dr_Ruminahui