Codex Space Marines Codex: Space Marine Rumours (2nd wave and/or New Characters)

[The Praetorian of Inwit]

That is a fantastic kitbash!!

[LittlePlasticHomies]

Any rumors about a new Gabriel Seth figurine?

[Nephaston]

  On 2/24/2025 at 11:42 PM, LittlePlasticHomies said:

Any rumors about a new Gabriel Seth figurine?

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He would be a Blood Angels release, so next edition at the earliest.

[ThaneOfTas]

  On 2/25/2025 at 1:01 AM, Nephaston said:

He would be a Blood Angels release, so next edition at the earliest.

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Vague possibility that it could come alongside an end of edition campaign, that is how Dante and Mephiston were released afterall. And either Seth or Corbulo seem like the most likely options there.

 

Of course this does presuppose that there will be an end of edition campaign with associated model released this time around. Which seems historically likey but nothing is guaranteed.

Edited February 25 by ThaneOfTas

[Jukkiz]

  On 2/25/2025 at 2:29 AM, ThaneOfTas said:

Vague possibility that it could come alongside an end of edition campaign, that is how Dante and Mephiston were released afterall. And either Seth or Corbulo seem like the most likely options there.

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"Corbulo? Of course i know him, he´s me"

[Blindhamster]

You could indeed use The generic sanguinary priest as corbulo. Give him the visions enhancement from LAG and you’re pretty much there. 
 

that said, I’d love it if he got a unique model and rules again.

 

seth probably deserves that treatment more though, precisely because he isn’t a blood angel

[Evil Eye]

Corbulo definitely deserves his own sculpt, the classic model is, well, a classic.

[The Praetorian of Inwit]

Why can't we just get Rogal Dorn back in 40k? Like literally nothing else is more important or as valuable. Honestly we don't even need other factions. Just make it into Imperial Fists 40,000 and be done with it. 

[Evil Eye]

  On 2/25/2025 at 7:27 PM, The Praetorian of Inwit said:

Why can't we just get Rogal Dorn back in 40k?

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Because he's dead?

[Robbienw]

Is he though.

[Mmmmm Napalm]

No more primarchs please

[Karhedron]

  On 2/25/2025 at 7:33 PM, Robbienw said:

Is he though.

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He is missing, presumed dead. He was lost leading an assault on the Chaos flagship, Sword of Sacrilege during the First Black Crusade. All that was recovered was his charred, skeletal hand.

 

Now I have a theory....

 

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In Praetorian of Dorn, Dorn fights and kills Alpharius just before the Siege of Terra. The books makes a big point that before killing him, Dorn cuts his hands off during their duel. We also know that the Primarchs are so genetically similar that they are very difficult to tell apart. Curze was once able to launch a Drop Pod assault from the Invincible Reason using his own geneprint, despite it being supposedly locked to Lion'el Johnson.

 

This means that Dorn was potentially wandering around with a spare Primarch hand in his pocket. Now let's say that Dorn decides he needs to go under cover for some reason (secret mission, vision from the Emperor, craving for a jumbo pepperoni pizza etc). He leads what looks like a suicide mission, drops Alpharius's severed hand for his sons to find and slips away into obscurity. I am not saying this is definitely what happened but given the way GW have written the stories, they could have Dorn return without it being a massive retcon.

[Iron Father Ferrum]

If you're looking for something to rhyme with the events of Pluto, I think it more likely that Omegon was on the Sword of Sacrilege, cut off Dorn's hand, and left it where the Imperium would find it.  Pretending Alpharius' hand is his hand doesn't sound like something Mr. Straight-Laced would do, same with slipping into obscurity or going undercover.  It's not his style.  Remember, this is the guy who was against using assassins to kill Horus before he got to Terra (see: Horus Heresy: Nemesis).

[ZeroWolf]

  On 2/25/2025 at 7:38 PM, Mmmmm Napalm said:

No more primarchs please

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GW will stop making primarchs (in plastic) when they stop making money. Not doing them leaves too much money on the table.

[ThaneOfTas]

  On 2/25/2025 at 2:18 PM, Blindhamster said:

You could indeed use The generic sanguinary priest as corbulo. Give him the visions enhancement from LAG and you’re pretty much there. 
 

that said, I’d love it if he got a unique model and rules again.

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Yeah honestly then new model of the generic Sang Priest is already only barely decorated enough for my tastes, he looks more like a sanguinary Novitiate than a full priest if not for the chalice hanging from his belt, So for the Hight Priest? nah not enough for my liking.

[jaxom]

Jes Goodwin came out on top over the internal design war; that’s as decorated as a c-rank hero is going to get.

[ThaneOfTas]

  On 2/26/2025 at 3:59 AM, jaxom said:

Jes Goodwin came out on top over the internal design war; that’s as decorated as a c-rank hero is going to get.

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Where's the sad react when you need it?

[conscriptboris]

  On 2/25/2025 at 9:35 PM, ZeroWolf said:

GW will stop making primarchs (in plastic) when they stop making money. Not doing them leaves too much money on the table.

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Im sure they make money. But no one at my club (which has a very wide age range) has a 40k Primarch. HH group do.

[Remain_Indoors]

  On 2/25/2025 at 7:29 PM, Evil Eye said:

Because he's dead?

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He’s not dead, he’s just pining for the fjords.

[lansalt]

  On 2/25/2025 at 9:24 PM, Iron Father Ferrum said:

Pretending Alpharius' hand is his hand doesn't sound like something Mr. Straight-Laced would do, same with slipping into obscurity or going undercover. 

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Well, he's also the primarch that created the Order of Interrogation during the Siege with several of the future founders of the Inquisition. And there's that Abnett book series featuring the Inquisition, the King in Yellow, and yet another AL marine claiming to be Alpharius...
Btw, Abnett not only is fond of subverting expectations, he also has stated more than once that Dorn is his favourite primarch.

[Mandragola]

  On 2/26/2025 at 9:43 PM, lansalt said:

Well, he's also the primarch that created the Order of Interrogation during the Siege with several of the future founders of the Inquisition. And there's that Abnett book series featuring the Inquisition, the King in Yellow, and yet another AL marine claiming to be Alpharius...
Btw, Abnett not only is fond of subverting expectations, he also has stated more than once that Dorn is his favourite primarch.

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You should read the latest Pariah book. 
 

We don’t know if Dprn will return. Personally I’d expect them to do Russ first as he’s got a model range to go with. Russ also said he’d come back. 
 

Dorn is a big guy in the heresy and top Primarch on the loyalist side (at least in terms of rank) towards the end. He and the imperial Fists are much less of a thing in 40K, though Fists successors are the most prominent, with BTs doing their thing and Crimson Fists as kind of the OG marines. If Dorn did return he’d be busy. 

[Karhedron]

  On 2/27/2025 at 10:58 AM, Mandragola said:

Personally I’d expect them to do Russ first as he’s got a model range to go with. Russ also said he’d come back. 

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Way back in late 7th edition, one of the premier rumour-mongers of the day was a chap called Hastings. He reported that he had seen detailed designs for Magnus, Guilliman, Mortarion, Angron and Russ. He was met with scepticism at the time but Magnus came out 6 months later and this rumour is now 4/5. 8 years is a long time, clearly more than enough for  the Lion and Fulgrim to jump the queue but I am still hopeful that we will see Russ sooner rather than later.

[Nephaston]

  On 2/27/2025 at 4:04 PM, Karhedron said:

 

Way back in late 7th edition, one of the premier rumour-mongers of the day was a chap called Hastings. He reported that he had seen detailed designs for Magnus, Guilliman, Mortarion, Angron and Russ. He was met with scepticism at the time but Magnus came out 6 months later and this rumour is now 4/5. 8 years is a long time, clearly more than enough for  the Lion and Fulgrim to jump the queue but I am still hopeful that we will see Russ sooner rather than later.

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I would almost bet on a Fulgrim vs Russ by the end of the edition. Almost.

[HeadlessCross]

  On 2/26/2025 at 9:43 PM, lansalt said:

Well, he's also the primarch that created the Order of Interrogation during the Siege with several of the future founders of the Inquisition. And there's that Abnett book series featuring the Inquisition, the King in Yellow, and yet another AL marine claiming to be Alpharius...
Btw, Abnett not only is fond of subverting expectations, he also has stated more than once that Dorn is his favourite primarch.

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Yes, we all know Abnett has an obnoxious bias for the Imperial Fists. He's the one that told French to kill off Alpharius in Praetorian of Dorn. 

[The Praetorian of Inwit]

Whatever happened to Hastings?