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

[Karhedron]

12 minutes ago, The Praetorian of Inwit said:

Whatever happened to Hastings?

 

Maybe he was Alpharius! 

[skylerboodie]

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On 2/28/2025 at 5:51 PM, HeadlessCross said:

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. 

ADB said it was himself (ADB) that suggested it to John. 

Edited Monday at 10:45 PM by skylerboodie

[jaxom]

Captain Corteaz would actually make sense for Rubicon.

[crimsondave]

Anyone hear what Valrak said on the stream tonight about space marine release?  I got phone call right when he heard whatever he heard.

[Scribe]

On 2/28/2025 at 1:15 PM, The Praetorian of Inwit said:

Whatever happened to Hastings?

 

He was in the comment section of an Age of Sigmar heavy site...the name of which I cannot remember.

[Inquisitor_Lensoven]

On 2/25/2025 at 9:18 AM, 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.

 

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

As far as models Corbulo may be getting the Tycho treatment that is the new captain model

[Blindhamster]

17 hours ago, Inquisitor_Lensoven said:

As far as models Corbulo may be getting the Tycho treatment that is the new captain model

Nah, corbulo is specifically still alive in the lore. He’s mentioned in the codex as being on a quest currently.

 

the new captain doesn’t make tycho, it makes a 3rd company captain with totally different loadout that has fair standard blood angels artificer armour.

[Inquisitor_Lensoven]

53 minutes ago, Blindhamster said:

Nah, corbulo is specifically still alive in the lore. He’s mentioned in the codex as being on a quest currently.

 

the new captain doesn’t make tycho, it makes a 3rd company captain with totally different loadout that has fair standard blood angels artificer armour.

The model is clearly meant to build a replacement for tycho’s.

 

instead of a combi-melta it’s an inferno pistol, instead of dead man‘s hand, it’s a power fist. Instead of a half mask it’s a full mask.

I don’t think it really matters alive or dead in lore. Will the model sell well is the bigger consideration for GW

Edited 3 hours ago by Inquisitor_Lensoven

[Evil Eye]

16 minutes ago, Blindhamster said:

Nah, corbulo is specifically still alive in the lore. He’s mentioned in the codex as being on a quest currently.

 

the new captain doesn’t make tycho, it makes a 3rd company captain with totally different loadout that has fair standard blood angels artificer armour.

That is one thing that majorly bothers me about current 40K's approach to characters. The "they're not active/alive in the present day of the fluff, so their model gets retired and they don't get rules anymore" slaps more of an 80s merch-driven cartoon than a wargame. Like, in WHFB, Azhag got a new model even though he was (like most of the WHFB special characters) a historical figure who was killed in battle by the "present" of the setting. And in 40K, Tycho was thoroughly dead by the "present" of 40K for about as long as I can remember (he was slain on Armageddon IIRC) and he still had a model and rules to play said model for years- realistically he should still have rules at the very least, for those that want to play scenarios set before the era of the Great Rift. With Corbulo there's even less excuse because he's still alive! 

[Inquisitor_Lensoven]

3 minutes ago, Evil Eye said:

That is one thing that majorly bothers me about current 40K's approach to characters. The "they're not active/alive in the present day of the fluff, so their model gets retired and they don't get rules anymore" slaps more of an 80s merch-driven cartoon than a wargame. Like, in WHFB, Azhag got a new model even though he was (like most of the WHFB special characters) a historical figure who was killed in battle by the "present" of the setting. And in 40K, Tycho was thoroughly dead by the "present" of 40K for about as long as I can remember (he was slain on Armageddon IIRC) and he still had a model and rules to play said model for years- realistically he should still have rules at the very least, for those that want to play scenarios set before the era of the Great Rift. With Corbulo there's even less excuse because he's still alive! 

The sand box setting is gone from an official point of view.

but who knows maybe Tycho really does get a whole new model in 11th or 12th.

 

the introduction of the primaris though kinda made playing ‘historical 40k’ a lot more difficult since most people by now will likely be using primaris in their lists.

[Blindhamster]

57 minutes ago, Evil Eye said:

That is one thing that majorly bothers me about current 40K's approach to characters. The "they're not active/alive in the present day of the fluff, so their model gets retired and they don't get rules anymore" slaps more of an 80s merch-driven cartoon than a wargame. Like, in WHFB, Azhag got a new model even though he was (like most of the WHFB special characters) a historical figure who was killed in battle by the "present" of the setting. And in 40K, Tycho was thoroughly dead by the "present" of 40K for about as long as I can remember (he was slain on Armageddon IIRC) and he still had a model and rules to play said model for years- realistically he should still have rules at the very least, for those that want to play scenarios set before the era of the Great Rift. With Corbulo there's even less excuse because he's still alive! 

Thing with Tycho was, he was slain during the third war of armageddon, which actually lore wise happens almost the same time as fall of cadia. The thing with 40k is it was stuck at the same time for a long time.

Now, don't get me wrong, for the longest time, Tycho was my favourite blood angel. But that said, losing him from the codex and him not getting an updated model didn't really hurt the army. Getting a new model was not on the cards realistically, due to the whole primaris thing (for good or ill).

I think in the case of Corbulo, he's gone because Blood Angels got more new character models than any other chapter so far, they (probably correctly) decided it was more important to get a generic priest and generic captain (because muscle armour is such a hugely distinctive part of the blood angels look) out, than Corbulo.

 

I honestly think Corbs will be back next edition as the Blood Angels "single model" next time around.

[Evil Eye]

3 hours ago, Inquisitor_Lensoven said:

The sand box setting is gone from an official point of view.

 

I know. I hate it.

3 hours ago, Inquisitor_Lensoven said:

the introduction of the primaris though kinda made playing ‘historical 40k’ a lot more difficult since most people by now will likely be using primaris in their lists.

I know. I hate it.