New Terminator Box Rumour

[Nephaston]

5 hours ago, HeadlessCross said:

Or just make it so they can carry two Heavy Weapons in a 5 man and four in a 10 man. 

Not ridiculous enough, I need me a heavy weapons veterans unit for the tactical/assault/devastator trifecta at every stage of a marines career.

 

I would also settle for veteran devastators in regular power armour; call the rearguard veterans, stuff 'em in gravis, after making sure vanguard are in phobos, to double dip the trifecta  shenanigans.

[BadgersinHills]

4 hours ago, INKS said:

might be an army box or something like that.

 

Could be an Agastus type box if they're doing a new Space Marine Codex, not sure if there are rumours around that.

[ThaneOfTas]

17 hours ago, Lord Marshal said:

This is gonna be the new Primaris Lieutenant meme innit?

Ancients are cooler than lieutenants so I'd be okay with this

[lhg033]

Dangerous! This may make me hold fire on Saturnine

 

I dont 'need' another tactical terminator squad but I wouldnt say no for all the other stuff included here if it pans out
 

[ChapterMasterGodfrey]

I'll probably wait for the individual release. I don't need 5 more tactical terminators and I'm still hanging on to the Valrak rumour of a Blood Angels Terminator Captain... Karlean post rubicon!

[Old-Four-Arms]

If the Blood Angels Terminator Captain rumour pans out, I hope it's an updated version of the OG Terminator Captain.

[zarkkarn]

15 minutes ago, Old-Four-Arms said:

If the Blood Angels Terminator Captain rumour pans out, I hope it's an updated version of the OG Terminator Captain.

He has had a recent update:

 

 

But would be good to see a version in the new scale.

[Old-Four-Arms]

1 minute ago, zarkkarn said:

He has had a recent update:

 

 

But would be good to see a version in the new scale.

 

Recent-ish (2016) and only available at store openings... new scale and general release* would be great.

 

 

*they'll probably make it an exclusive model for Warhammer+ or something

[Redcomet]

12 hours ago, Inquisitor_Lensoven said:

Because of the protection it offers…?

 

A terminator box seems unlikely to me, considering 10th launched with a box that was almost completely terminator focused box.

 

i could see something like

 

new terminator character.

5 assault terminators.

3 aggressors

5 assault intercessors.

 

14 models seems like a typical number of models for a marine starter box/CP box

 

edit

though the terminator box valrak mentions would be great for me. I have no new terminators, and only 4 remaining 3rd Ed push fit/monopole terminators.

Even for space marines, Terminators are extremely popular. So I can for sure see a full Terminator box happen

[ChapterMasterGodfrey]

1 hour ago, Old-Four-Arms said:

If the Blood Angels Terminator Captain rumour pans out, I hope it's an updated version of the OG Terminator Captain.

I would prefer Karlean with the Hammer of Baal:

[Inquisitor_Lensoven]

9 hours ago, Nephaston said:

Not ridiculous enough, I need me a heavy weapons veterans unit for the tactical/assault/devastator trifecta at every stage of a marines career.

 

I would also settle for veteran devastators in regular power armour; call the rearguard veterans, stuff 'em in gravis, after making sure vanguard are in phobos, to double dip the trifecta  shenanigans.

So…sternguard?

[DemonGSides]

1 hour ago, Inquisitor_Lensoven said:

So…sternguard?

 

Sternguar are basically veteran tacticals, since they come with 1 special weapon per 5.  This poster is asking for a 4 Heavy Per 5 like a Devastator unit would have.

 

Although its gravis, so maybe they'd lean towards a 3 man squad if that were to happen, which ruins the fun.  Give me HInt's, but instead of bolt rifles, it's 4 lascannon guys and then a sgt with a pistol and a sword and that'd be cool.

Edited July 8 by DemonGSides

[Osteoclast]

Don’t Dev Centurions kinda scratch that itch? Need a character tho. 

[DemonGSides]

Centurions don't really scratch any itch for a lot of people.

 

And it's Space Marines; there's always room for another unit!

[Inquisitor_Lensoven]

2 hours ago, Osteoclast said:

Don’t Dev Centurions kinda scratch that itch? Need a character tho. 

They are ugly to be fair though.

 

3 hours ago, DemonGSides said:

 

Sternguar are basically veteran tacticals, since they come with 1 special weapon per 5.  This poster is asking for a 4 Heavy Per 5 like a Devastator unit would have.

 

Although its gravis, so maybe they'd lean towards a 3 man squad if that were to happen, which ruins the fun.  Give me HInt's, but instead of bolt rifles, it's 4 lascannon guys and then a sgt with a pistol and a sword and that'd be cool.

That’s fine but rearguard veterans is literally just a synonym for sternguard veterans 

[DemonGSides]

51 minutes ago, Inquisitor_Lensoven said:

That’s fine but rearguard veterans is literally just a synonym for sternguard veterans 

 

No it isn't because "rearguard veterans" as described A) Don't exist and B) Aren't sternguard.  Sternguard are sternguard, I can see why you got mixed up.  They're asking for a new unit that acts as, basically "Sternguard, but Devastator", much how VanVets are "Sternguard, but Assault".

This has all been explained a few times now.

[Laurence]

34 minutes ago, DemonGSides said:

 

No it isn't because "rearguard veterans" as described A) Don't exist and B) Aren't sternguard.  Sternguard are sternguard, I can see why you got mixed up.  They're asking for a new unit that acts as, basically "Sternguard, but Devastator", much how VanVets are "Sternguard, but Assault".

This has all been explained a few times now.

Stern is the rear of a boat.  So stern-guard = rear-guard.

[Wispy]

i hope this new ancient can have a thunderhammer so this kitbash i did has a legal loadout.

 

[Mmmmm Napalm]

On 7/7/2025 at 7:34 AM, Xirix said:

Hopefully they do as good a job with the assaults as they did the normal ones, curious if they're going to change the storm shields. (Since, as iconic as the square ones are, they've been a bit overshadowed by the ones the Dark Angel Termies have, the ones Deathwatch have etc)

My guess is that they'll be a similar shape to the shield the new termie chaplain has. So a cross shape. more square, angular geometry than the deathwing shields

[LameBeard]

Vanguard Veterans

Rearguard Veterans

Sternguard Veterans

Kindlyguard Veterans

[Nephaston]

18 minutes ago, LameBeard said:

Vanguard Veterans

Rearguard Veterans

Sternguard Veterans

Kindlyguard Veterans

Bladeguard Veterans

Bluntguard Veterans

[Inquisitor_Lensoven]

2 hours ago, Nephaston said:

Bladeguard Veterans

Bluntguard Veterans

That’s where the thunder hammers will be hiding 

[HeadlessCross]

4 hours ago, Mmmmm Napalm said:

My guess is that they'll be a similar shape to the shield the new termie chaplain has. So a cross shape. more square, angular geometry than the deathwing shields

The cross shape fits a Chaplain though. My guess is that the shield will be a completely different shape to the Wolf Guard and Deathwing ones, but I'm sure I'm wrong 

[ThePenitentOne]

5 hours ago, Nephaston said:

 

Bluntguard Veterans

 

I hear Snoop Dogg has an army of Bluntguard Veterans.

[Mmmmm Napalm]

5 hours ago, HeadlessCross said:

The cross shape fits a Chaplain though. My guess is that the shield will be a completely different shape to the Wolf Guard and Deathwing ones, but I'm sure I'm wrong 

its also the same general shape as this shield from the existing assault termie kit:

 

Spoiler

 

i think the new assault termies, instead of having mostly smaller square shields and one of these, will instead all have shields akin to the larger one.