Nova reveals

[Mr Farson]

Hullo

 

The nova in person preview event is tonight and it looks like gw isn't doing a stream this evening

 

Anyone one in attendance to the show tonight who can post pictures assuming they allow them?

[TheMawr]

its not a preview event.. there is always the possibilities of in-person sneakpeaks like the pre-2020s conventions sometimes had in those glass cabinets, but its not a given.

[darkhorse0607]

8 minutes ago, TheMawr said:

its not a preview event.. there is always the possibilities of in-person sneakpeaks like the pre-2020s conventions sometimes had in those glass cabinets, but its not a given.

 

I mean 

 

"Taking the place of the traditional reveal, this new, more interactive event will feature early viewing of unreleased models, Q&A with the Games Workshop team, special interactive games and experiences, live art, special store discounts, and more!" (emphasis mine)

 

While, yes, it's not 100% guaranteed, unless they're planning on showing people the models they've already revealed (which, it is GW to be fair so that's a possibility), it sounds like there will be something new there

 

https://tabletop.events/conventions/nova-open-2025/schedule/435

 

 

[Deakz28]

We should see around 10pm bst if there’s anything there at all, but I do think it’s unlikely now sadly. Wishes I was wrong 

[Burni]

10 minutes ago, darkhorse0607 said:

 

I mean 

 

"Taking the place of the traditional reveal, this new, more interactive event will feature early viewing of unreleased models, Q&A with the Games Workshop team, special interactive games and experiences, live art, special store discounts, and more!" (emphasis mine)

 

While, yes, it's not 100% guaranteed, unless they're planning on showing people the models they've already revealed (which, it is GW to be fair so that's a possibility), it sounds like there will be something new there

 

https://tabletop.events/conventions/nova-open-2025/schedule/435

 

 

Unreleased models sounds exactly like they’re just showing models they’ve previewed but aren’t on sale yet tbh. 
 

So the new Chaos Dwarves, that sort of thing. 

[Antarius]

I guess it's possible that the originally intended reveals have been scooped and now they're simply showing off the models that have already been leaked? I mean, there's been quite a few leaks recently, so it's not totally far fetched that they've sorta run out of models that are close enough on the release timeline that it makes sense to show them off?

[Deakz28]

5 minutes ago, Antarius said:

I guess it's possible that the originally intended reveals have been scooped and now they're simply showing off the models that have already been leaked? I mean, there's been quite a few leaks recently, so it's not totally far fetched that they've sorta run out of models that are close enough on the release timeline that it makes sense to show them off?

Well they’re ctan and the accompanying kill team aren’t until 2026, and when you take that away the leaks aren’t that many in number, with that said, like Tacoma it may be that we just get a reveal show next week in place of it, so not all hope is lost at least! 

Edited August 27 by Deakz28

[Matcap86]

35 minutes ago, TheMawr said:

its not a preview event.. there is always the possibilities of in-person sneakpeaks like the pre-2020s conventions sometimes had in those glass cabinets, but its not a given.

 

Wait, past years always had some big reveals. Would be very surprised if there wasn't stuff this year. https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/NTHAS7Pc/the-warhammer-preview-show-nova-open-2024/

[TheMawr]

14 minutes ago, Burni said:

Unreleased models sounds exactly like they’re just showing models they’ve previewed but aren’t on sale yet tbh. 
 

So the new Chaos Dwarves, that sort of thing. 

 

 

and the newer post on warcom makes it imho (sadly) even less ambigious that that is exactly what it is

 

Warhammer will be hosting a Wednesday night event including a team tournament for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, a giant Space Hulk game, and a painting station where artists will paint pre-release miniatures live – alongside much more besides. Tickets are still available.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/jtk79vrv/warhammer-at-gen-con-the-nova-open-in-august-and-warhammer-world-in-november/

 

 

[TheMawr]

12 minutes ago, Antarius said:

I guess it's possible that the originally intended reveals have been scooped and now they're simply showing off the models that have already been leaked? I mean, there's been quite a few leaks recently, so it's not totally far fetched that they've sorta run out of models that are close enough on the release timeline that it makes sense to show them off?

 

unlikely, the description of the new nova event predates even the announcement that tacoma would have a preview show. And thus far predates recent leaks.. from wich we know there would be enough to show off that comes before those releases... I think both the kill team set and the nightbringer where never planned to be revealed this year. ( third KT box of a season is a march release and usually a LVO reveal I think.)

 

I think for whatever reason they had long planned to switch the usual Nova reveal show to Tacoma ( wich never had one before )

[Matcap86]

Well that's a bummer, I had big hopes for a follow up wave to Saturnine to be revealed at Nova.

[TheMawr]

1 minute ago, Matcap86 said:

Well that's a bummer, I had big hopes for a follow up wave to Saturnine to be revealed at Nova.

 

Yeah among other things.

 

With how clear the schedule is for 40k I'd think we get a bigger "end of edition campaign" that starts earlier ( like Psychic awakening did and the AoS ones do ) but those were also usually Nova announcements I believe.

 

Nothing stopping them from doing random previews any time though, I think last Nova had nothing for 40k, but got a random new Kill team edition preview a week or so later.

[CL_Mission]

Well that's a shame if there isn't going to be anything new at all. I had seen some people saying that since we had quite a big show just a month ago there might not be much more GW are willing to show right away. With the Dark Eldar combat patrol disappearing I thought we'd be up to bat for a reveal but perhaps we'll just be getting a couple of Monday articles like Black Templars got, especially if we're only getting a couple of models.

Unless GW have a big preview out of nowhere what's the next event that likely to host one?

[TheMawr]

7 minutes ago, CL_Mission said:

Well that's a shame if there isn't going to be anything new at all. I had seen some people saying that since we had quite a big show just a month ago there might not be much more GW are willing to show right away. With the Dark Eldar combat patrol disappearing I thought we'd be up to bat for a reveal but perhaps we'll just be getting a couple of Monday articles like Black Templars got, especially if we're only getting a couple of models.

Unless GW have a big preview out of nowhere what's the next event that likely to host one?

 

There is usually a warhammer day in October... this is the place where second box of the KT season is shown off. Its usually a well-filled preview event in recent years.

After that Grand Narrative Open in November.

Followed by LVO in January.

 

 

[DemonGSides]

1 hour ago, TheMawr said:

 

 

and the newer post on warcom makes it imho (sadly) even less ambigious that that is exactly what it is

 

Warhammer will be hosting a Wednesday night event including a team tournament for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, a giant Space Hulk game, and a painting station where artists will paint pre-release miniatures live – alongside much more besides. Tickets are still available.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/jtk79vrv/warhammer-at-gen-con-the-nova-open-in-august-and-warhammer-world-in-november/

 

 

Regarding the bolded, during the last big tournament they had someone on stream painting all the newly revealed miniatures during the gameplay sections in its own window. I wonder if they'll do something similar. 

[Indy Techwisp]

I see this just got shoved into Events... where ever that's located on the site post-reshuffle.

 

Hopefully someone who's there today can show off anything new that's seen.

[Nephaston]

5 hours ago, Indy Techwisp said:

I see this just got shoved into Events... where ever that's located on the site post-reshuffle.

 

Hopefully someone who's there today can show off anything new that's seen.

One step below amicus. So it might as well be invisible.

Edited August 28 by Nephaston
accidentally a letter

[darkhorse0607]

3 hours ago, Nephaston said:

On step below amicus. So it might as well be invisible.

It's been over a week and I'm still instinctively scrolling down to the old Black Library spot. Change is hard

[Sgt.Sangha]

So there was nothing of note at Nova?

[Emperor Ming]

Wont they be saving everything for 11th now anyway

[TheMawr]

58 minutes ago, Emperor Ming said:

Wont they be saving everything for 11th now anyway

only if they for some reason have cut 40ks resource budget by almost 1/3th and have the lowest quantity 9-10 months of releases in the history of 40ks existence, wich I find extremely unlikely.

 

Statistically we are still looking at roughly 30 unseen kits for 10th edition and it would still be the least productive maingame ( AoS/40k ) edition in recent history.

as a reminder.. this : https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/tnEVvJ67/nova-open-reveal-the-leagues-of-votann-unveiled/ 

was this exact moment in 9th editions lifecycle.. leagues of votann just fully unveiled.. waiting to be released in October, and still the large Astra Militarum and minor World eaters releases to be unveiled and released, as well as Arks of Omens releases. ( further reveals on all of that where early october : https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/tUgg1QH9/celebrate-35-years-of-warhammer-40000-with-todays-warhammer-day-preview-online-today/ ) 

 

So either the last codex of the edition ( Drukhari ) accompanying release will be bigger than we ever dared hope for/is rumored, the end of edition campaign is much bigger than Arks of Omen was ( more comparable to AoS end of edition campaigns ) or we get a completely unexpected codex/army .... to reach 30 kits you'd actually even need a combination of those 3.

As much as those things sound like improbable, its simply much more improbable that GW decides to drastically cut its budget and releases on 40k dont you think ? Though part of me IS wary that the promised accelerated Horus heresy plastic releases indeed do eat away from 40k budget, at least in part. 

 

either way before 11th edition we still almost definitely have the following that needs to be previewed (and released ) :
-- At least 1 kill team box ( personally I think there are 2 still between Tomb world and the leaked Shadowhunt, or shadowhunt is not the last box of the season ) 
-- End of edition campaign, usually starting to be revealed around Nova.
-- Drukhari codex

 

 

 

[jimbo1701]

3 hours ago, TheMawr said:

only if they for some reason have cut 40ks resource budget by almost 1/3th and have the lowest quantity 9-10 months of releases in the history of 40ks existence, wich I find extremely unlikely.

 

Statistically we are still looking at roughly 30 unseen kits for 10th edition and it would still be the least productive maingame ( AoS/40k ) edition in recent history.

as a reminder.. this : https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/tnEVvJ67/nova-open-reveal-the-leagues-of-votann-unveiled/ 

was this exact moment in 9th editions lifecycle.. leagues of votann just fully unveiled.. waiting to be released in October, and still the large Astra Militarum and minor World eaters releases to be unveiled and released, as well as Arks of Omens releases. ( further reveals on all of that where early october : https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/tUgg1QH9/celebrate-35-years-of-warhammer-40000-with-todays-warhammer-day-preview-online-today/ ) 

 

So either the last codex of the edition ( Drukhari ) accompanying release will be bigger than we ever dared hope for/is rumored, the end of edition campaign is much bigger than Arks of Omen was ( more comparable to AoS end of edition campaigns ) or we get a completely unexpected codex/army .... to reach 30 kits you'd actually even need a combination of those 3.

As much as those things sound like improbable, its simply much more improbable that GW decides to drastically cut its budget and releases on 40k dont you think ? Though part of me IS wary that the promised accelerated Horus heresy plastic releases indeed do eat away from 40k budget, at least in part. 

 

either way before 11th edition we still almost definitely have the following that needs to be previewed (and released ) :
-- At least 1 kill team box ( personally I think there are 2 still between Tomb world and the leaked Shadowhunt, or shadowhunt is not the last box of the season ) 
-- End of edition campaign, usually starting to be revealed around Nova.
-- Drukhari codex

 

 

 

good points. I wonder if the rumoured  corsairs feature in here somewhere. Given the time frames a November new army set seems increasingly less likely but I could certainly see them as part of an end of edition campaign box. 

[Mr Farson]

Mhmm

 

Lack of anything is a big shocker, nova is usually where post launch content for an edition is revealed.

 

Since launch 30k hasn't seen anything new and there's meant to be a custodes refresh this year as well

[Bouargh]

6 hours ago, jimbo1701 said:

good points. I wonder if the rumoured  corsairs feature in here somewhere. Given the time frames a November new army set seems increasingly less likely but I could certainly see them as part of an end of edition campaign box. 

 

As far as Corsairs' rumour is concerned, and despite how cool it would be, I really wonder if it is not a misunderstanding and/or mismatch with Drukhari models... Yet should it be a real thing, I'd say I see the Corsairs as a perfect fit for a new Edition launchbox, just as Dark Eldar were in their time with 3rd Ed release... 

[TheMawr]

40 minutes ago, Bouargh said:

 

As far as Corsairs' rumour is concerned, and despite how cool it would be, I really wonder if it is not a misunderstanding and/or mismatch with Drukhari models... Yet should it be a real thing, I'd say I see the Corsairs as a perfect fit for a new Edition launchbox, just as Dark Eldar were in their time with 3rd Ed release... 

 

Not very likely, the rumors are quite specific :

- Prince Yriel
- Corsair farseer/psyker character
- A new vyper that also has a corsair specific built in addition to the regular vyper
- Jumppack corsairs unit

 

the only one that would remotely vaguely apply to a mistaken drukhari thing is jumppack corsairs being updated scourges somehow. But the theory is basically like saying something like "could the rumor of a new Marneus calgar model not in fact be an update to the Chaos spacemarine terminator lord..." its never impossible with rumors, its however extremely unlikely.

Meanwhile there is additional minimal official "support" of the corsairs rumors being about actual corsairs :

-- There is a corsairs novel, with LE coming out soonish, wich likely ties in to that release
-- Corsairs are as per this moment rotated out of kill team, in contrary to other teams of the season, their 40k rebox is held back for some reason.