The Rumour Engine - 23rd September, 2025

[TheMawr]

Just now, Silvereyes said:

Kroot or another T'au auxillary would be very exciting if true. It would hopefully mean GW is confident in the T'au auxillary as a core part of the army, rather than just revert back to stuff like battlesuits. 

 

I'm sorry to ask, but are we do a livestream soon? Any big events coming? Doesn't seem like there is much left to come out that has already been announced, aside from all the new Space Marine stuff.

 

While its just artistic license and all, Tau codex they even have had a new piece of art made representing the Auxilliary aspect of tau beyond kroot and vespid. I think its clear this edition they definitely remembered that side.

 

 

As for Livestreams ( sorry for it being offtopic on the glorious teaser of new Tzeketharian Tzaangor ) :

 

big events with a potential preview are Warhammer day, I think halfway october, and Grandnarrative open ( the original) in November. The latter will almost certainly still have a preview attached to it ( warhammer day wasnt announced to have one, but in contrary to LVO there also isnt proof against there being one either.)

 

There are some usuals to reveal still this year (but by no means this should be seen as an expectation )  Arks of Omen was quite late for end of edition campaigns, but even that one got kickstarted at Warhammer day early october , also the second box of a KT season is usually shown off at warhammer day (usually early october) and released in december*

 

I DO have a theory, but, one would think it would have been announced by now so its super thin. ( and even weighted theories of mine are often wrong :p )

The theory is that the attendees of the first UK Grand Narrative this weekend ( and thus all the rest of us online ) are suprised with a preview related to the end of edition campaign. But even in the small chance there is, it wouldnt be a livestream style preview and probably only cover the campaign. ( as Im still convinced it has at least some ties with the GNO.).. not new miniatures either, just the kick-off, followed by the weekly story "countdown" towards the campaigns first book etc. Next kill team at warhammer day, and GNO in november showing us the beginning of 2026 releases.. or something like that.

 

* a big exception being the theta decima (probably spelled wrong) season, wich had only 3 boxsets.. they where still part of the same preview-release rythm, only the usual first box (timing wise) was skipped. ( the Gallowdark season however had, seasonally speaking (not thematically) 5 boxsets instead of the usual 4, and GW does count the fifth; Ashes of Faith ( so cultists and inquisition teams ) as "the first" of Theta decima in their approved listings. its a weird one.

 

 

[TheMawr]

6 minutes ago, Tastyfish said:

 

If 11th Ed is currently being printed and assembled, that might also mean there's a bit of a lull as far as other stuff goes whilst they ramp up production for that. Currently we've got DE coming out start of October, the Ultramarines and perhaps the Terminator box set, then the individual releases of the Terminators, Marine special characters and the Christmas box sets.

 

 

Would be the first time, so far end of editions have been anything but quiet ordeals. And all those previous times they probably had to print the starterboxes in advance as well.

Not saying there wont be a lull for 40k the coming months until 11th (its starting to feel like it).. but it would be the first time it happens in the equivalent time period nonetheless.

[Tastyfish]

22 minutes ago, TheMawr said:

 

Would be the first time, so far end of editions have been anything but quiet ordeals. And all those previous times they probably had to print the starterboxes in advance as well.

Not saying there wont be a lull for 40k the coming months until 11th (its starting to feel like it).. but it would be the first time it happens in the equivalent time period nonetheless.

 

I expect things to ramp up again in the New Year, but the three months before that might be quieter. Aside from the AoS Chaos Dwarfs it's most character models for marines, so lower volume small frames (and terminators). 

 

10th ed will end in a blast of new kits and excitement, but I think we're in the calm before the storm/production shadow of the new edition right now, so there's unlikely to be anything particularly major we've not seen already released this year. I'm not ruling out a few squads though, just not a new army refresh. 

 

But we might still be talking a Grey Knight unit refresh plus a new WE unit and character. Or perhaps a Tau aux unit and something else for Kill Team.

Edited Wednesday at 01:19 AM by Tastyfish

[TheMawr]

22 minutes ago, Tastyfish said:

 

I expect things to ramp up again in the New Year, but the three months before that might be quieter. Aside from the AoS Chaos Dwarfs it's most character models for marines, so lower volume small frames (and terminators). 

 

10th ed will end in a blast of new kits and excitement, but I think we're in the calm before the storm/production shadow of the new edition right now, so there's unlikely to be anything particularly major we've not seen already released this year. I'm not ruling out a few squads though, just not a new army refresh. 

 

But we might still be talking a Grey Knight unit refresh plus a new WE unit and character. Or perhaps a Tau aux unit and something else for Kill Team.

 

Oh in that sense, yeah I dont think there is much more ( beyond killteam perhaps) this year either. With how explecitely they said the Nightbringer and Shadowhunt where for 2026, they said nothing of the sort on the ultramarine stuff. Also, the video was quite complete (including boxes and a short 3d introduction) and ready to go, and the leak could easily have come from someone preparing the instagram/facebook images ( it had the same layout.) so I could that still be a 2025 release as well.

 

Bringing it back on topic, I know Aux unit would be favorable, obviously. But end of editions do have suprise brand new named characters at times ( though Arks of Omen was quite limited with just Vashtorr edit.. and the Lion.. how could I forget.) the RE could be for one such named character, or, taking a leaf from AoS previous campaign, a small named crew.. this actually would be a good way to put some diversity in there in one fell swoop.

 

Hell, maybe they learned nothing previously and this one is both beastsnagga and Tauxiliary related (and tzaangor), some new named xenos character that combines a beastsnagga waagh with kroot into a new Greennari faction. Would be madness ( in a bad and good way )

 

It would also be my next army.

 

( the last suggestion is not really meant to be serious ;) )

Edited Wednesday at 01:40 AM by TheMawr

[Freakshow668]

DORN!

[phandaal]

4 hours ago, Freakshow668 said:

DORN!

 

Rogal Dorn returns as a Tau auxiliary.

 

(Valrak would have set his entire studio on fire immediately upon hearing that rumor. )

[Silvereyes]

12 hours ago, TheMawr said:

 

While its just artistic license and all, Tau codex they even have had a new piece of art made representing the Auxilliary aspect of tau beyond kroot and vespid. I think its clear this edition they definitely remembered that side.

 

Oh sure. I'll give GW credit, they really put some faith in the auxillaries, with the Kroot refresh, and the Vespid Kill Team, which even got to help launch the new edition of Kill Team. I guess I just figured we'd have to wait some time to see if GW would continue with auxillaries, or if they would give them up in favour of stuff like battlesuits. Guess we'll just have to see.

 

Interesting stuff to read, thanks for all who replied to my question. One more thing, do you think we'll get a campaign book series for 40K like Arks of Omen, since Arks of Omen led into 10th, maybe a series to lead into 11th?

[ZeroWolf]

3 minutes ago, Silvereyes said:

 

Oh sure. I'll give GW credit, they really put some faith in the auxillaries, with the Kroot refresh, and the Vespid Kill Team, which even got to help launch the new edition of Kill Team. I guess I just figured we'd have to wait some time to see if GW would continue with auxillaries, or if they would give them up in favour of stuff like battlesuits. Guess we'll just have to see.

 

Interesting stuff to read, thanks for all who replied to my question. One more thing, do you think we'll get a campaign book series for 40K like Arks of Omen, since Arks of Omen led into 10th, maybe a series to lead into 11th?

We'll definitely get a series of books to round out the edition, been a thing since 8th edition maybe even the end of 7th.

[Indy Techwisp]

Do we still have that Rumour Engine that we thought was a Gue'vessa boot open?

Edited Wednesday at 06:19 PM by Indy Techwisp

[CL_Mission]

18 minutes ago, Indy Techwisp said:

Do we still have that Rumour Engine that we thought was a Gue'vessa boot open?

I think that turned out to be a Votann Steeljack shoe.

[Marshal Reinhard]

23 hours ago, Tastyfish said:

It's the dark around them, and then the way the shine is on the edges. Doesn't quite seem to match how they'd be highlighting muscle or fabric, where the top of the crease/hair/vein would be lighter. Looks more metallic.

 

Did the lines a bit thin as I was zoomed in quite heavily but -

Purple - Armour, similar style to the gun casing from the previous rumour engine.

Yellow - Metal pipes/cables

Light Blue - Cable strap, or possibly a third pipe

Red - darker coloured plugs that the cables feed into to power the first

Dark Blue - could be a crease in the fabric or a strap around the arm

Green - darker side or underlayer to the fist that the plugs connect into.

Not sure if i would agree still but your arguement holds enough sway for me to abandon any aspirations of disagreeing