Rumour Engine - 16th December

[Vassakov]

My gut says this is probably AoS, as it looks more insectoid than anything else. Perhaps something Sylvaneth to go with the beetle or something else for the Nurgle AoS stuff. Or a Daemonic unit, but again they seem to be mostly AoS these days. 

 

Doesn't really bear any resemblance to any 40k design language that I can think of. 

 

 

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/tsxl4plj/the-rumour-engine-16th-of-december/

[RolandTHTG]

See, I thought it looked right inline with the current spawn atrophied limb design language. 

[Indy Techwisp]

Could be part of a Drukhari Beast maybe?

[LSM]

Weird creature?

 

Must be more Necromunda. ;p

[Trokair]

My first thought was something Ash Waste Nomad related from Necromunda.

 

Something related to these insectoids (spoilered due to size of image).

 

Spoiler

 

[Gamiel]

Ultramarine scout on xeno-mount.

[TheMawr]

Most insectoid things have strong chitinous elements though wich this one lacks completely..

 

But I was thinking.. could this be an element of an Emperors children cultist kill team ? ( we have a boole rumor for an Eldar vs Chaos (or orks) kill team matchup coming.) Even though the art ( wich has a lot of creative license anyway ) does show more Daemonette style limbs ( mechanical it seems.) there is a possibility for a more fleshy bit for an operative in kill team.

 

It is more remiscent of Spawn or Possessed insectoid elements.

[Indy Techwisp]

6 minutes ago, TheMawr said:

Most insectoid things have strong chitinous elements though wich this one lacks completely..

 

But I was thinking.. could this be an element of an Emperors children cultist kill team ? ( we have a boole rumor for an Eldar vs Chaos (or orks) kill team matchup coming.) Even though the art ( wich has a lot of creative license anyway ) does show more Daemonette style limbs ( mechanical it seems.) there is a possibility for a more fleshy bit for an operative in kill team.

 

It is more remiscent of Spawn or Possessed insectoid elements.

 

If it is an EC Cultist team then where the heck is the TSons team now that our Rubricae one left classified?

[LSM]

2 hours ago, TheMawr said:

But I was thinking.. could this be an element of an Emperors children cultist kill team ? ( we have a boole rumor for an Eldar vs Chaos (or orks) kill team matchup coming.) Even though the art ( wich has a lot of creative license anyway ) does show more Daemonette style limbs ( mechanical it seems.) there is a possibility for a more fleshy bit for an operative in kill team.

 

While the EC codex does have art of Cultists, I'd note that the World Eater Codex art also had Cultists which did not line up with Jakhals. (No stimm-tanks or half-masks - the two defining Jakhal features IMO.)

 

Which is to say: if EC were to get Cultists, I could imagine them being as close to the EC Codex art as Jakhals are to the below. 

 

[TheMawr]

38 minutes ago, LSM said:

 

While the EC codex does have art of Cultists, I'd note that the World Eater Codex art also had Cultists which did not line up with Jakhals. (No stimm-tanks or half-masks - the two defining Jakhal features IMO.)

 

Which is to say: if EC were to get Cultists, I could imagine them being as close to the EC Codex art as Jakhals are to the below. 

 

 

I agree, it was not so much a note for myself but rather for someone reading my theory.. as that artist ( I think its the same one ) takes a lot of creative license.

A bit of a sidenote, in his creative license he creates very interesting concepts I'd still love to see that work better as one-offs rather than part of a unit perse.. not saying that the above two should be characters, but rather that.. having a WHU style outlet in 40k could have very interesting things like the above, that for 40k proper you'd just mix in with your other equivalent units. Though ofcourse then people will ask for bespoke rules, and GW would comply with rules that are bad and legends, wich would be kind of a shame, because while Axehead might be a champion in the local Blood and Skull games on Gore Vegas.. there is no reason that in the warzone of 40k its just another Jackhal :)

 

 

3 hours ago, Indy Techwisp said:

 

If it is an EC Cultist team then where the heck is the TSons team now that our Rubricae one left classified?

 

Its not a wishlist, its a speculation on the rumor engine...