Let's have a GW rumors and sneak peeks thread!

[AndrewGPaul]

I wonder if that Bladeborn game is derived from that Khorne Bloodbound arena game that came out when Age of Sigmar was new?

As for wonky- headed skeletons, you try keeping your head steady without any tendons.

[Primarch]

This looks like a cool mini.

New Savage Orcs for Underworlds.

[me_in_japan]

His name is Bub. He’s nice

[Balloonacorn]

Looks like a good Blood Bowl player

[The Other Dave]

The obligatory "lady wood elf with a bow" model has been previewed for Cursed City:

I mean, it's a perfectly nice model, very cool even, but "lady wood elf with a bow" is some very well-tread ground, you know?

[Primarch]

...but "lady wood elf with a bow" is some very well-tread ground, you know?

I'm not sure how it could be. GW hasn't sculpted an elf with anything more than three toes in contact with the ground in a very long time.

You're right though, very nice model, but an old trope. It's a very dynamic looking mini, you get the sprinting, leaping, firing backwards vibe from it very clearly. Lots of different textures to paint in the clothing. I'm sure some talented painters will do marvelous things with it. But compared to the gravedigger guy we saw when they announced the game, this is just another jumpy-elf with bow*. When I think back to GW's earlier boxed games from the days of yore, this mini is on a whole different level, maybe GW is just spoiling us with too many high quality figures these days.


*Yes, I know I'm a cynic.

[me_in_japan]

Y’know, not to be Mr Swooshy and all, but I rather like it. I’m a huge fan of dynamism in sculpts, and this minis works very well in that regard. It also has excellent visual flow, which is another thing I appreciate when done well. One thing is, though, assuming this new game is set in the age of sigmar, how come she’s got feet? I thought the wood elves in AoS had hooves, like a Lorwyn elf? They did in Underworlds, anyway. Or are Skaeth’s lot not wood elves?

Also,

this is just another jumpy-elf with bow*

Fair point, and all, but I feel the same way about spess mahreenz, and how many of those do we get per month?

Pity me brethren, pity me....

[The Other Dave]

Y’know, not to be Mr Swooshy and all, but I rather like it. I’m a huge fan of dynamism in sculpts, and this minis works very well in that regard. It also has excellent visual flow, which is another thing I appreciate when done well. One thing is, though, assuming this new game is set in the age of sigmar, how come she’s got feet? I thought the wood elves in AoS had hooves, like a Lorwyn elf? They did in Underworlds, anyway. Or are Skaeth’s lot not wood elves?

Don't get me wrong, I like it - it's just that after Blackstone worked so hard to explore parts of the 40K setting we hadn't seen before, "wood elf with bow" seems kind of vanilla. Even just making her a Kurnothi satyr like the Underworlds warband would have been a cool step!

Speaking of which, AFAIK, the satyr elves in Underworlds are "Kurnothi," a different and as-yet-unexplored new thing in the AoS setting, probably different from wood elves in the same way snake ladies are different from witch elves? Wood elves with feet are definitely still a thing though.

[Primarch]

Fair point, and all, but I feel the same way about spess mahreenz, and how many of those do we get per month?

Pity me brethren, pity me....

Indeed.
I recently ran across a post elsewhere on the interwebs detailing the differences between the last time Nids* got a model and the number of marine related releases since.
The broodlord model was released in 2014. Since then no new Nids have been released, whereas marines got:

6th/7th edition
Space Marines - Assault Marines
Space Marines - Devastators
Space Marines - Terminator Librarian
Space Marines - Terminator Captain
Space Marines - Mk.IV Power Armour Squad
Blood Angels - Jump Pack Chaplain
Space Marines - Deathwatch
Space Wolves - Wulfen
Space Marines - Imperial Space Marine
Space Marines - Captain
Space Marines - Cataphractii Terminators
Space Marines - Contemptor Dreadnought
Space Marines - Chaplain

7th edition
Space Marines - Mk.III Power Armour Squad
Space Wolves - Krom Dragongaze
Space Wolves - Murderfang/Bjorn
Space Wolves - Wolf Lord
Space Marines - Captain
Space Marines - Interrogator-Chaplain
Space Marines - Stormhawk Interceptor
Deathwatch - Watch Master
Deathwatch - Marine
Deathwatch - Kill-Team
Deathwatch - Chaplain
Deathwatch - Librarian
Deathwatch - Corvus Blackstar
Deathwatch - Kill-Team Cassius (11 models)
Blood Angels - Death Company Chaplain
Space Marines - Roboute Guilliman
Space Marines - Rhino Primaris
Space Marines - Land Raider Excelsior
Blood Angels - Tactical Squad
Blood Angels - Karlaen
Blood Angels - Sanguinary Priest
Grey Knight - Aldrik Voldus
Raven Guard - Kyrin Solaq
Dark Angels - Cypher
Space Wolves - Ulrik the Slayer
Space Wolves - Ancient Warclaw Dreadnought
Space Wolves - Lone Wolf
Space Wolves - Wolf Guard Battle Leader
Space Wolves - Wolf Priest
Deathwatch - Watch Captain
Deathwatch - Deathwatch Venerable Dreadnought
Blood Angels - Upgrade Pack
Blood Angels - Assault Terminator Squad
Blood Angels - Assault Squad
Blood Angels - Command Squad
Blood Angels - Terminator Librarian

8th edition
Space Marines - Primaris Intercessor Squad
Space Marines - Primaris Inceptor Squad
Space Marines - Primaris Hellblaster Squad
Space Marines - Primaris Lieutenant
Space Marines - Primaris Standard Bearer
Space Marines - Primaris Captain
Space Marines - Primaris Reiver Squad
Space Marines - Primaris Captain
Space Marines - Primaris Librarian
Space Marines - Primaris Aggressor
Space Marines - Primaris Redemptor Dreadnought
Space Marines - Primaris Repulsor
Space Marines - Easy To Build Primaris Redemptor Dreadnought
Space Marines - Easy To Build Primaris Intercessors
Space Marines - Easy To Build Primaris Reivers
Space Marines - Easy To Build Primaris Aggressors
Space Marines - Primaris Chaplain
Space Marines - Primaris Apothecary
Space Marines - Primaris Veteran Sergeant
Blood Angels - Primaris Lieutenant
Dark Angels - Primaris Lieutenant
Ultramarines - Primaris Captain
Deathwatch - Primaris Intercessors
Deathwatch - Primaris Upgrade Frame
Blood Angels - Primaris Upgrades
Dark Angels - Primaris Upgrades
Space Wolves - Primaris Battle Leader
Ultramarines - Primaris Lieutenant Calsius
Space Marines - Primaris Lieutenant (Power Sword)
Space Marines - Primaris Lieutenant Amulius
Space Marines - Primaris Lieutenant (500th store)
Ultramarines - Space Marines Heroes S1 (9 models)
Ultramarines - Sevastus Acheran
Space Marines - Primaris Vanguard Librarian
Space Marines - Primaris Vanguard Eliminators
Space Marines - Primaris Vanguard Suppressors
Space Marines - Primaris Vanguard Infiltrators
Space Marines - Primaris Vanguard Lieutenant
Space Marines - Primaris Repulsor Executioner
Ultramarines - Jovan
Space Marines - Primaris Vanguard Space Marine
White Scars - Kor'sarro Khan
Ultramarines - Varro Tigurius
Space Marines - Primaris Impulsor
Space Marines - Primaris Invictor Tactical Warsuit
Space Marines - Primaris Incursors
Raven Guard - Kayvaan Shrike
Blood Angels - Space Marines Heroes S2 (10 models)
Salamanders - Adrax Agatone
Imperial Fists - Tor Garadon
Blood Angels - Mephiston
Space Marines - Terminator Captain
Space Marines - Terminator Chaplain
Dark Angels - Lazarus
Space Wolves - Ragnar Blackmane
Ultramarines - Lexicanum Varus

9th edition
Space Marines - Primaris Captain
Space Marines - Primaris Lieutenant
Space Marines - Primaris Chaplain
Space Marines - Primaris Judiciar
Space Marines - Primaris Bladeguard Veterans
Space Marines - Primaris Bladeguard Ancient
Space Marines - Primaris Eradicators
Space Marines - Primaris Assault Intercessors
Space Marines - Primaris Outriders
Space Marines - Primaris Firestrike Servo-Turret
Space Marines - Primaris Invader ATV
Space Marines - Primaris Hammerfall Bunker
Space Marines - Primaris Chaplain on Bike
Space Marines - Primaris Techmarine
Space Marines - Primaris Gladiator
Space Marines - Primaris Captain with Master-crafted Heavy Bolt Rifle
Space Marines - Primaris Heavy Intercessor squad
Space Marines - Primaris Eradicators (multipart)
Space Marines - Primaris Bladeguard Veterans (multipart)
Space Marines - Primaris Assault Intercessors (multipart)
Space Marines - Primaris Storm Speeder (3 variants)
Space Marines - Terminator Chaplain Tarentus
Space Marines - Captain Uriel Ventris

Total: 128 kits, averaging about 1.7 per month.

Now, some of those are for other armies like Wolves and Angels, so you could maybe count them separately**.

In that same period, Eldar got:
Farseer
Spiritseer
Wraithknight
Crimson Hunters
Hemlock Wraithfighter
Wraithblade
Wraithguard
Illic Nightspear
Farseer on Jetbike
Windrider Squadron
Autarch
Eldrad Ulthran
Yvraine
Yncarne
Visarch
Spiritseer
Howling Banshee
Jain Zar
Total: 18 kits, an average of 0.25 per month.

So yeah, it is easy to see why there is this perception of GW doing nothing except marines***.

*Genestealer Cults are a separate army.
**I'm confident that M_i_J views all marines as being the same thing, so will count them all together.
***Personally I'd prefer plastic 30K era stuff anyway, so I am also in the 'too many (Primaris) marines' camp.

[jus]

One thing is, though, assuming this new game is set in the age of sigmar, how come she’s got feet? I thought the wood elves in AoS had hooves, like a Lorwyn elf? They did in Underworlds, anyway. Or are Skaeth’s lot not wood elves?

Hmm I thought so too MIJ san! But this suggests (thankfully) that wood elves in the traditional sense may make a return. They say she's a "Kurnothi" exiled from her tribe. Good news as I wasn't the biggest fan of the hybrid elf direction GW was taking.

Very exciting stuff!