Saturday, February 4, 2012

The Future of 40k is Here


What is on our 40k horizon. Well, apparently a little bird has been heard. No Black Templar. Tau and Eldar being worked on. Dark Angels "in progress". The big news is Chaos "done" and at the printers. There is a lot here......

Please remember that these are rumors and to take with the standard salt.

via Darnok
I've been told the following:
•no BT in the near future

•DA are "in progress"

•Eldar and Tau are being worked on, with Eldar further along than Tau

Concerning Chaos:
•the book is done and almost at the printers
•an Iron Warriors character (?) has been seen, with a huge servo harness
•possible new Obliterators (plastic or Finecast?)
•painted versions of all 4 cult terminators have been sighted - could be conversions though
•plastic Plaguebearers on round bases have been sighted

The already "known" Necron wave was confirmed: 2 flyers, the big walker, the jet bikes, Wraiths and Spiders. I quote: "The wraiths and spiders did NOT look like a dual kit".

Another interesting quote:
There ware also a few Nids ready to go, the Tervigon/Tyranofex dual kit and a flyer that I wasn't familiar with, looked about lictor sized but more resembled a winged zoanthrope.

Confirms the usual suspects - but the other beasty sounds like the Parasite of Mortex to me, not the Harpy.

And last, but definetely not least: more flyers seem to be in the works, including an Ork Fighter! It seemed to be very similar to the FW version. No specific mention of a timeframe was given - expect it sometime the next six months.

The usual disclaimer: while I trust my birdies, you don't have to. Please don't take any of this as gospel.


According to Hastings Nids, Crons and SW are next, so I expect the Nids next month or in April at the latest.