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Speculation, but given the overarching Chaos Space Marine Codex has been balkanised – so we have individual Legions and Renegades (like Red Corsairs) in separate books, it'd be nice to see a similar division in Imperial Space Marines between Imperium Nihilus and Imperium Sanctus; one with more of the new shiny stuff like grav-tanks, and the other relying on more time-tested (and locally available!) tech. (I'm not suggesting a formal split between Primaris and non-Primaris, for what it's worth.) +++ On the rumours themselves, while I don't have a horse in the race, it's nice to see Dark Eldar and Tau get some attention. More suits is perhaps the least exciting option I can think of for Tau when minor xenos auxiliaries and tanks are right these, but they are an iconic part of the force. Vect making a return with a Jabba's Sailbarge vibe of weirdo aliens sounds promising, and could be very cool.

Received safely ; thanks @cactus – you're a star!

That’d be very much appreciated – thank you. No rush; whenever suits you best.

I’d love a closer look at the old cardboard buildings from the original Adeptus Titanicus. These pre-date me joining the hobby, but I think they had specific background in the original Adeptus Titanicus (1987) rulebook. It’s a long shot, but does anyone happy to have them flat on the sheet?

Boss Nob looks proppa – I'm a big fan of the Brian Nelson design, but this and the boyz we've seen previewed look like a decent take on things, slightly dialling back the heroic scale of the 00s redesign, and finding a halfway house between the ape-like stance of the current orks and the squatting pose of the preceding metals. The proportional reduction in the size of the head, teeth and weapons*, along with the slightly rangier, gangly limbs and enormous trunk make them look sloppy and barbaric. Just great for orks! I like the open areas – particularly the shoulder pads – and overall less cluttered feel. It's nice to see the designers leaving painters somewhere to add freehand, transfers, or simply have fun with blending paint. Squig's very sweet, though I think I'd have it on the base instead of the shoulder. Not a fan of the iron jaw being rivetted/nailed directly into the jaw, but that's a minor criticism; and easily fixed by a head swap or a spot of greenstuff. *kustom shoota aside – but that actually makes it stand out as something impressive. +++ The trophy pole is cool, too – it took me a moment to realise that the marine's head is still in place, slipping down out of the helm! What a neat touch, and it shows off how the helmets work. I don't object to the angled ears. If you want to get all 'rivet-counter', you could probably describe it more like Errant armour, but honestly, there's always been more than one type of Mark VII helmet. The ones from Rogue Trader had tubular tops and coiled pipes (like the ones below) pretty consistently, but not exclusively. ... while the follow-up plastics from 3rd had a variety of grille shapes and pipes. (These are the later release sprue from 5thish; 3rd ed. ones surprisingly hard to find good pictures of): ... so the concept of a particular Chapter, Forgeworld or time period manufacturing some with extra ear covers doesn't break the sense of immersion for me. (But then, I've always tended to err towards the 'Yes, and' approach to the background. The more stuff, the better – it's a creative hobby, after all!) If the ears do really offend you, then I'll leave you with Schrödinger's Beekee, on the back of Wazdakka. Are the ears old-school or new-school? You decide!

Nostalgia's a hell of a drug. Fundamentally, if they released Steel Legion that were identical to the old ones I'd be disappointed. The metals ones have the charm of nostalgia and hand-sculpting, but I'd expect something more refined and engineered these days. However, if they change things so much that they lose all the identifying features of the originals, I'd be equally disappointed. Doubtless there's a very personal middle ground that would be ideal for me personally – but it's really down to GW to earn money from customers – and they don't owe me as an individual anything. They should make the kits that will appeal to the greatest number of buyers. Models are models – if people like them, they'll buy them; and if they don't they won't. I don't think anyone should expect collectors of a particular army to automatically buy new stuff just because they're named the same as something they already have. The plastic Catachans, for example. I did buy those at the time, but quickly realised that the plastic infantry didn't scratch the itch the metal ones did. Conversely, I do like both the old and new Kroot, and so over the years have bought both sets. There's hundreds of reasons why people will or won't buy things, but ultimately it's really only hurting GW's sales if they choose to sell models that people don't like instead of ones that they do. It's business. Anecdotally, the Imperial Guard/Astra Militarum have a large fanbase – not at Space Marine levels, but definitely one of the more popular factions – and I have no doubt that new plastics for them will sell well. New Steel Legion will definitely 'wash their faces' in terms of profit; whether old players/collectors buy them or not. I simply hope I like what they eventually release as Steel Legion. I've every hope that I will – and if I don't, no harm, no foul. :)

As a Steel Legion enthusiast and collector, I largely bit my tongue when we saw we were going back to Armageddon but weren't getting SL models – cathartic as complaining on the noosphere can be, it rarely improves things! However, now there are some actual rumours about new Steel Legion, I've gotta say that I'm cautiously excited. Metal conversion work is fun... but it gets wearing after a while. I do agree with @Ayatollah_of_Rock_n_Rolla that the sketches aren't quite hitting the spot for me at the mo. A bit of an 'uncanny valley' not-quite-Steel Legion, but perhaps they'll grow on me. Of the four options below, the second in from the left is what I'm hoping for. The great joy of the Armageddon setting, of course, is that there are lots of Steel Legion armies, and I think it'd be entirely appropriate to use any new models as (say) the forces of Armageddon Prime, and the old ones as those from Secundus – but equally, I rather relish the idea of the new design literally being the same forces but a few centuries onward. If GW are going to advance the storyline, I'd rather they did something solid with it. Either way, rules come and go, background can be personalised and re-interpreted, history can be refought, but cool models are forever and more options is always good :)

Mine has arrived, and been built! I wrote a review and some building notes over on the Death of a Rubricist blog, if you'd like to see: https://apologentsia.blogspot.com/2026/03/inload-warden-titan-building.html

While I'd love Steel Legion to appear, I think their absence from the video, and the marked presence of both Cadians and Krieg instead, can be taken as confirmation that the force of Armageddon itself won't be coming in the foreseeable future. I was really hoping that Yarrick would be a 'command group box' like they've done for other Guard special characters, but it seems it was not to be.

I agree with @Brother Casman that the upper two are the same, and since I'm pretty confident that the red one has text reads +ARMAGEDDON+, I'd wager it's a logo or icon for the broader warzone. As far as I'm aware, that eagle-surmounted half cog isn't an existing icon used elsewhere. +++ I'm going to guess at Imperial Guard of some sort. This looks to have lasgun silhouettes – though the two look slightly different from one another – longer scope and no magazine on the one on the left. The skull is pretty generic aide from the design on the top – an 'M'? – but being open-mouthed makes me hope for Catachans. No real reason for that beyond a hunch. Iconography here is equally 'generic Imperial' – but I wonder if it's a Death Korps logo at the top. It looks more like a head with a helm and gas mask than just a skull, but it's pretty unclear. I wish we could read the text on this one. Is the lower word 'FERRUM' or 'FERRUS'? Some reference to iron; but definitely looks more Guard than Marine, so not Iron Hands etc. Perhaps it's 'GRAVIS FERRUM' – a cod-latin pun on heavy metal? :D

Love 'em! Shame I can't make Bac-con (Spring is a busy time), but will keep my eyes open for a future event. :)

For this project, I've avoided using ‘Craftworld’ for Eldar and ‘Clan’ for Ork as terms because they don’t really reflect the way the forces work in-universe, and the archetype of some Clans/Craftworlds don’t translate particularly well into giant robot battles. Perhaps most importantly of all, I don’t want to limit how people paint their models! :) The plan is for War-clan (Eldar) and Waaagh (for orks) rules to appear separately in future campaign-themed releases (bit like how the AT Legio rules were released), along with bits like missions, Mekboy Gargants/Supa-Stompas and Stratagems. For the moment, the maniple equivalents (Bigmob and Conclave) tend to lean into particular archetypes, which is sometimes reflected in the background blurb. Skullhowla Mobs, for example, are noted to be favoured by Bad Moons and Deathskulls - but I've deliberately left this open so people have as much flexibility to paint and play their Xenos as they want.

Suggested rules were supplied in the newsletter – here's the Terminal: So it has the option to operate a bit like a pocket-Reaver with a third gun, or as a specialist Knight-protector. Scale-wise it's a 7, so between a Reaver and Dire Wolf, which are otherwise the best comparisons. In terms of raw stats it's nearly identical to a Dire Wolf, with just an inch less speed with Power to Locomotors The Warden's reactor is the same length as the Dire Wolf, but it has an additional shield Armour-wise it's identical to a Dire Wolf At 220pts for the chassis it's 10pts more without weapons Like the Dire Wolf, it's an Auxiliary Titan, and has a Heavy Scout Titan rule that explains how you can use it, with a clarification that Legio Audax players can't field it. The most obvious difference is the lack of the Stalker rule – the Warden instead has the option of a carapace-mounted weapon or the Aegis Protocol, which helps to shield friendly Knight banners by reducing the Strength of attacks against them.

Battle Bling have released a new Titan, so I thought I'd pop up a thread to discuss. None of the following beautifully painted version are mine (more's the pity!) https://battleblingstore.co.uk/collections/warden Two different versions: the Aevum and Fidelis, which are distinguished by their heads and top carapace: Size-wise it's in between a Warhound and Reaver: