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Not even close. Ultramarines kits: Guillian, Calgar, Sicarius, Titus, Tigurius, Guardians of Ultramar, Victrix Guard - total 8. Custodes have: Trajan, Valerian & Aleya, Shield Captain, Blade Champion, Custodian Guard, Custodian Wardens, Vertus Praetors, Allarus Terminators, Sisters of Silence, Contemptor Dreadnought, Rhino, Land Raider. Total: 12 I'm sure some people would choose to remove the Contemptor, Rhino & Land Raider claiming that they aren't Custodes units (which isn't true, they're in the Codex) but that still leaves 9 kits, more than the Ultramarines. More importantly, most of the Custodes kits are generic units so will get more use and value compared to the Ultramarines, where every kit is something unique (apart from the Victrix Guard maybe) and mostly characters, Also, a number of the Custodes kits have multiple builds, often also allowing characters or unit variants to be built. And then we have all the Forge World stuff where Custodes have lots and the 40k Ultramarines have almost nothing (most FW Ultramarine stuff is 30k only).

Warcraft dwarves are (very badly imitated) Scottish. Warhammer dwarfs are Yorkshiremen. I'd guess Leagues will be the same as their fantasy counterpart.

Chaos Warriors was the launch DLC for TW:WH1 & Norsca was the launch DLC for TW:WH2 (while also weirdly being the last paid dlc for TW:WH1). Ogre Kingdoms was the launch DLC for TW:WH3. Bretonnia came quite late in TW:WH1's cycle but was free DLC. Tomb Kings were the first paid DLC for TW:WH2. Not that it changes anything you're saying. They've done an extra faction as launch DLC (usually free with pre-orders) for all the TW:WH titles so far so it wouldn't be a surprise if they do the same again.

3rd Company feature in the trailer & gameplay footage for Total War Warhammer 40k. There's an unnamed captain in there too. He doesn't look like Fabian, but that doesn't mean anything because he's using different weapon loadouts and different armour at different points in the cinematic/gameplay.

Uriel Ventris has no model anymore. They discontinued him a couple of months ago. He'll be in Legends once the next Codex hits, just like all the other models that GW abandon. Unless they switch him over from a Black Library limited edition model to a mainstream release.

From what I've heard (and this is just hearsay, nothing concrete but it makes perfect sense), CA are looking for a replacement for TW:WH. So a game with enough content to have continuous DLC (at least 1 a year, though at it's height during TW:WH 2 they were releasing 3 a year) and multiple sequels for the best part of the next decade. Star Wars doesn't have that scope, WH40k does. TW:WH 3 has 24 factions, the smallest faction has 45 units and the largest almost triple that, with most units being faction unique. 104 legendary lords each leading their own sub-faction with unique mechanics and sometimes unique units and is coming up to a decade of content. They're only just coming to the point where they're scraping the bottom of the barrel with some of those factions, while others still have plenty of depth left to explore. There's been 5 more legendary lords just announced which will come with a chunk of new units for each faction involved, and that's apparently the first in a series of four planned End Times dlc. They also said they wanted to try individual legendary lord mini-dlc's, though they haven't announced any yet so those plans might have changed. There is still an entire faction that they haven't touched yet and has had stuff datamined for it, and potentially 2 more factions if GW lets them off the leash again like they did for Kislev & Grand Cathay. What I'm saying is TW:WH is huge. It's been their only source of income at times, especially recently and it's kept them afloat despite the major flop that was Hyenas (a Fortnite-like FPS that died in late development and flushed millions of £ down the drain) and multiple historical TW titles that underperformed, even with as cut-throat a publisher as Sega breathing down their necks. Star Wars, even if you combined Rebellion era, Resistance era, Clone Wars era and Old Republic era together into one weird chimera of a time-line, doesn't come close to the same amount of depth and potential for content, nor the same size of revenue stream. But it goes without saying, 40k does and them some. They already have a solid working relationship with GW spanning over a decade, Disney would be a completely new partner. And 40k is only going to get bigger and more popular. Star Wars is heading in the opposite direction. If it's true that they're looking at a successor to TW:WH, then 40k is IMO, the only real option. Star Wars is more risk with much less to gain - not a good choice for a company that's only one wrong move away from daddy Sega shutting them down.

The more likely explanation is that it is Sega who decided that, not CA. I don't think it's evidence of anything more than corporate meddling.

I can't remember how many we had, but I know we had one less when the manager got sick of one of the songs, pulled out the cassette and jumped up and down on it.

I noticed that as well. It better not be a mistake. The other captains are cool, but Fabian is the original. Titus, Ventris, Aeiros, Sicarius, Agamman, Acheran, Ideus - Fabian pre-dates them all as a character with lore (as opposed to just a name on a Chapter org chart). The only captain that I'd accept on the same level as Fabian is the absolute legend that is Saul Invictus. Or, to be more accurate, was Saul Invictus.

I'd say Metanus is the weakest. He just looks like someone's Bladeguard with a few 3D printed parts added on. Which, granted, is what he looks like in Secret Level, but he also has a power axe which makes him stand out. Here he's just got a standard Bladeguard power sword which is disappointing. - his use of the power axe is so well done in the animation so you'd have thought that GW would have tied that in to the model And poor Chairon, getting the boot despite fighting with Titus through the entirety of SM2 only to be replaced by a guy from a 20 minute animation.

A rosary is the beads used IRL to help with prayer, as Nephaston explained. A Rosarius is a 40k invented word for an amulet used by members of the Adeptus Ministorum and Astartes Chaplains to house conversion fields. It is also used in prayer, at least by the Sororitas - I'm not sure if there's any examples of Chaplains using it that way. The word is obviously based on the IRL word "rosary". I understand there is confusion in the community as to what exactly is what, so I'll see if I can help. I do have source material to back all of this up, but I am lazy and don't want to have to take photos, find readers for old file formats etc. If someone wants proof for something specific let me know. Only Astartes Chaplains, Ecclesiarchy Priests (Preachers, Missionaries & Confessors, maybe other ranks) and high-ranking Sororitas are gifted with a Rosarius. It's as much a badge of office as it is a religious icon and energy shield generator. Astartes Captains, Chapter Masters, Librarians, Lieutenants, Sergeants, Veterans (both in and out of Terminator armour) and rank & file Sororitas are not gifted a Rosarius. Rosarius do not have a set form. I think in the Fantasy Flight RPGs they were described as being able to be rings and amulets, but I'd need to go back and check. On the minatures, they're almost always an amulet (or just have no visible representation). The Crux Terminatus and Terminator Honours are the same thing and are represented multiple ways. It's usually (but not always) called the Crux Terminatus when it's mounted on the left shoulder of a Terminator suit, and it's usually (but not always) called Terminator Honours when it's in it's amulet form (the same amulet as the rumour engine image). It can also appear on belt buckles, jump pack harnesses, knee pads and is also used as a squad marking by Veteran squads in power armour, where it's painted on the right shoulder pad. Sometimes it's just painted or sculpted in random places on Astartes armour. It's been an honour badge that Astartes are permitted to use once they have completed Terminator armour training since Rogue Trader, though the 10th edition Space Marine Codex does muddy the waters a bit as it lists it as just the "Crux" and a symbol of veterancy, rather than a specific icon for Terminator trained Marines. Traditionally, all veterans will have training in Terminator armour, though I'm not sure that's still the case given we have Veteran squads in all companies now. It's a bit more ambiguous and I don't know if GW have ever specified if veterans from other Companies have Terminator training like all the veterans in the 1st Company have. There are variants of it too - higher ranking marines in Terminator armour tend to have a more ornate Crux, often with gems. Terminator Sergeants tend to have a version with the bottom beam is longer, similar to the Indomitus Crusade veteran badge. And Space Wolves often use wolf skulls instead of human skulls. In 3rd edition they even had rules - Terminator Honours was a piece of wargear you could give to Sergeants and characters that gave them +1 attack and Terminator armour had them built in. Astartes of Sergeant and above rank as well as veterans may have these amulets sculpted on the model, either with a skull or a gem in the middle. That's because they are not Rosarius (if they were, then they wouldn't have them because they're not Chaplains). They are Terminator Honours (labelled as such in multiple sources, Codices, Insignium Astartes & even I think some old instructions for building Marine kits). You can see them on Marines of all ranks just by browsing the various Space Marine ranges on GW's webstore. I can understand the confusion here as GW over the years have been loose with their descriptions and often just given Chaplains Terminator Honours amulets, but nothing else that could resemble a Rosarius. All Ecclesiarchy Preachers, Missionaries and Confessors all have Rosarius. As do Sororitas Canoness (and probably some other ranks). None of them have the cross amules with the gem or skull in the middle. If those amulets were Rosarius, then you'd see them on Ecclesiarchy models. Again, you can just go on GW's webstore to verify this. All Sororitas have those beads, usually with a Minstorum icon attached. All Sororitas do not have a Rosarius. So the beads are not a Rosarius either. I think they're referred to as prayer beads or a rosary. Either way, they're exactly the same as an IRL Rosary - an icon of faith but without the technology or rank that comes with a Rosarius. So basically, a Rosarius is whatever you want it to be. It can be an amulet shaped like Terminator Honours if you want, it can be shaped like an aquila, or a winged skull, or a circular cross, or a diagonal cross, or a Chapter symbol, or an Adeptus Ministorum symbol, or a .... bell?. These are all examples from sculpts over the years for models that have a Rosarius. But that doesn't mean that those shapes are automatically a Rosarius. Terminator Honours are still Terminator Honours, even if some Rosarius are shaped like them. Ministorum icons are still Ministorum icons, even if some Rosarius are shaped like them. In other words, unless you know the icon in question is definitively part of a model that would be equipped with a Rosarius, then there is zero evidence that it's a Rosarius (as is the case with this rumour engine). And even if it's part of a model with a Rosasrius, it's not definitive proof that it is a Rosarius (as is the case with Asmodai above, where a poster has mis-identified the Terminator Honours at his waist as a Rosarius - his actual Rosarius is the Dark Angel icon hanging about his neck - yes, I have a source for that). So what we can definitely say about the rumour engine is that it is Terminator Honours, as there's decades of lore and proof that amulets shaped like that are Terminator Honours and those amulets only appear on models that could have been awarded Terminator Honours. What we can't say is whether it is a Rosarius or not. It could be, but without more context we don't know.

No, it's almost certainly terminator honours. A single photo from 3rd party merch proves nothing in the face of three decades of codexes and lore books labelling them as terminator honours, not to mention dozens if not hundreds of non-Chaplain Marines wearing them. If it is a rosarius, then why is it worn by Captains, Lieutenants, Sergeants, various Veterans and Terminators dating back to Rogue Trader in the late 80's, none of whom have any connection to a rosarius? There is a slim chance that it's a rosarius that's almost identical to terminator honours, as that has happened occasionally. But 99% of the time that icon is terminator honours. and unless there's another rumour engine/model reveal showing a dead Chaplain that it's been taken from, then it's going to be terminator honours this time too. Even if it is a dead Chaplain, then it's quite likely to be terminator honours as Chaplains regularly wear them and for some reason, GW hasn't bothered modelling rosarius on Chaplains in a long time. As an aside, the version with the elongated bottom part of the cross that is shown in some of the pictures above is neither terminator honours nor a rosarius, it's an honour badge used by Indomitus Crusade veterans. It's on all (I think) of the models from Indomitus, for example on the left vambraces of the Assault Intercessors. It's also on some transfer sheets (though I can't remember if GW bothered to label it there).

Replacement. Gravis Calgar has gone from the webstore.

Ah, I see what you mean. The " " around operatives made me think you were referring to scalpers. I don't play Kill Team so I forgot GW called the models in it operatives.

This will continue until the community stops supporting these practices. And the community will unfortunately continue to support these practices until all the people with disposable income and poor impulse buying control are priced out. It's only going to get worse.