Morovir

I meant for the purposes of the 40k rules, the base squad always comes with a pack leader so the expectation is that you would assemble the pack leader as one of the models, meaning that you wouldn't be able to built the Frosteye (if you followed the instructions to the letter).

It's because the Instigator is the alternative build for the Pack Leader model, so per strict adherence to the instructions, as you have to have a pack leader within the first 6 models, you will only be able to build the Instigator with the second lot of 6.

Do not rejoice, for the servo arm is actually different - the one in the rumour engine has a small servo claw as well as the syringe, and doesn't have the cloth wrapped around bits.

I always just assumed that he got demoted from Captain after the events of Throne of Light, after he essentially had the beaten out of him by a Dark Apostle and was left to die.

Clearly he needs more technical know-how to deal with a jetbike breaking down rather than just a motorcycle.

There was a Stormcast Eternal when AoS first launched and a Slaughter priest when WD first went back to being monthly to promote the Gorechosen boardgame.

Exactly - it's precisely the same amount of influence that they get from any of their other cultural influences (i e very little), and so defines them just as much

In fairness, the most iconic Medusan weapon in the Horus Heresy books is the Medusan Zweihander, a weapon that is just as Greek as the Tetsubo. The truth is, the Iron Hands have never had much of a cohesive iconic weapon other than Iron Hands = Mechanicus = Cog power axes and one thunder hammer from a 20+ year old upgrade kit. The Greek theming doesn't go beyond the name Medusa and the Gorgon, and it could be argued that they have just as much Scottish influence from the clan companies, and the pre-Primarch origins in Old Albia. Combined with Medusa apparently having Zweihanders, we have a Greek named world with Scottish themed clans and Germanic weapons - can we really argue that the addition of Japanese theming is truly so much of a departure from their existing cultural melting pot of an identity?

To be fair re. the flak vests, they've been on Catachan models since the Catachan Command Squad was released in 2009?, so they're not exactly a recent development.

If I remember correctly, it was returned to the Iron Hands in return for them accepting the Codex Astartes (per Nick Kyme's Rebirth), and then it was kept in the centre of a maze at the heart of the Eye of Medusa guarded by a Helfather (rumoured in-universe, per David Guymer's Eye of Medusa).

He broke it in their first duel before Istvaan, then reforged it and wielded it against Fulgrim at Istvaan, after which Fulgrim took it off his corpse.

That's mainly because in the last edition, an Iron Father came with a servo arm rather than a machinator array - I'm assuming it changed to make it more of a difference from the Warsmith.

I think the split is probably to split up the bolter/bolt pistol and chainsword option for Noise Marines from the sonic weapon Noise Marines, by rebranding the former as their Legionnaires and leaving just the sonic-armed ones as Noise Marines.

Those are the big sprues from Indomitus/Leviathan - they aren't sold individually.

Might not even have to recut for the Ogryn - each one is on its own sprue in the box (with Nork's pieces spread across the three sprues) which could allow the Ogryn to be customisable.