Thoughts on the Chaos open day model

So as most of you will have seen, a new Chaos character was revealed last Saturday at the new year open day and he looks awesome. Very Chaos, very cool. Not much was said about him, but I think its safe to say he'll be along with Vigilus part 2. There has been some discussion in the community about if he is generic or named, or what role he fills. I had my own take on this. When eyeing up the model, I though the robe looked the same style as the Dark Angels Vets, as oppose to sternguard for example. Being a Dark Angels player myself, I'm a bit biased here as I'd like a campaign were I hunt some Fallen, which led me to the hope that this is the second Fallen character in the game. We know the Ravenwing and Deathwing are on Vigilus in force, so it not impossible for this to happen. It would also make the Deathwing's rule ever so slightly more useful.

While I was discussing this with my friend who plays Space Wolves, he had noticed something similar. The teeth, skull, and stone necklace, and stones on the staff all have a Space Wolf vide to them. Both of these may just be design coincidences, or have another story behind them, and these are definitely not rumours, but it was just another one of many 40K thoughts I had running round in my head. Either way I'm excited to see who this guy is, and what Vigilus part 2 brings.

Thanks for reading,

Ste

Scout-Primaris model link

I've just been gluing torsos to legs on some scouts and notice an interesting link between the models. The scout torso has always looked more stripped down and mobile, having the smaller chest piece with stomach armour. The mark x armour too has this design feature, albeit more detailed with a second stomach plate.

I know its not a big deal but I'd hedge a bet that this was an intentional move on the design teams part to tie in the older models to the new range, helping to make armies more cohesive. After seeing how well they've tied in the mechanicus amd imperialis terrain it seems too similar to be a coincidence.


Just a thought I had that I though I'd put out there.

Happy New Year all,

Ste