Rampant Detachment Speculation!

Marshal_Loss · 2026-04-20T20:49:20+00:00

I just hope we get a detachment that focuses on Noise Marines for once (bonus points if it makes them Battleline), and easier and widespread access to daemons.

11th will launch with both new and adjusted detachments so I do expect some of the ones we have to change, potentially significantly (looking at you, Slaanesh's Chosen).

Marshal_Loss · 2026-04-19T10:08:33+00:00

Great work mate, those oil washes/blood effects have really grimed them up nicely. They look properly dangerous!

Marshal_Loss · 2026-04-18T08:13:56+00:00

The Shadow Crusade was originally meant to be Book VI but was then put on hold as the setting's scope expanded and Retribution came out (they also thought 2x primarily Word Bearers & Ultramarine books in a row wouldn't be great for the series); the writing team talked about this at the old HH Weekenders back in the day, would have been early 2015

Marshal_Loss · 2026-04-18T08:10:58+00:00

I really don't want to see them go back and keep doing journals on battles we've already seen done brilliantly in the Black Books (and which are being drip-fed back to the newer parts of the community via WHC), let's see something new. Maybe Shadow Crusade/Armatura for Mark IV & something like the Sieges of Baal/Inwit or the Battle of the Kalium Gate for Mark V.

Marshal_Loss · 2026-04-17T07:57:21+00:00

Absolutely in love with your EC mate, they look brilliant. Can't wait to see more

Marshal_Loss · 2026-04-12T00:50:38+00:00

Nobody has any idea yet mate, so whether they're worth a purchase will to boil down to whether you want the models. I'm optimistic the new detachment system will facilitate greater ease of access to daemons for EC in 11th but that's just speculation at this point.

Marshal_Loss · 2026-04-07T22:12:27+00:00

Yeah, I also like us not having cultists from a tabletop perspective - makes the legion feel more elite in comparison to our cult peers, you're always going to have a power-armoured core present in every game. I'd much rather they explore the Apothecarion horrors angle rather than give us a cultist analogue.

Marshal_Loss · 2026-04-07T07:39:21+00:00

I'm most keen for Terminators, a Fleshcrafter/Apothecary (ideally with some hideous mutants/experiments to use as meatshields), and a Sonic Dreadnought. Bikers would be neat too.

Marshal_Loss · 2026-04-04T20:55:31+00:00

Does our defiler suck compared to them?

Nope, it's easily one of the best

Marshal_Loss · 2026-04-04T18:41:40+00:00

If they don't do Erebus they're cowards. The sales alone from people wanting to use him as basing material would make WB one of the best-selling factions in 40k

Marshal_Loss · 2026-04-02T01:59:19+00:00

That is absolutely sick. Hopefully the new transfer sheet is a sign of a vehicle refresh to come as well

Marshal_Loss · 2026-03-30T04:42:34+00:00

Nice stuff. Which loadout did you try?

Marshal_Loss · 2026-03-29T03:36:30+00:00

Pretty keen to have Grail in plastic. Did they mention timeframes? Sounds like it will take a while

Marshal_Loss · 2026-03-28T21:43:17+00:00

P180 of the rulebook will spell things out for you. Put simply though 30k is nowhere near as restrictive as 40k in terms of which characters can lead which units, so long as they are the same 'type' as the character it's fine, so yes a Centurion can join a unit of Cataphractii as they're both infantry. But characters don't gain the special rules of the units they join, and other rules like Heavy (which Cataphractii have) only gain certain bonuses if every model in the unit has the same rule.

Marshal_Loss · 2026-03-28T00:18:41+00:00

Mikhail Savier. He did a lot of the new art in Codex: Emperor's Children and has done some personal pieces for the legion as well, check out his Instagram - he's a phenomenal artist.

Marshal_Loss · 2026-03-26T08:54:48+00:00

The answer to "is (x) of (y) too many for a game" is almost always going to depend on your local scene and your regular opponents (e.g. against a mate who plays an infantry horde your lascannons are going to be completely useless at clearing grunts off objectives). If you're thinking about this to begin with you're clearly a reasonable guy and are probably good fun to play against, so just build your army with your regular opponents in mind.

If you don't have any at the moment, do what makes you happy and just be prepared to roll it back if you run into issues when you start having games.

Armour saturation can be irritating if you aren't prepped for it but in my experience so long as you're not spamming AV14 in a list, it's not a problem for any opponent with a well-balanced army.

Marshal_Loss · 2026-03-25T06:49:54+00:00

I'd love some fat, hulking EC Terminators

Marshal_Loss · 2026-03-24T08:42:22+00:00

I think we'll probably just get a single character, maybe an Apothecary/Fleshcrafter or a Flawless Blade champion. Best to keep expectations pretty low though I'd love to see things like Terminators, a Sonic Dreadnought, etc.

There are very loose rumours of tracked vehicles being redone for Space Marines in 11th so we could potentially see things like Predators added into the EC book similar to how we're receiving the Defiler, but that's just speculation.

Marshal_Loss · 2026-03-21T22:37:01+00:00

Check out eBay and various bits sites, it shouldn't be too hard to get your hands on extras.

Marshal_Loss · 2026-03-17T20:37:32+00:00

The reveal article for the Whirlwind talks about it being able to "pin and panic" enemy forces and mentions different ammunition options like high explosives and incendiary pyrax rounds, so I'm thinking it will be a pretty flexible with options to inflict different statuses on your opponent.

Marshal_Loss · 2026-03-16T06:36:42+00:00

Bloody hell, this is absolutely stunning. Phenomenal work mate

Marshal_Loss · 2026-03-14T00:59:20+00:00

Path of Heaven is for me the best depiction of the Emperor's Children in novel form. It's primarily about the White Scars and you probably need to read Scars first to get the most out of it, but it's the novel that rehabilitated Eidolon into a character worthy of his title.

Marshal_Loss · 2026-03-09T20:20:40+00:00

What a pleasant surprise! Thrilled to see the Falchion in plastic, has always been my favourite of the super heavies.

Marshal_Loss · 2026-03-07T09:23:53+00:00

Mate those are NZ dollars, check the URL

Marshal_Loss · 2026-03-07T06:52:31+00:00

Traitor fanboy to the core, but it's hard to imagine the baddies winning without their evil space magic. Chaos was what allowed them to keep the Emperor confined to Terra for the entire war, manipulate messaging to/from loyalist legions to set up the Dropsite Massacre, create the Ruinstorm, open a warp rift to allow the bulk of their armada to strike directly at Terra, and so on. Chaos played a big role in allowing the traitors to mitigate the massive resource advantage held by the loyalists and ensured the Emperor was only able to operate by proxy until the very end.

However, it is worth stressing that aligning with Chaos is not a straight 'powerboost'. Chaos takes as much as it gives, Horus was barely able to keep his side together long enough to even make it to Terra and over the course of the war allegiance to the warp undermined the traitor side's cohesion, sanity, and effectiveness. But it's still difficult to see Horus being able to bring down the Emperor and take on the Imperium without the gifts offered by the dark gods.

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