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RUMORS – Blood Angels Latest

By Rob Baer | October 9th, 2014 | Categories: Warhammer 40k, Warhammer 40k Rumors

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Well looks like Mephiston is getting an upgrade worthy of his Lord of Death Moniker.

Here is the latest as we’re starting to see some post Chaos release rumors!

courtesy BoLS via Steve the Warboss 10-8-2014

Blood Angels Latest

Miniatures & Products

-New Character, a Captain (maybe 1.company)
-Mephiston in Plastic
-New Terminator Box
-New Assault Marine Box
-New Generic Dreadnought
-honour guard Box (maybe only a repack)
-Mephiston will be a LoW, he turned into a “uber” psyker
-BA Painting Guide
-Suppliment featuring the new captainNew Blood Angels Lore 
-The Flesh Tearers are now watched by the Inquisition
-A Rumor make the round in the Imperium, one of the BA successor chapters are traitors (not the Flesh Tearers)
-The attitude of Imperial authorities over the BA worsen

via Steve the Warboss 9-26-2014

– The Sons of Sanguinius will come soon after Endtimes Book 2.
– GW will use this release slot to replace older Space Marine Plastic sprues.
– 4-5 week are realistic.

And the previous set of rumors from 2 months back: 

Blood Angels Rumorwave #1 7-14-2014

Rules:
Mephiston: Lord of War.
Blood Angels: Gain access to the new Codex SM flyers, but not the tanks.

Minis:
New “Sanguinary” unit in Terminator armor
Clam pack plastic Sanguinary Priest
New Wheeled vehicle
“Classic Character” gets a resculpt (contrary chatter split between Mephiston/Tycho)

Rumor reliability: Medium-Low, coming from both known and unknown sources

About the Author: Rob Baer

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Rob Baer

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About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.

Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls. 

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