If you love Chaos and are tired of all these Knights on the 40k dance floor, the latest rumors say a new Abaddon and Obliterator models may be on the way!
Originally spotted on Bolter and Chainsword via The Spanish Inquisitor, supposedly there was a French YouTube video that said Abaddon and some Obliterators were on the way.
Let’s break everything down, and hey… remember the salt…
RUMORS: New Abaddon & Obliterator Models
There was something that looked like a French Stream that was recorded and put on Youtube. Apparently somewhere in the video, they started talking about this rumor. We don’t know the context of the conversation or who’s speaking here. But here’s the apparent translation:
Four or Five month ago, an american guy “dreamt” of new obliterators. We had the same “dream”. It would be for the end of the year, or beginning of next year, we’ll have a recast of Abaddon and Obliterators. I saw Santa, he was talking to Abaddon: Abaddon was in a box set with some obliterators, fighting other people looking like humans […]. (answering a question) No, it’s not the Battle Sisters ! I don’t know, maybe I spoke too quickly. No, they will be imperial humans in 3+ power armor.
If the Rumor is True
Abaddon has become a meme in the past few years being notoriously known for his arms falling off. If the rumors are true, a new Abaddon model would be more than welcome by Chaos players. Abaddon is seeing competitive play in 8th edition so he’s most definitely not one of those models people forgot about.
Obliterators definitely need a reboot as well. They are in the same priority as Khorne Berserkers. GW has had so many advancements to their model-making that they should really go back and begin updating old models. Hopefully, the rumor is true and this is the process of them bringing old models up to speed.
Obliterators (Slaanesh especially) are seen in almost every Chaos list competitively. Being able to shoot twice with Battle Cannon+ weaponry is too good to pass up.
What Were they Fighting
We can’t ignore the last half of the quote from above. Abaddon and the Obliterators were fighting some kind of models in 3+ power armor but they weren’t Sisters. It sounds like Guardsmen might be getting power armor and will be taking Vengeance for Cadia into their own hands.
But could those models with power armor be Guardsmen after all? or will they be an all-new faction? Either way, the rumor says that we can look for a box set with Abaddon, Obliterators, and those mysterious power armor models around Christmas time in a box set.
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What do you think about these rumors? Have you heard anything like this yourself? What would you be interested in the most? Let us know in the comments of our Facebook Hobby Group.
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