Have you seen this yet? GW made a big video announcement thought the narrative of Haarken Wordclaimer about the return of Chaos this spring.
A big teaser that is sure to kick off tons of speculation about future releases of Chaos Space Marines is here. Games Workshop put a 37-second second teaser recently proclaiming the return of Chaos:
We Have Returned!
The video ends in a countdown clock to a date 80 days from now:
From the timing above it appears the video indicates March 5th 2019, but what exactly may happen that day is still very much a mystery. Regardless of what happens then, this video is sure to jumpstart the hype train much like the oversized wrench video did on August 14th for Orktober.
Speaking of timing, that buggy video also came out about 80 days before the Speed Freeks box set hit store shelves as well.
What do you think we will see return for Chaos Space Marines based on this preview? Well here are some of our guesses, which of course is just 100% pure speculation and wishlisting.
- A new Vigilus supplement that includes content for Chaos.
- New Abaddon and Obliterator models (keep reading for more on that)
- Fulgrim and new Emperors Children
Taken literally what the countdown really could be, however, is the day that actual new models and content previews arrive from Games Workshop, as March 5th, 2019 is on a Tuesday.
Remember there are always big reveals at Adepticon each year, and the event itself is only 22 days later in March as well.
Current Rumors of New Chaos Space Marines
For a while now, we’ve been seeing Abaddon rumors pop up from all kinds of different sources. Let’s take a look at the latest from all of the rumors so far, as we try to divinate what will be happening in March!
Chaos player’s ears should be perking up. Abaddon is a monster in 8th edition and is even seen in competitive play. The only bad part to all this is that his current model isn’t exactly “current”.
With that, let’s dive right into the rumors swirling around this character.
April 12th, 2018
via anonymous sources on Faeit
We had talked about Black Legion, and how I was bummed about losing some of the special units from their supplement.
He said Bringers of Despair are coming back this summer. WS 2, BS 2 Terminators who can tank wounds for Abaddon. He told me there’s more on the way but wasn’t specific.
The latest chaos rumor from BoLS is said that the Bringers of Despair will be making their way into 8th edition in the form of Terminators with a WS/BS 2+, and they’ll be able to take wounds for Abaddon. But, given the source, we really recommend adding plenty of salt to this one.
Industry insiders report:
“Look for the return of Abaddon and his entourage this year on the heels of the Orks.”
Currently, we are in Ork prime time and the year is starting to come to a close. Going by the rumor, we should be seeing Abaddon and some Bringers of Despair popping up very soon.
May 30th, 2018
BoLS gave us some clues of what the future could look like after the Knight codex.
- The rumors from BoLS say to keep an eye out for an Ork codex after the Knight codex is released. Then there will be Space Wolves, Genestealer Cult, and Ynnari to come out (in no particular order). Once the 8th edition Codexes come out, there should be some books on lore advancing the story everyone is in for 8th.
- People are saying that when these books come out, there will be new minis to go with them. The first set sounds like it’s going to be Abaddon.
Going by this rumor, the timeline is more or less accurate. We DID have a Knight, Ork, and Space Wolves codex all released recently. Plus Genestealer Cult previews are beginning to pop up. There’s still no date on the GSC book, but if their codex comes out and there’s still no Abaddon model, we can use that to gauge just how far away we are to seeing Abaddon.
September 6th, 2018
There was something that looked like a French-language 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.
This rumor is a fatty. Based off of where we are in GW’s release timeline, people are starting to really look into Blackstone Fortress for the Abaddon model. Why? Because a Blackstone Fortress is a Chaos Stronghold (Abaddon could totally be hanging out in one, or trying to get one back…). AND the person/people going in are regular ol’ humans.
October 30th, 2018
Chapter Master Valrak has indicated that one of the potential Chaos Space Marines will be none other than Abaddon himself.
Take it with Salt, a GW Store Member contacted me and said, that they will be showing off the new Abbadon model.
Regarding the release date, Valrak also mentions the 3rd or 10th of November as well.
I don’t want to go into too much detail in case this guy is right and he gets sacked or anything, he said, 3rd or the 10th of November.
We’ll see how true it is soon enough!
So from the looks of it, two of these “new Abaddon/Chaos” rumors are completely false when looked at presently, hindsight being what it is. However, could they have just either been off the mark timing wise or in the case of Valark, they could have just confused the Chaos Lord in Blackstone Fortress with Abbadon, which is easy to do as they do look visually similar right?
One thing is for sure is that when rumors from all different parts of the web sprout up, if there’s smoke, there’s usually fire. Now we have some more previews to look forward to for the potential arrival of Chaos and a new edition of Vigilus.
What do you think is coming? Let us know in comments of our Facebook Hobby Group.
About the Author: Rob Baer
