Are Fulgrim & Lion El’Jonson on the way? Two big set of rumors were making the rounds last week on new primarchs for Warhammer 40k. Check out the latest!
Dark Angels are always the topic of questionable loyalties, and in what may be the year of Chaos, Fulgrim rumors have also been a continued thing as well.
If both of these models appeared in 2019 it would quite possibly be one of the most shocking things to happen to Warhammer 40k in recent memory.
REMEMBER: These are just rumors and will be treated like that until we see the final product from GW.
“The Lion” Primarch Rumors Emerge
Lion El’Jonson or The Lion was mentioned coming in a faction starter Box Set as one of the playable sides. But (get ready to sit down Dark Angels fans) the other side may be an Imperium faction.
If that is true, SOMEBODY obviously went traitor. The Dark Angels are already in a bad spot considering what went down in the Horus Heresy.
Assuming these rumors are true, we think including a Primarch in a Box Set is an interesting idea. Most of the Boxed Sets come with a couple of exclusive units that you can only find there for a couple of months. Then they release them as their own unit on the shelf. We saw this with the Armigers and Cryptek out of Forgebane and the Abominant out of Tooth and Claw just to name a few. We could see this with the Primarch. He might be a hot new unit in the box and then a couple of months later hit the shelves in his own box.
Ultimately, we could see more people buy this box for themselves than splitting it. Just so they can get a Primarch AND some Imperium models.
Earlier Slaanesh Rumors
First the Thousand Sons, then Death Guard. Are Fulgrim and the Emperor’s Children up next for a full release cycle in 2019?
We’ve been hearing word on the Emperor’s Children for a while now. Rumor after rumor seems to come and go. Take a look at some of the earlier rumors as well as what was just spotted.
If you’ve been keeping up with some rumors and the lore of 8th edition, you’ll know that a “serpent” has been mentioned a number of times slaughtering Guardsmen in sectors of space.
Fugrim is supposedly 100% in the works. (Fulgrim may have left his pleasure world after all!)
Emperor’s Children Codex Rumors SPOTTED
If Fulgrim comes back, it would only make sense for his Legion to back him up.
There are rumors swirling of the Emperor’s Children getting a codex, in the same vein as Death Guard and Thousand Sons before them. This would be a large full release with all manner of new minis.
According to the rumor, Noise Marines were mentioned along with some kind of Marine/cavalry unit. Fulgrim is supposedly going to be in their Codex as well, further tying these rumors into one another.
Slaanesh in Age of Sigmar
After Adepticon 2019, we know that Slaanesh is coming back out to play in AoS. With him, he’s bringing a handful of Daemon models and even a mortal! We still feel like we haven’t seen just everything yet though.
If Slaanesh is getting new Daemon models, it would only make sense for GW to bring the Chaos god of Pleasure back into the picture so that players could use the Daemon models in multiple platforms. (We know that players can still play Daemonettes in AoS even with Slaanesh’s imprisonment, but it would hurt the hype not to free him.)
Latest Slaanesh Rumors
Coming from BoLS, these rumors are telling us that in the realm of 40k, we can expect to see:
- Lucius the Eternal rework
- New Noise Marine kits
- Fulgrim
- Noise Marine Terminators
- Fabius Bile rework
- possibly a Noise Marine cavalry unit (Would these guys just be riding Seekers of Slaanesh)?
So when should we be keeping our eyes peeled for these things? Rumors look to be pointing towards the tail end of this Summer.
If the rumors are true, do you think that the Dark Angels and or the Emperor’s Children would also have release waves and updates to usher in the Lion? Let us know in the comments of our Facebook Hobby Group.
About the Author: Rob Baer
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.
Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at Las Vegas Open, which attracts over 350 players from around the world.
Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.
With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.
While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.
