A new Skaven Weapon Team on Sprue has been spotted that may be part of a new Age of Sigmar 4th Edition starter set.
The rumors were true, as GW confirmed brand-new Skaven and revamped rules for 4th Edition Age of Sigmar are on the way this summer!
GW Reveals New AoS Stormcast & Skaven Models For 4th Edition Starter
The highly anticipated 4th Edition AoS Skaventide Starter Set, with 74 miniatures and a wealth of new content, this starter set is poised to bring fresh excitement to the tabletop.
As previews and leaks unveiled the details of this upcoming release, players, and hobbyists are eagerly anticipating the opportunity to command or collect the new forces of Skaven and Stormcast Eternals!
Warhammer Age of Sigmar is getting a brand-new edition this summer, and Games Workshop has already confirmed some exciting changes and updates that players can expect. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at the confirmed changes and what players can expect from the latest edition of the game.
Age of Sigmar 4th Edition Trailer
The Mortal Realms are currently in a state of unrest, and Sigmar’s Dawnbringer Crusades are facing an uphill battle against the steadily growing forces of Chaos, Destruction, and Death. Surprisingly, the Skaven hordes have been absent from these conflicts… until now.
After centuries of planning, they are finally emerging in the all-new edition of Warhammer Age of Sigmar (and we hope with a ton of new models), which is set to bring a slew of changes to the existing rules and battletomes.
This latest edition is a complete reimagining of the game, incorporating a decade of rich storytelling.
It introduces new miniatures, new rules, an entirely new game mode, and a fresh chapter in the ongoing battle for the Mortal Realms. One thing they did show off is the new Skaven artillery piece!
Release Date for Age of Sigmar 4th Edition:
The tentative release date for Age of Sigmar 4th Edition is rumored to be June 2024. and will feature a starter box of Stormcast and Skaven Miniatures.
AoS 4th Edition & Starter Box With Skaven CONFIRMED
We’ve heard rumors about new Skaven in the 4th edition Age of Sigmar box, but this supposed leaked Weapon Team sprue makes it seem much more real! However, much like the Bretonnian and Flesh Eater court leaks before this, it’s not that uncommon to see.
These leaks were spotted on the internet, and it looks like they are directly from the printing company, which might be an employee looking for some kind of credibility online. However, when GW finds out, someone might be out of a job…
Either way, this is the 4th Edition AoS core book in different languages and even the collector’s version! This lines up perfectly with GW’s 3-year sales cycle for new editions, and with the recent trailers from GW, this most likely will be dropping in the summer.
While it’s quite blurry when zoomed in, you can clearly see some Skaven (not clearly, but they are there)! While this doesn’t 100% confirm them, more were spotted as well.
We assume this is going to be the pamphlet inside the starter box with the new warscrolls. This again points directly at Skaven, and with so many rumors about them being in the starter, this more or less confirms it!
While we probably won’t see this fully released until summer, that’s only a few months away, and we’ll probably see a lot of previews at AdeptiCon 2024 as well. If you’re wondering what else we might see on the Skaven side of things, we had some pretty big rumors for the rat-men, too…
New Skaven Release Rumors To Go With Spotted Sprues
Here is the latest list of new 4th Edition AoS Skaven unit rumors that are making the rounds.
Well, if these are true, this is going to be one of the biggest range refreshes we’ve seen in a long time! If the gutter runners move out of the line, it looks like ninja rats will be much more niche than they already are. It would be somewhat sad to see rat swarms and giant rats leave the line, but maybe they couldn’t figure out how to incorporate them into the new lineup.
The Clanrats Warlocks, Jezzails, Globadiers, and Ogors are all quite old kits… So, it would only make sense for GW to rework them in one go. However, they might get a reworked style, as we’ve seen lately, where GW puts out about two to three waves, with about three or four kits in each one.
Honestly, almost every model in the line could use a rework at this point (they still look cool, just so old). So, any guess at newly designed kits can’t be that far off. However, we saw a lot of Plague Monk-style Advent Engines, so we wouldn’t be surprised to see a lot of that redone.
Lastly, there are a bunch of new units as well. First, the new artillery piece (we’ll have pictures below) and Verminlord would make a whole lot of sense. Then, GW loves making a couple of big kits each time, so new Behmoths and Wolf-rats don’t sound too weird to us. We haven’t seen much about these new units, so we’ll have to wait until the reveals start
New AoS Skaven Warlock Engineer Sprue Spotted In the Wild!
This is a half-sprue with ten pieces (about the exact amount GW uses for character sprues), and it looks fairly simple to build without a ton of options. The old Warlock Engineers are quite old, so it would make sense for GW to remake them in this big re-release, especially with all the trailers putting a big emphasis on the wild technology of the Skaven.
New AoS Skaven Weapon Team Sprue Leaked!
We saw a lot of Skaven-looking bits in the 2023 Advent Rumor Engine, but this is the first sprue we’ve seen. This image is not officially from GW, so take it with as much salt as you need. Rumors are just that, rumors! Still, this looks pretty legit and gives even more credence to the new Skaven coming at the top of 4th Edition AoS.
This sprue looks pretty legit; as the date even says 2024, and the molding looks similar to what we would expect from a Games Workshop kit. Plus, the bits look good. No AI or Photoshop here at all. These parts definitely look like something that could be in a launch box, as it’s set up with big push-fit ETB pieces and full rats as singular bits.
This has been seen all over Reddit recently, and luckily, someone did a mock-up to see how it may look when assembled. It’s been a really long time since we’ve seen a huge rework for Skaven, so while it’s not confirmed, we would still love to see it. Plus, since the Skaven line could really use some new designs, they would be the perfect “bad guys” to launch the 4th Edition Age of Sigmar Starter Set!
The mock-up looks pretty good to us, and it is quite a big weapon platform to roll around on the battlefield, too! As we said, we saw some rumors from Games Workshop that are pretty obviously Skaven, so let’s take a look at the one we have the highest hopes for!
New Skaven Plague Monks?
You may remember this advent calendar image from the holidays. Well, it looks pretty obvious to be something for Nurgle, and GW even mentioned a sticky book. While it could always be Maggotkin, that arm and nails look much more like a rat to us!
Plus, they need an update badly, and maybe we’ll get a huge resurgence of Plague Monks!
The Plague Priest is already modeled very similarly to the rumor, and he’s holding a book! It wouldn’t be too hard to imagine this super old would get a rework. When you compare the hands of the models, they look almost identical to the existing models.
Even the regular Plague Monks have a model holding a book. Who would have guessed the rats are more literate than Maggotkin?
While we should approach these rumors with caution until officially confirmed, they offer an exciting glimpse into what new miniatures and rules could be on the horizon for the Skaven!
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