Who’s a big Ork! Don’t miss the new 40k rules for Ghazgkull Thraka that were just spotted from Psychic Awakening’s Saga of the Beast.
Warhammer Community just revealed some characters that you don’t want to miss. Primaris Ragnar and Gazghkull “The Beast” Thraka are coming in hot with new sculpts!
GW Reveals New Ragnar & Ghazghkull Models Saga of the Beast
Warhammer Community is hyping up the next wave of releases previewing TWO new models. Ragnar and Gazghkull! Buckle up because you’re about to have your mind blown.
Ragnar went hard in his first fight against Ghazghkull, willing to sacrifice his life to put an end to the alien menace. He fought with skill and bravery but ended up with an arm sheared off, a broken neck and several fist-size rents in his armour.
When the warriors of his Great Company found his body, it seemed like the Young King’s saga was over. There was only one option to save his life – attempting to cross the Rubicon Primaris. Ragnar’s spirit was strong and it was not yet ready to travel to the Halls of the Emperor so, somehow, the Wolf Lord clawed his way back to life.
Brought back into the fight meaner than ever, Ragnar was pulled from the jaws of death and refitted in Primaris form. Now he’s back and ready to tear up some enemies! Just look at the detail!
Now that he’s back in the fight, Ragnar’s more determined than ever to put an end to the mighty greenskin.
Speaking of a mighty greenskin…
The greatest Ork Warboss of the 41st Millennium managed to do what no one in the galaxy could manage – effectively kill Ragnar Blackmane, one of the Imperium’s greatest heroes. He didn’t have the fight all his own way though as Ragnar did manage to chop his head off. Of course, such a flesh wound wasn’t enough to stop the self-proclaimed prophet of Gork and Mork.
After an enterprising grot managed to find Ghazghkull’s head, his remains were taken to Mad Dok Grotsnik, and the Painboy had a plan. Lugging looted macro capacitors into his lab, he began his experiments and, as sheets of green power filled the sky, Ghazghkull lived one more.
Gazghkull had his head chopped off by Ragnar (just as he finished Ragnar off) but was saved by Mad Dok Grotsnik. Really, Gazghkull is the closest thing to an actual Dreadnought that the Orks have now. Interesting.
Coming in with an all-new souped-up killing machine, he’s back and bigger, madder, and angrier than ever! Gazghkull was already able to kick some tail on the tabletop. But with a new model as big as he is, who knows how much of a melee beast he’ll really be!
But that’s not all. With a side shot of Ragnar, Gaz, and a bunch of other Primaris/Orks, it looks like we’ve got some kind of Box Set headed our way with the rest of the minis around. Check out what WHC had to say:
These awesome new models are just the beginning – Ragnar and Ghazghkull are ready to rumble for a rematch, and the outcome could have massive consequences for the entire galaxy.
Ghazghkull Thraka Model Size Bigger Than We Thought!
So just how big is the new model? Well, let’s take a look at the previews again:
Going off of what we can see, there are three Nobz on 32mm bases in the foreground. One seems to be slightly overlapping the other two, making their combined base width less than 96mm (32×3) but bigger than the 64mm the two bases would make alone.
Our guess is he’s somewhere between 80mm and 90mm in size.
Here’s a better look at scales photoshop image of Ghaz next to some newer character models that are on 60mm and 50mm bases respectfully. This seems to also support a base size of at least 80mm in diameter.
Some notable models on 80mm bases are the Forge World Dreadnought variants, and large beasts like the Mangler Squig for Age of Sigmar He could of course also be on a 90mm round similar to the Redemptor and Invictor Dreadnoughts.
However, Gazghkull being on a 100mm base like Mortarion and some of the Greater Daemon models seems a little unlikely given the preview images thus far. Either way, he’s big, he’s mean, and if the lore is to be believed, he’s nigh unkillable!
Ghazghkull 40k Rules From Saga of the Beast SPOTTED!
Spotted on Facebook, it looks like the squig is out of the bag for the new Ghazghkull rules!
No word on points quite yet, but it looks like he will be targetable with 12 wounds at the very least. However, that being said he can only lose 4 wounds a phase similar to Morathi in Age of Sigmar. Plus with a 2+, 4+ and T7 he’s definitely survivable for at least a few turns. Plus if you pair him with his banna waver Makari, he gets a 6+++ too!
Keywords wise, he’s literally a monster, not infantry, and has a 12 shot not heavy, heavy bolter. Plus he gets more attacks as he takes damage.
His last points were 235, but at 14 power level above, that leads us to believe his new points may be between 150 and 200. That being said overall the new Ghazghkull Rules don’t seem to look half bad at all.
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