Incoming! Could Chaos Space Marines be the next faction in line for new Warhammer 40k terrain? Signs are pointing to yes, and here’s why!
If you’ve been keeping up with Warhammer Community for the past few months, you’ll know that whenever GW decides to update a faction, there’s always a terrain piece that follows suit. Among all of the rumor Daemon engines, we feel like we might have spotted a snippet of terrain.
GW Terrain: The New Cash Cow
We know that Games Workshop has been pushing these terrain pieces for a while. In Age of Sigmar, the terrain pieces don’t cost any points which raises the question in the player’s head “Why wouldn’t I take a terrain piece with me?” However, in 40k, luckily, the terrain still costs points. Depending on the faction, the terrain does something a little different.
From a business standpoint, they are always made in China on the cheap so it’s a win-win both for the bottom line and logistics wise for Games Workshop.
Another major attraction for players is that terrain pieces can’t be destroyed. It’s technically a part of the map. That way, you can pay points for something you know you’ll be able to use all game.
Is it a coincidence that each of the last three factions to get updated in 40k also released with a terrain piece:
Editor’s note: Except Space Wolves, feels bads man…
Knight Repair Station– Let Knights heal/shoot maximum shots.
Ork Mek Workshop– Upgrades vehicles, came alongside Speed Freeks
Tectonic Fragdrill for GSC– Allows for Deepstriking and mortal wounds
Chaos Next in Line?
Looking at one of the more recent Daemon Rumor Engines, this clue popped up. This doesn’t look like any kind of handheld weapon or a weird angle on some power armor. To us, this looks like the business end of a terrain piece on its way to Chaos.
The rumor bit looks to be some kind of elevated platform with a massive almost guillotine-like blade in the center. Our gut feeling tells us that this might be a terrain piece for Chaos that may sacrifice models for bonuses. You would just slide a few models underneath the blade while a Sorcerer on top is chanting Rites. Then…THWACK the people below are no more and the Chaos gods are a little pleased.
Who knows…If there is a Sorcerer on top of the terrain piece, these rumor Daemon engine bits could be a part of his ensemble. He would need a candle-lit altar and a book to chant his Rites after all…right?
AoS: Hidden In Plain Sight
Age of Sigmar’s latest faction to get updated was the Skaven Clans. It also just so happens that the Fantasy Rats are aligned with Chaos, and they just got their own terrain piece called Gnawholes. Those also feature the same kind of chains that were spotted in the rumor Daemon engine that we’ve been breaking down from above.
If the rumor Daemon Engine is indeed a terrain piece, it looks like Games Workshop might have thrown the digital chain design from AoS onto the 40k model (as they are both technically Chaos) and called it a day!
What do you think about the mystery bit? If it is a terrain piece, what do you think its rules will be? Let us know in the comments of our Facebook Hobby Group.
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