The rumour-stars align and … apparently through a box sent out in error … there is news about plastic Ogryns, including a close combat/riot variant for the soon-to-come 6th Edition Imperial Guard, or rather, Astra Militarium, as it seems to have been renamed.
#1 – Plastic Ogryn Rumours via Faeit212
via Faeit212
Hello Natfka, I am not normally a rumour guy.
However, I have today seen (and held) something I was not supposed to.
“Astra Militarium Bullgryns”
Shrink wrapped box ready for sale; I don’t know what that implys about
release time.
Three Plastic “Bullgryns” which seem to be armoured Ogryns with large
riot style shields. Looked to be on the same bases as the Space Marine
Centurians. They are painted in a new looking blue/gray urban cammo.
They have armoured looking torsos and loin cloth type things made out
of tank tracks (!). They also seemed to have cybernetic enchancement
(ala Boneheads).
Looking at the back of the box, there was a small picture indicating
they could also be built as traditional Ogryns, which retain there
T-shirts and Ripper guns look. The Orgryn on the back had a Green T
shirt.
#2 – Plastic Ogryn Rumours vs. 40K Radio
via 40K Radio
So some exciting news. A listener of ours was at a GW store today that mistakenly received a shipment of some unreleased items. It was the plastic Ogryn kit. The rename is confirmed as they were called Militarum Auxillia. Boom! Nailed it.
-Rik
#3 – Thoughts?
It’s still near-impossible to sift genuine rumours from noise these days, but coming from different sources, one of them “40K Radio” with their mostly impeccable record, these sound like the real thing.
Plastic Ogryns?
Along with the new fancy name, it appears that Games Workshop is moving away from not-historical-soldiers, pushing the Imperial Guard into a more “trademarkable” direction. Ogryns (assuming GW has tabs on them) could be a piece in the puzzle. No?
If that is the general thrust, the (probably) downside is that a lot of entries from the Imperial Guard Astra Militarum Codex without official miniatures are bound to go the way of the Doom of Malan’tai. In this case, that would be a lot of Special Characters, incl. fan-favourite Sly Marbo (hard to keep that one, if you’re picky about non-piracy, I suppose).
Leave a comment and let me know what you think?
Z.