Games Workshop Rumor Engine: Grimdark Spare Tire
We need your help with this one – is it some way to get around the battlefield? You tell us.
Hmm, this looks like it’s part transportation, but for who? Let’s grab some pics from various factions and pull out our sleuthing hat. Take a look and tell us what you think.
“Oh no! The Rumour Engine just has far too many hands (and other appendages) for us to follow.”
I think we can all safely say it’s a tire. But how big of a tire and who is using it? Right there we have a tire with a rim on the right, and the strut plus shock absorber on the left.
The prime suspects for tires are:
- Marines
- Chaos Marines
- Astra Militarum
- Genestealer Cult
- Orks
Some Clues
To me the distinguishing marks are the tire treads, the rim pattern, and the style of the rivet on the strut. Right off the bat, it looks way to clean and fancy to be Orks. Let’s do some looking around:
It doesn’t match the rim pattern of any marine equipment, and the recessed rivet looks quite different. Hmmm.
Sadly a no on all counts. The Astra Militarum only dreams of using tires…
Still not a match from the Genestealer Cult Goliath, but it feels closer.
The Ridgerunner at least has a tire, strut, and shock absorber, but it still isn’t quite right. I can’t put my finger on it. The oddest thing to me is the very clean style of the Rumor Engine’s strut that kind of reminds me of the Tau aesthetic, but they don’t use anything as crude as wheeled vehicles.
However you want to slice this one it’s weird and interesting – that’s part of the fun of the Rumor Engines. The other part is sharing your best guesses! If you’ve got any ideas as to what this is please share them with the rest of us in the comments.
~Get your motor running, get out on the highway!
