Warhammer 40K: Emperor’s Children Teaser – New Shoulder Pad Renders
The Emperor’s Children are coming to Warhammer 40,000 and Games Workshop is teasing this one out. At least these shoulder pads look fancy!
It was during the last big preview that Games Workshop dropped the Emperor’s Children teaser. Now that we know they are coming the speculation has been building. But we really haven’t had a ton to go on. Until now.
This one has befuddled us, overwhelming us with intoxicating sensations of delight. And despite stern warnings from the Warhammer Community Inquisitor to keep these images locked away, we are compelled to share them…
Fragments of some magnificent panoply, gilded with fine metals, complemented by dazzling accessories… Such grace, such poise.
Emperor’s Children Teasers
So it’s just a trio of shoulder pad renders. But it does show off some cool themes from their up coming range. Obviously we’ve got the big legion symbol. But we can also see their armor looks slightly fancier than your typical Marine shoulder pads. This is also not the first time we’ve had Emperor’s Children should pads to compare to either.
These pads are from the Horus Heresy range. And the renders that GW is teasing today look even fancier than these do. I’m liking the more angular look of them as well. I do wonder what other features are going to be “Fulgrimized” when the Emperor’s Children get released.
Also consider the fact that these shoulder pads are for the 40k range and not the Heresy-era miniatures. The Emperor’s Children have had 10,000 years to tweak their designs, too. Even the basic Chaos Space Marine looks like they’ve gotten a lot of twists and tweaks to their armor vs the Heresy-era counterparts.
I do wonder if these shoulder pads are going to be for a completely new unit or if they are going to be an upgrade to the current CSM kit. I’ve been saying for a while that it would be amazing if GW gave all the Chaos Legions the same Kill Team treatment that the Night Lords got.
You can’t tell me that upgrade kits for the chaos legions similar to the ones we got for the Nemesis Claw Kill Team wouldn’t be awesome. Just something to take the basic CSM and make them more like their home legion. And make them available in stores…
What do you think? Are these Emperor’s Children shoulder pads going to be for a new unit? Or do you think they will be an upgrade to the current CSM box?
