sure … and next they announce that killteam will get a single book with all factions 😉

I mean, yes … they’ve sort of hinted that there are still demi-humans out there with one-of characters for Necromunda, but I doubt this is anything other than an april fools’ joke.

OTOH … the scented candles for 40k were made real.

No April Fool – squats are back baby!

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/04/02/what-april-fools-the-41st-millenniums-next-faction-is-real-heres-a-model-to-prove-it/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=warhammer-40,000&utm_content=leaguesofvotannreveal020422

Anything GW makes in terms of new units and models will be expensive and overpowered at release 😉

The big issue (IMHO) is that GW also sucks at making factions unique. The quickly devolve into yet another not-spacemarine list as they get all the same tools and special rules as the rest. The little bit of ‘extra’ is hidden in clumsy special rules that are either completely overpowered or impractical to use or just plain worthless.

Will they also be “primarised up”?

I’m just worried about how Raging Heroes will respond. I’m certain they will try to apply their “sexy vision” to Squats, and it will not go well.

IIRC the ‘exo-armour’ was for the hearthguard … the elite bodyguard for the king/leader/general.

Then again … the space marines got space marines inside powered armor that made terminators look like the least armored unit in their army list.

Standard troops had flak jackets and helmets like the Imperial Guard did.

There is plenty of room for interesting units. I’m not sure how much GW (is willing to) deviate from the original concepts.
The space nuns were pretty much slightly modernized/better proportioned versions of their classic originals.

The one new squat looks different, but it’s only one model and we don’t know what he is (leader, elite, soldier, specialist ?).

@brianfowler713 sexy squats ? As if space dwarves aren’t sexy enough … just ask Ben 😉
(they haven’t done sexy Orks, have they ?)

You’d think they would lean into the Demiurg angle and separate them from the imperium altogether. Make them humanoid stunties, but alien Lot you could do with them without adding another human faction to an already bloated roster. I’d be amazed if the imperial players ever fought a xenos or chaos player just based on the faction counts, must be 4:1 imperial vs everything else at this point (having done no math to come to that figure)