Plastic Valhallans Spotted!/?

So in the new Imperial Knight codex there's a picture of a red Knight with some Valhallans. It's been photoshopped to look painted, but the knight is obviously a posed model. The Valhallan you can see clearly doesn't match any of these http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Ice_Warriors_of_Valhalla


Are the guard really painted in? Or is it a prototype greatcoat plastic guard? Col. Gravis himself says the lasgun matches the newer plastic ones over the old mid-nineties ones. He's got an eye for detail!

Whilst we obviously can't reproduce the whole image here, here's a corner of it.

Tinfoil hats on and over to you -

What do you think? It looks like it's on a slotta base to me!

(Should you like to have a look in the codex yourself, here's a cheeky link to it on the Kirton Games webstore: http://kirtongames.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=674)

Backstory:
Valhallans gone http://natfka.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/valhallan-imperial-guard-sad-news.html
Valhallans rumoured (see comments): http://natfka.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/all-you-have-to-do-is-make-it-and-we.html

cheers
Tim