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 SilverDevilfish wrote:


Also... is that an Ultramarine Symbol on his kneepad?

Uh, no. The upper edging of the black wing on his greave is painted gold.

Did anybody else notice the "Build-Your-Own-Combi-Weapon" with the Tactical Squad.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
They have models. Why would they be cut?

This isn't a Baron or Mordrak situation (or whatever that GK character was called).

I hope Sanguinor gets cut, god do I ever hate the fluff behind that model. Just proxy him as a Sanguinary Guard Sergeant or Captain.

 Anpu42 wrote:
Did anybody else notice the "Build-Your-Own-Combi-Weapon" with the Tactical Squad.

Yeah, there's one in the normal Tac Squad as well.

Alright. I added a 55 page PDF to my compilation post that compiles previews from: Blood Angels Codex iBooks Interactive Edition, Blood Angels Codex eBooks Edition, Sons of Sanguinius iBooks Interactive Edition. You can download it here.

Well done

 Arschbombe wrote:

 SilverDevilfish wrote:


Also... is that an Ultramarine Symbol on his kneepad?

Uh, no. The upper edging of the black wing on his greave is painted gold.

I'm talking about the one with Lightning Claws, his right knee (our left). In the center of the cross/circle.

 SilverDevilfish wrote:

 Arschbombe wrote:

 SilverDevilfish wrote:


Also... is that an Ultramarine Symbol on his kneepad?

Uh, no. The upper edging of the black wing on his greave is painted gold.

I'm talking about the one with Lightning Claws, his right knee (our left). In the center of the cross/circle.

good eye, but I think it's just the gemstone painting since its green. either that or it's an Alpha legion disguised as a blood angel with ultramarine symbols to try and get them fighting each other

Best model EVAR!!!!

And still no plastic tech marine :(

I should have the Codex Wednesday or Thursday ...

 jspyd3rx wrote:
Best model EVAR!!!!

Is it just me, or do the BA Termies and the new Libby look like slightly modded ports of the Space Hulk plastics? The Deathstorm SC was a one off, so maybe that's understandable to re-use a 3D file for a smaller run. But it strikes me as just cutting corners to reuse digital assets for a multi-part plastic kit; a bit too copy-paste for my tastes.

It's funny: with all this technology and supposedly limitless possibilities, we're back to when sculptors would re-cast a pose and sculpt on a different head and some dangly bitz and create a variant. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

I hope tycho is still in.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
And still no plastic tech marine :(

More annoyingly?

Still no plastic Terminator Librarian. That guy is Blood Angels specific.

So dumb. Let's give the Chapter/Legion that isn't famed for their obscene amounts of Terminator armor a new Terminator kit and a Terminator Librarian model!

My Blood Ravens are sitting pretty here, SO MUCH POTENTIAL!!!!

not really. he looks pretty neutral.

I can't imagine why they went and made the Termy Libby BA-specific. Such a bone-headed move.


And GWOZ lied. My Deathstorm box didn't ship on Thursday. I guess they're sticking to their usual inane shipping method, where they ship Friday so you don't get it on release-day Saturday. x = GW.

 OIIIIIIO wrote:
I should have the Codex Wednesday or Thursday ...

And youll be on this forum codex in hand, right?

I don't get GW these days. They could have released a brand new dual-kit of Terminator plastics that made up either Assault or Tactical Terminators, alongside a plastic Terminator Librarian that would no doubt sell well despite the inevitably ridiculous price, and just painted them up all Blood Angel-y to tie them into the release, thereby garnering extra sales from other Marine players and free up store shelf space at the same time.

Instead they release a chapter-specific box(two, including the Tacticals) that are just duplicates of existing models with more specific bling, and coat the Librarian in chapter-specific iconography. It's like they don't actually want to make money.

Update on the limited Blood Angel Dice, they will be sent out to GW retail stores and independent retailers. So says Dan from GW customer service.

Anyone else notice that Descent of Angels is now a warlord trait? Thats mildly disconcerting. The traits have super cool names though. Like artisan of war, or soul warden.

 th3maninblak wrote:
Anyone else notice that Descent of Angels is now a warlord trait? Thats mildly disconcerting. The traits have super cool names though. Like artisan of war, or soul warden.

Pretty safe to assume the army wide Descent of angels is gone.

Sang guard and Death Company didn't have it
It's not in the jump pack rules
And it's shown up as a warlord trait.

Maybe we will get parts of it back via a formation/dataslate, but it's gone by default I think.

If they lose DoA as a Chapter Tactic my army is going to need a serious re-think, which i guess is what GW want.

Hopefully we'll get it back in our faction specific force org. If not, ive never gone full reserve with the army, though it was a huge tactical boon.

Hm no DoA.. Operation: Make all armies Bland .. is continuing as planned. Blood Talons might as well get their named changed to "Blanderizer Talons" as that's the theme lately lol

Welp, with the updated tacticals it's finally worth taking a squad or two with a standard BA army I think, although I have to wait and see if the ASM's get any buffs or nerfs to really be sure.

As much as I want the model, I'm pretty annoyed that the sanguinary priest is a monopose 30 dollar model - *shakes fist*.

I think that a model needs two hand-flamers. than I'll be happy.wait, what were we talking about?

 th3maninblak wrote:
Anyone else notice that Descent of Angels is now a warlord trait? Thats mildly disconcerting. The traits have super cool names though. Like artisan of war, or soul warden.

It was beyond inevitable.

Nothing says "balance" and "forge the narrative" like your list working in randomly different ways every game unless you take a specific SC.

I made my own Mephiston a while ago using nipple armour torso, robe legs plasma pistol/sword and a bare head from the SW the one that looks like He-Man :-) he turned out really nicely!

Any rumor or confirmation on how to give the Terminator that Company Banner? That looks like it's going to be a sure addition for my own army but I'm not seeing a precedent for Terminators carrying banners other than the Grey Knight Paladins. While I'm all for 2 Wound Terminators, that seems very expensive.