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During a mooch around one of the better known Independent Games shops in the UK I was told that GW are no longer accepting orders for Tau stock indicating that a release is proably imminent. So guessing the traditional WFB/40K pattern following Necrons there will be some WFB goodies followed by Tau in the new year.

The bloke who told me was a blowhard so season as appropriate, but the owner corroborated it so I thought that I would put it out there.

What a great time for me to stop my tau and start a raven guard army =p

Well I hope so. If this gets any more steam behind it I will get motivated to finish my SM army faster, so I can have a clear table for when the Tau come out!

That's a motivation to finish painting my the tau I have.

Brilliant.

Tau can be my next army after guards

Commence salt dump



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Looking forward to them getting an update though.

Doubtful that it is "imminent"

GW has all but confirmed the next codex will be a marine one; kind of like how we've known Necrons have been coming since April.

After that? Possibly.

They have... when did that happen? I haven't seen any of the confirmed rumor posters say that.

Prodigalson wrote:They have... when did that happen? I haven't seen any of the confirmed rumor posters say that.

There's only a couple armies left that need to be updated... Tau, BT, DA and CSM. It was only a matter of time. We have (under scrutiny) confirmation that CSM are getting released with 6th edition, and BT and DA are small releases that don't require much more than a codex. Tau are the only logical army to get get an update.

Hmm which will be first (if at all) Tau codex or 6th edition?

As a genuine Tau Hater I hope this will never happen.

Sorry Samus, my response was aimed at Omerakk. I think we're going to see tau slink in around march IMHO, then get chaos in May-June then 6th edition.

Samus_aran115 wrote:

Prodigalson wrote:They have... when did that happen? I haven't seen any of the confirmed rumor posters say that.

There's only a couple armies left that need to be updated... Tau, BT, DA and CSM. It was only a matter of time. We have (under scrutiny) confirmation that CSM are getting released with 6th edition, and BT and DA are small releases that don't require much more than a codex. Tau are the only logical army to get get an update.

You can add Eldar, Orks, and Daemons to that list

Personally, yes, I am pulling for the Tau as well, but just from little hints that were said at games day, the chatter around here, and the fact that 6th edition is coming out next year... I won't bet money on it. A new boxed set is a sure thing with a new edition, and you know a marine army will be one of the factions. There was some hype about it being marines vs chaos marines... that would make some sense; trying to capitalize on the space marine video game. Plus, you can't get a much more even starter set than a marine vs marine, good vs bad situation

hopefully the added my idea of hentau :3

Samus_aran115 wrote:

Prodigalson wrote:They have... when did that happen? I haven't seen any of the confirmed rumor posters say that.

There's only a couple armies left that need to be updated... Tau, BT, DA and CSM. It was only a matter of time. We have (under scrutiny) confirmation that CSM are getting released with 6th edition, and BT and DA are small releases that don't require much more than a codex. Tau are the only logical army to get get an update.

Regular Eldar are up as well, though with a less critical need than the others.

omerakk wrote:Doubtful that it is "imminent"

GW has all but confirmed the next codex will be a marine one; kind of like how we've known Necrons have been coming since April.

After that? Possibly.

Yeah i can't agree with it being known I think alot of folk are expecting Tau next.....

I'd say Tau in April

6th June/July

New Marine/New Chaos you might get one or the other of these before 6th.

They're at the very least in the pipe.

The pipe just might be long is all.

What Karlpeddler said

December is new terrain
January is VC/Imperial Guard Wave
February is probably more VC stuff and last DE Wave (Void Bomber)

I think we will see two 40K codexes before 6th edition personally, then one more after the new edition drops. My money is on Tau/Chaos Space Marines/Dark Angels (Hard Back) with Eldar in Spring of 2013. Tau don't need the update that Necrons and DE have gotten, nor will they get it. They need a new codex for rules, but they already have eight plastic kits, and very little still in pure metal and a few metal hybrids.

GIVE ME A NEW CHAOS BOOK, NURGLE DAMN IT!!!

I know Tau have some rules that make absolutly no sense with the current rulebook, but I really want a new chaos book.

Well from what I remember hearing was we where getting Chaos then Eldar then Dark Angels then Tau. But that was a month or two ago... Besides we also have 6th edition coming out.

Prodigalson wrote:What Karlpeddler said

December is new terrain
January is VC/Imperial Guard Wave
February is probably more VC stuff and last DE Wave (Void Bomber)

I think we will see two 40K codexes before 6th edition personally, then one more after the new edition drops. My money is on Tau/Chaos Space Marines/Dark Angels (Hard Back) with Eldar in Spring of 2013. Tau don't need the update that Necrons and DE have gotten, nor will they get it. They need a new codex for rules, but they already have eight plastic kits, and very little still in pure metal and a few metal hybrids.

Since GW is in the business of selling models, not rules, they're going to get all kinds of things.

I'm for the getting all kinds of things, I just don't think we will see the huge update that we have seen for DE and to a lesser degree Necrons. Tau were rumored to be getting 3 new plastic kits and 3 finecast kits I think.

I think the big update is going to be for chaos. That book needs a huge update, with all types of plastic. I expect it to be the new power house of 6th edition.

About the use of "not accepting orders" as an indicator of an immenant release, please consider the Necrons which still have most current models up for sale (including some getting new plastics) even though the new range is coming in less than a month.

I am no expert on the subject, however I do see the cover art work for the codex's being a good indication of the path GW have taken recently.

Necrons are the only current book not in the current format. So clearly this is being addressed next month, making all books look and feel the same.

Next thing to look at is which books were done first out of the current set?. Someone on here I’m sure will be privy to that info?

If I look at what people have stated they want to see done next the list gets a bit silly.
CSM
Eldar
Tau
Orks
Daemons
Dark Angels
Black Templar’s

That's half the armies. Those that were done in 4th edition but in the current format should be coming up next if you think logically (and yes I know GW don’t do that blah blah blah) But in truth that will be the approach. So chances are any books post Necrons will be gearing up for 6th edition, with a new format. Full colour hard back new cover art (similar to Orc’s and Goblins and Tomb Kings books for fantasy)

Two things to consider, a) what army’s are in the 6th edition box set. If it’s any of those above I suspect they will get done first, same as they did with Skaven prior to the new edition of fantasy. And b) what armies sell? Marines sell, so that may hint at chaos marines, maybe.

Anyway that’s my two pence worth on the matter. I suspect it’ll be the largest selling army that has the oldest book. Which one that is is beyond my knowledge.

My guess will be a chaos army and a imperial army. Good Vs Bad, that old chestnut. But which really depends on age and sale appeal. Launching a new edition of the rules they will want two heavy selling armies to front the new edition.

2 40k codex releases so close to each other? GW usually seems to wait quite a well between releases.

They did the same thing at the close of 4th edition. We got CSM in Sept 2007, then Orks in Jan 2008, Chaos Demons in May 2008 and 5th edition in the summer then Space Marine in October 2008. Three codexes that year.
So we got 3 Codexes for 2008
Then got 2 codexs in 2009 (Guard/Space Wolves)
Then got 3 for 2010 (Tyranids, Blood Angels, DE)
Then got 2 for 2011 (Grey Knights, Necrons)

I think we're about due for a 3 year.

Prodigalson wrote:They did the same thing at the close of 4th edition. We got CSM in Sept 2008, then Orks in Jan 2008, Chaos Demons in May 2008 and 5th edition in the summer then Space Marine in October 2008. Three codexes that year.
So we got 3 Codexes for 2008
Then got 2 codexs in 2009 (Guard/Space Wolves)
Then got 3 for 2010 (Tyranids, Blood Angels, DE)
Then got 2 for 2011 (Grey Knights, Necrons) Sisters of battle

I think we're about due for a 3 year.

We got three, in a sense.

So the oldest 4th edition codex is Orks?

Black Templars/Tau/Eldar/Dark Angels/CSM/Orks/Chaos Demons... in that order is now the oldest.

If we are going to count white dwarf articles, we also got one of those during 2008(Blood Angels - December), so there were 4 codexes that year.

Of those, I think eldar and orks are both the least urgent, and represent a greater sculpting challenge than the others and will probably get saved for high sales parts of the year.

Samus_aran115 wrote:

Prodigalson wrote:They have... when did that happen? I haven't seen any of the confirmed rumor posters say that.

There's only a couple armies left that need to be updated... Tau, BT, DA and CSM. It was only a matter of time. We have (under scrutiny) confirmation that CSM are getting released with 6th edition, and BT and DA are small releases that don't require much more than a codex. Tau are the only logical army to get get an update.

I shudder at the thought of CSM being the first 6th ed codex. Let's pray the Dark Angels and BT get their turn right after tau (who need it the most)