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I haven't seen this posted anywhere else, so I thought I'd give you all a treat...

Some stuff regarding the new Space Marines Codex:

It is the next one to be released, but I was not told about the release date.

The codex is not Ultramarines heavy. There will be a much broader spectrum of Chapters.

There will be supplements for the more famous chapters: Ultramarines, Imperial Fists and White Scars were the ones mentioned. White Scars are the first out the gate.

The cover of the new dex has apparently got Sicarius on the front, while the White Scar Codex has a bike squadron racing towards the enemy.

No clue on authors. Rumour is Ward, but hell, he's rumoured for all of them right?

No rules that I can give you, but you can expect to see loads of new weapons and squads. Possible inclusions are the Land Raider Terminus (I think that's what it's called - it's festooned with Lascannons), a bigger form of Terminator and a rather large Dreadnought that is similar to a Contemptor - only bigger.

That's all I got.

Enjoy.

Puscifer wrote:
...but you can expect to see loads of new weapons and squads...

New weapons. New squads. Loads. In a MARINES codex?

Puscifer wrote:
There will be supplements for the more famous chapters: Ultramarines, Imperial Fists and White Scars were the ones mentioned. White Scars are the first out the gate.

Thus we enter the age when GW saw fit to release full-price hardback "companion" books that are nothing but fluff and a few rules changes.

And here I was thinking 6th Ed was an actual improvement. Christ... how fething depressing...

What, like 3rd edition and its Ultramarines, etc codexes that required another book to use?

Puscifer wrote:


No rules that I can give you, but you can expect to see loads of new weapons and squads

Take it with a grain of salt, but my sources say it will have Rhinos.

 SoloFalcon1138 wrote:
What, like 3rd edition and its Ultramarines, etc codexes that required another book to use?

Yes. At $50 US each. You want a White Scars army? Get ready to drop $100.

 SoloFalcon1138 wrote:
What, like 3rd edition and its Ultramarines, etc codexes that required another book to use?

*slaps SoloFalcon*

You bought 1 Codex. Then you book a little booklet that cost no where near as much. These are full-sized hardback books that cost as much as the full Codex and have less content in them than your average WD. When I pay eighty-fething-dollars for a hard-back book I want FFG levels of content (and the FFG books cost HALF that).

And you damn-well know that.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 SoloFalcon1138 wrote:
What, like 3rd edition and its Ultramarines, etc codexes that required another book to use?

*slaps SoloFalcon*

You bought 1 Codex. Then you book a little booklet that cost no where near as much. These are full-sized hardback books that cost as much as the full Codex and have less content in them than your average WD. When I pay eighty-fething-dollars for a hard-back book I want FFG levels of content (and the FFG books cost HALF that).

And you damn-well know that.

Are your codex's a lot more expensive than ours? I paid £24 for my Eldar codex which comes to $37?

Are our Codices more expensive?

You're... new here aren't you?

Equivalent to 50 pounds RRP, shamikebab

Depressing.

Of course it will have something like a Contemptor only BIGGER. Jiminy Christmas. Why update the old stuff, bringing it up to speed with the better designed somewhat newer stuff, when you can just nerf everything that people already own to force them to buy the shiny new Saturday morning cartoon dinobot nonsense that GW cranks out these days?

And I realize that no one is LITERALLY forcing anyone to buy these new things, so lets just cut that incredibly tired argument off before we waste digits in the Internet. Anyone frequenting Dakka and watching GW's releases over the last several years can easily see that GW has been ignoring fans quite persistently - almost comically or spitefully so.

The last really good release was Necrons. Solid revamp, new units that were well designed (visually, not necessarily rules wise) and no egregious money sink that was a must include due to super overpowered rules (even the really effective flyers are still pretty reasonably priced!)

Dark Eldar was even better - a high water mark even. What has Jes Goodwin been doing since then? Dark Eldar proved beyond any doubt that not only is he an incredibly talented sculptor and designer, but that he and the team around him can put together some awesome models, a wide variety of them, with various different kinds of themes possible (warrior-centered, Wych cults, Haemonculus covens, etc.) while still keeping a good unified core aesthetic. If they had him working on more stuff, even just a little, I couldn't help myself from buying almost anything he was associated with. But instead we get the Maulerfiend, Heldrake, and WHERE ARE THE NEW ELDAR JETBIKES?

You vey, did not intend to rant that much. I'd LOVE to see new Goodwin designed Space Marine models (or models whose design he oversaw) but I know we're gonna get some cheesy crud that will be way nastier on the tabletop than many much better designed models. The only plus is that this means I can concentrate on my existing armies (Necron, Eldar + Dark Eldar, Chaos with none of the stupid dinobots) and not see more of my money go to support GW's awful design, rules "development" and giving the finger to the fans.

Ok, rant really over this time.

-C6

And I bet the new ubernaught (assuming it exists) will be a Monstrous Creature, since Walkers suck. They should have just made all the walkers MCs since that's how it's shaping out to be.

You can't nerf a Marine Son.

They are the cornerstone of 40k.

As for Necrons being a solid release with good rules... JUST NO!!! I stopped playing Necrons because of the new rules. Broken beyond belief, the models were subpar and the fluff was all fist bumpy friendly BULL****!!!

Dark Eldar though, got it right.

That was my favourite release.

Seeing as Hastings (whose rumours should probably be considered fact) already mentioned the releases for the new SM codex were some sort of new suit in size between a terminator and a dreadnought, and some new rhino chassis variant, I'm taking this 'supernought' rumour with lots of salt.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Are our Codices more expensive?

You're... new here aren't you?

I didn't realise they were twice as much as UK!

 shamikebab wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Are our Codices more expensive?

You're... new here aren't you?

I didn't realise US prices were twice as much as UK!

Check the australian prices (those are australian flags by fattdex and h.m.b.c)

Are your codex's a lot more expensive than ours? I paid £24 for my Eldar codex which comes to $37?

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH *gasps for air* AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahahaha...hah...hee..hooo..*wipes tear from eye*

Thank you, Shamikebab, I haven't laughed like that since I was a little girl.

Codexes (Codici? Codepodes?) are $83 here in 'Straya, equivalent to roughly 60 Euro, which given that it is listed as 38 euro on the French GW site...is somewhat disheartening.

Also, "Chevaliers Gris"? Damn you and your beautiful language.

PredaKhaine wrote:

 shamikebab wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Are our Codices more expensive?

You're... new here aren't you?

I didn't realise US prices were twice as much as UK!

Check the australian prices (those are australian flags by fattdex and h.m.b.c)

Yes I realised that and edited

Also, not French. Just work for a French company in the UK with an odd Network infrastructure...

Funny how all those "rumours" about Space Marines getting supplement Codexes only start dropping after we've seen the Iyanden book.

Surely, if someone had this kind of info, it would've made sense to spill that 3 weeks ago and immortalize yourself forever as the go-to rumour-monger.

If this holds any modicum of truth, I'm rather surprised that the Black Templars aren't getting supplemental codex treatment first.

 BrookM wrote:
If this holds any modicum of truth, I'm rather surprised that the Black Templars aren't getting supplemental codex treatment first.

Why should they?

They have their own Codex. Though it be interesting to see what supplement-books they come up with for the Templars.

Black Templars have been been removed from the store as an army unto their selves, instead they can now be found under the Space Marines section of the on-line store.

 BrookM wrote:
Black Templars have been been removed from the store as an army unto their selves, instead they can now be found under the Space Marines section of the on-line store.

Its been that way since I got back into the hobby a couple years ago. Dark Angels were listed there until the new codex dropped.

 BrookM wrote:
Black Templars have been been removed from the store as an army unto their selves, instead they can now be found under the Space Marines section of the on-line store.

They haven't been removed.

They have always been there.

As were they Dark Angels before January 2013 and the Blood Angels before their 5th Edition Codex.

 Breotan wrote:

 SoloFalcon1138 wrote:
What, like 3rd edition and its Ultramarines, etc codexes that required another book to use?

Yes. At $50 US each. You want a White Scars army? Get ready to drop $100.

So let me see if I get this. In order to play Iyanden I also need codex eldar? Sorry if this seems silly, but since the RRT KS I've hardly paid any attention to 40k for the last couple of weeks. I'm asking also cause the only marine army I collect is templars.

not really. paint them however you want. but there are certain units that Iyanden has rhat are unique that you'd need the book for.

 Breotan wrote:

 SoloFalcon1138 wrote:
What, like 3rd edition and its Ultramarines, etc codexes that required another book to use?

Yes. At $50 US each. You want a White Scars army? Get ready to drop $100.

Iyanden supplement was not the same price as the codex. It may still be too expensive, but at least get your facts straight. I've seen codex price supplement repeated so many times that it seems that most people actually believe that this is the case.

Now I know they meant to say Black Templars instead of Imperial Fists......right?

What about the Thunderhawk with spring-loaded missiles?

 Malika2 wrote:
What about the Thunderhawk with spring-loaded missiles?

We already have a chibi version. It's called the stormraven or stormturkey by some.lol