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Teaser is up

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/blog/blog.jsp?_requestid=3279475

May 30th? Is that the announcement or is that the release?? Did I miss the rumor correction that said its more than two weeks earlier than projected?

That's when pre-orders go up.

 Wilson wrote:
Teaser is up

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/blog/blog.jsp?_requestid=3279475

Is that music from the Space Marine game? It sounds familiar.

I'm pumped!!

The teaser video doesn't really give away anything, at least not that I see.

Salamanders are still around...

fark those are some butt ugly smurf tanks on page 1.

that dandy boy on the right is about to sprinkle fairy dust from his gold rod from his excelsior tank.

kb305 wrote:
fark those are some butt ugly smurf tanks on page 1.

that dandy boy on the right is about to sprinkle fairy dust from his gold rod from his excelsior tank.

Then.. paint them another color

I dig the command tanks... will definitely purchase a kit, but I'm not so sure I'll ever play it. It seems points-pricey :( But I guess we'll see in conjunction with everything else in the codex

wifi and satellite TV for everyone.

the excelsior needs a bunch of rod wielders standing on the roof doing the YMCA

 Talys wrote:
I'm pumped!!

The teaser video doesn't really give away anything, at least not that I see.

Salamanders are still around...

I guess it shows that we're probably not going to see a separate Codex for each Chapter that was previous in the SM book.

AllSeeingSkink wrote:

 Talys wrote:
I'm pumped!!

The teaser video doesn't really give away anything, at least not that I see.

Salamanders are still around...

I guess it shows that we're probably not going to see a separate Codex for each Chapter that was previous in the SM book.

Thanks for that at least...

Oh man! So excited! May 30th can't come soon enough!

 SharkoutofWata wrote:
May 30th? Is that the announcement or is that the release?? Did I miss the rumor correction that said its more than two weeks earlier than projected?

Preorders will go live May 30th at 1pm EDT/11am PDT here in the US. The rest of the world will have had their preorders up for almost a full day at that point, so you can take a good look at what is up for preorder by switching your flag on the GW site.

 master of ordinance wrote:
So, something challenges the Space marine players dominance (Eldar), Space marine players whine and wail, GW brings out a whole new codex just to buff them still further.

That's less to do with Marine players 'whining' and far more to do with the Marine codex almost always being one of the first to be redone when a new edition is released...

Oh come on Insaniak, everyone knows GW listens to their customers!

Soooo... The devastators are still up. Guess rumors about new devastators and with grav-cannon was false.

It's just as possible that they've sold out of ASM but there's still Devastator stock on hand, or because of the release pattern the Devastators are a week or two further away from the update.

Don't read too much just into that yet.

 djphranq wrote:
Oh man! So excited! May 30th can't come soon enough!

And just think of the excitement when they let you rebuy the next version of the book next May! Joy!

 Azreal13 wrote:
It's just as possible that they've sold out of ASM but there's still Devastator stock on hand, or because of the release pattern the Devastators are a week or two further away from the update.

Don't read too much just into that yet.

Or maybe the Devastators were going to be a Dark Angels kit!

 insaniak wrote:

 master of ordinance wrote:
So, something challenges the Space marine players dominance (Eldar), Space marine players whine and wail, GW brings out a whole new codex just to buff them still further.

That's less to do with Marine players 'whining' and far more to do with the Marine codex almost always being one of the first to be redone when a new edition is released...

The real reason is summed up by a single keystroke: $

Vanilla marines are traditionally the biggest selling/played faction so only once in the last 5 editions did marines not get a new book within a year of a new edition hitting. With GW's stealing and adapting the hardcore tourny tactic of MSU (minimum sellable unit) over the past two years, I'm completely NOT shocked that they're redoing marines on the heels of replacing 2 year old eldar and 1 year old Knight books. There simply is no reliable product life cycle anymore for GW books and that lack of value has definitely affected my purchase habits. I grudgingly bought the hardcovers (that I don't like... I prefer the smaller B&W softcovers) because for the first time since 3rd edition everyone would theoretically be on the same footing and I feel like I got suckered into spending $400 to "update" my armies with books that have now apparently have an unacceptably low IMO life cycle.

 insaniak wrote:

 master of ordinance wrote:
So, something challenges the Space marine players dominance (Eldar), Space marine players whine and wail, GW brings out a whole new codex just to buff them still further.

That's less to do with Marine players 'whining' and far more to do with the Marine codex almost always being one of the first to be redone when a new edition is released...

To be fair, Chaos Marine players have the right to continue to whine and wail, especially since they're still using the exact same guns they've had since 3rd edition... (meanwhile, Loyalists have gotten a veritable hoard of new toys for their grunts, because... "Reasons")


Admittedly though, the 6th ed Vanilla Codex had me seriously thinking about taking to plunge into a building a Templars army, especially after the intertubes decried the Templars as even worse off than their old as dirt 4th ed codex!

I'm definitely curious to see what, if anything changes for the Templars in the new codex... I loved the idea of a bike mounted Marshal w/Burning sword, leading a unit of power lance-armed 'knights' from the current codex!
If a similar option remains, I might just go and put my Chaos on hold for some Templars, as Chaos Marines especially are just garbage looking right now and have next to no upgrade options when compared to everyone else atm...

Experiment 626 wrote:
Chaos Marine players have the right to continue to whine and wail, especially since they're still using the exact same guns they've had since 3rd edition... (meanwhile, Loyalists have gotten a veritable hoard of new toys for their grunts, because... "Reasons")

You see, Experiment 626, in 40k lore the Imperium exists in a dark age of technological decline. Therefore it's only natural that Space Marines should have a wide variety of powerful weapons available, while their traitor brethren from the golden age have managed to lose or misplace nearly everything that isn't a boltgun... wait a minute...

Experiment 626 wrote:

 insaniak wrote:

 master of ordinance wrote:
So, something challenges the Space marine players dominance (Eldar), Space marine players whine and wail, GW brings out a whole new codex just to buff them still further.

That's less to do with Marine players 'whining' and far more to do with the Marine codex almost always being one of the first to be redone when a new edition is released...

To be fair, Chaos Marine players have the right to continue to whine and wail, especially since they're still using the exact same guns they've had since 3rd edition... (meanwhile, Loyalists have gotten a veritable hoard of new toys for their grunts, because... "Reasons")


Admittedly though, the 6th ed Vanilla Codex had me seriously thinking about taking to plunge into a building a Templars army, especially after the intertubes decried the Templars as even worse off than their old as dirt 4th ed codex!

I'm definitely curious to see what, if anything changes for the Templars in the new codex... I loved the idea of a bike mounted Marshal w/Burning sword, leading a unit of power lance-armed 'knights' from the current codex!
If a similar option remains, I might just go and put my Chaos on hold for some Templars, as Chaos Marines especially are just garbage looking right now and have next to no upgrade options when compared to everyone else atm...

I thought it was reported that Templars were being dropped from the vanilla codex but would get their own at a later date. Personally, I hope they keep them in the vanilla codex. But it is GW....

 CalgarsPimpHand wrote:

Experiment 626 wrote:
Chaos Marine players have the right to continue to whine and wail, especially since they're still using the exact same guns they've had since 3rd edition... (meanwhile, Loyalists have gotten a veritable hoard of new toys for their grunts, because... "Reasons")

You see, Experiment 626, in 40k lore the Imperium exists in a dark age of technological decline. Therefore it's only natural that Space Marines should have a wide variety of powerful weapons available, while their traitor brethren from the golden age have managed to lose or misplace nearly everything that isn't a boltgun... wait a minute...

I still enjoy how every single time a Loyalist Chapter falls to Chaos, they're obviously required to return every last piece of their technology back to the nearest Forgeworld before making for the Eye of Terror...
It's so nice knowing how considerate and honourable those Chaos servants really are!

Loving that long salamanders close up, gives me some hope they may finally be somewhat important.

Nah. Salamanders are just one of the prettier armies. The green and black with scales and flame is a very eye catching paint scheme. I'm genuinely surprised they aren't featured more often because of it.

SharkoutofWata wrote:Nah. Salamanders are just one of the prettier armies. The green and black with scales and flame is a very eye catching paint scheme. I'm genuinely surprised they aren't featured more often because of it.

They have a lot of potential for some new awesome fluff....but that would involve GW advancing the timeline more than a few days.

AllSeeingSkink wrote:

 Wilson wrote:
Teaser is up

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/blog/blog.jsp?_requestid=3279475

Is that music from the Space Marine game? It sounds familiar.

It is. GW's videos invariably use music from Space Marine, the Ultramarines movie, the Dawn of War games, or Warhammer Online. Looking forward to Warhammer: Total War since it'll give them some new music to work with

Experiment 626 wrote:

 CalgarsPimpHand wrote:

Experiment 626 wrote:
Chaos Marine players have the right to continue to whine and wail, especially since they're still using the exact same guns they've had since 3rd edition... (meanwhile, Loyalists have gotten a veritable hoard of new toys for their grunts, because... "Reasons")

You see, Experiment 626, in 40k lore the Imperium exists in a dark age of technological decline. Therefore it's only natural that Space Marines should have a wide variety of powerful weapons available, while their traitor brethren from the golden age have managed to lose or misplace nearly everything that isn't a boltgun... wait a minute...

I still enjoy how every single time a Loyalist Chapter falls to Chaos, they're obviously required to return every last piece of their technology back to the nearest Forgeworld before making for the Eye of Terror...
It's so nice knowing how considerate and honourable those Chaos servants really are!

You may find it amusing, but have you any idea how much the deposit is on an entire chapters worth if grav equipment...

Experiment 626 wrote:

 CalgarsPimpHand wrote:

Experiment 626 wrote:
Chaos Marine players have the right to continue to whine and wail, especially since they're still using the exact same guns they've had since 3rd edition... (meanwhile, Loyalists have gotten a veritable hoard of new toys for their grunts, because... "Reasons")

You see, Experiment 626, in 40k lore the Imperium exists in a dark age of technological decline. Therefore it's only natural that Space Marines should have a wide variety of powerful weapons available, while their traitor brethren from the golden age have managed to lose or misplace nearly everything that isn't a boltgun... wait a minute...

I still enjoy how every single time a Loyalist Chapter falls to Chaos, they're obviously required to return every last piece of their technology back to the nearest Forgeworld before making for the Eye of Terror...
It's so nice knowing how considerate and honourable those Chaos servants really are!

Allies are a thing. You can throw in fast Daemons for little cost to a Loyalist force. You just gotta spike them up is all.

Granted you won't have access to double Specials in a Tactical squad, but that might be fixed.

 SharkoutofWata wrote:
Nah. Salamanders are just one of the prettier armies. The green and black with scales and flame is a very eye catching paint scheme. I'm genuinely surprised they aren't featured more often because of it.

really ? i like their fluff and the reptile look but always thought the flames were extremely cheesy and ugly