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Now that the new DE codex is out in the world...does anyone have any goddip/guesses about the next codexes (codices?) comign out?

I have heard/read runours of Necrons, Inquisition/Grey Knights, Templars, Dark Angels and the all-singing, all-dancing Chaos Legions codex (which i fear is a lie).

Anyone got anything concrete? or even semi-concrete?

Grey Knights are up next I think.

Grey Knights are next
Sisters of Battle started shortly after the Grey Knights in regards to development...although nobody has stated a release
Necron/Tau sometime next year, heavy hints that Necrons drop around August


None of this is concrete though, just as reliable as rumor gets

That's annoying. Been waiting ages for the necron codex. I can't afford to by any 'crons until some new plastics come out.

Thanks for the quick responses btw.

AgeOfEgos wrote:Grey Knights are next
Sisters of Battle started shortly after the Grey Knights in regards to development...although nobody has stated a release
Necron/Tau sometime next year, heavy hints that Necrons drop around August

While SoB may have started development already, by the sound of Jes Goodwin's recent comments regarding the SoB models, I have my doubts that we'll see them in the near future. I think we'll be looking at Necrons after GKs.

Grey Knights

GW Design Team - "Now that we've just done one of our best Xenos releases of all time, what new and exciting projects shall we line up next?"
GW Management - "Wait a sec, it's been nearly 12 months since we've done a Space Marine release. Gah! We're in danger of losing our core 12 year old market. Get some new models out quick. Which ones? Er... have we done the blue guys recently? Yes? What about the red fellas? Only last year? Bother! Oh do the silver chaps then and make sure they look really cool so we can justify charging £35 for a box of five."

Flashman wrote:
GW Design Team - "Now that we've just done one of our best Xenos releases of all time, what new and exciting projects shall we line up next?"
GW Management - "Wait a sec, it's been nearly 12 months since we've done a Space Marine release. Gah! We're in danger of losing our core 12 year old market. Get some new models out quick. Which ones? Er... have we done the blue guys recently? Yes? What about the red fellas? Only last year? Bother! Oh do the silver chaps then and make sure they look really cool so we can justify charging £35 for a box of five."

Lol sounds about right.

Flashman wrote:Grey Knights

GW Design Team - "Now that we've just done one of our best Xenos releases of all time, what new and exciting projects shall we line up next?"
GW Management - "Wait a sec, it's been nearly 12 months since we've done a Space Marine release. Gah! We're in danger of losing our core 12 year old market. Get some new models out quick. Which ones? Er... have we done the blue guys recently? Yes? What about the red fellas? Only last year? Bother! Oh do the silver chaps then and make sure they look really cool so we can justify charging £35 for a box of five."

Meh,I can't quibble too much about order of releases for 5th. BA and SW that closely together seemed like a lot of SM love,but one was running off a WD army list and the other was running off an add on 'dex from 3rd,so it's hard to argue that they weren't due. GK are also running off a 3rd edition 'dex,so it's hard to say they don't deserve a codex now,or at least don't deserve one more than Xenos that got new dex's in 4th like Eldar and Tau. I'd like to see GW get everybody who's still running a 3rd ed codex caught up before working on the armies that were updated in 4th.

As for DE being the best Xenos release of all time,we'll have to see how their sales go and how many players actually wind up sticking with the army. From what I've read of the codex so far,they look like they'll wind up the same as they did the last time they were released. A lot of players will jump on the bandwagon thinking that they look cool. However,most won't have the skills to play the army properly and will get tired of getting run off the table game after game,then sell their DE off and start other armies,leaving a few die hard fans and tourney players complaining about their long wait for another 'dex.

I've heard from my friend, who manages one of my local clubs who has alot of good friends up in Games Workshop that the Necron codex has been pretty much finished and is aiming at a release early 2011. Which would coincide with the Fall of Damnos novel release as well as much of the rumours that have been floating around since 2008.

Hoping for a new chaos space marine codex. Although I'm sure I'll end up waiting until at least 2012. FUUUUUUUUUU

But yeah, these guys got it right. I'm sure you don't give a crap about fantasy releases, so I'm glad no one's posted any

Well, they got 3 new dexes out this year so if I had to guess, 2011 will see the completion of the armies that are currently using 3rd ed (Crons, Sisters, Daemonhunters).

GW seems to usually release between 2 and 3 dexs a year (3 in 2010, 2 in 09, 3 in 08, etc) and they are supposedly playing catch up here are my guesses for release.

2011
Daemon Hunters- early
Necrons- middle to late
Sisters late 2011 to early 2012

2012-
Chaos Marines
Dark Angels or Black Templars- mid to late

2013
Tau
Dark Angels or Black Templars

2014
Daemons
Orks

And here is your bucket o salt. Just guesswork based on release dates and how often GW puts the dex's out. Either way, everyone should be caught up by late 2013 to mid 2014 depending on how productive they are.

The most likely order is GK, Necrons, SoB, Tau or GK, SoB, Necrons, Tau. There have been no rumours at all of Chaos, DA or BT being redone to date.

SoB are just starting to be worked on, so try GK, Tau, Necrons, SoB.

Tau, on the whole, don't need too much besides some tweaking and some resin/metal kits scanned over to plastic.

OK, i should be able to ask for new necrons next christmas. Works for me.

I just bought a feckload of crons from a friend of mine so here's hoping a new necron Dex comes out soon :p

We'll see a new Templar Codex before we see a Sisters book.

I'd say:

GK's
Necrons
Templars/Tau
Tau/Templars
Chaos
Sisters
Eldar/Dark Angels
Dark Angels/Eldar

burning_phoneix wrote:I just bought a feckload of crons from a friend of mine so here's hoping a new necron Dex comes out soon :p

Im fairly sure someone in another thread had it on good/decent word that necrons would be aprox May 2011. I hope its pretty close to that, or sooner. Although Im enjoying building Orks...my necron Lord and squad of warriors stare at me tirelessly, wanting some more buddies.

AlexHolker wrote:The most likely order is GK, Necrons, SoB, Tau or GK, SoB, Necrons, Tau. There have been no rumours at all of Chaos, DA or BT being redone to date.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe I saw someone say some time ago that GW was catching everyone up to 5th before moving on?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe I saw someone say some time ago that GW was catching everyone up to 5th before moving on?

I'm not sure why they would do that or what would be accomplished by it. The last couple Codex books to be revised in such a schedule would be out of date weeks or months after their release when the 6th Edition Rule Book gets released. For books that have to wait more than a year to be revised at this point it would be better for the customers of those books to have GW wait to make them fit specifically with 6th Edition.

BrassScorpion wrote: I'm not sure why they would do that or what would be accomplished by it. The last couple Codex books to be revised in such a schedule would be out of date weeks or months after their release when the 6th Edition Rule Book gets released. For books that have to wait more than a year to be revised at this point it would be better for the customers of those books to have GW wait to make them fit specifically with 6th Edition.

Thats sort of the mentality that brings us to codex lagging behind an edition or two. Daemons while published during 4th edition was published with 5th edition in mind so its not impossible to do.

I have a half decent 'Cron army but don't want to add to it until nice new plastics come out (i need Immortals).

Thats sort of the mentality that brings us to codex lagging behind an edition or two

I seriously doubt if my observation, which is largely true, is the reason for what some people perceive as a slow production schedule from GW. It's not like what we're saying here is what the people who actually work on the stuff are necessarily saying. GW determines their schedule based on their own internal reasoning. But it is the reason the Dark Angels Codex and Chaos Marine Codex are not nearly as exciting as every Codex released soon after them.

But if I was in charge of the production schedule, absolutely I would hold up some revisions rather than let them go out the door sooner, but with a shorter shelf life. As a player and collector I would much rather have waited an extra year or two for the Chaos Codex or Dark Angels Codex if I would have gotten a much better book for the wait. As it is, the Dark Angels Codex was obsolete in less than two years after its release. What was the point of pushing that one out the door sooner rather than later? It was only released as it was to fill a necessary spot on the new release schedule to generate cash flow at the time. There was no consideration given to how that product would fare in the long-term.

AgeOfEgos wrote:Grey Knights are next
Sisters of Battle started shortly after the Grey Knights in regards to development...although nobody has stated a release
Necron/Tau sometime next year, heavy hints that Necrons drop around August


None of this is concrete though, just as reliable as rumor gets

as i saw another person posted SOB are in the works(and have been for awhile now) They have been having problems with the cloth. Necrons/Tau should be getting codex in 2011(not sure just a guess) Eldar, Chaos and Orks still need new ones with Eldar needing it more. DA might still see some love(I hope) But I don't think Sisters will be right after GK. They will either be late 2011 or released with GK(yes I know stone me cause i said the dreaded GK+SOB dex)

Also for H.B.M.C there is no way Chaos will be that soon they are the last 4th edition dex and/or first 5th dex. Orks would be before them(which you totally left out. I am going to GUESS more non marines in 2011.

Kanluwen wrote:SoB are just starting to be worked on, so try GK, Tau, Necrons, SoB.

Tau, on the whole, don't need too much besides some tweaking and some resin/metal kits scanned over to plastic.

I would really disagree with this, half our Codex is useless on most account, we only really have 1 viable actual army list (mech) and then there's the gimmick of "ninja tau". Tau need to be brought up to snuff just as badly (though maybe not quite as badly as Necrons). GK? Are you kidding me? Yet ANOTHER Space Marine codex... you'd think they could at least release the main armies updates first instead of some side army that is yet again in power armor.

Militarized wrote:
I would really disagree with this, half our Codex is useless on most account, we only really have 1 viable actual army list (mech) and then there's the gimmick of "ninja tau". Tau need to be brought up to snuff just as badly (though maybe not quite as badly as Necrons). GK? Are you kidding me? Yet ANOTHER Space Marine codex... you'd think they could at least release the main armies updates first instead of some side army that is yet again in power armor.

That's your opinion. The Grey Knight player woudl probably disagree. Interestingly enough I have only met 2 Tau players in person, 4 WH players, and only 1 Dark Eldar. I guess its all a matter of your location and perspective. Tau could use an upgrade definitely, but I would say Grey Knights (2003), Necrons (2002), and Sisters (2004) have been waiting a good deal longer than Tau players (2006) and some (Necrons in particular (and Sisters as well IMO)) are in great need of a redo first.

Really surprised the mods are letting a question thread live in news and rumours, as opposed to discussions...

That being said, everything on the posts already on this forum and Warseer say GK next, then Necrons or Tau.

There's enough 'news and rumor' in it at this point to justify its place, but you're right in that it is a bit on the edge.

And don't you go and consider this a precedent - oh no you don't!!!

MajorTom11 wrote:Really surprised the mods are letting a question thread live in news and rumours, as opposed to discussions...

That being said, everything on the posts already on this forum and Warseer say GK next, then Necrons or Tau.

yes it started as a question and while not rumors or news. But some on Warseer are normally 90% wrong and I left warseer cause of that one person. The debate over necrons or tau first is hard to say both armies at their release were very popular. But I will say with the success of Dark Eldar I am willing to bet GW wont be afraid to make larger releases in the future. At least I hope. But also I am leaning towards Necrons my "source" has said Necrons are coming with in a year(said that back in August) But also said other things about imperial forces as well.

It's the precedent thing, every once in a while these threads go really well... But it seems as soon as one comes up 5 more show up like weeds soon after. Bah I know its bitchy but whatever, it just pisses me off when the relevant answers are 2 threads under it lol

MajorTom11 wrote:It's the precedent thing, every once in a while these threads go really well... But it seems as soon as one comes up 5 more show up like weeds soon after. Bah I know its bitchy but whatever, it just pisses me off when the relevant answers are 2 threads under it lol

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