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Kinda have to agree with Shuma. No need beating a dead dog.

Yes Shummy, 'cause all I'm going to look at is the formatting.

I'm going to do the same thing as the Chaos Codex - Cover-2-Cover. From the artwork on the front, to the summary at the back. Fluff, artwork, colour section, modelling, the list itself and, yes, the formatting and structure. All will be looked at. Page by page.

I can tell you this. aside from the new command sprue models there is very little new in the art section. other than the same old models heavy metal has had around for years.

I think any comprehensive review needs to include those things that are mentioned elsewhere on the site. We've beaten the usefulness of 10pts power weapons to death, but I imagine HBMC will discuss them as well.

I'm planning on doing a review as well. Not as much a review, as I think HBMC will handle the critical analysis quite well, but an overview of the IG playstyle, both from an army level and unit by unit. What options were gained, what was lost, what got better, what got worse, etc. My goal is to hopefully shed some light on some things, reveal some possibilities of the new and revised units, and prepare people who are facing IG for what to expect.

does any1 know what the wargear options for sargents are?

i like the new codex. it gives guard the oppertunity to be what they always should have been, heavy in men and armour. each not great alone but combined makes them great. The new Orders system seems a lot more fun over the old doctrine and i think it will really engage players who enjoyed the guards previous codex.
Of course not everybody will be happy but im looking forward to dusting off my guard and breathing some life into my first and still favorite army in 40k

Onnotangu is right. The modeling..scratch that....color section is the same as in the Marine, Demon or Ork 'Dex. Pretty pictures of models build from the sprues. No extras.

edit: how can I write with some words scratched through?

With the letter S, for "strikethrough" in the brackets.

The Angry Commissar wrote:does any1 know what the wargear options for sargents are?

(Las Pistol & CCW) Bolt Pistol, Melta Bombs, Power weapon, Plasma Pistol. No Shotgun, Boltgun, or Lasgun.

one complaint i have for the codex "Hot-Shot Lasgun" *cries* couldnt they have just kept "Hellgun"

I guess that you weren't around when the Storm Troopers' weapon was actually called Hot-Shot Lasgun. There were some cries of dismay when it was changed to Hellgun actually.

I think it was good to change the name back. Now, a Hellgun is what the old stormtroopers have like if you wanna use the guys from the DH codex for some reason. the new IG stormtroopers have different guns with different stats, so they may as well have different names too

Meltdown wrote:one complaint i have for the codex "Hot-Shot Lasgun" *cries* couldnt they have just kept "Hellgun"

They changed it because now the FRFSRF order can also affect them ( "models firing lasguns").

But Hellgun sounds so much cooler than hot-shot lasgun. That sounds like a weapon that the 50's street punks in Grease would use.

they could have just called it the "Hell Lasgun" then. anything but Hot-Shot.

When I think of storm troopers I think spec ops SAS. Adding hot-shot to is does not make them cool anymore.

Hot-Shot Lasgun was the old 2nd edition name for the Hellgun.

Okay, and we're back to this being a Discussion topic rather than a News & Rumor topic...

Someone better think of some new news quick!

I am going to lock the thread because it is old news. Discussion of the codex can be carried out in the Discussion forum.