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Walking Plasma Cannons? I'm good with that.

Here's hoping for (plastic) Support Sentinels with missile / rocket launchers and multi-meltas. Return of the Griffon is also great news, finally a great incentive to finish that model I have lying about.

Yeah I bought a griffin as it was on sale for 10 dollars in the shrink wrapped box. So I will be glad to see them return.

When the Griffon / Medusa returns/arrives, please, God, make it plastic. That metal kit was a total PITA (the baseplate just doesn't fit the hull), and I ended up converting the chassis into something else (Hellhound!).

When that support Sentinel arrives, I will buy a trio.

Of course they will be plastic GW is stepping away from hybrid kits, maybe they will be a later wave release, somewhere round 2010.

Awesome... I could definitely rock some Sentinels with blast weaons. Three of those popping out from behind a building to reduce a CSM squad to slag would be priceless

I am getting so stoked for this release... I picked up 5 Leman Russ' last month just in case the extra bonus tanks rumor is true.

Griffin is back? Sweet! St6 ap 4 for a song, those things will be fantastic.

IG are going to be horde army killers with all of the pie-plates and templates.

A new unit? Sounds great, I love variety, but what has me really excited is bringing back some old school stuff. They brought back the most fun back in the day models from space marines and orks (well, some of the best from the orks), so I wonder what madness the IG will get back? Penal legions with exploding head collars, beast men guard, or electro priests for the win!

I hope the rumors we have been hearing turn out to be true.

Current political climate will most likely bar GW from reinstating the explosive penal legionnaires. We're living in times where people really want to rename "the Two Towers" into something more politically correct..

I'm also wondering if the good old fun stuff might mean reinstating the "horribly funny" rules as well, like those fragile fuel tanks on the Hellhound.

I think your sense for political climate is lagging a few years behind. These days I doubt many would care about the suicide penal legions, there are much worse things in the game already. That said, no beastmen guard. Those are mutants and are to be killed on sight, not used in the emperors mighty armies.

Maybe, but there are these watch groups, always a jolly lot!

I have high hopes for the codex. I would simply make good business sense for GW to give IG a great codex with solid rules that allow for characterful, fun, competitive lists with variety. They would sell a lot more IG stuff (imagine a whole codex full of fun and useful stuff!).

But that is just me and my crazy cognition.

Who knows what they will actually do.

ShumaGorath wrote:I think your sense for political climate is lagging a few years behind. These days I doubt many would care about the suicide penal legions, there are much worse things in the game already. That said, no beastmen guard. Those are mutants and are to be killed on sight, not used in the emperors mighty armies.

They got rid of boobies on Daemonettes. They won't do Guard Suicide Bombers.

BYE

Maybe with the old stuff they'll bring back some of the special characters from 2nd edition. Stumpert Muckstart would be awesome if he functioned like Telion.

Capt K

I really hope they bury/ burn that stupid Hellhound fuel tank rule. It was f**king stupid and literally killed that tank in 3rd edition from ever being used. I pray I don't have to see that rule again. Bring back the Bolter option for Hardened Vets!

Capt K

Nork Deddog and Macharius.

BrookM wrote:Nork Deddog and Macharius.

Lord solar . return of the Highest ranks

Hellhounds either need the fuel tank rule or some down tuning of the gun as they currently have the most stupid gun ever.

I have never had a problem facing them. Not to mention mine misses all the time and the Russes seem to out preform it every game. I can see how it is nasty but I guess I have never seen it with my own eyes.

To be fair, the guy I was facing it who had them was TFG, so it was pretty annoying, if it had been against anyone else that would have been fine.

Ah got ya. Heard allot of things that are uber powered just haven't really heard the hellhound in that group since they made people run away in 3rd ed, think it was 3rd anyway.

i love getin boxes of 20 Guardsmen thats how my apcolypse army swelled to 500 strong which i feild as vets.

and i don't put weapons in my units in regular games
and i hope the drop the price on baneblades

I hope you learn to spell and punctuate.

@Nuke: it's not nice to make fun of the developmentally-challenged.

Nuclear Mekanik wrote:Hellhounds either need the fuel tank rule or some down tuning of the gun as they currently have the most stupid gun ever.

You sir, suck at this game. You should quit playing. The hellhound is no more than a nuisance engine. I Run three of them and they NEVER earn their points back. maybe i should also quit playing... They do draw fire like no other though, great psychological weapon!

But we all love the Inferno Cannon, even the marines whom I scorch out of their cover, they're always fighting about whose team I should join when playing team games with plenty of cover.

Nork Deddog

I still use this guy, he's just too lovable.

The return of the Griffon would be jolly wonderful, especially since I already own one (or rather, my multipurpose Salamander chassis has an interchangeable mortar as a weapon option). I hope it will be competitively pointcosted so it's usable in small games especially. Since I'm in the wishing business, I hope GW does a twofer and includes the Medusa in the same kit (all that would require would be a different barrel mounted on the level as opposed to being elevated).

Medusa would better fit into an upgraded Basilisk kit. All you need to change the main gun and weapon shield, the rest is stock.

The Griffon needs to be redone in plastic. The Basilisk *is* plastic. Ergo, it will be Griffon / Medusa.

And GW can simplify the treads and wheels Baneblade-style while they're at it...