FW Imperial Armour Apocalypse II and Sneak Peek

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**Anung Un Rama**

Love that Big Mek.

**Alpharius**

CT GAMER wrote:
BrookM wrote:I can't look at that model again normally now.

Anyone who has played, collected or observed GW miniatures for 40K for more then ten minutes should already recognize that GW and the Nazi party had the same source of inspiration when it came to such things: Ancient Rome.

Is it really shocking that the two might have similar aesthetics in some way?

Both of them look "Roman". That design is not a "Nazi" look per se, it's origins go back many hundreds of years prior to Hitler's team adopting it...

Seriously. read some history books and get over it people...

While I certainly agree with you (Ancient and Medieval history Major/Classics Minor here!), sadly, in many people's mind, the 'most recent one' wins.

Still, as you said, education is the key!

**BrookM**

I am not ignorant. However, recent history has done its things.

**reds8n**

Swiped from Warseer, thanks to Mr. Zanzibartehfirst for this helpful summary

Heres a little review of all the datasheets:

Imperial Guard.
Annihalator is only 130pts
Minotaur gets struck on the weakest armour
Baneblade variants same as GW datasheets (which have dried up now)
Hades breaching drill is an elite option though doesnt take up an FOC slot
Hell raker battery: 3 minotaurs and a baneblade; big firepower
castellan sentry gun defense force, can change fire mode,

Imperial Navy
Carrion Claw; s5 ap3 apoc barrage attack, imagine A10 thunderbolts attacking in unison

SM
Chaplain dread can take flamestorm cannon
City breaker squadron, land raiders that can fire pintle weapons twice, reroll terrain tests and can reroll pen hits against a selected building
Iron cyclone; dreads in pods with deathstorm. cluster bombs, then deathstorms and then dreadnaughts in pods, very cool
Thunderhawek interdictor, tempests are flyers

Imperium
Chorus of Faith, Exorcists with 2d6 missiles, cannot fire next turn
Convocation of wrath, +1 S to flamer weapons

Orks
Junka has all the cool mek gear, turbo engines similar to BA
Big Trakk, reroll terrain tests at combat speed. Lots of weapon options
Kustom Battle Fortress, can take up to 3 supa weapons and 4 pintle wepaons
Mega rippa crew, rerolol pen hits against big things, waagh!!!

Eldar
CobraDestroyer that ignores all types of shields
Death web, s6 ap- barrage, dangerous terrain test next turn
Raiding force, missiles change to s4 ap 5ignore cover, reroll shuriken cannon against infantry

Tau
Hazard has new wepaons, ion gun, assault 4 rending, fusion cascade, d3 melta, pulse submunitions rifle, 5"blast, Same rules
Broadside phalanx, reroll pen hits on nominated target
protector wing, Hazards and their dedicated and modifed orca, has a 5++ save

Chaos
Aetaos'Rau'Keres, reflect pyschic powers, d6+3 horrors, upgraded daemonic gifts, summon power of staff and call a massive barrage that ignores cover saves. Will try and destory dameon lrods etc...
Blood Slaughter, impaler is a short range missile launcher hits on a 4+ now and if it penetrates or wounds an MC it gets dragged 2d6
Mamons get improves poison of plaguebearers, can destory an objective
Urake's Headhunters force a pinnig test on everyone and can mark an IC etc... for destruction and it counts as an objective if killed
plague ogryns are more expensive and have SaP. Can eb taken in a Nurgle CSM army
Covenant of corruption, leader spawn has a 4++ save and each model killed by anythign in the fomraiton may come back as a spawn
Lament of the damned are real slaanesh dreads that can be used in normal 40k for appropriate points

Anything missed is because its stayed the same as previously updated. I hope I havent broke any copyright laws here. This should stop people asking questions for rules and stats

**Boss Salvage**

Lament of the damned are real slaanesh dreads that can be used in normal 40k for appropriate points

Say what?

We talking about the blastmasters on a couple of my dreads turning back on???

- Salvage

**BrookM**

Does the Hades allow for units to move from the exit hole like in IA6 or has it been turned into a really useless gadget now?

**Platuan4th**

About time they made the Tempest a Flier.

It's fluff keeps mention it being such, but was always stuck as a Skimmer rules-wise.

**Neconilis**

dogma wrote:I mean, I've always associated the Imperium with Nazism, so it isn't really a big deal in my mind.

Exactly. You mean our fictional super fascist galactic space empire has elements of national socialism in it? Get out?!?!?!

**Reecius**

Must get this book.

**daedalusaf**

Ork Mek Boss Buzzgob...is he in the book? Is there anything there about him?

**reds8n**

No he isn't, I believe he's scheduled for inclusion in the next Imperial Armour book. 8 is it ? Will feature the Raven Guard and, believe it or not, Imperial guard.

This one is a nice book though, I've only skimmed through it so far, but the apocalypse scenarios and advice included as well are quite handy, even if some of the table sizes suggested are perhaps a bit optimistic perhaps.

The rules for the previously featured creatures and tanks -- especially the demons -- are a lot better. i still think perhaps that soem of the tanks are a bit overpriced but FW always seem to do that.

There is indeed a formation that allows Slaanesh dreads to swap their heavy bolters for sonic blasters or autocannosn for blastmasters.

**Alpharius**

reds8n wrote:

There is indeed a formation that allows Slaanesh dreads to swap their heavy bolters for sonic blasters or autocannosn for blastmasters.

Finally!

That took long enough though, didn't it?