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Hi guys, here is what we've heard regarding the first week of IG releases in May. I'm certain there will be much more coming later in the month.


IG Codex $25
IG Primaris Psyker $15
IG Ratling Snipers $20
IG Sentinel $25
IG Cadian Command Squad $25
IG Catachan Command Squad $25
IG Valkyrie $50
IG Cadian Shock Troops $22
IG Catachan Jungle Fighters $22

~Standard caveats apply, and no guarantees on these prices. Still though, those $22 Cadian/Catachan prices would seem to mesh with the earlier rumors of those kits being repackaged into 10 man squads with a heavy weapon squad included. Do you guys see that Valkyrie on the list? Pretty cool! I expect Jwolf is already weeping tears of joy and practising his "Flight of the Valkyries" humming.'

Yep we have this info listed on the other IG thread going right now. Thanks for putting it by itself though so people don't have to dig through the thread to find this

As mentioned before, if this is the entire release wave for the Guard for May / this year, it is surprisingly light on the new special characters for some odd reason. You'd expect GW to release at least one or two new special characters alongside the codex right from the start.

Maybe that's the Guard's new niche, though: No special characters!

Nothin' special about the Guard after all!

All kidding aside, it might be something that GW will 'surprise' us with, or, hit us with for 'Wave 2'...

That niche is already filled by the Tyranids.

Maybe they aren't getting any new Special Characters?

Ozymandias, King of Kings

Agamemnon2 wrote:Maybe that's the Guard's new niche, though: No special characters!

While I would not mind this at all (and would find it very fitting for the untold billions of men and women that is IG), I would be surprised if they did not update the rules for Creed/Kell, Yarrick and Gaunt :(

Oh, no new characters for the guard? don't tease me.

Has any one seen picts of any of these things?

BrookM wrote:As mentioned before, if this is the entire release wave for the Guard for May / this year, it is surprisingly light on the new special characters for some odd reason. You'd expect GW to release at least one or two new special characters alongside the codex right from the start.

No this is just the first part of the Guard release schedule for May, more to come.

That primaris psyker price is certainly no suprise; I just hope his rules justify the price.

Wait for it...

grizgrin wrote:That primaris psyker price is certainly no suprise; I just hope his rules justify the price.

Wait for it...

Um, "I could scratchbuild one for tuppence?"

Among many other options. But yeah.

Please dont let them rerelease the old ratlings....come on some seriously vicious looking hobbits modeled after some of the guys from the Sharp's series or something. Now that would be cool. Looking foward to seeing what the HQ's look like. Still need to order the upgrade kits from FW though. (cant believe I am gonna put all that time an money in to guardsmen....ah well, it probably wont be the last time either)

So, those would still be the same dumb looking Catachans we have now?

What's that in old money?

Can anyone confirm:

Are the Catachans a new sculpt or just repackaged?

Will the new packages have all the special weapons?

Anyone heard anything?

Actually, I am picking up some more ratlings while I can, before the new sculpts come out.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:Can anyone confirm:

Are the Catachans a new sculpt or just repackaged?

I'm sure they'll keep it the same. Ultimately, any army with two-star sculpts has plenty going for it.

I mean, I can't imagine them resculpting them. At most I can only imagine a sprue re-cut.

The Catachan models are re-cut and, due to improvements in moulding technology and the like are of a slightly better quality to the older ones and, like the Cadians, will include Special and Heavy weapons in the box.

The Ratlings are also new sculpts, apparently with cloaks, but I haven't seen them yet.

The catachans are redone a bit more than just recut from what I hear, the parts are suppose to be more proportional and in line with the catachan heavy weapon teams. That's the quality to expect of them.

from wha ti ehar Gaunt is getting new rules, mainly caus eth estaffers at my local keep dropping hints about tanith bein gveyr exciting

xowainx wrote:The Catachan models are re-cut and, due to improvements in moulding technology and the like are of a slightly better quality to the older ones and, like the Cadians, will include Special and Heavy weapons in the box.

The Ratlings are also new sculpts, apparently with cloaks, but I haven't seen them yet.

thanks for the info, I`ll have to pick some up before the old onces go OOP, they`re crud but they`re crud that match my other crud.

I wonder if they will now include the kneeling legs in the recut sprues?

Assuming they all come with 5 heavies and the 4 specials we`ll be flush in weapons for a while.

My guess would be that the Ratlings are not metal, and will just be repackaged at 5 per box at $20, which would make the most sense considering everything else on that list bar the Psyker is going to be plastic, and I would highly doubt they would expet to see a lot of returns on plastic Frodo-snipers (though I will buy some, definitely).

I hope they don't change the Catachan look too much. Bring the proportions down, ok. Just don't make them look differen't(clothing wise). I'm not sure everyone hates them as they are now. I think they fit perfectly with their fluff when it comes to their look. I've heard people saying that they need more clothing and something to cover their shoulders. They wouldn't be Catachan if that was the case :(. So I hope they don't alter the look and feel of Catachan.

Brimstone wrote:

BrookM wrote:As mentioned before, if this is the entire release wave for the Guard for May / this year, it is surprisingly light on the new special characters for some odd reason. You'd expect GW to release at least one or two new special characters alongside the codex right from the start.

No this is just the first part of the Guard release schedule for May, more to come.

If anyone else said that I'd say "in your dreams" but in your case, wow. That's quite a lot to release in a single weekend. Makes me wonder what the second part of May will hold for the Imperial Guard.

is the Valkyrie supposed to be a transport for just stormtroopers? or regular guardsmen too?

BrookM wrote:

Brimstone wrote:

BrookM wrote:As mentioned before, if this is the entire release wave for the Guard for May / this year, it is surprisingly light on the new special characters for some odd reason. You'd expect GW to release at least one or two new special characters alongside the codex right from the start.

No this is just the first part of the Guard release schedule for May, more to come.

If anyone else said that I'd say "in your dreams" but in your case, wow. That's quite a lot to release in a single weekend. Makes me wonder what the second part of May will hold for the Imperial Guard.

Well I should qualify my statement then, IIRC these releases only go up to the end of the first week of May 2009 (The release date of the codex).

I'm expecting more releases as part of the intial phase one schedule but I don't yet know how much more will be in May and what will be in June / July.

Looking at the past several releases, GW generally does one week that is mostly plastic and one week that is mostly blisters and the two releases are 2 weeks apart.

Who knows, maybe the psyker is a plastic multi-part kit like the WFB wizards and SM commander.

dietrich wrote:Looking at the past several releases, GW generally does one week that is mostly plastic and one week that is mostly blisters and the two releases are 2 weeks apart.

Who knows, maybe the psyker is a plastic multi-part kit like the WFB wizards and SM commander.

True, they might be increasing his loadout options and/or role in the Guard army.