Blood Angels rumours..

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**reds8n**

via Warseer from B & C. Shouts out to Mr. Scorcher 505 and some bold, mysterious stranger from B & C.

here we go:

-The BA 'dex is DONE and complete already.

-New conversion kits similar to the ones made for the space wolves. These kits are said to be EXTRAORDINARY (I mean.. beautiful!), with a level of detail similar to that of the models in space hulk (or even better). (PS this seems quite certain, it has been confirmed by my local GW seller, who also stated some big news about BA may be revealed at the italian games day).

SOME informations about the rules

-The codex will allow the player to field a top notch assault army: assault squads will be a troop choice, with options similar to those of the new gray hunters in the SW dex: 2Xspecial weapons and no heavy weapons at all (of course). Sergents will be similar to those of the SM dex (more options: tunder hummer, LC and such).

- a psionic power called "vortex of blood", or something like that, will give the caster a CC attacks bonus equal to the number of models in base contact (or even in combat radius?! but it would be too powerful..)

-New indipendent characters.

I can't assure these rumors are true, of course. I just TRIED to translate them in english and posted them here.

Ah, date of release: march, after the tyrs.

The sprues etc all sound very plausible... almost like they'd had anotehr attempt recently to define the "look" of the chapter in some way.

Bit dubious about the codex being 100% done and dusted too.

Release date sounds, more or less, quite realistic too IMO.

**Sidstyler**

So March sounds like a realistic release date for you, but you refuse to believe the codex is finished less than 5 months from the rumored release date?

**Iron Priest**

Sidstyler wrote:So March sounds like a realistic release date for you, but you refuse to believe the codex is finished less than 5 months from the rumored release date?

The idea of an efficient GW is just too much for some of us to handle. There seems to be a fervor about the company lately...

**BrookM**

Does make me wonder who the author for this one could be.

**reds8n**

Sidstyler wrote:So March sounds like a realistic release date for you, but you refuse to believe the codex is finished less than 5 months from the rumored release date?

Yes, not least because I've "seen" evidence in the past of tweaks and alterations to army books less than 6 weeks away from the release date in the past.

**Tim the Biovore**

Adding to the evidence, pre-finishing the book couldn't lead to errors, like in the lizardmen book. but BA does sound right after SH and Nids.

**Schepp himself**

I'm not at all thrilled by this, but it seems that this Space Marine release doesn't stand in the way of other codecies which is good. I for one still think an combined codex for all the chapters would make the most sense. But that's not the point in this thread...

Greets
Schepp himself

**wuestenfux**

Well, sounds absolutely tasty.
I have a large BA army hitting the shelf or played as vanilla.
I eagerly wait for the nex 'dex.

**Sarigar**

Well, it does make for getting a faster release of codexes viable. There isn't much in the way of models that need to be created and the rules are pretty much already complete. Like the SW, put out one plastic kit and some new metal single minis, and the line is pretty much done.

At least it gives folks something while more extensive work hopefully is getting done (rules and model wise) for the older codexes (Dark Eldar, DH/WH, Necrons).

**Daggermaw**

I've been waiting for this thread to pop up here for quite awhile. I'm just hoping they make mephiston as powerful rules wise as he's supposed to be fluff wise. The characters in the SW book give me hope that he will be.

**whitedragon**

If space wolves get to ride giant wolves, will blood angels ride giant bats?

**grizgrin**

One could only pray, WD. Join me in prayer?

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Finally. Finally we get a codex that doesnt involve either a sheaf of individual documents or a fething 3rd term abortion of of a "freebie" (you get what you pay for!).

**H.B.M.C.**

reds8n wrote:Bit dubious about the codex being 100% done and dusted too.

If it's due in March it's not too far-fetched that it's done.

**blood angel**

oh please oh please oh please.

Climbing back up to the top of the heap for assault armies would be nice.

**Shaman**

sounds cool more op then SW I can only hope..

**Jimi Nemesis**

New Lemartes, PLEASE OH ODIN A NEW LEMARTES!

Sounds awesome

**wuestenfux**

My hope is that the new codex will not be jervisified.

**1hadhq**

A fine start for 2010 ...

so may i assume the source is non-english and was translated but we dont get a link to it?
not even to the B&C 'translation' ?

To know the author of this codex would give a hint on its quality, so again : who?

**wuestenfux**

The younger guys, Kelly and Cruddace, made a good job.
But when the book is already written, then it will be a third person.
Come on, not Jervis, please.

**Mattlov**

whitedragon wrote:If space wolves get to ride giant wolves, will blood angels ride giant bats?

No, they ride oddly sparkling vampires.

**Kid_Kyoto**

Disappointing, I could think of 10 armies that need a codex before the Blood Angels.

Unless of course the poster means GW will release Lord Acute and Chaplain Obtuse of the Blood Angles. In which case I'm there.

**lord_blackfang**

Long live the Primarch Pythagoras!

**Kid_Kyoto**

Blood Angles and Dark Angles are the lost chapters.

**Schepp himself**

Mattlov wrote:
whitedragon wrote:If space wolves get to ride giant wolves, will blood angels ride giant bats?

No, they ride oddly sparkling vampires.

Did I juts experience a twilight reference on dakka? I feel violated.

Greets
Schepp himself

**Uriels_Flame**

Gives me hope the other two (BT and DA) will be done next year as well. They already have the upgrade sprues done for both these armies. Just put out the updated dex and we're good.

**BrookM**

But "just updating" doesn't make them much money.

**wuestenfux**

Well, BA deserve a new codex release.
BA was one of the most played SM armies in the 3rd ed.
The jervisified re-release in WD made them unplayable.

**MeanGreenStompa**

Great news, now they have the marine codices done, no more excuses, get the bloody dark eldar and inquisition armies done and released, then necrons.

**muzzlehead**

My local redshirt said that the Codex would be released in early spring.

He strongly implied it would have a similar release like the Space Pups. He felt GW (the accountants) was evaluating how the Space Pups release went and will take that into consideration with other items that would coincide with the BA Codex release.

I suspect Brother Corbulo will go up in cost or lose a wound in the new Codex... Boo Hoo

**wuestenfux**

The new SW release should be a big success story for GW.
The codex is phantastic as are the new models.