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That said, here are NEW RUMORS that I think nobody have posted in here yet. They come from the italian forum "GW TILEA", and the guy who brought them to the community claims to be reliable (of course it doesn't mean he actually is ).

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 grey hunters in the SW dex: 2Xspecial weapons and no heavy weapons at all (of course). Seargents will be similar to those of the SM dex (more options: thunder hummer, LC and such).

- a physic 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 reassure 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.

I think that all of this will make the Blood Angels overpowered but what do you think??

The BA do need a codex IMHO they were playable before jervis jervisdized them. Also with the overpowered thing Guard and spacewolves when they came out seemed overpowered and some units are so I think the BA will be just the same.

Right now, Blood Angels desperately need a Codex. If only because, right now, all they have is a White Dwarf mini-dex.

While I would have perfered BA and the rest of the SM be put into the SM dex with appropriate amount of fluff and rules etc cant change that so yes I do think they should get a new codex. As for overpowered I doubt it I think they will be like wolves quite strong but not overpowered just seem extremely scary at the time.

I desperately hope they are overpowered. I want them to make the space wolf dex look like Necrons do currently. I want Carnifexs to run in fear..

The reason is simply so dakka will have something to talk about and so codex Khorne I mean Codex Space Wolves will only catch a brief glimpse in the sun.

Truly The fact that BA have been perverted into the assault marine spam army is sad IMO. But meh.

Shaman, you do realise BA have allways been assault marine spam right?

But not as troops.

Also I remember them being Rhino rushers now that I think about it but that was back in 3rd..

Look at the BA company layout mate
BA have allways been dedicated assault marines, hence why they actually have a packed chapter master and chappy.

also, FWIW, sanguinius had wings, which might have been how the style started out as fast moving assaults.

Maybe I have become senile in my youth.

I concur, BA are the Marine Assault Army

Templars have Crusader squads. Space Wolves have both Grey Hunters and Blood Claws. I see no reason from their background why BA shouldn't have asault squads as a troop choice.

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BA definitely need a new codex.
The current one was jervisified similar to the DA codex.

Blood angels are awesome i hope the new dex makes space wolves look like [see forum posting rules] in puffy babyblue armour.
and i may just wet my pants if they make a new mephiston model the old one sucks now bring back the lord of death an throw them horns up \m/


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Several BA special characters need an overhaul.
But the Termies from Space Hulk are awesome and should in some way be included into the new BA miniature range.

wuestenfux: Agreed on the characters.
Dante, being a chapter master and all, needs eternal warrior (like all others, or even a similar rule)

As does mephiston (even though theres not much S10 out there, there are still force weps and the likes)

Tycho - He needs a re-write, the current PDF one is pure gak, he has nothing worth taking.


also, i actually have a unit of 5 hulk termies in my BA army lol (lorenzo and 4 basic layouts from hulk)

I am hoping they bring back Moriar the Chosen and make DC complex again.

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GBF: It will be nice having some options with the DC, rather than basic troops.
The option to take down vehicles via a fist will be more than welcome

I would just like something of professional quality again. Sometimes I feel like I get laughed at for having my codex printed on regular paper with a clear report holder.

Mostly I'd like to see more fluff/artwork development

The BA are one of the major Chapters so yeah, I think they should have a new 'dex.

P.S. I do believe this codex has been discussed before.

P.S.S. I also believe GW needs to release revamped DE, WH, DH, etc. as well...

I'd like to see a non power armor race done. The BA get along fine.

I do hope a new blood angles codex comes out because I'm going to collect them after I finished my chaos army and sold my orks, and I think it's good for them to be a bit overpowered but just not too much that it makes the game unbalanced.

Nidz are next so nothing wrong with BA getting the codex we finally deserve so we can do even better.

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What does 'jervisified' mean?
I realise it has to do with Jervis Johnson, but what characterises it?

adielubbe wrote:What does 'jervisified' mean?
I realise it has to do with Jervis Johnson, but what characterises it?

HBMC used to have it in his sig, it means to make something boring and take away the fun rules.

There are other Codici that need a rules update a lot harder then the Blood Angels do (Necrons probably being the best example). As another poster said as well, I would've been a lot happier with one big Space Marine Codex (as in: no seperate Codici for Chapters). Now that isn't going to happen, so Blood Angels (and Dark Angels probably even more, ruleswise) need a new Codex sometime, but I just think there are other armies which deserve it a lot more at the moment (you know, armies that have 10 year old models, or that are just totally unplayable in the current edition).

(you know, armies that have 10 year old models,

BA do indeed have quite a few models over 10 years old
Also, DA have a much newer dex so they can wait.

Dark eldar: They are dreamers, 2,020 if they are lucky.
Necrons: Who are these guys? thought they went like the squats did

If you think GW is going to/should combine all SM armies into one codex they could do the same with xenos.

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Green Blow Fly wrote:If you think GW is going to/should combine all SM armies into one codex they could do the same with xenos.

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That'd be awesome. Even GW could do all the Codexes in one year. Huzzah!

ZacktheChaosChild wrote:The BA are one of the major Chapters so yeah, I think they should have a new 'dex.

P.S. I do believe this codex has been discussed before.

P.S.S. I also believe GW needs to release revamped DE, WH, DH, etc. as well...

What are doing on this thread, you cant like the thought of a new BA DEX, nobody is supposed to like the idea of a new one especially if you have a tiny one. What we need is a new Space Wolf Codex with thing like Space Wolves riding big giant Wolves.

Anpu42 wrote:

ZacktheChaosChild wrote:The BA are one of the major Chapters so yeah, I think they should have a new 'dex.

P.S. I do believe this codex has been discussed before.

P.S.S. I also believe GW needs to release revamped DE, WH, DH, etc. as well...

What are doing on this thread, you cant like the thought of a new BA DEX, nobody is supposed to like the idea of a new one especially if you have a tiny one. What we need is a new Space Wolf Codex with thing like Space Wolves riding big giant Wolves.

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