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I'm hoping that as Dark Angels are the plasma experts, their plasma toting vehicles won't suffer from "get's hot" - THAT might put something codex-creepy in there for folks??

SlaveToDorkness wrote:

AegisGrimm wrote:

You had to make that Tau girl a redhead... dammit, now I gotta ask my gf to paint her skin blue for kicks.

And cut her nose off? *horror*

. I dunno about T'au women. The blue skin I could deal with just fine, but the hooves and the lack of nose would throw me off my game a bit.

don't forget the "thingy" they have on their foreheads. That's convenience!

So.... are their any pics yet?

Ratius wrote:Anything else in the box, dice, scenery, measuring device, background booklet etc. ?

Six dice, a scatter die, whippysticks, templates and a mini rulebook are par for the course with starters.

Brother SRM wrote:

Ratius wrote:Anything else in the box, dice, scenery, measuring device, background booklet etc. ?

Six dice, a scatter die, whippysticks, templates and a mini rulebook are par for the course with starters.

Whippysticks? You mean those red things that came with Fantasy's 7th Ed Battle for Skull Pass?! I do hope so, I've had hours of making pain, er, I mean fun, with them!

wuestenfux wrote:

ironicsilence wrote:

wuestenfux wrote:What's the reason to have Dark Angels in the starter box?
Something rationale behind?

with termis being pretty sexy in 6th edition, maybe the best way to get more people playing dark angels is to give the new blood a taste in the starter set. Or likely it was just that Dark Angels were the next SM chapter to get a codex refresh so they figured might as well go all out and put them in the starter set

In fact, Dark Angels getting a codex refreshment (soon) would be a good reason for including them in the starter box.
Then I'd assemble my 20 DA Veterans.

Or you could PM someone interested in unburdening you of them. Just saying.

The Shadow wrote:
Whippysticks? You mean those red things that came with Fantasy's 7th Ed Battle for Skull Pass?! I do hope so, I've had hours of making pain, er, I mean fun, with them!

Those are the ones! They've been in every starter set since 3rd ed 40k at least.

I prefer the blue ones marked in cm that came with BFG. They have a bit more whip to them, I feel.

Posted by Mariog over at Warseer taken form a leaked teaser video officially to be released on Friday (he himself found it "on an Italian forum"):
http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?348665-Dark-Angels-rumours&p=6375815&viewfull=1#post6375815







Guess 25th August is indeed the preorder day for the new starter box, including Dark Angels as predicted.

Is that Cypher??? :O

What about that makes you think it's Cypher?

Dunno...the sword, the hood...it just looks like most of the artwork I've seen of him I suppose.

Brother SRM wrote:

The Shadow wrote:
Whippysticks? You mean those red things that came with Fantasy's 7th Ed Battle for Skull Pass?! I do hope so, I've had hours of making pain, er, I mean fun, with them!

Those are the ones! They've been in every starter set since 3rd ed 40k at least.

Oh thank God. I can once again be 5 years old at heart!

Kroothawk wrote:Posted by Mariog over at Warseer taken form a leaked teaser video officially to be released on Friday (he himself found it "on an Italian forum"):
http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?348665-Dark-Angels-rumours&p=6375815&viewfull=1#post6375815

Guess 25th August is indeed the preorder day for the new starter box, including Dark Angels as predicted.

Yeah, I guess this confirms it. So glad it really is out next month, I kinda need to get my hands on a rulebook...

Are we presuming that there'll be a one week gap before it's released, like with 6th Edition? I.e, it'll be released on the 1st of September?

Hold on. Gen-Con’s this weekend, isn’t it?

Maybe – just maybe – GW will actually be using the event to promote a future product. And maybe – just maybe – they’ll show up with some advanced copies to sell. Wouldn’t that be something?

LazzurusMan wrote:Dunno...the sword, the hood...it just looks like most of the artwork I've seen of him I suppose.

The sword...the one weapon he never draws? Sure?

1hadhq wrote:

LazzurusMan wrote:Dunno...the sword, the hood...it just looks like most of the artwork I've seen of him I suppose.

The sword...the one weapon he never draws? Sure?

Maybe he fancies a change.

unmercifulconker wrote:

1hadhq wrote:

LazzurusMan wrote:Dunno...the sword, the hood...it just looks like most of the artwork I've seen of him I suppose.

The sword...the one weapon he never draws? Sure?

Maybe he fancies a change.

And maybe to guess the librarians identity ( hint : keys ) would have greater success .....than the blurry hooded marine...

It’s a Dark Angel. In a hood. With a sword.

That could describe a lot of Dark Angels.

Hehe there are a lot of hooded DA marines.

Did the rumour say it was a teaser 'in-production?' I was surprised there was no artwork leak for a chaplain. Maybe it still needs to be put in?

Pretty neat. It looks like the that Librarian is fighting the Hell Brute/Dreadnought (power fist closing on him)

H.B.M.C. wrote:Hold on. Gen-Con’s this weekend, isn’t it?

Maybe – just maybe – GW will actually be using the event to promote a future product. And maybe – just maybe – they’ll show up with some advanced copies to sell. Wouldn’t that be something?

I would be amazed - I doubt anything official will come out before the 25th, particularly now I've seen those captures from the "teaser"...

H.B.M.C. wrote:Hold on. Gen-Con’s this weekend, isn’t it?

Maybe – just maybe – GW will actually be using the event to promote a future product. And maybe – just maybe – they’ll show up with some advanced copies to sell. Wouldn’t that be something?

On GenCon weekend, GW implements the new trade terms forbidding discussions of GW products instore before advance orders are up. Does that count?

And as every retailer will be there, all retailers and companies across the US will be banned from new products for 6th months.

All of a sudden my main interest is now in the Hell Brute, can't wait to see what that bad boy looks like.

Me neither...

HOPEFULLY they won't screw it up..

But then i've been happy with all the new models since they released the Dark Eldar.

Bar the Failcast Grotesques... So good... so One Posed..

I just painted my Khorne Berserkers, I'm sure I'm just in time for them to be nerfed.

Okay the 25th's the preorder date. Did the most recent rumors indicate seperate box for each faction, one box with both factions, etc?

MightyGodzilla wrote:Okay the 25th's the preorder date. Did the most recent rumors indicate seperate box for each faction, one box with both factions, etc?

I wonder what the price is? If it is one hundred and twenty five dollars for only one faction, then I'm probably going to take my ball and go home

I really doubt that it's going to be anything more than a single box.

This isn't worth making it's own thread, but based on the rumors we have, the BRB basically tells us who the Chaos Marines are...

Ok, so rumors say that the box is called Dark Vengeance, last I checked. Chech out the top right of pg. 176 in the big Book.

"Dark Vengeance: The Dark Angels 5th Company battles elements of the Crimson Slaughter for control of the Hellfire Stone. The Nephilim sector trembles as the hated foes clash..."

Ok, so if the Dark Vengeance rumor is true, then it seems clear that the "Crimson Slaughter" will be the warband in the new box. After all, Chaos is pretty much guarenteed, but who is still up for guesses.

So, who are these guys? Well, check out p. 299 in the BRB... We get a picture of a basic Bolter Marine from the Crimson Slaughter. Red armor with Gold Trim, nothing extra ordinary amongst the various chaos armies, but hey, its something to off of right?

I didn't make this it's own thread, as I'm sure someone else has seen this. However, I hadnt heard it yet, so I figured I might as well put it up!

Nice find jifel!