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So today I walking into the local GW and what do i see but the NEW BLOOD ANGELS CODEX AND MODELS! I don't play BA but my brother does and i often paint and model blood angels. Anybody else seen the awesomeness?

It's not April Fool's yet.

I'm not joking. Black Box came in today. Completely serious.

Everyone knows the Blood Ravens are getting the next codex.

Insincerity is frowned upon, in general.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:Everyone knows the Blood Ravens are getting the next codex.

Hilarious.

Seriously. The New Special character models are SOOO COOOOL!!! The Sanguinor and Asteroth the Grim are the coolest models I've ever seen.

Okay gaiz, I just ran to my local GW to check if it's true.

The rumours are right... The Blood Angels definitely have the option to ride piggyback on real angels.

Orkestra wrote:Okay gaiz, I just ran to my local GW to check if it's true.

The rumours are right... The Blood Angels definitely have the option to ride piggyback on real angels.

Umm...do you not get the point that I'm completely serious?


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Bolter and Chainsword has had some discussion of the new codex and parts for those sceptical.


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Sorry for the triple post, but if nobody is going to ask then I'm going to post everything i remember.

HQ

New Special Characters:

The Sanguinor, 2+save, 3+ invuln, reroll to hit and wound against chosen enemy HQ, several other rules i dont remember, 200 something points. WS 8 S 5

Asteroth the Grim, dont remember much about him or if i got his name right. COOL model. if taken then 0-1 limit on death company is removed.

Dreadnoughts:
-up to 11 can be taken i believe, just quoted from someone else at the store at the time, so dont rely on that
-blood talon. Weapon for dread. Strikes at reg. strength, for each wound caused, gets an extra attack.
-frag launcher, template, s6 assault 2 rending

Storm Raven: the flying transport
-can transport 12 models and/or dread, dont remember the exact rules for it besides the fact that it is AV12 all around.

Sanguinor Guard: models released in black box. They have actual wings. box comes with flamer pistols or melta pistols, called infernous pistols. 200 points for 5. 2+ save, their weapon is a 2 handed master crafted power weapon. 2 attacks base.

Assault squads are still troops.

Baal Pred is Fast Attack, Fast, Scout, can have flame storm cannon on main turret.

All other vehicles are fast except for Land Raiders, which can deep strike if I'm not mistaken.


Bask in the glory of the new Blood Angels. To those who are near a local GW store, check out their black box if they've recieved it. To those nay-say-ers, i suggest you do the same and look very foolish when you doubt me.

Awesome!

Some more things i forgot to touch on:

The new lemartes model looks suspiciously like they took the LotD sergeant, gave him a jump pack, and put some Blood Angels trinkets on him. New Death Company models if i wasn't mistaken. I didn't get enough of the Baal to tell if they're making a new model. I was more concerned with the characters. The sanguinor guard drum barrel bolters (or some unit does, don't quite remember) or wrist mounted weapons. Some also seem to have the gold mask deal going that dante has. Dante unfortunately does not have a new model (or at least one that was in the codex)

The Red Thirst has changed quite a bit, under certain circumstances it will give you rage and furious charge, but i didnt read much into it. Dreadnoughts are pretty much a big deal to the Blood Angels. Several new weapons, two of which i mentioned above. Also a librarian death company dreadnought, i think i heard the GW owner say.

Don't remember what else. I'm stopping by GW again saturday so if nobody else gets to their GW to read it by then, I'll post some more.

as with all things on the net: Pics or it didn't happen.

Those HQ look scary. I'm putting Old Zogwort back in my lists.

I think I'll keep my DH inquisitor lord with null rod and psychic hood.

c34r34lk1ll3r wrote:as with all things on the net: Pics or it didn't happen.

I wasn't able to take pictures of anything in the black box as usual. The only exeption that the local GW made was the venerable dreadnought, oddly. Maybe once they build the sanguinor guard then they'll let me. I'll try to get pictures tomorrow but it's a great long-shot.