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Bookwrack wrote:I have one of the old books that has CSM using the exhaust nozzles on their backpacks like jet boosters.

I'm fairly sure that was one of their functions originally, before jump packs were introduced to the game. At the very least they functioned as directional thrusters in zero-g.

Theres a few pictures in the Necron codex of necrons winning. I found that to be wildly inaccurate.

combatmedic wrote:Theres a few pictures in the Necron codex of necrons winning. I found that to be wildly inaccurate.

I lawled.

insaniak wrote:

starbomber109 wrote:

Valkyrie wrote:Page 92: Why does Shrike have smoke launchers on his jump pack?

because he has frag and krak grenades? And because the model actually has that bit?

Yup, it's an autolauncher, not a smoke launcher.



So far as artwork not matching rules, like the BT Dreadnought, it's been pointed out before that the rules in the codex only represent the more common options found on the battlefields of the 41st millenium. Over 10000 years or so of history, not everyone sticks strictly to the rules...

don't tell that to the tournament kids or the guys over on YMDC.

That could cause a stabbing.


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combatmedic wrote:Theres a few pictures in the Necron codex of necrons winning. I found that to be wildly inaccurate.

There have been pictures of non-marines beating Marines from time to time. It's not exclusive to Necrons.

Ahh so maybe the BT dread with Dual CCWs does exist just not very common is all.

Howlingmoon wrote:
don't tell that to the tournament kids or the guys over on YMDC.

That could cause a stabbing.

Wot's this? DCGM operating in threads entirely not related to their group?

Page nine of the Tyranid Codex has a marine whose legs seem to be oddly proportioned. It could just be perspective though.

combatmedic wrote:Theres a few pictures in the Necron codex of necrons winning. I found that to be wildly inaccurate.

Oh God, that's hilarious. Sigged.

Vindicator#9 wrote:Ahh so maybe the BT dread with Dual CCWs does exist just not very common is all.

Of course it 'exists'. There's a picture of it in the codex.


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Howlingmoon wrote:don't tell that to the tournament kids or the guys over on YMDC.

That could cause a stabbing.

Note sure what you're getting at here. The fact that something exists in the background material has no impact on whether or not it's usable in the game.

insaniak wrote:

Vindicator#9 wrote:Ahh so maybe the BT dread with Dual CCWs does exist just not very common is all.

Of course it 'exists'. There's a picture of it in the codex.


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Howlingmoon wrote:don't tell that to the tournament kids or the guys over on YMDC.

That could cause a stabbing.

Note sure what you're getting at here. The fact that something exists in the background material has no impact on whether or not it's usable in the game.

I was getting at exactly what I was getting at.

and yes, I realize the "rules" (term used VERY loosely) are haphazard at best, written by lead poisoned monkeys at worst (reference: a certain "writer" with the initials "GT")

as far as "usability" - "Just make something up" paraphrases a few of the designers quite nicely.

Yes, you can make up whatever rules you want for your own games. I'm still not seeing what that has to do with tournament gamers or YMDC.

In the DA picture with the original land speeder you can also see an original dreadnought and an original landraider...

Oh, this one always makes me laugh for some reason:



(The page right before the Table of Contents of the Necron codex)









Don't see the problems? Here:



The flying base isn't fully photoshopped out, and (probably because of that) some of the vent-like lines on at the rear of the base are gone too (same thing with every destroyer in the full pic)


EDIT: Not a marine pic, but still stupid...

I don't know if this is how it still works, but I remember many years ago reading an article in WD about how they produce the art.

Basically they get 3 or 4 artists and tell them "we want an image of a thousand badass marines advancing towards the viewer, with one extra badass marine in the middle", and sends them all away.
A little while later the artists submit their work and GW picks the one they like the most.
Accuracy be damned, thats why John Blanche managed to get away with submitting nothing but doodles for years.

Its all done freelance out of house. I doubt many of the freelance artists have actually read the rules.
If GW wants an image of say, a Dreadnought, they'll provide the artist with shots of a couple of models/parts and leave them to it.
The guy drawing/painting the picture has no idea that a certain weapons combo is illegal in the codex.
GW don't care as long as the image looks cool enough to help shift units.

Its all just flavour, they've ret-conned so much of their stuff I don't think they know what they've changed, and what they haven't anyway.
Re-using old art is cheaper than commisioning enough new stuff to fill a codex, so just slip in a picture or two from RT/2nd/3rd etc, the kids won't know any better.

Eight Ball wrote:Oh, this one always makes me laugh for some reason:



(The page right before the Table of Contents of the Necron codex)

The thing that made laugh about this pic is that the necron by the monolith looks like he's getting run over by it


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Sorry about the ruff quote, still getting used to using it