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I'll finally be giving in and buying a trio of Vendettas. That purchase will be followed by a pair of FW Hydras, then some Manticores.

I might also have to buy a bunch of Mordian heavy weapon teams which are crazy expensive.

guiltl3ss wrote:Well, 6th edition is here and the rules have really changed. With all these changes, is there anything that you are now considering getting that you might not have considered before?

I personally now want some of the fortifications. The Aegis line will help my squishy Guard forces.

I would ask that negative comments be avoided here, thanks!

More thousand sons and chaos space marine psykers. (they are actually usable now )

besides lash that is......., but so boring to use that on every single psyker you use

Artillery seem`s worth it now to

Fames of War


Seriously, nothing until new Flyers/rules for my Tau & Eldar

More "And They Shall Know No Fear" models.

Because they can't be swept, don't take no retreat rolls, and can shoot, move, and charge like normal for rallying.

teehee.

Also, LIBRARIANS, OH GAWD. 4+ Deny the Witch on all Squads within 6", when you are playing a gunline list, is amazing.

Sorta indirectly, they make me want to buy a Finecast Nob with Waaagh! Banner. Unfortunately, my memory sucks enough that for some reason I thought they made it in Finecast, but they really don't.

The reason is that the Allies rules have been a dream come true for my Sisters and Marines, but have necessitated upping the points values to include enough fun toys like a Command Squad and Penitent Engines. As such, my opposition, an Orks player, has had units added to their force too, including a mob of Nobz with a Waaagh! Banner. Sadly, said Nob is metal, and is too top-heavy to stand up at all, and just keeps falling over. I may go and tinker with that list, because spending 25% of the army's total point value on 7 two-wound models does not seem like a smart investment in retrospect.

Edit: However, I might go out and buy Ghazghkull Thraka... or however his name is spelt... if he's available in Finecast. It'd be nice to have a model to use as a Warboss in Mega-Armor, and I've thought about getting him for a while now for that purpose.

Rules don't make me buy models. The sculpts do. However, I usually don't buy stuff I don't intend to field.

So having said that. One or two Ork Dakkajets look very likey to show up in my future.

I was planning a mech-vet guard list, but 6th changed those plans. I'm investing in more Russes and plasmavets, moving all my melta into Storm Trooper squads, along with not using Chimeras. Exterminators and Punishers(!) are actually looking like decent choices now. I might even use Enginseers, who knows?

Edit: Also, if the riders' helmets on Eldar jetbikes didn't look so goofy, I'd definitely pick up a few. I like how the allies rules let you field units from disparate armies that you considered buying just to paint but then held off on 'cause you didn't really want to spend on another army.

Sky shield landing platform for my daemons. Gonna hafta add tentacles and shtuff (intentional, grammar nazis!) to make it daemonic though. Also another bloodthirster. And your mom.

Power lancing SM command squad on bikes.
But im going to wait until the new starter kits to come out to get the raven wing bikes.

Gargoyle broods. Never ran them in 5th but they are the only nid unit to just be straight boosted in 6th.

The new rules gave more priority to me getting a trygon, if only to magnetize it for some wings (possibly some balrog wings from LOTR or dragon wings from fantasy, as I notice the only wing biomorphs available in 40k are for the smaller units, and I don't want to buy another tyrant kit just for the wings) and call it a harpy. Also made more likely to use my hive tyrant with wings to have another flying MC on the field. For the most part, though, I'm waiting to play a few games and see what works and doesn't in 6e before I start spending money.

First off some thousand sons to cover where my orksies lack ( ap 3 shooting that works)

Also Bikes Bikes Bikes Bikes and...... BIKES!!!!!

Oh and more Boyz... as an Ork player you can never have enough Boyz

Aegis Defense line
Bastion(s)

However I will shop around for cheaper alternatives first.

Deathmarks.
Also thinking up some conversions for Fiends of Slaanesh.

Sudobyte wrote:The new rules gave more priority to me getting a trygon, if only to magnetize it for some wings (possibly some balrog wings from LOTR or dragon wings from fantasy, as I notice the only wing biomorphs available in 40k are for the smaller units, and I don't want to buy another tyrant kit just for the wings) and call it a harpy. Also made more likely to use my hive tyrant with wings to have another flying MC on the field. For the most part, though, I'm waiting to play a few games and see what works and doesn't in 6e before I start spending money.

This is very odd for me to be saying, but...I'm trying to decide if I'm offended by your avatar-I mean, I'm all for mocking Mel Gibson...but he's actually playing the part of my ancestor in that movie (yes, we can trace the family tree back to William Wallace) and I'm not sure how I should feel. I never thought I'd actually be offended by anyone's avatar. Weird. I need to go sit in a corner now and think.

Commisar Yarrick, Commander Chenkov, and a ridiculous amount of Steel Legion "conscripts" to run a White Tide in front of my Black Tide =D

A Daemon Prince to to ally with my Orks

A Skyshield to ork up.

I've been wanting one a while anyway, but now i have a real reason to get one

Gonna get some traitor guard to accompany my DE

Aegis defence line. Because I've always wanted an excuse to buy one and freeing up 50pts in my list as I've dropped the Melta Bombs from my Wolf Scouts due to being unable to charge out of reserve is perfect.

I may buy a Vendetta for my Guard if flyers become essential.

Ugavine wrote:A Daemon Prince to to ally with my Orks

Paint the Orkz red and it would be a pretty epic looking "Demonic Army"

DOOMBREAD wrote:I may buy a Vendetta for my Guard if flyers become essential.

Flyers aren't essential in terms of 'you must take this in order to have a legal army', but Vendettas have been considered one of the best (if not the best) single units in the Guard Codex for a while, as you could scout them up (in 5th) and fire 3 Twin Linked Lascannons into the side of enemy vehicles, getting a cover save if you went second, and they are so cheap for their points as well. However, they can no longer do this and it's going to be interesting to see how they work in 6th ed.

Rampage wrote:

DOOMBREAD wrote:I may buy a Vendetta for my Guard if flyers become essential.

Flyers aren't essential in terms of 'you must take this in order to have a legal army', but Vendettas have been considered one of the best (if not the best) single units in the Guard Codex for a while, as you could scout them up (in 5th) and fire 3 Twin Linked Lascannons into the side of enemy vehicles, getting a cover save if you went second, and they are so cheap for their points as well. However, they can no longer do this and it's going to be interesting to see how they work in 6th ed.

Well, considering the new flyer rules, I would say that they are still one of the best units in the game, especially with the temporary dearth of stuff with skyfire. As more AA gets added in new codexes and maybe additional FAQs, flyers will become a bit more balanced. I'd still say that the Vendetta will still be a contender for best unit of the edition, given its price point.

Some allied forces. Which will probably make me want to buy even more of those allies and start new armies, with new allies. Its a vicious cycle. GW did good for once.

Nothing really, I'm actually contemplating selling off some tanks. There's nothing in the new rules that I'm sitting here thinking "Oh man, I need some of these now!", mostly its "well, I this portion of the stuff I've got became a little more useful if I use it this way, this other stuff got worse, and everything else is pretty much the same."

I was waiting to see the 6th flyer rules before getting a Stormtalon, probably going to pick one up at some point now.

I like the changes to bikes, will probably bump my half squad (3+ attack bike) up to a full squad. I need to get my scout bikers on the field to see how they do, but suspect that they are going to be bumped from the 3 man squad they are now up to at least 5.

An Aegis line is also high on my list, not just to field as terrain, but for the AC arms on my dread

10 more assault marines are on my long term wish list. Not due to any changes in the rules, but I got to see the apoc book last saturday, and if I want to use the battle company detachment rules, I can't have the 8th squad split between bikes and speeders, they need to be stock jump pack troops.

Talamare wrote:

Squidmanlolz wrote:The new rules make me want to buy Infinity and Warmahordes starter kits...

Too late, already own them

Hell Dorado too

Used some of their mini's for conversions, their stuff is pretty good quality. Might actually have to play Hell Dorado at this point.

Though the new rules make taking/buying 2 Fortress of redemption and 9 Vendettas and plopping them down on the table for the lols in a 2000 pt match almost worth it.

Zathras wrote:A few of the Nightscythe/Doomscythe kits for my Crons.

After seeing what kind of devastation these cause my top priority now is some kind of air defence. Going into a game where the other side has flyers (well, Doom Scythes with the Death Ray at least) and you have nothing to counter them you might as well pack up and go home.

Moar warlocks so I can get four seer councils at 2000 points.

And more scatter lasers.


But I'll probably end up starting a new Tau army anyway as I'm moving out and leaving my Eldar and DA behind... for now.