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So which Special Legion Terminators other than the Contekar are 1 Wound only?

Grave Wardens?

 VictorVonTzeentch wrote:
So which Special Legion Terminators other than the Contekar are 1 Wound only?

Grave Wardens?

Off the top of my head: Gorgons, Tyrant siege Terminators, Phoenix Terminators, Lernaeans and Fulmentaris. Probably a bunch more

The new Dark Angels Terminators are also 1W, 2W on the sergeant.

Ok, then I was going crazy. I thought the red books had upped them all.

There's only 2, maybe 3 of the unique Terminators that are 2w. Majority are 1 with maybe a 2w Sgt.

 zedmeister wrote:

 BroodSpawn wrote:
Every Legion field tested Mk6, but only the Raven Guard (and Alpha Legion) deployed on mass with it. So of course the NL's have some, and showing artwork of that pattern in that colour scheme means nothing.

Raven Guard were the only Legion who were equiped Mk VI. Alpha Legion of course got a copy. So, I suppose they could have shared the wealth! it would be nice to see Mk V appearing a lot more. Especially considering it's called "Heresy" armour as well.

I do wonder if they're preparing for a starter set with Mk VI armour?

The Iron Warriors and Salamanders were the first to field test MKVI, they both didn't take to it due to it's reduced plating compared to MKII/MKIII. Pretty much every legion maintains some MKVI from the armor's field testing days. Then the RG and AL got their hands on it in full production. Night Lords steal everything too so no reason they cant have a handful of them.


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Also, every Terminator unit in 30k should be 2 wounds. Legion Terminators should also have access to the Veteran Tactics special rule. There's really no reason to take them over Veteran Tactical squads, which can do everything a Terminator squad can for far less points.

Dark Angels focus today:

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/09/02/horus-heresy-faction-focus-dark-angels/

Is it just me or does it really seem like Night Lords and Dark Angel rules were written by two different people who did not talk to each other in the process, as Dark Angels seem to be better in every-single-whatever there is-way.

Pretty standard GW there.

if anyone was hoping that NL were on par with the 1st, they've alrwady taken the first step on the road to disappointment.

 CragHack wrote:
Is it just me or does it really seem like Night Lords and Dark Angel rules were written by two different people who did not talk to each other in the process, as Dark Angels seem to be better in every-single-whatever there is-way.

They quite possibly were, the Night Lords rules are from Book 2, slightly tweaked. I don’t know if the rules writing team has changed much since 2013 but it wouldn’t surprise me if it had.

Plus Bad guy teams can't overshadow good guy teams.

Racerguy180 wrote:
if anyone was hoping that NL were on par with the 1st, they've alrwady taken the first step on the road to disappointment.

Ha! Good one!

The overall look of the new Dark Angel miniatures has really got me thinking about starting up a DA force.

If the rules are good too?

Bonus!

Legion dice return!

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/09/03/the-horus-heresy-praise-the-dice-gods/

Ow...looks like FW will be getting some money from me this week. Book 9 and at least 3 dice sets...EC, SW and DA.

Oh baby I need some dice. I've held off on having some custom made for my Iron Hands on the slim chance GW would make some for the new codex this fall, but it looks like FW has my back.

I may get some death guard as well! I don't play WE, nor do I really have a desire to play WE, but those dice look positively delicious.

I gave up on WE dice returning a long time ago. Picked up a set of Chessex Astral Blue Gemini dice instead. No legion symbol, but now I don't feel a big need to pick up the FW variety. They all look nice though.

Many of the sets aren't quite as good as the old ones, but it's still great to see them return. The IF ones suck though

 gorgon wrote:
I gave up on WE dice returning a long time ago. Picked up a set of Chessex Astral Blue Gemini dice instead. No legion symbol, but now I don't feel a big need to pick up the FW variety. They all look nice though.

Spoiler:

These fit really well, I wouldn't bother either if I were you. These Word Bearer dice on the other hand... I wonder how long these will stay around as I'm not currently planning any purchases.

 Shadox wrote:

 gorgon wrote:
I gave up on WE dice returning a long time ago. Picked up a set of Chessex Astral Blue Gemini dice instead. No legion symbol, but now I don't feel a big need to pick up the FW variety. They all look nice though.

Spoiler:

These fit really well, I wouldn't bother either if I were you. These Word Bearer dice on the other hand... I wonder how long these will stay around as I'm not currently planning any purchases.

FW have said on FB that these are all going to be range items and will be around for the foreseeable future

YES! I've been kicking myself for a while for not getting those sweet Night Lords dice. Hopefully this is a sign that some of the other stuff that's disappeared in the last few years will be returning. I need a second Land Raider Achilles. With Legion doors!

I'll be getting some world eaters dice for sure. Possibly some emperors children or night lords too, depending on price.

The dice are cool, yet I'm apprehensive. I feel like these are most likely limited, and will sell out instantly so scalpers can sell them at 5x the price on ebay. If I can only get like one set of dice for each of the 5 Legions I play before they sell out, I may as well order some custom Chessex dice that are the colors I actually prefer.

"Range items" means they'll be restocking them when sold out.

If that's the case I'll probably nab a few sets, depending on the price.

I'm so in for 2 sets of Iron Warrior dice and then at least one set of DA dice.

Also gonna grab Book IX. I haven't had a book focus really well on one of my favorite two legions till now (DA & IW). So at least this hits one of them.

I wonder if it was intentional that the Aquila on the EC dice isn't central. It looks just wrong enough to put me off them.

Ashaar wrote:
I wonder if it was intentional that the Aquila on the EC dice isn't central. It looks just wrong enough to put me off them.

I hadnt noticed until you said something, it seems like it would be intentional but knowing GW probably unintentional.

Those dice are pretty cool. If they're still around when I finally buy the Mordor Orks I'll certainly grab some. Unlike some GW dice they also look like you can actually see what you rolled.

Ashaar wrote:
I wonder if it was intentional that the Aquila on the EC dice isn't central. It looks just wrong enough to put me off them.

I expect it's because the faces are actually circles, and the tips of the wings are pretty much at the widest point of the circle. If they wanted to center the body of the aquila, they'd have to shrink the size of it.