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Ok, so was trying to find something in the BRB about disembarking from a skimmer (for example eldar Falcon) and making the disembark move 6" under the skimmer to the front side of the skimmer transport. Is this legal? There is nothing about this in the movement section, the skimmer section or the disembarking section of the rules. I'm sure I read somewhere that you can move friendly units below atleast flyers (also skimmers?) and even leave the models under them if it physically can fit under the vehicle(atleast flyers). So can a unit move 6" through a skimmer transport and end their disembark move in front of the vehicle?

I think you can now as GW seems to have removed the prohibition of moving models through other units on your own side.

I dont have the book with me but If I remeber correctly:

I do belive models can move freely under a Skimmer IF they can physically "MOVE" under it. Also Skimmers MAY NOT end their move ontop of other models so I would gather that it would stand that Models MAY NOT end thier move UNDER a skimmer. Flyers are different in that they MAY end their move over models (Friend AND Foe) and models may move under them and end their move on the flying base at no penalty.

So in your scenario I would think that disembarking from the rear of a Falcon and moving to the front would be a bit "iffy". Other wise your gonna end up with Space Marines Low Crawling under their Rhinos!

But then again, I dont have the book on me so I COULD be horribly mistaken!

A falcon is 6 inches long, so even if you could you couldn't as you'd end up under it with at least part of your unit. Just move along the side. You can reach nearly the same position and not face your rear towards the enemy.

Dooley wrote:I dont have the book with me but If I remeber correctly:

I do belive models can move freely under a Skimmer IF they can physically "MOVE" under it. Also Skimmers MAY NOT end their move ontop of other models so I would gather that it would stand that Models MAY NOT end thier move UNDER a skimmer. Flyers are different in that they MAY end their move over models (Friend AND Foe) and models may move under them and end their move on the flying base at no penalty.

So in your scenario I would think that disembarking from the rear of a Falcon and moving to the front would be a bit "iffy". Other wise your gonna end up with Space Marines Low Crawling under their Rhinos!

But then again, I dont have the book on me so I COULD be horribly mistaken!

Is a Rhino a skimmer?

Doomface81 wrote:A falcon is 6 inches long, so even if you could you couldn't as you'd end up under it with at least part of your unit. Just move along the side. You can reach nearly the same position and not face your rear towards the enemy.

Actually a falcon (measured from the access point to the nose of the falcon) is only 5" long, so with a move of 6" you could squeeze models right in front of it, but then again it's almost as good to just go around the hull and be maybe 1" short from the front on the side. I was just wondering in general, if you can move models under skimmers because this could come up when making the 6" move after disembarking with eldar transports.

Alkasyn wrote:

Dooley wrote:I dont have the book with me but If I remeber correctly:

I do belive models can move freely under a Skimmer IF they can physically "MOVE" under it. Also Skimmers MAY NOT end their move ontop of other models so I would gather that it would stand that Models MAY NOT end thier move UNDER a skimmer. Flyers are different in that they MAY end their move over models (Friend AND Foe) and models may move under them and end their move on the flying base at no penalty.

So in your scenario I would think that disembarking from the rear of a Falcon and moving to the front would be a bit "iffy". Other wise your gonna end up with Space Marines Low Crawling under their Rhinos!

But then again, I dont have the book on me so I COULD be horribly mistaken!

Is a Rhino a skimmer?

No a Rhino is NOT a skimmer (Rhetorical question aside) However, there IS some ground clearance between the bottom of the hull and the table, much the same way as there is room between the bottom hull of a skimmer and the table. My point was that unless you could physically move a model under the skimmer (old school skimmer base NOT a Flying base) you couldnt move UNDER the skimmer. Much in the same way that you could not move UNDER the Rhino!

Dooley wrote:Flyers are different in that they MAY end their move over models (Friend AND Foe) and models may move under them and end their move on the flying base at no penalty.

Actually, enemy models may not end their movement within 1" of the flyer base and vice versa.

Ok, so if the skimmer is mounted onto it's given base (standard flying base) then models are not allowed to move under it? What if someone made a 3" high stick to the base and models could fit to move beneath it? Or is this not allowed as usually atleast tournaments require you to have the base the model was supplied with?

The FAQ states models may move under a vehicle on the flying base.

Usually in tournaments they require you to have the base the model was supplied with.