Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Was just wondering if a storm shield takes up a weapon slot. For example if I gave a dark angel captain a storm shield and a mace of redemption, could he also equip a pistol for the extra attack or would the storm shield "take up" that arm?

It doesn't take up a slot, kind of, as you can give him a pistol and other options if allowed in his gear selection.
However, "a model equipped with a storm shield can never claim the +1 bonus attack for being armed with two close combat weapons"

I don't know about your codex because I don't own it. But in my Space Wolves codex, the wargear selection for characters usually says something like, "The wolf lord may REPLACE his bolt pistol or close combat weapon with one of the following." and then gives a list that includes a storm shield.

So I suggest reading the codex very carefully.

The Stormshield isn't a weapon, and doesn't take up a hand, so you can use a 2 handed weapon with the Storm Shield.

The Stormshield simply has a caveat that if you use it you can't gain the bonus for having 2 CCWs.


And models don't have weapon slots. You can carry as many weapons as your codex entry allows you to purchase.

However, normally you can only use 1 melee weapon in combat(potantially having a bonus for having an additional CCW) and you can also only fire one weapon in the shooting phase. But these limits don't prevent you from having tons of extra weapons in your pockets.

Actually the new DA codex effectively has weapon slots, you can't add weapons you replace what they have on the base profile.

The Storm Shield specifically is "add" so you have a storm shield, a bolt pistol, and a chainsword on a Company Master. You won't get the +1A because the storm shield prevents that, but you do have the bolt pistol shot in the shooting phase