Blood Angels releases in Feb/11 - GW will tell us Monday: we have to wait till February..

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**The Decapitator**

Space wolves don't need much more, maybe just a few updates on some of the older dated models but other than that everything is catered for in the Space Wolves Tac Box.

Blood Angels are Space Marines, but they are also a very popular and well used army in their own right. The old 2nd edition was Blood Angels and Orks and they've been at the forefront ever since. So there is definately scope to fill in some of the gaps in the codex especially as the units deserve to have their own models. Plus it's a perfect opportunity to show what they can do after the other fantastic BA releases (SG,DC).

I think the Stormraven will be a valid choice for the GK, maybe with extras being released in an upgrade pack or something along those lines. No point in releasing a seperate model that big with just a few extra bits on. Plus with the BA sense of aestetics, there might be the option to add some fancy bits and pieces to the Stormraven!

And the codex after Necrons (if indeed it IS Necrons) will definately NOT be Black Templars, just not going to happen.

**puma713**

All I want is a Nids sprue with boneswords and lash whips. Also an official Mycetic Spore would be nice.

**ivangterrace**

On the topic of space wolves.

As a space wolves player, I would really like thunderwolf models, and I want the kit to be like the SW pack, with all the different CCWs. And I want the marines on them to have capes. A wolf priest/rune priest kit would be cool, like the chaplain/librarian kit rumored to be in the works. And then fenrisian wolves with cyberwolf upgrades.

So thats..

TWC kit
Wolf kit
Wolf priest/rune priest kit

As for blood angels...

I think a plastic furioso/librarian dreadnought kit would be good so its consistent to the rest of the BA line of plastics.
Stormraven is a no brainer.

Those are the two I see off the top of my head for having a fully supported BAs codex.

**Xeroen**

I'd like to see a Sanguinary Priest in Terminator armour. We have Librarians and Chaplains, so why not Apothecaries?

**Element206**

Yep got my e-mail alert from them today! And to my surprise is was talking about more BA's releases! Cant wait for february!

Decent of Angels

"The Blood Angels are one of the most popular Space Marine Chapters. They fought at the Emperor's side during the earliest days of the Imperium as one of the original Legions. Ten thousand years later, and one of the longest-running Chapters, they are still shaped by the deeds of their Primarch Sanguinius. Few Space Marine Chapters are as prolific and loyal in their defense of the Imperium as the Blood Angels, though a flaw in their gene seed makes them susceptible to the Black Rage and the Red Thirst -all- consuming curses that turn them blood thirsty in battle...

In February 2011, the Blood Angels will receive more reinforcements, including never before seen models - visit the website tomorrow for more information from the Studio in their Incoming! article."

--I look foward to getting up for work at 4:45am tommorow, specifically and only for this reason! --For now though, I must go return to studying for my Microbiology test. :(

**The Decapitator**

Woohoo!

**Da_Mega_Grot**

haha im expecting an message like the one for the new skaven stuff including a video of blood angels slowly appearing out of darkness and then a giant wall of text saying BLOOD ANGELS FEBRUARY!!!!

**Brother SRM**

If you take the giant stupid fins and the top turret off the Stormraven, it actually looks three times better, easily. Less like it's made by Tonka, anyway.

**BrookM**

Don't act surprised, you all saw this coming.

Honoured throughout the Imperium, the Blood Angels are the red-armoured avengers, a physical manifestation of the Emperor's justice, and the progeny of one of his most trusted sons, the Primarch Sanguinius.

Whilst the Blood Angels are still considered a Codex Chapter, they have deviated from the tenets of the Codex Astartes through pure need. The Blood Angels are a dying Chapter, for theirs is a gene-seed with a terrible flaw. As well as gifting the aspirant Blood Angels with a Space Marine's superhuman strength and biological enhancements, it also makes them susceptible to a dread bloodlust known as the Red Thirst, against which they must always battle to resist. And then there is the Black Rage, a psychic memory of Sanguinus' last moments that propels the afflicted Space Marine into a state of fury from which he can never recover. Those touched by the Black Rage form the Death Company, their only fate to die in glorious combat.

The Blood Angels can bring a multitude of devastating warriors and vehicles to the battlefield, for they are red-armoured angels incarnate, ranking amongst the greatest heroes of the Imperium. There are the angelically winged Sanguinary Guard, psychically talented Dreadnought Librarians and the much-feared Baal Predator. But it is in the tumult of close assault where the Blood Angels excel, their Assault Squads heading the charge.

This February the Chapter armouries of the Blood Angels and their Successors will be bolstered by some new plastic kits as the Blood Angels' battle against the enemies of the Emperor continues. If you want to begin readying your strike force now, here are a selection of core Blood Angels and Space Marine kits you can use to start or expand your collection.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?aId=12500088a&utm_source=VoxCaster&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term=new-article&utm_content=new-article&utm_campaign=VoxCaster-New-Articles

**H.B.M.C.**

Ok, so now they've updated their website to tell us... nothing new. This is not at all surprising...

**BrookM**

Like I said, no surprise there.

**mjl7atlas**

So glad they shed light on the upcoming releases........

btw we have some old space marines for you to buy while you wait to buy our new stuff.

/sigh

**Gargskull**

What were people really expecting, the stuff's not coming till February, they'll post it at the end of the January. That's just how they do things now.

So is that the new plastic dred in the picture?

**H.B.M.C.**

Gargskull wrote:What were people really expecting, the stuff's not coming till February, they'll post it at the end of the January. That's just how they do things now.

What did we expect? Well...

"...visit the website tomorrow for more information from the Studio in their Incoming! article."

Maybe an 'Incoming!' article with more information. Not just an 'Incoming!' article that shows nothing and advertises their existing products.

So, to summarise:

First: GW Newsletter - We're got some great new models coming out! We're not going to say what they are or preview them at all here, but hit the website tomorrow to find out more!
Next: GW Website - We've got some great new models coming out. We're not going to show them to you... but trust us, they're awesome. In the meantime, here's a bunch'a links to stuff we already sell.
Conclusion: We know something you don't know and we're not gonna tell!!!

Newletter and website FAIL.

Go on. I want to see Kan defend this simply breathtaking marketing strategy.

**AlexHolker**

Gargskull wrote:What were people really expecting,

"The cat's out of the bag, so there's not much point hiding it: here's some nice photos of the Stormraven and Furioso Dreadnought we're releasing in February!"

**Gargskull**

Games Workshop doesn't adapt, it sticks rigidly to it's plans no matter what happens.

**Element206**

Just went to GW website....what the hell kinda "Incoming: Blood Angels" article was that. Doesnt mention anyhting except that they are coming out in february with new plasitc kits. What a disappointment, I wanted to at least hear whats on the way.

I would have to imagine though that they will release the stormraven, and what better time to release a plastic dreadnought bit specifically for the blood angels....perhaps it could even have DC and Librarian pieces to make 3 different kinds. Lets hope!

**AlexHolker**

Element206 wrote:I would have to imagine though that they will release the stormraven, and what better time to release a plastic dreadnought bit specifically for the blood angels....perhaps it could even have DC and Librarian pieces to make 3 different kinds. Lets hope!

Frgt/10 over at Warseer has said that it will have Librarian pieces. No mention was made of any specific DCD pieces.

**CX316**

Personally I want a Furioso plastic kit so I can get back onto my conversion job trying to build the characters from dow2

**The Dwarf Wolf**

ivangterrace
Post 2010/11/21 23:59:54 Subject: Re:Blood Angels releases in Feb/11 - GW will tell us Monday...
On the topic of space wolves.

As a space wolves player, I would really like thunderwolf models, and I want the kit to be like the SW pack, with all the different CCWs. And I want the marines on them to have capes. A wolf priest/rune priest kit would be cool, like the chaplain/librarian kit rumored to be in the works. And then fenrisian wolves with cyberwolf upgrades.

So thats..

TWC kit
Wolf kit
Wolf priest/rune priest kit

As for blood angels...

I think a plastic furioso/librarian dreadnought kit would be good so its consistent to the rest of the BA line of plastics.
Stormraven is a no brainer.

Those are the two I see off the top of my head for having a fully supported BAs codex.

Wolf priests and rune priests kits? Why? They are inside the regular pack (you know, the different torso and legs, with the big cape and the different "old guys" heads), if you really need something more, took the plastic upgrade sprue GW sell and put it together with the pack box, with those bits you will have a nice wolf priest/rune priest/wolf lord in seconds... And you have tons of other bits from tons of other boxes, as Space Wolves are Space Marines...

Take a look on what you get from a Space Marine Captain box: some arms with diferent weapons, two torsos with insignias, a cape, a nice back back, a standard and a lot of small bits to personalize it... all that for U$ 15.

Now, look at the wolf pack: you got the same thing, and 9 more puppies, with enough weapons for them all for U$ 10 more...
And when you buy the wolf pack you got a lot of extra bit that you will not really use, and that you can just mix with all other space marine range: scouts, devastators, assault squads, blood angels, rhinos, dreads...

The wolf pack is one of the most complete boxes GW have to sell, the only failure of it is the total lack of Meltas and Flamers (why the wolfs needed so much plasma?)

But i agree with you, there should be a oficial Thunder Wolf Cavalry, and i would accept very well a upgrade sprue for it...
Maxmini released a kit for it, but it is pricey and dont look so fierce...

Sry for the out of topic, i just wanted to help but extended myself a bit...

**Element206**

AlexHolker wrote:
Element206 wrote:I would have to imagine though that they will release the stormraven, and what better time to release a plastic dreadnought bit specifically for the blood angels....perhaps it could even have DC and Librarian pieces to make 3 different kinds. Lets hope!

Frgt/10 over at Warseer has said that it will have Librarian pieces. No mention was made of any specific DCD pieces.

Sweet!

**cute-hydra**

Am I the only one who thinks the stormraven is really ugly...

**aka_mythos**

Haha... no.

**RaegMachine**

Chibi-hawk is awesome

but haters gonna hate

**aka_mythos**

Let's keep the discussion of its aesthetics out of this thread. I think the mildest way to put it without too much opinion...

GW's Storm Raven has an aesthetic quality that has proportions, detail placement, and detail design choices that are inconsistent with the established range. For good or bad, it tends not to meet the expectations of those wanting to see the Storm Raven more closely match the aesthetic and "balance" of existing Imperial aircraft.

They took a risk, some would say they failed, others would say its "cool." The unfortunate reality is that as a piece of mass produced "art" without an overwhelmingly positive reception, even with a positive artistic review, its less of a "great financial success," as I'm sure GW would hope it will be.

**LunaHound**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
So, to summarise:

First: GW Newsletter - We're got some great new models coming out! We're not going to say what they are or preview them at all here, but hit the website tomorrow to find out more!
Next: GW Website - We've got some great new models coming out. We're not going to show them to you... but trust us, they're awesome. In the meantime, here's a bunch'a links to stuff we already sell.
Conclusion: We know something you don't know and we're not gonna tell!!!

Newletter and website FAIL.

Go on. I want to see <zomg name censored for the inquisition> defend this simply breathtaking marketing strategy.

*GW apologist mode on:
-As if HBMC! we all know GW hire all the best marketing team + psychologist , how can we even attempt to fathom their strategy?
-Boohoo children now days have no patience. Just settle down for their next announcement.

GW apologist mode off:

i cant do this anymore with a straight face , i so agree with you HBMC

**Element206**

aka_mythos wrote:Let's keep the discussion of its aesthetics out of this thread. I think the mildest way to put it without too much opinion...

GW's Storm Raven has an aesthetic quality that has proportions, detail placement, and detail design choices that are inconsistent with the established range. For good or bad, it tends not to meet the expectations of those wanting to see the Storm Raven more closely match the aesthetic and "balance" of existing Imperial aircraft.

They took a risk, some would say they failed, others would say its "cool." The unfortunate reality is that as a piece of mass produced "art" without an overwhelmingly positive reception, even with a positive artistic review, its less of a "great financial success," as I'm sure GW would hope it will be.

Lets try to keep in perspective that we are basing this entire argument/thesis of aethetics and detail of the new stormraven kit off of a SINGLE leaked photo of the model. Personally I think the angle of the model in the photograph does no justice for it. When you consider the dimensions and style of Space Marine vehicles in general, I find the stormraven kit to have a certain aspect/quality that accurately ties it into the range between a land speeder and thunderhawk. While another replication of the valkyrie might appeal to some, it would not possess the structural subtleties which would assimilate the model into the Space Marine vehicle line-up. Its bulky, brutish, and borders on physically improbable in the realm of aviation....but I think it will find its place well in BA lists, and with more pictures to come, should change a few minds.

**kronk**

I was disappointed by that GW article. :sadface:

**SoloFalcon1138**

Lately, seems like Games Workshop likes to generate a crap-ton of buzz, for almost no pay-off... I was thinking this Blood Angels thing would be cooler, too...

**BrassScorpion**

The "news" is up on the GW site at:

This February the Chapter armouries of the Blood Angels and their Successors will be bolstered by some new plastic kits as the Blood Angels' battle against the enemies of the Emperor continues. If you want to begin readying your strike force now, here are a selection of core Blood Angels and Space Marine kits you can use to start or expand your collection.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?aId=12500088a