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**Verviedi**

Preorder dates:
Codex: Mechanicus (Collector's Edition) - September 16
Codex: Mechanicus - September 16
Belisarius Cawl - September 16

White Dwarf pics:

Happy Tuesday. AdMech is after DG.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/08/22/codex-death-guard-first-lookgw-homepage-post-2/

Posted 22/08/2017

Codex: Death Guard: First Look

The Death Guard are almost here, and with them, yet another new codex for Warhammer 40,000.

We know you’ve been asking to see more of the Death Guard ever since we teased them back in March, and today, your patience is rewarded:

This is one of the most exciting armies of the new edition, and you can expect to see loads of new and revamped units (you may be able to pick out a few of them from the picture, if you’re not too distracted by just how awesome Mortarion looks leading his Legion).

That’s not all – we’re also very excited to announce today that Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus is next in line for release!

The Adeptus Mechanicus are being re-armed for the new edition with their best codex ever. This book will contain rules for fielding the Cult Mechanicus, the Skitarii and the Knights of the Questor Mechanicus, alongside – for the first time – powerful faction rules for seven forge worlds.

Codex: Death Guard will be out in September, with Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus not far behind. We’ll be previewing both books, in detail, in advance of their release, so make sure to keep coming back to Warhammer Community to make sure you don’t miss any of it.

**FrozenDwarf**

oooh, hope it brings some new cult models as it is desperatly needed, but moust of all some new HQ selections!

Having just 1 HQ is stupid.

**Kandela**

Powerful faction rules for 7 forgeworlds? Oh boy - it got me excited already.

**Platuan4th**

FrozenDwarf wrote:
oooh, hope it brings some new cult models as it is desperatly needed, but moust of all some new HQ selections!

Having just 1 HQ is stupid.

Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment. This is very clearly a model-free release and the best we can hope for is an HQ for Skitarii using the unit leaders as a "conversion".

**Chikout**

At the very least I think we will get an individual Cawl release. We also have this rumour image which may turn out to be something.

**warboss**

Glad to see that yet another deplorable habit of 6th/7th edition, the concept of MSU (minimum sellable unit) codex books, seems to be going away.

**changemod**

Platuan4th wrote:
FrozenDwarf wrote:
oooh, hope it brings some new cult models as it is desperatly needed, but moust of all some new HQ selections!

Having just 1 HQ is stupid.

Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment. This is very clearly a model-free release and the best we can hope for is an HQ for Skitarii using the unit leaders as a "conversion".

I'd be perfectly happy to have a Skitarii Alpha HQ, or the forge world Secutarii Alpha for HQ tax purposes. It would immensely open up the list building options of the army.

**Kirasu**

warboss wrote:
Glad to see that yet another deplorable habit of 6th/7th edition, the concept of MSU (minimum sellable unit) codex books, seems to be going away.

Yeah, it was absurd they kept making a "codex" for an army that contained like 5 units. There was no reason for separate books for Inquisition, Assassins, LOTD (lol a single unit), Tempestus, Skitarii AND Mechanicum. IMO if a book doesn't contain at least as many units as the smallest codex from 5th edition then it should simply be merged with a parent book.

**shade1313**

Questor Mechanicus, eh?

Very interesting.

**overtyrant**

I think we'll only get Cawl as a stand alone release with this model wise.

**Kanluwen**

Kirasu wrote:
warboss wrote:
Glad to see that yet another deplorable habit of 6th/7th edition, the concept of MSU (minimum sellable unit) codex books, seems to be going away.

Yeah, it was absurd they kept making a "codex" for an army that contained like 5 units. There was no reason for separate books for Inquisition, Assassins, LOTD (lol a single unit), Tempestus, Skitarii AND Mechanicum. IMO if a book doesn't contain at least as many units as the smallest codex from 5th edition then it should simply be merged with a parent book.

Assassins, LOTD, and Inquisition didn't get physical books.

And honestly, the Skitarii and Mechanicum were pretty good with unit counts. They just didn't have as many "filler" units that were just "Basic Unit +1".

**Matt.Kingsley**

shade1313 wrote:
Questor Mechanicus, eh?

Very interesting.

Aka, Imperial Knights that belong to a household that hold allegiance to Mars and the wider Mechanicus rather than the Imperium.

**Messiah**

It's been known for some time that AM was after Death Guard. Good to see confirmation!

**Rajah**

Really excited about this. Just put together my first Admech army and now the codex is only a few weeks away. Excellent. With Admech keyword knights as the cherry on top.

**shade1313**

Matt.Kingsley wrote:
shade1313 wrote:
Questor Mechanicus, eh?

Very interesting.

Aka, Imperial Knights that belong to a household that hold allegiance to Mars and the wider Mechanicus rather than the Imperium.

Clearly. I'm wondering if they're going to have actual rules separation for AdMech knights in any way, or if this is simply a matter of putting them under the same metaphorical roof as the CultMech and Skitarii for the convenience of AdMech players who use knights. If they do get any kind of rules separation, I would expect it to be fairly minimal.

It does beg the question, though, what book or books are Questor Imperialis and Questor Traitoris going to be in?

**Kanluwen**

shade1313 wrote:
Matt.Kingsley wrote:
shade1313 wrote:
Questor Mechanicus, eh?

Very interesting.

Aka, Imperial Knights that belong to a household that hold allegiance to Mars and the wider Mechanicus rather than the Imperium.

Clearly. I'm wondering if they're going to have actual rules separation for AdMech knights in any way, or if this is simply a matter of putting them under the same metaphorical roof as the CultMech and Skitarii for the convenience of AdMech players who use knights. If they do get any kind of rules separation, I would expect it to be fairly minimal.

It does beg the question, though, what book or books are Questor Imperialis and Questor Traitoris going to be in?

I would suspect Questor Imperialis to be in whatever book has the Inquisition, Custodes, Assassins, etc.

I expect though that there will be a fairly extensive rules separation. You lose any benefits of playing AdMech currently if your Detachment includes something without their keyword.

**Matt.Kingsley**

Chaos Knights probably won't be in their own book given the model is no longer being sold (and the fact it's a single unit that doesn't fit with Daemons).

**Corrode**

Platuan4th wrote:
FrozenDwarf wrote:
oooh, hope it brings some new cult models as it is desperatly needed, but moust of all some new HQ selections!

Having just 1 HQ is stupid.

Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment. This is very clearly a model-free release and the best we can hope for is an HQ for Skitarii using the unit leaders as a "conversion".

It's a single release rather than a dual one like GK/CSM so there's a chance of some models coming with.

**beast_gts**

Messiah wrote:
It's been known for some time that AM was after Death Guard. Good to see confirmation!

Yes, but people were claiming that AM stood for Astra Militarum, not AdMech.

**Kanluwen**

Matt.Kingsley wrote:
Chaos Knights probably won't be in their own book given the model is no longer being sold (and the fact it's a single unit that doesn't fit with Daemons).

Chaos Knights made an appearance in the Index. I'm honestly surprised they didn't show up in CSM though.

I don't know if they'll get a book(doubtful) of their own, but I could see them maybe making an appearance via a Traitor Guard force if ever we get one.

**zedmeister**

Nice. New model possibility, aye. Maybe a new flyer? New type of knight? Perhaps a transport? Nah, it'll be a knight

**Kanluwen**

beast_gts wrote:
Messiah wrote:
It's been known for some time that AM was after Death Guard. Good to see confirmation!

Yes, but people were claiming that AM stood for Astra Militarum, not AdMech.

To be fair, we know that Astra Militarum are supposed to be in the first 10 as well. They made a mention about it when they announced there will be 10 by the end of this year.

**em_en_oh_pee**

zedmeister wrote:
Nice. New model possibility, aye. Maybe a new flyer? New type of knight? Perhaps a transport? Nah, it'll be a knight

It'll be nothing. I am expecting zero new models. Maybe MAYBE a new HQ, since the faction really needs more than two options.

If we get anything at all, I will be content. Would be nice to have the variety of other factions. A flyer and transport would be most welcome, I am just not holding my breath.

**NivlacSupreme**

em_en_oh_pee wrote:
zedmeister wrote:
Nice. New model possibility, aye. Maybe a new flyer? New type of knight? Perhaps a transport? Nah, it'll be a knight

It'll be nothing. I am expecting zero new models. Maybe MAYBE a new HQ, since the faction really needs more than two options.

If we get anything at all, I will be content. Would be nice to have the variety of other factions. A flyer and transport would be most welcome, I am just not holding my breath.

One if you don't play mars!

**zedmeister**

em_en_oh_pee wrote:
zedmeister wrote:
Nice. New model possibility, aye. Maybe a new flyer? New type of knight? Perhaps a transport? Nah, it'll be a knight

It'll be nothing. I am expecting zero new models. Maybe MAYBE a new HQ, since the faction really needs more than two options.

If we get anything at all, I will be content. Would be nice to have the variety of other factions. A flyer and transport would be most welcome, I am just not holding my breath.

They could release transfers for a new knight house

**Messiah**

beast_gts wrote:
Messiah wrote:
It's been known for some time that AM was after Death Guard. Good to see confirmation!

Yes, but people were claiming that AM stood for Astra Militarum, not AdMech.

Huh, strange, considering GW mentioned Admech as one of the first on the Community page a long time ago: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/07/05/your-codex-is-coming-july-5gw-homepage-post-1/

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Kanluwen wrote:
beast_gts wrote:
Messiah wrote:
It's been known for some time that AM was after Death Guard. Good to see confirmation!

Yes, but people were claiming that AM stood for Astra Militarum, not AdMech.

To be fair, we know that Astra Militarum are supposed to be in the first 10 as well. They made a mention about it when they announced there will be 10 by the end of this year.

I don't remember that, could you link to it?

**WrentheFaceless**

As long as we get some generic Archmagos option that provides the same rerolls cawl does like Chapter Masters do for marines, that would be good

Pigenholing people into Mars would make me sad

**em_en_oh_pee**

zedmeister wrote:
em_en_oh_pee wrote:
zedmeister wrote:
Nice. New model possibility, aye. Maybe a new flyer? New type of knight? Perhaps a transport? Nah, it'll be a knight

It'll be nothing. I am expecting zero new models. Maybe MAYBE a new HQ, since the faction really needs more than two options.

If we get anything at all, I will be content. Would be nice to have the variety of other factions. A flyer and transport would be most welcome, I am just not holding my breath.

They could release transfers for a new knight house

lol The ones I long for are 30k Knights. I got two of the 40k LE transfer sheets and the Freeblade one too.

Hopefully, they make House Raven allied in so I can use my Techpriests to repair them. That would be hilarious.

Really curious what Metalica will get. I am guessing Fulgurite Priest related stuff.

**Formosa**

hopefully they get rid of those terrible protocals, or make them a ld test like in 30k, as right now they are excellent abilities for no downside.

**theharrower**

Messiah wrote:
Huh, strange, considering GW mentioned Admech as one of the first on the Community page a long time ago: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/07/05/your-codex-is-coming-july-5gw-homepage-post-1/

Where does it say that?

Codex: Space Marines will be swiftly followed by the Grey Knights and Chaos Space Marines with Death Guard not far behind. (Yeah, you read that right – the sons of Mortarion are getting their own codex.)

Unless you are referring to this bit, which was just giving examples on unit rules and wasn't saying when the Codex would drop:

For you gamers out there, one very exciting addition are new rules representing specific sub-groups in many of the major factions; these range from old classics like the Space Marine Chapters or Chaos Space Marine Legions to returning rules for individual craftworlds, as well as previously unexplored groupings like Necron dynasties and Adeptus Mechanicus forge worlds. These will be included in each codex.