Imperial Armour Volume One: Second Edition and Newsletter #327

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

Alpharius wrote:
2) That's nice for you, but there is ZERO reason for someone else wanting lots of MKVIII armor in their army not having that option. It is easily explained via close ties to AdMech, which I believe it the route they're going with the Minotaurs!

If Kan says we can't have it, then we can't have it.

**Alpharius**

That is...

...a really funny cartoon!

**Kanluwen**

...

Alph, can I change my avatar again?

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

I've always wanted you to have that Avatar. Ever since I first saw that pic after your "You can't have AdMech!" rant.

Here's a couple of alternates:

**Alpharius**

The next time someone does a Deatwatch Army... With Terminators and Dreadnoughts and... Wait a minute!

**Wyrmalla**

Surprised to see that the Leman Russ Annihilator's still in there considerring its been removed from all the other updates. Hopefully they'll have changed its rules, along with the Conqueror. to make them viable again (as both were 4th ed tanks that due to rules changes made them pointless). =P

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

If we're honest those two tanks were pretty pointless before the rules change.

**Bobthehero**

Well its a more reliable Vanquisher, no?

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

The Vanquisher used to be great. 2d6+8 Armour Pen, 96" range, Co-Axial weapon to make it super-consistent at short-range, and it could fire regular HE rounds when it wasn't killing tanks.

**Bobthehero**

I see, yeah well I figured a good part of FW stuff is for flavor.

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

And "flavour" is mutually exclusive to "being useful"?

**Bobthehero**

Well not always, obviously.A Hades Breaching Drill is very flavorful for a an Engineer company, but its also extremely strong, while a Leman Russ Annihilator is overshadowed by the Vanquisher, but its still a different choice.

**Ozymandias**

Hmmm... I wonder if they will eventually update all the Imperial Armour books to be current with the new rules. May force me to start my collection...

And I'll call it, we'll see an Imperial Armour: Adeptus Titanicus book with rules for all titans and variants within a year.

**Tannhauser42**

Ozymandias wrote:

And I'll call it, we'll see an Imperial Armour: Adeptus Titanicus book with rules for all titans and variants within a year.

I'm thinking maybe more IA: Adeptus Mechanicus, giving us not only the titan legions, but the AdMech forces as well. This will allow them to produce AdMech stuff that can do double duty as Horus Heresy and 40K.

**Ozymandias**

The reason I think IA: Adeptus Titanicus is because it fits in with the IA: Aeronautica book they just did. Then they could eventually do a IA: Adeptus Mechanicus and include Skitaari, Knights, etc.

Never turn down an opportunity to make more money!

**Lovepug13**

For what it's worth at fw open day it was suggested revised dkok list would be in ia12

**Bobthehero**

Really?

Awwwwwwwww yes, 'nother book I need to get, hopefully it'll have the Hades/Artillery rules as well.

**Lovepug13**

Yer...I heard it from the horses mouth so to speak......I hope to see it updated.....great army IMO

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

Ozymandias wrote:
And I'll call it, we'll see an Imperial Armour: Adeptus Titanicus book with rules for all titans and variants within a year.

When the Warlord's done. Not before.

**Ozymandias**

They are doing a Warlord!? How big would that behemoth be in 28 mm scale!?

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

They've said for a while now that they're doing a Warlord. I think that if they were going to do a Titanicus or Mechanicus book, then the Warlord would be the best centrepiece for that book.

**Tannhauser42**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
They've said for a while now that they're doing a Warlord. I think that if they were going to do a Titanicus or Mechanicus book, then the Warlord would be the best centrepiece for that book.

No, not a Warlord, an Imperator!

**Absolutionis**

Every time a FW Titan is released, it's a huge deal. I can't imagine an entire book dedicated to more than one Titan.

I'm also afraid that if they do, it'll overshadow any Mechanicus units.

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

Absolutionis wrote:
Every time a FW Titan is released, it's a huge deal. I can't imagine an entire book dedicated to more than one Titan.

And I can't imagine a whole book dedicated to just one Titan.

The Warlord would be the major focus, just as the Reaver was the major focus of Vraks 2, but it won't be the only thing in there. Besides, we're just making a logical inference here - we get an Imperial Tank book that rolls all the tank rules into one book, an aircraft book that did the same for aircraft, so a Titan book isn't such a stretch. But they'd probably need a new release go with it, and the Phantom's already out, so the long-gestating Warlord would be a good bet.

**Bonde**

Hmm, I already have Imperial Armour volume 1 and 5-7, so this book doesn't exactly include a lot new tanks for me and it is pretty expensive.

**Kanluwen**

Bonde wrote:
Hmm, I already have Imperial Armour volume 1 and 5-7, so this book doesn't exactly include a lot new tanks for me and it is pretty expensive.

All their books are expensive.

They're also, excluding typos, worth it.

This book though is a good thing to have since it will be updated rules for the stuff in IA Volume 1 and includes the stuff from volumes 5 through 11 in one volume.

Just for fun though, I'm going to throw this out for HBMC.

Who likes Knights?

**Alpharius**

Better question is - who doesn't, and if so, what's wrong with them?

Just don't call them Titans too or, you know...

**Bobthehero**

I don,t care for knights, give more super heavy artillery, please.
Quadrilinked Medusa Siege Gun with bastion breacher shells and whatnot.

Colossus bombard quad gun.
4 7'' Templates Ahoy!

**Sasori**

I keep hoping for the Necron Imperial Armor book. Guess FW is busy with all the HH stuff at what now. Every newsletter, I keep hoping though...

**Bobthehero**

^ I heard that the next IA 12 was going to be DKoK vs Necrons, some say its Dark Eldars vs the Minotaurs SM.

We won't be sure till we get the first blurry picture.