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 pretre wrote:
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I keep getting questions about a Tyranids Codex release and here's some info.

1. This is a model release no Tyranids codex.
2. A Campaign book will be released and if I remember correctly it's called Leviathan.
3. Blood Angels are still coming.
4. There will be a starter set that contains BA and Tyranids. It will be similar to Storm Claw.
5. Hope to update Blood Angel rumors this week.

Ughhhh i must know more! Lords of war stop teasing me!

can't wait for the campaign! "Leviathan" - is it a tyranids campaign?

Not quite like storm claw though because that bridged two new codices, where this is saying no new tyranids codex.

Wonder what the characters will be.

I wasn't really excited about another campaign box until the idea of limited edition Blood Angel and Tyranid models factored into the equation.

 adamsouza wrote:
I wasn't really excited about another campaign box until the idea of limited edition Blood Angel and Tyranid models factored into the equation.

Yes! This would be so cool. If they did a stormclaw-style release, I would buy 4 or 5 boxes. I don't think either Tyranids or BA are competitive armies, but they would be fun to play against each other, campaigns would be great, and I love the models.

Talys wrote:

 adamsouza wrote:
I wasn't really excited about another campaign box until the idea of limited edition Blood Angel and Tyranid models factored into the equation.

Yes! This would be so cool. If they did a stormclaw-style release, I would buy 4 or 5 boxes. I don't think either Tyranids or BA are competitive armies, but they would be fun to play against each other, campaigns would be great, and I love the models.

Tyranids are one of the better tournament armies at the moment. They are just narrow in their builds and strong units. Blood angels are pretty awful, but in 2-3 weeks it wont matter anyways because of the new codex.

The next couple weeks are going to crawl by. Ughhh

The Space Wolves side of Stormclaw was 5 termies, 5 Grey Hunters, 5 Blood Claws, and LE Captain

I'm speculating the Blood Angels side of the box will be 5 Assault Marines, 5 Death Company, 5 Sanguinary Guard, and LE Death Company Chaplain

or they could suprise me and put the Blood Angel Terminators from Space Hulk in the box.

I could live with 5 assault marines, 5 sang guard, 5 DC and a new chappy.

I'd probably used the assault marine and DC kits to bash into 10 dc. Hoping sang guard get a boost and can be in units of ten come the next.

Roll on mid Nov!

D

According to the comments on lords of wars newest post, the new BA release is still 4-5 weeks out. 4 weeks from this past saturday puts it on the 22nd. 5 is the 29th. So lets hope for that.

The longer they wait, the more money I have saved

But I'm not sure about those 5x DC, ASM and SG. You can't really compare PASM to TDA.
I'm afraid it'll be 5x DC, Assault Terminators and Tactical Marines.
The special Character will probably be a regular chaplain.
That allows people to either use it as a new Chaplain-model or as the special character.
And we don't really have a 'special' regular Chaplain at the moment, right?

Kangodo wrote:
And we don't really have a 'special' regular Chaplain at the moment, right?

There's Lemartes, of course, and Astorath is a chaplain in 9 ways out of 10, but you mean one without a jump pack? No, we don't have that yet.

The role of Blood Angels Chaplains on the battlefield is to shepard the Death Company.

Their not literally "Death Company" Chaplains. I think the name just stuck since 2nd edition where the Death Company used to come with a Blood Angels Chaplain in the box

Would this also include a soft copy rule book? If so I'm totally in.

I just hope that this isnt all just smoke and mirrors. We have had our hopes inflated way too many times.

4 or 5 weeks away?

If that's the case what's after this 'nids release? More bugs?

D

I guess this means they're going to move forward on the defense of Baal via the new starter set (or maybe an outlying planet?).

Could make for some really badass narrative last stands and finally gives me a reason to finish out my Blood Angels successor chapter.

 evildrcheese wrote:
4 or 5 weeks away?

If that's the case what's after this 'nids release? More bugs?

D

No, in all likelyhood it will be bugs, then campaign, then release.

 Skerr wrote:
Would this also include a soft copy rule book? If so I'm totally in.

If it's like Stormclaw then there's no rule book in their (buy Dark Vengeance for that)

but with how much change there is with GW releases who knows

There was totally a rulebook in Stormclaw.

I am betting that if there is a new boxed set with Blood Angels that it is going to include only Blood Angels models. That means no Assault Squad. Probably 10 Death Company, a set of Vanguard Veterans or Sanguinary Guard, and a character(new or old) Chaplain. Never know, they might even repackage the Reclusiam Command Squad Chaplain, maybe include a BA shoulder pad and a jump pack for him somehow.

That is, unless they decide to revamp the Assault Squad like they did the Sternguards, Vanguards, and Tacticals like they did last year. I could see a brand new Assault Squad coming out when BA are released.

If they're following the Stormclaw model, then the only new thing will be exclusive characters.

 sockwithaticket wrote:
If they're following the Stormclaw model, then the only new thing will be exclusive characters.

More than likely. I would think they would only include BA exclusive models, though. So more than likely only Death Company for troops. Probably a new plastic Lemartes or something in the box. Vanguard Veterans or Sanguinary Guard as the other thing in the box (more than likely SG though). Of course, drawing conclusions from Stormclaw is like trying to draw a line with only one point of reference.

Use salt, but:

via Nightfury from the comment section on Faeit 212
The campaign box hq for Tyranids will be a broodlord :-/ i don't play tyranids so not sure if that's good or not but there ya go
Umm wait a sec i might have gotten that mixed up with the Lichtor.. idk i don't play bugs so sorry if my names are off but its the thing with two big arm claws on a drednaught sized base

You'l get a ba named captain an assault/jump squad of the black armored guys a squad of termies and a squad of tacticals.. the tyranids will get the lichtor(big guy with claw arms on a 40mm base) and a pack of termigants cc? And hormagaunts gunbugs? I don't play nids so if i got the names wrong sorry.. heard it here first

Oh.. and the necrons will play a part in this campaign far as I've heard

I was specifically told campaigns would be used to tie codexs together ie ork & sw so expect this to be BA and necron related fighting tyranids together

Sounds a little disappointing from a Tyranid player's point of view if true. I would actually like more Warriors and/or a Carnifex.

 pretre wrote:
Use salt, but:

via Nightfury from the comment section on Faeit 212
The campaign box hq for Tyranids will be a broodlord :-/ i don't play tyranids so not sure if that's good or not but there ya go
Umm wait a sec i might have gotten that mixed up with the Lichtor.. idk i don't play bugs so sorry if my names are off but its the thing with two big arm claws on a drednaught sized base

You'l get a ba named captain an assault/jump squad of the black armored guys a squad of termies and a squad of tacticals.. the tyranids will get the lichtor(big guy with claw arms on a 40mm base) and a pack of termigants cc? And hormagaunts gunbugs? I don't play nids so if i got the names wrong sorry.. heard it here first

Oh.. and the necrons will play a part in this campaign far as I've heard

I was specifically told campaigns would be used to tie codexs together ie ork & sw so expect this to be BA and necron related fighting tyranids together

Maddening.. Okay this guy doesn't play Nids, I get it.. but he DOES play 40k right and could research just 5 minutes. He'd know ALL the units and not have to continually say "errr I dont play Nids.. so derp". It's just as bad as people taking terrible pictures in an age of reliable cameras!

Meh, I speculated Brood Lord in the tryanid thread yesterday. It's one of the few Finecast models left

Hopefully there are ALOT of gaunts in that box, otherwise (by quick math) there's about double the points of marines vs the nids, add onto that the "cool" factor of terminators and jump pack death company vs the relatively meh factor of just gaunts.

I'll hold off before putting that one in the OP, I'm sure someone less Derpy will confirm or quash in a couple of days.

Edit:

Also This has just clicked in my head, if any of you have read the story that goes alongside the Leviathan series of Dataslates, that involves Blood Angels and Tyranids. I wouldn't be surprised to see that be the basis for the campaign.

I didn't pick up the stormclaw box but wasn't there a points discrepancy in that as well between the orks and space wolves?

 Kirasu wrote:


Maddening.. Okay this guy doesn't play Nids, I get it.. but he DOES play 40k right and could research just 5 minutes. He'd know ALL the units and not have to continually say "errr I dont play Nids.. so derp". It's just as bad as people taking terrible pictures in an age of reliable cameras!

It's just another way of being vague to insulate himself.

LOL.

"It's one of those things...with the claws...you know...what is that, a Broodlord or a Lictor...or do they call it a Prime...I don't play Tyranids...it's on that kind of base...you know...and it's got the arms...with the things...and teeth. You know."

On a serious note, it doesn't make much sense for it to be a Broodlord if there are no Genestealers in the box.