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Thanks Thairne and MongooseMatt

The teaser was underwhelming.

Show me the money!!

Warhams-77 wrote:
Thanks Thairne and MongooseMatt

I am but a humble messenger

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
Anyone spy anything new in the model image? Not really spotting anything. That DA Chaplain is making me jealous, though. Might have to get one and turn those swords into blood drops or file the icons off and use him for my Crimson Fists. Very cool looking model.

Nothing new, sadly. Well, one good thing is that they're keeping the old robed Company Veterans instead of using generic SM Sternguard with the DA upgrade sprue as I thought they would.

It's the first time i've seen a dark angels hooded figure icon with the tubing coming from the facial area. It seems that 'Grimdark' is the way forward for the DA.

I want Skyhammer rules with Deathwing and Ravenwing, dammit.

The tubing is cool and everything but what makes DA grimdark is the fact that they pretend to be paragon knights of Humanity while killing and torturing everyone who
gets in the way or has the slightest inkling to further their vague and nebulous agenda.

 Asmodai Asmodean wrote:
I want Skyhammer rules with Deathwing and Ravenwing, dammit.

I would rather have subtle, yet significant, changes to points, war gear, and USR's that make the army solid from turn 1 to end of the game. A fun Alpha/Beta strike would be a cool addition, but in the end it's no different than smite mode on the Deathwing Knights...once you pop the cherry you having nothing else significant in terms of staying power.

I have high hopes for a balanced dex that makes every unit in the book usable and I have no delusions we will see anything on the order of Canoptek Harvest or Dirty-D Eldar.

I remember the brief moment in the sun when Ravenwing ruled the 6th ed roost and we deserve a tier 1 codex, dammit.

I don't even really care if it's under powered, just as long as you are able to run a DW or RW fluff type list. If the benefits are fluff compatible then I'll be dusting off my bikes for a game

Then lets hope GW makes some rules that makes the DA kits fly off the shelves!

 Brillow80 wrote:
Then lets hope GW makes some rules that makes the DA kits fly off the shelves!

The aged cynic in me suggests that due to DA being a big part of the 40K starter box, they will get a good codex to really get people buying all of the extra models that there are available.

Now I'm not sure if I needed to painstakingly file off all my Ravenwing bikes.... I've kept Plasma on them tho, so I'm just waiting for news if they are going to be DA successors or IH.

damn, this means I need to finish my harlequins in 2 weeks.

Is the chaplain in terminator armour?

 Nyoom wrote:
Is the chaplain in terminator armour?

Nope. Power Armour. He doesn't seem to have any of the Black Pearls on his person though. Unless they dropped that from the fluff?

That's a shame, the massive pauldron got my hopes up for a chaplain to fit perfectly with my deathwing.

 angelofvengeance wrote:

 Nyoom wrote:
Is the chaplain in terminator armour?

Nope. Power Armour. He doesn't seem to have any of the Black Pearls on his person though. Unless they dropped that from the fluff?

Spoiler:

He keeps them in those little doors on his backpack.

From Faeit





A Limited Edition DA Codex amongst it.

TLDR, pre-order this Saturday.

Should have substantial codex leaks in about a week.

So what do we think the chances of us getting talkers/hunters are?

 Ignatius wrote:
So what do we think the chances of us getting talkers/hunters are?

BA and SW didn't get them, so precedent says no.

That said, GW will spin the wheel and you will get what you get, maybe W2 terminators, maybe hunters/stalkers, maybe less than you have know. RANDOM!

 Carnage43 wrote:

 Ignatius wrote:
So what do we think the chances of us getting talkers/hunters are?

BA and SW didn't get them, so precedent says no.

That said, GW will spin the wheel and you will get what you get, maybe W2 terminators, maybe hunters/stalkers, maybe less than you have know. RANDOM!

Oh excellent!

Random = fun!

...oh wait

 Ignatius wrote:

 Carnage43 wrote:

 Ignatius wrote:
So what do we think the chances of us getting talkers/hunters are?

BA and SW didn't get them, so precedent says no.

That said, GW will spin the wheel and you will get what you get, maybe W2 terminators, maybe hunters/stalkers, maybe less than you have know. RANDOM!

Oh excellent!

Random = fun!

...oh wait

They keep you guessing, you have to give them that much.

 Colpicklejar wrote:

 Ignatius wrote:

 Carnage43 wrote:

 Ignatius wrote:
So what do we think the chances of us getting talkers/hunters are?

BA and SW didn't get them, so precedent says no.

That said, GW will spin the wheel and you will get what you get, maybe W2 terminators, maybe hunters/stalkers, maybe less than you have know. RANDOM!

Oh excellent!

Random = fun!

...oh wait

They keep you guessing, you have to give them that much.

Hunter/Stalker sound as improbable as centurions or TFCs.
Grav weaponry on the other hand, and especially grav devestators will be interesting to se how they deal with. BA got some grav guns and pistols at least...

If it's in a kit they have the bits for then they will probably get it.

Since they use the tactical and dev squads now they will probably get the same items

 Leth wrote:
If it's in a kit they have the bits for then they will probably get it.

Since they use the tactical and dev squads now they will probably get the same items

Putting BA firmly in the red-headed Step-Codex position for this edition due to the probable lack of options contained within the Assault and Devastator kits unless we see some sort of FAQ for them.

At least til the 8th ed. BA codex.

 DarkStarSabre wrote:


At least til the 8th ed. BA codex.

About 18 months to go!

They did get a f-ton of formations though of varying degrees of effectiveness.

It will be formations that make or break the book, although points drops and buffs across the board will be nice.

I hope they change Stasis weaponry as well.

Already we have some lulzy combinations with codex AA.

I've been running a deathstar of Ravenwing Command Squad + Libarius Conclave of 5 Epistolaries on bikes, like a Space Marine Seer council, it's been pretty hilarious!

So is there any mention of a new digital version or our the interactive Ibooks going to be updated ?

Probably going to be all brand new Asuo