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Warhams-77 wrote:
He is both. They will offer a Dataslate for Karlaen on Warhammer Digital.


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Has anyone heard of the Citadel Vault (mentioned on the Limited Edition Mont'Ka page) before? I remember they used that name in articles about other limited editions too. Is it a subdivision of GW?

All of their recent limited editions have had "Citadel Vault" listed on them.


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 Mr Morden wrote:
I do really like the Blood Angels Chaplain - alot Wonder if you lost the BA Shoulder pad if it would work for other Chapters as its really cool?

It would look REALLY weird because of the "half-flayed/half-Powered Armor" look.

Sisters are not involved in the campaign :( Imperial Knights are. And WS and RG plus Assassins.

 Kanluwen wrote:

Warhams-77 wrote:
He is both. They will offer a Dataslate for Karlaen on Warhammer Digital.


Automatically Appended Next Post:

Has anyone heard of the Citadel Vault (mentioned on the Limited Edition Mont'Ka page) before? I remember they used that name in articles about other limited editions too. Is it a subdivision of GW?

All of their recent limited editions have had "Citadel Vault" listed on them.


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 Mr Morden wrote:
I do really like the Blood Angels Chaplain - alot Wonder if you lost the BA Shoulder pad if it would work for other Chapters as its really cool?

It would look REALLY weird because of the "half-flayed/half-Powered Armor" look.

Hmm maybe - now thinking Night Lords conversion

This is so disco my eyes hurt.

 Vector Strike wrote:

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This is so disco my eyes hurt.

Fighting Seizures Robots!

Warhams-77 wrote:
Sisters are not involved in the campaign :( Imperial Knights are. And WS and RG plus Assassins.

Yeah I have part one and no mention but sure someone was saying they were in part two - ah well.

I hope the Assassins actually prove to be effective! Are the Blood Angels confirmed as they are pretty busy in Shield of Baal

 Mr Morden wrote:

Warhams-77 wrote:
Sisters are not involved in the campaign :( Imperial Knights are. And WS and RG plus Assassins.

Yeah I have part one and no mention but sure someone was saying they were in part two - ah well.

There is a mention. It's at the very end.

I hope the Assassins actually prove to be effective! Are the Blood Angels confirmed as they are pretty busy in Shield of Baal

Fluffwise? The Assassins will probably be butchered, cause y'know...plot armor for Tau is as impenetrable as the Death Star.

No Blood Angels - based on what was leaked. Maybe they and the sisters are part of the missions or the fluff. But according to the ~6 WD pages no new rules for both of them in Mont'Ka and no involvement :(

The assassins will most likely return to Terra in sandwich bag o' fluids form id they're being sent after Farsight.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Mr Morden wrote:

Warhams-77 wrote:
Sisters are not involved in the campaign :( Imperial Knights are. And WS and RG plus Assassins.

Yeah I have part one and no mention but sure someone was saying they were in part two - ah well.

There is a mention. It's at the very end.

I hope the Assassins actually prove to be effective! Are the Blood Angels confirmed as they are pretty busy in Shield of Baal

Fluffwise? The Assassins will probably be butchered, cause y'know...plot armor for Tau is as impenetrable as the Death Star.

Just picked up the book - is that p106 as that's referring to the "Greater warzones" in the Eastern Fringe with only a specific battlegroup assigned to punishing the Tau?

 Mr Morden wrote:

Just picked up the book - is that p106 as that's referring to the "Greater warzones" in the Eastern Fringe with only a specific battlegroup assigned to punishing the Tau?

Page 102 of Kauyon's "fluff" book.

"The Titan Awakened"

Exact quote?

Countless regiments of Astra Militarum, orders of Adepta Sororitas, and macro-level war cohorts from the Adeptus Mechanicus were inbound, slowly but unstoppably, to the greater war zone.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Mr Morden wrote:

Just picked up the book - is that p106 as that's referring to the "Greater warzones" in the Eastern Fringe with only a specific battlegroup assigned to punishing the Tau?

Page 102 of Kauyon's "fluff" book.

"The Titan Awakened"

Exact quote?

Countless regiments of Astra Militarum, orders of Adepta Sororitas, and macro-level war cohorts from the Adeptus Mechanicus were inbound, slowly but unstoppably, to the greater war zone.

Thanks Got it - But isn't the full quote:

Referring to the recent planet lost to the Tau: "Ultimately, though the Imperium considered that world of little strategic value. There were far more important targets in the Eastern Fringe, targets to which warfleets had already been dispatched via the fickle tides of the warp.

then the above bit

and then "As for the battlegroup assigned to reclamation of the worlds recently taken..............."

Although if the pic on that page is accurate depiction of the fleet sent - the Tau are ALL going to be dead as that's maybe a hundred or more Capital warships!

It's referring to Damocles as a whole, from what I can tell.

There's a HUGE battlegroup incoming. Parts of it will be punishing the Tau for the death of the Raven Guard's Chapter Master and parts of it will be reclaiming those worlds lost to the Tau.

At least that's what I got from the blurb.

The next WD issue is not about Black Templars or Helbrecht. Confusion comes from the German translation in WD. I checked the Black Library page and it is Archaon who is called Grand Marshal. There is no difference in german between Grand and High Marshal.

Could this be the call of the dark lord, the fabled Grand Marshal of the Apocalypse himself? The call of Archaon?

Well, something is bound to happen to screw the IoM over, they ain't gonna do a second squatting.

 BoomWolf wrote:
Well, something is bound to happen to screw the IoM over, they ain't gonna do a second squatting.

Approaching Hive Fleets

It would also tie in with a those rumours about Tyranids floating around.

No Nids. It will be the new Archaon model. Or at least the start of the Age of Sigmar Chaos releases.

Warhams-77 wrote:
No Nids. It will be the new Archaon model. Or at least the start of the Age of Sigmar Chaos releases.

I'm meaning more at some point in the near future, not immediately.

Oh boy! I hope these datasheets for the IoM superheavies bring them in line with all the 7th ed gargantuans and superheavies. Just think about it, reasonably (comparatively) priced baneblades!

All aboard the hype tank and drive me closer, I want to hit them with my wallet!

Cannot wait to see the other Tau formations. Will have to convert some of my Crisis Suits to form the Eight.

Would be cool if they released those AM formations in an ebook format. TAU and this fluff is of no importance to me :(

Someone over on B&C posted this up regarding The Eight:

Unbreakable bonds of centralship - models from this formation can provide Supporting fire to a unit engaging any model from this formation if they are within 24 inch of each other Rather then 6 inch.

Imputing leaders - as long as at least one model from this formation is still alive and on the battlefield all friendly units with the tau empire faction have stubborn special rule.

Normal translation issues apply.

Any idea of what is this "dark millenium" thing related to the Imperial Guard ?

 godardc wrote:
Any idea of what is this "dark millenium" thing related to the Imperial Guard ?

Should just be a collection of stories about IG, they did the same thing for the Raven guard and Tau.

 Kanluwen wrote:

Unbreakable bonds of centralship - models from this formation can provide Supporting fire to a unit engaging any model from this formation if they are within 24 inch of each other Rather then 6 inch.

Imputing leaders - as long as at least one model from this formation is still alive and on the battlefield all friendly units with the tau empire faction have stubborn special rule.

Interesting! That 24" Supporting Fire is a godsend for spread-out Battlesuit teams.

AUD$56 for a plastic Chaplain?

Holy gak...

 Verviedi wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

Unbreakable bonds of centralship - models from this formation can provide Supporting fire to a unit engaging any model from this formation if they are within 24 inch of each other Rather then 6 inch.

Imputing leaders - as long as at least one model from this formation is still alive and on the battlefield all friendly units with the tau empire faction have stubborn special rule.

Interesting! That 24" Supporting Fire is a godsend for spread-out Battlesuit teams.

Heh.

Not really, seeing as how RAW? It only applies to the models from the formation.

 Verviedi wrote:
Cannot wait to see the other Tau formations. Will have to convert some of my Crisis Suits to form the Eight.

Same. I'm already working on Farsight himself.

 BoomWolf wrote:
Well, something is bound to happen to screw the IoM over, they ain't gonna do a second squatting.

Why not? I wouldn't put it past them to squat a popular army immediately after releasing new books and tons of models. There's precedent, they've done it to entire game systems before. This could be End Times 40k: Tau Edition

Alternatively this could be just another step in setting up every faction at one-minute-to-midnight. Can't have anybody doing well on New Year's Eve 999.M41.

Eh, at most they'll be pushed back to 2nd sphere levels. GW's stupid, but not that stupid. Such a massive loss in sales it not something they want.