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Loving looking at the Dark imperium models in 360 degrees <3

 Rippy wrote:
Loving looking at the Dark imperium models in 360 degrees <3

They do look pretty good...

So... how does the whole free mission cards thing work?

Do they appear in your cart before you order if they're available? Or are they meant to only appear after you place your order?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:


Nah bruv, it's pretty insane.

AUD$700, BTW.

Crikey!

That is alot of chedder.

 Rippy wrote:
Loving looking at the Dark imperium models in 360 degrees <3

Where?! :O

Were there any hints about the content of that first Chapter Approved book?

Rumored repulsive Repulsor stats on Faeit212 (apparently from "good sources" :

Power level 14

S7 T8 W13 Sv3+
Turret - Heavy Lascannon, Heavy Stubber
*Resolve shots with Heavy Stubber first, if the Heavy Lascannon targets a unit hit by the Stubber, it may reroll misses

Hull-mounted Twin Lascannon, swivels up/down and left/right

Rotor cannon is a pintle mounted upgrade

Missiles: Roll a D6 at the start of each fight phase for each enemy unit within 1", on a 4+ it takes D3 mortal wounds (slightly better Frag Assault Launchers)

Transport Capacity 7, can only transport Primaris Marines

Decays its Movement/BS/Attacks as it loses wounds
Movement 10" BS 3+ Attacks 3 base

 Mr BugBear wrote:

 Rippy wrote:
Loving looking at the Dark imperium models in 360 degrees <3

Where?! :O

Were there any hints about the content of that first Chapter Approved book?

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-AU/Warhammer-40000-dark-imperium-eng-2017

 Rippy wrote:
Rumored repulsive Repulsor stats on Faeit212 (apparently from "good sources" :

Power level 14

S7 T8 W13 Sv3+
Turret - Heavy Lascannon, Heavy Stubber
*Resolve shots with Heavy Stubber first, if the Heavy Lascannon targets a unit hit by the Stubber, it may reroll misses

Hull-mounted Twin Lascannon, swivels up/down and left/right

Rotor cannon is a pintle mounted upgrade

Missiles: Roll a D6 at the start of each fight phase for each enemy unit within 1", on a 4+ it takes D3 mortal wounds (slightly better Frag Assault Launchers)

Transport Capacity 7, can only transport Primaris Marines

Decays its Movement/BS/Attacks as it loses wounds
Movement 10" BS 3+ Attacks 3 base

 Mr BugBear wrote:

 Rippy wrote:
Loving looking at the Dark imperium models in 360 degrees <3

Where?! :O

Were there any hints about the content of that first Chapter Approved book?

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-AU/Warhammer-40000-dark-imperium-eng-2017

Cool concept but...using a stubber to help you range in with your LASER cannon? Hm...

Guessing that is for focused targetting, Mr BugBear (also are you a bug or a bear?)

 Rippy wrote:
Guessing that is for focused targetting, Mr BugBear (also are you a bug or a bear?)

I see. I play a few simulator games and using your MG to help you range in before firing your cannon is a common practice so that's what came to mind. I identify as a bear atm.

Any rumored stats for the "Heavy" Lascannon?

Also, why are Primaris Marines getting my Hammerhead's Flechette Dischargers before me, huh!?!

Have your local retailer buy it for you with his VAT number and make you a 25% discount. Sell the big rulebook for like 200, artbook for 100, art posters for 50, poster for 50 and suddenly you are looking at a price of 150ish

Anyways, if the thing's going to cost 250, that's at least 300 euros...Which is pretty much a Cerastus Knight + GW Knight

I have added a search function to the OP.

As it states there:
"Newest Information in red below with an asterisk in front, use ctrl+F to search * for the most recently added information"

Chapter approved is coming back? That makes me happy. I remember reading through those when I was a kid, before I could afford to play but could manage getting those from a used bookstore.

SilverAlien wrote:
Chapter approved is coming back? That makes me happy. I remember reading through those when I was a kid, before I could afford to play but could manage getting those from a used bookstore.

Yes, but they are very different now. They are yearly (at least) updates containing new content to keep 40k fresh, apparently.

 Rippy wrote:
Rumored repulsive Repulsor stats on Faeit212 (apparently from "good sources" :

[...]

Transport Capacity 7, can only transport Primaris Marines

[...]

Must have a "Must be this tall to ride" marker next to the door.

I hope that turns out not to be true because it stinks of cash-grab. What other reason could there be that normal marines couldn't fit?

It is worth pointing out that for those of us in Japan, Australia or New Zealand, the digital versions of all the books are substantially cheaper than the physical versions.

 Rippy wrote:

SilverAlien wrote:
Chapter approved is coming back? That makes me happy. I remember reading through those when I was a kid, before I could afford to play but could manage getting those from a used bookstore.

Yes, but they are very different now. They are yearly (at least) updates containing new content to keep 40k fresh, apparently.

Wasn't that almost exactly what the annual chapter approved book was before? It might feel a bit different, not being a collection of articles mixed together, but will probably be similar.

Also a good way for them to regularly put out stats for new/upcoming models.

SilverAlien wrote:

 Rippy wrote:

SilverAlien wrote:
Chapter approved is coming back? That makes me happy. I remember reading through those when I was a kid, before I could afford to play but could manage getting those from a used bookstore.

Yes, but they are very different now. They are yearly (at least) updates containing new content to keep 40k fresh, apparently.

Wasn't that almost exactly what the annual chapter approved book was before? It might feel a bit different, not being a collection of articles mixed together, but will probably be similar.

Also a good way for them to regularly put out stats for new/upcoming models.

I guess it is similar in that way, yeah

 Rippy wrote:

SilverAlien wrote:
Chapter approved is coming back? That makes me happy. I remember reading through those when I was a kid, before I could afford to play but could manage getting those from a used bookstore.

Yes, but they are very different now. They are yearly (at least) updates containing new content to keep 40k fresh, apparently.

a.k.a the 40k version of Age of Sigmar's General's Handbook.

 Unusual Suspect wrote:
Any rumored stats for the "Heavy" Lascannon?

Also, why are Primaris Marines getting my Hammerhead's Flechette Dischargers before me, huh!?!

All bets on S10 AP4

 JBSchroeds wrote:

 Rippy wrote:
Rumored repulsive Repulsor stats on Faeit212 (apparently from "good sources" :

[...]

Transport Capacity 7, can only transport Primaris Marines

[...]

Must have a "Must be this tall to ride" marker next to the door.

I hope that turns out not to be true because it stinks of cash-grab. What other reason could there be that normal marines couldn't fit?

They said that Primaris marines have two additional implants on top of those Astartes Secondus have. Perhaps they're Kardashian Pattern Cheek Implants? If that were the case, normal marines may simply not fit in the seats of the Grav Raider properly.

So, I noticed something funny about Dark Angel Terminators. Unlike everyone else's terminators, when they get a heavy weapon they do NOT need to turn in their storm bolters.

So, a Dark Angel Terminator can have:

a power fist, two storm bolters, cyclone missile launcher

Power fist, storm bolter, plasma cannon,

Power fist, storm bolter, assault cannon.

 cuda1179 wrote:
So, I noticed something funny about Dark Angel Terminators. Unlike everyone else's terminators, when they get a heavy weapon they do NOT need to turn in their storm bolters.

So, a Dark Angel Terminator can have:

a power fist, two storm bolters, cyclone missile launcher

Power fist, storm bolter, plasma cannon,

Power fist, storm bolter, assault cannon.

IIRC the Dark Angel Captain had that same quirk in the 4th/5th edition codex. A friend of mine would load him up with every option possible like a swisstartes army knife.

 oni wrote:
New tank? Whatever... I just realized why drop pods are 105 points now.

You now have to stay 1" away from my drop pod petals as I place a wall of them across the battlefield.

They're part of the model... There's no more rules for vehicle hulls etc.

Christ. This was disastrous ruling in 7th ed FAQ which even GW retracked. They couldn\t have brought it back? Surely something has been missed!

Drop pod petals not counting has always been a house rule, other than the final FAQ, and I don't expect that to change.

 MasterSlowPoke wrote:
Drop pod petals not counting has always been a house rule, other than the final FAQ, and I don't expect that to change.

I could be misremembering because it's when i started playing, but I think there was some mention made of ignoring the doors in the 5th edition marine codex.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Rippy wrote:

 Luciferian wrote:

 Nicorex wrote:
Its 826 NZ dollars.. that works out to 590.16 in US currency.

Wow, that might be the single most outrageous price point I've ever seen for a GW product.

It's only outrageous if people aren't willing to pay it....

Nah bruv, it's pretty insane.

AUD$700, BTW.

Crikey!

Well if they sell out they priced it pretty right. Or even too cheap though we don't know. If it would sell 1 short then price would be pretty ideal(of course that 1 more would be even better but then would remain question would they have sold more if they had printed more)


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 JBSchroeds wrote:

I hope that turns out not to be true because it stinks of cash-grab. What other reason could there be that normal marines couldn't fit?

Why storm troopers don't fit in rhino?


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 MasterSlowPoke wrote:
Drop pod petals not counting has always been a house rule, other than the final FAQ, and I don't expect that to change.

And you know why it was always used house rule? Because otherwise it's big pile of can of worms even GW realized that was seriously bad idea.

GW takes one step forward, 1 step backward and 1 step sideway as usual. They got it sensible and now took step backward again it seems. Somebody please find something showing it's not so.


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 Wunzlez wrote:
Someone else has probably noticed this already amongst other errors, but under the entry for Obliterators on the leaked chaos book the rules for strength, armour piercing and damage are listed as 6+D3, D3 & D3 respectively.

However the explanation for this system and the example given are wrong. It states in demonstration that "For example if the rolls were a 1, followed by a 3, followed by a 2, then that unit's attacks would have a Strength of 7, an AP of - 3, and a damage of 2 for that shooting phase or overwatch attack"

Spot the obvious mistake?

And with my pointless and extremely specific pedantry quota filled, I'm of to recharge.

AP being positive or negatively?

 Rippy wrote:
Rumored repulsive Repulsor stats on Faeit212 (apparently from "good sources" :

Power level 14

S7 T8 W13 Sv3+
Turret - Heavy Lascannon, Heavy Stubber
*Resolve shots with Heavy Stubber first, if the Heavy Lascannon targets a unit hit by the Stubber, it may reroll misses

Hull-mounted Twin Lascannon, swivels up/down and left/right

Rotor cannon is a pintle mounted upgrade

Missiles: Roll a D6 at the start of each fight phase for each enemy unit within 1", on a 4+ it takes D3 mortal wounds (slightly better Frag Assault Launchers)

Transport Capacity 7, can only transport Primaris Marines

Decays its Movement/BS/Attacks as it loses wounds
Movement 10" BS 3+ Attacks 3 base

 Mr BugBear wrote:

 Rippy wrote:
Loving looking at the Dark imperium models in 360 degrees <3

Where?! :O

Were there any hints about the content of that first Chapter Approved book?

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-AU/Warhammer-40000-dark-imperium-eng-2017

Wait a minute... Space Marines are getting the old Scatter Laser laser lock?

 warboss wrote:

 cuda1179 wrote:
So, I noticed something funny about Dark Angel Terminators. Unlike everyone else's terminators, when they get a heavy weapon they do NOT need to turn in their storm bolters.

So, a Dark Angel Terminator can have:

a power fist, two storm bolters, cyclone missile launcher

Power fist, storm bolter, plasma cannon,

Power fist, storm bolter, assault cannon.

IIRC the Dark Angel Captain had that same quirk in the 4th/5th edition codex. A friend of mine would load him up with every option possible like a swisstartes army knife.

Knights of Geneva, DA successor chapter, I'm assuming?

 Wunzlez wrote:
Someone else has probably noticed this already amongst other errors, but under the entry for Obliterators on the leaked chaos book the rules for strength, armour piercing and damage are listed as 6+D3, D3 & D3 respectively.

However the explanation for this system and the example given are wrong. It states in demonstration that "For example if the rolls were a 1, followed by a 3, followed by a 2, then that unit's attacks would have a Strength of 7, an AP of - 3, and a damage of 2 for that shooting phase or overwatch attack"

Spot the obvious mistake?

And with my pointless and extremely specific pedantry quota filled, I'm of to recharge.

Except for the fact that the entry lists the AP as -D3, not D3, so the obvious mistake is you read it wrong.