Codex: Inquisition cover art revealed.

So it seems that Black Library was able to get their 5000 likes yesterday pretty easily, as today they have revealed the full cover art for the upcoming digital exclusive codex. Overall. a nice piece of cover art I think. Now to desperately try to figure out what units are going to be in it. I really hope there is something for the Deathwatch as i feel they are a really cool fluff unit that is being wasted as nothing more than a space marine conversion pack right now.  I also think that this book will definitely make up for the disappointment that some people have had with the Adepta Sororitas release recently. I definitely know several friends who are going to be picking this one up thats for sure. How about you? Do you think this book will be a good seller this time, or possibly another disappointment? Feel free to share your thoughts, we like to hear from you when possible :)

Codex Inquisition Announced!

Attention all agents of the Inquisition, just revealed on Blacklibrary's blog page, the next Digital Exclusive is..... Codex: Inquisition! The picture above is a tease from the page of the new codex cover art. If they can get 5000 likes, they are going to reveal the full art for it. Head over to the following link if you havent seen it already;
http://www.blacklibrary.com/Blog/Angels-Daemons-and-Mysterious-Individuals.html

Fun with Space Hulk

Hey guys, I hope everyone had a nice weekend.  So this weekend, as Halloween is approaching, our store manager organized a little event called Haunted Hulk. Utilizing the Space Hulk boxed game board and a few of the rules, basically, each person had a 6 man warband comprised of 1 unnamed HQ character, and 5 models from various unit entries in their codex. The idea was for each warband to have a different insertion point on the space hulk, and scavenge lost STC data from different computer terminals on the Hulk.

Forge World Rules updates

Hey guys, looks like Forge World have finally released some updated PDFs for their Space Marine stuff for 6th Edition. I've posted the links below for you to check them out. One is just the chapter tactics for the chapters, and the other is all Badab War Characters updated for 6th edition. Makes me pretty happy as i find myself more and more likely to use my Pellas Mir'san model for my Salamanders now. Definitely like most of these updates, and now with Chapter Tactics being available for some of these Chapters, maybe more people will start to use these armies more. They are all pretty cool thats for sure :) Links are below for anyone interested.

Forgeworld Updated Chapter Tactics (6th Ed)
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Downloads/Product/PDF/F/FWchaptertactics.pdf

Forgeworld Updated Characters (6th Ed)
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Downloads/Product/PDF/C/Charcterupdate.pdf

Everything Old is New Again, Pt 2

So it has been a busy two weeks, thanks to work and a move, so I apologize for the delay in part two.

What follows will be a battle report with me using 3.5 edition Chaos Space Marines and my fellow blogger, Hazon, using 6th edition Salamanders Space Marines.

The basic premise behind our game was that I would use the old Chaos codex as-is, with few exceptions. Any Universal Special Rules found in both 3.5 and 6th would used as though they were from 6th.The exceptions to using it directly as is from the book this were:

• Feel No Pain (FNP): Since its nonexistent in this older edition, I kept it as a 4+. 
• Khornate Chainaxes: This was a funny one. For the first few rounds, we used the old rules (no save can be better than a 4+, so a Terminator hit by one gets a 4+ instead of his 2+), but we found that this was a bit insane given how strong Berzerkers are (and given that anything Khorne in 3.5 basically becomes a Berzerker).
• Mastery Levels: We assumed any Sorcerer Lord was mastery level 3, Lieutenants were level 2, and anything else was level 1. I stuck with the normal rules for the codex, however, and I didn't generate any new powers, just bought 'em like the good ole days. 
• Demonic Resilience: Treated exactly as modified toughness is in the 6th edition.
• Chaos 3.5 Restirctions: 0-1 Limit removed from the Lord for better functionality in a larger list, 0-1 demon weapon restrictions for coolness.

With that in mind, here are the 5000 point lists:

Eternal Crusade Forums are now Live

For those of you who perhaps haven't been following this future MMO endeavor by the team at Behavior Interactive, their forum servers are now up. :) There is already a lot of people active there, and the Developers at Behavior Interactive are pretty good about checking in and having communication with their future players also. Here's a quick link to the site if anyone is interested: http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/

New Horus Heresy Units

 

With the release of Book 2 of the Horus Heresy, some of the Gamesday release models are surfacing for sale in full release now on Forge World. The Emperors Children Kakophoni and the Word Bearers Ashen Circle units are both now available. These two units happen to be two of my favorite releases of the Heresy models so far as regular units go. the level of detail and character in each model is amazing, and i could easily see plenty of justification of these being fielded in regular 40k games as Noise marines and Raptors respectively.

Fire Raptor Rules Revealed

Looks like Forge World has released the first rule-set for the newly released Fire Raptor gunship. I for one am definitely picking one of these up. Even more exciting is the applications for a chaos player. This flyer, along with the Storm Eagle is a great addition to any Chaos army, particularly for players who are not fans of the Heldrake models. I will be very curious to see how many of these we start seeing on tables in the near future. Link to the rules is below.

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Downloads/Product/PDF/F/fire-raptor.pdf

Ultramarines Supplement Rumor

Hey everyone, I hope all had a nice weekend. first new rumor of the week. Apparently theres a chance that the next supplement after the Iron Hands: Clan Raukaan book is potentially set to be an Ultramarines one. Rumor follows below.

Some upcoming Hobby articles.

Hey everyone. Just wanted to let you know about some articles that are in the works for the not-to-distant future. As well as having some articles about rumors and gaming, we also wanted to give the blog some interesting hobbying articles along the way for people to check out and maybe get some ideas from. (The Daemon Prince conversion was one such article) While I personally have a very large collection of Salamanders Space Marines, Vortaine has a large horde of Chaos Space Marines, along with a Tau army, and Scott has a big WAAAGGHH of Orks, we will do our best to highlight some of the interesting parts of them, and any interesting conversions or ideas we have for things in our collections.

November Release: Clan Raukaan Supplement.

Some interesting news surfacing regarding the next supplement for release following the Sentinels of Terra Supplement coming later this month. The new November White Dwarf shows an Iron Hands supplement being up for release soon. It also seems that GW may be sticking with the new trend of releasing Company-specific supplements for Space Marines for the time being, as this supplement is set to cover one specific company of the Iron Hands also; Clan Raukaan. Heres what we have hear so far regarding the supplement.

Amazing Fear to Tread Conversion Diorama

For anyone who hasnt yet seen this over on Bell of Lost Souls, i felt compelled to post about it. This thing is amazing. Inspired by the artwork found on the Horus Heresy novel, Fear to Tread, this diorama shows the epic struggle on Signus Prime between the Blood Angels Primarch Sanguinius and the Daemon Prince Ka'Bandha. For anyone who hasnt read it i will not spoil it, but it is a good read. The full article which showcases all the smaller details and the work that went into this amazing model can be found below.

Weekend Wrap-up and a new project.

Hey everyone, apologies on not getting a post out this weekend. My computer was having some technical issues, but all is well again :) So this past weekend saw the release of the new Dark Elves rulebook and 1st wave of minis. I have to say, after talking to a friend who plays the army, it seems like it is still going to be a really fun book to play. On top of that, the models released so far look really good, the Hydra/ Kharybdis is a particular favorite of mine. A good suggestion one friend made for those who are a bit sad about the price of the Sisters of Slaughter combo box, was to use Dark Eldar Wytches as the models instead, having a cheaper price tag, and requiring only minimal conversion. In other news, after finishing reading the Black Library book, Deathwatch by Steve Parker, it inspired me to start a new project. Deathwatch Marines.......

Horus Heresy Book 2 rules flood the web.

So not more than a few days after release at UK Gamesday, a flood of rules from the new Horus Heresy book: Massacre, have flooded the internet. While i won't be posting them here as i do not want to draw the ire of Games Workshop's Holy Inquisition, here is the link to them to see for yourself : -

Imperial Fists Supplement update

In an interesting turn of events, it appears as though the previously reported on supplement release for space marines is focused on a specific company of the Imperial Fists rather than the overall chapter.To be more specific it will cover the 3rd Company. Article to follow below.

New Primarch Rules Revealed!

News regarding the new Horus heresy primarchs rules broke today with the limited release of Book 2: Massacre now available to those who attended at UK Gamesday. Boy am i excited, these Primarchs all sound like a lot of fun to field on the table. Rules are posted over on Bell of Lost Souls here; http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2013/10/40k-primarch-rules.html. What do you guys think? Personally i can't wait to see the model for Vulkan whenever they finally get around to doing him :D