Rumour: Tyranid Codex Next Year, Space Wolves update in April?

Tyranid 084Some rumours about Nids surfaced this week. As you know I don’t like posting rumours, but as this is contradicting the rumour  previously published on ChapterMasters that Tyranids are getting a codex this year, I had to post it. This doesn’t mean Tyranids won’t get a White Dwarf update this year. The picture in the back of the March White Dwarf may indicate this could happen as early as April’s White Dwarf, although the picture could also mean Space Wolves are getting an update, a flyer perhaps to make sense of  flyer rules they have in Death from the skys. It could mean something else altogether? I guess we’ll find out for sure next month.

 from the Faeit 212 inbox
*Tyranids are coming. Probably after Orks sometime next year.
*Carnifexes are getting a big boost
*Deepstriking emplacements for shooting and increasing synapse ranges
*A new Spider-like Pysker Monstrous Creature
*Background being expanded with some sort of connection between the old ones and C’tan being worked on

 

 

Rumours: Death from the Skies (flyers expansion in February)

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Ben is still on rumour strike. It’s been more than a week since the rumours section has been updated. I don’t think this one can be ignored though. So I’m going to force you to read it. No I am, open your eyes and read! ok I’ll stop writing this dross and get on with it.

 

Could we really be on the verge of the summer of flyers before the winter is done?

from Kroothawk posted on Faeit

“A new 40k supplement book will be released on 16th February:
“Death from the Skies” (26€, mail order only, chance of being in English only).
More when I know more. But it certainly sounds like a flyer supplement.” 

Ben had predicted through patten we would see a Dark Angel campaign book at this point? Death from the skys. You could take that either way, still there are other rumours indicating this if for flyers though.

from DarkWarrior1981 on Warseer

“This is not as exciting as people may think. I saw the advert for the book at a local store; It contains only rules for fliers still on sale or with a codex entry (the Dark Eldar bomber is in), some fliers have their rules updated to 6th edition (whatever this means exactly). The only thing actually new is, that the Stormraven is now available to Codex Space Marines and Black Templars as well. Also you will find the flier rules from Crusade of Fire and new missions. The book will be on sale (no pre-order) from 16th of February, is direct only (so not from your FLGS), english language only and will not be limited stock.”

The shocking news (if true) is that the Strom Raven is going to be available to Codex marines and Black Templers. So it’s only Space Wolves that are forced to look to Forge world for a flyer (Dark Angels if they want a flying transport). Does this indicates the wolves may have something else in development??? or just are not imbracing the new technology in keep with their background. Is the Codex Storm Raven more shocking than the lack of new flyers in this supplement  nar prephaps that does take the carrot. Ok there may be a new Dark Eldar Bomber. So one book for one flyer??? I also wonder what 6th edition updated rules look like, Hull points???

If you are not a Dark Eldar player, you might have stopped reading by now, but don’t discard this as an meaningless release. The one sure good thing about this, is that your not going to need to take what is probably a very tatty looking White Dwarf along to games. I for one also have faith in the boys at the studio to put out a fantastic book full of lovely pictures and warm and fuzzy background.

Jon signing off.

Today’s Pictures: The Space Wolves army at Warhammer World

I was lucky enough to make it Warhammer world last year. Here are some photo’s of the entire Design Studio’s Space Wolf army.

 

News: New FaQs up

New FaQs are up.

Techmarines didn’t fair well.

Q: Can a model with the ability to repair Hull Points or
Immobilised/Weapon Destroyed results from the Vehicle Damage
Table use this ability on Zooming Flyers? (p80)
A: No.

Q: Can models from an Allied Detachment that have the ability to
repair Hull Points or Immobilised/Weapon Destroyed results from
the Vehicle Damage Table use this ability on Allied vehicles? (p112)
A: No.

Tyranids only got one change

Page 54 – Mycetic Spore, Transport Spore.
Change the second paragraph to read “A Mycetic Spore can
carry a single unit of up to 20 infantry models or a single
monstrous creature within its armoured shell. Once a Mycetic
Spore has landed, all creatures within must immediately deploy
– place the unit such that every model is wholly within 6″ of the
Mycetic Spore. If any models cannot be deployed because of
impassable terrain or enemy models within 1″, those models
are destroyed. A unit that Deep Strikes via a Mycetic Spore
cannot move or assault in the same turn it arrives but may
shoot or run.

As did Eldar

Q: The Farseer Psychic Powers rules state that they do not require the
Eldar Psyker to have line of sight to the target. Does this mean that they
can be used by an Eldar psyker embarked on a Transport? (p28)
A: No.

tippy tappy gamesworkshop.com to check them out.

Ben

 

Today’s Picture: Best Painted 40k Army from the Schools League at Games Day

Check out this Space Wolf army from the School league at UK Games Day 2012. I almost want to undercoat my Njal in power armour now. Even Better you can vote on just how good you think this paint Job it. Scroll down for the Poll.

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