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Space Hulk

Brimstone 17/08/2009 - 13:07
Space hulk has gone up for pre-order today and is schedule for a limited edition release on the 5th of September.

Warseer discussion is here.

The box contains: a 23-page Rulebook, a 47-page Mission book and 35 plastic Citadel miniatures, including: 11 Space Marine Terminators, one Space Marine Terminator Librarian, 22 Genestealers, and one Broodlord.

Also included are: 105 gaming counters, 24 corridors, 10 rooms, eight crossroads, eight T-junctions, six corner sections, four dead ends, four end pieces, 20 doors with plastic stands, one mission status display, and three plastic mission objectives, including: a dead Space Marine on throne, a Blood Angels artefact and a Cyber-Altered Task Unit. Plus a sand timer and five bone-coloured dice unique to this game.

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Straken and Executioner/Punisher Leman Russes

Hal'jin 17/06/2009 - 19:20
Nope, but downloading and adding .jpg works. Here they are:

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New Plastic Hellhound

stonedrose 30/05/2009 - 10:38
Well GW apparently revealed it at GD spain today, it's a nice kit, dunno if anyone has more pics or if there's other stuff out:

Warseer discussion is here.

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Forgeworld Open day April 2009

philbrad2 05/04/2009 - 10:16
OK ... so here... we ... go ...

Orks - Lots of new trukk stuff, beds, weapons, cabs, halftracks, full tracks

Chaos - Daemons and WIP Reaver

IG - Valkyrie conversions, what looks like a conversion kit to make the plastic Valkyrie into a Vulture and Vendetta upgrade pack.

VRAKS III - Deamons, Deamon Engines Grey Knights Chaost and Loyalist SM's looking good. Rules for Zufor are in there.

A few piccies to whet your whistles ...

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Plastic Trygon

Brimstone 24/03/2009 - 21:50
Thanks to the fine folks at Warpshadow the premier Tyranid Website we have confirmed that these pictures are the plastic Trygon due out around the same time as the Tyranid codex.

Warseer discussion is here.

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Planetstrike Rumours

The Dude 18/03/2009 - 23:50
***Read this first***

I'll be keeping this post updated, so make sure you check it first before posting any "new" info

For those that don't know, Planetstrike is a rumoured Expansion in the same vein and Cities Of Death that will add extra rules to regular 40K games. It appears it will focus on Attacker/Defender type missions with special rules to suit. This could even go so far as to cover Siege warfare.

General Info:

Planet Strike will supposedly be released in July.

Cover can be seen here:

http://warseer.com/forums/attachment...8&d=1239144460

Rules:

In a game of Planet Strike, the Attacker/Defender split will be very important, with them possibly getting different FOCs.

Defender
Gets to place all terrain on the battlefield and picks his table edge.

He can declare Terrain to be dangerous if he wants (Mined for example) although it’s not clear how much he can do this for.

There will be buildings with mounted weapons, like armed bunkers etc.

Probably, the defender will have to place all of his army.

Attacker
May place some Craters to get some cover.

May move in from his table edge, Deep Strike and Outflank, similar to a "Dawn of War" Scenario.

May also get some goodies like a prepared Artillery fire on the defending units, special equipment etc.

Will most likely get first Turn.

What the actual Missions will be is yet to be seen.

Releases:

New multipart plastic terrain kit similar to the Cities of Death ruins. With enough of those you will possibly be able to build fortresses, defensive structures for tanks, or control towers, outposts etc.

Possibly this:

http://warseer.com/forums/attachment...4&d=1237910636

http://warseer.com/forums/attachment...3&d=1237910636

It has now been revealed that the Tower is scratchbuilt, but the barricades are what will be released. The barricades have been used as the ramparts of the Tower.

The Fortress is apparently visible on the Sentinal box.

Aircraft landing pad, apparently with "movable pieces"

Possibly similar to this:

http://warseer.com/forums/attachment...5&d=1237910636

http://warseer.com/forums/attachment...6&d=1237910636

http://warseer.com/forums/attachment...7&d=1237910636

New craters

Ironclad Dreadnaught

Land Speeder Storm

Vulkan Hes'tan. Mini can be seen here:

http://warseer.com/forums/attachment...6&d=1239143373

Possibly more Daemons stuff

IG Plastic Stormtroopers/Grenadiers may get a release

Eldar Jetbikes have been mentioned as a slim possibility

Plastic Thunderhawk is again mentioned, and has been rumoured to have been shown to Retail Selling Staff (the guys who sell to independant retailers).

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New FW Nurgle Daemon Prince

Brimstone 26/02/2009 - 12:26
Thanks to Bell of Lost Souls
for these pictures of a upcoming Nurgle Daemon Prince from Forgeworld.

From Newsletter 210 the rotating view.

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Codex Tyranids

Brimstone 15/02/2009 - 22:35
Taken at todays design studio open day we have this pictures of a WIP Broodlord.

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Necron Rumour Summary

The Dude 29/01/2009 - 03:36
Okay, as I havent yet gone mad looking after IG rumours, I thought Id have a crack at the Necrons. Now they are further out, so dont expect too much here for a while. The same rules as my IG thread apply. No wishlisting (go here for that) and stick to discussion of the rumours and how they will affect you or other rules.

If you have something new, but wish to remain anonymous, PM me.

General Info

Brimstone has said Necrons should appear late 2009 early 2010 at the earliest.

Rules

There will supposedly be 3 tiers of Lord in a similar vein to the Necron background section of the Apocalypse book. Each tier will supposedly have more options as you go up. The top tier is rumoured to be the CTan infused, or simply mad version of the Lord, keeping the Ctan models useable in regular 40K.

Some say there is the possibility of a "Spyder Lord", although this is likely just mutant wishlisting.

There was some talk of CTan replacing a normal Lord mid-battle

Some say the C'Tan will become apocalypse only, possibly getting Forge World models. This would differentiate them from the CTan infused or Mad Lord that thinks its a CTan.

Some say we can expect to see Named Lords such as those that appeared in the Medusa V campaign background.

"We'll Be Back" is rumoured to either receive a major overhaul or to be replaced by Feel No Pain. This is rumoured to be for game speed reasons. The benefits and drawbacks of this change have been widely discussed.

There are vague rumours that most if not all units in the army will receive a +1T boost.

There are even vaguer rumours of a potential drop to 4+ Armour Save

The Gauss Rule is rumoured to be change. The most common rumour to this is that Gauss will not receive the usual -2 on the auto-glance, but instead only a -1 on a glance, effectively giving them the same result as they currently have. Some people have guessed that Gauss will simply be replaced with Rending, although many others believe this is unlikely. No firm rumours have emerged yet either way.

Necron Warriors are rumoured to be 20ish points (possibly 22) each with T5. They will also supposedly get some form of Grenade.

Some say Warriors and Immortals will get Slow and Purposeful or possibly even Relentless.

It is rumoured that there will be at least one more troop choice coming from either a rearranged FOC or possibly a brand new unit.

It is rumoured that one or more new units is being developed

There will possibly be new types of scarabs. Builder scarabs for repairing friendly units, and combat scarabs for combat.

It has been said that the Monolith will go up to 300 points

There has been some talk of a new vehicle. What this is unclear, with many people suspecting something smaller than a Monolith such as the Pylon or Obelisk.

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Ork Stompa

Brimstone 24/12/2008 - 19:12
Merry Christmas.

Thanks to Darkwarrior1981 and originally from http://www.tinbitz.de/ we have the first picture of the Ork Stompa.

Due for release in the UK on the 7th of March 2009 for £60 (The same price as the baneblade).

Warseer discussion is here.

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New Tau Stuff

Brimstone 16/09/2008 - 09:09
Thanks to minus1mod.com and Philbrad for these pictures of new Tau stuff taken at this years UKGD.

Warseer discussion is here.

Thanks to Grimtuff for explaining their origins as well.

Originally Posted by Grimtuff

I can shed a lot of light on this as I had a rather in-depth conversation with one of the sculptors.

These figures are done by a trainee who was told to "pick a race" to see how they can emulate GW's style. So, in all, you will probably never see them get released.

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Forgeworld Rumours

Brimstone 14/09/2008 - 15:08
Thanks to Felix's Gaming Pages and taken today at UKGD we have these WIP pictures of the Forgeworld Lord of Change.

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Citadel Collectors Range

Brimstone 15/06/2008 - 08:03
GW are releasing a range of direct only 'collectors' models, we have this quote from dienekes96

Warseer discussion is here.

Originally Posted by dienekes96

Collector's Range:
This interested me a lot. Talked a bit to Ted Williams (more from him later), and it's just special minis being released because they are cool or fill a small gap. Quite a few new ones there. All will be released in the next 18 months:

Mat ?:
Tau Ejected Battlesuit Pilot
Kroot Shaper (very good)

Mike Anderson:
Warrior Priest resting on his hammer

?:
Ammo Runts for fantasy

Juan Diaz:
Blood Angels Captain
Space Wolf with Bolter
Space Wolf with ancient twin lightning claws

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Codex Space Wolves

Brimstone 15/06/2008 - 06:22
Codex Space Wolves is due for release in 2009 (date TBC) it will be a full codex as befits the sons of Russ.

These pictures taken at Baltimore GD by Dakka's dienekes96 are not from that release but are adhoc releases as part of GW's new release policy.

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Imperial Marine rumours

Brimstone 01/06/2008 - 08:59
Thanks to Felix's Gaming Pages and taken today at UKGD we have this picture of Marine casualties (resin mockups of will probably be metal releases).

In addition we have the Land Speeder Storm

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Codex Imperial Guard Rumours

Brimstone 31/05/2008 - 10:51
Rumoured for release in 2009 we have these rumours thanks to Dosadi

Warseer discussion is here.

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Army wide special rule: I think its called Platoon Drill or something like that. Basically, units from the same platoon may ignore intervening squads when shooting. So enemy units targeted in this way do not receive the 4+ save. Apparently this only works if the Platoon command squad is alive and within 12 of the rest of the platoon. Ive been told that this is just one of the abilities guard Platoons may get, but only as long as the chain of command is intact (whatever that means). So loosing your HQ Command Squad may be a really bad thing.

Doctrines are for sure gone (I think we all knew this), but have been replaced by more mutable platoons. Instead of Armoured fist squads you can buy Chimeras for a whole platoon. Or buy the whole platoon grav-chutes to give them deep strike, or drop the heavy weapons from squads and give the platoon Scout. Veteran squads become upgrades to platoons (i.e. they are not elites anymore).

Apparently infantry platoons let you attach certain types of support vehicles to them(kinda like back in second edition). Things like sentinels, hellhounds and demolishers can be attached to platoons. They still take up a FOC spot, but become part of the platoon and so will benefit from the Platoon Drill rule.

The Leman Russ can be bought as a squadron so you can get 3 for a single FOC. They can not be attached to platoons however.

Sniper Squads can now infiltrate, get stealth, range finders and all models in the squad have sniper rifles (and BS 4!).

Like the Land Raider, a new plastic sprue for the Leman Russ has been made that will allow plastic demolishers and a 3rd variant (my money is on the Exterminator).

The Baneblade in NOT in the new codex. It just doesnt work (i.e. overpowered)in games that are not Apocalypse in size.

However Stormtrooper squads can now take Valkyries as transports. Both will be getting a plastic kit. Valkyries follow the rules for skimmers Ive been told. Again, they want to keep flyers and super heavies out of normal games but give people the ability to use them with all the special rules in Apocalypse and Planet-strike (if the ever get around to that.)

This last one makes me wonder whats they are doing, but apparently there is a new HQ in the book; Inquisitor and Retinue much like the elites from the current Daemon Hunters/Witch Hunters books.

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Codex Dark Eldar

Brimstone 18/02/2008 - 12:02
With the codex due for release in 2010 (possibly) we have these images of new Dark Eldar models taken at GW Spain.

Edit - Update these may well be 'test' models for new sculptors and not production models intended for release

Warseer discussion is here.

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New plastic Jetbike

Brimstone 24/09/2007 - 06:29
New plastic jetbike created by Jes Godwin

First release may be for the upcoming shining spears due later this year.

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Ork Rumour Thread

Brimstone 23/09/2007 - 13:50
Thanks to Kaine here at Games Day some new Ork stuff.

Thanks to Chainedfly2002 for bringing these to our attention and for
The Warforge for taking these pictures at Baltimore GD.

Warseer discussion is here.

First WIP Forgeworld trukk upgrades.

Second a bit of light relief 'Ammo Runtz'

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The Demiurg

Brimstone 02/07/2006 - 20:45
Long rumoured to be the sucessors to the Squats the Demiurg have so far only made an appearance in Battlefleet Gothic.

Jervis Johnson has had this to say on the subject.

Quote Originally Posted by Jervis johnson
I know I shouldn't get drawn on this... but... can't... resist

Seriously, a couple of points just so you can have an informed debate based on the real reasons that Squats are no longer available. Be warned, it is going to be hard reading for people that like the Squat background.

First of all, Squats were *not* dropped because they were not selling well. There were then, and are now, plenty of other figure ranges that sell in the sort of % quantaties that the Squats pulled down, especially when you look across all of the ranges produced by GW rather than just those for 40K.

No, the reason that the Squats were dropped was because the creatives in the Studio (people like me, Rick, Andy C, Gav etc) felt that we had failed to do the Dwarf 'archetype' justice in its 40K incarnation. From the name of the race (Squats - what *were* we thinking?!?!) through to the short bikers motif, we had managed to turn what was a proud and noble race in Warhammer and the other literary forms where the archetype exists, into a joke race in 40K. We only fully realised what we had done when we were working on the 2nd edition of 40K. Try as we might, we just couldn't work up much enthusiasm for the Squats. The mistake we made then (deeply regreted since) was to leave them in the background and the 'get you by' army list book that appeared. With hindsight, we should have dropped the Squats back then, and saved ourselves a lot of grief later on.

Anyway, the Squats made it into 2nd edition, and since we were doing army books for each of the races, we started to try and figure out what to do with them. Unfortunately we just couldn't figure out a way to update them and get them to work that we felt was good enough. The 'art' of working on an army as a designer is to find the thing that you think is cool and exciting about an army, and work it up into a strong theme. This 'muse' didn't strike any of us, and so, rather than bring out a second-rate product simply re-hashing the old background, we kept doing other army books instead, with stuff we did feel inspired by.

Now, while this was all going on for 40K, we were actually doing some rather good stuff for the Squats in Epic. On this scale there was a natural tendancy to focus on the big 'hand-made' war machines the Squat artisans produced, and this created an army with a feel that was very different to the biker hordes in 40K. However, this tended to reinforce the problems we saw in the Squat background rather than alleviate them, underlining what we *should* have done with the Squats in 40K.

In the end (and it took years to really get to the roots of the problem) this led to a realisation that we were going to have to drop the Squats in their 'Squat' form from the 40K background. There was little point having a major race that we weren't willing to make an army book for, and their inclusion in the background meant that people kept asking us when we'd do a Squat Codex. Instead we decided that we'd write the Squats out of the background by saying that their Homworlds had been devoured by a Tyranid Hivefleet. This would give us the option in the future to return to making a race based on the Squat archetype for 40K. This race was given the name of Demiurg, and a certain amount of preliminary work was done to get a 'feel' for what the race would be like. At present the only hint of the Demiurg in 40K is the Demiurg spaceship for BFG. However, we do have this race 'in our back pocket' as a possible new race for 40K, or an interesting character model in Inquisitor, or whatever. So far the Demiurg have lost out to other projects, and it may be that their time never actually comes, as they will have to win through on their merits, not simply because we once made some Squat models in the past. At present, I have to say that it is more lilely that they *don't* make the cut than do, as there is a certain predudice these days to simply taking races from Warhammer and cross them over to 40K like we did in the early days, so it may be that the Squats/Demiurg end up remaining a footnote in the history of the 40K galaxy. Only time will tell...

I'll finish off by saying that whatever we decide to do 'officially', there is nothing stopping players with Squat armies from using them, either in Epic or 40k for that matter. There is no GW 'rule' against using old Citadel Miniatures, as long as you use them with exisiting army lists and in a way that won't cause confusion for other players. I recommend taking a positive stand by saying "Have you seen these cool old models? They're called the Squats and GW used to make them back in the late eighties/early nineties. I love 'em, so I count them as Imperial Guard and use them with the current rules..." Put like this I can't imagine that anyone would stop you from using your army.

Best regards,

Jervis Johnson
Head Fanatic

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The concept sketch thread

Brimstone 02/07/2006 - 19:43
One of my favourite things are GW's concept sketches especially the ones by Mark Gibbons.

This thread is for some of my favourites from my collection, I don't know where they all came from so if they are yours and you want credit please let me know.

Things you will not see posted here are the Ork and Dark Angels concept pictures as GW legal have already had a hissy fit and they cannot be posted.

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Lost in the Warp (Unreleased Models)

Brimstone 02/07/2006 - 17:13
This thread is for models that have been shown over the years but as yet have not been released by GW (if they ever will be).

Generic Chaplain

Veteran w/combi plasma

Catchan Standard Bearer

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How does the Rumour Roundup forum work?

Sylass 24/06/2006 - 14:00
Hiho,

this time each subject will get it's own thread instead of compiling all news and rumours in a single thread. New pictures, rumours or news will be added as a new post so that these updates will show up if you use the "new posts" feature of the forums.

In order to prevent pictures added by [img]-tags vanishing (bandwidth of the gallery exceeded or picture got deleted), pictures will be added as attachments from now on.

Brimmy did a very good job on keeping the old Roundup updated and I hope he'll continue working on the new Rumour Roundup like he did before.

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