Doug_L

Deathwatch look amazing. Special ammo + frag cannons + re-rolls means they are deadly shooters within 24". Plus you can mix and match storm shields or hammers to your heart's content. They really fit the theme of elite marines. They'll probably still get mowed down by even the most modest eldar as does everybody not loaded up on free rhinos and grav but I really like the theme of the army. My only complaints are that the other formations don't make sense when you can just take the Aquila and I don't see the utility of jump packs or bikes inside foot squads as you lose that expensive mobility...

That certainly makes sense. A guy (who is normally a hyper competitive gamer and spot-on with rules) brought it up at a tournament yesterday so I thought I'd read it myself and see what some others thought. I'll go for anything to make my poor GK terminators more survivable... hahah!

Sorry, I meant GK terminators who have brotherhood of psykers. The reasoning going that the psyker (librarian) is part of a unit that contains the brotherhood of psykers rule (terminators). The example references a situation with one of the brotherhood using a power but the first sentence doesn't make any distinction.

Mierce Miniatures (makers of the really good Banelegions and Banebeasts models) are also supporting 9th age with a 15% discount coupon in case anyone didn't see it. http://www.the-ninth-age.com/index.php?thread/12877-mierce-miniatures-support-for-9th-age/ I've bought lots of their stuff before (minotaur and monster models) and they are excellent quality resin models. What I find funny is that both AoW and Mierce have their own game systems... maybe they balance quantity of models sold over supporting competing systems!

Q: How does a power that targets ‘the Psyker’ but not his unit work on a unit with Brotherhood of Psykers? If, for example, a Wyrdvane Psyker squad casts Iron Arm, does one model nominated as ‘the caster’ receive the benefits? A: The power applies to all ‘Brotherhood of Psykers’ models in the unit. So does this mean a GK librarian in a unit of terminators can cast something like Precognition (re-rolls for the psyker) and it affects everybody in the unit? Just curious, I can read it either way.

Woah... that is a hundred times more professional then I was expecting. I'm super interested to see what else comes out now. Just goes to show what kind of impact production values can have!

I picked up the Stormhawk today and it actually is a pretty adorable model in person. I think I'll get the second so I can make the detachment. The volume of special rules they get is impressive. For just under 500 pts I get a good crack at air superiority (vital for not just your reserve bonuses, but penalties to your opponent plus blocking potential penalties back at you!) and an absolute hammer of a squadron that comes in with significant firepower and bonuses (at least until one is shot down) like tank hunter, ignores cover (!!!), two squadron leader bonuses and +1BS/jink for a third flyer in the squadron. That gives me good odds are wrecking two skimmers/flyers plus whatever the stormtalons shoot at. Ignores cover is huge.

As long as there's no end times carpet yanking shenanigans...

I never played 6th - what was wrong with it? I can't see a new edition right away. They've released such a huge volume of supplements recently, any company would want some time to earn back the investment from development of that material. However, by next year I'd happy to see a new edition - 7th feels very, very cumbersome to me. That of course assumes a new edition would streamline rather than simply revise!

You certainly have a point - necrons/tau don't usually bring multiple flyers but others like space marines shouldn't struggle with it. All you need is 2 flyers to make the detachment. If your opponent has none, you have air superiority and impose -2 to his reserve rolls, +2 to your own... For those armies with cheap flyers, it's a huge potential upside. I think it may be very useful for Eldar - this detachment is a better deal than the crimson hunter formation - and that's 75% of most tournament opponents right there!

Objective secured flyers and reserve shenanigans.... gross! Also, I'm making a flyer detachment for totally unrelated reasons... However, the implications of this are pretty huge. My typical army uses lots of reserves. For typical tournament play, that almost mandates that I need to bring flyers otherwise the -2 to reserves is crippling! I don't really get the Stormhawk though. Basically the same thing as a Stormtalon but with +1 armour, ceramic plating and an extra gun (and a good one!) for just a few points more. There's really no subtlety there - buy our new shiny flyer!

Wow... lots of stuff in there. Some good, some bad but overall very cool that GW is willing to put their neck on the line and compile it all together. Any word on when this will be finalized and published?

Only fighters have skyfire?! Ughhhh.... I specifically painted both my storm talons for the purpose of providing a little anti-air defense. Back to the drawing board...

Rather than painter's tape, what about a stencil? You could cut out a sheet of cardboard with some nice stripes in it and just hold it over top when spraying the camo.

Are there any options for scout/outflank in the codex or does the void shield generator give you a solid zone to deploy in? How quickly can you be in assault with the wulfen and thunderwolves?