Faeit's Tarot: The Astra Militarum, Forgeworld News and More

With the Miitarum Tempestus just getting released, its all about the Imperial Guard this coming week. We had quite a few early Astra Militarum rumors, as well as bits from the Forgeworld Open Day, which made it quite the interesting week when it comes to rumors and information.

Faeit's Tarot takes look at the news and rumors of the week, so that we can look ahead to predict what is coming in the weeks ahead. This week there was a lot to keep track of, so I have hopefully organized it in a way that will help recap and catch readers up on what was here.

New This Week

Games Workshop
Astra Militarum Hydra/ Astra Militarum Wyvern $56
Codex: Astra Militarum $49.50
     104 Pages, New Warlord Traits, background, “Along with a number of units never seen in the army before” “including rules for tank commanders and tempestus Scions platoons”
Codex: Astra Militarum Limited Edition $100 (online only)
Astra Militarum Cadian Armoured Fist $60
Astra Militarum Orders: $6 (10 cards)

Games Workshop Digital
Codex: Astra Militarum (Interactive Enhanced Edition)- $54.99
Codex: Astra Militarum (Ebook Edition)- $34.99

Forgeworld
Horus Heresy Book III- $116 (online only)

Mantic Games New Pre-Orders
http://www.manticgames.com/mantic-shop/battlezones.html
Battlezones: Sci-Fi Urban Quadrant £109.99
Battlezones: Sci-Fi Urban Sector £49.99
Battlezones: Sci-Fi Watchtower £14.99
Battlezones: Sci-Fi Urban District £24.99
Battlezones: Sci-Fi Connector Clips £9.99
Battlezones: Sci-Fi Defence Lines £9.99
Battlezones: Sci-Fi Fortified District £24.99
Battlezones: Sci-Fi Fortified Sector £49.99
Battlezones: Sci-Fi Landing Pad £19.99


Rumors This Week
Astra Militarum

Here is where you can catch up on the latest release information for the Astra Militarum. There are also some rumors that were not necessarily from the next White Dwarf, but from previews of next weeks magazine release.

Some of the big things being discussed is the missing Artillery tanks, as well as special characters rumored to be now gone from the new codex.

1. http://natfka.blogspot.com/2014/03/astra-militarum-wyvern-new-imperial.html
2. http://natfka.blogspot.com/2014/03/take-aim-astra-militarum-orders.html
3. http://natfka.blogspot.com/2014/03/astra-militarum-cadian-armoured-fists.html
4. http://natfka.blogspot.com/2014/04/bullgryns-next-week-nork-deddog.html
5. http://natfka.blogspot.com/2014/04/new-commissar-model-next-week-officio.html
6. http://natfka.blogspot.com/2014/04/astra-militarum-unit-list-leak.html
7. http://natfka.blogspot.com/2014/04/astra-militarum-preview-tank-commanders.html


Vendetta and Sly Marbo Changes
via an anonymous source on Faeit 212

1 ~ Sly Marbo will NOT be in the new AM codex. He's gone. (possibly a future dataslate)
2 ~ The Vendetta has gone up to 170 points, and lost half it's transport capacity, in that it can only transport up to 6 infantry (25mm) models. They can, however, still be taken in squadrons.

via an anonymous source on Faeit 212

Wyvern stats are:AV 12 10 10, Open-Topped, Heavy Support slot and can be taken in 3s. They come with 2 Stormshard Cannons which as has been previously mentioned are TL, Heavy 2, Barrage, Ignores Cover and Shred at Str 4 AP 6 48 inch range and a Heavy Bolter that can be upgraded to Heavy Flamer.
The limited edition Astra Militarum Codex is cloth-bound and will be set at 2000 copies.
One thing that I have not seen mentioned is that all Astra Militarum detachments may now be upgraded to include up to 3 Primaris Psykers, Enginseers and Ministorum Priests.

Astra Militarum Unit List
via an anonymous source on Faeit 212

AstropathColonel 'Iron Hand' StrakenColour Sergeant KillCommissarCommissar PrimeCommissar YarrickCompany CommanderEnginseerKnight Commander PaskLord Castellan CreedMaster of OrdinanceMinistorum PriestNork DeddogOfficer of the FleetPrimaris PsykerServitorTank CommanderVeteran
TropasConscriptGuardia ImperialHeavy Weapons TeamPlatoon CommanderSergeant HarkerVeteran
Transportes AsignadosChimeraTauroxTaurox Prime
EliteBullgrynOgrynRatlingTempestorTempestor PrimeTempestus ScionWyrdvane Psyker
Ataque RapidoRough Rider
Armoured SentinelBane WolfDevil DogHellHoundScout SentinelValkyrieVendetta
BasiliskDeathstrikeHydraLeman Russ Battle Tank, Exterminator, Vanquisher, Eradicator, Demolisher, Punisher, ExecutionerManticoreWyvern

Promethium Pipe Relay

From last week's leaked pics, we had a rumor showing us that this release might very well be coming very soon. That would be fantastic, and it appears not to be a limited edition, like the Void Shield Generator was.

via Larry Vela on Bols

Promethium Pipe Relay
Arrives: 2nd half of April
4 part kit once assembled:
- 2 long 6" pipes
- 2 elbows
Priced: @$35
Not a limited kit like the Void Shield Generator

Dark Vengeance is Going Away

We were talking about this last week, and were able to get a confirmation photo that the Dark Vengeance starter sets are going away. While its still a rumor, these sets going away definitely opens the possibilities of a 7th edition coming over the next few months.

http://natfka.blogspot.com/2014/03/confirmed-dark-vengeance-is-going-away.html

Forgeworld Open Day Rumors

There were lots of great bits of information that came out of Forgeworld Open Day this last weekend. These events are great at not only getting a hold of and previewing upcoming products, but to get snippets of information on what the future will hold. Beyond Extermination, here is what was being talked about.

Pictures from the Event
http://natfka.blogspot.com/2014/03/new-imperial-knights-pics-and-some.html
http://natfka.blogspot.com/2014/03/new-tyranids-mechanicum-legion-upgrades.html
http://natfka.blogspot.com/2014/04/pictures-for-forgeworld-open-day.html
http://natfka.blogspot.com/2014/04/forgeworld-open-day-pictures-part-2.html

Warlord Titan
via Minudra on Warseer

Rumors for the warlord titan going around again.
1. Will be a Mars pattern
2. 2 turret mounted carapace weapons
3. Slightly taller but a lot bulkier than the Reaver.
4. Weapons are interchangeable with the Reaver/warhound arm mounts.
5. Still no time scale

New Riptide Variant
via Bitterman on Advanced Tau Tactica forums

"I was at the Forge World Open Day today, got chatting to one of the designers who mentioned that he's working on a Riptide variant.
No model was on view yet; but there's talk of it being a highly maneuverable close-quarters suit, designed to jump right into the thick of things and soak up damage with an enlarged shield (perhaps not unlike the XV9 Hazards in role?). Its weapon is to be determined but may be a large Cyclic Ion Blaster, or similar.
I think design has only just started so I guess this is a few months away, but thought you'd all be interested to know that Forge World haven't forgotten about the Tau and there's more love for us in their future!"

No Fantasy Anytime Soon
via RanaldLoec on Warseer

Warhammer Fantasy releases I asked the answer was ...........................errrrr not any time soon.

New Mechanicum HQ to be Revealed
via a Reader here on Faeit 212

I spoke to Mark Bedford while i was there about the future of the mechanicum and further HQ's because of there only currently being one and he said "just wait for the weekender" and showed me a head he'd sculpted for one of the new hq's he's done so i can pretty much guarantee you seeing a new mechanicum HQ released at the weekender.  Also, he mentioned there would be other new mechanicum things at the weekender, not sure if thats released or just previews? but he did say that they'd be there.

Imperial Armour 13
via Pushkin over on Warseer

I posted quite a lot of this in the Forgeworld open day, but I went through the notes i made and had missed out a few things and i thought it would be good to get its own thread.
IA13 is called War Machines of the Lost and the Damned. It is written by Andy Hoare and edited by Talima Fox.
It will be released in Summer/Autumn 2014.
The book will contain an updated Chaos Renegades list similar to the one found in the Vraks trilogy, along with numerous chaos vehicles/war machines including updated versions of the Horus Heresy vehicles for the traitors to use in regular games of 40k. It's unclear whether this will be a variant of the 'Defenders of Vraks' list in IA1, the servants of slaughter list in IA6 or the servants of decay list in IA7. I imagine it will be a reworked version of all three. (i.e. quite chaosy but without the campaign specific units like the Alpha Legion). Talima described the list as being the renegade version of what the list in IA12 was for the Death Korps of Krieg - make of that what you will!
The art book was on display at the open day and had pictures of a Chaos Thunderhawk, Chaos Stormeagle and the Anvilluss pattern and Kharybdis assault claw.
Speaking to Andy Hoare he mentioned the rules for the Horus heresy era war machines would be updated to reflect the ten thousands years that they had spent in the warp and the access to munitions that the chaos legions had. He gave two examples, the first being the missile load out on the Storm Eagle, instead of the tempest rockets load out it will have access to Balefire missiles.
The second example was the class M2KB Landraider. Instead of the explorator augatory web which is designed for scanning enemy positions and co-ordinating forces, however due to the corruption of the warp this is now used to intercept enemy positions and thwart their movements. It will be interesting to see the rules for this.The greater brass scorpion of Khorne and the decimator engine also had new renders on screen in the graphics part, which suggests that updated rules for these models.
It's also worth noting that HH3: Extermination contains references to Iron Warrior specific siege tanks used during the battle of Paramar and the dark mechanicum using stalk tank like units to hunt the raven guard survivors on Istavaan, so it will be interesting to see whether these units crop up in either future HH books or IA13.
I am speaking to my friend who was also chatting to lots of the designers about this and many other things, so ill ask him if i've missed anything!
Afterthought - i'm not 100% sure that the name is correct, reading Vraks again all the lists refer to Renegades and heretics, but the start of the title was definitely "war machines of the".