The Dark Eldar were not the only thing though that happened this week, as there were rumors of Blood Angels being worked on, Necrons being the next codex, and of course the Endtimes book II. Lets check in and see what happened this week.
This week was full of Dark Eldar codex reports and finally with the book's release yesterday. Dark Eldar was my first army, and I was, and still am excited for some of the possibilities that I have been reading on inside the codex.
Of course the rumors of the Haemonculus Covens (up for pre-orders) are just nasty.
New This Week
Games Workshop
Haemonculus Covens - A Codex: Dark Eldar Supplement $49.50
Haemonculus Covens - A Codex: Dark Eldar Supplement (iBooks) $39.99
Haemonculus Covens - A Codex: Dark Eldar Supplement (eBook) $32.99
Archon $23
Succubus $23
Commorrite Raiders $723.75
Dark Eldar: New Releases $188
Forgeworld
Tau XV109 Y'vahra £72.00
Black Library
Pre-Orders
The Horus Heresy: The Damnation of Pythos (Premium Paperback) $16.00
The Horus Heresy: Scars (Paperback) $9.99
The Horus Heresy: The Outcast Dead (Hardback) $30.00
MP3 $49.99
ebook $15.99
The Horus Heresy: The Damnation of Pythos Unabridged Audiobook (CD) $40.00
PREORDER CD $40.00
MP3 $49.99
Dark Age
Prevailer Lilith $12.99
Grand Templar Marius (With Yael and Nabu) $24.99
Esh (With Zephon) $14.99
Archangel Michael $24.99
Archangel Raphael $24.99
Archangel Gabriel $24.99
Crimson Mother $12.99
Red Sisterhood $14.99
Latest News and Rumors
Haemonculus Covens
The latest pre-order, the HaeomonculusCovens Codex Supplement is looking to be a very powerful codex supplement. Of course who wouldnt want to play this book after looking at what is rumored to be in it.
via Shite Dwarf ***
COVEN Supplement
Power from pain - by turn number.
1 – nothing
2 – Fearless
3 – Fear, Fearless
4 – Fear, Fearless, it will not die
5 – Fear, It will not die, zealot
6+ - Eternal Warrior, fear, it will not die, zealot
Warlord chart
-talos & chronos reroll FNP rolls of 1 within 12”of warlord
– warlord plus any grotesques he joins gain it will not die
– add or subtract 1 from reserve rolls
– If your warlord is slain by an attack/weapon with AP 1 or 2 or with the ID rule, gain D3 VP
– Warlord plus wracks he joins gain FNP4+
– Warlord gains preferred enemy
Artifacts – pick one of the following at the start of your turn which lasts until your next turn – IWND, fleet, poisoned 4+, rampage (used each turn)
fighting in a challenge – opponent suffers -5 to initiative
-8”range, S1, AP2, assault 1, blast, instant death, no effect on vehicles (used as a grenade in shooting phase)
-Additional D6 attacks at S3, AP- at initiative 10, grant an additional pile in move at this step, no bonus applicable for furious charge, rending etc
-IWND 4+, only wounded by poisons special rule on 6
-+1 to FNP rolls, negate first wound suffered if it has the ID rule but when this happens, the item is lost
Coven Detachment Required – 2HQ, 2 Elite
Optional – 4HQ, 6 Elite, 4 Heavy Support
Units that are available in the detachment – Urien, Haemonculus, Raider (DT only), Venom (DT only), Wracks, grotesques, talos, chronos
Benefits – if this is the primary detachment you can reroll warlord chart from this book. All enemy units within 12”of 1 or more models from this detachment suffer -1LD
7(!!!) formations as well!"
via Dan M***
Formations
1 - urien or haemy plus 2 units of grots - d6 roll at start of game for grots - +1S, +1T, fleet, shred, rage, 4+ FNP
2 - 1 haemy, 1 chronos, 2 units of wracks - all wracks gain precision strike, wracks treat turn 1 higher for pfp. if haemy is the warlord he gets trait 4 automatically
3 - 2 units of wracks in 2 venoms - if a unit in this formation scores first blood, gain D3 vp rather than 1. Wracks must start embarked an in reserve. Deployed turn 1 via deep strike
4 - unit of 5 Talos - gain scout. Score an extra vp for any non vehicle unit killed in combat
5 - 1 haemy, 1 Chronos, 1 Talos - form a single unit. Characters may not join it outside of this formation. Talos and chronos gain +1ws and init. If haemy is warlord, gain trait 1 automatically
6 - 1 haemy, 3 units of wracks with raiders. Master of pain from haemy confers to all units in this formation within 12". Warlord trait 5 if haemy is warlord
7 - all 6 formations as above in 1 formation - called the carnival of pain. Urien form formation 1 has his master of pain rule confer to whole formation. All non vehicles reroll 1's to wound in combat
Warhammer 40k Next Release
Blood Angels and Necrons are the most likely Warhammer 40k Release, and rumors this week took a look at both of them. It was odd that in the dataslates section of the latest 40k codex (Dark Eldar), that a typo was made referring to Blood Angels, and this could mean that the Blood Angel codex is being worked on. There are also whispers from weeks gone by of a new box set featuring both Blood Angels and Necrons, so right now the best we can do is keep our eyes and ears open for more information as it comes.
via BoLS
-Warhammer Fantasy End Times Volume 2 (3 week slot)
-Necrons (Week of Halloween - 1 week release)
-Warhammer Fantasy End Times Volume 2 (2 week slot)
via an anonymous source
next codex is necrons....
via a reader on Faeit 212***
For what it is worth, only the interactive Necron Codex remains on the GW store, and the Blood Angels physical version is still available.
via a Reader here on Faeit 212
Look at page 113 in the Dark Eldar IPad codex
Under the heading "datasheets" first line reads: "Each Blood Angels Unit
in this book...."
Typo ?
I think Blood Angels are getting a new Codex soon
The Endtimes
The Endtimes is coming next from Games Workshop, and information regarding the next White Dwarf should be coming in any day. With that, lets take a look at the latest rumor bits about the Endtimes.
via an anonymous source on Faeit 212 ***
Bretonnian background will reflect the latter part of The End Times, with new histories being introduced to tie them in as saviors of the Empire. There will be a minimum of 1 new core and 1 new special unit and the Green Knight has a special skill that's unique to his character, not unlike Vlad von Carstein and his ring
via Steve the Warboss***
No limited campaign set with Endtimes II.
i mean no limited boxed set for the release not a limited book.
via Voice of the Chaos Gods ***
Entimes II includes new "Blight Knights" of Nurgle.
via Darnok on Warseer ***
"Glotkin" ... a named character, not a mount option for anybody, the biggest kit to be released (though not as big as a Stompa, as rumoured by others)
Nurgle (?) Chosen ... the uncertainty here is whether they are actually dedicated to Nurgle, or "only" very mutated
a new big mount ... for "multiple types of riders", but most likely to be WoC only
named character in clampack ... no details here
via Mithrilherz ***
- Endtimes Chaos Book will cover 4 factions: WoC, DoC, Beastmen, Dark Elves Cult of Slaanes
- Models
New Galrauch
New Egrimm von Horstmann
Now my mate was a little unclear, because he was so excited about is DE, that he did not listen properly. He is still digesting the massacre hed had to take vs my Nagash/Undead Legion last weekend and seeking revenge.
Huge mutant kit with several riders
and / or
New Dragon with several riders, one of them probably the before mentioned van Horstmann
- 2015 being a Fantasy year
After having released 7th edition 40K and almost all army books for 40K (? I have no clue about 40K), they want to revive Fantasy with 9th edition and several (!) army books, when the end times
are done.
- GW have seemed to understood that in order to sell miniatures, they need to give the minis good rules in the game in order that the customers really want them.
Warhammer Fest has shown the Putrid Knightkings to be on the "how to build" list of events. The listing is right there at the 11:30-12 listing in the Legends Lounge
Bretonnians are linked somehow into the Endtimes, and while they may not be coming right away, there is a lot of whispers about them being the saviors of the Endtimes, and possibly some bad news on whether or not they survived.
via an anonymous reader on Faeit 212***
I tried to buy a Bretonnia book over the weekend and my local gw shop owner wouldn't let me.
Take that how ever you'd like.
