Games Workshop Newsletter #26

New Lizardmen There are more great releases for Lizardmen players this week as they receive some specialised reinforcements in the form of Razordon Hunting Packs and Terradon Riders. If you’ve always fancied a Lizardmen army then now’s a great time to start one, especially with the battalion offering such great value. Lizardmen Battalion The Lizardman Battalion is a great way to start a Lizardman army or reinforce your existing collection. Containing 50 models and with a mix of essential units, this great value set is an ideal place to begin building a Lizardman force. Lizardmen Razordon Hunting Pack Barbed Razordons provide needed fire-support to a Lizardman army. If charged they instinctively release dozens of darts unleashing up to 20 shots each! These mobile artillery-beasts are ideal for protecting the flanks of your Lizardman army. Tiktaq’to, Master of Skies Tiktaq’to directs the Terradon patrols of the Lizardmen. Led by this Master of Skies, your Terradons can move on from any table edge after the first turn. Outflank, outmanoeuvre and destroy your foe with this skilled aerial rider. Lizardmen Terradon Rider Terradons fly through dense woodland and jungle as though it were open terrain, dropping rocks on those below, while their Skink riders hurl poisoned death at the foe. Use these agile predators to launch deadly hit and run attacks on your enemies.

 

Also Available Released earlier this month, the new plastic Stegadon and Temple Guard are an essential part of any Lizardmen army. Lizardmen Stegadon The Lizardman Stegadon is, for the first time, available as a multi-part plastic kit. This all-new monstrous model perfectly captures the feral strength of these jungle beasts. As an added bonus there’s a Skink Priest and Skink Chief included in the set. Lizardmen Saurus Temple Guard To serve and protect: the new plastic Saurus Temple Guard carry massive ceremonial halberds and are clad in armour plates of the strongest bronze. Immune to Psychology and Stubborn, these fearsome warriors have a sacred duty to protect the Slann from harm.

 

Bitz and Collectors In addition to the miniatures in the main Citadel range we have the Citadel Collectors and Bitz Ranges, packed with brand new models, the most popular classic sculpts from our extensive archive, and components for converting and personalising your models. Space Marine Casualties These models are boon for modellers everywhere, and can be used in loads of different ways: as objective markers, wound counters or as diorama pieces. Chaos Chosen Heads These metal helmed heads are fully compatible with the Chaos Warrior and Chaos Knights plastic kits, so your units can now contain even more variation.

 

New Articles Our hobby team work hard to bring you exciting new hobby articles for your favourite armies and miniatures. Below are our pick of this week’s new articles. Jungle Scenery and Scenarios Writer of the new Warhammer Armies: Lizardmen, Andy Hoare introduces rules and scenarios for playing your games of Warhammer in the deadly jungles of Lustria. As an added bonus, there’s even a scenery gallery to inspire your own Lustrian terrain. Necron Tactics Necrons are an implacable and deadly foe. In this article we unearth the secret to using the vast legions of the Necrontyr.

IG: Leman Russ Heavy 20 Oh My!

It appears that someone accidently posted the new Imperial Guard summery sheet out on the web. Its all in French but you can probably figure it out

 http://www.warseer.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=52957&d=1235043107

I wont got into it all myself as you can read it but I will just

Leman Russ Punisher’s gatling punisher: R: 24″ S:5 AP:- Heavy 20

Heavy 20!!

War of the Ring is coming

40K: New Imperial Guard Shadowsword

The new Imperial Guard Shadowsword is scheduled to be out next month. Looks great.

The Shadowsword is one of the longest-serving super-heavy tanks in the service of the Imperium, and it is armed with one of the most devastating weapons known to man – the Titan slaying volcano cannon. The Stormlord is armed with a Vulcan mega-bolter giving it unparalleled anti-infantry firepower. This coupled with a large transport capacity makes it popular with commanders who favour mobility over traditional static formations.  This box set contains one large multi-part plastic super-heavy tank. Included are all the components need to assemble one of six super-heavy variants: the Shadowlord, the Stormlord, the Doomhammer, the Banesword, the Banehammer, or the Stormsword. Availability: This item is available for pre-order now and will be released on the 7th of March

40K: Rhino Car crunching

Ever wanted to know what a Rhino would do to a car in real life? Well the guys from the new Dawn of War II game will show you.

WHFB: New Lizardmen – Out Now

New Lizardmen – Out Now Lizardmen are the oldest race in the Warhammer World, now with a brand-new army book and range of miniatures they are ready to restore order to the selfish civilisations of the lesser races. Warhammer Armies: Lizardmen The Lizardmen are a true combined arms force, with agile Skinks fighting alongside fearsome Saurus and gigantic Stegadons. This 104-page book contains all the rules you need to field a Lizardman army, as well as background information, bestiary, accompanying artwork and ‘Eavy Metal showcase. Lizardmen Stegadon The Lizardman Stegadon is, for the first time, available as a multi-part plastic kit. This monstrous model perfectly captures the feral strength of these jungle beasts. As an added bonus there’s a Skink Priest and Skink Chief included in the set. Lizardmen Saurus Temple Guard To serve and protect: the new Saurus Temple Guard carry massive ceremonial halberds and are clad in armour plates of the strongest bronze. Immune to Psychology and Stubborn, these fearsome warriors have a sacred duty to protect the Slann from harm. Lizardmen Chakax, The Eternity Warden Chakax, The Eternity Warden is an all-new Lizardman hero character. The ultimate bodyguard there are none better to watch over your Slann than this Unbreakable power-house. Lizardmen Kroxigors The all-new Kroxigor models bristle with strength and barely contained menace. You can now add the ferocious might of these crocodilian creatures to your Skink units, where they can use their giant reach to deliver death from the second rank.

 

Also Available With some brand-new rules Saurus Warriors and Skinks are more deadly than ever – get the core of your Lizardman army ready for war with these great plastic sets. Lizardmen Saurus Warrior Regiment Saurus Warriors are the fighting backbone of a Lizardman army. With multiple, high Strength Attacks, a good Toughness and formidable armour save, they are amongst the mightiest infantry in Warhammer – march to war without them at your peril. Lizardmen Skink Regiment Skinks are as slippery on the battlefield as the spawning pools from which they’re birthed. Low in points, these agile skirmishers are perfect for drawing the enemy out of position and march blocking his advance. Now with the ability to form ranks, there’s never been a better time to add more Skinks to your Lizardman army.

 

New Lizardmen Articles Budding Lizardmen Generals can find a wealth of gaming and modelling advice in the new articles below. Stegadon Assembly The stunning Stegadon model contains a multitude of versatile parts and amazing details. If you’re looking to build your own Stegadon, refer to this stage-by-stage guide and parts diagram. Temple Guard Assembly and Painting The immovable guardians of the Slann Mage-Priests, the Temple Guard are the elite of the Saurus. In this article we demonstrate how to build and paint these unwavering Lizardmen. Sample Armies and Tactics With so much variety in the Lizardmen army book, there are a number of approaches a Lizardmen General can take. Join us as we look at several different types of Lizardmen army and explore tactics for each. Getting Started with Lizardmen The Lizardmen are relentless warriors who exist solely to further the Great Plan of the Old Ones. Read this introduction to the Lizardmen for advice on how to get started with your own Lizardmen collection.

40K: Plastic Imperial Guard Valkyrie

 

New plastic Imperial Guard Valkyrie out on the web, thanks to Plastic Legions for the Photo!

40K: New Imperial Guard Rumors

It does look like we are going to see a new codex for Imerial Guard in the next few months. Below is a collection of Guard rumors. Thanks to Styx from Boot Camp for the information.

Release Rumoured to be 2 May 2009.

Rumoured to include at least 2 waves of releases. It is unclear when the second wave will appear. Rules Judging from the release schedule, it is pretty much confirmed that Primaris Psykers will make a return. Their rules can only be speculated on as yet.

There is rumoured to be a new commander type that allows some type of bombardment. The green of a Commissar Lord was seen some time ago, and it is rumoured to have rules in the new Codex. There has also been rumoured to be an Inquisitor and Retinue entry as an HQ choice, which would supposedly appear much like the elites from the current Daemon Hunters/Witch Hunters books.

The assumption has been made based on the WIP Stormtrooper mini that Stormtroopers will be able to take shotguns Sniper Squads can supposedly infiltrate, get stealth, range finders and all models in the squad have sniper rifles and BS 4.

Veteran squads are rumoured to become upgrades to platoons rather than Elites choices.

Platoons will supposedly benefit from various special rules which only work if the Platoon command squad is alive and within 12” of the rest of the platoon.

One such special rule is rumoured to be called “Platoon Drill” or something similar, and grants the ability to ignore any other squad within the Platoon for the purposes of determining the enemy’s cover save. What this means is that the Guard squads will get a cover save when being shot at through a squad in the same Platoon, but their enemy will not get one when the squad shoots back.

Platoons have been rumoured to have a great number of options available to them including attaching various support vehicles like sentinels, hellhounds and demolishers. They still take up a FOC spot, but become part of the platoon and so will benefit from the Platoon Drill rule.

Doctrines have supposedly been replaced by Platoons with more options, so for example, rather than Armoured fist squads a player would 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.

This system would allow “crusade” style armies of multiple regiments.

Different kinds of Sentinel will be available with different weapon options. Some will be able to Scout, whilst others will have heavy weapons like Plasma Cannons.

The Valkyrie will be included, possibly as a transport for Stormtroopers, but will most likely be a skimmer (possibly fast) and is rumoured to allow embarked troops to deploy after deep striking.

Ogryns have been rumoured to be T5 with a 4+ save and Feel No Pain.

There are rumoured to be 21 “variants” of tank in the new Codex. It is unclear what exactly constitutes a variant though. It has been rumoured that at least one old style of artillary tank, possibly the Griffon, will make a return. It is also rumoured that IG tanks will get a special rule allowing them to fire sponson weapons as though they were Defensive weapons. Opinion is still up in the air on the veracity of this one.

The Leman Russ can be bought as a squadron so you can get 3 for a single FOC. It is also rumoured to get a drop in front armour to 13.

It has been pretty much universally stated that the Baneblade is NOT in the new codex.

Minis First Wave rumoured to be as follows (US$):
IG Codex $25
IG Primaris Psyker $15
IG Ratling Snipers $20
IG Sentinel $25
IG Cadian Command Squad $25
IG Catachan Command Squad $25
IG Valkyrie $50
IG Cadian Shock Troops $22
IG Catachan Jungle Fighters $22

New Ratlings have supposedly been spotted and have cloaks and hoods.
The new Sentinel box is rumoured to have all Heavy Weapon options including at least a Plasma Cannon in the box.
The contents of the Command Squads are as yet unknown. Some say the Valkyrie will include bits to make a Vulture as well. This is far from confirmed and could just be wish-listing repeated as rumour.

The Cadian and Catachan Boxes are most likely 10 man sets with a heavy weapon included. Nothing has been said about whether the box will include multiple heavy weapon options, or if individual heavy weapons sets will be withdrawn.

The Catachans are rumoured to be a slight improvement in sculpt more in line with the recent Heavy Weapons team than their original incarnation.

Plastic Roughriders in the Cadian style have been rumoured. Little has been said about these, so they would be 2nd wave at the very least.

CAD drawings of some tanks have been spotted but it is not clear if these are simply concepts or if they are in production. It has been rumoured that the new Leman Russ kit will allow plastic demolishers and a 3rd variant. They don’t seem to be included in the first wave either way.

A WIP Stormtrooper with shotgun (assumed to be Plastic) has been seen. It is unclear when or if this will be released but it doesn’t appear to be in the first wave.

There have been rumours of Greatcoat plastics for some time, but these have been consistently shot down by those “in the know”. It seems quite a few GW managers are reporting that plastic Greatcoats are in the pipeline, possibly even as soon as 2nd wave. They will supposedly make Steel Legion, Kreig, and/or Valhallans, which some people believe to be a sign the rumour is untrue, as the look of those regiments would need to be drastically altered to create them all from one kit.

Regardless of whether or not they are being developed, it is safe to say they will not be seen during the initial release.

40K: Shadowsword and Ork Stompa Video

40K: Advance Orders Ork Stompa

Be the first one on your block to own one of these for $95

Ork Stompa 

When a mere dreadnought just isn’t stompy enough, a Mek feels the urge to build a stompa. As big as a Battle Fortress, a Stompa is a walking, shooting, roaring idol of Gork. It has a crew of several Orks aided by dozens of Grot riggers, runners and assistants. A Stompa usually mounts two or three enormous guns as well as some form of oversized claw or whirring blade for chewing up enemy tanks and titans in close combat.

This box set contains one large multi-part plastic Ork Stompa. This massive kit has over 230 components, comes with a myriad of weapon, and can be modelled in a number of different ways.