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Hi I am currently intersted in a deathwatch army and I am looking for any pictures for inspiration. I can recall a white dwarf issue with a death watch army featured in it along side a dark angels army that was used in a tourniment. If any knows of the issue this was featured in or has the issue could you either scan a picture or let me know the issue number

 

Cheers in advance

 

Jim

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Just a few of the resources I have collected for a writing project I am undertaking:

 

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Deathwatch

http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Deathwatch

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...hensive+History

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...showarticle=193

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...p;hl=Deathwatch

http://www.borsoft.net/ilbastione/download/gw/deathwatch.pdf

http://www.ehow.com/list_6828818_rules-40k-deathwatch.html

http://www.search.com/reference/Deathwatch...rhammer_40,000)

 

Ihave more but I do not know specifically what you are loking to do compared to I have. PM is available if you need or want more. There really isn't terribly much as GW and the BL are much more consumed with the UltraSmurfs. Just sayin'.

 

ETA: Though there is a reference in one of the BL novels about a sizable force of DW Marines, I have my own misgivings on the concept of a DW Army. The Inquisition wouldn't place somany of such a specialized asset in a single deployment. If they get overwhelmed and wiped out,the Imperium would be hard pressed to refill the void left. The way I see it, They perform a specific and highly specialized mission and as the elite of the elite, they are deployed as such. Like the current Alpha Teams of the US Special Forces or SEAL Teams, units are small to minimize their discovery/detection during insertion and while on mission. A whole Army of DW just goes against the grain fo the few facts existing. If such a large elite force is required for a given instance, it would seem more logical that the Inquisition would deploy the Grey Knights to better fulfill that function.

 

They have no Astartes-like force organization. The DW Force organization centers on Kill-Teams to back my theory. Just sayin'.

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@growler67. Thanx for all the links I will have a good look thru them when I have my laptop up and running but thanx :-) and also I agree with what you said how they would only use small elite squads to achieve spacific goals. I am thinking maybe now of just incorporating one squad within my army and field them as sternguard. Thanx again

 

Jim

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I am massively into the Deathwatch right now, and suggest purchasing the Rpg rulebook even if you have no intention of ever playing it.

I got mine last week, contains lots of info and i'm waiting on the supplement: Rites of battle to come through the post.

 

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Printed items on the DeathWatch that I have read are:

Warrior Brood by C.S. Goto

Warrior Coven by C.S. Goto

"Headhunter" by Steve Parker (a short in Heroes of the Space Marines)

The DeathWatch RPG Rulebook

I am reading the RPG expansion Rites of Battle. My writing project will hopefully be getting back onto it's wheels soon. Real Life things that arose unexpectedly are mostly under control.

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Printed items on the DeathWatch that I have read are:

Warrior Brood by C.S. Goto

Warrior Coven by C.S. Goto

"Headhunter" by Steve Parker (a short in Heroes of the Space Marines)

The DeathWatch RPG Rulebook

I am reading the RPG expansion Rites of Battle. My writing project will hopefully be getting back onto it's wheels soon. Real Life things that arose unexpectedly are mostly under control.

 

Are the C.S. Goto books any good? I've only heard bad things about him, but I'm interested in more reading about the Deathwatch also and want to know if those books are any good before I spend money on them.

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I would recommend going the used book route like I did via Amazon or looking around a used book store. The first one wasn't too bad. I actually liked it, Warrior Brood. As this was supposed to be a "Trilogy" it falls one book short. He does get caught up in detailed descriptions of the setting. Though not a bad thing in general, the level of depth he goes to is probably why the books have the length they do. Even combined with the second book, there really isn't much actual story content for a single, much less a trilogy. The second book, Warrior Coven, was i bit more mechanical in style. It seemed like he was trying WAY too hard to write it. Even if you don't get that feeling right away, you certainly will by the time you get half way through it. I discovered that the DeathWatch wasn't the foundational element of his stories. His infatuation with the Inquisitor character "Perceptia" makes it appear as though the author waswriting a Sci-Fi story to impress or honor someone heknows or knew. Just a WAG.

 

The overhanded style becomes most evident as he explores the avenue of political intrigue. He is very skilled at describing settings and adding to ones imagination prowess in envisioning the actions he describes. However, he lacks the skill to raise drama through intrigue though he does put through a mighty effort. The last third of the second book was almost painful to read.

 

My main disappointment with the series was the discovery that the DeathWatch wasn't the foundation as much as "The Inquisition" was. Worht a read through if you can borrow it or get it on the cheap. Certainly not much for one who collects. I purposely wrote this reply so as not to give away anything. If you wish to know more I can be reached through PM and I will tell you as much as you want to know about the two books. I wish not to spoil anything for those who may want to read them and fid out for themselves.

 

There is a little in the way of background on the DW.......a very little. There are some good parts and I think if maybe he had more time or outlined the story in a better way it might've been better. Perhaps he got caught up in doing the DoW series - which I hear and have read was not very good either.

 

Overall rating: Okay.

Scale: Waste of time - Terrible - Bad - Pretty bad - Okay - Good - Excellent - MUST OWN

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I read 'Warrior Brood' and wasn't impressed enough to buy the second Goto Deathwatch book. There were some reasonably well described fights with Tyranids but I didn't think much of the plot and there was relatively little DW background info.

 

Dan Abnett's description of Deathwatch marines in the Eisenhorn trilogy was brief but well written. He describes a planetary assault on an alien facility with about 60 Deathwatch (a command team plus multiple kill teams assigned to Inquisitors and their retinues), and hundreds of IG.

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