Blindhamster Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 looks cool with a helmet! style matches one of the ones from the sanguinary guard set too, so easy to replicate :) I wish that text was clear enough for me to read though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHarrower Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Have any of the photos shown the Sanguinor? I don't recall seeing him... I've seen all of the current Special Characters except Sanguinor and Tycho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnightmare Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Would rather it have been Corbs :( we may end up with another Lemartes/Astorath situation. Still, new fluff ahoy :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LutherMax Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 looks cool with a helmet! style matches one of the ones from the sanguinary guard set too, so easy to replicate :) I wish that text was clear enough for me to read though... As soon as I saw it I knew I was going to put a helmet on - and swap the chalice for a gun :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesI Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Would rather it have been Corbs we may end up with another Lemartes/Astorath situation. Still, new fluff ahoy If its a new special character, I hope he's from a different chapter to avoid the Lemartes/Astorath situation again. looks cool with a helmet! style matches one of the ones from the sanguinary guard set too, so easy to replicate I wish that text was clear enough for me to read though... As soon as I saw it I knew I was going to put a helmet on - and swap the chalice for a gun I'll probably keep the chalice, but I am thinking Sanguinary Guard helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatOneMarshal Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Is it just me or does anyone else not sanguinary priest face it just looks not right I guess. Thankfully I can use any head I want for it I'm thinking either a mark 3 or mark 4 head from forgeworld. Do you think they might give the priest new rules for the chainsword maybe something like corbulos or something. Also I think it was a page back but the new tactical squad comes with combi weapon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqui Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 I saw a screenshot of a page in the Codex Blood Angel painting guide for a character called Donatos Aphael, who is Second Company's Captain. I hadn't heard of him before (but I'm not a BA expert ). There wasn't a profile for him, just background. Quite cool though Edit: wrong book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LutherMax Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Someone on Dakka pointed out this sang priest pic is from the painting guide, not the codex, so may be a named character in fluff only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebymster Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Hmm. Maybe the new Sanguinary Priest is a Special Character after all... http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vdiKy12mk1U/VIR5QzKZkxI/AAAAAAAABT8/ixJglka9lf8/s1600/10802039_300676310123144_4272973341133608718_n.jpg Oh great, my wallet had just convinced me that I don't need him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebymster Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Defo says power armour though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simison Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Well, my BA splurge has begun. I ordered the Deathstorm campaign supplement along with the mini-rulebook with the BA on the cover. Now I'm just waiting on those preorders. *sigh* If only there were more rumors to help time go faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricPaladin Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Well, my BA splurge has begun. I ordered the Deathstorm campaign supplement along with the mini-rulebook with the BA on the cover. Now I'm just waiting on those preorders. *sigh* If only there were more rumors to help time go faster. I know exactly what you mean... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricPaladin Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 You know, the problem with this new sanguinary priest is that he's insufficiently different from Corbs... which means that for me, someone who has been waiting to buy all the BA characters (except the ones I like anyway) until they get new sculpts, there will never be a reason to by Corbulo. If I want to, I'll run this guy as Corbs. If I don't, I'll run him as a normal sanguinary priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simison Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 He certainly is fancy enough for either. If I could afford him, I would probably use him as a sanguinary priest, but give him a cool backstory and turn him into my successor chapter's first high priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricPaladin Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 He certainly is fancy enough for either. If I could afford him, I would probably use him as a sanguinary priest, but give him a cool backstory and turn him into my successor chapter's first high priest. That's my plan as well, though I might run him using Corbulo's rules sometimes, depending on what those end up being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHarrower Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 You know, the problem with this new sanguinary priest is that he's insufficiently different from Corbs... which means that for me, someone who has been waiting to buy all the BA characters (except the ones I like anyway) until they get new sculpts, there will never be a reason to by Corbulo. If I want to, I'll run this guy as Corbs. If I don't, I'll run him as a normal sanguinary priest. I hear you. I have no idea why this isn't Corbulo. Makes no sense to me. They were obviously inspired by him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricPaladin Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Another thing I'm wondering about... So, looking at the preview of the data cards from White Dwarf, we can see two things: A Primaris power for the Sanguinary Discipline. A Blood Angels Tactical Objective card. What interests me about these two is that both of them are or can be related to challenges. The power, Quickening, gives a bonus to a nearby character, and the TOC grants a victory point if the Blood Angels player has issued a challenge this turn. This leads me to wonder if the Blood Angels will get any more mechanics related to challenges? It seems appropriate; personal heroism, Blood Angels champions boldly challenging enemy leaders to single combat. With the names of some of TOCs revealed - things like Purity Through Bloodshed and Noble Self-Sacrifice - I wonder if the Blood Angels might not even be able to gain victory points by losing challenges! This would take the idea of bold, aggressive marines who fight with the knowledge that they are already dying from their cursed gene-seed to a whole other level! It's also interesting that nobody has yet noted that the White Dwarf spoils the name of several other powers in the Sanguinary Discipline. Although we don't know what they do yet, we do know that the Sanguinary Discipline will include powers called Unleash Rage and Wings of Sanguinius. The text in the White Dwarf refers to these as "iconic powers," which implies that they do more or less the same thing as their previous incarnations. I guess nobody really is reading White Dwarf anymore... Additionally, there's also some copy - I can't remember where I saw it - that describes the Blood Angels psychic powers as divided between their bestial and noble natures, with some powers that unleash their fury to destroy and others that harness their compassion to protect. Let's look at what we know: We've got Quickening, a combat enhancement (and, I suspect, a stand-in for the old power Might of Heroes, which it resembles) We'll have Unleash Rage, also a combat enhancement (though there's no guarantee that it will behave similarly to the old version). We'll have Wings of Sanguinius, a movement power. So, if the copy I referred to above - and I can't find it, so take it with a grain of salt - is accurate, I expect that the remaining four powers will include at least two or three defensive/healing powers (the noble aspect) and another one or two offensive powers (continuing to represent the bestial rage-filled aspect). My current guesses... We will see a return of Shield of Sanguinius (perhaps with radically new rules and a new name) and at least one new beneficent power, perhaps something that restores lost Wounds or improves morale or something. We will see at least one, maybe two, shooting attack style powers. I think Blood Lance (again, probably with a new name) is the most likely, since Smite is now a Biomancy power and Blood Boil strongly resembles Hemorrhage. That leaves the question of whether or not we will keep the third theme in the old Blood Angels psychic powers, the fear/horror angle. Will we see a return of power(s) that resemble Fear of the Darkness and Shackle Soul? No idea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebymster Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 I wonder if they might not say: "Mephi's powers are- WoS, unleash rage, and (a big, shwiety sword one) he does not roll for his powers. " Obvs longing for the good ol' days... But it could happen!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricPaladin Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 I wonder if they might not say: "Mephi's powers are- WoS, unleash rage, and (a big, shwiety sword one) he does not roll for his powers. " Obvs longing for the good ol' days... But it could happen!? Don't forget that if all his powers come from the Sanguinary Discipline, he gets Quickening for free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverson Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 And do I remember correctly that 3 of our powers are we 2? I wonder what powers are wc1 and which are wc2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simison Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 I'm hoping Wings is only WC 1. Depending on what Unleash Rage does it is probably only WC 1 (say if it only gave the Rage USR), but could be 2, if potent enough (Rage + extra Attack + Rending). I can remember 3 of the older powers off the top of my head. Blood Lance, the Fear power, and the Shield (my libby dread's fav). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorre Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 I wouldn't mind wings being 2wc if it had a nice movement buff on an entire squad. If it only effects the one model 1wc would be fair! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorre Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Looks like day on day 8 the black library have release 6 new Blood Angel Short stories! Some of them look ok..... Do I risk another swallow short story tho! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simison Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Did it say what the stories would be about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHarrower Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Not exactly rumor related, but I had to repost. Some dude on Dakka posted asking if 30 Death Company with dual Thunder Hammers was still a viable unit. More amazingly, he posted a pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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