Did the SW use MKIV Armor?

[Ulrik_Ironfist]

I have some marine from BaC and I was wondering if the rout ever made use of MKIV armor.

 

I want to reduce my Marine collection, so I was thinking of using my BaC marines to replace my Grey Hunters. 

[Hfran Morkai]

Yes they did. Specific mentions of it in FW's Inferno (Seeker squads particularly called out).

[Apower101]

Yes, seeker squads from the 8th Great Company are mentioned, as Morkai said.

Edited March 6, 2018 by Apower101

[Major_Gilbear]

Well, these are all MkIV, and Geigor Fell-Hand is in artificer MkIV, so the obvious answer is yes.

 

Also, pretty much all Legions used all amour from MkII - MkVI (albeit some Legions had preference for certain armour marks, whilst others may have had very limited access to MKVI), with the Loyalists at Terra in the final battle using MkVII. So again the obvious answer is yes.

 

Hope that helps? ;)

[Ulrik_Ironfist]

Excellent. I just need to pop off the heavy bolters and swap in those extra special weapons, so I can have grey hunters. Because they all have CCW’s. It also gives me good clean Marines to work with. And I don’t have to strip a ton of infantry.

 

As an aside, how would you suggest running the contemptor dreads? As venerables or as regular dreads? Since SW apparently can’t use non FW contemptors.

[Yoyo ninja]

Just have it as a relic contemptor dread and use the FW rules.

[Bloody Legionnaire]

Excellent. I just need to pop off the heavy bolters and swap in those extra special weapons, so I can have grey hunters. Because they all have CCW’s. It also gives me good clean Marines to work with. And I don’t have to strip a ton of infantry.

 

As an aside, how would you suggest running the contemptor dreads? As venerables or as regular dreads? Since SW apparently can’t use non FW contemptors.

 

Why would you want to use anything other than FW Contemptors? Both model and rules wise... 

[PeteySödes]

 

Excellent. I just need to pop off the heavy bolters and swap in those extra special weapons, so I can have grey hunters. Because they all have CCW’s. It also gives me good clean Marines to work with. And I don’t have to strip a ton of infantry.

 

As an aside, how would you suggest running the contemptor dreads? As venerables or as regular dreads? Since SW apparently can’t use non FW contemptors.

 

Why would you want to use anything other than FW Contemptors? Both model and rules wise... 

 

 

Cost and access I would imagine.

 

I would second the relic contemptor option as well. The relic keyword wouldn't be prohibitive in our army at all really and the plastic kit easily can be converted to relic status. I think its basically a foregone conclusion that we'll get them within the year too so you wouldn't be wasting effort.

 

Failing that though, I do think most reasonable players would allow the use of the standard contemptors in a friendly game. It doesn't ever hurt to ask!

[Ulrik_Ironfist]

 

 

Excellent. I just need to pop off the heavy bolters and swap in those extra special weapons, so I can have grey hunters. Because they all have CCW’s. It also gives me good clean Marines to work with. And I don’t have to strip a ton of infantry.

 

As an aside, how would you suggest running the contemptor dreads? As venerables or as regular dreads? Since SW apparently can’t use non FW contemptors.

 

Why would you want to use anything other than FW Contemptors? Both model and rules wise... 

 

 

Cost and access I would imagine.

 

I would second the relic contemptor option as well. The relic keyword wouldn't be prohibitive in our army at all really and the plastic kit easily can be converted to relic status. I think its basically a foregone conclusion that we'll get them within the year too so you wouldn't be wasting effort.

 

Failing that though, I do think most reasonable players would allow the use of the standard contemptors in a friendly game. It doesn't ever hurt to ask!

 

 

Well, BattleScribe is a bit screwed in how they did the IA index for Astartes, and barring me going in and adding all the FW stuff into the SW catalog, I wanted to make my life as easy as possible by using only the index.

[PeteySödes]

 

Well, BattleScribe is a bit screwed in how they did the IA index for Astartes, and barring me going in and adding all the FW stuff into the SW catalog, I wanted to make my life as easy as possible by using only the index.

 

 

Yea its a bummer, I regularly use a Lucius Pod and Battlescribe doesn't make it easy on me