Codex Supplement: Black Templars & New Ancient

[Kilamandaros]

 

 

Leaked review of the codex (seems legit but take with some salt as he doesn't seem that familiar with the current rules and is only showing the current stat blocks as a comparison so could be making mistakes on what has changed).

 

If accurate then the transport detachment looks great and very thematic, definitely my pick of the 3

[zarkkarn]

Latest warcom article has a tease of more models, what do we think this is? Something bt exclusive or just assault termies on the horizon?

 

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/expqztky/black-templars-painted-by-a-hand-that-designed-them-the-emperor-approves/

 

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Now that they are done, I can move on to our next batch of new miniatures – a great big box of [REDACTED]. They’ll definitely give [REDACTED] fans a piece of [REACTED] for the next [REDACTED]. I hope you’re looking forward to it!

 

Edited yesterday at 03:19 AM by Brother Tyler
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[redmapa]

Theres always gonna be new miniaures so I wouldnt read too much on it beyond it being a cheeky joke about upcoming projects.

[Marshal Reinhard]

15 minutes ago, zarkkarn said:

Latest warcom article has a tease of more models, what do we think this is? Something bt exclusive or just assault termies on the horizon?

 

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/expqztky/black-templars-painted-by-a-hand-that-designed-them-the-emperor-approves/

 

 

The one redacted followed immediately by "fans" throws everything it could be for a loop. If it were a real sentence he said which then had the words redacted (as opposed to just a gimmicky sentence constructed with redacteds at the outset), it would presumably not be for BT fans, as he would change gears and mention a completely different group than what he had hitherto been discussing.

[Lord Nord in Gravis Armour]

Now that they are done, I can move on to our next batch of new miniatures – a great big box of [PLASTICIZED CRACK]. They’ll definitely give [ADDICTED] fans a piece of [FOMO / ENVY / BUYER'S REMORSE] for the next [FISCAL QUARTER]. 

 

You're welcome.

[HeadlessCross]

The supposed leaked rules are very whelming. 

[Blindhamster]

They look pretty good to me tbh

[Orange Knight]

Plenty from the book looks good to me. I don't think we should pass judgement until we've seen everything in action. 

I'm impressed with how thematic some of the detachments and rules are. I'm hoping GW improve how armies reflect the lore going forward. 

[Emperor Ming]

Templars are bottomish, so I would have been expecting decent point drops and decent buffs rather than sidegrades

[DemonGSides]

They pulled a lot of power out of named heroes which is always a positive in my opinion.

[Mmmmm Napalm]

I'm happy the sword brethren datasheet represents the fiction once again, with no squad leader in the form of a castellan. 

 

Unfortunately, the neophytes' shotguns and boltguns are still classified as "neophyte firearms." GW's insistence on the stupid "has to be included in the box or it's not a wargear option" being taken to the extreme of invalidating  an option included in an upgrade kit made just 4 years ago...

Edited 18 hours ago by Mmmmm Napalm

[redmapa]

16 hours ago, Emperor Ming said:

Templars are bottomish, so I would have been expecting decent point drops and decent buffs rather than sidegrades

 

Thats the history for this faction, sidegrades and fun is all you can expect. Personally Im quite happy with the rules, they seem very fun and thematic, it definitely opens up a lot of new list ideas and I cant wait to test them.

[HeadlessCross]

20 hours ago, Blindhamster said:

They look pretty good to me tbh

In what sense? The Ancient based detachment is frankly laughable and the Transport detachment is a worse version of what other armies received. 

 

You MIGHT use the Chappy one (and with the army rule change, the Grotmas detachment is at least now interesting), but this gonna be the same scenario as Dark Angels where you basically take a couple of your specific units (AKA Sword Brethren instead of Deathwing Knights) and play Gladius or Stormlance. 

[Antarius]

Or, hear me out, you might actually want to play the army because of what it is, rather than what people on the internet pretend is optimally efficient.

Army rules aren't supposed to be merely a delivery system for maximum damage output (or whatever the current meta says is the new hotness), they're also supposed to convey a certain character and atmosphere.

I mean, if I basically just wanted to do a lot of Excel sheets, I could get a job doing that.