Socaddict wrote:BoLS has some new sutff.

not sure about them wings, what do u guys think?

I think its 1 of them minis you need to see in person.. you should get your black box through soon? you'll have to build 1 up n see or you could post em to me n i'll let you know

yes we will hopefully. we dont get everything, why Im not sure, so fingers crossed.

The guy with the chalice in the first picture seams to be thrusting his non-existant crotch at the enemy.
New Blood Angels battle cry: "I DON'T HAVE ANY BALLS"

Maybe it's cold. A visual corollary to the idom: "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey".

I was able to review the black box contents yesterday. I actually really like the Sanguinary Guard (the guys in gold armour with wings on their jump packs) models. Even the Assault Squad models are quite well done. The codex itself looks interesting. I think that BA players are going to have a hard time deciding what they are going to put in their armies. IIRC, there are 7 HQ choices, 6 or so Elite choices (including the Furioso Librarian Dreadnought), 4 Troops choices (including Death Company which can reach 30-men in a unit), Fast attack holds the Baal Predator (which has Scout and can carry a Flamestorm cannon), and Heavy Support includes the Stormraven which can carry up to (12 Infantry or 6 Jump Infantry) AND a Dreadnought. Land Raider variants (LR, Crusader, and Redeemer) can't be taken as Heavy Support, they are Dedicated Transports only, good thing that even Tactical Squads can select any Dedicated Transport option.

sounds interesting. more codex creep?

I hear lushness about a dreadwing being almost possible
Elite troop and heavy dreads.. and a bunch of deathcompany.. Sounds kind of sexy. (I only have 4 and a bit dreads at the mo though..need another 7 I think)

There's a whole load of stuff on this over on warseer

here's the bit about the stormraven ( gotta cost a lotta points )

Stormraven Gunship – Armour 12 all around, Skimmer, Fast, Assault Vehicle, Deep Strike.
Armed with twin-linked Assault Cannons, twin-linked Heavy Bolters and 4 Bloodstrike Missiles.
Ceremite Plating make is immune to Melta weapons' extra penetration due to being able to withstand atmospheric re-entry temperatures
Bloodstrike Missiles Range 72” S8 AP1 Heavy 1, One-shot
Transports up to 12 Marines (Jump Troops take up 2 slots) and up to 1 Dreadnought at the same time.
Transported Dreads take a single S4 hit on rear armour if the Stormraven explodes
Models can be deployed at any point of the move, even if it goes flat out but they must take a Dangerous Terrain test (Jump Pack Troops have a better chance of passing). Models deployed in this way cannot assault.
No fire points
4 access points (front, sides and top (?))
May replace Heavy Bolters with either twin-linked Multi-Melta or twin-linked Typhoon Launchers. May also take Hurricane Bolter sponsons.

Oh. My. God. Those models are gorgeous!! I am loving the wings!

~ Tim

A vote in favour of the models from me

wow. I think i just dribbled abit.

IIRC, the Stormraven is 200 points, base cost. I don't remember the upgrade costs.

whats this stormraven, a mini thunderhawk?

Think of it as a mix of a Thunderhawk and a Valkyrie. fluffwise, it is a smaller, more maneuverable and agile transport than the Thunderhawk. There aren't any pictures of the model, so I don't know how much it will look like the Thunderhawk.