Signals from the Frontline: Warhammer 40k and General Gaming News, Rumors, Tactics and Comedy!

Show Notes

2-7-15

Intro

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News

• HiTech shows off some new minis.

• All kinds of cool new Forge World minis coming out!

• Privateer Press shows off the Gatorman Sacral Vault war engine, which looks pretty slick. They also show off a video of new product, including upcoming Colossals.

• Malifaux Previews some new models.

• Draconic Awards at the LVO! Check out the cool video on the FLG frontpage.
• LVO T-Shirts are up for sale and going pretty fast, we’ve already sold almost 25% of the inventory, so grab one soon if you want to be sure to get one.
• Warmachine is almost sold out for the LVO, be sure to grab a ticket soon if you’re thinking about playing.
• Vermintide announced, a new Fantasy video game.

• GW release a Harlie video, too!

 

Upcoming ITC Events

•  The Last Chance Practice ITC tournament up at Great Escape games is sold out with 36 players, wow! Have fun at that one, everyone.
• The Broadside Bash at KingdomCon is now an ITC event! be sure to check that one out if you will be in SoCal, it’s a long running event run by great guys.

Rumors: The Rumor Section is gathered from the web and is not in any way information we receive from  any manufacturer nor is it necessarily accurate. This section of the podcast is intended for entertainment purposes only.

•  New Death jester and the Star Weaver ship rumored to be coming out for Harlies in the next week or so.
• Rumored rules for the Starweavers:
  • WS5 BS4 T4 W2 I6 Sv4+
    100pts gets you 2 skyweavers and you may take up to 4 more. 
    any model can replace the star bolas-12″S6 AP2 blast 1/use only but in addition to bikes guns, with a zephyrglaive-S+1/User AP2/3 Melee.  first numbers are for the round they charge
    

    any jetbike can replace the shuriken cannon with a Haywire Cannon 24″S4 AP4 blast haywire
    

    Wargear, each one comes with a Holo-suit, star bolas, mirage launchers-1/game 4++vs shooting, and a skyweaver jetbike
    

    fear, furious charge, and hit and run are the special rules.

• A Harlie painting guide rumored to be coming out.
• Rumors of new Khorne Berzerkers, Juggernauts and a Khorne Chaos Lord coming out in March.

Rant Session

Tactics Corner

• Using Zandrehk and Allies that count as enemy units to steal USRs. Thanks to Jon Rose for pointing that one out.

Rules Lawyer

• Marker Lights function as normal vs. Invis units even with the ITC changes.
• The new Necron book and the old Necron are mutually exclusive, if you use 1, you cannot use any aspect of the other.
• You do not have to rebase your army! We won’t force that. You can go 25mm or 32mm per your discretion.
• Caoptek Harvest Formation is 1 Spyder, not a unit of Spyders.

Completed Commissions

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List Review

Looking to make a TAC list

 

2k points Blood Angels CAD or BSF

 

Sanguinary priest (warlord)

-bike

-veritas vitae

-valour’s edge

-combi grav

 

Sanguinary priest

-bike

-lightning claw

-combi grav

 

10 death company

-fist, hammer

-jump packs

-lemartes

 

5 tacs x2

-Jesus gun razorback with dozer and stormbolter x2

 

Baal predator x2

-heavy bolters x2

-dozer x2

 

Sicaran

-heavy bolters

-dozer

-LoG: battle of Sarosh

 

8 bikers x2

-2 grav x2

-sergeant with combi grav x2

 

5 assault marines

-2 melta

-sarge with akimbo inferno pistols

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