(40k) Chaos Space Marine rumors! (shamelessly reposted from elsewhere)

[the_trooper]

http://www.natfka.blogspot.com/2012/07/new-chaos-marine-codex-sent-to.html

FTA:  (well from the comments in the article from a rumor monger)

Release date – 1st September (7 weeks he said) and it is a hard back like the 8e WFB Army Books.
There is an Eye of the Gods esque table (Warriors of Chaos players will know what I am talking about) that you get to roll on whenever a character kills another character in a challenge, or a Walker or Monstrous Creature. There is a multitude of gifts (and curses) that your Characters can acquire which range from +1 Save, +1 Toughness, or becoming either a Spawn or a Daemon Prince!!!
Chaos Cultists are definetely in (but we all kinda know that already), as is the ‘Dragon’ – think Necron Night Scythe with the main chassis been replaced by a massive mechanical dragon head with segmented wings sweeping forward and around from it. On top of those there are also:

Dark Apostles – evil Chaplains basically
Warp Smiths – evil Techmarine that can curse vehicles and degrade terrain.
A new Daemon Engine – half way between a Dreadnought and a Defiler.
Speaking of Defilers as they are Daemons they have a 5+ Inv save.
‘Cult’ units are all Elites and are unlocked to Troops by appropriate HQ choices, but there are no Cult Terminators which makes me sad.
Obliterators are exclusively for shooting – so no powerfists. BUT there is a new unit which is basically a close combat Obliterator.
There are 2 types of Raptors now; regular CSM with Jump Packs, and then some kind of Possessed Daemonic Raptors that all come with Lightning Claws!
Possessed are meant to be amazing, and take a lot of benefits from the Eye of the Gods esque table.
There are NO Daemons in the Codex because that is what Allies are for.

That is all I can remember for now. Sorry I am VERY tired. But regardless I have to say I am excited to see the Codex in the flesh and get cracking on some themed lists with Allied Daemons or Guard (for a proper Lost and the Damned army).

http://natfka.blogspot.com/2012/07/new-chaos-rumors-are-here.html

FTA:

Defilers, Dark Apostles and Warp Smiths! We have new Chaos Space Marine rumors this morning. Warp Smiths can curse vehicles, defile terrain; while Eye of the God powers that grants special powers to characters that win challenges and can even turn you into a Daemon Prince!

There is a set of Chaos rumors that we were pointed to from the comment section here on Faeit 212. A huge thanks to readers who find these just about anywhere they are hiding.

The previous rumor found here... http://www.natfka.blogspot.com/2012/07/new-chaos-marine-codex-sent-to.html .... lists the Chaos Space Marine codex as already being shipped to the warhouses around the world. While September 1st sounds like it could be true, Its also very likely that August could still be the date. We shall find out shortly.

Please remember that these are rumors.

via Neil Kerr aka Skcuzzl at http://skcuzzlebumm.blogspot.com/
I was fortunate enough to have a nice long chat with a mate of mine this weekend who is very much in the loop when it comes to 40k, and he was kind enough to have a chat with me about the new Chaos Space Marine Codex!

So lets get to it:
Release date - 1st September (7 weeks he said) and it is a hard back like the 8e WFB Army Books.

There is an Eye of the Gods esque table (Warriors of Chaos players will know what I am talking about) that you get to roll on whenever a character kills another character in a challenge, or a Walker or Monstrous Creature. There is a multitude of gifts (and curses) that your Characters can acquire which range from +1 Save, +1 Toughness, or becoming either a Spawn or a Daemon Prince!!!

Chaos Cultists are definetely in (but we all kinda know that already), as is the 'Dragon' - think Necron Night Scythe with the main chassis been replaced by a massive mechanical dragon head with segmented wings sweeping forward and around from it. On top of those there are also:

Dark Apostles - evil Chaplains basically

Warp Smiths - evil Techmarine that can curse vehicles and degrade terrain.

A new Daemon Engine - half way between a Dreadnought and a Defiler.

Speaking of Defilers as they are Daemons they have a 5+ Inv save.

'Cult' units are all Elites and are unlocked to Troops by appropriate HQ choices, but there are no Cult Terminators which makes me sad.

Obliterators are exclusively for shooting - so no powerfists. BUT there is a new unit which is basically a close combat Obliterator.

There are 2 types of Raptors now; regular CSM with Jump Packs, and then some kind of Possessed Daemonic Raptors that all come with Lightning Claws!

Possessed are meant to be amazing, and take a lot of benefits from the Eye of the Gods esque table.

There are NO Daemons in the Codex because that is what Allies are for.

Interesting.  As a long time chaos player who "shifted allegience" from Chaos Undecided (with heavy Khorne influences) to Lost and the Damned and then to Death Guard, these rumors are interesting.

While they are rumors, it's fun to get excited about what sounds like what will be the next codex!  (Or at least a codex very very soon!)

Here is hoping they are just a little wrong and we end up with cult terminators. mmmMMmmmm cult terminators.  I find the god blessing / curse chart to be hilarious although Typhus as a spawn is only hilarious in a self defeating kind of way.

Please post more rumors here as you see em / find em as it would be fun to try and decipher what is next for the chosen of the gods.

[King of the Elves]

I hope after the Chaos codex they do Eldar

[Loranus]

As far as I know rumours say they are gunning for a release of something outside of models every month. This could be codexes expansions or other things of the like. CSM in September, Tyranids in October, Dark Angels in November, Expansion in December, and Eldar in January.

[Grand Master Steve]

its a shame there can not be cult termies. I love the conversions people do! This looks like It will bring back what chaos is supposed to be instead of Codex: Asteral Claws.

[Grand Master Steve]

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