40k RUMORS: IG Rumblings: Part 3
Hi everybody,
Word on the wind this cold December morning says:
Codex
The Imperial Guard Codex is slated for release in the first week of May.
There is a new HQ choice referred to as a “Fleet Officer”. This fine chap gives you access to different types of orbital bombardments every turn. There are other officer “types” to select from that give other abilites including a Commissar Lord.
Models
New Commissar Lord is available as a new HQ choice with dual models.
Plastic Command Squads; Cadians and Catachans are said to both be getting plastic command squads.
Infantry Squad Recuts; Infantry boxes are rumored to be repackaged as 2 sprues containing eight guardsmen and a single heavy weapon team in each box; similar to what was done to the Eldar Guardian kits.
Plastic Stormtroopers are on the way.
Plastic Valkyrie is on the way. This is said to be a transport option for the Stormtroopers and possibly other select squads. Kits have been visually spotted. The Valkyrie will be interesting as it is said to be a skimmer only in the codex. The idea is that flyers never exist in “straight 40k” so the Valkyrie keeps its flyer/skimmer modes as published only in Apocalypse. Price is said to be £35/US$50, and the kit is fairly large (roughly Land Raider sized)
~Wow! Standard caveats apply as always folks, but something tells me the Marines and the Greenskins are going to get a run for their money come Spring. I’m particularly intrigued by the different officers for IG armies and their special abilities. That makes me wonder if they are going to use that mechanic to introduce different things like Artillery officer, Armoured officer, or the like to give the monolithic IG army some flavor if doctrines are removed???
