3rd Edition Deathwatch Rules & Minis – 40k Retro
In today’s Warhammer 40k Flashback, we’re taking the time machine back to 2003 to check out the roots of the Deathwatch.
We are headed back to the 2003 Chapter Approves, 3rd Book of the Astronomicon, a 3rd edition white dwarf rules anthology. Take a look at the formative Deathwatch minis and rules.
Here we get the basics on the deathwatch, what equipment they carry and how to add a killteam to your army.
Here we see their unit entry, cost and equipment stats. This unit is the origin for the special issue ammo that later made it’s way to Sternguard, and let me tell back in 2003, the assault 3 18″ suspensor option on the Heavy Bolter was the bee’s knees! They weren’t cheap but you could only field a small squad so it didn’t break the army construction bank and added a lot of flavor to your force.
The Original deathwatch metal accessory sprues. This was it. You just bought a few of these sprues and added them to your existing plastic marines. Note the rules that your models MUST have the Deathwatch pauldron to count on the tabletop. No counts-as for the early Deathwatch.
To get even more Deathwatch love, take a look at this video of the rules from Spikeybits:
~ Who has some of these metal guys in thier collection?
