NOVA, Forge World and Rules.

[britishbill]

Folks, this will be quick, it appears that NOVA will allow some limited FW models but the question then becomes the rules.

The models that are of most interest are the Malanthrope, the Dimachaeron and the Barbed Heirodule. In the 'Where are the Rules' post on this forum it appears that these are available in the Imperial Armour Volume 4, SECOND EDITION. The latter being important having just acquired a copy off of E-Bay which was first edition and finding the Malanthropes rules a little different to what I was expecting. That's $50 down the drain.

The only place I can see to get these rules is to buy a new book from Forge World, currently 36 UK pounds plus postage, there seem to be no downloads of these anywhere available that would allow you to demonstrate you have acquired a valid set of the rules. Is everybody else who is using any of these models in possession of a copy of this book or is there another way to honestly acquire these rules.

Thanks.

[gigasnail]

google image search.

[britishbill]

Thanks, that worked. Only issue will then be if that is allowed in NOVA without an official document. Meanwhile I can start trying the Malanthrope out in various builds before then.

[gigasnail]

you'd need to ask them. sometimes it'll fly, sometimes it won't.

[azazel70820]

I would just buy the book. Then you never have to worry if they take it or not.

[gigasnail]

if it were anything else, i'd scoff and giggle. but IA4v2 and IA13 are both beautiful and worth owning on their own. seriously.

[FTGT-BeeCee]

^Truth.

plus then you will know the sheer joy of the fact that the FW book is like 30% bigger than a codex. Shelf space must be adjusted!!

[novastar]

Use the customer protection and tell eBay the wrong book was advertised

[tylertt]

I got mine a few months ago and it is by far the highest quality 40k book I own. Well worth dishing out for.

[FTGTEvan]

BTW, Barbed Heirodule is out: whiskey40k.blogspot.com/2015/01/army-construction-narrowing-40k-gt-army.html

No Superheavies/Gargantuan LoW

[mattblowers]

Jan 27, 2015 20:14:32 GMT FTGTEvan said:

BTW, Barbed Heirodule is out: whiskey40k.blogspot.com/2015/01/army-construction-narrowing-40k-gt-army.html

No Superheavies/Gargantuan LoW

IK are superheavies. They out too?

[N.I.B.]

Looks like IK are in, except Adamantium lance.

[FTGTEvan]

Yeah, as a codex unto themselves, and technically not LoW, they're still in.

[mattblowers]

But they are a superheavy. The ban on LoW when they are made up of a lot of named HQs while still allowing WKs, Riptides, and Invisibility/2++ rerollable pyshic powers seems arbitrary and capricious. I wonder if the Tranny-C'Tan is still banned now that it's been nerfed to oblivion. The article on your blog about the win % of IKs is really eye-opening. The massive upsurge for Tyranids certainly points to GWs new release practices to be working.

[FTGTEvan]

The non-superheavy LoW are still allowed. Tranny C'Tan is no longer gargantuan/LoW, so he would be allowed. I believe he is a Heavy Support option now.

I agree in that I feel like leaving Knights as the only superheavy feels a little off, but at the same time, banning an entire codex is potentially more troubling as a precedent.