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| by Danny Internets | January 14th, 2010 - 4:15 pm
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Games Workshop, in its infinite wisdom, has decided not to release a Mycetic Spore model along with the new Tyranid codex despite obviously strong demand. The option to take this model as a delivery system is a no-brainer for certain units and represents a game-changing options for an army that has not traditionally been able to make good use of reserves. As such, not having an official model to represent the unit poses a problem.
Fortunately, Black Matt over at the Black Legion Blog provides a cheap and effective custom Mycetic Spore model. Standing 5.5″ tall, these models are approximately the same dimensions as the Space Marine drop pod. Each is hand-made and textured and, as I can attest to personally, looks great in person.
Be sure to click the pictures to get a better look and head on over to the Black Legion Blog to pick some up!
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| by Danny Internets | January 13th, 2010 - 8:50 am
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ARTICLE UPDATE:
On January 20th, a new version of the Space Wolves FAQ was released that reversed the ruling made regarding the combination of counter-attack and furious charge. The reversal now concludes definitively that the counter-attack does NOT trigger the bonuses associated with the furious charge universal special rule.
Presumably, this was done because of the unanticipated side effects that the ruling would have both for Tervigon swarms and IG Straken infantry blobs. It’s a good ruling that’s consistent with how most people play the game and settles the issue once and for all. I’ve decided to leave the article up because the Tervigon mathhammering is still applicable, and because the unit remains the premiere selection in the codex.
On the eve of the 5th edition Tyranid codex release, it looks like GW is poised to drop their third top-notch quality codex in a row. While I don’t think the Tyranid book will throw them into the same competitive level as IG and Space Wolves, anything that improves upon the crapfest that is their current army is a giant leap in the right direction.
A few weeks ago, a scanned copy of the new codex leaked from stores in Germany and perhaps the first stand-out unit apparent to everyone was the Tervigon. In addition to being an affordable monstrous creature that can count as Troops and spawn new units, the Tervigon also serves as a potent force multiplier for all nearby Termagaunt units. With the appropriate loadout, these beasts are giving counter-attack, synapse, Ld10, furious charge, and poisoned attacks to an infinite number of critters, albeit within a small radius. Sounds good? Yes, it does. But that’s not the half of it.
Last week, GW released an extremely comprehensive FAQ for their last codex release, the Space Wolves. In it they included the following gem:
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