Reading 7th Edition - Missions

Nick speaking, OK, lets get straight to this, the book starts off talking about preparing your army, which includes unbound and battle-forged armies, detachments, factions, formations and command benefits. No doubt that everyone already knows all about this new stuff already, as it has been the main hot topic everywhere. Personally, I never...

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Autarch ready for Awesome Paint Job!

Nick speaking, Getting to know fellow hobbyists either in real life or over the inter webs, is one thing I really love about our hobby, and finding fellow Eldar enthusiast 33claydog, was one of my best finds ever. Clayton is an awesome guy who lives in Queensland. He has been quite ill recently and has used this wonderful hobby of ours...

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Reading 7th Edition - Battlefield Terrain

Nick speaking, First, there is a clarification that the Citadel Real of Battle game board is classed as open terrain for gaming purposes. All tests for moving through terrain are as before, but it is now a simple minus two to your charge result when charging through terrain. Models in ruined buildings receive a 4+ cover save even if they...

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Reading 7th Edition - Characters

Nick speaking, The first thing I noticed on the Character pages is the lack of Precision Shots/Strikes, a quick flick to the special rules section tells me that the rule still exists, but there is nothing that indicates Characters have it. Never mind, I always forgot that rule anyway! Everything else is the same, even the Look out Sir roll... Now...

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Reading 7th Edition - Vehicles

Nick speaking, OK, the start of this section just goes over the basics, which is the same as always, but there is a note that a vehicle that immobilise's itself takes a hull point. It also notes that vehicles that have Psychic powers do so in the psychic phase as well. Moving and shooting vehicle is the same as before, with a note that...

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Next on the hobby desk!

Nick speaking, Next on the hobby desk is my Shadow Spectres, and I have to say that these guy's were pretty fiddly to assemble! At the same though, they are probably the most awesome looking minis I have ever made. I pinned the gun arms to make them easier to paint, and I am really looking forward to that, so lets do this! ...

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Tyranid Prime/Warrior Showcase!

Nick speaking, More painting done on my Stinger Hive Fleet, and this time it's my twelve Warriors and magnetised Tyranid Prime. I hope you like them... ...

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Reading 7th Edition - Unit types

Nick speaking, Unlike the move from 5th to 6th Edition, there isn't a huge change in this section, there is definitely a lot of copy and pasting going on in this book. Infantry, bikes and Jetbikes are exactly the same, with a note that they are Very Bulky. Jinks of course has changed, and you now get a 4+ Jinks save, but can only snap shot...

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Reading 7th Edition - The assault phase

Nick speaking, Right, the assault phase, and yes, Flying Monstrous Creatures cannot charge on the same turn they change flight modes! Next is charging through difficult terrain, you now minus two from your charge distance, which means a double one is an instant fail to charge through terrain. Also, if you charge a unit that has gone to...

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Reading 7th Edition - Weapons

Nick speaking, The first rule in the weapons section that is different is a new bombing run rule. This is for Flyers and Flying Monstrous Creatures, and is a once use only attack, it is done in the movement phase and you can only drop one bomb per turn. Dropping a bomb counts as shooting one weapon and you may not move flat out. You can...

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Reading 7th Edition - The shooting phase

Nick speaking, OK, so first of all, line of sight still exists, but you now shoot and resolve each weapon type in your unit separately. Most stuff here is the same as it was, including snap shot firing making you BS1. There is an out of range rule, where you can only kill what is in range, but it says that if you are shooting guns like...

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Reading 7th Edition - The psychic phase

Nick speaking, Right, lets have a look at this new 'magic' psychic phase! First of all, the book gives a basic run down on psykers and how they work, mastery levels etc. The first change is that if your psyker generates all of it's powers from the same discipline, they will get the primaris power for free. This is called 'psychic focus'...

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Reading 7th Edition - The movement phase

Nick speaking, Not too much to report in here. Everything is pretty much the same as it was before with the exception of a section about vertical movement, with models moving 3" across and 3" up if you throw a six for moving models up levels, you can be 6" apart between levels and maintain coherency and the usual 2" for everything else! ...

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Reading 7th Edition - The first few pages

Nick speaking, OK, so there are three books as we all know, I had a flick through the fluff and hobby books, and to be honest, that's about it for me. The main rule book is all I am really interested in, and although I still feels like I paid for more than I wanted, it is a delight to finally have a manageable sized rule book again! I started...

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Tyranid Defence Line!

Nick speaking, Look what I got from Micro Art Studio! This product looks awesome, and I can't wait to get it built and painted in my Stinger Hive Fleet colours... ...

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Magnetised Warrior to Tyranid Prime Conversion

Nick speaking, With Warriors making a big come back, not because they are better, but because they are needed more on the table for synapse. I thought it was about time I finally got my twelve Warriors painted! First though, I wanted to convert one of them up so that I could use it as a Tyranid Prime if needed... The first job was to...

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