Space Wolves and Eldar were the first two codex books. Collapsing them back in to Space Marines would be a bit weird. Especially now that they wolf like smurfs smurf.
Space Wolves and Eldar were the first two codex books. Collapsing them back in to Space Marines would be a bit weird. Especially now that they wolf like smurfs smurf.
OK, let me see about this 'exclusivity':
BT:
1. LR Crusader.
2. BP/CS Tac squads.
3. Neophytes in mobs up to 15.
4. Champion.
5. Erm, Helbrecht?
BA:
1. Fast vehicles.
2. Sang Priests.
3. Death Company.
4. Descent of Angels.
5. Black Rage.
6. Libby Dreads.
7. Sang Guard.
8. Baal Pred.
Space Wolves:
1. Grey Hunters.
2. Blood Claws.
3. Rune Priests.
4. Sagas.
5. Giant wolf riding marines.
6. Wulfen.
7. Acute Senses/Counter Attack.
8. No teleporting.
9. Wolf Guard leaders.
10. Wolf Scouts.
I can't arsed to do the same for DA, so now who is claiming BT are the most codex divergent chapter??? And I didn't even complete both lists for BA/SW???
I'M RATHER DEFINATELY SURE FEMALE SPACE MARINES DEFINERTLEY DON'T EXIST.
Just giving an answer to the statement Power Klawz made about seeing no sence in there been mulitpul marine codicies, I personally agree with you looking at it from a gaming perpective but then again GW have been running for a while now and make more money than I do so I couldn't comment on wether or not it is a bad bussiness model.
Why write a whole new codex for an army that can be represented with a few units in a codex?
ElectricPaladin Paints: http://tiny-plastic-dead.tumblr.com/
ElectricPaladin Writes: burningzeppelinexperience.blogspot.com
Nope. The BT Codex was printed before the CHS lawsuit, which narrowed GW's protected IP to only those things which were actually created, versus stuff which was simply lifted wholesale from historical or generic elements. The Maltese Cross dates back centuries and is not something GW can copyright, regardless of the color scheme they use.
In the wake of the CHS lawsuit, GW will not publish such generic items, because it invites legally-protected 3rd party competition over generic iconography.
Alright, so here's my question: how much of that existed before the 5th Edition updates for those chapters? How about Dark Angels from 4th to 6th? I mean I look at those lists and can take out at least half of it.
Now, I ask you: were Black Templars to get their own book what could be added to make them just as varied as those chapters?
They've ended a whole product line because they didn't like it. What is clearly bothering certain parties is their little plastic army men will no longer be little special snowflakes.