The 7th Edition CSM IG Breakup

*Editor's Note: The following is satire and in no way to be taken seriously by anyone, especially Games Workshop's blood sucking attorneys, especially especially that guy who thought it'd be a good idea to sue the author of the kid's book Space Marine. The only way to react to bad new is with humor*

Dateline: The Milky Way Galaxy; the 41st Millenium

After two years of wedded bliss, the Chaos Space Marines Codex and Imperial Guard Codex are breaking up. In a couple known throughout the internetz as "traitor guard," 40k players everywhere once rejoiced by fielding professionally trained and well-armed unit of basic human followers of the Gods of the Warp.

The story was broken by the new 40k 7th Edition allies chart, which revealed that the IG Codex and CSM Codex would only be seeing each other "come the apocalypse." For Imperial Guardsmen and their commanders, there was much rejoicing. Lord Commissar Markus Xerius said of the events "This is great news! I can retire now, knowing that only the Adeptus Astartes and common citizens [cultists] can fall to the temptations of the Warp. GW has decided all guardsmen are immune to corruption and would never serve the dark gods."

Korodus Etogaur, a leader in the Ashen Veil, a professional military unit based on the Sanguinary Worlds' Blood Pact, and dedicated to the Chaos god Khorne, was saddened by the news "We've been fighting with this group of Berzerkers for a couple years now. They really knew how to get shit done, know what I mean? Now GW says we have to abide by a restraining order and stay 12" from them? I just don't get it. Didn't Matt Ward read his Dan Abnett?"

Some Internet pundits have suggested that this breakup is indicative of GW's plans to introduce a Traitor Guard codex supplement. Other expert tea-leaf readers claim that because Forge World already has such as list (Vraks Renegades), that this imaginary GW product will probably be released "come the apocalypse."

40k players who have invested conversion time, money, and paint to create their traitor guard forces expressed outrage at the news. Many are looking to Forgeworld, commonly viewed as the more caring and resin-y side of GW by the 40k community, to update their Vraks Renegades list for 7th edition.

Sources inside GW claim the breakup was engineered by Matt Ward, ostensibly because one time his Ultramarines/Grey Knight Mary Sue Brofist army got "WTFPWND" by a Traitor Guard force with an allied Heldrake during early play testing.

In related news, the CSM Codex has recently been seen at a fondue restaurant with the NewCron Codex. While Necrons once considered the powers of the warp to be their anathema, clearly no fluff is too sacred or too good for GW to retcon away.

WIP terrain and cultists

I was digging around my parents' house last weekend and found my old Mordheim buildings. I've removed them from their old bases and put them on some MDF. Soon I'll have a destroyed village to go with my Arborian themed gaming table.

Also, progress on the cultists goes well. I have enough models for 2 35-man squads.

Thoughts on a Chaos Cultist Army

Color scheme for my traitor guard: crimson robes with bronze armor.

Being Sunday, its an appropriate time to talk about my upcoming investment in a Chaos Army.

I already have enough models to field a 1000 point traitor guard force
-3 Chimera
-2 Russ Variants
-60 Infantry, with a mixture of GW Cadians and Wargames Foundry Shock Troops. Heads are Fallen Legionaries from Maxmini.

As far as a background justification for IG allies, I'd like to point out the difference in the Gaunts Ghosts books between fanatical  and organized Cutlist groups like the Infardi versus the military professionalism of the Blood Pact and Sons of Sek. I can easily see the IG rules reflecting the better equipment and training of the Blood Pact, while Cultists from the Chaos Codex reflecting the more religious members of a Chaos Lord's forces.

So my army could consist of the following:

Chaos: Primary Force

-1 Chaos HQ

-2+ Chaos Cultist Squads

IG: Allies

-Primaris Pskyer

-Psyker Battle Squad

-Infantry Platoon

TRAITORS!!!!!!

Finally. Pictures of the new plastic Chaos Cultists in the starter set.

For a decade, ever since I read my first Dan Abnett book First and Only, I've wanted to make a non-marine traitor force to face off against my loyal Imperial Guardsmen. No longer will my loyal IG forces be forced to play the roll of "Traitor Guard" and ally with CSM. I can field my OWN chaos force, filled with nameless hordes of expendable infantry.