Dawn of War Codex

Astra Militarum

seeing this made me super happy (:

Oh wow, things... changed.

Edit: So, from what I've read, this is basically a Codex: Stormtroopers

that doesnt use the word Stormtroopers anymore for potential legal reasons?

Edit: Also the IG is now called Astra Militarum? urgs-

Orkfaeller wrote:Edit: Also the IG is now called Astra Militarum? urgs-

I'm not sure.
My friends think that Large transport(third pic) look like cash truck，but I really like the Large transport that Looks like a mixture of muscle and future technology.

Think the truck looks okey, depends on how big it is.

It just looks a bit unstable on those narrow tracks; but replacing them with like wheels, or making a halftrack should be farely easy.

Even though I don't play tabletop I'll admit these models look really cool.

i think the vehicle is basically this: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-4 ... E_KIT.html

this really looks like a combination of the arbites and shocktroops. not even sure if this is a full codex or not. is this a leak? i haven't seen an announcement from gw in my email yet.

Nuclear Arbitor wrote:is this a leak? i haven't seen an announcement from gw in my email yet.

Yes,this is a leak.

the vehicle seems to be another version of the rhino chassis. If IG is getting that it means they're moving forward with the lore by "banishing" the laws that prevented IG to have access to astartes gear (like power armor, rhinos, land raiders). That's a giant bummer for SM tho, since the lore says marines dont get IG stuff because they are built for normal sized humans so marines couldnt fit in a baneblade even if they had them

And yeah, it does look like a money truck lol

Bahamut wrote:the vehicle seems to be another version of the rhino chassis. If IG is getting that it means they're moving forward with the lore by "banishing" the laws that prevented IG to have access to astartes gear (like power armor, rhinos, land raiders).

If IG is moving forward with the lore,Is the SM also going to moving forward with the lore?

Orkfaeller wrote:replacing them with like wheels

Coincidentally my friend said the same thing .
And I have a question.
How long will it take to make a model（money truck） by 3Dmax?

realmissyou wrote:

Bahamut wrote:the vehicle seems to be another version of the rhino chassis. If IG is getting that it means they're moving forward with the lore by "banishing" the laws that prevented IG to have access to astartes gear (like power armor, rhinos, land raiders).

If IG is moving forward with the lore,Is the SM also going to moving forward with the lore?

Doubt it - not for a few years at least. Last Codex for SM came out just a while ago (6th ed). So it'll be awhile before you see some lore change for 'em.

the red corsairs guy, luft huron or whatever, actually stuck marines in BBs because he had so few of them in the badab war

realmissyou wrote:

Orkfaeller wrote:replacing them with like wheels

Coincidentally my friend said the same thing .
And I have a question.
How long will it take to make a model（money truck） by 3Dmax?

depends on the amount of detail and how experienced you are

realmissyou wrote:

Bahamut wrote:the vehicle seems to be another version of the rhino chassis. If IG is getting that it means they're moving forward with the lore by "banishing" the laws that prevented IG to have access to astartes gear (like power armor, rhinos, land raiders).

If IG is moving forward with the lore,Is the SM also going to moving forward with the lore?

Considering stuff like the Centurions I'd have said SM is shooting their own foot with the lore.

Orkfaeller wrote:Considering stuff like the Centurions I'd have said SM is shooting their own foot with the lore.

If I understand your idea without wrong,I think that the SM is limited by their own lore?

Nuclear Arbitor wrote:depends on the amount of detail and how experienced you are

I have no experiments about 3Ds max I'm just a coder in university.I had learn java.C++ and Flash.But now I have full of enthusiasm about creat a model(that cash truck). can you give some advice about how to creat a DOW2 model by 3ds max or give some web-links about creat a DOW2 model by 3ds max

realmissyou wrote:

Nuclear Arbitor wrote:depends on the amount of detail and how experienced you are

I have no experiments about 3Ds max I'm just a coder in university.I had learn java.C++ and Flash.But now I have full of enthusiasm about creat a model(that cash truck). can you give some advice about how to creat a DOW2 model by 3ds max or give some web-links about creat a DOW2 model by 3ds max

Youtube tutorials and a whole lot of patience. You'll need it.

Commissar Vocaloid wrote:Youtube tutorials and a whole lot of patience. You'll need it.

I can not watch Youtube and Facebook because of...........

whuuu... seriously, no easy answer here. you're going to have to get the program first, which probably means torrenting but you may be able to get the student edition.

it's a problem if you can't use youtube because that's where the biggest number of tutorials are. if it's blocked you could try a proxy or a vpn, although vpns have a monthly charge.

if you're serious about it i'll help as best i can but it's not easy.

Oh thank you.
Our teacher is teaching us how to use 3ds-max.
But I am puzzle about that If I want to creat a model for DOW2.
I should install which version of 3Ds-max and which Plugins?

today morning I find this Santos Tools 2 http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread. ... 2-released!

I am going to learn this,my thread is right?

Oh now I can watch YouTube
Should I search the key word"3ds max DOW2"?
what key word I should search?

you will need santos tools. max version shouldn't matter much as he uses scripts for importation. i use 2010 so anything newer than that will almost certainly work. i hear bad things about 2012 though. you'll need the scripts and the model editor at a minimum from there; grab development.

you will need an .sga reader to get files out of the game and viewable in max.
http://code.google.com/p/modstudio2/dow ... SgaReader2

for modeling i'd look for tutorials on something similar to what you want to model. you could also just try search for basic tutorials.

as for actually exporting from max into dow2, santos has some tutorials in his tools thread and there are probably some else where on the internet that can be found with a search. i wouldn't worry to much about that for now.

Nuclear Arbitor wrote:you will need santos tools. max version shouldn't matter much as he uses scripts for importation. i use 2010 so anything newer than that will almost certainly work. i hear bad things about 2012 though. you'll need the scripts and the model editor at a minimum from there; grab development.

you will need an .sga reader to get files out of the game and viewable in max.
http://code.google.com/p/modstudio2/dow ... SgaReader2

for modeling i'd look for tutorials on something similar to what you want to model. you could also just try search for basic tutorials.

as for actually exporting from max into dow2, santos has some tutorials in his tools thread and there are probably some else where on the internet that can be found with a search. i wouldn't worry to much about that for now.

Thank you very much for your help，You are my the first foreign teacher I get to know, I am so exciting.

realmissyou wrote:Oh now I can watch YouTube
Should I search the key word"3ds max DOW2"?
what key word I should search?

If you're just beginning to learn 3ds or any 3d modelling software in general, just look for general tutorials on how to do modeling.

For DoW specific, I am sure there are forum threads elsewhere that speak of it. I've not looked myself, but seeing as mods do exist, I'd be hard pressed to say there at least isn't something out there.

Commissar Vocaloid wrote:If you're just beginning to learn 3ds or any 3d modelling software in general, just look for general tutorials on how to do modeling.

RelicNews has tutorials on DoW2 specifically. But learning the basic tools and concepts first will probably pay off.

All of this is pure awesomeness!

The new design seems so good.
"Astra Militarum" sound much better than "Imperial Guards".

And i love Imperial Guards as it is, but this... can't wait to see the full codex.

The import scripts for max don't work for any version past 2011

Flash wrote:The import scripts for max don't work for any version past 2011

I had installed 2013.

Lulgrim wrote:RelicNews has tutorials on DoW2 specifically. But learning the basic tools and concepts first will probably pay off.

This is a long way to go。