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Let's all give a huge amount of props to Destris on Warseer for providing the following info on the Thousand Sons Cult troops to me.

Unit Type: Infantry

Special Rules

Fearless, Slow and Purposeful (not Sorcerer), 4+ Invulnerable save (including the Mark of Tzeentch).

The Sorcerer Commands: The Aspiring Champion who leads the squad is a psyker. If the Aspiring Sorcerer is killed, the Thousand Sons marines roll a single dice for their Slow and Purposeful movement, unless the squad contains an Independent Character with the Mark of Tzeentch from the beginning of the turn.

Inferno Bolts: The shells fired by the bolters of the Thousand Sons Marines and the Aspiring Sorcerer's pistol are charged with baleful sorcerous energies, against which most mundane armour is no defence. The AP value of their bolt weapons is 3 instead of the normal 5.

Army List Entry: Thousand Sons

Unit Type: Infantry

Number/Squad
1 Aspiring Sorcerer and 4-19 Thousand Sons Chaos Space Marines

Wargear

All:
Power Armour

Aspiring Sorcerer:
Bolt Pistol
Force Weapon

Thousand Sons:
Bolter

Special Rules:
+4 Invulnerable save (including Mark of Tzeentch)
Fearless
Slow and Purposeful
The Sorcerer Commands
Inferno Bolts

Character:
The Aspiring Sorcerer is a psyker and must be given one of the following pyschic powers:
- Doombolt
- Wind of Chaos
- Gift of Chaos
- Warptime
- Bolt of Change

He may have meltabombs .

Icon:
One model may be given a personal icon.

Transport:
The squad may have a Chaos Rhino dedicated transport



I didn't post the point values or the stats due to legal reasons but one question I just KNOW will come up is whether or not the Sons still have 2 wounds and I can assure you: they do not.

so.. i take it you're painting up squad after squad now:D

i know mine will come out of the bitzbox:D

Yeah that sums it up fairly well Col

Holy crap. AP3 Bolters as the new Inferno Bolts!? For the whole squad!? Uh, yeah. I guess everyone can stop complaining about my Eldar Dark Reapers. These guys will chew through MEQs. Nice.

Im so happy that i had previously decided that my next army, after my skitarii are finished, would be Thousand Sons. Even before the new codex. Although, i admit that i said i wouldnt start it until after the new dex comes out... But jeebus... Sweet Tzeentchian Jeebus....

Can you have Tsons Havocs? Pleasepleaseplease tell me we get Havocs with Inferno bolts!

I imagine that the entry may not be "complete" in the sense that the above will be the actual text from the codex - but I like the clown car rhino. (Buy a 20 man squad and still get a rhino?)

Im sure that the full dex will stipulate that you can only have the rhino if the total number of models in the squad is 10 or less.

Edit: Anything there on whether you can take a droppod?

Hate to break it to you Rayne but only the troop choices are actual Thousand Sons. You can have Tzeentch Havocs however with a 5+ inv save but not rubric Havocs unfortunately.

Phooey. I can still model them as Tsons tho, and i shall.

You and me both lol.

Wraith, do you have any good looking Tsons termies? Or do they all have the face tusks and stuff?

No I don't. The Sons got hosed before I got around to converting them. I shall be soon however

i suppose your sig will be changing in september then W, that's when the dex is due out if i'm not mixing up rumours