Imperial Armor 13: War Machines of the Lost and the Damned-Review Part i

As with previous Imperial Armors by Forgeworld, this book takes the cake. This book is broken up into 8 separate sections each covering the various war machines of the Chaos Space Marines, and one of which covers their human armies of renegades and heretics.

The artwork and fluff is top-notch as are the descriptions of each of the units. Coming in at 196 pages, this is fairly decent sized book, jam-packed with tons of units that will really boost up the competitive level of any Chaos Space Marine army.

This is part 1 of my review which will cover the first section Chaos Battle Tanks!

Chaos Infernal Relic Predator- The standard armor value as a regular space marine predator, the versaility of this unit is the ability to attach special weaponry, such as the magna-melta cannon, autocannon with inferno bolts (space marine killer ap ;)), a heavy conversion beamer, twin linked las, or plasma destroyer.

Because it is a relic, you can only take one unless you take a warpsmith, abaddon, or sorceror with daemonology; however the synergy of this model is the fact that you can attach dirge casters to assist other units in getting into the assault. Not the best unit for the points, and the fact that there are significantly better choices, but nonetheless appreciated for those fluff armies!

Next is...

Chaos Relic Sicaran Battle Tank- A reasonable point cost, good armor, and sporting an amazing weapon. This tank boasts the accelerator autocannon, which is twin-linked, ignores jink, and has rending. A truly terrifying prospect for enemy flyers and skimmers (ahem, wave serpents)!
**This is in the heavy support slot and is an abolute must-have in any competitive CSM army.

Part ii will be out Nov. 3, so stay tuned!