Imperial Armour Volumes (List)

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Imperial Armour is a series of works produced by Forge World that detail different miniatures produced by their company, write stories based on these works, and give rules on the works.

Softbound

There are two original softbound Imperial Armour books. They were produced by Fanatic for the Forgeworld staff in connection with the specialized miniature lines they produced based on pieces originally created in Epic scale.

• Imperial Armour - Imperial Vehicles for Warhammer 40,000
• Imperial Armour II - Ork, Eldar and Dark Eldar Vehicles for Warhammer 40,000

Initial Editions
Imperial Armour	Imperial Armour II

Updates

These are the works collected between the editions of the five updates, incorporating the original Imperial Armour softbound book rules that were excluded in the previous hardbound works or giving new rules for pieces without Fourth Edition rules.

3rd Edition 

• Imperial Armour Update
• Imperial Armour Update 2004

4th Edition

• Imperial Armour Update 2005
• Imperial Armour Update 2006

Hardbound

There are thirteen numbered hardbound Imperial Armour books.

Hardbound Editions
Volume One Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy	Volume Two Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition	Volume Three The Taros Campaign	Volume Four The Anphelion Project
Volume Five The Siege of Vraks - Part One	Volume Six The Siege of Vraks - Part Two	Volume Seven The Siege of Vraks - Part Three	Volume Eight Raid on Kastorel-Novem
Volume Nine The Badab War - Part One	Volume Ten The Badab War - Part Two	Volume Eleven The Doom of Mymeara	Volume Twelve The Fall of Orpheus
Volume Thirteen War Machines of the Lost and the Damned

Second Editions

Six hardbound Imperial Armour books have Second Editions, updating previously published material to later editions of Warhammer 40K.

Second Editions
Volume One - Second Edition Imperial Guard	Volume Two - Second Edition War Machines of the Adeptus Astartes	Volume Three - Second Edition The Taros Campaign
Volume Four - Second Edition The Anphelion Project	The Siege of Vraks: Second Edition The Siege of Vraks	Volume Eleven - Second Edition: The Doom of Mymeara The Doom of Mymeara

Apocalypse

Additionally, unnumbered volumes are released which support the Apocalypse game expansion:

• Imperial Armour - Apocalypse
• Imperial Armour - Apocalypse II
• Imperial Armour - Apocalypse Second Edition
• Imperial Armour - Apocalypse (2013)

Masterclass

Forgeworld have also begun issuing Masterclass volumes which showcase their models while also providing useful modelling tips. These are hardbound.

• Imperial Armour Model Masterclass Volume One
• Imperial Armour Model Masterclass Volume Two

Other Publications

• Imperial Armour Aeronautica

8th Edition Indexes

In 2017, new rule indexes for the 8th Edition of the game were released for all factions

Indexes
Imperial Armour Index - Forces of the Adeptus Astartes Adeptus Astartes	Imperial Armour Index: Forces of Chaos Forces of Chaos	Imperial Armour - Index: Astra Militarum Astra Militarum	Imperial Armour - Index: Xenos Xenos

9th Edition Compendium

Imperial Armour Compendium updates all 222 Forge World' models for the 9th Edition of Warhammer 40,000. It includes 222 datasheets, of super-heavy units and highly specialised troops.^[2]

Sources

• 2 : Forge World Webstore : Imperial Armour Compendium (saved archive, dated 27/01/21, last accessed 13/03/22)