Imperial Armour is a series of rules supplements to the ''Warhammer 40,000'' table-top game, along with an associated range of vehicle-size resin model kits. Both are produced by Forge World, a subsidiary company of Games Workshop. The Imperial Armour range and rules supplements are designed to incorporate vehicles referred to in the fiction and background material produced for the ''Warhammer 40,000'' fictional universe, but not included in the Codex (Warhammer 40,000), Codexes due to a variety of reasons. These include super-heavy vehicles (such as the Imperium (Warhammer 40,000), Imperial Vehicles of the Imperial Guard (Warhammer 40,000)#Baneblade, Baneblade), specialised variants of standard vehicles (such as Tau (Warhammer 40,000), Tau Empire Hammerhead Gunships modified to carry different turret weapon configurations), aircraft, immobile defenses, and non-combatant vehicles. Vehicles that are featured in the Imperial Armour books are available from Forge World as multi-part resin model kits, or as a series of resin components that can be used to convert existing plastic and metal models. The Imperial Armour range is not limited to conventional vehicles, as the Ork (Warhammer 40,000), Orks are known to use massive creatures called Squiggoths, and the Tyranids do not possess any vehicles, instead using extremely large bioformed creatures.

List of Imperial Armour books

Early Imperial Armour rules supplements are written by Warwick Kinrade, later ones by Warwick Kinrade and/or Alan Bligh. Starting in 2015, Forgeworld stopped using the `Volume X' notation, using just Imperial Armour and the title of the book.

Currently valid books

*Imperial Armour Compendium

Outdated books

The rules contained in the following books are no longer valid, having been superseded by later editions of the ''Warhammer 40,000'' game and other Imperial Armour books. * Imperial Armour (2000) * Imperial Armour II (Ork, Eldar, and Dark Eldar) (2001) * Imperial Armour Update (models for all races, stopgap measure until the release of the "''Imperial Armour Volume x''" books). (2002) * Imperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard (Warhammer 40,000), Imperial Guard & Imperial Navy (2003) * Imperial Armour Update 2004 (rules for Forge World models not covered by the other volumes) * Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines (Warhammer 40,000), Space Marines & Forces of the Inquisition (2004) * Imperial Armour Update 2005 (same as above) * Imperial Armour Volume Three - The Taros Campaign (Tau (Warhammer 40,000), Tau, Imperial Guard and Space Marines) (2005) * Imperial Armour Update 2006 (same as above) * Imperial Armour Volume Four - The Anphelion Project (Tyranids, Imperial Guard and Space Marines) (2006) * Imperial Armour Apocalypse (Companion volume to Warhammer 40,000 Apocalypse, containing new battle formations as well as new Apocalypse-compatible game statistics for several Forge World models) (2007) * Imperial Armour Volume Five - The Siege of Vraks Part One (Imperial Guard (Warhammer 40,000), Death Korps of Krieg, Dark Angels (Warhammer 40,000), Dark Angels & Chaos (Warhammer), Chaos Renegades) (2007) * Imperial Armour Volume Six - The Siege of Vraks Part Two (Imperial Guard (Warhammer 40,000), Death Korps of Krieg & Chaos (Warhammer), Chaos Renegades) (2008) * Imperial Armour Volume Seven - The Siege of Vraks Part Three (Space Marines (Warhammer 40,000), Space Marines & Chaos (Warhammer), Chaos Renegades) (2009) * Imperial Armour Volume Eight - Raid on Kastorel-Novem (Orks (Warhammer 40,000), Orks, Imperial Guard (Warhammer 40,000), Elysian Drop Troopers & Space Marines (Warhammer 40,000), Raven Guard) (2010) * Imperial Armour Volume Nine - The Badab War Part One (Focusing on renegade and loyal Space Marine Chapters) (2010) * Imperial Armour Volume Ten - The Badab War Part Two (Focusing on renegade and loyal Space Marine Chapters) (2010) * Imperial Armour Apocalypse II (Another companion volume to Warhammer 40,000 Apocalypse, featuring numerous new units for Imperial armies and a few other alien armies. Notable for inclusion of new battle formations for all races, as well as large apocalypse-scale scenarios. (2010) * Imperial Armour Apocalypse Second Edition (update that combines parts of the two previous Imperial Armour Apocalypse books and adds new units and formations) (2011) * Imperial Armour Volume Eleven - The Doom of Mymeara (Eldar (Warhammer 40,000), Eldar vs Imperial Guard (Warhammer 40,000), Imperial Guard, Space Marines (Warhammer 40,000), Space Wolves) (2011) * Imperial Armour Volume One (Second Edition) - Imperial Guard (Warhammer 40,000), Imperial Guard (2012) * Imperial Armour Volume Two (Second Edition) - War Machines of the Space Marines (Warhammer 40,000), Adeptus Astartes (2013) * Imperial Armour Volume Three (Second Edition) - The Taros Campaign (Tau (Warhammer 40,000), Tau, Imperial Guard and Space Marines) (2013) * Imperial Armour Volume Four - The Anphelion Project (Second Edition) (Tyranids, Imperial Guard and Space Marines) (2014) * Imperial Armour - The Siege of Vraks (Imperial Guard (Warhammer 40,000), Death Korps of Krieg, Dark Angels (Warhammer 40,000), Dark Angels, Space Marines (Warhammer 40,000), Space Marines & Chaos (Warhammer), Chaos Renegades) (2015) * Imperial Armour - The Doom of MymearaSometimes referred to as Imperial Armour Volume 11 (Second Edition). (Eldar (Warhammer 40,000), Eldar vs Imperial Guard (Warhammer 40,000), Imperial Guard, Space Marines (Warhammer 40,000), Space Wolves) (2015) * Imperial Armour Volume Twelve - The Fall of Orpheus ( Necrons (Warhammer 40,000), Necrons, Imperial Guard (Warhammer 40,000), Death Korps of Krieg & Space Marines (Warhammer 40,000), Space Marines) (2013) * Imperial Armour Volume Thirteen - War Machines of the Lost and the Damned (Chaos (Warhammer), Chaos Renegades) (2014) * Imperial Armour Aeronautica (Update and compilation of fliers and anti-aircraft units) (2012) * Imperial Armour Apocalypse (Updates Apocalypse material for 6th and 7th edition Warhammer 40,000. Not to be confused with the identically named first version) (2013) * Imperial Armour - Index: Forces of Chaos * Imperial Armour - Index: Forces of the Adeptus Astartes * Imperial Armour - Index: Forces of the Astra Militarum * Imperial Armour - Index: Xenos

Model Masterclass

Forge World has also published two Model Masterclass books, which focus on painting the often very large and extensive models they produce: * Imperial Armour Model Masterclass - Volume One (2008) * Imperial Armour Model Masterclass - Volume Two (2012)

References

{{Reflist Handbooks and manuals Warhammer 40,000 rule books and supplements