Goltor Lintrepide:
Thank you so much for sharing Vogon, those are great pics!
Thommy H:
Wow, it’s so great that there are finally some additional Space Marines I can buy. About time.
gIL^:
Well Space Marines sell :P
Wow, it's so great that there are finally some additional Space Marines I can buy. About time.
Thommy H
brotsorrow:
Thanks for all the pics and sharing some of your discussions. You took some really great pics of the models!
Animatone:
Well done and THANK YOU Vogon!
Great pictures and thanks a ton for the post… I so am looking forward to the release of the Taur’ruk. Might just have to pic up two to convert one of them!
Vogon:
As promised here are a couple of pictures of the Legion of Azgorh display table
My general thoughts on the event were pretty positive. The only thing that was a bit of a downer was the temperature while waiting outside, last year they let everyone in about half an hour early because it was cold but this year they stuck to 10AM. The sales stand was a lot better organised than last year but not without its problems, we got a really nice program while inline outside which had all the items that were going to be on sale for the first time today (mostly necron) but it had not actually turned up so there were none to be had. While this didn�?Tt bother me it did upset several people inline around me. All the new releases were limited to one per customer including the event only models.
The participation games were very impressive and Gia and I even had a crack at the Stompas versus Reaver Titans one. They were doing steady business all day but were never overly busy. I think that the type of people who go to the Forge World open day have different expectations to the hordes that attend games day and were more interested in the sales stand and the design studio than participation games.
The design team were all happy to talk to us, as I have mentioned Trish seemed to take real shine to Gia, and were very open about what projects they were working on and things coming up next. Two things that really stood out were Heresy rules all of Forge World at the moment and they have taken on a whole bunch of new sculptors very recently. There were a lot of new faces as well as a few that seem to have been purloined from the GW studio especially in the book writing and art departments. Steve Whitehead said that pretty much everyone was working on Heresy stuff, as a project got completed the next project the sculptors have been given have all been Heresy items.
The fact that Steve is now working on Word Bearers means that they are already working on models for the next book (Massacre).
One other thing was that Bugman�?Ts was overwhelmed at lunch time. There was a substantial wait to get a table for most people (though we were invited to sit at a table by some of the guys we were chatting to in the line) and the food took much longer to come out than is normally the case.
On the whole though it was a great day and I�?Tll leave it with one final picture that made (especially for Gia) the whole day a massive success.
Cheers
Vogon
Ravenswood:
Great pics, thank you!
Yodrin:
Again, great pics!!
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Singleton Mosby:
Nice to see Forgeworld using old Hobgoblin models in their participation game. :hat off
ste1221:
Nice to see Forgeworld using old Hobgoblin models in their participation game. :hat offIt would be better if they were using Forgeworld's Hobgoblin, in my opinion... :mad
Singleton Mosby
gIL^:
I know people give Trish a hard time. But i think her recent stuff is probably the best stuff GW have come out with in recent times.
Vogon:
I thought I’d add this here instead of starting a new thread as it’s all related
Hi there,I personally think it’s worth noting that the painted marines are in Legion Colours of the Night Lords and Iron Hands so this is definitely pointing towards the next book pretty soon.
This is turning out to be a great week for Forge World. Firstly, we held yet another well-received Open Day at the weekend here at GW HQ. Then, hot on its heels, was our announcement that the new Imperial Armour Volume 12: The Fall of Orpheus is now available to pre-order.
So where can we go from there? Well, in today�?Ts newsletter we�?Tve got details of a fantastic new Realm of Battle scenery tile and not one, not two, but three new Horus Heresy kits, which are all available to pre-order now, as well as news about the new Forge World 2013 catalogue and a couple of upcoming events.
Realm of Battle Crashed Thunderhawk
Debuted at last weekend’s Forge World Open Day, the latest addition to our ever-expanding scenery range is the Realm of Battle Crashed Thunderhawk board. This board represents one of the mightiest of Space Marine flyers brought low; shattered and hurled to the ground by enemy gunfire. Created by Blake Spence, it has been painstakingly designed to show the internal structure of this legendary gunship after terrible damage has been inflicted upon its hull.
This highly detailed new scenery tile makes a great centrepiece for your gaming table, a fantastic diorama base for your collection or, when combined with other Realm of Battle boards, allows you to fight some great rescue or last stand scenarios. The Realm of Battle Crashed Thunderhawk measures 2’ x 2’ (609mm x 609mm) and is available to pre-order now for despatch from Friday 3rd May.
Legion MkIV Destroyer Squad
Considered dishonourable by some Legions, who eschew them altogether or make little use of them, the arsenal of a Destroyer squad includes rad-weapons, bio-alchem munitions and the crawling horror of phosphex. These hellish devices, which irrevocably taint the ground upon which they are used, have been forbidden by the Emperor�?Ts own edict, and with good reason. For during the long nightmare of the Age of Strife, many life-sustaining colony worlds were rendered barren by their use, becoming uninhabitable charnel houses where once these verdant planets held thriving civilisations.
It is little wonder therefore that those who wield these potent weapons of destruction are heavily protected from their effects �?" the fire-blackened and chem-scalded Destroyers being clad in modified and reinforced suits of power armour, essential to withstand the deadly rad-taint of their own weaponry. Often shunned and distrusted by their Legion brothers, the Destroyers are deemed a necessary evil at best during these violent times, yet none can deny the potency of their relic-weapons.
Will Hayes has designed the Legion MkIV Destroyer Squad, comprising a set of five multi-part resin models with five pairs of Tigrus pattern bolt pistols, as well as three phosphex bombs and an optional rad-missile launcher. Rules for using a Destroyer Squad as part of a Space Marine Legion force can be found in The Horus Heresy Book One: Betrayal, and this highly detailed kit is available to pre-order now for despatch from Friday 3rd May.
Legion Rapier Graviton Cannon and Quad Heavy Bolter
The Rapier armoured carrier is a semi-automated weapons carriage, equipped with on-board targeting systems and powerful generators. It is designed to mount support weaponry too large and cumbersome for even the superhuman strength of a Space Marine to carry, and the Rapier�?Ts relatively small size makes it an ideal support weapon both in attack and defence.
The most common armaments of the Rapier are quad heavy bolters or laser destroyer arrays for anti-personnel and anti-armour roles, while Quad Launcher are favoured for siege warfare. On occasion, a Legion�?Ts Techmarines will also use a Rapier carrier as a mount for more exotic weaponry such as a Graviton cannon.
Stuart Williamson has designed two new Rapier weapons systems. The Legion Rapier Graviton Cannon and Legion Rapier Quad Heavy Bolter are both detailed multi-part resin models, and each armoured carrier is accompanied by two Space Marine crew in MkIII power armour. Rules for using a Rapier Weapons Battery as part of a Space Marine Legion force can be found in The Horus Heresy Book One: Betrayal, and both these kits are available to pre-order now for despatch from Friday 3rd May.
New Forge World Catalogue Now Available
The Forge World 2013 catalogue is now being sent out. So if you�?Td like a free copy, please send your name and postal address in an e-mail entitled �?~2013 Catalogue Request�?T to forgeworld@gwplc.com. A pdf version of the catalogue is also available here.
Forge World Events News
Forge World Open Day Review
Thanks to everyone who came to see us on Sunday 7th April for the Forge World Open Day. We hope you had a great time, and if you couldn�?Tt make it but want to join us at next year�?Ts event, this is a little of what you can expect.
Salute and the Horus Heresy Weekender 2013
We are still accepting reservation orders for Salute and the Horus Heresy Weekender. This is the best way to ensure we have the exact product you want, packed up and waiting for you at the event. As with all our UK shows, Salute and the Horus Heresy Weekender reservation orders are pre-paid to make the collection process quicker and easier, leaving you with more time to enjoy the rest of the event.
Thanks,
Ead Brown
Customer Service Manager
Forge World
Cheers
Vogon
Ceann Fine:
Awesome
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IanC:
Pretty much the entire FW staff are working on Heresy stuff and there will be no more CDs for the foreseeable future.Grrr. Im getting fed up with the Heresy stuff :( Space marines space marines, more bloody space marines.
Vogon
Oh and Trish is one of my fave model designers, im glad shes got a regular spot with FW as well as the "normal" GW side.