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Dwarf Master Runelord Thorek Ironbrow and the Anvil of Doom in the display cabinets at GamesDay 2005.
Thorek is the Master Runelord of Karak Azulans, some say, the greatest runelord alive. He is the only Runelord that has the knowledge to make use of the Rune of Doom, the very rune that gave the Anvils their name.
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My Ork Squiggoth prepares to move forward. This photograph was taken at a weird angle (don’t remember why) and on my unfinished desert terrain boards, which as a result are a dark purple-red colour.
This is the Forge World model and you can see how I painted it in my workbench feature on the model.
Of course the rules for this model are not in the standard rules or the Ork Codex.
I use to use the Forge World supplements, but more recently I have been using the rules from Apocalypse.
I am adding some Henchmen to my Inquistorial force. One of them is a trainee inquisitor, a Witchhunter Acolyte. The Acolyte looks like an interesting model to paint, what with the book and the big flame thingy.
Having flocked the base with Games Workshop modelling sand, the model was given a white undercoat. The model was given a basecoat of Vomit Brown.
Next stage was to give the equipment a base coat of Chaos Black.
Rear view.
See the full workbench feature of the Acolyte.
This Aquila Lander was on display in the Forge World cabinets at GamesDay 2004.
Personally I was never a fan of the Aquila Lander it seemed just too different from other Imperial Navy aircraft or even Space Marine aircraft.
I much prefer the Arvus Lighter even though it is unarmed!
More photographs of the Aquila Lander.
Taken at GamesDay 2008, these Ork Nob Bikerz were on display for the first time.
I don’t have any bikes in my Ork army and only really like two of the three models available. I do quite like the Ork Warboss, but at £38 is slightly out of my budget, especially as I can get ⅔’s of an Ork Stompa for that!
One of the huge demonstration games on display at Bristol Conflict 2003 was the excellent Helm’s Deep from the Lord of the Rings game.
An amazing looking piece of scenery.
Of the many display games at GamesDay 2001, one of many which caught my eye was this Epic game involving the might of the Imperium. There are Space Marines fighting alongside the mighty Warlord Titans of the Adeptus Mechanicus.
Check out the Epic section on the main website.
At GamesDay 2003 there were a lot of Forge World Warhound Titans which has just been released. Amongst all that Imperial heavy armour was this lone Ork Great Gargant.
This was from Armorcast in the days before Games Workshop took large scale resin models back in house and created Forge World. It was only (in theory) available in the USA and was very difficult if not impossible to get in the UK.
If I could find one, afford one and have the time to paint one, I really would like to get hold of this model, but alas I think everything is against me!
With the release of the plastic Stompa you can compare the detail of the Armorcast Gargant versus the well detailed plastic Stompa now available. Large plastic kits are now certainly achievable technically from Games Workshop, of course the business case has to be made. It is this business case which I suspect means we may never see a plastic Gargant. The main problem will be having such a large kit in the stores. Taking up a large amount of shelf space, means that less space for smaller (probably more profitable) kits. Games Workshop have already started to
reduce the space taken by particular models, by combining all variants into a single box. So no longer do we have separate boxes for the Land Raider variants such as the Crusader, but now have a single box containing all variants. This has made room for the larger kits such as the Baneblade, the Shadowsword and the Stompa.
However to make room for a Gargant kit would mean removing more than just the variant boxes.Interestingly we could see a Reaver, though just as tall as a Gargant, certainly does not need such a large box as it is not as big as a Gargant (in terms of girth).
So what will be the next big plastic kit?
My view is that we will probably see a Space Marine Thunderhawk.
This has been rumoured for many years, it’s not a matter of if, more a matter of when.
One tidbit to think about with the release of the Skyshield Landing Pad is the following description.
Landing pads are launch bases used by flight-capable craft to unload or evacuate troops and vital personnel. The Skyshield landing pad used by the Imperial Navy, though originally purpose-built to accommodate Valkyrie and Vendetta gunships, is robust enough to serve even the Thunderhawks of the Adeptus Astartes, and has field generators that protect the craft and its crew from incoming fire.
Note my emphasis. Now obviously this could be referring to the Forge World model, but why note this in a kit description. In the rules yes, in the marketing for Games Workshop mainstream, generally they don’t mention Forge World models as part of describing other products, normally as a separate page or link.
The Skyshield landing pad is a very nice model, perfect for the Valkyrie.
So no plastic Gargant but maybe a plastic Thunderhawk…. perhaps…
With a new Doctor next year for the 2010 season, we also now have a new companion too.
Little-known actress Karen Gillan has been unveiled as the next assistant in Doctor Who.
The 21-year-old will star alongside new Time Lord Matt Smith in the new series, to be broadcast next year.
Not too surprising as the current Doctor, David Tennant, no longer has a regular companion.
The 2010 season will in my opinion be the season that makes or breaks Doctor Who. We have a new quite revolutionary Doctor with Matt Smith, a new producer in Steven Moffat and a promise from him that when he runs the place, we won’t see many old characters but will see plenty of “new monsters”. On the plus side, Steven Moffat has written some of the best episodes in the new Doctor Who, but I know for many fans (and importantly parents of those fans) the links with the 1970s/80s series was a key attraction to begin with.
Didn’t we all want the Daleks to come back?
Can the series now stand without the past to support it?
Hopefully more than probably I think.
This just days after it was announced that David Tennant will appear in the Sarah Jane spin off.
David Tennant is to appear as the Time Lord in Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures, the BBC has announced.
Tennant, 38, will appear over two episodes of a new 12-part series of the CBBC show, which starts in September.
Russell T Davies, executive producer of The Sarah Jane Adventures and Doctor Who, said it would be a “full on appearance” and “not just a cameo”.
Another photograph of my Forge World Ork Gunwagon. This one was taken on my unfinished desert terrain boards, which as a result are a dark purple-red colour.
Full workbench feature on my Ork Gunwagon.
More pictures of Ork Gunwagons.