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Hi folks, and welcome to the 173rd Forge World Newsletter.
Hi, and welcome to the Forge World Newsletter. In this issue we`ll be taking a long, hard look at some of the most anticipated Forge World releases for months: The Death Korps of Krieg Death Riders! We also have some news on our next big book, the soon to be released `Imperial Armour Volume 5 – The Siege of Vraks, Part 1` and the release of several Leman Russ turrets too.
Thx, 

Ewen Little
Forge World.

Death Korps of Krieg Death Riders
Although superficially similar to cavalry units found among some other Imperial Guard regiments, the Death Riders of Krieg are very different indeed. The most obvious aspect of this is the nature of their mounts, the legendary Krieg steed. Highly adapted from the biological original, this animal is the product of many years of extreme genetic engineering; specifically tailored for strength, endurance and aggression with numerous additional bio-sculpted organs and sub-dermal organic armour and a fully integrated drug injection system…
The overriding opinion around the Forge World offices is that these Death Korps of Krieg Death Riders are some of the best models that we have made to date. I think I have to agree with that consensus; these Death Riders are truly lovely models!

What Daniel Cockersell, Simon Egan and Will Hayes, the three guys who created these little works of art have given us to play with are five gorgeous individual models that can be bought either individually or as a section of five. (I did check the Death Rider unit entry in `Imperial Armour Volume 5` and they are fielded in units of between five and ten.)

Each Death Rider is beautifully rendered as one large piece, integral with his steed which has two separate legs, cunningly removed to allow ease of casting and all that lovely detail to be kept perfect. The right arms that carry the hunting lances are all separate resin components, as are the re-breather units for the steeds, lance heads, pennants, accessories and the ever-present entrenching tool that no Death Korps guardsman would been without. Death Rider 1 includes two arms, one a regular Death Rider arm, the other displaying a badge of rank so that he can be assembled as the unit leader, a rank known as Ridemaster. The lances themselves we wanted to be realistic looking and so we decided to use pre-cut lengths of brass rod for strength and durability. The Death Riders` gloved hands have been sculpted to wrap around the lance and grip the lance in a natural pose. The resin lance heads and pennants simply slide onto the top of the rod and are stuck in place with a touch of glue to make a very elegant and believable cavalry weapon.

The Death Korps of Krieg Death Riders are available to pre-order from Forge World`s online store right now for release week commencing Monday May 1st both as a box of all five different models or individually. I think these are going to be very, very popular, so if you want to get them shipped out to you on the week of release, take my advice and pre-order them immediately!

New Forge World 2007 catalogue now available
We have just taken delivery of the brand new Forge World 2007 catalogue and started to send it out. If you have requested a free catalogue in the last few weeks then one will be on its way out to you very soon. If you haven’t and would like to receive one, just send us your name and postal address to forgeworldcatreq@games-workshop.co.uk and we’ll get one in the post to you just as soon as we can.

It’s nearly here! `Imperial Armour Volume 5 – The Siege of Vraks, Part 1`
This is Forge World`s fifth large format hardback book, and the campaign being reported therein is so huge that we have had to split it into across at least two books! We should have this 196 page book back from the printers in the next few weeks, so just as soon as I have a confirmed delivery date from them we’ll be able to set a release date. Without giving too much away about the book itself today, something new is the addition of a double-sided poster, folded and included with every copy.

I hope to be able to have the release information and to share some example pages with you in the very next issue of the Forge World newsletter, so watch your inboxes!

Newly available: Ryza pattern Leman Russ turrets
Available to pre-order from today onwards at Forge World`s online store for release week commencing Monday May 1st, we have six Ryza pattern Leman Russ tank turrets: Vanquisher, Executioner, Exterminator, Annihilator, Demolisher and Leman Russ. These were previously available as part of complete Death Korps of Krieg tank kits but popular demand was SO popular that we have changed a few things around to make all six turrets available separately to Imperial Guard commanders and collectors. Now these great turret designs will be able to equip the armoured forces of Vostroyans, Cadians, Valhallans and Mordians to name but a few.

Final call for Games Day Canada reservations!
On Saturday May 5th, Forge World will be in the MTCC in Toronto for Games Day Canada. At a mega-busy show like this one, the Forge World sales stand can run out of things, sometimes very quickly indeed! If you want to be certain of getting the Forge World models you want on the day, please think seriously about placing a reservation order. Just send an email titled `Games Day Canada` to forgeworld@games-workshop.co.uk telling us your name and a list of what you want to order by April 29th at the absolute latest. We’ll confirm your order by email so you know we have it, then we ship it over there with your name all over it and then you just collect and pay for it during the day. What could be simpler?

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