Author: Felix

Forge World Newsletter #188

Another newsletter from Forge World, the focus is on the new Apocaplyse book.

Imperial Armour Apocalypse

Hello there,

Well the big news this time is that Imperial Armour Apocalypse is ready for pre-order, but before we get to that, one more reminder that we are incredibly busy at the moment, in fact we are the busiest we`ve ever been! This has unfortunately meant some delay in getting orders out. Please bear this in mind when placing an order for Christmas delivery, and we can assure you everyone here is working flat out to get all orders out as soon as possible.

Thanks
Alan Bligh

Imperial Armour Apocalypse

Our latest book Imperial Armour Apocalypse is available for pre-order now for release commencing the week of the 10th of December. This new 112 page hardback not only replaces Imperial Armour Update 2006 but is also packed with 60 new datafaxes and 26 new battle formations covering the Forge World range for use in your battles of Warhammer 40,000 Apocalypse. There`s never been a better time to empty your display cabinets and fight your conflicts on a titanic scale! The book also features a handy reference guide for each army telling you in which Games Workshop and Forge World book you’ll find the rules for every Warhammer 40k and Apocalypse unit.

You can find full details of the book`s contents here, as well as a sneak peak at what’s inside here. You can pre-order this book now, to be despathched week commencing the 10th December.

Forge World Christmas Order Dates

Christmas is fast approaching again and we thought we`d let you know our last order dates for holiday delivery. Your order should reach us no later than the date listed for your preferred delivery option. These dates are all dependant on available stock, and so currently owing to exceptional demand if there is an item you really need in time for Christmas, do get your order in as soon as possible, as we don’t want to spoil anybody’s Christmas!

The Last Order dates by postage type (subject to stock levels) are;

First Class Airmail (outside of the UK) – 3rd December
First Class (within the UK) -10th December
UPS Express (UK and International) -17th December

Order Delays & Getting in Touch
Demand for Forge World model kits has been exceptional over the last few months and as a result our customers are having to wait longer than we`d like for their goods. If you do have any questions or queries about your order do give us a ring on one of the phone numbers below between 9am and 6pm UK time Monday to Friday, and we’ll do our best to help you out.

Contacting Forge World
If you need to contact us for any reason the best thing to do is give us a ring on 0115 916 8177 from within the UK, 01144 115 916 8177 from the US or Canada and 0044 115 916 8177 from within Europe.

I might well get the book.

Inquisitorial Stormtrooper Repressor

As part of my Daemonhunters army I am using a Repressor as a transport for my Inquisitorial Stormtroopers. Overall the model has being coming together really well, though the fit of some of the resin parts did leave a lot to be desired.

After some thought I decided to use some Inquisitor Rhino doors from Forge World to enhance the model.

I am quite pleased with them, they are well sculptured and fit in really well style wise. Unlike some other resin parts from Forge World, these fitted into the door gaps really well.

I wish I had used the front plate instead of the suppplied plastic one, but it would be of little use, as the front plate is hidden by the huge dozer blade, so maybe not such a good idea.

The next stage is to add some more Inquisitorial type paraphernalia to the model. You can see the full workbench feature on my Repressor.

Painting Tanks

I have been giving quite a bit of thought on how best to paint the Grey Knights’ tanks I have for my Daemonhunters army.

The obvious option is to paint them as Grey Knights style vehicles as I have done with my Land Speeder.

Grey Knights Landspeeder

However two things came to mind, first my Repressor transport is for my Stormtroopers and therefore is not a “true” Grey Knights vehicle and I really wanted to have some consistency across the army. I didn’t want my Razorback to be too different to the Repressor. Secondly though I like the look of Grey Knights I wanted to do something slightly different.

My first idea was to do a white undercoat, do a basecoat of something like Kommando Khaki (a light brown) and then wash with a Chestnut Ink and paint wash. The metal parts I would paint black and then drybush with Boltgun Metal.

So it seemed quite simple and then… I read the following article on the Games Workshop website on painting tanks.

Painting vehicles, especially those with brightly coloured paint schemes, has always been something of a challenge. Large, flat plates like those on vehicles usually required many layers to achieve the opacity needed, even over a white undercoat. When you factor in the size of some vehicles (e.g., Land Raiders), you could burn through a ton of paint on just one tank.

All of that has changed with the arrival of the new Citadel Foundation Paints. Now, regardless of the colour of the undercoat, your basecoat goes on in one layer, not five.

So now I am in a bit of quandary.

I am now thinking that maybe I should give my tanks a black undercoat and then use something like Tausept Ochre from the Foundation Paints range for the base coat. I would follow this with a wash (as above) and then highight with a lighter brown, before weathering the tanks.

Still thinking about which will be the better option.

Ork Looted Rhino Gunner

I have started work on an Ork Gunner for my Looted Rhino. I have used a resin Twin Big Shoota from Forge World. A plastic Ork body and an Imperial turret ring.

Ork Looted Rhino Gunner

Here is how it is looking with the gunner. Not sure what I am going to do with the other hatch space.

Ork Looted Rhino Gunner

I am quite pleased with how the model is looking, I still need to do a lot to the paint job, but conversion wise I like the result so far.