Scenery for Moderns and WWII

Try your local model railway shop…

I was in my local toyshop looking for presents for my son, when I checked out the model railway section.

Two things caught my eye for having a use on the gaming table, Hornby’s Skaledale range and the Cararama range of 1/72nd vehicles.

Hornby’s Skaledale range is a superb range of ready painted resin UK 1/72nd buildings that would be excellent for any Operation Sealion type game. This pub is typical of the quality of the range.

There is also a range of modern stuff that could be used for a modern type scenario. These skips are an example of the Skaledale range.

You can see pictures of all the range on the Hornby website.

There is also a N gauge range which could be used with 15mm figures at a push. 15mm is approx 1/100th scale and N is 1/160th scale.

The Cararama range of vehicles would be ideal for any moderns game in providing some real background scenery. These are highly detailed scale model cars.

There are also quite a few for a scenario set in the 1960s.

Forge World Newsletter #125

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Welcome to issue #125 of the Forge World Newsletter. We have a few new models for you today along with some information about upcoming shows.

Enjoy
Dean Winson
Forge World

Elite of Fenris
Our Spotlight today has to be on the new Space Wolves Wolf Guard Terminator conversion pack. Note I didn’t say shoulder pads. Ever since we decided to do shoulder pad sets for the new plastic Terminators we knew that for the Space Wolves we’d have to do a lot more in order to convey their ferocity and appearance. Unlike the other Marine Chapters, the Space Wolves do not use the Codex Astartes in any form, using instead their own clan like structure and appearance. To portray this, Simon Egan has excelled himself and produced what I believe are some of the best Space Wolves figures yet. To go with the shoulder pads he has also sculpted replacement torsos for the Terminators, two of which are not wearing helmets, allowing their hair and braids to fall free in a truly ferocious manner. The Space Wolves Terminator conversion pack is available to Pre-order now and will be shipped week commencing 29th August.

Beneath the Sand
On the desert world of Taros the population do not construct buildings in the usual manner. Due to the intense temperatures and inhospitable surroundings the people of Taros have delved deep into the ground to find security and comfort. The only part of a Taros building above ground is its entrance, built from heavy stone and metal these squat constructions stand solid against the elements. This building style is used on many Imperial worlds where the surface is not hospitable to long exposure, such as Ice worlds or to provide protection against attack. These models are released week commencing 29th August and are available to Pre-order now.

Sensor Alert
A newly encountered piece of Tau equipment is the Remote Sensor Tower. It wasn’t until late in the Taros campaign that any of the Imperium’s forces encountered these strange devices. The vanguard of the Cadian 114th Regiment met these tall, thin towers as they advanced towards hydro-processing plant 23-30. Soon afterwards their columns came under attack from long-range Seeker missile strikes, losing several Chimeras in the process. The Remote Sensor Tower is released week commencing 29th August and are now available to Pre-order.

Taros Campaign
Taros Campaign Yesterday we received the first few copies of the new Taros Campaign book so that we could send them off (more on that later) and take a look at a final copy. I have one in front of me now and it looks great. Not only is it the biggest book we’ve so far produced but it’s most definitely the heaviest! You have to watch the surprise on people’s faces when you pass them the book and they feel it’s weight. I’ve only had a quick look through so far but I’m looking forward to sitting down and reading it as this is the first time I’ve got to look at what’s in it. It’s certainly our most popular book so far. We keep getting requests from people asking what is in the new book, when it’s released and if we can show any pictures from it. So for those who missed it I’m including the link to the preview pages of Imperial Armour Volume 3 – The Taros Campaign and for those who didn’t miss it, we’ve added some more pages. The Taros Campaign book will be shipped out week commencing 15th August and is available to Pre-order now.

Games Day Chicago
Games Day Chicago is this Saturday and Ewen flew over yesterday with many display models to show off. As a special attraction, we had the printers rush in a few copies of the new Imperial Armour book so that we could UPS them over to the US in time for Games Day. So the Forge World Stand will be selling the Taros Campaign book. We should get 50 copies over in time so if you want one you’ll have to be quick.

Other Events
On the 7th August we will be attending the rescheduled Conflict London at Alexander Palace. We are taking reservation orders for this event up until Wednesday 3rd August, so if you want something in particular for the event, let us know in the next few days. 28th August will see us at Games Day Germany in Cologne(Koln). We are now taking reservation orders and will take reservations until 19th August. So if there is something that you know you definitely want to pick up, drop us an email or call us and we’ll have that put aside for you. We will have copies of Imperial Armour Volume 3: The Taros Campaign on sale at both of these events.

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Comment

New scenery looks nice but I wonder if it will be any use in games? Could be used as objectives, but I am not sure I like the concept that much. Tau stuff looks nice, but I don’t play Tau!

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince finished…

Finally finished Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and it was quite good.

Maybe my expectations were too high, but I was very slightly disappointed.

Don’t get me wrong I did enjoy it and the last few chapters were very exciting, but there did not seem to be a story in there except the telling of the story of Lord Voldemort.

Maybe that was the story.

Recommended.