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I have been thinking about adding some more heavy weapons to my Ork squads which are useful when facing Imperial armour.
These are the metal models, however I have replaced some of the metals parts with plastic ones to add variety and to add variety of some plastic conversions as well.
I have added the spear to the Ork Boar Boyz I have been working on.
Next stage is an undercoat.
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In today’s issue of the Forge World Newsletter we have a few new Elysian Drop Troop releases and some really neat upgrades for Black Templars Space Marines to show you too. We are pulling together the last few loose ends for Games Day Atlanta which is only a few weeks away, as well as starting work on Games Day France and Games Day Los Angeles a few weeks later.
Elysian Hardened Veterans
A few weeks ago we released a Cadian veteran upgrade pack with some really neat new shotguns. This new pack of Elysian Hardened Veterans also have combat shotguns that I think are equally cool! This complete multi-part resin five-man unit comes with four large calibre pump-action shotguns that feature a sliding collapsible stock: Perfect for close quarter battles when bulky weapons can quickly become a liability. Backing the rest of the unit up with some heavier firepower is the fifth member of the team who is equipped with a bipod mounted Meltagun. And of course this new unit is available with or without Grav Chutes; the choice is up to you.
Elysian Scanner & Lascutters
The military issue Lascutter is used for cutting through bulkheads and sealed doorways, allowing Imperial troops to get into areas which might not be otherwise easily accessible and outmanoeuvre their enemy. It can also be used to devastating effect in close combat against immobile vehicles and bunkers. All this makes the Lascutter perfect for Elysian Drop Troop forces which rely on speed and manoeuvrability to bring their limited firepower to bear on their foes. The Elysians can also now be equipped with the Accatran pattern Long-Range Ground Scanner. These are larger and more powerful versions of the hand-held scanners used by some Imperial Guard officers. The Accatran Scanner can provide a wide array of useful data on enemy movements and locations to the Elysian commander which can then be quickly communicated to the rest of the force via the vox-network. Full rules for using Lascutters and the Long Range Ground Scanner will be available fairly soon in our next big book, Imperial Armour Volume 4 – The Anphelion Project. All four Elysians in the pack are supplied with ‘normal’ helmeted heads, but we also include four of the new style heads with respirators too. Both of the heads for the scanner crewman are a little bit different to the rest of the unit as they heads incorporate a really neat flip-down data screen. Once more, this new unit is available for you to choose with or without Grav Chutes. /
Elysian Heads with Respirators
Again, a few weeks ago we released an upgrade pack of Cadian infantry equipped with Respirators. Imperial Guard units use Respirators when operating in environments containing gases or particulates that could be harmful or impair the fighting ability of the troops. A few likely examples are smoke filled buildings, noxious swamps or spore filled Tyranid Hives. This is a pack of twelve individual Elysian Respirator heads, eleven ‘normal’ and one special one for your vox-caster.
Black Templars Storm Shields
Back in White Dwarf issue 312, some pictures of Mark Bedford’s converted Black Templars Terminators aroused plenty of interest, with lots of requests for Forge World to make and release similar Storm Shields. Working together, Mark Bedford and Simon Egan have created a set of five different Black Templars Terminator Storm Shields even more ornate and characterful than Mark’s originals! These new Storm Shields attach to your Assault Terminators in the same way as the standard plastic shields you get in the box, but these are literally covered in purity seals and honour badges, all of which adds heaps of character to your elite unit.
Black Templars Terminator Shoulder Pads
To help enhance both your Terminator and Assault Terminator squads, Simon Egan recently finished work on a complete set of shoulder pads for the Black Templars. The set is made up of 5 left-hand pads, all bearing a beautifully detailed Crux Terminatus, and five individual right-hand pads that really are mini works of art. One thing I love is how Simon has aged each shoulder pad: Look carefully and you can see the scrapes and nicks that the armour has picked up during centuries of combating the enemies of Humanity.
Games Day Atlanta
As Dean mentioned in our last newsletter, Forge World will be in the USA on March 18th for Games Day Atlanta. If you want to be sure of getting exactly what you want, and don’t want to have to rush over to us as soon as the doors open, please think seriously about placing a reservation order with us.. We should have a few Games Day ‘specials’ available too. I’m trying to get hold of some of the Kroot Bird model that we had a few of at last year’s Games Day UK. I also hope to have some Epic 40,000 Multipart Space Marines and some 1/6th scale Laspistols too! /
Games Day Paris and Games Day Los Angeles
Forge World is also now able to start taking reservation orders for both Games Day Paris and Games Day Los Angeles.
Forge World
Games Workshop
Willow Road, Lenton
Nottingham, NG7 2WS
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When I last posted about my Grots they looked like this.
The next stage was to drybrush the weapons and equipment with Tin Bitz and Boltgun Metal.
I then using Scorpion Green, highlighted the skin of the Grots, finishing off final highlights with a mix of Scorpion Green and Blazing Yellow.
The next stage is the **uniforms**.
For his last birthday I got Simon a Space Marine Whirlwind.
In our last game he brought it along to show me the finished model.
I think he has done an excellent job on the model and it looks great.
We weren’t going to use it in the game, but when all was looking lost, I let him use it.
However one of my Ork Tankbustaz with a Rokkit Launcha managed to take it out.
G’Kar no more…
Andreas Katsulas, whose striking Greek visage was often obscured by prosthetic makeup in his several sci-fi roles, died on Monday, February 13, of lung cancer at the age of 59.
Science fiction fans know him well as the Narn ambassador “G’Kar” in Babylon 5. His numerous other TV credits include spots on Alien Nation, Max Headroom, Millennium, Diagnosis Murder, NYPD Blue, etc.
Katsulas also played the recurring role of the Romulan “Commander Tomalak” in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes “The Enemy,” “The Defector,” “Future Imperfect” and “All Good Things…”
Katsulas also had his share of movie roles, and perhaps his most famous was the notorious one-armed man “Frederick Sykes” in “The Fugitive” with Harrison Ford.
Of working-class Greek and American heritage, Katsulas was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and caught the acting bug at age 4. He earned his master’s degree in theater from Indiana University, and performed on stage in St. Louis, New York and Boston before being cast by Michael Cimino in “The Sicilian.” That started his Hollywood career, where his scowl and furrowed brow landed him mostly villainous parts, such as a ruthless mobster in Ridley Scott’s “Someone to Watch Over Me,” and a terrorist leader in “Executive Decision” with Kurt Russell and Steven Seagal.
Katsulas is survived by his second wife, whom he married less than a year ago, and a daughter and a son from his first marriage. Funeral services are pending in his native St. Louis.
I have made some more progress with my Ork Bommer.
It is getting there, but I keep getting sidetracked!
I have already got two painted BoarBoyz and I have started to model and paint another. I had already painted the boar and was intending to use the metal Warhammer Orc which I had bought, but in the end used the same plastic Orc legs from the Orc Warriors Command Sprue as the metal Warhammer Orc Boar rider was “too different” and in my mind would have looked out of place.
I wanted to give this rider a spear so decided to have the Shoota carried on the Ork’s back. Using green stuff I modelled a strap for the gun.
I am not that good with green stuff, but for a gaming model (this is no Golden Demon entry) it works for me.
Where’s the spear, well I haven’t stuck it on yet!
I had some green stuff left over from another modelling project, so I decided to have a go at modeling a covered trukk (ie one with a tarpaulin cover).
Not sure about the end result, but I think it will look better when painted. If I had the skills I would add ropes and stuff (I don’t so I don’t think I will even bother).
A comment from Simon during a recent game about Sharpe in an ITV advert for new drama, made me do a little internet searching and I found out about Sharpe’s Challenge.
Sharpe is back on the telly in an all-new mini-series based in India.
Sharpe’s Challenge will be on ITV on the 23rd and 24th April and BBC Worldwide will be showing it in other parts of the world.
Plot
Sean Bean is back as the swashbuckling hero in Sharpe’s Challenge, an action packed mini-series to be shot on location in Rajasthan, India. Two years after the Duke of Wellington crushes Napoleon at Waterloo, dispatches from India tell of a local Maharaja, Khande Rao, who is threatening British interests there. Wellington sends Sharpe to investigate on what turns out to be his most dangerous mission to date. When a beautiful general’s daughter is kidnapped by the Indian warlord, the tension mounts, leaving Sharpe no option but to pursue the enemy right into its deadly lair. Deep in the heart of enemy territory he also has to keep at bay the beautiful but scheming Regent, Madhuvanthi, who is out to seduce him. The fate of an Empire and the life of a General’s daughter lie in one man’s hands….
Sean Bean is back as Sharpe, and Daragh O’Malley plays Patrick Harper (which is different to the books as Sharpe does not meet Harper in the books until Portugal). Michael Cochrane is also back as General Sir Henry Simmerson!
I wonder if these characters are in the main plot (hope so) and not just used as flashback excuse.