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Grey Knights Dreadnought

One excellent birthday present I had was a Grey Knights Dreadnought from Forgeworld. This is a fantastically detailed model, with lots of engravings, purity seals

These are the parts that you get.

You can see the detail on this close-up.

This is another view of the parts this time with the bits that you need to cut off highlighted.

These are the cleaned parts.

One of the issues I had with the model was the large piece of superfluous resin on the back which I literally had to hack off.

This was no small piece of sprue this was a large chunk of resin.

Next stage is to stick the thing together (and order some arms).

Forge World Newsletter #146

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Just back a couple of days after seeing a whole pile of you at Games Day Baltimore and off I zoom again! The next few weekends will see Forge World in Glasgow, Toronto, Manchester and London. Details on what we will be doing and where follow below, so see if you can come along to one of these events. But what have we got to show you in today’s Forge World Newsletter? How about a super-detailed Venerable Dreadnought for the Black Templars? Then we have a new Cadian Command HQ squad to take a look at and the re-issue of one of our favourite older models.
Thx,

Ewen Little,
Forge World.

New Tau Piranha TX-42
Before all those we just have to look at this gorgeous new Tau Piranha variant designed by Daren Parrwood. The TX-42 is the latest development of the successful Piranha light skimmer that has a re-worked crew compartment and upgraded armament to turn it into a heavier gunship, designed for frontline operations in support of Tau armoured units. Warwick has written a set of experimental rules for the TX-42 that can be found in the ‘Downloads’ section of the Forge World website. Woo-hoo! Twin linked Rail Rifles and a Targeting Array! Also, I like the look of this new model SO much that my Eldar army is starting to get jealous. The Piranha TX-42 is available as either a conversion kit for the plastic Piranha, or as a complete resin and plastic kit ready to assemble. Both kits come with ALL the weapons options, twin-linked Fusion Blasters, Missile Pods, Plasma Rifles and Rail Rifles which will leave LOADS of cool parts for conversions afterwards. The two Piranha TX-42 kits are available to pre-order online at the Forge World online store now, scheduled for release from Tuesday May 30th onwards.

Amazing New Black Templars Venerable Dreadnought
There can be absolutely no doubt whatsoever that this is a Venerable Black Templars Dreadnought. In fact it could hardly be more venerable! Will Hayes’s original Mk4 Dreadnought has pretty much disappeared under all the extra work that Simon Egan has put in to create this bio-mechanical masterpiece. Just the banner pole is a gorgeous model in itself, but when you take a little bit of time to take a really good look at the model, you have to admit this is a damned nice model, regardless of what you collect. This lovely model of a Black Templars Venerable Dreadnought is available to pre-order online at the Forge World online store now and is due for release from Tuesday May 30th.

New Cadian Command HQ plus Scanner

Cadian Command HQ plus Scanner

Our stream of Cadian upgrades and reinforcements continues today as we unveil an all new Cadian Command HQ Squad plus Long Range Scanner. The complete resin set includes an excellent new Cadian officer model armed with a power fist using the master-vox on the back of one of the Cadian Guardsmen. There is also a new Guardsman armed with a melta-gun to provide a little bit of extra firepower where it’s needed most and a Guardsman sentry. I particularly like the Cadian operating the Long Range Scanner, with his users’ manual in his other hand! The rules for using Long Range Scanners in games of Warhammer 40,000 can be found in the ‘Downloads’ section of the Forge World website. Try them out and see what you think. The Cadian Command HQ Squad with Scanner is available to pre-order online at the Forge World online store now, scheduled for release from Tuesday May 30th onwards.

Re-release – Showcase Imperial Space Marine
One of the very first models that Forge World released, back in the dim and distant past when dinosaurs walked the earth, was a large scale Imperial Space Marine, the first in our Showcase series of figurines. Standing at an impressive 6 inches/150mm tall, even now this is one of my favourite models. I have bought one of these big models already and it is sitting on my painting/modelling desk at home: I just need to finish off the complicated Legion of the Damned paint scheme I chose. As you can see from the assembly instructions, the model comes in quite a number of pieces which allows for plenty of scope for modelling and personalisation. We have a limited number of the Showcase Imperial Space Marine available to order right now but we cannot predict when this set of moulds will break down so if you really fancy getting hold of one, please order soon to avoid disappointment.

Forge World
Games Workshop
Willow Road, Lenton
Nottingham, NG7 2WS

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Disappointed with my Ork Glyphs

In a recent post I mentioned the thickness of the Ork Glyphs I recently ordered from Forgeworld.

Well as I suspected might happen they proved difficult to cut apart and I managed to crack the glyphs.

glyphs

I thought they would be like the Purity Seals which are attached by a very thin resin, these are mounted on 2mm thick resin which also means they look less effective when stuck to vehicles.

I might try and sand them down and see if that makes a difference.

Forgeworld Ork Gunwagon

One of the things that surprised me about my new Forgeworld Ork Gunwagon was the sheer number of parts.

For some reason I wasn’t expecting to get a large number of parts. I was expecting the track units to be a single casting.

I was pleasantly surprised though to get an extra twin linked Big Shoota as well as the Kannon which I think is standard.

One of the key things you need to do with virtually all Forgeworld models is to give them a good wash.

When the Forgeworld models are cast, the mould is given a spray (I guess) of some kind of lubricant to allow the cast model to be released from the mould easily.

However the lubricant also acts as a barrier to paint, so as happened with previous models I (and others) have painted is that the paint flecks off.

Washing the model in water with a drop of washing up liquid should remove the lubricant.

Avoid using hot water as this could warp the resin (a useful tip if you need to warped resin back to its original shape).

Once washed the model is then ready for gluing and painting.

Forgeworld Ork Gunwagon

One model I recently purchased having planned to buy one for some time, was a Forgeworld Ork Gunwagon.

I purchased the model with the Kannon.

Before I think about painting I have taken a look at how others have painted their Gunwagons and there are some nice examples around, but not as many as for some other models.

Forgeworld have some nice painted examples on their website. This is the version I have with the Kannon.

I managed to photograph a couple of these at GamesDay at the Forgeworld display. This is the version with the Lobba.

There are some nice touches. This version is the covered version armed only with a twin-linked Big Shoota.

There is a nice model on the Cool Mini Or Not website.

I am intending to paint mine in a similar style to my Epic versions.

You can find out how I painted my Epic models on my workbench feature.

More soon…

Epic Ruined Librarium

I recently purchased the Epic Ruined Librarium from Forgeworld.

Partly as I like the model and partly as it would seem that Forgeworld are deleting their Epic scenery. You can no longer get the Cathedral or the Tank Factory for example.

One of the key things you need to do with virtually all Forgeworld models is to give them a good wash.

When the Forgeworld models are cast, the mould is given a spray (I guess) of some kind of lubricant to allow the cast model to be released from the mould easily.

However the lubricant also acts as a barrier to paint, so as happened with previous models I (and others) have painted is that the paint flecks off.

Washing the model in water with a drop of washing up liquid should remove the lubricant.

Avoid using hot water as this could warp the resin (a useful tip if you need to warped resin back to its original shape).

Once washed the model is then ready for painting.