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A Squiggoth that was entered into the GamesDay 2006 Golden Demon awards.
It is a nice concept, but though the painting looks quite good, the overall composition and basing of the model does let it down in my opinion. I am not sure if this is a Warhammer 40000 model or a Warhammer Fantasy Battle model, it’s not a clear concept. I like it, but I would like it even more if the overall concept had worked.
Having said all that it did get Gold!
This is from a game we had.
The scenery is a mix of Cityfight, the gothic ruins and Forge World. Mixed in there are some Forge World barricades and Warhammer 40K barbed wire.
Yes there in the middle is an unexploded Grot Bomb with probably one very confused, but very lucky grot.
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Well, well, well, what a lovely bundle of new Ork models from Forge World.
Hi There,
Welcome to the Forge World newsletter and this time we have an onslaught of new Ork releases for the warbosses among you, as well as some updates, events news and our first teasers for the forthcoming Games Day UK. But first we would like to say thank you to everybody that came to see us at Games Day Germany in Cologne for making it such a great show, —now onto the Orks!
Alan Bligh
Forge World
The Great Waaagh Approaches!
We have no less than eight new releases for the Orks this newsletter and observant hobbyists have probably already guessed our renewed focus on the Orks is all to do with our next Imperial Armour book, which will feature these savage xenos in desperate battle against the Imperium. This first big batch of Ork releases features some great new vehicle mounted weapons, a new hybrid Enclosed Trukk model and one brand new full resin tank, —the Ork Big Trakk. These are all superbly detailed models and can add some fantastic variety and character to your Ork Armies. You can see pictures of new releases on the links below.
Our new Ork releases are:
Big Trakk — Designed by Will Hayes (full resin tank model) —This heavy Ork transport can also be used to carry Big Gunz into battle. A brutal-looking machine, the Big Trakk comes with twin-linked big shootas, a massive gas-turbine engine, and ramming tusks.
Enclosed Trukk — Designed by Will Hayes and Phil Stutcinskas. (a hybrid resin and plastic model using the Ork Trukk kit). —The model makes for a great alternative for your Trukk fleet as well as an excellent base for your own conversions. Its enclosed cab can also be used to represent the Armour Plates upgrade on a trukk.
Flakk gun — Designed by Phil Stutcinskas (full resin Big Gun with three grot crew and an Ork gunner) —this is a quad-barrelled elevating cannon platform that can give the Orks some much needed air-cover as well as rip apart light vehicle squadrons with ease.
Gretchin Crew — Designed by Mark Bedford (eleven resin grots) —some wonderfully characterful grots to crew your big gunz or use as riggers for your vehicles, and generally make a nuisance of themselves!
Big Zzappa — Designed by Will Hayes (full resin Big Gun with three Grot crew) – this marvellous looking `death ray` is adorned with all manner of strange-looking gubbinz and is as dangerous to the enemy as it is unreliable. .
Killkannon — Designed by Will Hayes (full resin Big Gun with three Grot crew) —able to blast apart even heavily armoured troops as the Orks advance, the Killkannon easily lives up to its name and adds heavy firepower to your Waaagh!
Big Lobba — Designed by Will Hayes (full resin Big Gun with three Grot crew) —this somewhat crazed-looking gas-powered bomb launcher is used to lob explosive shells high in the air, and possibly the occasional grot with it!
Supa-Kannon– Designed by Mark Bedford (full resin really Big Gun with three crew, available either on its own or as a compete Battlewagon with Supa Kannon using the plastic Ork Battlewagon kit) —This giant artillery piece looks just as ramshackle and brutal as you might expect from the Orks, and can be used to smash enemy defensives, shatter bastions and fortifications so the boyz can get stuck in.
Many of these kits are designed so that in true Orky style you can mix and match between them and particularly in the case of the Big Gunz you can fit them to Trukks, our Half Trakk, Big Trakks, Gun Wagons, Battle Wagons and your own custom models. We also have some great new grots to crew your vehicles and weapons. Each of the new Big Gunz comes with its own crew, and you can also buy the full set of eleven models separately! A quick note on the Supa-Kannon as well, this is a huge gun intended to be mounted on a Battlewagon, Big Trakk or something equally as large! Look out for more Ork releases in the near future.
Imperial Armour Volume Seven, The Siege of Vraks Part Three
Our latest Imperial Armour book, detailing the climatic battles and conclusion of the war for the renegade world of Vraks is now available for immediate dispatch. This 220 page full colour hardback is extensively illustrated and has new background text, rules and information on numerous war engines for both the forces of the Imperium and Chaos, as well as new Apocalypse Battle Formations, and two new army lists. This first print run of the book also come with a special slip-case that will fit all three volumes of the bloody saga for the battle of Vraks.
You can buy Volume Seven with the slip case or with the three different Siege of Vraks books (including slip case) together as a trilogy
Games Day UK 2009
Forge World`s next event is also by far the largest in our calendar; Games Day UK, and we are already in feverish preparation for the big day itself. As ever we will have our whole design team on hand to answer your questions and preview what we have in store for the future, our massive sales stand with a whole articulated lorry`s worth of stock, display boards, special games and more. We have a Games Day UK page on our website which we`ll be updating with new information as we get closer to the event, but rest assured we will have some exciting major new releases for you on the day. More details will be made available in our special Games Day preview newsletters over the next month.
Imperial Armour Update PDFs
Available now to download from our website Here are new rules updates for Imperial Armour Volume One, Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy and Imperial Armour Volume Two, Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition. These updates bring the game content of these two books into line with the current Codexes on which they are based, so our models can be used in your games of Warhammer 40,000 and Apocalypse without confusion. Further updates covering our other books will be appearing in the near future.
I am well impressed with the new Ork models. Nice to see the Flakk Gun eventually make an appearance after all this time. I do quite like the Big Trakk, but the new Enclosed Cab Trukk is my favourite, it is what I wanted the original Trukk to be like.
Having started painting the Grot Bomb I drybrushed the launch, first with Tin Bitz and then with Boltgun Metal.
I also gave the bike part of the Wartrakk a basecoat of Tausept Ochre.
Full workbench feature on the Grot Bomb Launcha.
GameDay Germany 2009 had very little “new stuff” which hadn’t been seen before. However on display on the Forge World stand were some new models (and the Flakk Wagon).
One new model was the Ork Trukk with Big Lobba.
The Big Lobba had been seen at the Forge World Open Day 2009, and though various Ork Trukk concepts had also been seen, this one hadn’t. It has a new cab and rear section.
Now this is something which was mentioned in the instructions for the Ork Half Trakk about combining the Half Trakk chassis with different Forge World kits (which at the time I thought, what Forge World kits). It is obvious to me that you could combine the new parts of the trukk above with the Half Trakk chassis.
Also in that picture in the foreground are some new grots, ammo runts and grot riggers.
Picture source.
The Forge World Grot Bomb Launcha is probably my favourite model of all time.
Having given my Grot Bomb a white undercoat, I gave it a basecoat of red paint.
Next stage will be a wash.
Full workbench feature on the Grot Bomb Launcha.
This Grot Rigger with Toolbox was from the Collectors Range which for a while was not available, but now is as part of the Grot Assistants Bitz Pack.
This is one of my favourite models from that range. It will eventually be found on one of my Ork vehicles or the new Ork Trukk which I have been making.
Having given the model a white undercoat I painted the skin a base coat of Goblin Green.
As the model will not have a base, I am simply using an upside down slottabase to hold the model.
Next stage will be to finish the skin and paint the metal parts (such as the toolbox) black.
See the full workbench feature on this model.
I got this nice model at Warhammer World, it was initially a mail order direct only model. I first gave the model a white undercoat, I then gave the skin a basecoat of Goblin Green.
As the model will not have a base, I am simply using an upside down slottabase to hold the model.
See the full workbench feature on this model.
So only yesterday I posted a work in progress of one of my metal grotz and today I find pictures of the rumoured plastic grotz.
They do look very nice and looks like (from the sprues) that you also get the Slaver as well.
Really nice and looking forward to getting those.
I got this nice model at Warhammer World, it was initially a mail order direct only model.
I gave the model a white undercoat.
As the model will not have a base, I am simply using an upside down slottabase to hold the model.
See the full workbench feature on this model.