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Forge World Newsletter #164

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Hello everyone,
And welcome to the first newsletter of 2007, and the first newsletter of what you can be sure will be a packed year of cool new stuff and hobby goodness from us here at Forge World. So without further ado, onto the news …oh, and a Happy New Year!
Alan Bligh
Forge World.

All Good Things..

One urgent piece of intelligence we have for you this newsletter is the ending of our holiday period postage offer. This offer will end at 9am on Monday January 8th. So, if you wish to benefit from our offer of free first class shipping to anywhere in the world on orders of £100 or more in value, including pre-orders for the new Death Korps of Krieg models released on January 29th, your orders must reach us by this date and time. (No exceptions, even for bribes and pledges of your eternal soul!) However, just to remind you that our offer of free express shipping on orders of £250 or more in value will continue as normal.

Screaming Jets!

The thunderous release of our new `Aeronautica Imperialis` game continues apace, and just to let all of you who have already ordered know, we started shipping them out en masse at the beginning of the week, with new stock of the various aircraft coming into us all the time. (And if you haven`t ordered a copy of our spiffy new game yet, why not? …all the cool kids are doing it). But just in case you need even more tempting you can take a look at some of the plush page spreads from this mighty lexicon of all things air war in the 41st millennium Here.

Some good news for Aeronautica players is that a free PDF formatted download of the Fuel & Ammo record sheet is available from our website for use in your games Here. This will save you having to photocopy the one in the back of your rulebook, -just download and play.

Also, packs of the full colour `Aeronautica Imperialis` manoeuvre cards (containing 2 sheets each) are available to purchase separately now from our online store Here. These are the same cards that you get with the rulebook, but we thought they’d be handy if for those of you with budding squadrons on the way and wanted extra.

Keep an eye out of for more `Aeronautica Imperialis` releases in the coming months, which will include every aircraft that`s included in the new rulebook, from the Thunderhawk Gunship to the Phoenix Bomber, more details on just `what and when` you will find in forthcoming newsletters.

Thudd Guns (and an apology)

As you may know, the new Imperial Quad-Launcher, better known as the Thudd Gun, is currently available to pre-order from us (you can find it on our online store Here), unfortunately a mistake on our part meant that you couldn’t download the advertised experimental rules, so our apologies for that, -you can quite definitely get hold of them Here, (and those responsible for the hiccup will be kept away from an over-abundance seasonal `cheer` in the future, fear not!).

Also to whet your appetite for these devices of battlefield slaughter, you can find a painted example of this new artillery piece Here. More Death Korps of Krieg stuff coming soon

Thudd Gun

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Missing Entries

Sorry there have been no postings for the last few days, I had a technical hitch when moving my blog to a new computer with being unable to move the iBlog application due to problems with registering and unregistering the new and old Macs.

Having posted a message on the iBlog forums, I was able to get in touch with Lifli and get some more seats for my licence.

Hopefully this will now mean service back to normal.

Cities of Death

At the beginning of the week I popped into my local toyshop which sales GW stuff and was disappointed to find that they had sold out of their copies of the new Warhammer 40K supplement Cities of Death.

Cities of Death

Having been forced from the centre of Bristol due to a WW2 German Bomb I tried to leave Bristol via Cribbs Causeway and popped into the GW store there which did have copies (but none of the urban basing kits).

Picked up my copy and admired their Cities of Death terrain, one table was being built, the other looked finished and was in my opinion really nicely done, well worth a look if you are in the area.

Had a nice long chat with Zak as the place was surprisingly empty for 5.30pm about various games and stuff.

Cities of Death looks excellent and there are some lovely pictures in there.

I have also had a quick look at the stratagems which look for making a very interesting game and I am looking forward to making some models for them as well.

Next question, do I buy the plastic buildings?

Cities of Death

Cities of Death available in GW stores, but not to buy…

One of my local GW stores had all the Cities of Death stuff out, but it was covered in clingfilm and the staff weren’t allowed to sell any of it.

Why?

Tell me why?

Managed to look at the Cities of Death supplement, which though has some nice pictures, does not look as nice or as good as Cityfight from my flick through.

The barricades look really nice though, the resin ones for £12.

The urban basing set was about a quarter of the size I thought it would be, imagine the box needed for a Space Marine Bike and you have the size of the urban basing set! Within it will be five very small tubs!

Building sprues look better in real life than they do on paper.

No Orks until end of June though…

New Forgeworld Epic Thunderhawk and Arvus Lighter

At GamesDay France, amongst a whole lot of new models from Forgeworld, one person managed to capture some new Epic models from Forgeworld.

They are an Epic Thunderhawk and an Epic Aruvs Lighter.

I know I have been one of a few wondering if Forgeworld were giving up on Epic, but these splended new models show that Forgeworld still have Epic models for us.

I am not a fan of the Thunderhawk, so I am hoping that they do an Epic Thunderhawk Transporter which is a model I really do like.

Sharpe’s Cut

This book presents a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the making of “Sharpe’s Challenge”, a major film for television starring Sean Bean. The Sharpe television series is a high point of British television drama. Led by the charismatic Sean Bean playing the redoubtable hero Richard Sharpe, the films brilliantly echo and enhance the remarkable strengths of the bestselling novels by Bernard Cornwell…

"Sharpe" Cut: The Inside Story of the Creation of a Major Television Series

Fourteen films have already aired and now two new films are being released. The series has achieved 14 million viewing figures, with additional and ongoing sales in video and DVD. “Sharpe Cut” is a unique book. It is the book of the creation of a television drama from start to finish; the first of its kind. Linda Blandford spent the entire six months of the filming of “Sharpe’s Challenge” with the cast, crew and producers. She has created a brilliant, vivid account, full of scene and story, high drama, near disaster and comedy.

“Sharpe Cut” gives the reader all the inside touches of what life on a film set is really like. From the producers to the stuntmen, from the chefs to the martial organisers, from the production designers to the costume designers and the make-up artists; they are all here. And so of course are the actors, famous and unknown, bringing all the work to life. Living together for months on end, they become a family of a sort and yet are torn apart at the completion of each film.

“Sharpe Cut” is a brilliant evocation of the life and work of creating a major television drama, with a narrative as compelling as a thriller. It is an intimate and compelling peak behind the director’s chair, into a world the audience can normally only guess at.

Get Sharpe’s Cut at Amazon.

Sharpe’s Challenge

Though not related to a specific book (it took elements from Tiger and Fortress) I did find Sharpe’s Challenge an enjoyable romp and very much in the tradition of Sharpe on TV.

Sean Bean gave his usual portrayal of gutter rat raised from the ranks and was a classic Sharpe.

It was nice to see a little homage to the books showing Sharpe in India in 1803.

If you didn’t see it, you can now order the DVD which was released today (1st May 2006).

Sharpe’s Challenge

The new Sharpe is on tonight on ITV1 at 9pm.

Sean Bean is back as the swashbuckling hero in SHARPE’S CHALLENGE. A year after Wellington crushes Napoleon at Waterloo, dispatches tell of a local Maharaja who is threatening British interests in India. Wellington sends Sharpe to investigate what turns out to be his most dangerous mission to date. The fate of an Empire and the life of a General’s daughter lie in one man’s hands….

Sharpe's Challenge