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There were some great new models at the Forge World Open Day 2009.
Will Hayes has been working on some ideas for Ork Trukks and additional weapons and these looked really nice and would add variety to any Ork army which uses Trukks.
See more pictures of these concept Trukks.
I think my favourite model from GamesDay 2008 was Forge World’s Ork Flakk Wagon.
From a gaming perspective it can’t really be considered too important as I guess not too many gamers use aircraft in their games (but hey you never know).
From a model perspective it is just a conversion kit, it is not a full resin kit. It looks as though as well as new crew you also get a new engine too.
I really do like the way it looks, very Orky.
In my original post on the Flakk Wagon just after GamesDay I said:
I also like it, because it means that Forge World are making more Ork stuff and I hope that this isn’t a one off, but just the start of lots of new stuff.
At the Forge World Open Day in April we saw various work in progress models from Will Hayes so that wave of Ork stuff from Forge World is on its way.
Photographs from the French Golden Demon competition are now online, some great painting and models, including the excellent Ork Battlewagon above.
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.
Taken at GamesDay 2008, these Ork Nob Bikerz were on display for the first time.
I don’t have any bikes in my Ork army and only really like two of the three models available. I do quite like the Ork Warboss, but at £38 is slightly out of my budget, especially as I can get ⅔’s of an Ork Stompa for that!
On display at the Forge World Open Day was an Ork Battlewagon with a Supa-Kannon.
This comprises various parts as a conversion kit (not sure if it will be available as a complete model).
As well as the new GW Battlewagon, I would have thought this would fit on the original Forge World Battlewagon too.
A side view.
This is referred to by Forge World as a Supa-Kannon.
In the Ork Codex there is an upgrade for the Battlewagon which is called the KillKannon. Now is this a different weapon with different stats? At the moment we don’t know, but as a conversion kit for the KillKannon it would appear to fit the bill.
Also at the Open Day were various sketches one of which looks interesting with a Battlewagon with a huge rocket.
Looks like there is going to be some interesting new Ork stuff from Forge World.
We first saw the Forge World Ork Flakk Wagon at GamesDay 2008, still no sign of it been available now. It was on show at the Forge World Open Day 2009.
Still looking good. Wondering though when it will become available?
You can now see all my photographs from the Forge World Open Day 2009 in this gallery.
One of the things I liked about Cities of Death was the large Ork “town” which was there alongside the ruined Imperial Cities. I know I will never have the time, space or resources to make something similar, but I did like the concept and thought it would be nice to have some buildings for my Ork Airfield, well at least something that could be used alongside my Ork Bommer.
So I took an old DVD-R spindle tub I had, these are available in various sizes depending on how many disks there are, I used a 50 disk tub.
Once you have finished with the disks, you do have the basis for a good building. They come in various sizes as well, 25, 50, 100, therefore you can have different heights as well.
The first thing I did was stick a tube out the side (well my son did), the tube is from a roll of foil.
I then added a Land Raider door as a hatch in the floor and Rhino roof doors as entrance doors.
The next stage was to add some wood planking and some metal panels (made from plasticard).
Then using a hot glue gun I stuck these to the side of the DVD tub. A hot glue gun is perfect for this kind of thing, as both plastic and super glues are unsuitable for this kind of model.
It’s based on my Ork Fort.
More soon…
We first saw the Forge World Ork Flakk Wagon at GamesDay 2008, still no sign of it been available now. It was on show at the Forge World Open Day 2009.
Still looking good. Wondering though when it will become available?
You can now see all my photographs from the Forge World Open Day 2009 in this gallery.
I hadn’t planned on going to the Forge World Open Day, if I had I wouldn’t have turned up at 3.30pm with only thirty minutes left…
But I was on my way to York and decided to stop off on the way and have a look at what was new and what was planned. Over the next few days I will post more photographs, but here are a few of the things I saw and I really liked.
Will Hayes has been working on some ideas for Ork Trukks and additional weapons and these looked really nice and would add variety to any Ork army which uses Trukks.
Also on display was the big cannon for the Ork Battlewagon.
What impressed me though were the Khorne Slaughterers.
I am not a great fan of Chaos, but these Forge World models are starting to make me think differently.
Update: you can now see all my photographs from the Forge World Open Day 2009 in this gallery.