Category: ork

Ork Battlewagon – First Pic

At GamesDay I managed to have a look at the November issue of White Dwarf which had a picture of the forthcoming Ork Battlewagon. I wrote the following back in September.

In the November issue of (the UK) White Dwarf you will be able to see a picture of the finished Ork Battlewagon which is been used as part of the Tale of Four Gamers.

I was going to take a photograph from the pre-production copy at GamesDay but the White Dwarf team were very insistent that I didn’t.

The model comprises (the already seen) tracks with two Trukk style wheels on each side at the front.

It looks nothing like the Forge World model.

The cab is similar to the original wheeled Battlewagon (from what 15 years ago now and used on the FW Gunwagon).

Well some now have that issue and now I can blog a picture of the Battlewagon.

Ork Battlewagon - First Pic

So what do you think?

I do like it and will certainly be getting one (or two) for my Ork army.

Picture source Warseer.

There will be a plastic Stompa, and then something else….

Today from a reliable source I got confirmation that there will be a plastic Ork Stompa and it will cost £60.

It will be released in the early part of 2009, maybe part of the January Ork release, maybe a little later as part of the Apocalypse releases.

It was originally suppose to be released for Apocalypse, however due to some design problems which led to production issues it had to back to the drawing board and be almost redesigned again from scratch as the production model with the original design was flawed.
However we have already seen lots of rumours about plastic Stompaz.

I also managed to glean another piece of information from my source.

There will be a plastic Shadowsword, yup you heard it here first, there will be a plastic Shadowsword and it will cost £60.

New White Dwarf, but…

So there I was driving home form work and I thought, hey it’s the last Friday of the month, that means the new White Dwarf will be out.

Then as I continued to drive, I remembered…

I had bought it at GamesDay 2008!

Hmmm.

Got wait four weeks now to the next issue, well at least that one will have pictures of the new plastic Ork Battlewagon in it.

Ork Flakk Wagon

I think my favourite model from GamesDay 2008 was Forge World’s Ork Flakk Wagon.

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.

I really do like the way it looks, very Orky.

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. We do have the Ork Nob Bikerz and Will showed me the Ork Warboss Bike (complete with jet engine).

So what’s going to be next?

What do you think?

Do you want a Thunderfire Cannon?

I didn’t spend a huge amount of money at GamesDay 2008 but did get a few things. Main trouble was that stuff I wanted had sold out. I was also disapppointed with the lack of Ork stuff for sale on the retail stands, all they seemed to have was the Space Marine Thunderfire Cannon, boxes of them, boxes and boxes. Virtually all other new Space Marine stuff such as the Codex and Drop Pod had sold out by 11.00am! However if you wanted a bundle of Thunderfire Cannons, no problem!

Space Marine Thunderfire Cannon

The thing was that it wasn’t only a pre-release it was also an opportunity to get it much much cheaper.

At GamesDay 2008 it was priced at £25. Games Workshop are going to increase their prices on the 29th September, so when the Thunderfire Cannon is released on the 4th October it will be priced at £30 (well according to the red shirt I spoke to at GamesDay).

So why wasn’t the Thunderfire Cannon selling at GamesDay?

According to the same red shirt I spoke to it was because they bought a pallet’s worth with them and it contained small boxes.

Hmmm.

I think not.

I believe it didn’t sell as it was overpriced for what it was (and it’s going to cost even more) and I think that it’s not a very good model. When you compare it to the Forge World Tarantula which is cheaper and looks more “realistic” (well how realistic can a weapon from the 41st millennium be).
One red shirt tried to sell it to me on the basis that it worked well in the game… Well some people may buy figures because of the rules, I buy figures because of the way they look.

So what did I get?

Well I got the Ork Barricades (got the last one). I got the excellent Modelling Masterclass book from Forge World which is full of great stuff. I also got the latest White Dwarf and the Warhammer Historical Old West rules.

What I wanted to get was the Warhammer Historical Great War rules, the Drop Pod, the Space Marine Codex and I even considered getting another Ork Gunwagon – though I may get the new plastic Ork Battlewagon.

GamesDay 2008 – Ork Battlewagon and Warboss Bike

Well back from an exhausting GamesDay 2008.

Posting the pictures online on the blog throughout the day seems to have worked out well, with a lot of discussion on Warseer as a result.

I also took two hundred photographs with my SLR so expect to see those in a day or two.

Saw some fantastic games, great models and still managed to miss a lot of stuff!

In the November issue of (the UK) White Dwarf you will be able to see a picture of the finished Ork Battlewagon which is been used as part of the Tale of Four Gamers.

I was going to take a photograph from the pre-production copy at GamesDay but the White Dwarf team were very insistent that I didn’t.

The model comprises (the already seen) tracks with two Trukk style wheels on each side at the front.

It looks nothing like the Forge World model.

The cab is similar to the original wheeled Battlewagon (from what 15 years ago now and used on the FW Gunwagon).

A similar looking Trukk conversion using the Battlewagon tracks in in the October WD (which was on sale at GD).

There will be either spare parts or conversion kits for the Battlewagon as well with turrets etc…

Interestingly there was no pre-production WD for December (there was at last year’s GD) and the reason I was given was “it would ruin the surprise”.

Asked if it was an Ork Stompa, no reply was given…

I also really liked Will Hayes’ Ork Boss Warbike which has a built in jet engine!

Warboss Bike

Cool!

More later on this week.