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As mentioned back in May Games Workshop (as part of Apocalypse) will be releasing an Ork Mek with a Supa-Shoota.
I have now found a picture of this new Ork which looks very menacing.
I think I will have to get one (and not two as I did with the Ork Kommando with Burna).
One of the nice extra parts for the Sisters of Battle Repressor is the large dozer blade. It consists of two parts; the blade and the attachment for attaching the blade to the hull.
The blade has some quite large sprue attachments which need to be removed with care.
If you don’t it can result in damage to the resin blade, luckily this is at the bottom of the blade.
The attachment had a fair bit of flash attached which needed to be cleaned.
I am going to paint this part separately, but to give you an idea on how the final Repressor will look here is as though the dozer blade was attached.
The next stage is doors, for which I think I may purchase some Rhino Inquisition doors from Forgeworld.
I decided looking at my Ork Looted Rhino that I really ought to finish the basecoat. Here is the Ork Rhino as it was. Just the side and front plate needed doing.
This actually took me less time then I thought it would. Here it is with the hatch off and the rear ramp down.
Next will be to give it a wash of dark ink with some paint to offset the gloss of the ink. Here it is “closed down” with the hatch on and ramp up. The hatch was scratchbuilt.
Another view.
More.
Some more work to do. See how I got to this stage on the main workbench feature.
I was lucky to receive one of the new Warhammer plastic buildings for a present (thanks Simon). I have mentioned in previous posts how impressed I was with the new buildings.
It was the chapel.
In the “A4” sized box you get two sprues with all the parts and extras on them.
One part I did particularly like was the clock.
This looks like it will be quite a substantial kit, as the plastic parts are quite thick compared to other plastic building kits I have made in the past. There will also be quite a few extra parts which I will be able to use on other models as well.
I hope we see more building kits in the future, it would be nice to see some more accompanying buildings as well as Orc or Elven constructions as well.
Looking forward to making this one up.
In White Dwarf 332 (which came out today) the big news for me was the announcement of the new plastic Imperial Guard Super Heavy Baneblade Tank.
This has been rumoured for years, but here it is in the pages of White Dwarf.
Looks good.
Three look even better!
An Ork Killa Kan from my collection.
Armed with Rokkit Launchas.
There are some nice new Epic Scale Ork Flak Gunz & Flak Wagon announced in this newsletter, which will make some nice reinforcements for my Ork Epic army. Hopefully at some point Forge World will make some more Epic Ork stuff which is not just for Aeronautica Imperialis.
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Hi There, Here at Forge World we`re busy preparing for the onslaught of Games Days we have all over the world in the next two months, and we should have quite a few surprises and cool models in store for you. Yet we still have three new releases for you now in the shape of new Ork Flak Gunz and Flak Wagon in Epic scale for Aeronautica Imperialis, and the much anticipated Death Korps of Krieg HQ Command Squad for Warhammer 40,000. Thanks Alan Bligh
Death Korps of Krieg Command HQ Squad
I know many of our customers have been waiting with baited breath for the release of the Death Korps of Krieg HQ Command Squad, and I hope you`ll agree it`s been worth the wait. Extremely detailed and characterful, this HQ Command Squad is another fantastic addition to our Death Korps range sculpted by Simon Egan. The squad features a senior officer standing impassively surveying the battlefield, two troopers with lasguns, a master-vox operator, and an ensign carrying a regimental standard that should leave no-one in doubt as to the Death Korps` nature or intent. The officer in particular is a stand-out model for me, clearly sharing much in terms of uniform with the Krieg Death Riders, there`s a lot of truly stunning detail that Mr Egan has lavished on his design from the Imperial Aquila gorget to the life-like way he`s sculpted the hang of the officer`s coat. It`s a great model and one of the reasons I think this squad`s going to be popular not just with Krieg players, but with hobbyists and painters of all types.
Full rules for the Death Korps of Krieg Command Squad can be found in Imperial Armour Volume 5: The Siege of Vraks.
Ork Flakwagon Epic Scale Ork Flak Gunz & Flak Wagon
New for Aeronautica Imperialis (not to mention your games of Epic) are new Ork Flak Gunz and Flak Wagons, designed by Will Hayes. These highly detailed little beauties look great with their quad barrelled shoota cannon and are ready to rip enemy aircraft out of the sky in a suitably loud orkish hail of lead.
Forthcoming Events
Forge World will be attending Games Day Chicago on the 28th of July, Games Day Germany on Sunday the 5th of August and Games Day Los Angeles on the 11th of August.
Games Workshop
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This will be the new look of the tenth Doctor.
David Tennant’s outfit is very different to Chris Ecclestone’s outfit but that is to be expected as everytime we have had a new Doctor we have a new outfit.
Lots of news from the new series, with the big story being the return of Sarah Jane Smith! We also see the return of the Cybermen.
An Imperial Guard Sentinel armed with a Lascannon and flamer on patrol.
From a recent game.
Here is my Forgeworld Ork Squiggoth advancing as seen in a recent game.
There are some Ork Burna Boyz in the howdah. This is not strictly legal from a rules perspective, but I do now and again bend rules to make for a different or more enjoyable game (and my usual opponent usually agrees to these).