Tag: apocalypse

There is a datasheet for the Ork Submersible

Back on the 1st Jan I mentioned that there were a lot of rumours flying about the web about a possible Apocalypse Datasheet for an Ork Submersible.

Well it’s looking like the rumours are true. I have now seen the datasheet for the submersible so soon you will be able to use models like this one which was used at GamesDay 2007.

Ork Submersible

The other Ork datasheets include a huge flying mine layer, a horde (100+) Orks, a trukk force and a Pulsa Rokkit.

I just wish that GW published their datasheets in colour (as Forge World did).

Apocalypse

I have finally got my copy of the Apocalypse rulebook. I was kind of expecting that Santa would be bringing me a copy, however Santa saw that I had received in the post the Forge World Apocalypse book and assumed (wrongly) that I had gone out and bought it myself!

So there I was with the Forge World book and no actual Apocalypse book, so I went out in the sales and bought a copy (and alas it wasn’t reduced).

I am kind of disappointed with it, I don’t know maybe I was expecting more. It’s a pity there aren’t more colour pictures, I guess I was spoiled by the Forge World version which at £20 is £10 cheaper and seems to have a lot more colour in it. Don’t get me wrong, I love the big four page spreads, the Ork spread of islands is fantastic and very inspiring. I also like the armoured train and termite which are shown.

Maybe I was expecting more from the rules, maybe I wanted more datasheets for my Orks.

So far I have not had a game of Apocalypse but will do so at some point in the future, a nice big game against Simon, he has Imperial Guard (lots of tanks and guns) and Space Marines, whilst I will be using my Orks and Inquisitorial forces, now there’s an alliance which will take some justifying…

Warhound Titan

Back in 2003 saw Forge World release their 40K scale Warhound Titan, this is it on display at GamesDay 2003.

Now with Apocalypse we are seeing Forge World getting inundated with orders for Titans, so much so that they are having trouble coping with the orders…

Now I suspect we will see more Titans on the gaming table, I have considered getting one (if I had the money and more importantly the time to build and paint one), but as an Ork player there is very little choice, ah well.

Warlord Titan

With Apocalypse being the buzz expansion of the moment, of course everyone is talking titans…

Using titans in Warhammer games is not a new thing though, the Forge World titans have been around for quite a few years now.

Before them we had the Armorcast models (and if I could find one at a reasonable price I would certainly get an Armorcast Great Gargant, if only so Simon’s new BaneBlade could blow it up!)

At GamesDay 2001 there was this very nice Warlord Titan which was being used more for display than gaming, but was still very impressive.

Warlord Titan

More pictures of Titans.

Will there be a plastic Stompa kit?

When Games Workshop announced their Apocalypse variant for Warhammer 40K, one image got a lot of gamers excited, a pair of Stompaz!

Ork Stompaz

Initially there was a lot of internet buzz that these were going to be new plastic models, alas it was later found that these were in fact scratchbuilt models.

The only large plastic kit released for Apocalypse was the BaneBlade, however the rules for Stompaz did find there way into the Apocalypse rulebook, so if you built your own you could field them on the gaming table.

Later another (internet) rumour which went round was that Games Workshop had tried to make a plastic Stompa for Apocalypse but were having problems with the moulds and the sprues.

Now with the success of the BaneBlade and the huge increase in orders at Forge World will they try again and release a plastic Stompa?

Well before I answer that question let me firstly quote Jervis Johnson from the current (UK) issue of White Dwarf about the new Orks and the new Ork Codex…

…we’ve got plans for all kinds of new stuff over the course of the year. What else is in the pipeline? Well I’m going to have to keep that a secret for the moment, but suffice to say that 2008 is set to be a very green year indeed…

Now combine that with comments from Seb Perbet at GamesDay 2007 who confirmed to me that the Orks we are seeing being released now are only the first phase and that there will be more Ork released in the spring of 2008.

Finally how about this comment from the Games Workshop site on Stompaz?

There are other Stompa variants – the power-field protected Big Mek’s Stompa with its devastating Lifta-Droppa or the streamlined Go-Fasta Stompa of the Evil Sunz or the heavy Maula employed by the Goffs, but you’ll have to wait to hear more about them.

Now that’s interesting, but you’ll have to wait to hear more about them, does that sound like to you that there could be a plastic kit with variants for the different Ork Clanz?

Why would Games Workshop release a large number of variant Stompa datasheets for Apocalypse when they know that gamers would have to scratchbuild each variant?

Personally I am expecting to see an Ork Stompa in plastic in 2008, do you expect to see one?

Stompa

Forge World Postal Delays

It would seem that Apocalypse is causing big problems for Forge World. Everyone (and a few others) are all purchasing big models for use in Apocalypse games, you know Titans, Shadowswords, Medusas, Squiggoths, etc…

As a result Forge World are having a few problems coping with the demand and therefore there are now delays in getting orders out.

With the recent release of WH40K Apocalypse and the forthcoming Christmas period demand for Forge World models is at an all time high. This has unfortunately led to delays in processing of all orders. Demand for certain models (especially those featured in the Warhammer 40,000 Apocalypse rulebook) has been extremely high. Please rest assured we are still committed to despatching orders to all our customers as quickly as possible but significant delays may be unavoidable.

Of course guess who just put in a Forge World order!