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Folks,

Here's the latest from Forgeworld - can the bold stuff be anything but a reference to the forthcoming and much rumoured Reaver Titan?

Before anyone says it...yes, of course it could refer to anything, but my money's on the Reaver.

Bold, italics and underlining added by me for emphasis.

Cheers,

Padre.

Hello Again,

Hot on the heels of Monday`s preview, I have another newsletter for you with info on what Forge World will be doing at Games day UK, and even more new stuff to show you. Meanwhile here at Forge World the preparations for the day continues at a feverish pace (a little too feverish perhaps, as last newsletter’s PDF experimental rules can attest! These have now been sorted out, sorry for any confusion).

Thanks
Alan Bligh

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[i][/i] First up I have some more details for you about what Forge World will be doing at Games Day UK. You will be able to find our usual sales stand and about as much stock as we can cram in the back of a large articulated truck, by the entrance door F1 in the Forum Hall (where we were last year). Also present will be our entire studio team who have their own stand nearby and will be happy to answer questions as well as show our new models. They have also created a fantastic Siege of Vraks and Aeronautica Imperialis air base display boards which will be on show. You also be able to see some of our ‘work in progress’ designs, among which you will find one very large model indeed….</lb:prodname></lb:description>

We will also be running participation games of Aeronautica Imperialis in 40K scale in a special gaming area near our sales stand. This idea which we first introduced at out Open Day earlier in the year has proved very popular, so if you want a chance to do battle in the skies with some big planes, big bases and big dice do come and sign up for a game early on.

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[i][i][i][/i][/i][/i]First previewed a few newsletter ago, Tactica Aeronautica the first expansion book for Aeronautica Imperialis is now available for pre-order here for release on the week commencing the 8th of October and the first 500 copies will be signed, and I can confirm we should have some copies for sale at Games Day UK. Tactica is a brand new 128 page colour hardback that expands the game and features new aircraft, scenarios, rules and lots of hobby material as well as a brand new campaign narrative the Typha-IV conflict, depicting a desperate air war fought between the Imperium and the Tau Empire, and a variant campaign system allowing you to re-create conflict and determine the victor for yourselves. </lb:description>

You can find pictures of the cover and some sample page spreads Here

Aeronautica Air Base Models
[i][i][i][/i][/i][/i]Also available to pre-order for release the week commencing the 8th of October, is our fantastic new Aeronautica Imperialis Air Base designed by Phil Stutchinskas. As you can see from the picture Here, these models have a fantastic level of detail on them, and of course are perfect for your games of Epic 40,000 as well as Aeronautic Imperialis, and are also tailor-made for use with the new campaign in Tactica Aeronautica.

The Air Base is available in the following component parts:
Imperial Landing Pad -Small
Imperial Landing Pad -Large
Airbase Control Tower
Airbase Accessories

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New Show Only Model! Ogryn Berserker with Death Korps Victim
[i][i][i][/i][/i][/i]As well as this year`s other Games Day special models, the Imperial Thunderbolt Pilot and the Ork Skwadron Commander, we have another new special model for sale at Games Day UK, a Renegade Ogryn Berserker with Death Korps Victim which you can see Here. This great model designed by Mark Bedford really does have so much character and drama to it, as well as brutally brings home just how big and nasty those renegade Ogryns are!

This model will only be available at shows only, in limited numbers, and may not be separately reserved.


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Games Day UK is being held on September 23rd at the Birmingham NEC, and Forge World will be there in force. You can find full details of the event here. If you haven`t yet got your tickets for the event now is your last chance to get some as a few are still available from the Games Workshop Online Store, or by giving the Games Workshop Direct Sales team a ring on 01159140000.

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As nice as the Aeronautica buildings are... they don't make sense. Are all Imperial flyers VToL craft now?

BYE

Make sense or not, it just means more epic buildings!

They still make sense as long as some are.

Also, I don't think there'll be a Reaver. The datafaxes are for Warhound and Warlord, and apparently FW want to wipe out the chances of the old Epicast Reaver titans making it into games, so they're not making one, and no rules either. Apparently.

Pics of this diorama have been floating on the internet and I think it is from the GW museum. Could this be what the siege of vraks display will look like? Note the Warlord Titan.

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9gnMiU6Q.1GPREA4l.jzbkF/SIG=124pbcd2e/EXP=1190040762/**http%3A//www.sodemons.com/gwmuseum/chaostitanx.jpg

http://www.sodemons.com/gwmuseum/chaosatt2.jpg

 

 

Thats the siege on the emperors palace games day display, from about 8 or 9 years ago i reckon. It looked awesome.

I remember seeing that a long time ago...

But I don't remember what the close-ups showed us.

Anyone have any?

Or remember if the Primarchs are modeled in them?

I thought that somewhere FW said they were working on a Reaver, and that it would be out somewhat soon. I think there will be one, it is the next step for them. Why not sell something that will be bought by many?

Lop the ends off of some of those pads and put a runway down the center solves the Vtol problem. Maybe they have some kind of force catapult system that will launch them from the pad....

Just looks damn nice. Keeps making me want to play AI!!

That Ogryn is awesome!! I want some.

Posted By Heavygear on 09/16/2007 8:00 AM

Pics of this diaroma have been floating on the internet and I think it is from the GW museum. Could this be what the siege of vraks display will look like? Note the Warlord Titans.

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9gnMiU6Q.1GPREA4l.jzbkF/SIG=124pbcd2e/EXP=1190040762/**http%3A//www.sodemons.com/gwmuseum/chaostitanx.jpg

http://www.sodemons.com/gwmuseum/chaosatt2.jpg

I'd expect something even bigger (although likely not including Warlord Titans, I would expect to see the new Reaver).  There are a few displays in the Apoc book that are grander than the Siege of the Emperor's Palace, so I'd expect the Siege of the Vraks to trump or at least match those.

Broon, 

I've heard rumoured on the net that the reason for not including the Reaver in the Apocalypse datasheets was that it would detract from the "saleability" of the next hideously-expensive Imperial Armour book !

Apparently, the next (or a forthcoming) IA is Adeptus Mechanicus-focused, and will have the rules for the Reaver.

Personally, seems a little silly to me, as:

A) It would make sense to have the rules for at least 3 of the 4 main Imperial Titans all in the same place (Apoc.).

B) It'll take more than one Reaver Titan Datasheet to make me consider shelling out AU$100 + for a book.

Cheers,

Padre.

My money's on a Warlord titan. No, an Imperator!

The Big Daddy Ogryn is great.

That pic is the Siege of the Emperor's Palace diarama. I imagine the Vraks one will have many times more men than that, but will have tanks rather than titans, and miles of trenchwork.

BYE

Does anyone know if the Ogryn/Krieg dude come separately? It looks like they're cast separately and I can't fathom why someone would make the arm attached to the dude's head, but I want to use the dude for a conversion.

What's a diorama?

I bent my Wookiee.

Posted By Abadabadoobaddon on 09/16/2007 9:08 PM
What's a diorama?

A word I don't use often, aparently.

BYE

Posted By Broon on 09/16/2007 7:16 AM

Also, I don't think there'll be a Reaver. The datafaxes are for Warhound and Warlord, and apparently FW want to wipe out the chances of the old Epicast Reaver titans making it into games, so they're not making one, and no rules either. Apparently.

That would go contrary to what Forge World has been saying for the last couple years. They've been talking about a Reaver being "in the works" while a Warlord might be possible in the future. Of course if they surprise us with a Warlord rather than a Reaver, I won't be complaining. I think they could care less about the old Armorcast titans though.

personally for regular 40K I don't think anything should really be much bigger than the warhound. All it would take is someone to shake the table just a tad too hard and then your $2000 titan goes crashing to the floor. You could play the whole game on the floor maybe, but that wouldn't be too comfy and it would be too hard to not step on little stuff

I'd rather see em do something big and orky, would make sense too what with the orks coming out next and all...

Posted By Elusive71 on 09/17/2007 9:11 AM

Posted By Broon on 09/16/2007 7:16 AM

Also, I don't think there'll be a Reaver. The datafaxes are for Warhound and Warlord, and apparently FW want to wipe out the chances of the old Epicast Reaver titans making it into games, so they're not making one, and no rules either. Apparently.

That would go contrary to what Forge World has been saying for the last couple years. They've been talking about a Reaver being "in the works" while a Warlord might be possible in the future. Of course if they surprise us with a Warlord rather than a Reaver, I won't be complaining. I think they could care less about the old Armorcast titans though.

The only way I'd complain is if the Warlord looked more like the "battletech-lite" version than the (to me!) proper Warlord: the boxy, skull face monster! (No pic, sorry, but it was the metal version released sometime around the Titan Legions era... I think!)

Posted By Alpharius on 09/17/2007 10:29 AM
The only way I'd complain is if the Warlord looked more like the "battletech-lite" version than the (to me!) proper Warlord: the boxy, skull face monster! (No pic, sorry, but it was the metal version released sometime around the Titan Legions era... I think!)

You mean the guy on the left vs the guy on the right?

 

Personally, i think the only proper Warlord is Ol' Beetleback.

By the way, if anyone is interested, here's an old WIP pic of Mike Biasi's Imperator:

I have to agree. The old Bettle-Back design is the way Titans should look.

BYE

I concur heartily. The old beetle backs had so much non-battletech, 40k flavor. The only thing more horrid was that interim techy eldar titan... gah. That was bad.

the stuff you have put in bold does not refer to the reaver but to the new lord of change they are doing.

I guess we are about due for the Lord of Change... How did you come to find this out?

Yes, definitely the one on the left!

The "beetlebacks" were great, but I did like that one...

And Toreador - good call on that awful mess that was the "interim" Eldar Titan! Good lord that thing was horrible...

The masochist in me has to ask... Anyone have a pic of that nightmare?

Posted By Alpharius on 09/17/2007 6:02 PM
And Toreador - good call on that awful mess that was the "interim" Eldar Titan! Good lord that thing was horrible...

The masochist in me has to ask... Anyone have a pic of that nightmare?

  You asked for it.  If you have a weak stomach, heart problems, are pregnant or planning to ever become pregnant, do not click on the link below. 

www.netepic.org/GALLERY/view_photo.php

Almost like the Imperium went and made some Eldar Titans themselves...

Awful.

BYE

Hehe,

but you have to admit,
it is a funky paint job,

The imperium wouldn't have such hallucinogenic colours!

Posted By Broon on 09/16/2007 7:16 AM

Also, I don't think there'll be a Reaver. The datafaxes are for Warhound and Warlord, and apparently FW want to wipe out the chances of the old Epicast Reaver titans making it into games, so they're not making one, and no rules either. Apparently.

That does not compute. The Apocalypse datasheets allow you to use Armorcast Warhounds and Revenants and Epicast Stompas willy-nilly, why would they make an exception with the goofy old Armorcast (not Epicast) Reaver which few people even own.

A more likely reason for there being no Reaver datafax in the Apocalypse book was put forth at Warseer as a rumor, which is that they omitted it so sales of IAV6 would not be hurt, as apparently the Reaver is the centerpiece release in that volume.

Posted By Agamemnon2 on 09/19/2007 12:43 AM

Posted By Broon on 09/16/2007 7:16 AM

Also, I don't think there'll be a Reaver. The datafaxes are for Warhound and Warlord, and apparently FW want to wipe out the chances of the old Epicast Reaver titans making it into games, so they're not making one, and no rules either. Apparently.

That does not compute. The Apocalypse datasheets allow you to use Armorcast Warhounds and Revenants and Epicast Stompas willy-nilly, why would they make an exception with the goofy old Armorcast (not Epicast) Reaver which few people even own.

A more likely reason for there being no Reaver datafax in the Apocalypse book was put forth at Warseer as a rumor, which is that they omitted it so sales of IAV6 would not be hurt, as apparently the Reaver is the centerpiece release in that volume.

Yeah but Forge World already does a Warhound and Revenant, so they really have to make Apocalypse rules for those models. As nobody does the Warlord, but Armorcast does the Reaver, they apaprently decided to scrap the Reaver and build a Warlord instead, which they would have exclusive rights to build, and as it hasn't been done in the past, every one in existence would be a Forge World version.

Here's a quote from the guy that said this. It's the only source I have and I wouldn't call it Gospel or anything, but he did get the correct points on the Warlord on the Datafax we've seen, and this was a while (3wks) before that was posted, so maybe he knows something.

"I was told a year or so back by a FW employee that GW were not impressed with players still using the Armorcast (fully licensed copy) Warhound Titan instead of buying a new Forge World model. Now it seems that GW has gone that extra step to make sure that Armorcast Reaver Titans won't make it into Apocalypse, they have decided to drop the model and go with the Warlord. At 2500 points the Warlord is as large as a lot of players armies, so expect to see a large model and a high cots in $."

(p.s I Epicast did make the Titans http://www.epicast.com/index.php?mode=page&page=lostandbanned  .