As above title suggests since there have been quite a few posts mentioning these guys.

What's your fav item/s from FW and why?

Mine has got to be the thunderhawk with the land raider along with the Contemptor dreads. Thunderhawk because it's 400 pounds of sheer awesomeness and the Contemptor because it just looks 1000 times better than dish washers with guns.

Look forward to hearing your answers

1. Warhound Titan. Used some inheritance to get it and then got it commission built and painted. It's on a shelf above me and every time I look up at it I smile and feel a warm glow. Best self present ever, despite the earbending the missus gave me.

2. Avenger Strike Fighter. Wanted it for ages, been hinting to the wife each birthday and Christmas without success, so went ahead and bought it for myself. It's massive, looks amazing, and kicks ass on the tabletop.

My vote actualy goes to the DkoK line, as a whole alongside the Fellblade

Cataphractii, or the Reaver.

As if there can be any question:

The Marauder Bomber. I don't own it, (I've come close to purchasing it on two separate occasions) but every time I see it on FW's site I start doing mental gymnastics trying to justify buying that model. I absolutely love the aesthetic and hope at some point I'll own a B-17 in Spaaaaace! but for now it remains in my perpetual shopping cart.

My problem is when I start breaking down the negatives around the model it becomes harder to get excited about owning it.

All I can think about is that the Marauder is a giant, super-heavy flyer which is difficult to model, even more difficult to transport and store, requires customization to mount on a flight stand, and likely wouldn't see much of any table time--all for the bargain price of $300! Nope, maybe I won't ever get one.

It is so pretty though...

In terms of cool factor?

Death Korps Grenadiers. Obviously. Nothing else has the same sort of Grimdark that looks like something that could exist in real life and be real real terrifying. Second would be the Eldar Vampire (as long as you don't have to assemble it) and the DKoK Quartermaster.

In terms of usefulness on the table? Rapier Laser Destroyers. They put out a lot of hate.

For me it has to be the Forgeworld Eldar Avatar.

Pricewise it isnt like one of the huge models FW offers, so nothing unobtainable for the common man.

Lookswise, it is miles and miles ahead of the official GW Avatar who is way too short and has a ridiculous pose.

Still bothers me why GW didnt adopt this as their official Finecast model during the 2013 Eldar release and how that godawful 10 year old metal Avatar model made it into finecast instead.

To me, the FW Avatar (especially the one holding the sword with a challenging pose basically telling the entire opposing army to "bring it on") is an awesome and affordable sculpt that should be the centrepiece of every Eldar army.

The Deimos pattern Predators. Lawdy-lawd!

Sicaran and Contemptor-Mortis Dread for Imperium, Tetras for Xenos. They're useful and cool.

Now, the coolest thing FW will ever produce... 30k Thousand Sons. I so want those

Sicaran and Legion Glaive jump to mind.
I also really love the look of the Thunderbolt fighter.

For me it has to be the realm of battle Necron Tomb Citadel.

Oh god I love the R'Varna.

Nom nom dakka

CRASSUS ARMOURED ASSAULT TRANSPORT !!!!!

My Vulture, hands down. Marvelous model, best anti-flyer tool (it killed two Heldrakes and velocity-locked another in its best game yet).

Chaos Warhound Titan!

Bitchin!

Tyranid Hierophant, I will have one, some day:



The War Mammoth is a really sweet model as well.

I love the Space Marine turrets. I'd field an army of almost nothing but turrets if I could find a decent way to do it without breaking the bank.

All of the DKOK, the chaos psycher (I had so much fun to paint it). Korvydae, the Red Wake, they are cool models. But the Malenthrope will be my number one. Big nasty snake like monster.

 Vaktathi wrote:
In terms of cool factor?

Death Korps Grenadiers. Obviously. Nothing else has the same sort of Grimdark that looks like something that could exist in real life and be real real terrifying.

Theodore Bruckner is amazing, too. Might buy him just 'cause.

I quite like the Hades Drill and the Thudd Gun, too.

I have to say, the Scorpion was one of the reasons I came back to 40k -



That and the lynx. Mmmm. I really like the Phantom Titan, but *not* the way FW have painted/posed it. I've seen much, much better versions by other people out there.

Interesting choices. Obviously I expected titans to be popular with most but great posts everyone

Effing beast. My favorite tank.

 MeanGreenStompa wrote:
Effing beast. My favorite tank.

Touché that is one mutha

The tomb stalker is probably my favorite fw model, ia12 is by far my favorite item from fw

After buying two squads of them and a Praetor I'd need to say Cataphractii Terminators.

Yes they're a pain in the ass the paint and assemble

Yes they're more complicated than they would first seem

No, they don't give you any spare components at all

But good lord they're worth it. They look like John Blanche's art.

I like the renegade militia set, I bought 15 torso to start my traitor guard


Another favorite is the Red Butchers

The 30k tanks, when can Id like some variety in my motor pool, its all plastic version and bit too similar and is a bit boring if I add too many

2 of my beloveds from forgeworld.. also have a glaive, and a fellblade






now just waiting for them all to get back to me

 ausYenLoWang wrote:
2 of my beloveds from forgeworld.. also have a glaive, and a fellblade






now just waiting for them all to get back to me

Love the dragon paintwork on the thunderhhawk just marvelous stuff

So the other arrived today

a few nice toys, and cant wait to give someone hell with them across a table. the fleet is up to BaneBlade, Felbade, Glaive, Warhound, Thunderhawk. all are painted up for thousand sons with as much FW love as i could find for them, doors etc etc.

The full unit of vehicles


From the side


a topish look...


Glaive


Felblade


my Cultist Bane Blade

Strangely enough, I love the Damocles Command Rhino.
Yes, you heard me (or read, I don't know), the humble Damocles Rhino.

It simply has fun rules and looks decent enough.

My second favourite is the Tarantula turret.

Necron Sentry Pylon. Easy to scratch-built and offers very good AA for someone who doesn't want to use flyers himself.

Really, DKoK commisars are all simply awesome.

The whole admech line.

I'd say the Warhound too, but I think I love the idea of it more than the model itself.

My top two are:

Eldar Scorpion Heavy Grav Tank Mk II
Praetor Armoured Assault Launcher

Anything Adeptus Mechanicus related, i love their design and vibe. So damn much.

Also, Acanthrites (robot super killy flies are fairly cool) and anything Tallarn really.
I'm honestly tempted to by some Ryza executioner and Tallarn snipers now...

I am partial to the Macharius Vanquisher, Valdor Tank Hunter and the Lynx. Revenant Titan is alright. I am definitely going to use a ton of Forge World if/when I do start Eldar.

I shalll own one soon enough!

I wish FW wasnt so expensive since it has so many cool models that almost nobody gets to play with. And with a price difference of upto 60% between them and recasters, you'd think they could go down a notch.

 Sir Arun wrote:
I wish FW wasnt so expensive since it has so many cool models that almost nobody gets to play with. And with a price difference of upto 60% between them and recasters, you'd think they could go down a notch.

what you want them to discount so that the recasters become worse value? that aint gonna happen,

and the recasters to aus pricing is 50% less than FW. and i am happy as a pig in mud with my real models.

 Sir Arun wrote:
And with a price difference of upto 60% between them and recasters, you'd think they could go down a notch.

Sigh. Not this nonsense again. Recasters can sell at much cheaper prices because they don't have to pay the sculptors, pay to write the rules, pay wages above starvation level, etc. Ripping off someone else's work is always going to be cheaper than having to make your own products. Complaining about how expensive the real thing is compared to a recast makes about as much sense as complaining about how expensive movies are when you can just pirate them for free.

MK4 armour and their respective guns, Fellblade, Cataphractii terminator armour, weathering powders, Ferrus Magnus.

Not the Thunderhawk though. such a terrible model.

PS: The larger forge world vehicles are better value than equivalents.

 Peregrine wrote:

 Sir Arun wrote:
And with a price difference of upto 60% between them and recasters, you'd think they could go down a notch.

Sigh. Not this nonsense again. Recasters can sell at much cheaper prices because they don't have to pay the sculptors, pay to write the rules, pay wages above starvation level, etc. Ripping off someone else's work is always going to be cheaper than having to make your own products. Complaining about how expensive the real thing is compared to a recast makes about as much sense as complaining about how expensive movies are when you can just pirate them for free.

you do know that forgeworld is more expensive than finecast, right? you're trying too hard to to avert attention from the additional brand name fee on top of gw's brand name already. which is why forgeworld pricing cannot be defended by any of the points you made except "it is their right to set it to whatever rate they want to"

 Sir Arun wrote:

 Peregrine wrote:

 Sir Arun wrote:
And with a price difference of upto 60% between them and recasters, you'd think they could go down a notch.

Sigh. Not this nonsense again. Recasters can sell at much cheaper prices because they don't have to pay the sculptors, pay to write the rules, pay wages above starvation level, etc. Ripping off someone else's work is always going to be cheaper than having to make your own products. Complaining about how expensive the real thing is compared to a recast makes about as much sense as complaining about how expensive movies are when you can just pirate them for free.

you do know that forgeworld is more expensive than finecast, right? you're trying too hard to to avert attention from the additional brand name fee on top of gw's brand name already. which is why forgeworld pricing cannot be defended by any of the points you made except "it is their right to set it to whatever rate they want to"

you are aware that ForgeWorld use a different resin, make a better product than the base GW resin rubbish, etc etc.

Gw's brand name is the run of the mill models, FW are the apex, they are the luxury stuff, do you see ferrari selling a car cheaper because GM do?

edit: and you were comparing FW to recasters... not even base GW. the recasters as you quoted dont do ANYTHING that has actual costs, hell their labour is in the region of 10$ a week. where the poms are paying 10-20 POUNDS an hour...

So awesome:

If you don't want or own one, you're not a man.

Shout out to the Reaver Titan.

 ausYenLoWang wrote:
hell their labour is in the region of 10$ a week. where the poms are paying 10-20 POUNDS an hour...

Actually, minimum wage in Shanghai (where the recasters have their factories) is about $300 per month. Typically, factory workers earn about 25% above that, or more if the particular product requires additional training. Labour is cheap in China, but not ridiculously cheap.

Id have a real baneblade hull tank,never get cut off again

the responses thus far have been pretty amazing. We all want a piece of FW it seems and those who have some already cant get enough of it. Keep the opinions and pics coming in everyone, its a very interesting thread to see what you are all cheering for and why

by the way those of you who own a few and have them painted and uploaded pics, well done, the work is awesome

So many pretties in the Forge World lineup.....I really like the Elysium Drop-troops. However the Horus Heresy range is just awesome. In particular the Mechanicus models. I had no intention whatsoever of getting back into 40K, but on looking at the Thallax and the Castellans......very tempted to pick up a few and do a small Mechanicus army. I'm not even overly fussed about winning with it, the models are just so damn awesome.....

Just to be forthright here, I only linked images from FW's site. I did not paint those.

Hornets. 80 points per for an AV11 skimmer squadron with two pulse lasers each that can Flat Out AND Snap Fire. Holy crap they're good.

The thing with those titans do people actually bring them to tournaments??

Don't own any Forge World products, but I struggle to keep myself from buying these.



I don't play 40K or 30K or whatever, but for some reason I want these books sooo bad.

 kerikhaos wrote:
The thing with those titans do people actually bring them to tournaments??

if you can find one that allows escalation you can do... but..... there is better ways to spend 700 points kinda thing... orrrr maybe not

Still the Mars pattern Warhound titan. I have one it was also my first FW purchase. Second the Contemptor dreadnoughts and the Eldar hornet.
I am really considering getting Fellblade Glaive tank in the future

 Iron_Captain wrote:

Nothing short of phat

Greater Brass Scorpion all the way.

So I happen to like Khorne, wanna make something of it?...

Yeah baby contemptors all the way, they look so badass

I quite like the Tau XV-9 suits. They look like the Tau suits should have always looked.

Image is not mine.

But Mega Dredd, because nothing screams WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! more than a big oversized walking kan that can tear an Imperial Knight a new one and blow stuff up in the style of Michael Bay

Because there is nothing quite like having a smug "I've got a bullet for that" against pretty much anything in the game

 ausYenLoWang wrote:
2 of my beloveds from forgeworld.. also have a glaive, and a fellblade






now just waiting for them all to get back to me

Make sure you post pics of them too when you can I'm sure we all wanna see

By far my favorite is probably the DKoK comimssar whom is drawing their sword.

edit:


The one on the left, here.

Whys the dude in the middle got no legs?? Is he for a vehicle?

Yeah, a good stand-in for a Krieg Pask, me thinks

 Melissia wrote:
By far my favorite is probably the DKoK comimssar whom is drawing their sword.

edit:


The one on the left, here.

I get it now he has interchangeable torsos with the legs......oooooook doh.

 kerikhaos wrote:
Whys the dude in the middle got no legs?? Is he for a vehicle?

He's a tank commander and only half of him will be sticking out of the tank, so FW chose not to bother sculpting bits you couldn't see.

While that is a cool tank commander model, I still think the sword-drawing model is more dynamic and interesting.

 Melissia wrote:
While that is a cool tank commander model, I still think the sword-drawing model is more dynamic and interesting.

No-one has yet said they think the other DK commissars look better than the drawing one

The following are all my own; faster than linking Forgeworld images!











Forgeworld makes some amazing stuff, and you don't have to break the bank to get a lot of the good stuff.

I'd love of a Macharius Vulcan, however, I'll settle for most of a Death Korps army instead for the same price.

It looks so much better than the god damn Games Workshop one.

I loe it so much.

my favorite items would have to be all the variety of different space marine designs and renegade militia so tempted to but lots of them for I want to build a massive tyrant legion army

 BlaxicanX wrote:


It looks so much better than the god damn Games Workshop one.

I loe it so much.

It's so much better than the GW one so it is not even funny.

Also, woop, just noticed I dinged 3k posts!

I really like the thunderhawk and the forgeworld whirlwind. That's right punks, I like the whirlwind.

Any of the Primarch models... they are soooooo so so so epic
shoutout to contemptors and pheonix guard terminators too

Malcador defender takes top.

Avenger Strike Fighter

Reaver Titan

Those are the best sculpts have ever got from them. Long gone are the days that i will buy from them though.

 BlaxicanX wrote:


It looks so much better than the god damn Games Workshop one.

I loe it so much.

Way too big though.



This guy on the other hand, almost made me start a Carcharadon force.

This is such a hard question. I mean, really, why would you ask this?

Who hasn't spent hours trawling FW's model photos looking at some of their fantastic works?

I can't choose one, I could never choose one. I guess you'll get a list from me.

These badasses have to rank somewhere.



So do these guys.



But that's just space marines.

We have the R'varna, which has already been pictured, the Leman Russ Vanquisher, which is the closest GW will ever come to a real tank...

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Images/Product/AlternativeFW/large/Vanpaint3.jpg

There are elysians... DKoK are all fantastic.

I don't know. I love lots of favourites. I could never pick just one; if GW set up a forgeworld store in my area it would constantly be understocked and my wallet empty.

Why yes, my Carnifex has a 2+ save, rerolling regeneration, armorbane, AP1, and is dirt cheap. Prepare your rear end.



The only good Tyranid lord of war looks pretty sweet even if his model is ancient.



Hell yes.



It looks way better than the GW necron fliers for sure.



One of my favorite MCs for my Necron Monster mash lists, excellent for drinking Dark Eldar tears.



Behold! The gerbil ball of doom!

For me it's the Land Raider Proteus.

I got into 40k because of Space Marine/Adeptus Titanticus in '89-90 when I was 13, and my favorite model was the Land Raider with the giant treads that rose above the main compartment of the tank. The Proteus has the same lines.



Also the ability to say "Sorry, my tank is melta proof." is awesome.

 tyrannosaurus wrote:
1. Warhound Titan. Used some inheritance to get it and then got it commission built and painted. It's on a shelf above me and every time I look up at it I smile and feel a warm glow. Best self present ever, despite the earbending the missus gave me.

2. Avenger Strike Fighter. Wanted it for ages, been hinting to the wife each birthday and Christmas without success, so went ahead and bought it for myself. It's massive, looks amazing, and kicks ass on the tabletop.

The avenger is by far my favorite. I had to buy one for my dkok army. It scares people and attracts a lot of fire. But surprisingly sturdy for 2 hull points

Gonna have to go with the Krieger line. Just started a force up in time for them to be OOP....hurray....

A close second would have to be the new knight variants from FW, Actually need to save up for those now.

Everything Mechanicus. I love the fluff on the Horus Heresy books, but the prospect of playing nothing but sizzlin' hot Marine-on-Marine action left me kind of... cold. That is, until the Horus Heresy Mechanicus line was revealed.

Now that 30k seems to be establishing itself as the game of choice amongst grizzled, embittered GW veterans who don't want to severe all ties with the universe that brought them into wargaming, I might really consider stepping in.

 BlaxicanX wrote:


It looks so much better than the god damn Games Workshop one.

I loe it so much.

Woooooow who sells this model and us that the actual scale??

 kerikhaos wrote:

 BlaxicanX wrote:


It looks so much better than the god damn Games Workshop one.

I loe it so much.

Woooooow who sells this model and us that the actual scale??

Forge world do:

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer/Warhammer_Monsters/BLOODTHIRSTER-GREATER-DAEMON-OF-KHORNE.html

It's 28mm but still a massive miniature

 sing your life wrote:

 kerikhaos wrote:

 BlaxicanX wrote:


It looks so much better than the god damn Games Workshop one.

I loe it so much.

Woooooow who sells this model and us that the actual scale??

Forge world do:

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer/Warhammer_Monsters/BLOODTHIRSTER-GREATER-DAEMON-OF-KHORNE.html

It's 28mm but still a massive miniature

No way can that model be only 28mm. Now 28cm I can believe but if that scale is true a space marine averages at around 3cm so that thing must be At least 20cm in height

 kerikhaos wrote:

Spoiler:

 ausYenLoWang wrote:
2 of my beloveds from forgeworld.. also have a glaive, and a fellblade






now just waiting for them all to get back to me

Make sure you post pics of them too when you can I'm sure we all wanna see

posting by request. also have a love for the iron armor Mk IV very very nice also the FW AC

 ausYenLoWang wrote:

 kerikhaos wrote:

Spoiler:

 ausYenLoWang wrote:
2 of my beloveds from forgeworld.. also have a glaive, and a fellblade






now just waiting for them all to get back to me

Make sure you post pics of them too when you can I'm sure we all wanna see

posting by request. also have a love for the iron armor Mk IV very very nice also the FW AC

Looks amazing, did you hand paint those fire rings on the vehicles or are they transfers??

 kerikhaos wrote:

 sing your life wrote:

 kerikhaos wrote:

 BlaxicanX wrote:


It looks so much better than the god damn Games Workshop one.

I loe it so much.

Woooooow who sells this model and us that the actual scale??

Forge world do:

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer/Warhammer_Monsters/BLOODTHIRSTER-GREATER-DAEMON-OF-KHORNE.html

It's 28mm but still a massive miniature

No way can that model be only 28mm. Now 28cm I can believe but if that scale is true a space marine averages at around 3cm so that thing must be At least 20cm in height

It's 28mm, as in that in the scale the average human would be 28mm tall. The Bloodthirster is much bigger than any human.

 sing your life wrote:

 kerikhaos wrote:

 sing your life wrote:

 kerikhaos wrote:

 BlaxicanX wrote:


It looks so much better than the god damn Games Workshop one.

I loe it so much.

Woooooow who sells this model and us that the actual scale??

Forge world do:

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer/Warhammer_Monsters/BLOODTHIRSTER-GREATER-DAEMON-OF-KHORNE.html

It's 28mm but still a massive miniature

No way can that model be only 28mm. Now 28cm I can believe but if that scale is true a space marine averages at around 3cm so that thing must be At least 20cm in height

It's 28mm, as in that in the scale the average human would be 28mm tall. The Bloodthirster is much bigger than any human.

I'm sorry I'm not following, the link you posted the model even says it's 24cm tall - that's 240mm. Are you giving me the scale of the space marine that's standing next to the daemon of Khorne??

You're thinking about the actual measurement in mm or cm, but he's talking about scale. Two different things.

 Valhalla130 wrote:
You're thinking about the actual measurement in mm or cm, but he's talking about scale. Two different things.

Yep.

Too many nice things...

1. Vulture Gunship with Punisher Cannons. One day it will be mine.

2. Armageddon Pattern Medusa. Simple yet effective.
3. Spaced Armour, weirdly, I got sets for virtually every Rhino chassis I own, Chaos and Imps.

Books, Horus Heresy, just brilliant.

the doors are the FW resin one for rhinos and the thousand sons symbols are all freehand (not my work)

This little beast.



Just looks like it flew straight out of a film!

A certain galaxy far far away?

What of it?

Zwan1One wrote:
This little beast.



Just looks like it flew straight out of a film!

I'm sensing a taste for good old Star Wars with this model