The circa 2008 terrain sets are back - Bastion, Wall of Martyrs, original Aegis Line, landing pad, some basing stuff - as made to order with exciting new prices.

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/searchResults?N=1477570038+2118430520

Offer ends 8am UK time, Oct 2.

Hrm. How many bastions would I need to make 4' of city wall? Anyone know off hand how long each panel is?

Went with 3. Each wall unit is about 3.5" so if I line them all up I get about 42" of wall. I'll have to build a back wall but this is a long-awaited project so why not.

The wall of martyrs I expected to be expensive, because well... Why not. But the price on the other pieces just makes me sad. The Defense Line used to sell for $40AUD, MTO for $84. Bastion: $50, MTO for $110. Skyshield (pretty sure) was $60, up to $110 MTO.

I was really prepared to shift a few funds around to grab at least one of each and maybe a 2nd bastion if the prices hadn't been too high. Oh well. Money saved for other things I guess.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Went with 3. Each wall unit is about 3.5" so if I line them all up I get about 42" of wall. I'll have to build a back wall but this is a long-awaited project so why not.

I potentially want the Bastion bulkhead sections to form the outer shell of my long-dreamed of Leviathan.

I was thinking of dropping in for four Bastions. For some reason, I never picked them up at the time of 5th Ed and Planetstrike.

 Snrub wrote:
The wall of martyrs I expected to be expensive, because well... Why not. But the price on the other pieces just makes me sad. The Defense Line used to sell for $40AUD, MTO for $84. Bastion: $50, MTO for $110. Skyshield (pretty sure) was $60, up to $110 MTO.

I was really prepared to shift a few funds around to grab at least one of each and maybe a 2nd bastion if the prices hadn't been too high. Oh well. Money saved for other things I guess.

Dunno if it's different in Australia post conversion but I was pleasantly surprised by the UK prices.

Heck, I'm not even sure if the basing kits dropped down £2.50.

So I thought about what it would take to scratch build the rear walls and said @#$% it. Kids don't need to go to college.

6 bastions!

 alphaecho wrote:


I was thinking of dropping in for four Bastions. For some reason, I never picked them up at the time of 5th Ed and Planetstrike.

I support this plan.

Do you know, that cannon on the front looks like the rubber plumbing gadget I have on standby.

I'm thinking of cheating and arranging a foamboard hull over the top of an Action Man/ GI Joe style tank toy. Cheaper than hacking up Baneblades.

 alphaecho wrote:


Do you know, that cannon on the front looks like the rubber plumbing gadget I have on standby.

Funny that...

Aegis Defence Line is twice the price I paid for it ten years ago, inflation is crazy.

I was not around into 40k at that time, and really like that Bastion and Martyr bunker!

Bastion looks quite chunky and a great piece! Might one, tempted by two!

Martyr bunker from previous searches I think is relatively small, but love the look and should looks great on a table!

Yes, the Wall of Martyrs bunker is compact, see the picture with the helpful Cultist below. You can have ten sensibly posed models on 25mm bases on top. With how everything got embiggened since the bunker's release, and more importantly base size inflation, you'll probably struggle to fit eight models on 32mm bases on the bunker even if some bases hang over the rear. Not to mention a Primaris Marine might look silly hiding behind a knee high wall. Still good for Guard and Cultists, though.

But yeah, it's a cool terrain piece and one of my favorites. Was a good time when I could buy and deploy one for my army.

Awesome, thanks for the pic! Didn't even know there was a wall at the back, since it match with the trenches I thought it would be open at the back!

Just placed my order and got 1 Bastion and 2 Bunkers

In the Grim Darkness of the far future, defence line and bunker hide behind squishy soldiers!

I'm just realizing that I've never seen that bunker in person. Can models not go inside? Does the top lift off?

 Fugazi wrote:
I'm just realizing that I've never seen that bunker in person. Can models not go inside? Does the top lift off?

It's not designed to have models placed inside, no.

 Skywave wrote:
Awesome, thanks for the pic! Didn't even know there was a wall at the back, since it match with the trenches I thought it would be open at the back!

Just placed my order and got 1 Bastion and 2 Bunkers

Damn it, I hate helping GW get people's money!

May as well add add some more pictures from different angles:



You can see on the sides that I cut a hole in the side of the bunker to accommodate the small peg the trench lines use to slot into each other. I haven't had the thing in my hands in ages, but the inside of the bunker might even have thinner walls in the right places to help you with that if you prefer is as part of a defense line instead of sitting by itself. The side doors are elevated and you get a flush fit that way.

The back door isn't designed that way, so you'll have to put up with a small gap if you want to put a trench there. Not terrible, but not as elegant either.

 Fugazi wrote:
I'm just realizing that I've never seen that bunker in person. Can models not go inside? Does the top lift off?

The inside is hollow and there is no floor. You can fit models in there if you want to, but since it requires you to lift up the bunker, it's a bit inelegant without models on the roof and very inconveniencing if you have a squad up there. Mind you that the height of the firing slits aligns with the previous Imperial Guard Heavy Weapon Teams. Looks good for a Marine or Sister with a heavy bolter or similarly low weapon, but isn't suitable for heavy weapons sitting on a Marine's shoulder. And again with the embiggened models we have these days, I don't even know if a modern Marine fits inside.

 Geifer wrote:

 Skywave wrote:
Awesome, thanks for the pic! Didn't even know there was a wall at the back, since it match with the trenches I thought it would be open at the back!

Just placed my order and got 1 Bastion and 2 Bunkers

Damn it, I hate helping GW get people's money!

Ah! Don't worry, it's been ages that I ordered directly from GW, so there's that! Plus I controlled myself and did not bought any of the new Tyranids (yet) that were released But they gonna get my money one way or another

I'll see when I get it in hand, but maybe I'll skip the back plate to have it open, might be easier to have some minis in there and whatnot during the game!

 Skywave wrote:
Martyr bunker from previous searches I think is relatively small, but love the look and should looks great on a table!

Bunker measurements are here, from years ago.
https://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-38888-22076_Stuff.html

 Geifer wrote:
Not to mention a Primaris Marine might look silly hiding behind a knee high wall.

Makes perfect sense for Primaris in Phobos armor.

How well do these work mixed with Mantic sci-fi scenery stuff?

 Skywave wrote:
I'll see when I get it in hand, but maybe I'll skip the back plate to have it open, might be easier to have some minis in there and whatnot during the game!

Sounds cool. Maybe with one supporting strut in the middle to go with the step in the roof. I don't remember if there are any ungainly negative spaces in the interior walls, but I think you'd have to add something so the interior behind the side doors isn't just a blank wall. If you leave off the back wall, installing a thin floor wouldn't go amiss either. Maybe even extend it out back and have some sandbags and crates for some cover to the rear. Could be lots of fun, and is definitely more practical if you want the interior occupied.

No One Important wrote:

 Geifer wrote:
Not to mention a Primaris Marine might look silly hiding behind a knee high wall.

Makes perfect sense for Primaris in Phobos armor.

True.

 mattl wrote:
How well do these work mixed with Mantic sci-fi scenery stuff?

I can't say with any authority since I've only used Mantic pieces by themselves (plasticard aside), but since the basic building pieces are what, 3" by 3" tiles? As long as you find a straight wall on one of the GW kits, they should go together easily enough.

For the Bastion that means you have to cut a Mantic tile to fit the slanted base of the Bastion. Aside from that the Bastion is pretty smooth with little extra bits to get in the way.

The Wall of Martyrs bunker may be a bit harder to work with. The sides are plain enough, but the bunker isn't very tall. I think Mantic tiles may be taller than that.

I think the big thing might be style mismatch. Not sure I know all of Mantic's terrain kits, but you have clean, generic sci-fi buildings and brick buildings. Versus GW's blinged up concrete and riveted metal look. You would probably want to throw on some plasticard strips and rivets to get a more unified look.

Pipes, machinery and odds and ends don't seem like they'd be hard to incorporate.

That's my best guess anyway.

Anyone know if the 'Made in China' MOTO kits, are now being made in the U.K? Might justify the cost at least...

The Phazer wrote:Dunno if it's different in Australia post conversion but I was pleasantly surprised by the UK prices.

No it's just Australia tax that GW tack on to everything. Everything is operating at normal. Except for possibly my brain for hoping they wouldn't have went with ridiculous prices.

RedSarge wrote:Anyone know if the 'Made in China' MOTO kits, are now being made in the U.K? Might justify the cost at least...

What scenery kits were made in china again? I know the basing detail kit was. Or at least I assume it was as the quality was garbage.

The really cool things - Macro Cannon, the Firestorm Redoubt, Plasma Obliterators.

Those things go for an absolute mint on eBay.

Yeah, Ive been hoping for the Firestorm Redoubt and Aquila Strongpoint to make a comeback for like 5+ years now.

Man, the Wall of Martyrs is such a great kit. I was lucky enough to pick up the big box deal when it was first released. Adding the later Firestorm Redoubt gave me over 6 feet of trenches.

Here’s (most) of it in action:

That big box was very cool. I got two of them the second they went on order.

I want to eventually do a "Good vs Evil" table, with the Wall of Martyrs on one side and the Dreadhold on the other.

Terrain there looks amazing, Gordy.

Do I need to go to 9 sets/63"?

Surely 6 sets/42" is enough no?

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Do I need to go to 9 sets/63"?

Surely 6 sets/42" is enough no?

Is enough ever enough for people like us, Kid?

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Do I need to go to 9 sets/63"?

Surely 6 sets/42" is enough no?

If it was me I wouldn't mind spares because I don't expect myself to think things through without the kind of time a made to order window doesn't afford.

Leaving my poor planning and paranoia aside, I have to wonder. Traditionally you would play 40k on a 72" x 48" board. Is 42" of wall actually enough for your purpose? It's not going to cover the width of a normal board.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Do I need to go to 9 sets/63"?

Surely 6 sets/42" is enough no?

Yes.

Because remember that most trenches wouldn't actually have a line on the front and the back. If it doesn't feel like enough to you in the end? Take a hacksaw and cut straight down the middle.

Most trenches are actually trenches and not waist-height corridors, these will look a bit weird if you just cut them in half. The enclosed nature creates the illusion of entrenchment.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Do I need to go to 9 sets/63"?

Each trench piece is around 9 1/2" long
The T junctions are 3 1/2"
Bunkers 5 1/2"
Firestorm 10"

The 45 degree angle pieces and end caps can add a little length too.

Billicus wrote:
Most trenches are actually trenches and not waist-height corridors, these will look a bit weird if you just cut them in half. The enclosed nature creates the illusion of entrenchment.

These are very specifically not trenches. Trenches would be lower than the ground.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Do I need to go to 9 sets/63"?

Surely 6 sets/42" is enough no?

Yes.

Because remember that most trenches wouldn't actually have a line on the front and the back. If it doesn't feel like enough to you in the end? Take a hacksaw and cut straight down the middle.

By definition a trench would have a front and back, whether or not the front and back are constructed to the same standards is a different conversation. If it only has a front, its technically a breastwork or a parapet.

Oh sorry if I wasn't clear I was talking about turning Bastions into city walls.

My many, many, bastions are still in shipment but based on older posting each site is about 3.5" (disregarding the flair at the bottom). So if I line up one kit, use the half floors I should be able to make a 7" city wall. 6 kits, 42". So on a 6'x4' board I can block off the short end and have a 6" gate (to fill in with walls or barriers).

OR I can get 3 more kits, 63" of wall with an 11" gateway for the long side of the board.

Decisions, decisions...

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
My many, many, bastions are still in shipment but based on older posting each site is about 3.5"

Slightly wider, approximately 9.5cm.

If you have any of the old cities of battle wallsets the bastion central wall piece is exactly the same height and width as an old double wall section (those two sets and the shrine of the aquilia all fit together on the same scale).

Afraid the cities of death are in the same crate as the Leviathan (built from Bastions), the Fortress Precinct (build from Bastions) and the spare bastion bits

Somewhere between Cairo and Hyderabad.

So yes, thank you for the measurement!

A.T. wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Do I need to go to 9 sets/63"?

Each trench piece is around 9 1/2" long
The T junctions are 3 1/2"
Bunkers 5 1/2"
Firestorm 10"

The 45 degree angle pieces and end caps can add a little length too.

That is a really nice scheme on the fortifications.

Too bad that they only bring back the basic pieces. The big gun pieces would for sure get me hooked

I don't need any more of these, but happy for people who missed out on them.

Hopefully they bring back the late WHFB era terrain too.

WHFB terrain would be way more exciting to me, and I think those kits sell for way more these days.

I'd be super into getting my hands on a reasonably priced Witchfate Tor or Skullvane Manse. Even direct from GW they'd be way cheaper then getting them off trading sites. They'd have too be. No possible way GW could charge 500 dollarydoos for it, right. RIGHT?

Maybe there will be another MtO terrain with other sets like the Plasma Obliterator, Aquilla Strongpoint, Vengeance Batteries, Void Shield Generator and Fortress of Redemption.

The last two they could do tomorrow as they were regular sprues produced in-house. The former three however were weird plastic that came in bags. Not sure if they can do those again.

Man, I’m really tempted by this.

Would 4 defense lines and 2 each of the bunkers and emplacements make a good siege table?

I really, really want to be able to get an Aquila Strongpoint without having to make a human sacrifice to the dark gods.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

Billicus wrote:
Most trenches are actually trenches and not waist-height corridors, these will look a bit weird if you just cut them in half. The enclosed nature creates the illusion of entrenchment.

These are very specifically not trenches. Trenches would be lower than the ground.

They're clearly designed to look like trenches while not actually being trenches because short of raising the rest of your playing surface on foam you can't dig a trench in a table. That was my point and I think if a defense line is all someone wants there are much, much better options than getting these and cutting them up. I.e. I think Kanluwen's idea is awful.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
The last two they could do tomorrow as they were regular sprues produced in-house. The former three however were weird plastic that came in bags. Not sure if they can do those again.

They re-issued the barbed alien forest stuff for a Kill Team box so I guess they can.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

Billicus wrote:
Most trenches are actually trenches and not waist-height corridors, these will look a bit weird if you just cut them in half. The enclosed nature creates the illusion of entrenchment.

These are very specifically not trenches. Trenches would be lower than the ground.

Note how they are called out trenches.

They are supposed to represent trenches in a way that's technically feasible for sellable product.

Except they're not trenches. And they're not called out as trenches. They're said to be trench-like, which means they aren't.

Billicus wrote:
They're clearly designed to look like trenches while not actually being trenches because short of raising the rest of your playing surface on foam you can't dig a trench in a table.

That's why I never liked the trenches that many companies offered, as they were designed to be a rise from the ground. At least the Wall of Martyrs are clearly pre-fab battlements, rather than fake-dug in. I appreciate that detail, even if the endless dead Cadians is a bit much even for them.

Billicus wrote:
I.e. I think Kanluwen's idea is awful.

Well, I mean, yeah.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
They re-issued the barbed alien forest stuff for a Kill Team box so I guess they can.

GW can do a lot of things, but we all know the thing they're best at is missing opportunities.

 Snrub wrote:
I'd be super into getting my hands on a reasonably priced Witchfate Tor or Skullvane Manse. Even direct from GW they'd be way cheaper then getting them off trading sites. They'd have too be. No possible way GW could charge 500 dollarydoos for it, right. RIGHT?

I passed on Skullvane Manse twice (original release and when it was in MTO). Originally it was released close enough to the other stuff like the Fortified Manor, Witchfate Tor and Dreadstone Blight that I passed on it despite thinking it was really cool. During its MTO run, it was during AOS and I was out of it (I never got into AOS so was out of "fantasy"), but still debated on getting it still but ended up passing. Third time the charm? GW?

Some inspiration











Just to note, if you do a 2x2 Bastion you will not have enough joining bits for the floors. You should be able to fill the gap with plastic card or plastic rod, but keep it mind. It's also easy to replace the floors with plastic card if you need another size.

Ah, for the days when I you could just order the Bastion floor sprue from GW directly.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Ah, for the days when I you could just order the Bastion floor sprue from GW directly.

Or y'know, Bastions in general. They weren't quite the 40k Legos I want, but they were close.

I wish they'd bring back the Fortress of Redemption for MTO. Once I decided I wanted one it had gone direct only and entered the dreaded perpetually out of stock state on the website.

I'm noticing that the items in this batch don't include anything with prominent weapon emplacements that would require rules support to use so I'm doubtful the Fortress is a candidate for a future MTO.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Ah, for the days when I you could just order the Bastion floor sprue from GW directly.

Or y'know, Bastions in general. They weren't quite the 40k Legos I want, but they were close.

Sector Imperialis is 40k Lego. A MTO of that would be amazing, especially if they brought back things like the Sector box with the 3 panel walls, Battle Sanctum with diagonal walls and railings, and building with the 4 small statues and flying buttresses.

 MajorWesJanson wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Ah, for the days when I you could just order the Bastion floor sprue from GW directly.

Or y'know, Bastions in general. They weren't quite the 40k Legos I want, but they were close.

Sector Imperialis is 40k Lego. A MTO of that would be amazing, especially if they brought back things like the Sector box with the 3 panel walls, Battle Sanctum with diagonal walls and railings, and building with the 4 small statues and flying buttresses.

I stuck all my disposable income into these and ate only canned food for the weeks ... still believe I don't have enough and now that I actually have an income, it isn't even that much :(

FYI: on the Martyr bunker, don't glue the steps on either side of the bunker door, pin it instead, otherwise the bunker can't connect to the trench system.

How big is the Martyr bunker? Does it have a back to it?

It does have a back but it's a bit on the small side.

Is there some sort of ratio between number of Defence Emplacements you should have in relation to number of Defence Lines.

I currently have 2 Defence Lines and 1 Emplacements and was planning to pick up 2 more of each. Would that be a little emplacement heavy especially as I have a couple of bunkers and Firestorms to mix in there?

Final hours if you're interested

Aeneades wrote:
Is there some sort of ratio between number of Defence Emplacements you should have in relation to number of Defence Lines.

I currently have 2 Defence Lines and 1 Emplacements and was planning to pick up 2 more of each. Would that be a little emplacement heavy especially as I have a couple of bunkers and Firestorms to mix in there?

2 Lines per 1 Emplacement is a decent ratio, tbh its slightly overkill IMO, but thats just me. I would drop one of the 2 emplacements you were planning to pick up and get a bunker instead (or another set of defense lines if you prefer), otherwise you're going to end up with more "junctions" than you have defense lines.

Frankly unless you're doing a whole Wall O Dead Cadians board I'd go with the bastion over the WoM bunker. Among other things you can make some nice low bunkers out of it and still have the walls for other projects.

chaos0xomega wrote:

Aeneades wrote:
Is there some sort of ratio between number of Defence Emplacements you should have in relation to number of Defence Lines.

I currently have 2 Defence Lines and 1 Emplacements and was planning to pick up 2 more of each. Would that be a little emplacement heavy especially as I have a couple of bunkers and Firestorms to mix in there?

2 Lines per 1 Emplacement is a decent ratio, tbh its slightly overkill IMO, but thats just me. I would drop one of the 2 emplacements you were planning to pick up and get a bunker instead (or another set of defense lines if you prefer), otherwise you're going to end up with more "junctions" than you have defense lines.

Thanks for your help. I ended up grabbing another set of defence lines on top of what I had planned so I now have - 5 Defence Lines, 3 Emplacements, 2 bunkers, 3 Firestorms and an Aquila stronghold. So I should hopefully have enough bits to make a few different setups.

And they're gone! So now we start the waiting game...

Wasn't going to order any, changed my mind multiple times...

Decided late yesterday to effectively order this:



I don't want any more as I will eventually build an ultimate trench board, I just want something I can use for games/photography that is fairly immersive that is easy to set up etc and transportable as well as modular.

Expensive but well, they are just nice kits.

I picked up 2 bunkers and 1 set of emplacements.

In total that brings me to 6 sets of defense lines, 4 bunkers, 3 sets of emplacements, and 2 Vengeance Weapon Batteries (total 4 turrets, they came in pairs).

We can't all be as blessed as Aeneades with his 3 Firestorm Redoubts and an Aquila Strongpoint.

9 bastions.

63" of city walls if my planning is correct.

If not, well I'll have a lot of towers.

Budget only extended to a sky shield landing pad for me. 2 more bastions to make a double wide would have been nice, but oh well.

chaos0xomega wrote:
I picked up 2 bunkers and 1 set of emplacements.

In total that brings me to 6 sets of defense lines, 4 bunkers, 3 sets of emplacements, and 2 Vengeance Weapon Batteries (total 4 turrets, they came in pairs).

We can't all be as blessed as Aeneades with his 3 Firestorm Redoubts and an Aquila Strongpoint.

Hoping this was a test to see if these would be worth it to be honest, at which point I'd buy 1x of each to go with what I bought yesterday.

Yes, hopefully they do the others.

I would love to get another set of Vengeance Weapon Batteries, as I only have one set, and a Plasma Obliterator.

For sure I'd buy more if they made the other stuff available, I just think I have enough trenches, bunkers, and emplace.ents for now

Anyone care to guess how long MTO plastics take? GW says up to 180 days, I imagine the 6 month limit is just to be safe but I don't know what the real range is.

I ordered the (now illegal) Company Champion on 20/05/23. I got the notice it was ready to pick up from GW on 23/08/23.

I've had items ship the day or two after the order in the UK that were made to order.

I presume there's an element of demand, and fulfilling back orders of the same item etc first.

One of the above items was the new warhammer+ kasrkin model, which presumably they've pumped out thousands of recently....

Until we get a youtuber able to have a tour inside the GW factory, who knows the process?

 Olthannon wrote:
How big is the Martyr bunker? Does it have a back to it?

See my other post. Dozens of pics with measurements.
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/811646.page#11593410

Ended up going with 5 trenches, 3 emplacements, and two bunkers. More than I’ve ever spent on GW stuff in one go before.

I do hope they do a MTO on the ‘extras’ like the Aquila Strongpoint, the firestorm redoubts and the vengeance batteries one day. I don’t have any of those...

Last time I got a MTO model (Skaven classic Vermin Lord), it was a shockingly short time before this was shipped, looking back at my email it was 2 days after I placed my order

But yeah it's easy to think that casting some metal models is extremely fast versus producing plastic sprues for big kit (also the scale of popularity of niche metal fantasy models versus popular 40k plastic buildings).

I don't follow/remember past MTO that much, but I think it's kinda rare to have plastic production in there? From what I can remember it was mostly older minis that were resin/metal.

 Skywave wrote:
Last time I got a MTO model (Skaven classic Vermin Lord), it was a shockingly short time before this was shipped, looking back at my email it was 2 days after I placed my order

But yeah it's easy to think that casting some metal models is extremely fast versus producing plastic sprues for big kit (also the scale of popularity of niche metal fantasy models versus popular 40k plastic buildings).

When they do an MTO they always to a pre-run of a volume of stock they feel certain they can sell. It's basically an incentive to order early as those at the front of the que get their stuff sent out from this existing stock. Once that is all dealt with they collect up the other orders and then schedule in an appropriate production slot for the rest of the orders. So it's normal if you say order early on the first Saturday to get the models within a few days, but having recieved them if you then went back to order more towards the end of the MTO you would find the rest will take months (shortest I've waited in 1.5 months, longest is 4).

Its actually not a bad way to keep older plastic kits in rotation, do as MTO, know the quantities and schedule the production run for just that.

presumably generic plain white boxes and ship them

no need to keep stock items and encourages purchases when they do arrive

Has anyone gotten theirs?

Apparently orders are shipping!

Been told to expect mine on Thursday (registered post)

I've not gone into the store to pick it up yet but I've had my shipping notification.

Still waiting

Mine arrived earlier today. I’d never had the trenches in the past, was surprised to see the required little to no actual assembly.

Yeah they are fairly easy to go together, though my recollection was the plastic on the trenches was a bit brittle (or something) compared to the typical GW plastic. It behaved a bit differently than I expected when I was building through my collection of trenches and bunkers 2-3 years back.

My four Bastions are still in the car boot until Mrs alphaecho goes back to work and I can sneak the boxes into the house. I had the order delivered to the local GW.

So sounds like UK folks have theirs, any US folks?

Well, if UK orders are starting to arrive, I assume my stuff is processing through customs. Or soon to do so.
So sometime "soon".

Still waiting - 1 defense emplacement, 2 bunkers. No notifications or anytihng about it

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
So sounds like UK folks have theirs, any US folks?

I'm in the UK and haven't had mine yet (or any notificatiion e-mail).

 Jadenim wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
So sounds like UK folks have theirs, any US folks?

I'm in the UK and haven't had mine yet (or any notificatiion e-mail).

Same here. Think I ordered at least one of everything except for the Bastion.

Aye, I've not had a shipping confirmation yet either.

Nothing here yet, nothing is showing up in my GW history, and no email so far so a bit more waiting I guess.

My Skyshield platform did ship, but hasnt arrived just yet. Should be here next week at the latest

UK and still waiting on mine as well.

One of the biggest annoyances about the new website is that they don't show historical pre-orders or made to orders...

 tauist wrote:
My Skyshield platform did ship, but hasnt arrived just yet. Should be here next week at the latest

Maybe. One order from GW recently took me over month since getting shipping notice...So don't knock wood yet with that "at the latest" ;-)

Still no notification for me. Anyone in the US gotten theirs?

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Still no notification for me. Anyone in the US gotten theirs?

Not a peep.

Nope

In UK and still no update on mine yet.

Mine arrived and I finished building it last weekend



Filing off the skulls from the insides of the side walls was a PITA, have to admit..

I left mine unglued from the central split point, so it can still be stored in two halves. You can leave one of the side wall connectors unglued (I use blutac for holding them in place) from both sides, this allows you to still break the thing in two for storage.

Looks like this unassembled:



This one will serve as an upper layer for a two-story landing platform for games. I already had one platform, but left it without the side walls so as to be able to stack one level on top of it. If I can still find the side wall bitz for that one, I might add in the vertical and horizontal side walls after all, since you only need to leave out the diagonal side walls for them to stack

(PS I know those unsightly gaps in the pillars still need filling out before priming.. it shall be done)

EDIT: Oh snap! Just realized I forgot to file off one of the damn skulls.. that one's gotta go

Why are you filing off all the skulls?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Why are you filing off all the skulls?

Some men want to watch the world burn, I suppose.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Why are you filing off all the skulls?

Because they are a Fisher Price-y morning cartoon detail that has no place in my terrain collection. I always remove excess skulls from all terrain pieces when possible to do so without too much effort. In the 40K I remember, skulls weren't this goofy catch all meme thing they have since become, like Mr Ninjabread once said on this board: "A few skulls is horrifying, skulls everywhere is just kitsch"

Have just had confirmation of my Skyshield shipping

Had confirmation of shipping of my order (at least one of everything except the Bastion) in early hours of this morning, delivery due for tomorrow.

Thanks for the update. Still waiting here.

Skyshield and Bastion are on the way

Despite UPS saying they needed a signature for the MTO parcel and me asking them to take it to the local UPS collection point they instead left it on my doorstep in the pouring rain and has since been stolen.

In Canada here and no news still.

Aeneades wrote:
Despite UPS saying they needed a signature for the MTO parcel and me asking them to take it to the local UPS collection point they instead left it on my doorstep in the pouring rain and has since been stolen.

That's terrible service on their part.

Still no word on my order of a Bastion and a Sky Shield. I contacted customer service earlier this week to ask about it, but have not heard back yet.

I ordered toward the end of the availability window, so I am probably last in line and I fully expect it to take another few months. However, it would be nice if I could see that the order is still parked in the queue, but the new webstore makes that impossible.

To make matters worse, GW still owes me a Rogue Trader rulebook and a special edition Votann character in another order from the same month.

I'm still waiting on my Rogue Trader too. I paid for mine mid-October, so hopefully I'll get it by mid-March if it goes the whole 180 days...

 KidCthulhu wrote:
I'm still waiting on my Rogue Trader too. I paid for mine mid-October, so hopefully I'll get it by mid-March if it goes the whole 180 days...

I'm still waiting on my terrain and Rogue Trader and the Votann mini. And because it all happened before the switchover to the awful new store there's nothing about my order on my account. GW customer service has assured me that the order is still there.. Even so, I'd like it to actually say so for my own peace of mind.

 Olthannon wrote:

 KidCthulhu wrote:
I'm still waiting on my Rogue Trader too. I paid for mine mid-October, so hopefully I'll get it by mid-March if it goes the whole 180 days...

I'm still waiting on my terrain and Rogue Trader and the Votann mini. And because it all happened before the switchover to the awful new store there's nothing about my order on my account. GW customer service has assured me that the order is still there.. Even so, I'd like it to actually say so for my own peace of mind.

I'm in the same boat. I've called every month just because I cannot see it. Customer service says they have my order but I have no qualms about trying to get an update and confirming they still have my order. It's irritating that it doesn't show up in the history.

boyd wrote:

 Olthannon wrote:

 KidCthulhu wrote:
I'm still waiting on my Rogue Trader too. I paid for mine mid-October, so hopefully I'll get it by mid-March if it goes the whole 180 days...

I'm still waiting on my terrain and Rogue Trader and the Votann mini. And because it all happened before the switchover to the awful new store there's nothing about my order on my account. GW customer service has assured me that the order is still there.. Even so, I'd like it to actually say so for my own peace of mind.

I'm in the same boat. I've called every month just because I cannot see it. Customer service says they have my order but I have no qualms about trying to get an update and confirming they still have my order. It's irritating that it doesn't show up in the history.

Same boat for Rogue Trader. Sent an e-mail to get confirmation they still have my order (and I have a print-out to be doubly sure) and they claim they see it, but still waiting for any word its been shipped.

Yeah, a new entry in the store + confirmation email won't be made until they ship it I'm afraid, had the same happen to my MTO Ghost books, I got an assurance that it was still in the system but it wasn't until I got an email telling me that a new order number had been created and that it was on its way that it was back in the system.

My order didn’t appear in the store even when it shipped.

They are not able to replace my items (as expected) so my MTO is being refunded in store credit (was hoping it would be refunded in time for the current MTO but has taken almost two weeks so far and no sign of it coming).

My Skyshield and Bastion was delivered last week, but nothing has appeared in my order history as they said it would. Not that it really matters.

I don't see why I can't have my order in my history as soon as I place it.

My order has now appeared in my order history, just taken two weeks longer than they said it would.

After over a week to respond to my last email GW appear to have retracted the offer of a refund and now over two weeks after the signed for parcel was stolen getting UPS to investigate so can’t see this getting resolved any time soon.

No word on mine yet.

Customer service asked for my order numbers which does not inspire confidence

Still waiting here too

I mean you have my email and name, shouldn't YOU know what orders I have outstanding? Why are you asking me? I'll tell you I'm waiting on 9 preview copies of the plastic Thunderhawk.

I'd forgotten I was waiting on two orders...

I finally received my copy of the Rogue Trader rulebook and the Votann character this week, so maybe the terrain will start rolling out soon to more of us in the US.

I hope I don’t have to wait until the middle of April, but I am fully expecting that I will have to.

semajnollissor wrote:
I finally received my copy of the Rogue Trader rulebook and the Votann character this week, so maybe the terrain will start rolling out soon to more of us in the US.

I hope I don’t have to wait until the middle of April, but I am fully expecting that I will have to.

This MTO ended Oct 2, so March 2 is in theory the end point.

In theory.

If they didn't lose my order in the website transition.

I ordered mine on 30/09, so 180 days from then is 28/03. I'm going to wait until 20/03 before contacting them if there has still been no order dispatch.

Heard back from Customer Service, they at least have my orders, so alas I won't be able to convince them I'm owed 9 MTO metal thunder hawks.

But still this is incredibly frustrating, after 5 months several hundred dollars in orders don't even show up in my account. I never have had an online store just say "trust me" like this before.


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 Kid_Kyoto wrote:


This MTO ended Oct 2, so March 2 is in theory the end point.

Sorry that should be April 2.

Based on the ancient prophecy, as told by inquisitor Obi-wan Sherlock Clouseau, and handed down in the margin doodles of each 40K rulebook (collector’s editions), the shields of sky and bastions of empire shall [be] deliver[ed to] us when the heavens align.

There is going to be a total solar eclipse in the US on April 8th. I don’t think that’s a coincidence.

I’m not saying it’s aliens, but …

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Heard back from Customer Service, they at least have my orders, so alas I won't be able to convince them I'm owed 9 MTO metal thunder hawks.

But still this is incredibly frustrating, after 5 months several hundred dollars in orders don't even show up in my account. I never have had an online store just say "trust me" like this before.


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 Kid_Kyoto wrote:


This MTO ended Oct 2, so March 2 is in theory the end point.

Sorry that should be April 2.

I finally heard back from customer service about my Rogue Trader order after it had been delivered so they were just like 'seems like you got it, so you're good'. They don't seem to care that the new site is complete trash.

I’m sure the people in GWs customer service department are the ones most intimately familiar with how much of a garbage fire the new GW web store is.

Job description: receive and reply to complaints about problems that you had no hand in creating, no information about what caused it, and no authority to change.

I kind of feel bad for them. I still want my stuff though.

semajnollissor wrote:
Job description: receive and reply to complaints about problems that you had no hand in creating, no information about what caused it, and no authority to change.

That's virtually EVERY customer-facing job.

Just received a package out of the blue; no shipping notification, nothing showing in my Warhammer account, which wouldn’t be a problem, except that I’ve only received two of the three items. We’ll see what customer services say, but GW have made a right mess of their system.

I have a UPS shipment from GW coming on Monday. I'm expecting no other orders so I assume it is this.

Will confirm next week.

Oha, got my shipping notification today - 5 month and one day after ordering. I remember getting a whole Vostroyan platoon after a few weeks... But well, at least they didn't messed it up.

I just got an email notice letting me know that my bastion and sky shield are on their way. With luck, they will be here by Thursday.

Also got an email today from GW for my order of a Bastion and 2 Bunkers. And another from UPS saying is scheduled for delivery tomorrow.

Still nothing in my GW orders though.

I ordered on Sept 25th so that's a bit over 160 days now, limit was at the end of the month so I'm glad to finally get some news of that!

It takes around a week to update on GW site after its shipped.

Reminds me that I need to chase them up again as it must be almost two months since my parcel went missing and not heard anything for couple of weeks.

Well, I have no hope that the two made-to-order purchase I made last October will ever appear on my GW order history. I got my Rogue Trader rulebook last month and it still isn't listed in my account history.

No word for me yet

Just received my ship notice

If anyone here has spare 3-section wall bits for the Skyshield platforms, please PM me. I am looking for two pieces, because I lost mine over the years. Just in case one of you ordered several of them for a larger kitbash and will have spares left over.. will pay good money for em!

pic attached for clarity

Got my delivery during the timeframe stated in the UPS email, so that was cool!

Glad to finally have that in-hand!

tauist, do you happen to have any of the Necromunda stairs? I'm wondering how they compare to the height of the Skyshield.

I have Zone Mortalis stairs, but they are at my mon-keigh cave.. Can try to take a comparison pict next time I'm there

That'd be great, cheers.

Got my shipping notice today! 9 Bastions to become city walls (insha Allah, if my back of the envelope planning works).

Glad to hear it, Kid.

So belated update.

After many months I finally went through my boxes of identical looking MTO bastions and found...



I have 8 bastions and a sky shield...






Let's see if GW customer service is as good as it used to be

Anyone have any idea if they can replace MTO stuff 3 months later?

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

Anyone have any idea if they can replace MTO stuff 3 months later?

From what I've seen, getting them to replace anything MTO is a crapshoot.

 Platuan4th wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

Anyone have any idea if they can replace MTO stuff 3 months later?

From what I've seen, getting them to replace anything MTO is a crapshoot.

Hell, they STILL haven't shipped mine! Guess who's getting another follow-up email tomorrow...

I've needed something replaced for an MTO once and they replaced it without any issue.
This was still within the MTO timeframe though, so getting a replacement after it's finished might be a whole kettle of fish.

They use terrain for projects and dioramas, so they probably have a bunch stockpiled.

I'm sure somywhere there is somebody with 8 Skyshields, and a Bastion wondering what happened.

M.

 Miguelsan wrote:
I'm sure somywhere there is somebody with 8 Skyshields, and a Bastion wondering what happened.

M.

Have you tried HBMC? Because that’s who you’re describing.

 Jadenim wrote:

 Miguelsan wrote:
I'm sure somywhere there is somebody with 8 Skyshields, and a Bastion wondering what happened.

M.

Have you tried HBMC? Because that’s who you’re describing.

The difference there is HBMC knows exactly what happened

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

Anyone have any idea if they can replace MTO stuff 3 months later?

Good luck. My MTO was stolen (left on doorstep despite being signed for and I had organised for it to be taken to local collection point) and I could only get a refund. I had a mix of everything though so you may have more luck.

Fingers crossed.

Y'know the GW auto response is really stepping on the line between 'cute' and 'unprofessional'.

Hello Faithful of Sigmar,

Thanks for reaching out to Games Workshop Customer Service for North America.

We are working to respond to your query within 2 business days outside of Holiday hours.

If your query is time sensitive, don't hesitate to call us at 1-800-394-4263, Monday to Friday, 12PM until 5PM CST.

We'll talk to you soon!

For Sigmar!

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Aeneades wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

Anyone have any idea if they can replace MTO stuff 3 months later?

Good luck. My MTO was stolen (left on doorstep despite being signed for and I had organised for it to be taken to local collection point) and I could only get a refund. I had a mix of everything though so you may have more luck.

Sorry to hear it.

Well the reply had a bit of mixed messaging.

"Thanks for writing and we'll look into it."

But also

"What's your address so we can send a replacement"

So...? Maybe?

 Jadenim wrote:


Have you tried HBMC?

A little off topic but his last post is from January. Looks like he has abandoned dakka at least temporary.

And it's shipping!

So big air kiss to GW customer service.

Anyone done anything interesting with a skyshield?

Besides a landing pad with no way on or off it?

There was an old White Dwarf where they used a Skyshield to be the second level built-in landing pad on a three layer bastion.

 Shadow Walker wrote:

 Jadenim wrote:


Have you tried HBMC?

A little off topic but his last post is from January. Looks like he has abandoned dakka at least temporary.

I noticed that a little while ago as well. Haven't seen anything from H in any of the communities I cross paths with him, hope everything is ok.

I see HMBC on Facebook from time to time. So he's alive.

Prometheum5 wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:

 Jadenim wrote:


Have you tried HBMC?

A little off topic but his last post is from January. Looks like he has abandoned dakka at least temporary.

I noticed that a little while ago as well. Haven't seen anything from H in any of the communities I cross paths with him, hope everything is ok.

I noticed that as well after I posted.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:I see HMBC on Facebook from time to time. So he's alive.

Good to hear, hope he’s doing ok.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
And it's shipping!

So big air kiss to GW customer service.

Anyone done anything interesting with a skyshield?

Besides a landing pad with no way on or off it?

TBF it does have four hatches that could be opened to climb down the ladders on the legs. Granted, hope you haven't brought any cargo in the Arvus that needs unloading...

I really like it as a kit but I feel like it needs one of the cranes and an Arvus Lighter or another aircraft to "work".

Well, today was a very pleasant surprise.

I'm cleaning up the kitchen & I see the UPS truck pulling up the drive.
???
I don't have anything that's due to arrive.
Maybe something for my brother's shop needs signed for?
Hmm, 1 very large box....

And then I spot the GW logo on the very large boxs tape.
It IS for me!

Turns out it's my MTO Skyshield/Bastion/Bunker/etc order!

It's only a few months late. And as of June 1st GW maintained they've no record of this order....
But here it finally is & its complete.


Let's hope my Tau Gun Rigs arrive in a more timely fashion.

Allegedly, mine are arriving tomorrow - including the Aegis Defense Lines they've been 'waiting' on for months.

So where GW logistics and manufacturing fail, GW customer service comes through.

Eventually.

At long last, my nightmare is over!

Sorry for dragging this thread back, but it's round 2 for the Imperial Bastion, Martyr Walls and company!

Scroll all the way down: https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/9ghpgled/saturday-pre-orders-the-high-elf-realms-show-the-rest-of-the-old-world-whos-best/

Might depends of the currency, but here in Canada the Bastion is the same price as last time (80$), the Bunker is a smidge more (63$ versus 60$ last time). No info for the Defence Emplacement (now 63$) and Defence Line (now 75$) as I didn't ordered those and cannot compare prices. I could guess that the Emplacement is similar to the Bunker with a tiny augmentation at least (I think I remember them being the same 60$ last time).

Last time I got 1 Bastion and 2 Bunkers, and love those lil bunkers! And the Bastion a pretty decently chunky piece for the price! This round I'm gonna add both the Emplacement and Walls to complement the bunkers and a second Bastion as it always help when you try for symmetrical battlefield!

Against my better judgement, I ordered a pair of bastions that I neglected last time around. Here's hoping I have better luck.

I keep trying to get out but they keep dragging my back in!

FYI - I ordered a few additional Bastions back in February (Feb 15, 2025) when GW put them back up as made-to-order and they arrived about a week ago (May 29, 2025).

Since we're back on the subject my 'Thin Blue Line' city wall project went well, I did most of the work last summer vacation and finished it over Christmas.



You could probably do something similar with Renedra or Tabletop Workshop's castles (and 3d printing) but then you won't have the Wall of Heavy Bolters which is half the fun.



https://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/tag/62495-Thin%20Blue%20Line.html

That looks great @Kid_Kyoto, I don't want to know how many kit is that

Still waiting on my order here from Feb 15th. Still "pending" for me.

Excited to get my order as I got a second Bastion in there (waiting for it to paint it along the first one I got from previous MTO batch two years ago) and added some Wall of Martyr and Defence Emplacement to go along the 2 bunker I got before! I painted the bunker and like them enough that I wanted to add to them so it should looks great on the table!

I need GW to do a MTO that includes the Battle Sanctum. Got a project that requires a minimum of 5, possibly 8 total and they go for so much on ebay :(

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
I need GW to do a MTO that includes the Battle Sanctum. Got a project that requires a minimum of 5, possibly 8 total and they go for so much on ebay :(

Have you considered a 3d printer....

ccs wrote:

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
I need GW to do a MTO that includes the Battle Sanctum. Got a project that requires a minimum of 5, possibly 8 total and they go for so much on ebay :(

Have you considered a 3d printer....

I have a resin printer actually. Mostly for AT scale stuff though. And the project is half done, easier to use more GW plastic to keep it fully modular than try to find/modify the various Quadrant Empirical building STLs to be fully compatible.

 Skywave wrote:
That looks great @Kid_Kyoto, I don't want to know how many kit is that

Nine!

Plus y'know the extra Baneblade hulls and such. And the Maelstrom's Edge terrain. And the Ikea wood boxes.

Looking forward to what the Wargames Atlantic Bunker looks like.

We had to talk about it, I just got an email that my order is now shipped and on the way! Could be here as soon as tomorrow

Sorry for double post, but ended up getting my order today!

Pretty excited to get going and painted!