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**MajorTom11**

Warhammer Forge Newsletter #7

13/05/11

Hi there,
This week’s newsletter contains a veritable feast of new releases, so without further ado we bring you the first of our eagerly awaited Chaos Dwarf kits!

The Chaos Dwarfs possess a mastery of steam technology that would make the Engineers of the Empire baulk in awe. The Chaos Dwarfs fuel these war machines with the resources of their cruel land. Primarily this is a form of coal which is ensorcelled to burn hotter and more constantly than would naturally be possible, but lesser materials such as wood can be pressed into service if needs be, and rumours abound of infernal devices that run on blood, ground bones and screaming souls.

The Iron Daemon is a compact, steam-driven armoured traction engine. Its boilers allow it to haul smaller war machines and munitions to the battlefield, and simultaneously operates pressure-fed cannonades. This means that the Iron Daemon is a powerful war machine, a fully mobile artillery piece capable of smashing down fortifications and hacking apart ranks of soldiers with murderous ease.

The Chaos Dwarf Iron Daemon, designed by Tim Adcock, is a complete resin kit supplied with three detailed crew, sculpted by Thais Mariblanca Lopez. It is available to pre-order now for despatch in the week commencing 23rd May.Experimental rules for this deadly war machine, taken from the forthcoming Warhammer Forge book Tamurkhan: The Throne of Chaos, are available to download now from the Forge World website.

Chaos Dwarf Infernal Guard
The Infernal Guard defend the Black Fortress to the death against any who would assail it, and carry out the will of their lord without question. Their ranks are made up of Chaos Dwarfs to which some stain of failure or dishonour has befallen, and in the eyes of the cruel and unforgiving Chaos Dwarf society such a taint can stem from merely possessing blood ties to a failed battle commander, knowing defeat beneath the gaze of a Sorcerer or presiding over slaves who revolt.

Whatever the cause of such dishonour, the Infernal Guard offer the solace of Hashut’s grace in death and anonymity in life. Upon taking the cult’s oath, names and past kinship are shorn away and their faces are sealed beneath hot iron and bronze masks which sear into their flesh. Only if they achieve great glory are the masks removed, exposing the warrior’s scarred face to the world once more.

Drilled mercilessly by their Castellans and barracked in the burning deeps beneath the Black Fortress, only the strongest survive within the ranks of the Infernal Guard and few can withstand them in battle. Fewer yet can hope to break their line so great is their martial skill.
Alan Bligh's Experimental rules for these fell warriors, taken from the forthcoming book Tamurkhan: The Throne of Chaos, are available to download now from the Forge World website.

The Infernal Guard, sculpted by Edgar Skomorowski, is a detailed resin kit comprising ten Infernal Guard armed with hand weapons and shields. The kit contains ten differently detailed heads, two different styles of body and five individual designs of weapons, each festooned with the brutal detail of the Dawi Zharr. This kit is available to pre-order now for despatch in the week commencing 23rd May.

Infernal Guard with Fireglaives
Chaos Dwarf Infernal Guard with FireglaivesThe Fireglaive is a compact repeating handgun that also incorporates a single-edged blade that can be wielded much like a halberd. The Fireglaive is a complicated weapon to manufacture, and a difficult one to master, so their use is largely confined to the elite and to the Chaos Dwarf Daemonsmiths that fashion them.

The Infernal Guard with Fireglaives, sculpted by Edgar Skomorowski, is a detailed full resin kit comprising ten Chaos Dwarf Infernal Guard armed with these deadly firearms. The kit contains ten individually detailed helmets, two differently detailed and posed bodies and two different Fireglaives, allowing for a great deal of modelling potential. This kit is available to pre-order now for despatch in the week commencing 23rd May.

Infernal Guard Command Group
Chaos Dwarf Infernal Guard commandCommanded by a Castellan, himself a once-shamed member of the Infernal Guard who has since won glory in battle and earned the right to bear his face to the world again, the Infernal Guard march beneath the cruel iron visage of Hashut, the fell daemon-god of their dark race. The clamour of their iron-shod strides are accompanied by the dolorous pounding of cruel drums.

Sculpted by Edgar Skomorowski, the Infernal Guard Command Group comprises three full resin figures: a Castellan, Standard Bearer and a Musician. The set also contains weapon options for the Castellan which allow the Command Group to be used with both of the Infernal Guard kits released in this newsletter. It is available to pre-order now for despatch in the week commencing 23rd May.

Warhammer Forge at Forge World Events
Games Day France – Sunday 22nd May 2011
Warhammer Forge sculptor Edgar Skomorowski and graphic artist Sam Lamont, as well as Forge World sculptor Simon Egan, will be attending Games Day France, which is held on Sunday 22nd May at the Parc Floral de Paris. They will be bringing a display of work in progress miniatures and artwork with them, as well as future releases that have recently been handed to our Production team.

You’ll be able to purchase our MkIII Armoured Boarding Space Marine and Chaos Dwarf Hellsmith Event Only models, as well as the recently released Eldar Lynx with Pulsar and Eldar Lynx with Sonic Lance, and the mighty Phantom Titan.
Warhammer Forge models such as the Marienburg Land Ship, Theodore Bruckner on Reaper and the Empire Ironsides Handgunner Conversion Kit will also be available alongside limited numbers of the Chaos Dwarfs kits announced in this newsletter.

The reservation period for Games Day France is now closed, and we will be sending out confirmation e-mails over the next week containing an order number, the total cost in Euros that will be payable on the day and details of any items we are unable to supply in your order.

Thanks,
Ead Brown
Forge World Customer Service Manager

Enjoy Alphy...

**George Spiggott**

They're nearly as nice as the ones Rackham used to put out.

**Swara**

Love them! Do we have rules for them yet?

Edit: Just went to the site and they have them under the preorder.

**alphaomega**

They are nice. Almost nice enough to drag me back to fantasy. Almost.

**warpcrafter**

Interesting. Not sure if they should have Necron Warrior guns, but what the hell.

**Swara**

warpcrafter wrote:Interesting. Not sure if they should have Necron Warrior guns, but what the hell.

Lol, just realized they DO look a lot like gauss flayers.

**agnosto**

Love them but they're not worth $58 (USD) per 10 to me. They can keep them if/until they're more reasonable.

**Mattlov**

Pretty sexy, but too expensive to make an army from. Which is saying something for a GW product.

**Ouroborus**

agnosto wrote:Love them but they're not worth $58 (USD) per 10 to me. They can keep them if/until they're more reasonable.

This. I simply cannot justify spending that much on so few models.

**MajorTom11**

Nothing new there though... FW ain't exactly cheap for ANYTHING... I know, I have a box I just received with a Crassus, a DreadDropPod, 3 sets of Pre heresy armor and a MKIV Ironclad...

Will any of it see paint? Who knows...

So... ya.... I'm an idiot lol

But I am sure there are a few others like me out there equally as foolish with their cash lol

**His Master's Voice**

Yeah, dully preordered the command group. Not a fan of the war engine though as it harks back to the olden days of ridiculous design that plagued early GW designs.

**Perkustin**

Think i will be getting an expensive Dwarf steamdozer to go with my Dark Eldar lol....

For forgeworld the SteamDozer is fairly resonably priced at 50squids...

**RanTheCid**

Is there just one body type for all the rank and file?

**vitki**

RanTheCid wrote:Is there just one body type for all the rank and file?

Nope:

The Infernal Guard, sculpted by Edgar Skomorowski, is a detailed resin kit comprising ten Infernal Guard armed with hand weapons and shields. The kit contains ten differently detailed heads, two different styles of body and five individual designs of weapons, each festooned with the brutal detail of the Dawi Zharr. This kit is available to pre-order now for despatch in the week commencing 23rd May.

**blackclaw1**

The heads are a bit , crap , nothing to them them just look far to plain.i wish they had the stupid old style helms , they were win.

**alphaomega**

It looks like minor varitions on Helmet and shield/weapons.

But very creepy, all but the unit overseer being faceless.

Very nice I just wish I wasn't tempted :(

**Alpharius**

That's a lot of Chaos Dwarf love - and a lot of hate for the wallet!

I love them though, and hope sales are good enough to justify more AND to get GW to return them to the fold proper, and with plastic support...

Please?

**Manchu**

Can't wait to see them painted!

**Pob82**

If they come out with standard infantry that look as good then I dont care how much they cost, all other projects will be stopped... The lack of Chaos Dwarfs is why I left WHFB and went to 40k.... The lack of detail on the helmets is the best part (creepy)

**warboss**

MajorTom11 wrote:Nothing new there though... FW ain't exactly cheap for ANYTHING...

Their yearly catalog is very aggressively priced.

Other than that, I totally agree. They are worth it though assuming you get it without any major defects (which in my case has been the minority of the time unfortunately).

**Bloodwin**

I thought that FW had already said that the Chaos Dwarfs aren't meant to be an army in their own right. I think it ties into the new Chaos army options in the FW book that lets you choose from across the Warriors Demons and Beastmen books and presumably whatever is in the book along with the Chaos Dwarves. I do like these guys though, although the blank helms seem a bit close to the current Dark Eldar trend. My worry is that if people buy these figures at these prices GW might get the idea that they can put old niche armies (like 40k Squats) out via Forgeworld with less support from the game devs and more profit. I mean if GW have a way of doing resin en mass then it could be very easy to do limited runs via FW with that heft FW price tag...

**Da Boss**

I love those Chaos Dwarves, but at £36 for 10 I just can't justify it. For £10 less I can get 20 Avatars of War Slayers of similar quality (to my eyes) with full command.
Damn shame. I love the Chaos Dwarf background.

**insaniak**

I have no interest in Chaos Dwarves... but words cannot express just how much I love that war engine.

I may just have found an alternative to the old (rather dodgy) Armorcast Cannon of Khorne...

**AgeOfEgos**

Chaos Dwarf infantry looks yawntastic. If they are going to take away the character of a face---at least add some more detail to the helmet...

The "Iron Demon" rocks though.

**KingCracker**

Those do look pretty nice. I really like that command squad or whatever it is.

**Death By Monkeys**

Um, so what book has the rules for fielding these guys?

**Ratius**

Agreed on the heads, quite ordinary I feel, the Iron Daemon is quite cool though and funnily enough its rules dont seem "too" OTT.

**Kroothawk**

Finally!

**Pob82**

You might say the helms are too plain, but thats the point. These are dishonoured dwarfs who are punished to the anonymity by wearing a plain bronze helm. Good fluff and nice minis. Chaos dwarfs should have there own codex simple....

**Ratius**

True, but there is a fine line between fluff and relatively "ordinary" modelling imho.
Overall though nice.