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warhamster77 wrote:so your saying I can get a bus ride from Texas all the way to Nottingham for a Games Day? I don't think I can hold my breath that long....

You, mein frunde, have NEVER been in the Magic School Bus, have you?

Slarg, that dirty van with 'free candy' written on it wasn't a magical school bus, sorry mate.


And that wasn't a magic wand the driver was waving.

MeanGreenStompa wrote:Slarg, that dirty van with 'free candy' written on it wasn't a magical school bus, sorry mate.


And that wasn't a magic wand the driver was waving.

But it took me places

Slarg232 wrote:You do realize that they were going to reveal it upon Open Day, and as such, this leak is like telling a twelve year old about his surprise birthday present; Yeah, he's going to get it anyway, but would he be happier to have it fall in his lap or be told about it? Usually, it's much better as a surprise, hence it being called a Surprise Birthday Present.

And it would be entirely your fault for being a dumbass and telling that 12-year-old what his surprise was in the first place, wouldn't it? Or leaving it relatively out in the open so that finding said surprise would take very little (if any) effort.

That's kind of what happened here. Forge World don't know how to internet and fethed up, and you're trying to say* it's all our fault for "ruining" the surprise for all the attendees at the Open Day. Sorry but that's a load of horse gak.

*If you're not then you're heavily implying it.

the storm eagle looks like the front end of a storm raven, and the wings and back of a valk, with whirlwind missiles stuck on top.... yeesh.

at least its better then the storm raven in any case.

I honestly think it looks 100% better than it's parent model. I'd own one if I ever broke my 'No MEQ army' rule.

MeanGreenStompa wrote:I honestly think it looks 100% better than it's parent model. I'd own one if I ever broke my 'No MEQ army' rule.

Bettcha Orks can loot it.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:

MeanGreenStompa wrote:I honestly think it looks 100% better than it's parent model. I'd own one if I ever broke my 'No MEQ army' rule.

Bettcha Orks can loot it.

My orks don't tend to look forgeworld models...

They have been eyeing a hammerhead however...

Big thread is big. Is the Storm Eagle a fake y/n?
So says a compadré of mine.

It's not.

Storm Eagle officially validated by Forgeworld, some like it, some don't.

Not any real reason to keep this thread running.

Wrap it up and move along to greener pastures people. Nothing to see here any more.

STC_LogisEngine wrote:
Storm Eagle officially validated by Forgeworld, some like it, some don't.

Not any real reason to keep this thread running.

Wrap it up and move along to greener pastures people. Nothing to see here any more.

Or... y'know, we could keep it open to continue to discuss the other releases as well...

I really like that predator. I'm not sold on the decimator, I think the bipedal walkers category is fairly crowded and whilst it's well sculpted, I don't think it adds anything. I'd have preferred something more otherworldly and weird for a daemon engine, like those nurgle flyers or the brass scorp.

davethepak wrote:

I was wondering if there was a conversation like this sometime...

Designer 1: "Hey guys, lets make a marine flyer...we have a lot of options"
Designer 2: "Yeah, we learned a lot from making the thunderhawk, and assault ram..."
Designer 3: "Hey, how about we just make a modification kit for the storm raven?"
Designer 1 & 2: "what? that flying brick? Have you seen how many people hate it?"
Designer 3: "I am not saying it should look like a storm raven, but we could use it as a base, and mod it".
Designer 2: "That would look terrible..."
Designer 1: "Wait, a second, I saw a conversion kit that actually made it look good, by extending it..."
Designer 2: "Yeah, I think we can pull it off, and make a even more extensive mod...dude your'a genius"
Designer 1: "thanks!"
Designer 3: facepalm....

Who knows? Regardless, depending on how bad the rules suck, I may consider getting one...but at 80 pounds...maybe not.

Oh so plausible... (and no, I'm not being sarcastic.)

Padre^.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:

MeanGreenStompa wrote:I honestly think it looks 100% better than it's parent model. I'd own one if I ever broke my 'No MEQ army' rule.

Bettcha Orks can loot it.

QFT

Can't wait to see what Gorfrag is gonna do with one of these babies.

I'm super excited about the Deimos Pattern Predator Executioner . While not a fan of the Deimos pattern I can already see it'd be a cinch to mod that plasma cannon onto a modern predator. Personally I just like the harsh angles over the round hatches and dome shaped turrets. Anyone else think that this predator version is only going to be heavy 2 compared to the Leman Russ' heavy 3 executioner? I Also like the Glacis plate on the Deimos. I don't like my rhino's and predators sharing the same glacis plate so I may use the deimos' as a base to build plasticard conversions for my futures preds in the same vein.

Love the conversion beamer design, just not a fan of the rules. I can appreciate high risk high reward play styles but str / ap dependent on range just seems folly to me, I mean what if the enemy is a drop troop style and is never more than 12 inches from you? Again just a personal tactical style. Still a awesome looking gun.

Shoulders on the Decimator look a bit overbuilt in my opinion but that's about all the complaint I got for it, seems moderately balanced (for forge world that's a big deal) and they're releasing most of the weapon choices very quickly.

Okay yeah I like the storm eagle. It's a nice step between the Thunderhawk and Storm Raven. Thunderhawk carries 30, eagle 20, raven 12. I was planning years down the line on getting 3 thunderhawks but now I'm thinking one with next years taxes and picking up 3 of the new fliers. I'm eager to see the rules and point costs here for them, luck holding some nice Dakka memeber will happen to snap a pic of their rules after picking one up on sunday. I can see where people catch the tau style in the rear of this thing but that's not neccessarily a bad thing. Personally I just think it's the mostly flat top with the wings on the same level that gives it the tau look. Most other imperial aircraft have the wings centered on the body or have engines between them and the hull.

All in all I'm pretty excited. Though I'm still disapointed in Will Hayes for those god awful terminators in newsletter 300. C'mon Forgeworld, give us our god ed cataphracts/pre heresy terminators already.

MOD: It's nice to see some people sticking to the topic and not slagging each other off.

Thank you.

carabine wrote:Okay yeah I like the storm eagle. It's a nice step between the Thunderhawk and Storm Raven. Thunderhawk carries 30, eagle 20, raven 12. I was planning years down the line on getting 3 thunderhawks but now I'm thinking one with next years taxes and picking up 3 of the new fliers. I'm eager to see the rules and point costs here for them, luck holding some nice Dakka memeber will happen to snap a pic of their rules after picking one up on sunday. I can see where people catch the tau style in the rear of this thing but that's not neccessarily a bad thing. Personally I just think it's the mostly flat top with the wings on the same level that gives it the tau look. Most other imperial aircraft have the wings centered on the body or have engines between them and the hull.

All in all I'm pretty excited. Though I'm still disapointed in Will Hayes for those god awful terminators in newsletter 300. C'mon Forgeworld, give us our god ed cataphracts/pre heresy terminators already.

The "flashy" wings at the rear of the Eagle are the only thing I don't like about it...I'm currently painting a CHS-modified Stormraven, and so will stick to that...will be converting it to the Eagle's weapons loadout once the rules become available. (Not that I ever get time to play, but I like to have "legal" models...) Just my two cents, but I really like the CH version - in the hand, it ends up like a mini Thunderhawk...

Agree completely re the Terminators...very disappointing.

Padre^.

That Predator variant's turret looks a bit like an old edition (not sure which) Predator turret.

CaptKaruthors wrote:

For clarity for others here's the other Speeder.

Man, I miss the design aesthetic of the 2nd edition speeder. I liked it. With FW making throw back Rhinos and Predators, I wonder if they'll to throw back landspeeders.

They might well do: For their Badab War (*cough* pre-heresy *cough*) stuff so far they have followed the Collected Visions books with the armour styles, except for the recently released terminators.

And, the Land Speeders from Collected Visions do all look like 2nd edition ones:





You can still get the 2nd edition ones in metal (they weren't made OOP that long ago), although they are rapidly getting more expensive to get anything other than one broken and dipped in Dulux.

I still have a couple of those old Speeders. They suck to put together. Will have to see about pulling out the old stuff now....

Man! I just told myself that I could live without the FW retro Predator, and then they stick a conversion beamer on it and now I'm sold!
The StormEagle is cool, it looks like a fun build! I also get a Space Marine Landing Craft vibe from it more than T-hawk! A tad pricey for me, but I've liked most of what FW has been putting out as of late! Can't wait to see what April 1st brings. Would the announcement that FW is switching to Finecast resin be a good April Fools Day joke?

I think an April fools joke like that would result in riots!

I don't think FW would do the speeders, unless they are also making jet bikes.

Pacific wrote:You can still get the 2nd edition ones in metal (they weren't made OOP that long ago), although they are rapidly getting more expensive to get anything other than one broken and dipped in Dulux.

They tend to go for more than I'm prepared to pay, so I might give this conversion from the current speeder a go:
http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.php?showtopic=204117

JaqTaar wrote:

Pacific wrote:You can still get the 2nd edition ones in metal (they weren't made OOP that long ago), although they are rapidly getting more expensive to get anything other than one broken and dipped in Dulux.

They tend to go for more than I'm prepared to pay, so I might give this conversion from the current speeder a go:
http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.php?showtopic=204117

That is a good conversion. It would be cool if forgeworld did a old style speeder. 2nd Ed or RT. I'm a fan of both.

Nrljm wrote:I think an April fools joke like that would result in riots!

I don't think FW would do the speeders, unless they are also making jet bikes.

not exactly true, they said they'd do 2nd ed landspeeders soonish

Forge World wrote: That's a Vengeance launcher, as it happens

Referring to the rear missile launcher.

Anyone else see forgeworld as the awesome what use to be GW?

Because the Storm Eagle and many of their models are just awesomely cool.

but here is two things I do not want to happen.
Blood Angels and Grey Knights cannot take them.

Are people really trying to argue the Stormeagle is fake? Really? It's up there on FW's website, complete with a price. They wouldn't piss off the customer base by having it be an "April Fools" joke either.

Yep, people have been doing that since Thursday.

Forge World(read: Ead Brown) commented on their Facebook that they're doing last minute Open Day stuff, like putting rules in the Stormeagle kits, and people keep insisting it's a fake.

Nrljm wrote:I think an April fools joke like that would result in riots!

Actually, FW openly said that they use different resins for different things (Like one kind of resin for Land Raider parts, another for the Bio-Titan, another for infantry-sized guys, etc), and that they have used the Finecast resin (and resin mixes very close to it) for certain models, and they've had no issues with it.

Kepora wrote:

Nrljm wrote:I think an April fools joke like that would result in riots!

Actually, FW openly said that they use different resins for different things (Like one kind of resin for Land Raider parts, another for the Bio-Titan, another for infantry-sized guys, etc), and that they have used the Finecast resin (and resin mixes very close to it) for certain models, and they've had no issues with it.

And just to nip this in the bud...
They said they experimented with the Finecast resin last year. They cast up a number of small items, mainly Death Korps of Krieg models, using Finecast. The results were acceptable, but it wasn't really any different than them using their standard resin.