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People buying Forgeworld seem to get a real mixed bag. Maybe it depends on the products ordered, but some people never have a problem, while others have horrendous miscasts that leave you wondering how they made it off the factory floor. I sometimes get the impression that Forgeworld is being run out of someone's private home and isn't part of a multinational company. They could really do with investing in Forgeworld, it seems to do well for itself and yet gets little support. They don't stock it in the shops, they seem understaffed and struggle a bit, that's why emails see to take ages to get a response if at all and orders can take a long time to process.

Personally, well many years ago I had a rather dodgy casting of a sentinel power lifter, the mould shift was ridiculous(1mm on a part only 3-4mm wide) but I just worked with it at the time.

Since then I've had some DKOK and a couple of nurgle figures and the quality has been tops, although I gather the time between purchase and receiving the item was pretty long (they were bought for me by wife).

I've never had to deal with their customer services, but I hear a lot about their email being virtually redundant, if you want to get something sorted out with your order you have to phone them directly.

Ouze wrote:

Worglock wrote:New and interesting thread is new and interesting.

Some people really like ForgeWorld. Some others will use this thread to spew bile and hate at GW.

I like to call this "preheating the oven".

Pre- counter-trolling?

I have a love-hate relationship with FW. I love their Elysians so much I'm married to them, I love their aircraft kits and I l-l-l-l-l-l-loooooooove their IA books for the sheer amount of background info and whatnot, not the rules though.

I hate their lacking customer services and while yes, Ead is a nice guy who does work his ass off answering the phone all day, sorry isn't helping when you're forced to wait three months for the parts to arrive. And yes, I am still bitter about that Baneblade.

But yes, grumpy old spinny Commissar said it best really.

I'll just crank out my personal experience here.

Love the models, find the prices to be a little too steep but not insurmountable as a treat, have mainly received stuff than has flaws or is warped from heat which is not on as far as I'm concerned. Still, would purchase again, and a beautiful miniatures line.

I like most of the FW stuff (although there is some that is a little OTT) and have contemplated buying some of their products in the past. But I find their prices too high for most things.

Although if I ever replace my Rhinos, I will probably by FW doors, and if I wanted a Chaos Dreadnought I would buy a FW model.

I love the DKOK sculpts and aesthetic, however for the price charged I simply cannot justify buying it. Which is a shame because I would only contemplate an IG army if it could be DKOK.

Ouze wrote:Hey, you know what we haven't talked about yet? The Imperial Armour books.

I only own one book, Imperial Armour 8. I love this book. It's heavy, and just feels like it's well made. It has a rich book smell, and that kind of semi-matte finish I love. It was very expensive, and I felt like it was worth every penny. The art is good, and the story is nice. There are all sorts of neat new toys in there, and a lot of just plain fun stuff. I'm not too interested in running the campaign, but absolutely love the "build your own stompa" rules, and the grot tanks, and that sort of stuff.

Damn how could I forget! Of course, the IA books (or at least most of them) are bloody awesome.

I quite liked 5-7 (the Vraks campaign) just because the whole story was so epic (I mean in the original sense of the word), but my favorite is probably number 3; it has the most incredible use of Space Marines (as you can imagine them being used in reality, as shock assault troops), an excellent story and reads almost like the old 'World at War' volumes in terms of the detail it goes into and the way the slow and monolithic Imperium gets comprehensively outmaneuvered by the Tau makes excellent reading.

Pacific wrote:but my favorite is probably number 3; it has the most incredible use of Space Marines (as you can imagine them being used in reality, as shock assault troops),

To a point. If the water works really were as important as the story makes them out to be they would have sent the Raptors to claim it, not the Elysians. Furthermore the experimental Tiger Shark, or as I like to call it the 'Dues Ex Machina' Pattern Tiger Shark that shows up out of the blue, kills a Titan, and is never seen again. IA3 annoyed me because of all the stupid logic holes in the plot.

Yes, the IA books are really worth it.

I really liked the Anphelion project too, really captured the nightmarish feel of the Tyranids for me, as well as the byzantine politics of the Imperium. I've got 4-7, I'd like to pick up some more at some point. Great books.

Except! They suffer from GW's trademark lack of copy-editing. Vraks keeps describing how people 'sort after' this and 'sort to' that. Sought! Terribly irritating, stuff like that.

Yes, I need to order some more IA books. And, I have never really seen Tyranids as nightmarish....

So far, all I've purchased have been a few BFG ships, but they have all been very nicely done. You just have to prepare yourself when you order something though; not only will it cost a lot, but chances are it will take a Loooooong time to get your stuff, depending on the time of year.

Then you are seeing them WRONG.

An ever-swelling, horde of soulless insectile creatures, devouring all biological matter in their way. Trap them, they'll mutate to overcome it. Kill them, more will breed in their place. A huge, swarming mass of genetically mutable killing machines that devours planets. High octane nightmare fuel in my opinion.

nectarprime wrote:Really now? Haven't heard a single thing about Scribor models coming warped.

My scibor Templar Shields were warped, but easily fixed under running hot water.

No problems with the Templar shoulder pads, but they are very small and not as likely to warp.

From what I have had from them (very little) I love there work.

The postage was allot faster than I expected, the weathering powders are brilliant and the IA painting book is an excelent book, with lots of infomation and ideas and so well made.

In terms of resin all I have from them is some Deathwing sholder pads, which are realy nice, so much detail and so interesting. I will be getting more. An added bonus for me was that the resin sprue they came on looks just like a small concreat wall, so will be used as such when I have enough to make a worthwile length to work with.

I've had good luck with the few FW items, I have purchased. But really love Imperial Armor Books.

Hey Guys, a buddy of mine and I just recently placed an order at FW somewhere in the range of 400 GBP of kits. How long should I expect for them to dispatch the kits, I'm not in a huge hurry I'm just curious. I'm not concerned about speed of shipping as I've done more than enough over seas business I've just never been the one to order from FW before.

I live in Houston, Texas and have placed two orders from them. They took 10-14 days after placing the order.

kronk wrote:I live in Houston, Texas and have placed two orders from them. They took 10-14 days after placing the order.

Thanks kronk. That's about what I expected, I'll stick with expecting about 16-18 days so I'm pleasantly surprised when it shows up. There's a doozy of a kit in there so i don't know how long they will take on that

I love forgeworld, in my opinion they do some of the best resin models out there, unfortunately the only model i have ever bought from FW was a miscast, not enough to make me angry and demand a new one, but enough to force me to spend extra time trimming and filling...and coming up with a reason why my Commissar has only one eye...

Overall i love them ^^

I want tzeentch and slaanesh stuff for my csm, stop making khorne and nurgle stuff!!!!!!!

htj wrote:I really liked the Anphelion project too, really captured the nightmarish feel of the Tyranids for me, as well as the byzantine politics of the Imperium. I've got 4-7, I'd like to pick up some more at some point. Great books.

The Anphelion project is easily my fav IA book. I love the story in that one, and the way the Tyranids just escalate and escalate and the Inquisitor is powerless to stop it.

I love me the FW. Buying a FW item is like treating yourself for doing something right. They're pricey, but not too pricey. They're pretty as all get out. But mostly it's outside of the box type stuff that the FW guys come up with that makes me love them.

Yes, I tend to only get FW when I need it. But, still, amazing.


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Has anybody ordered the Renegade Ogryns?

I love forgeworld, I feel that they are a neccessity both the IA books and models to the universe a great justice.

Another important factor - the IA books are an effective avenue for recreating the 'lost and damned' lists, lost when the Codex: Eye of Terror was pulled from the shelves. IA books 5-7 for the chaos lists, allowing players to make basic as well as Khorne and Nurgle themed chaos cultist lists. IA 9 is also a pretty good way of making a mix of human infantry and space marines - there is a great deal of potential in there for some creative and themed armies.

The sad thing is, from the number of people who still lament the loss of Codex: EOT, I think many of them are not aware of the existence of the IA books.

I really love their IA books, most of their IG models and in particular their DKOK and Imperial Guard Renegade range.

As well, the FW models that I got from people I know were of very high quality compared to their GW counterparts.

However, they are very, very, very expensive for me and I can't honestly justify buying anything directly from FW yet.

Yes, FW models are way better than GW ones.

Forge World stuff is great, I have loads of it as my gallery will attest to. Working with resin requires a different skill set to plastic or metal, and this is where the majority of complaints originate from. Ignorance of simple methods of working can lead to frustration, though I am not claiming that the quality is perfect by any means. Personally I have had very few issues that weren't solved by basic resin working methods.

The books are, as a whole really good for background but a bit underpowered/overpointed to work well in tourney situations. Yes there are some ridiculous units, but that is true for some codex stuff. I mainly have the books for the fluff, and the newer ones written by Alan Bligh are lightyears ahead in style and substance. I really enjoyed the Badab redux.

I would also recommend the modelling masterclass book to anyone looking to improve their skills, well worth the cash.

Yes, Resin is very nice, and useful.