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Hi There,
At last your wait is over! As you know, we've been whetting your appetite over the past few weeks with some exclusive sneak peeks and in this Newsletter we can proudly announce the first wave of our fantastic new Space Marine releases, with an array of full resin kits that are now available to pre-order. We've also got an FAQ on our recent Death Korps army list update and Experimental rules for you to download. Read on to find out more!

Thanks,
Ead Brown

Space Marine Caestus Assault Ram
Caestus Assault RamThe speartip of our Space Marine releases is the intimidating Caestus Assault Ram. This hulking full resin kit, designed by Daren Parrwood, is armed with a devastating Magna-Melta, designed to carve through the hull of a mighty star ship, and wing-mounted Firefury missile batteries, capable of unleashing a storm of deadly micro-warheads in the seconds after an assault has begun. As you can see here, the Caestus is an intimidating behemoth of a miniature - measuring 9.5" long with a wingspan of 10" - that dwarfs even the might of a Land Raider with its ceramite-armoured bulk.

Assault Rams are void attack craft, intended to participate in close-range space boarding actions, that can also act as drop-assault vessels for direct orbital attack. There are many patterns of Assault Ram in use across the Imperium, but among the Space Marine Chapters, the multi-role Caestus is the most commonplace. Smaller than either the Thunderhawk Gunship or the Shark-class Boarding Torpedo, the patterns' chief advantage is its speed and phenomenal durability which make it a highly resilient assault craft, even in the most fire-swept landing zones. Compact and heavily armoured, the Caestus Assault Ram is designed to survive direct collision with an enemy, leaving only ruin in its wake.

The Caestus Assault Ram is available to pre-order for despatch in the week commencing August 23rd, and as an added bonus, experimental rules for this devastating attack craft are available to download here, fresh from the keyboard of Imperial Armour writer Alan Bligh.

Space Marine Infantry Upgrade Sets Available to Pre-Order Now:


MkIII 'Iron' Armour Set
Mk III Iron ArmourThe first of our new Space Marine armour sets is this fantastic MkIII Armour Set sculpted by Will Hayes. The full resin kit provides enough parts to build 5 Space Marines in MkIII 'Iron' Armour, including two different sets of legs, shoulder pads, arms, torsos and helmets. You can see these here, along with a gallery of photos showing examples of how these brilliant parts can be combined with plastic Space Marine kits.

The MkIII 'Iron' Armour is a variant of the previous 'Crusade' pattern adapted with additional armour plates to the front, as well as a reinforced helmet faceplate and strengthened vambraces for the savage firefights of fleet-based boarding actions. This extra armour turns an already resilient Marine into an almost unstoppable juggernaut within the cramped confines of a ship. This detailed kit can be pre-ordered for despatch in the week commencing August 23rd.

Umbra Pattern Bolter Pack
Umbra Pattern BoltersThe Umbra Pattern Bolter Pack is the first of a range of Weapon Packs that we will be announcing over the next few weeks. Like power armour, the sacred Bolter of the Astartes has undergone various design changes over the millennia, and the Umbra pattern first saw use during the latter years of the Great Crusade, produced in huge numbers to ensure that the Astartes were constantly supplied with effective firepower.

Click here to view a gallery of close-up shots of the parts and accessories supplied in this pack; veteran hobbyists will see shades of the venerable RTB01 box in the design of these fantastic accessories. The Umbra Bolter Pack, designed by Will Hayes, contains 10 detailed weapons and optional bayonets, and can be pre-ordered here for despatch in the week commencing August 23rd.

Space Marine Special Weapons Pack
The second of our new weapon sets is this fantastic Space Marine Special Weapons Pack, sculpted by Phil Stutcinskas. Each Sergeant is able to freely select his squads' armament for a given mission, and the Chapter Armoury contains many weapons that are ancient and sacred relics - patterns of weapons long since replaced by other designs that are nevertheless maintained diligently. This Weapon Pack contains 2 Flamers, 2 Meltaguns, and 2 Missile Launchers complete with arms, reminiscent of the venerable Rogue Trader-era miniatures fondly remembered by veteran hobbyists, and perfect for adding variety to your squads.

These weapons are compatible with the full range of Space Marine units available from Forge World including our new MkIII 'Iron' Armour. The set is available to pre-order now for despatch in the week beginning August 23rd.

Additional Web Content Now Available
Since the launch of the new Forge World website we have received many queries about what had happened to much of our additional content - well worry no more, because many days of painstaking work has come to fruition. As you may have noticed, the image galleries in our Online Store are gradually being fleshed out, and the Downloads section has returned, complete with several updated documents for many older Imperial Armour books.

Following last weeks' update to the Death Korps Army List, we received lots of questions from you and so we have compiled this free FAQ to help answer these. Thanks for all your queries and please keep them coming!
We have also prepared a parallel update to the Imperial Armour Volume 5 Renegades and Heretics army list that you can find here, again it's a completely free download for you to enjoy.

Forge World Events News
Forge World will be attending Games Day Baltimore on August 21st. The Reservation period has now closed for this exciting event but if you have any specific requests or queries, please don't hesitate to contact us and we will be pleased to offer any assistance we can.
Forge World will also be attending Games Day UK on September 26th - keep an eye on forthcoming newsletters for more information about our stands at this event as we have plenty up our sleeves!

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Space_Marines/Space_Marine_Aircraft/CAESTUS-ASSAULT-RAM.html

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/MK-III-IRON-ARMOUR.html

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/SPACE-MARINE-SPECIAL-WEAPONS-PACK.html

Ohohoho, feth yes. feth yes to all that stuff, awesome.

The Iron armor ROCKS!

More importantly, it gives some rather revealing information about FW's next project: boarding actions (think about Caestus Assault Ram's and '...for the savage firefights of fleet-based boarding actions. This extra armour turns an already resilient Marine into an almost unstoppable juggernaut within the cramped confines of a ship.'

My only complaint: its not true scale!

Aww.. I just saw this and wanted to post it..

DAMN!

Wish wish wish for a lottery win..

Wibble!

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Images/Product/DefaultFW/xlarge/Umbra-Bolters.jpg

Fancy pattern bolters with bayonet attachments.

Iron armour for my sternguard i sooooooo think with chapterhouse shoulder pads and mag combi weapons

.sweeeeeet

Absolutely beautiful figures. Looks like i will be placing an order soon for more than just epic stuff. Can't wait to see the other mks they are coming out with.

Damn that MkIII armor looks pretty sweet. May need to order me a squad of those.

Funny, I actually liked the foamcore mock-up that everyone hated so much more than the actual Caestus. I really wanted to like it, but man, setting it side-by-side with the Thunderbolt (one of my favorite FW models) just makes it look dopey! Man, I could scratchbuild something better than that. Although I notice that the weapon load-out and design should make it easy enough for BA players to pick it up and used it as a Storm Raven.

And while I appreciate the Umbra-patter bolters - WTH happened to the clip being right in front of the trigger guard? When did the far-forward mag get retconned? Such mixed feelings about this.

And the Mk III armor is cool and all, but why do they have them using Godwyn pattern bolters instead of the Umbra pattern bolters? SO CONFUSED!

Props for updating the special weapons - I like the slightly modernized look to the old shark-mouth missile launcher. The flamer and melta are fairly 'meh', but they don't suck.

Damn, resistance was futile, I preorderd my set...
:-(


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And i thought I was over GW...

Really hope Bolt Pistols and plasma pistols get a classic redo next!

They must be looking to sell a lot of those caestus's. those rules are ridiculous. they should be about a 100 points more.

Oh and I agree that those Mk3's look sweet.

Um, wow.

Now really - WOW!

And legs too?

And bolters?

It is about time - and what a time it is!

Willpower save = FAILED!

(Without a roll, actually!)

But, but, but, I can't afford a new army right now, I'm moving. But can I wait until they release all the packs for old armor variants?

Great Crusade army, coming up!

Wraithlordmechanic wrote:They must be looking to sell a lot of those caestus's. those rules are ridiculous. they should be about a 100 points more.

Oh and I agree that those Mk3's look sweet.

They are fairly pricey beasts, so I guess something had to be the carrot to that stick!

The Power Cosmic wrote:But, but, but, I can't afford a new army right now, I'm moving. But can I wait until they release all the packs for old armor variants?

Great Crusade army, coming up!

I know the feeling...

But I also know I'll be ordering all the Pre-Heresy Marks anyway, so...

Hello Pre-Heresy project, goodbye bank account!

That Caestus is awesome too! I remember seeing the pics of it at Gamesday last year and thinking "Wtf is that?"

The time has come to start planning that pre-Heresy Iron Warriors army.

They're a bit nice, but the Mk3 helmets certainly don't look like the same helmet (which I assumed was a Mk3 visored helm) that the newsletter posted as a teaser... more to come methinks..?

Very nice. I will be getting some for sure.

Gotta talk to my local GW guy. He can pick up FW from the BattleBunker for us.

That MK III armor is awesome.

Man, that's nice.

Kryppers wrote:They're a bit nice, but the Mk3 helmets certainly don't look like the same helmet (which I assumed was a Mk3 visored helm) that the newsletter posted as a teaser... more to come methinks..?

I was just about to mention this too!



It is significantly different!

MKII



MKIII



It doesn't quite look like either...

The mystery of it all!

Possibly a 'custom' suit for the upcoming IA: *********?

That ML/melta/flamer pack is sweet. Classic shapes with modern detail. And perfect for a counts-as-Salamanders Iron Warriors army...

Just wanted to point out that we can infer that GW is going to have a Stormraven someting in the near future as BA cant use the Ram at all. Codex, BT, SW and DA only.

Oh, and I'm totally getting one. Ramming speed captain!

Iron Armour, Classic Bolters and Special Weapons... YES

SWEET! Looks like I may be doing a few Pre-heresy Company Vets for my Dark Angels.

BrookM wrote:Wibble!

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Images/Product/DefaultFW/xlarge/Umbra-Bolters.jpg

Fancy pattern bolters with bayonet attachments.

Those actually look a lot like the Rogue Trader bolters. Especially with the chainsaw bayonets.

Vladsimpaler wrote:

BrookM wrote:Wibble!

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Images/Product/DefaultFW/xlarge/Umbra-Bolters.jpg

Fancy pattern bolters with bayonet attachments.

Those actually look a lot like the Rogue Trader bolters. Especially with the chainsaw bayonets.

It's like they were designed to fit with the Special Weapons pack above that looks like the RT versions.

Edit:
I'm not a fan of the rogue trader guns, but I might have to get them just to keep with the spirit of the MK3 armor. Expensive armor, but freaking perfect for a sternguard squad.

When I get back from GenCon, I'm ordering a 10-man squad's worth...