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Hi there,
In this newsletter we are pleased to unveil the huge Imperial Guard Crassus Armoured Transport as well as two new decal sheets for Badab War Chapters: the noble Red Scorpions and the sinister Minotaurs. We also have details of our opening hours over the forthcoming Easter and UK May Day bank holiday weekends.

Imperial Guard Crassus Armoured Transport

The Crassus Armoured Transport is not a standard frontline Imperial Guard vehicle, but its armoured bulk and transport capacity make it extremely capable. Based upon the Macharius Heavy Tank chassis, the Crassus is powerful, reliable, and while ponderous, it can transport an entire infantry platoon of up to 31 Guardsmen, while its hull bristles with potent heavy weapons sponsons.

This immense armoured carrier is named after one of Lord Solar Macharius’ greatest generals, Borgen Crassus, who remained steadfastly loyal to the Imperium throughout the grim and bloody Macharian Heresy that followed the Lord Solar’s death.

The vehicle can be retrofitted with additional weapons to fulfil other battlefield roles as required, and thousands of these vast transports were drafted into the 6th Cadian Armoured’s ranks during the fighting on Betalis III.

The Crassus Armoured Transport is a massive full resin kit designed by Daren Parrwood, featuring a fully detailed interior, and it is available to pre-order now for despatch in the week commencing 26th April. Forge World’s Book Design team have provided these experimental rules, taken from Imperial Armour Volume 11: The Doom of Mymeara, to allow any Imperial Guard army to field this lumbering behemoth.


Badab War Decal Sheets

Forge World’s Paul Rudge has recently completed two new decal sheets for the Minotaurs and Red Scorpions Space Marine Chapters. Each sheet is packed with over 1,000 individual squad designations and markings, blazons, aphorisms and squad numbers as well as larger vehicle markings and catechisms. The Minotaurs Decal Sheet also features three sizes of trim suitable for use on banners or cloak hems and large heraldic chevrons and lettering for use on vehicles.
Both the Minotaurs decal sheet and the Red Scorpions decal sheet are available to pre-order now for despatch in the week commencing 26th April.

Forge World Easter Opening Hours
With the Easter weekend imminent, we can now announce our opening hours over the coming week:
Good Friday (April 22nd): Closed
Easter Saturday (April 23rd): Open 9am – 5pm (UK time)
Easter Sunday (April 24th): Closed
Easter Monday (April 25th): Closed
Tuesday April 26th: Open 9am – 6pm (UK time)
Wednesday April 27th: Open 9am – 6pm (UK time)
Thursday April 28th: Open 9am – 6pm (UK time)
Friday April 29th: Closed
Saturday April 30th: Open 9am – 5pm (UK time)
Sunday May 1st: Closed
Monday May 2nd: Closed
Games Day France – 22nd May 2011
Sculptor Edgar Skomorowski and graphic artist Sam Lamont will both 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.
We are now accepting reservation orders for Games Day France, and this is the best way of ensuring that we will have exactly the models you’re looking for, packed up and waiting for you to pay for on the day.
To place a reservation order, please send an e-mail entitled ‘Games Day France Reservation’ to fwreservations@games-workshop.co.uk, making sure to provide your full name and a list of the items you’d like to reserve. You can also phone the Forge World Customer Service team on 0044 115 916 8177.
Thanks,
Ead Brown
Forge World Customer Service Manager



My comments:

Rules here

225 points for a super heavy with 2 structure points. Armor 14/13/12. Carries 30 troops, but no fire points.

Starts with 4 heavy bolters. Can replace any/all 4 with Heavy Flamers, Autocannons, or Lascannons. Or, dump the side sponsons for armor 14 on the sides.

It's not an assault vehicle and it only has a rear ramp (for 30 troops...). Kind of an odd duck, actually. Other than camping on an objective, I'm not sure what the point is. It's an ugly cuss. I suppose you could plink the IG tank commander on it to improve the Ballistic Skill and plink away with 4 lascannons.

Crassus ordered... Genestealer Cult 'Limo' Paintjob incoming

Its pretty sweet, but I really wish they'd offer a discounted version with no interior detail. Just like every other model that offers it, rhinos, land raiders, etc.. I dont *care* because the doors are shut

It's not an assault vehicle and it only has a rear ramp (for 30 troops...).

Do the superheavy rules not override this and make it an assault vehicle? I cant recall. If not then I agree its a strange vehicle.
Really like the model though.

for 225 points, that's beard.

Orinoco wrote:for 225 points, that's beard.

Beard? I don't understand. Is that good or bad? And by bad, I mean horrible not bitchin'. And by bitchin', I mean hang 10, not pissed off wife.

Beard=cheesy afaik.

Well...the Crassus' price has cut down on the amount of them I was going to get a few so that I could have some 'bulk transports' for my Guard.

Oh well. It'll still be a cool logistics/command vehicle.

Nice, the IG have a land raider that has to drive in reverse!

I love how it looks.

It's a Grimdarkified AAV-7!

I want the 4 autocannon variant... for only 20pts on top its base cost... not bad.

It is pretty bloody pricey though :S

The part of me that likes stacking up boxes of future projects ready to go and the part of me that says 'you're an idiot, stop buying crap before you paint the crap you've already bought' is staring at me with extreme disappointment lol

MajorTom11 wrote:It is pretty bloody pricey though :S

The part of me that likes stacking up boxes of future projects ready to go and the part of me that says 'you're an idiot, stop buying crap before you paint the crap you've already bought' is staring at me with extreme disappointment lol

I'm just going to wait until the book comes out and get a Crassus then.

Hell, it might even get me free express shipping!

FORGE WORLD! WHY MUST YOU TAUNT ME WITH MODELS YOU KNOW I WOULD WANT!

I like it, but I can deiced if this is the forge world book I want, if I should get the Badab war...

Kind of neat. I think I liked the "WWII landing boat on treads" they did before better, even if this is probably more practical if you want to think about it.

The rules say it transports 30 models, but the email says 31? which is it? 31 would be best, cuz then it could be a platoon transport for me.. my platoons have 31 models

But then, isn't there some rule that only 1 unit can use 1 transport and that's it? Or would a platoon count since it's 1 troop choice?

It looks like a AT-TE from Star Wars with the legs chopped off.

Necros wrote:The rules say it transports 30 models, but the email says 31? which is it? 31 would be best, cuz then it could be a platoon transport for me.. my platoons have 31 models

But then, isn't there some rule that only 1 unit can use 1 transport and that's it? Or would a platoon count since it's 1 troop choice?

Super heavies can carry multiple units.

31 is necessary for blob squads with the commissar...otherwise, it'd be largely useless.

Still a sweet model though...four autocannons...mmmm....

Not having an assault ramp makes little sense. Hell the model looks like it has one.

Griever wrote:Not having an assault ramp makes little sense. Hell the model looks like it has one.

True, but a super heavy tank with an assault ramp that has AV14, 2 structure points, and carries 30 guys should cost a crap-ton more than 225 points...

Its cool but just like the last superheavy transport.. It only moves 6"! and yeah the rear hatch thing is a bit silly.. Doesnt need to have an assault ramp just a hatch in the front. Oh well, just play with friends and modify the rules. Thats what I do

The gorgon is so much better because of the prow

Griever wrote:Not having an assault ramp makes little sense. Hell the model looks like it has one.

The ramp is on the back.

And this is an ancient, fully enclosed firebase vehicle that's been pressganged into service by the Cadian 6th Armoured to support their operations(in what capacity, we don't know yet and won't until the book is released).

It's not a Land Raider filled with assault troops, nor will it likely ever be anything of that nature for the Guard.

Love it but a bit pricey for me.

Will have to dig out my Halcyon Alines APC -

Kanluwen wrote:

Griever wrote:Not having an assault ramp makes little sense. Hell the model looks like it has one.

The ramp is on the back.

And this is an ancient, fully enclosed firebase vehicle that's been pressganged into service by the Cadian 6th Armoured to support their operations(in what capacity, we don't know yet and won't until the book is released).

It's not a Land Raider filled with assault troops, nor will it likely ever be anything of that nature for the Guard.

Wait, I thought the Cadian 1st-7th were all dead?

Happygrunt wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:

Griever wrote:Not having an assault ramp makes little sense. Hell the model looks like it has one.

The ramp is on the back.

And this is an ancient, fully enclosed firebase vehicle that's been pressganged into service by the Cadian 6th Armoured to support their operations(in what capacity, we don't know yet and won't until the book is released).

It's not a Land Raider filled with assault troops, nor will it likely ever be anything of that nature for the Guard.

Wait, I thought the Cadian 1st-7th were all dead?

Why would they be?

Regiment names are recycled all the time.

This also likely takes place before the whole 13th Black Crusade.


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Should also add that this is very specifically "Cadian 6th Armoured" which means it would be different from the "Cadian 6th Infantry/Kasrkin/Shock Troop" regiments.

Kanluwen wrote:

Happygrunt wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:

Griever wrote:Not having an assault ramp makes little sense. Hell the model looks like it has one.

The ramp is on the back.

And this is an ancient, fully enclosed firebase vehicle that's been pressganged into service by the Cadian 6th Armoured to support their operations(in what capacity, we don't know yet and won't until the book is released).

It's not a Land Raider filled with assault troops, nor will it likely ever be anything of that nature for the Guard.

Wait, I thought the Cadian 1st-7th were all dead?

Why would they be?

Regiment names are recycled all the time.

This also likely takes place before the whole 13th Black Crusade.

I thought it didnt go past 8th because the 8th was Creeds. Guess I was wrong. Think I will pick up this Imperial armour. Looks like it will have cool stuff. (Would be my first one to)


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AH, sorry, I guess I was thinking infantry regiments. Would make sense now that its armored companies, which would restart the regimental naming process.

I'm pretty sure the Cadian Infantry/Shock numbers go past 8 though

I mean we've got the 122nd Cadian Shock Troopers(Vogen campaign) that I can think of off the top of my head.

bubber wrote:Love it but a bit pricey for me.

Will have to dig out my Halcyon Alines APC -

That APC rocks..... might have to go dig out the Aliens dvd.... such memories

Kanluwen wrote:I'm pretty sure the Cadian Infantry/Shock numbers go past 8 though

I mean we've got the 122nd Cadian Shock Troopers(Vogen campaign) that I can think of off the top of my head.

Sorry, I meant past as in counting down, not up. I am tired this morning. Finally got some real good sleep last night.

Yes, I know that they go higher then 8, but not lower.