Warhammer Forge Newsletter #6

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**Ozymandias**

Didn't see this and haven't started a N&R post in awhile so...

Hi there,
We have more new releases for Empire players to announce in this week’s Warhammer Forge newsletter: a command group for the Nuln Ironsides Handgunners, which includes Castellan-Engineer Falk, and the notorious Marienburg regiment Manann’s Blades.

Castellan-Engineer Jubal Falk and Nuln Ironsides command group
Ironsides CommandThe current commander of the Nuln Ironsides is Jubal Falk, an engineer with a flair for tactical matters who many consider destined to become Guildmaster of the Gunnery School. Falk’s natural talents and dogged enforcement of strict discipline have earned him an honourable reputation, and he is well-respected by his men both for his skills as a battlefield engineer and as their leader.

The Empire Ironsides Command Group, sculpted by Keith Robertson, comprises three complete resin miniatures: Castellan-Engineer Falk accompanied by a musician and a standard bearer. Together they create a complete command group for the Empire Ironsides Handgunner Conversion Set, which is available from the Warhammer Forge website.

The Command Group is available to pre-order now for despatch in the week commencing 26th April.

Manann’s Blades Swordsmen Conversion Set
Manann's BladesThe infamous Manann’s Blades are a powerful mercenary regiment owned, outfitted and operated via intermediaries sworn to the shadowy Merchant Lords of Marienburg. This gang of ne’er-do-wells gather around a core of hardened fighters, veteran marines from the Marienburger merchant fleets who are utterly without honour. They have seldom sold their blades for gold in the Empire, and it is doubtful that anyone so feared (and as born a survivor) as Edvard Van Der Kraal could keep them in check.

The Manann’s Blades Swordsmen Conversion Set, sculpted by Steve Whitehead, comprises ten resin Swordsmen figures festooned with detailed Marienburg iconography, and is designed to be used with the plastic Warhammer Empire State Troops weapons. This is useful for Detachments as well as larger regiments, as twenty infantry can be built from a single plastic kit and this finely detailed resin conversion kit.

The Manann’s Blades Conversion Kit is available to pre-order now for despatch in the week commencing 26th April.

And some pics:

Command Group:

Manann's Blades Swordsmen:

I like the swordsmen, kind of silly that it only uses the sword arm from the kit, but you can use the rest as halberdiers or something so not too bad.

**Kanluwen**

I'm just more frustrated that I've got all my Swordsmen and Halberdiers built and now Forge World releases models with boots!

**Slinky**

Kanluwen wrote:I'm just more frustrated that I've got all my Swordsmen and Halberdiers built and now Forge World releases models with boots!

That's why I ended up using Greatsword models with swordsman arms and 3rd party sallet helm heads. My poor wallet

**WholeHazelNuts**

Slinky wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:I'm just more frustrated that I've got all my Swordsmen and Halberdiers built and now Forge World releases models with boots!

That's why I ended up using Greatsword models with swordsman arms and 3rd party sallet helm heads. My poor wallet

I'd be interested in seeing those... where did you get the heads from?

**Slinky**

WholeHazelNuts wrote:
Slinky wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:I'm just more frustrated that I've got all my Swordsmen and Halberdiers built and now Forge World releases models with boots!

That's why I ended up using Greatsword models with swordsman arms and 3rd party sallet helm heads. My poor wallet

I'd be interested in seeing those... where did you get the heads from?

Here you go:

Can't remember where I got the heads, sorry, it was a small-scale caster of parts, I believe, will update if I remember.

*edit* Remembered - I got them from http://vexillia.ltd.uk/

**skullking**

These look great! I know there were a lot of people looking forward to them, and I'm sure they'll be making their way into many empire armys...

NOW WHERE'S MY

CHAOS DWARVES!!!

For the past few months, every time I see an email from warhammer forge I get excited! But the shear amount of nurgle trolls, demigriffons (which are pretty cool), and land ships, have diluted my enthusiasm.

Could we please get SOMETHING for the CDs!! And the event exclusive figure doesn't really help, as I can't order it since GW decided to cancel GD Los Angeles.

At least break it up, give us a unit here and there.

**Kroothawk**

skullking wrote:NOW WHERE'S MY CHAOS DWARVES!!!

+1
Waiting several months for making a Forge World order, but they just can't release all those Chaos Dwarfs

**stratassj**

Weren't Manann's blades one of the old regements of renown/dogs of war in one of the older editions?

**Agamemnon2**

I guess the next WF update will be a command group for those swordsmen.