Forgeworld Newsletter #306 - Zone Mortalis upgrades and set

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**zedmeister**

Just spotted:

Zone Mortalis Battlefield Complex and Blast Doors Set

The cities and star ships of the Imperium are often ancient and crumbing edifices, constructed in ages past from prefabricated STC designs that originate from before the Dark Age of Technology. In a galaxy beset by war any building or corridor may be pressed into service as a strongpoint. Abrupt corners and shadowed alcoves typify the interior workspaces, while narrow corridors and larger internal rooms can be sealed off by great plasteel blast doors.
Such areas, be they the contested decks of a void warship, tangled mine works, lightless underhives or sacred catacombs, all have a confluence of factors in common. They are closely confined, provide limited opportunity for ambushes or escape routes, as well as oft-times being treacherous, warp-tainted or toxic beyond the limits of the mortal condition. These battlefields are referred to in the Codex Tactica Imperialis as ‘Zone Mortalis’ – the fatal ground.

Forge World’s Zone Mortalis experimental rules expansion and scenery allow you to play out these desperate close-quarters battles in your games of Warhammer 40,000, and we have now combined the individual tiles into a Zone Mortalis Battlefield Complex which contains 16 individual tiles for a total playing area of 4' x 4' (122cm x 122cm). Four each of the Alpha, Beta, Delta and Gamma tiles are supplied in this set, creating an immense interchangeable battlefield.

We have also put together a Zone Mortalis Blast Door set which contain a total of 6 of our detailed, multi-part resin doors: 4 small Blast Doors and 2 Large Blast Doors. Both of these fantastic sets, designed by Blake Spence, are available to order now for immediate despatch, and don’t forget that we’ve recorded a video to show you just how awesome the Zone Mortalis scenery really is.

Complex is - £350
Door set is - £55

Zone Mortalis 25mm Etched Brass Base Details

To allow hobbyists to further customise their Warhammer 40,000 armies to fight within a Zone Mortalis, Forge World’s Kenton Mills, Paul Rudge and Blake Spence have designed a sheet of 25mm Etched Brass Base Details. The frame contains 12 detailed brass parts that fit onto standard 25mm slottabases, as well as 4 additional vents that can be used either on their own or added to the brass base. The frame that these parts are supplied on is additionally detailed for use on larger bases as well.

Set is £9.50

**notprop**

This all looks good, but boy those prices!

£350 for the 4' x 4' board is one thing but it comes with no doors?

The brass etched bases are very nice. They have allot of scope for non-40k uses too.

**Panic**

yeah,

notprop wrote:This all looks good, but boy those prices!
£350 for the 4' x 4' board is one thing but it comes with no doors?
The brass etched bases are very nice. They have allot of scope for non-40k uses too.

The bass etched bases are nice and at £9.50 they arn't terribadly priced in comparrison with all the resin bases you get out there.
there are lots of bass etch out there for £3 a sheet, but this is GW and it matches the zone so fair enough.
I'm adding up in my head how much it'll cost to base my SpaceWolfs with these...
Not sure how the trim works to detail larger bases??

16 tile Zone Complex deal only saves you £10 on buying 4 x 4 tile sets.
I think £350 including the set of doors would have drummed up more interest.

The Doors only save you £5...
Saying that I bought the doors they are really nicely detailed, quite chunky bits of resin and probabily worth the price bought on their own.

Panic...

**Platuan4th**

Panic wrote:
Not sure how the trim works to detail larger bases??

I think the idea might be that you snip the trim apart and apply it to a base in strips. If you look at it, the two sides kinda line up. Or use it in conjunction with plasticard in some way.

**zedmeister**

I expect that we'll see different size base toppers coming up down the line - 40mm for terminator sizes and 60mm for dreadnought sizes.

As for that £350 set, you'd think they'd chuck some goodies in for that cost. It's eye watering for what you get...

**Enzephalon**

I love the zone mortalis. But not for the amount of money I would need to spend for the stuff I'd like to have.

**Nicorex**

Well I wont be bying any because I dont feel the need to allow "cookies" from FW into my comp and since you cant even veiw the site anymore without doing so, I have erased it from my fav's list.

**BrookM**

Bahahahahaha.

Classic.

**acekevin8412**

Has anyone checked out the rules?
It makes mention of, "reactionary shooting."

A sign of rules to come? Or FW just being cool and making up rules?

**BrookM**

IIRC reactionary fire was a feature of their old indoors rules.

**derek**

Price on the tiles is as with most FW terrain, pretty high up there. It's nice, but no use for it, and would find a cheaper alternative anyway.

Those toppers however are nice, and at an approximate cost (with shipping) of $17.00, they're in line with a lot of the other custom base costs.

**Koppo**

Nicorex wrote:Well I wont be bying any because I dont feel the need to allow "cookies" from FW into my comp and since you cant even veiw the site anymore without doing so, I have erased it from my fav's list.

This is down to new laws that are being implemented from the EU. Any website that uses cookies to track you (as almost all commercial sites do) MUST now tell you about it. It is not something that FW are doing just to annoy people.

**dæl**

Koppo wrote:
Nicorex wrote:Well I wont be bying any because I dont feel the need to allow "cookies" from FW into my comp and since you cant even veiw the site anymore without doing so, I have erased it from my fav's list.

This is down to new laws that are being implemented from the EU. Any website that uses cookies to track you (as almost all commercial sites do) MUST now tell you about it. It is not something that FW are doing just to annoy people.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18206810

Over £400 for terrain? No, don't think so. It's cool, but £400 cool?

**Nicorex**

Koppo wrote:
Nicorex wrote:Well I wont be bying any because I dont feel the need to allow "cookies" from FW into my comp and since you cant even veiw the site anymore without doing so, I have erased it from my fav's list.

This is down to new laws that are being implemented from the EU. Any website that uses cookies to track you (as almost all commercial sites do) MUST now tell you about it. It is not something that FW are doing just to annoy people.

I get why they are doing it. I just dont agree to it.

**H.B.M.C.**

More big tile sets devoid of doors. The doors should just come as standard, not cost an arm and a leg extra.

**ph34r**

Nicorex wrote:I get why they are doing it. I just dont agree to it.

Most websites you visit likely do the same thing, this is not new or uncommon. Just so you know.

**Kanluwen**

ph34r wrote:
Nicorex wrote:I get why they are doing it. I just dont agree to it.
Most websites you visit likely do the same thing, this is not new or uncommon. Just so you know.

Nor is it a new development.

Forge World and Games Workshop have both had cookies that install on your machine for quite awhile.

**Platuan4th**

Kanluwen wrote:
ph34r wrote:
Nicorex wrote:I get why they are doing it. I just dont agree to it.
Most websites you visit likely do the same thing, this is not new or uncommon. Just so you know.

Nor is it a new development.

Forge World and Games Workshop have both had cookies that install on your machine for quite awhile.

Y'know, just to ruin the internet for this guy, name more.

**Kanluwen**

Platuan4th wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:
ph34r wrote:
Nicorex wrote:I get why they are doing it. I just dont agree to it.
Most websites you visit likely do the same thing, this is not new or uncommon. Just so you know.

Nor is it a new development.

Forge World and Games Workshop have both had cookies that install on your machine for quite awhile.

Y'know, just to ruin the internet for this guy, name more.

The BBC News site, Yahoo, Google, United States Postal Service, The Warstore, BioWare's social network, Corvus Belli's site...

I could go on and on but I won't.

We had this same "Cookies? Not on my Interwebz!" reaction in either April or March when they gave the warnings about cookies on the main GW site.

I'm liking those brass-etched bases. I could actually use those for my ALEPH guys!

**zedmeister**

Careful. I wouldn't mention the fact that dakka stores cookies on your machine either

**Insurgency Walker**

Kanluwen wrote:
Platuan4th wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:
ph34r wrote:
Nicorex wrote:I get why they are doing it. I just dont agree to it.
Most websites you visit likely do the same thing, this is not new or uncommon. Just so you know.

Nor is it a new development.

Forge World and Games Workshop have both had cookies that install on your machine for quite awhile.

Y'know, just to ruin the internet for this guy, name more.

The BBC News site, Yahoo, Google, United States Postal Service, The Warstore, BioWare's social network, Corvus Belli's site...

I could go on and on but I won't. We had this same "Cookies? Not on my Interwebz!" reaction in either April or March when they gave the warnings about cookies on the main GW site.

I'm liking those brass-etched bases. I could actually use those for my ALEPH guys!

On the cookies subject, looks like Forgeworld is utilizing some of google's marketing service. Hope it turns out to be a good investment for them.

**Jidmah**

This very forum is using cookies, you know?

Better leave now!

**H.B.M.C.**

Jidmah wrote:Better leave now!

Don't worry, I'll call for reinforcements:

**SoloFalcon1138**

Back on track here...

Wouldn't something like these game boards be reasonable easy to construct at home?

**Breotan**

If you're capable of constructing your own board for 40k, you can build these.

**FabricatorGeneralMike**

SoloFalcon1138 wrote:Back on track here...

Wouldn't something like these game boards be reasonable easy to construct at home?

Yes, yes it would, but if GW/FW told you how to do that how would they get you to buy a £400 chunk of resin? Every time that GW/FW loose a sale Mr Kirby kills a homeless child....why won't you think of the children!?!!!?!

**Panic**

yeah,

SoloFalcon1138 wrote:Back on track here...Wouldn't something like these game boards be reasonable easy to construct at home?

Breotan wrote:If you're capable of constructing your own board for 40k, you can build these.

Not as easy as one would have hoped :(
I stummbled at the first hurdle.blank tile attempt

Panic...

**zedmeister**

I am sort of tempted to buy a small 3x3 board, doors and all. But am holding off to see if they will release other board variations as well as specific terrain. I seem to remember someone mentioning at the open day that they were looking at doing diagonal pieces as well as objectives etc.