We come to it at last, perhaps the most exciting week in Forge World’s history. Today we’re revealing some of what you can expect from our Studio area at Games Day
UK on Sunday 23rd September, and if that wasn’t enough we can reveal the first of many Horus Heresy models that will be available to buy in limited numbers from our Sales stand on the day!
The Horus Heresy Volume I: Betrayal
If you missed last week’s newsletter, we’ve added a new video to our YouTube channel, in which Alan Bligh reveals more about the first of our Horus Heresy books which apparently a few people are quite excited about.
The Horus Heresy Book I: Betrayal will be on sale for the very first time, in limited numbers, at Games Day
UK on Sunday 23rd September.
Lavishly decorated, this book is leather-bound with inlaid metal detailing and foil-blocked page edging, and also features metal cleats to the corners of the book’s casing impressed with the Imperial Aquila. This 290-page tome delves into the fratricidal conflict on Isstvan III that saw Warmaster Horus’s traitor Legions purge their own ranks of those legionaries that would remain loyal to Terra.
It is a stand-alone supplement for Warhammer 40,000 and contains a vast array of colour profiles, maps and artwork. Also included is a full Space Marine Legion army list and background, histories, character profiles and special rules for the Death Guard, Sons of Horus, World Eaters and Emperor’s Children Legions.
You can find out more about this amazing book on the Games Day
UK page on the Forge World website.
The Forge World Studio at Games Day
UK
As befits the largest Games Workshop event of the year, each year our entire studio decamps to the NEC in Birmingham for Games Day
UK, and this year is no exception!
Our Miniatures Designers will each be showcasing their most recent models as well as work-in-progress kits and concept work. You’ll be able to chat to each designer about the process they went through creating the fantastic Horus Heresy, Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 models that make up our range, and you might even discover a few of our top secret future plans too…
The Book Design team will be displaying the incredible amount of talent and effort that goes into each of our books. Our Graphic Illustration staff will be working on fantastic colour profiles and artwork before your very eyes on their high-tech pict-cogitators, while the Writing team will be displaying early proof copies of their latest work and answering all your questions about how and why we select each narrative.
The studio area wouldn’t be complete without the unique display boards we create to accompany our books, and we will have some old favourites for you to admire too. Our Painters and Mould Makers (and, in fact, the majority of our design team) are even now slaving away on a mountain of foam, wire, plastic sprues and resin models to create one of the most amazing display tables we have ever produced for this year’s Games Day. All will be revealed on Sunday 23rd September, of course, but for now all we can mention is an awful lot of Space Marines…
Games Day
UK Pre-release Kits
Scimitar Pattern Space Marine Legion Jetbike
Squadrons of ‘Sky Hunters’ are fielded by almost all of the Legiones Astartes. These feared strike units are heavily armed and mounted upon sophisticated and powerful craft more akin to small flyers than ground bikes. There are several patterns of jetbike produced by the Mechanicum, all of which are modified from designs that pre-date the Imperium, and all of which are in considerable demand by the Space Marine Legions.
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Events/Jetbike.html
The Scimitar Pattern Space Marine Legion Jetbike, designed by Daren Parrwood, is a single multi-part resin model which features four weapons options: a Heavy Bolter, Plasma Cannon, Multi-melta or Volkite Culverin. This detailed resin kit will be available to buy at Games Day, in limited numbers.
Alongside this is the Scimitar Pattern Legion Jetbike Squadron – this kit contains three Jetbikes and will also be available to purchase in limited numbers at Games Day.
Space Marine Legion Shoulder Pads, Decals and Etched Brass
Simon Egan and Edgar Skomorowski have designed sets of MkII and MkIV shoulder pads for the Sons of Horus, Death Guard, Emperor’s Children and World Eaters Legions. Each set contains 10 resin shoulder pads bearing Legion insignia, and each set will be on sale in limited numbers at Games Day.
We’ll also have limited numbers of Sons of Horus and Death Guard Etched Brass and World Eaters, Sons of Horus and Death Guard Decal Sheets, each designed by Paul Rudge and each packed with Legion-specific heraldry, blazons and squad insignia.
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Events/UK_Games_Day_2012.html#shoulder
Forge World Events News
Games Day
UK
We’re going to be bringing you a Forge World newsletter every day this week with details of what we’ll be showcasing, displaying and pre-releasing at Games Day
UK on Sunday 23rd September.
Tickets are still available for the biggest Games Workshop event of the year, so pop into your local Hobby Centre, call
GW Customer Service on 0115 91 40000 or visit the Games Workshop online store to buy them.
We’ve also added a Games Day
UK page to the Forge World website, and beside our daily newsletters it’s here that you’ll find all the latest information about everything we’ll be doing, pre-releasing and displaying at Games Day.
Thanks,
Ead Brown
Customer Service Manager
