Latest Forge World news and rumour thread : P99 Bulletin #50

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**MajorStoffer**

Well the Auxilia are slightly cheaper than Death Korps, which is nice, but having already walked the road of FW guard, I don't think I'm ready to subject my wallet to that once more, especially not with the exchange rate higher now than when I built the Korps.

**Davespil**

Haighus wrote:
Vorax are Adeptus Mechanicum, and have rules in Book 3.

OK, thanks. Ad Mech looks like the only interesting stuff commng out of 30K, everything else is just more SM and now IG.

**Madocyw**

It's interesting to see the Solar Auxilla SPGs. Good crossover/visual cues from the Minotaur, especially the flare at the end of the cannon muzzle.

**Harriticus**

"Solar Auxilia", these are Imperial Army right? I imagine in its copyright paranoia have forced FW to change their name like they did with Astra Militarum.

**spiralingcadaver**

Oh, wow. I love the look of the Imperial Army. Some of it doesn't even make a ton of sense, but that stuff looks great.

**beast_gts**

Harriticus wrote:
"Solar Auxilia", these are Imperial Army right?

From what's been leaked of the next book, they pre-date the Imperial Army and are somewhat of a template for it.

**STC_LogisEngine**

Eeehm, the Solar Auxilia is just what it sounds like, an Auxiliary Force recruited from the Sol system, and FW and BL has already laid down the name of the human forces part of the Great Crusade : the Imperial Army / Auxilia Imperialis.

That said, the Imperial Army / Auxilia Imperialis was not formally organised until a few decades after the Crusade had ventured outside the Sol system.

"Solar Auxilia", these are Imperial Army right? I imagine in its copyright paranoia have forced FW to change their name like they did with Astra Militarum.

Yeeeeah... No. Auxilia Imperialis has been around since the first Horus Heresy book published by FW.

**MajorWesJanson**

MajorStoffer wrote:
Well the Auxilia are slightly cheaper than Death Korps, which is nice, but having already walked the road of FW guard, I don't think I'm ready to subject my wallet to that once more, especially not with the exchange rate higher now than when I built the Korps.

Yeah, Exchange rate fluctuations hurt. Or sometimes help. I bought my Reaver when the pound was like $1.44

Maybe the GBP will crash and we can get FW stuff for cheaper!

**MajorStoffer**

MajorWesJanson wrote:
MajorStoffer wrote:
Well the Auxilia are slightly cheaper than Death Korps, which is nice, but having already walked the road of FW guard, I don't think I'm ready to subject my wallet to that once more, especially not with the exchange rate higher now than when I built the Korps.

Yeah, Exchange rate fluctuations hurt. Or sometimes help. I bought my Reaver when the pound was like $1.44

Maybe the GBP will crash and we can get FW stuff for cheaper!

As a Canadian, I bought my Korps when it was about 1.31, it was glorious. Now it's 1.7, and it was recently 1.85. My club are big FW fans, as FW doesn't produce silly broken stuff as often as GW, and the models are fantastic, and "back in they day" (Like 6 months ago) it was about the same price to buy FW stuff or GW stuff, so it wasn't much of a decision. Blight Drones, Greater Daemons, Spartan Assault Tanks, Contemptors and the like are thick on the ground from those glorious, glorious days.

Nowadays, no one buys anything from them. It'd probably help FW a great deal to make it more consistent for international customers; they must do a lot of business to the US and, of course, Australia, given it's still cheaper than buying GW plastics, but a USD webstore would probably be welcomed by no small number of people; the USD seems to be a good deal less volatie than the GBP, which makes sense given it's the world's reserve currency and all.

**Frozen Ocean**

Also, unlike "Astra Militarum", "Solar Auxilia" actually sounds good.

**TheCustomLime**

Eh, I'm not too crazy about the Army troopers themselves. I was hoping for something like the Vostroyans for the Imperial Army. The tanks are nice, though.

**RedSarge**

Man the pintle-mounted Multi-LaZORS! Hahahaha, death to all light vehicles... sir!? what is it? Can you attack the aircraft overhead? - Why, certainly!

And airlocks, the Malcador obviously has airlocks... the narrative alone is amazing. A strange xenos world, a crystal forest. The mighty hermetic vehicles of the Solar Auxilia trundle forward - light gravity only a minor inconvenience for them.

Solar Captain Archibald and his loyal Star Explorers cast out of their transport, into the crystal forest. They search for the hidden underground entrances of the Vo'Ka Rrash, a xenos empire that needs to be toppled in order to secure this sector and it;s valuable ores.

Onward!

**aka_mythos**

beast_gts wrote:
Forge World Newsflash - Available at Warhammer Fest‏

I don't understand how they're selling 20 individual models for £68 and yet sell the Mechanicum copy and paste weapon and most minimal posed tech thralls 5 for £26, they even said they approached them the way they did because it was as cost effective as they could make them. I can only imagine they're really expecting to sell that many more of the Solar Auxilia.

**reds8n**

http://battlebunnies.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/displays-at-warhammer-fest.html

has some pics from Warhammerfest.

-- not time to 'port them over -- apologies.

**Snrub**

I'm on it Red.

PICS!

Alpha Legion Contemptor

Word Bearers contemptor

Imperial Fists Sword Brethren

Reaver Chainfist

Reaver Volcano cannon.

Imperial Fist Phalanx Breacher Squad

*Added tags to those pictures which had them.

A few interesting things on display.

**sockwithaticket**

Who're the Fists with tiny power axes? They look very different to the Sword Brethren (who look awesome).

**Snrub**

Battle Bunnies has them listed as Imperial Fist Phalanx Breacher Squad.

**sockwithaticket**

Which I would have known if I'd stopped for even a moment to read the captions...

Thank you, Snrub.

**Rygnan**

Those reaver arms are a pretty big surprise, considering it's mostly all marines, all the time, but it's a welcome change, and good to see that the Titans might finally be getting all their arm options

**reds8n**

Many thanks

**Wilson**

I was gonna moan about the lack of chaos releases but Kurze looks awesome.

**sockwithaticket**

Wilson wrote:
I was gonna moan about the lack of chaos releases but Kurze looks awesome.

To be fair, the Traitor legions are pretty well catered for at this point. It's the Loyalists that need their lines fleshing out.

Kurze looks great even from that incomplete photo.

Automatically Appended Next Post:
http://battlebunnies.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/forge-word-seminar-at-warhammer-fest.html

Holy gak, the Seminar post has so much awesome in it my brain nearly exploded. Waaaaay too much to transplant over here, but my highlights are

New dreadnought has me very excited.

**Snrub**

sockwithaticket wrote:
Which I would have known if I'd stopped for even a moment to read the captions...

Thank you, Snrub.

I added the captions after you asked what they were.

Don't feel too bad.

Kurze is..... Well I'm going to reserve my judgement of Kurze until after we have better pictures.

**Bobthehero**

I know its a stretch, but if FW makes Solar Ogryns then they might make Solar Stormtrooper and in that case... oh my.

**the shrouded lord**

the imperial fists should have actual phalanx (door) shields, and pikes.

**reds8n**

Nice !

**Snrub**

Aw jeez. Here come the Sevatar fanbois.

**thenoobbomb**

Sevatar looks nice.

Kurze looks as I expected him: laaaaame!

Don't really like the Imperial Fists. Iron Warriors will be much cooler

**Sasori**

Anyword about IA13 from this?

**Alpharius**

Excuse me - a STORMHAMMER Super Heavy?!?

Finally!

A STORMHAMMER SUPER HEAVY!!!