Latest Forge World news and rumour thread : page 99 Quad mortar, pintle weapons, transfers

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**reds8n**

Previous thread ;

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/2970/616055.page

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff

rapier and quad mortar

**BrookM**

Tiny tanks! So cute!

**sockwithaticket**

Reasonably priced, easy to assemble Thunderfire Cannon replacement. Space Marine players everywhere rejoice.

Or hold out for this:

They look good, it's cool to see Rapier variants, they're fun little weapon platforms.

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

The quilting on those shoulder/thigh pads is a bit sloppy,

I'd have expected them to get the size of the lozenges equal, must try harder in the future

**Looky Likey**

I love Rapiers, walk them up the field spitting out death.

I hope they don't take too long to put the quad launcher rapier on sale by itself for Marines.

**Azazelx**

Now they look nice. I really need to get some rapiers and thudd guns. One Day.

**Zuul**

I must be the only one not so hot on the whole not-thunderfire quad mortars they are putting on the marine equipment. I like the thudd gun look more tbh. More cut and dry visual identification.

I think I might just get the SA one and lop off the dude curled up on the back.

**sierra 1247**

Well im looking forward to getting the land raider Achilles with the quad mortar for my world eaters. I need the heavy support.
Also just got the solar auxilia Flamer squads. My God the quality is brilliant.

**Frankenberry**

Y'know, I really want to like the Solar Auxilla guys but the suits they wear are so...I dunno, odd.

Which is a pretty silly reason not to like something in 30k/40k given some of the silly crap that already exists.

Like the min-tanks/mounted weapons though, would make for a decent set of thudd guns.

**BrookM**

I'm using Victorian Guard for my regular Solar Auxilia Tercios, both cheaper and a great excuse to field them in blocks of twenty.

I do use FW's excellent Veletaris and Flamer auxiliaries, the casting quality is indeed bloody brilliant and the hoses are nowhere near a pain in the arse I feared them to be.

**reds8n**

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/reply/0/639757.page

Sunday 15th of March, 2015

FORGE WORLD BULLETIN #51

As a hobbyist, I always get excited when I see new models nearing completion in the Forge World Studio, especially when I have the chance to show you what’s being released soon. This week I didn’t get my hands on just one awe-inspiring new model, but two! The first certainly looks like something new for the Space Marines, but the second is most definitely in thrall to the dark gods. Take a look…

Two new kits coming soon from the Forge World Studio.

A few weeks ago, I showed you a small part of Dimitrios Tampakoudis’ Ultramarines Legion – you can see them HERE. Since then, Dimitrios has added some armoured punch to his Legion. There’s a Spartan Assault Tank to speed his Terminators into battle, a Sicaran Battle Tank with its punishing Herakles pattern accelerator autocannon and a Leman Russ Incinerator that’s joining Dimitrios’ newly founded Solar Auxilia allies. It’s not only tanks though. Dimitrios has also added a unit of Legion Destroyers, a controversial choice for the Ultramarines perhaps, but in the dark days of the Horus Heresy needs must!

The latest additions to Dimitrios’ Legion.

Next week's bulletin will be coming from the USA! Forge World is heading to Adepticon 2015 in Chicago and I'll be there too. If you're going to Adepticon as well, make sure you stop by the Forge World stand. Keep your eyes out for a newsflash later this week for more on Adepticon 2015.

That’s all from me for now. Make sure you check back soon for more from the Forge World Studio.

Chris.

**Darkseid**

Lovely flyer; hope that one gets a set of 40k rules as well.

I also like, that FW gives some spotlight to other peoples painted armies. It's often quite inspiring.

**Looky Likey**

The new flyer is suprisingly large and I'm expecting a similar load out to the Lightning, i.e., beast mode for 30k anti tank.

I'm still not sold on Samus's sculpt, but it'll shake up 30k with the addition of daemons to the traitor ranks.

**ImAGeek**

I actually really like the Samus sculpt so far.

**Rygnan**

Is the Herakles pattern accelerator autocannon new? It might be a hint at what's to come with the Ultramarines, especially given it's very Greek name

**ImAGeek**

Rygnan wrote:
Is the Herakles pattern accelerator autocannon new? It might be a hint at what's to come with the Ultramarines, especially given it's very Greek name

Pretty sure the Sicaran has always had them.

**Tannhauser42**

Yeah, that's just the fluff name for the Sicaran's main weapon.

**Platuan4th**

Really looking forward to seeing the rest of Samus' sculpt.

**Lord Blackscale**

That flyer looks cool so far, and Samus is pretty awesome.

**ImAGeek**

This is the flier completed btw, the Xiphon Interceptor:

**TheCustomLime**

Kinda reminds me of a Z-95. I like it.

**Lord Blackscale**

Yup. It's cool.

**Azreal13**

A z-95?

Don't see it myself, I'd lean much more heavily towards..

**warboss**

Agreed... the classic 70's colonial viper from BSG is what first came to mind when I saw it.

**kronk**

I like the flier, but I'm waiting for Rogal Dorn and Sigismund!

**prplehippo**

warboss wrote:
Agreed... the classic 70's colonial viper from BSG is what first came to mind when I saw it.

What? C'mon guys, we all know GW would never, ever take any inspiration from another source. All their ideas are though of in a vacuum, totally independent from the influences of other sources.

How dare you guys even suggest that.

/sarcasm

(Is there an /sarcasm emoticon?)

**Scrub**

I like the flier but the pilot just looks incredibly daft, the guy's sat in a cockpit in his powered armour... why!?!

The shoulderpads stand out so much, along with his bulky torso.

It'd be awesome if Forgeworld actually provided a pilot that might keep the same aesthetic helmet design as a regular marine soldier guy but had a more practical, less bulky flight suit option. (There were some Tau ground crew and pilots available a few years back, if memory serves but more for diorama purposes I think.)

It's a nice model otherwise, I swear!

**warboss**

Scrub wrote:
I like the flier but the pilot just looks incredibly daft, the guy's sat in a cockpit in his powered armour... why!?!

The shoulderpads stand out so much, along with his bulky torso.

It'd be awesome if Forgeworld actually provided a pilot that might keep the same aesthetic helmet design as a regular marine soldier guy but had a more practical, less bulky flight suit option. (There were some Tau ground crew and pilots available a few years back, if memory serves but more for diorama purposes I think.)

It's a nice model otherwise, I swear!

He's a space marine.. that's what they wear.

I don't think it is impractical as long as the vehicle is designed specifically for an 8ft power armored marine's frame. Drivers and crew for other astartes vehicles have always been modelled in power armor for as long as I've been playing (3rd edition with 2nd edition models). Rhino gunner? Power armor. Thunderhawk pilots? Power armor. Storm Raven pilot? Power armor. If it's an astartes, the rule is that the fig is in power armor of some sort (which includes terminators, centurions, etc) with scouts as the rare exception overall.

**Scrub**

Yes, that much is true but they look just as daft in the Stormravens and whatever that smaller contraption is called, they look squeezed in as though the scaling for the bulk of the powered armour was an afterthought.

A door/hatch gunner in a relatively exposed position for an APC seems quite practical, in many ways.

Wearing said suit of armour for piloting a fast moving aircraft seems less so!

It's easily modified by sitting the guy lower in the cockpit and removing his ENORMOUS shoulderpads... (for flying, really?

)

I am nitpicking though, as I quite like the aircraft itself.

**Daemonslave**

Platuan4th wrote:
Really looking forward to seeing the rest of Samus' sculpt.

Unfortunately the head is the best part...