Re: Forge World Open Day 2015 News, Rumour & Pictures
Hi All,
just a few notes from FW open day. Might already be up here (haven't read the whole thread.)
I was a bit tired from getting up at 5AM and driving for 4 hours so if you have better info please let me know so I can update this. Otherwise we will see misinformation flashing up on Bols and elsewhere confusing people.
If someone wants to put this in the first thread or elsewhere for reference, please do.
HH Rules. One of the 3 writers (not Alan) told me that when they get round to updating the HH crusade army list book they may well adjust some points costs and or stats for certain models and are aware that some of the units from HH bk1 are overpriced relative to similar models with newer rules. No mention of when this might be. I had a chat with the guy who owned the EC and made mention of EC Palatine blades, Phoenix terms and SoH Justaerin.
Stormbird This is about a month away from completion before it can be sent to the factory to be approved for production. Its about 2x the size of the Thunderhawk so I guess it will be about twice the price!! The designer said it may be released around September. One for the Xmas tree!!
EidolonDidn't speak to the sculptor but looked very nearly finished. Sports long hair with one side of his head shaved- like the trend in the last year or so. I can’t wait as was thinking about making one for myself. I'm guessing it will be released by September??
UM Invictus Suzerain I didn't speak to the sculptor but these looked done and ready for sale.
Raven Guard Mor Dethan Sculptor said that he started these a while ago but had to postpone them while he worked on the Chaos knight/ walker thing. He said they need a little more attention but should be complete in the next month. Will come with sniper ant shotguns ala the Recon squad- the combi weapons are already available.
Primarchs. Was advised that they hope to have the remaining 3 primarchs (Corax, Dorn and Alpharius) done by Xmas. Corax strongly hinted at being worked on. Ideas for Alpharius included a squad of 5 alpha Legionnaires...which is Alpharius!?
Mastodon looked nice and close to completion. Was larger than a Fellblade and nice interior detail/ detachable roof means will prob be £2-300. AA mount looked like an up-scaled rotor cannon, Pretty sure it wasn't a Khaeres assault cannon. Front weapon looked like a (slightly larger) version of the Magna melta from the Caestus assault Ram and Predator kits.
Mechanicum Army list had the FW Knights from Book 4 and the updated Titan rules as per book 5. Also included the ordinatus engines but didn't look any further than that. Ordinatus thing had 2 versions. One with Volcano cannon (not yet sculpted but shouldn't take long as can borrow from the titans) and the sonic one that you have seen in the pics.
Tau huge battlesuit, larger than a Knight. Probably the size of the smallest titans. Didn’t ask about it as not interested.
FW painting masterclass. About 3 or 4 of the sculptors had portfolios out to view that showed articles they have done for an upcoming FW HH specific painting book. Inc will be a mechanicum knight a solar auxilia vehicle (?) and a (Alpha?) Legion bit.
Alan Bligh & Book 6/7. I had the opportunity to speak to him for about 10 mins before the event closed. He confirmed that BK 6 will cover shattered legions. It will also cover basic legion rules for some outstanding legions – BA, DA, Scars and you have prob seen upgrade kits for these. They won’t get primarch/character/unique unit rules until their own books. I have just seen a post on Bols mentioning that Book 7 will be Prospero release for Xmas!!-surely book 6 will be xmas release and book 7 next Easter at best?? If Prospero is after book 6 I would have thought it would be one large book to fit in rule for wolves, 1K sons, custodies and sisters of silence which would push the DA/BA Thramas Crusade/ Signus book back abit.
Does anyone have more coherent info on the planned release schedule??
Legio Custodes/ Age of Sigmar. I told Alan that I had recently spent about 2 hours drafting rules for Legio Custodes and that the Age of Sigmar ‘Sigmarines’ would be good stand ins until FW sell some. BTW my rough idea was for 2 wounds, 2+/5+ and stats mainly at 5 across the board @ around 60/70 points. He didn’t give me any specifics on his rules but told me about a playtest he did of 5 standard Custodes being charged by 20 Iron Hands. No IH survived the 1st round of combat!! I think only one of the Custodes died in return. He said that he would love to do a Custodes list someday and models for Valdor etc
The Emperor & Horus. This got us onto the end of the series and potentially the scouring. They have done a few model dual diaromas now and Alan said he would love to do one for the final confrontation between the emperor & Horus fighting on the Vengeful Spirit (like the old diorama in the Warhammer world museum) with a dead Sanguinius in the background.
That's all I can remember right now. Enjoy!