[FW]Newsletter 153

Iceeagle85

Tabletop-Fanatiker
26. November 2005
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Hi,

The hour has come around at last and this is your final newsletter before the delights of Games Day UK are upon us, and here at Forge World we are still working flat-out make our part of the event the best we possibly can. To say Forge World will be represented in force at Games Day UK is an understatement; not only will we have our sales stand packed to the gunwales with all the stock we can manage, you’ll also get the chance to meet our whole team of designers and sculptors, catch a glance at what the future has in store from us, and even see our forthcoming air-combat game Aeronautica Imperialis in action!
Also, as in previous years, we’ll be offering a brand new special edition model to commemorate the event, and this year it’s a treat for Warhammer players and collectors alike in the shape of a multi-part resin Slann model to lead your lizard hordes to victory, or merely gaze inscrutably from your display case.
But all that aside this newsletter previews for you the last of the new models we’re hoping to showcase at Games Day UK; further additions to the fantastically grim new Death Korps of Krieg range in the shape of more heavy weapons teams, and last but by no means least, a model that has been the source of much guesswork and rumour, so without further ado I give you the Eldar Avatar…

Alan Bligh,
Forge World.

The Burning God
A colossus of burning metal that bestrides the battlefield at the head of the Eldar war host, the Avatar of Khaine is unleashed in only the direst of circumstances and against the most terrible of foes. Infused with the terrible power of the Eldar god of war and the sacrificed soul of a great warrior, the Avatar is an almost unstoppable force, fully capable of crushing daemons and war machines or sweeping aside whole swathes of lesser troops in its wake, as well as providing a focus of unshakable resolve for the Eldar.
Sculpted by Juan Diaz, and released to tie-in with the recent renewal of the Eldar range, our new Avatar model striding twice the height of a Space Marine Dreadnought at round 4.7 inches (118mm) tall, follows in the tradition of our Greater Daemons, providing you with larger scale, and highly characterful models for use either in your games or simply as a centrepiece for your collection. I think it really captures the nature of the Avatar in all its barely-constrained, burning power.
The Eldar Avatar is available to pre-order now for release on the 9th of October, we are trying to get hold of a limited stock of the new Avatar models to sell on Games Day UK itself, but these will be on a strictly first-come, first-serve basis, so if you’re after one get to our stand as soon as you can.

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Avatar

Death Korps Firepower
In addition to the Heavy Bolter and Lacannon teams for the Death Korps previewed in our last newsletter, here you can also see our new Autocannon, Mortar and Twin-linked Heavy Stubber heavy weapons teams (yes, you read that last one correctly!) As with the previous releases these are available either as separate teams, with three individual versions of each weapon type, and as packs of three. Like the rest of our rapidly growing Death Korps of Krieg infantry range, these are multi-part resin models with a plethora of extra options and equipment allowing you to make some truly individual models. You will also notice that the heavy weapons themselves are new patterns unique to the Death Korps and capture their dark and industrial style of warfare.
Available to pre-order now for release on the 9th of October, we will have these models on show at Games Day UK.
Look forward to more Death Korps releases in the future.

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Death Korp Autocanon

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Death Korp Mortar

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Death Korp Heavy Stubber

Games Day Special Editions
As well as our brand spanking new special edition Slann, available for the first time at Games Day UK, you will also have a chance at the event to purchase (probably for the last time) the remaining stock of some of our previous special edition models. These are the famed Multi-Part Epic Space Marine, the Kroot Bird and the 1:6 scale Imperial Laspistol. Once we are out of stock of these they probably won’t be recast, so if you need any of the above for your collection, now’s likely to be your last chance.

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Special Edition Slann
GD Specials

(Quelle: www.forgeworld.co.uk)
 
Ich muss auch sagen der Avatar tuts nicht. ehrlich gesagt bevorzuge ich da eher den zwergenhaften Avatar von GW. Die Ganzen Risse in der Haut sehen eher nach einer Ernstzunehmenden Krankheit aus. U_nd das gesicht erinnert mich an die drittklassigen Vampir/Dämonenmasken aus Buffy, die haltung finde ich zu steif und die füße können ruhig hacken haben. und vielleicht ein tick größer sein.
 
Leider gefällt mir der Avatar nicht wirklich.
Er ist zwar schon imposant,... aber für das Geld, dass er kosten wird, ist er mir dann doch zu unspektakulär.
Und dann ist er auch noch so dünn,... ok, Eldar= filigran---- aber Khaine ist ein Gott.... der ist ein Moscher³.
Da hätte ich mir von Forgeworld echt mehr erhofft.

Die Todskorps sind wie erwartet einfach der Oberhammer.

Viele Grüße,
Grantic
 
Warum? Warum langweilt uns GW mit Vostroyanern wo sie zeitgleich so geniale Miniaturen herstellen? Mein Tip an die Jungs im Vorstand: Die gesamte Todeskorps Linie nehmen, in Plastik gießen und Millionen machen. Zu diesen Preisen (von FW) kann ich mir bei weitem nicht alles leisten was ich will. Das wäre nämlich die gesamte TK Linie.... Echt Schade!