Hobgoblins and Dogs of War

[phantomtie]

So I just wanted to point out that with the arrival of the new plastic wolf models forgeworld will be dropping the new hobgoblins that go with them. They look awesome or at least the artwork for them is awesome they have flat but wide noses so pretty much the oposit of standered goblins.

Also forgeworld is bringing back the dogs of war as a stand alone army my source called it "the lands of strife" it's going to try and explain what's going on in all the parts of the old world no one gets to play as and why.

Also "the lands of strife" is not actually the title it has no title yet but this is the gist of it is that Russia Italy Spain and the aribic world don't really play a part in the story of the old world because they can barely hold themselves together.

Spain in the warhammer world is locked in a 1000 + year old 3 way revolution that has left it little more them a wasteland. Italy is divided up into border princes who never have power long enough to do anything with it. Russia just keeps getting crushed by chaos. And the Arab world is making its last stand against the undead. As such they all use mercenarie army's to keep things going and they act as mercenaries to raise money.

That's what I was told.

[lbecks]

By Russia do you mean Kislev?

[Halelel]

New hobgoblins will be most welcome.

And the Lands of Strife sounds awfully like the "Allied Contingents" rumor thread we had going here a few months ago. It would make sense if the two are related and that certain smaller forces are added that will usually be played with other armies or might be able to be played as a stand-alone force at smaller point values.

[LaughinGremlin]

Best news ever - if there are pike men. To sell more, it won't be just the "stand alone" option. They even made the Chaos Dwarfs capable of joining another army.

[m1acca1551]

Very interesting... i always thought FW would tackle dow and the other elements. i can only hope that this is true. Thanks for the info.

[The Lurkin Gherkin]

This is sounds great! Hope its true! Would love some hobgoblins as stand-ins for common gobs (which are a little out-dated if you ask me)

[Felwether]

No kidding. Who on earth would bother spending the heaps of cash to make a new plastic wolf mould and then just keep using the 1992 models for all the other ranges?

Those fenirissianian wolfs are just for Space!

I just can't see FW using what is, whether it makes sense or not, a 40K kit to mount Fantasy models. I could of course be wrong.

[eldargal]

I think it makes sense, damned things are nice looking wolves with nothing sci-fi about them. I'm not saying I believe the OP, not getting country names right is a bit of a problem. One assumes a source at FW knows what Kislev, Tilea and Araby are.

[Kuja]

I think it makes sense, damned things are nice looking wolves with nothing sci-fi about them. I'm not saying I beleive the OP, not getting coutnry names right is a bit of a problem. One assumes a source at FW knows what Kislev, Tilea and Araby are.

That was exactly the same thing I thought.

[Skywave]

Those new wolves are on 40mm bases, a bit to big I reckon for some Goblin/Hobgoblin riders.

[Deaf Paradox]

Those new wolves are on 40mm bases, a bit to big I reckon for some Goblin/Hobgoblin riders.

Aren't hobgoblins bigger than your normal goblins anyway? Always thought myself.

[zoggin-eck]

This would be pretty cool, even just for some expanded background on lesser known lands.

phantomtie, that really was a bit awkward to read, regardless of real-life country names. I'd take this rumour a little more seriously if you finished one sentence before the next! (Apologies if English isn't your first language).

[Morkash]

The Fenrisian Wolves are on 40 mm round bases (sneaky edit ), but still they should be mountable upon cavalry bases. Depending on how fat they are, of course.

I'd welcome the Lands of Strife as well, with open hands. I just hope it's true. Hobgoblins would be nice, I'll buy some of these wolves anyway to convert Gitilla'z Wolfriders.

[Spiney Norman]

Jeez people, give the guy a break, if you doubt the rumour then fine, but all this "troll" stuff is unnecessary. It's getting to the point where you can't post any rumours unless you are Harry or someone with a proven track record with out people slagging you off.

Thanks for posting Phantomtie, I for one am grateful that you bothered to post this, it gives us something to discuss even if it turns out to be false. If it turns out to be true I'm going to need a very rich investor for my hobby...

[Eddie Chaos]

Have people already forgotten forgeworld said at gamesday that they wont be making hobgoblins because they would be too expensive per point.

[BrazenRogue]

Jeez people, give the guy a break, if you doubt the rumour then fine, but all this "troll" stuff is unnecessary. It's getting to the point where you can't post any rumours unless you are Harry or someone with a proven track record with out people slagging you off.

Thanks for posting Phantomtie, I for one am grateful that you bothered to post this, it gives us something to discuss even if it turns out to be false. If it turns out to be true I'm going to need a very rich investor for my hobby...

Seconded. Take with salt, say how unlikely you think it is, whatever. But there's no call for rudeness. You'd think some people would know better.

So aye, cheers Phantomtie. Any fleshing out of the Warhammer setting is always welcome, so I'm sure hoping that your right!

[BorderKing]

I want this to be true, I'm just sceptical.

[Urgat]

Those new wolves are on 40mm bases, a bit to big I reckon for some Goblin/Hobgoblin riders.

The ones with space marines on them are bigger than the other ones, is what it looks like in the WD pics. And conversion kits are conversion kits, they don't have to care about what the original model is meant to be, that's the whole point. Can't see why FW wouldn't just make their own wolves, though, if that were the case.
let's say I can believe it, but hobgoblins being goblins with flat noses... that's what orcs look like. I'll wait and see. I'll just point out it's different from the contingents rumors, this is exclusively humans we're talking about. It certainly sounds like a much more manageable project if they can use one unit in several armies (regardless of how much I dislike the very concept of recycling).

[phantomtie]

Hi guys if you remember I told you months ago that the none thunder wolf models are coming out and when you see them you will see that they are made to have saddles on them you can't see it from the pictures but when you have them in your hands you'll see it clearly.

Forge world did not make wolf models because GW told them not to because they did not want people to use them for thunder wolves as that would bite into GW sales. That's why they had to use the plastic wolves GW makes and why they held the hobgoblins until the plastic wolves came out.

To answer the question of my source I've gone over this more then once over the years I really only know things about GW video games and forgeworld and things that effect them. I will say this that the idea for thunder wolves came from the guy at THQ who did the story for Blood ravins he told a bunch of GW guys about a native legend of a spices of giant wolves called Wahala it translates into head taker. The hobgoblins will be getting Wahala as heavy calvary killing blow and a bunch of attacks.

All will be out before the end of the year including new wolf riders for OG's and you should see the art and some models at open day.

[Poncho160]

Thanks phantomtie.

And I honestly think all the people who called you a troll in the first page, should receive a warning. All you did was bring a rumour, whether they believe it or not is down to them. There is no need to be so outright rude though.

Just my 2 cents.