Forge World Newsletter #299: Rapier Laser Destroyer/ Minotaurs/ Event Enforcer

[Lord Damocles]

Only 14pts more for the Marine Rapier over the Guard version (after an extra crewman)? Pretty cheap.

[t-tauri]

Wait a second, correct me if I'm wrong but...

The rapier has a Graia pattern laser destroyer. Graia. As in the forgeworld featured in THQ's Space Marine?

There's a Graia pattern helhound as well.

[Clarkson]

Has someone called Scibor? as those minotaurs look awfully like the spartan/roman space knights things they sell... on my fb feed i thought it was new scibor stuff... and most of my LGS agrees with me...

it is inact cheaper to get them from scibor for similar models

[Scribe of Khorne]

Has someone called Scibor? as those minotaurs look awfully like the spartan/roman space knights things they sell... on my fb feed i thought it was new scibor stuff... and most of my LGS agrees with me...

it is inact cheaper to get them from scibor for similar models

Maybe so, but they dont have Minotaur bling on them.

Unrelated but the event Skin Wolf is awesome as well!

[Yodhrin]

I love that Terminator. Can't wait for the early-pattern (ie. Heresy) Terminators later this year, if that's any guide. (Not a fan of the cloak, or the normal dude, but to see a Terminator with his arms in the right place just makes me feel all gooey inside.

I really like the Rapier too, hope they offer different pattern crew for it though, not every Rapier in the galaxy has Mark III marines using it surely. (Also, for a brief moment I saw the word "Ordnance" on a 60 point S9 AP2 twin-linked artillery piece and thought they'd broken the game... then I saw the sub-note and relaxed markedly).

Holy crap, you're right, GW have finally released a model in Terminator armour that wouldn't require the user to break their neck and dislocate their shoulders to fit inside

Not to mention, with only very very slight modifications, it would make an incredible artscale Marine. The head on the Chaplain would be perfect for my Star Phantoms honour guard too. Curse you FW, why do you have to keep releasing such lovely stuff? That's another £30 I won't see again, heh.

EDIT: Curses, that Enforcer is fantastic conversion-fodder...anyone going to the open day that wasn't going to buy one who'd pick it up on my behalf? Or is everyone that goes going to buy one to flog on ebay?

[Morkash]

Both models are absolutely fantastic imo. The Reclusiarch has a very different and awesome pose, and the Chapter Master is nothing less than outstanding. The Spear, the Shield, the armour...incredibly good!

[vintagephreak]

Nice models indeed. But why would they choose a model with such a glaring miscast issue (termie upper leg) as a display model? Or is that so common with FW models they just let it pass?

[Bunnahabhain]

I wonder if the note on the rapier regarding ordnance hints to a upcoming ( 6th ed?) change. As it currently stands, ordnance doesn't have a blast by default. It's just most ordnance weapons do have a blast of some kind, so people are surprised when they don't...

[Nocculum]

I'm going to just come straight out and say it.

Moloc is by far the best Space Marine model I have ever seen!

Astrological work, really, really, really great. Have to get one!

[Jericho]

@vintagephreak: What flash on the Terminator upper leg? I don't see anything on these models that would be cause for concern. A tiny bit of flash on some but it looks like it wouldn't be anything out of the ordinary...

Overall I totally dig these releases. The Rapier would make an interesting Techmarine w/ c-beamer on bike if I went ahead and bought a Contemptor heavy c-beamer weapon at the same time... at least I hope it would fit

[Binky]

Lovely models, but every time I look at the one in power armour it reminds me so much of the WFB Krell model! Think it's the helmet and the pose of the weapon.

[Binky]

Nice models indeed. But why would they choose a model with such a glaring miscast issue (termie upper leg) as a display model? Or is that so common with FW models they just let it pass?

That's not a miscast, it's an armour plate!

[Blutrache]

Heh, those minotaur characters are pretty awesome, I'm sorely tempted to buy 'em even though I'm not too fond of the minotaurs and the £30 price tag. If they only had done something like this for the 25th anniversary instead of the lacklustre crimson fist captain...

/Cheers

[Jericho]

That's not a miscast, it's an armour plate!

Exactly, lol

[Santtu]

Wait a second, correct me if I'm wrong but...

The rapier has a Graia pattern laser destroyer. Graia. As in the forgeworld featured in THQ's Space Marine?

Graia appeared in some Imperial Armour book before Space Marine.

[AndrewGPaul]

It's mentioned on page 8 of Imperial Armour volume 1 for a start.

Those two Minotaurs characters are nice, apart from the ******* rocks. Has there been some sort of law passed that I've not heard about?

[Deff Mekz]

I think sure Graia has been around since the old days. I'm pretty it's sure it's home to a titan legion, the name escapes me, with a green colour colour scheme and gold trim IIRC.

[RunepriestRidcully]

Am I the only one who, despite loving the models, is disappointed the rapier is not available to chaos marines in some way? Would really help with the anti tank duties especially if to reflect the different tactics/amounts available to them, they got them either as an attachement to chaos marine squads, or you could take a battery as a non scoring troops choice for every chaos marine/cult squad you had perhaps? Just wish there was a way for me to use such a cool model other then starting another army..

[Hendarion]

I'm pretty sure Graia been around since the old days. I'm pretty it's sure it's home to a titan legion, the name escapes me, with a green colour colour scheme and gold trim IIRC.

Legio Astraman! http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Legio_Astraman

[Lord Damocles]

Astramana (Morning Stars)