Friday 3 June 2016

What's to Come: Return of the Broodlord, Tech Priests and much More...

Hello there my friends! First I want to thank you all for, once again, the record breaking visits to this blog last week, that means a lot to me. This week we witness the return of the Broodlord and the Tech Priest kits, also we welcome a new piece of 40k scenery that will surely be pleasing to many people ... but the news around the hobby does not stop there!

When the grim darkness of the far future meets Japanese porn...

After two weeks of Silver Tower, it’s back to the grim dark! This brings us the Armoured Crates and two characters from the past – released as standalone minis:

The docks have never been so dangerous...
Next week's Products:
  • Broodlord ($40 €33)
  • Tech Priest ($30 €23)
  • Armoured Crates ($50 €40)
  • Hunt for Vulkan – Beast Arises Novel ($17.50 €15.95)
The Tyranid Broodlord is back and he brought a friend!

NOPE!

This is the same Broodlord that was originally released with the Shield of Baal: Deathstorm, under the designation of "the Spawn of Cryptus". It’s a cool model and a much better pose than the “Opera Singer Pose” Broodlord previous to that one. It’s nice to finally see he’s back and getting his own clam pack (even if it is pricey...). Quite similar to the Broodlord case, you may remember that the Tech-Priest model was first available from the Leman Russ Tech-Command box and is now available in a clam pack for the first time. 

It’s interesting that Games Workshop would decide to bring these two models back. It makes me think they are probably sitting on a few other “Special/Limited/Bundle Deal Only” miniatures in a warehouse somewhere just waiting to see the light of day…

I'm looking at you Interrogator-Chaplain Seraphicus ...

So last week's teaser “Master of Machines, Lord of the Brood and Crate Expectations”is 100% spot on... now the one for the next week is far more mysterious:

“Antonius, Where are you? Antoni… Arraaagggghhhhh!”

Hmm, it sounds like someone gets eaten, but it’s impossible to tell what universe it’s occurring in. According to Lexicanum, the only “Antonius” around in a GW universe is, or rather was, an Inquisitor of the Ordo Malleus... here's his story:

via Lexicanum:

"Antonius Coil was an Ordo Malleus Inquisitor Lord, who discovered the location of the Dark Mechanicum Forge World Sarum; on the Warp tainted Imperium world Goleonda IX in 416.M37. After ordering an Exterminatus on Goleonda IX, Antonius gathered a strike force to destroy Sarum and finally end its threat to the Imperium. He assembled a mighty force composed of ships from Battlefleet Reductus, several Militarum Tempestus Regiments, and had aid from the Sons of the Raven, Celestial Guard and the Brazen Claws Chapters. 

Again... nope!

However, when Antonius' strike force neared Sarum it was ambushed by the Warbands of the Warp Ghostsand Black Wings, as well as the Daemon Engines of their Dark Mechanicum allies on Sarum. The Inquisitor Lord was killed in the seventeen hour void war that followed and only the forces of the Brazen Claws and Celestial Guard were able to escape the strike force's destruction."

One can only wonder what is coming up... Speaking of what is coming up, the new Battle for Vedros is upon us:


First let’s get you up to speed with the basics of GW’s latest introductory game for the grim dark ... first with the new box contents:

Games Workshop's New Products from Battle of Vedros - The Starter Set & Paint Set!

The Battle For Vedros is going to be a really nice intro into the universe of Warhammer 40,000. For new players this is a perfect way to get started really quickly. It’s got quick assembly Space Marines and Orks – and if you’ve been playing 40k for awhile you probably recognise those sprues from Assault on Black Reach. While those miniatures aren’t the most articulate or unique in the pose department, they are a really good value... And the game itself has got simpler, check this video:


Welcome to How to Play: Warhammer 40,000 Battle for Vedros!


The Rules are simple – they are basically truncated versions of the core rules. It’s simplified down to 2 pages of rules (also a lack of the psychic powers helps cut that down). I show them off in the video and you can see what Games Workshop is going for. Marines hit on +3 for shooting and Orks hit on a +5 – it doesn’t provide a BS value or a chart, it just gives you a flat number. It’s a lot simpler to explain that to a new player vs showing the BS chart and going over how it’s all based on … you know what, I think you know what I mean...


For more information check this older post, and also here and here....

Also, remember that later in this month we will have the Lost Patrol game...

Soon... very soon...

Meanwhile, in the Forge World front, FW returns to Games Workshop stores to test the waters – check this out!


Word here in +++RETACTED+++ is that Games Workshop are looking to test run the selling of Forgeworld models in stores. I was informed by a store manager who was away last week for a staff meet up in +++RETACTED++, that they are looking to do a small test with the possible foresight of either stocking models directly in stores or making them available to be purchased through stores on the mail order and +++RETACTED+++. He mentioned to me about a Terminator model for 30k and said there was another model planned but files to mention what.
Well, if this turns out to be true, it's an interesting turn of events! Having Forge World directly in Games Workshop stores would definitely increase the “value” of going to a Games Workshop store directly. This would be a great competitive advantage for them. Folks who might not regularly visit an official GW store for their Warhammer 40k/AoS purchases would now have a really good reason to stop by (saving on shipping alone could be huge). I know I would be very curious to see what exactly they would be stocking in store... that might be great if I had acess to such a store here in Portugal thanks ...

About the limited edition figure... What do we have here? 

Click on it to enlarge

Well it’s definitely a World Eater Terminator in Tartaros pattern armour with a glaive of some type, although his armor is not the standard issue. Is it a Terminator Captain/Preator? Or a named character?

Whatever happens, Games Workshop will be selling this FW model for sure. Get your wallets ready for June 25th!

Also from Forge World, and sooner, the Tau are about to return with even more (massive) guns!

The Imposing KX139 towers over even Imperial Knights... check more here!

Check the newest releases from Forge World!

Yes its a power claw... for a WARLORD TITAN!!!

I guess that's all for now. Thank you for your time and hoping to write to you soon.

Joaquim de Oliveira



This publication was only possible thanks to:

Spikeybits
and
BoLS (Parts 12345 and 6)

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