Puppets War Releases Flyer

Puppets War continues to put out amazing models that fit perfectly into 40K.

The Dragonfly aircraft is an awesome multi-part kit which includes 27 components.  Made for 35mm tabletop wargames scale (300mm length from front to tail, and wingspan of about 260mm). It retails for a very reasonable $ 40.

Looks like it could lift a Rhino, but I wish this was more of a Storm raven/Storm Eagle analog and could carry troops.

Knowing Puppets War they will come out with variations.

Loken

The Horus Heresy, "Dark Heart" Short Story Released

The Black Library has released its latest Horus Heresy work and this time it is a short story in eBook form.  It only costs $ 2.99, and is available on The Black Library website.

From The Black Library:

When the Word Bearers launched their surprise assault on Calth, it marked the beginning of their righteous campaign of vengeance against the hated Ultramarines Legion. But for one young acolyte of Kor Phaeron, it is not the sons of Guilliman that he seeks to bring low - through infernal pacts and daemonic power he strives to carve out a destiny for himself in the midst of the greatest war that the galaxy has ever seen. The name of Marduk shall be spoken with awe for millennia still to come...  


I will pretty much buy anything from The Horus Heresy series.  Absolutely the best 40K books out there.

Loken

Death From the Skies - 40K Flyer Supplement

A new Flyer Supplement and the big News is Stormravens are going to be available to ANY Space Marine army!

Games Workshop Going All Plastic

 

Is Finecast going the way of the dinosaurs?  Looks like it based on rumors from the ever-reliable Hastings on Warseer.

Painting a Warhound Titan - Part II

A guest post from Kenny Boucher of Next Level Paintng who will be producing a series of articles on painting.  Here is Part II of painting a Warhound Titan.

Painting a Warhound Titan - Part 1

A guest post from Kenny Boucher of Next Level Paintng who will be producing a series of articles on painting.  Here he starts with a Warhound Titan.

Hoard O' Bits to Close Down and Relaunch

Hoard o' Bits has announced that they are taking their inventory down and relaunching it in mid-February.  

GW profits Up, CEO Mark Wells Resigns.

Two big pieces of news.  First, Mark Wells, the CEO for the last 5 years, has resigned.  This is big news as Wells oversaw a number of the biggest changes in GW over that time, namely the move to one man stores and rapid prices increases of up to 50%.

From Games Workshop:

Games Workshop announces that after five years of outstanding service Mark Wells is stepping down as CEO.  He leaves on good terms and with our very best wishes. 

The board will be seeking to appoint a new CEO in due course.  In the meantime, our Chairman, Tom Kirby, will be Acting CEO and Chairman.


Also, Games Workshop released its half yearly results.

HIGHLIGHTS

Revenue          £67.5m (2012)    £62.7m (2011)  

Pre-tax profit  £11.1m (2012)     £9.5m  (2011)

  

"For Games Workshop to continue to be successful, we need motivated, hard-working managers in all parts of the business who understand Games Workshop’s niche business model, who are aligned with its values and behaviours and are committed to getting things done. The biggest risk for Games Workshop is not having enough of these managers to continue to grow the business globally. This risk is being mitigated by recruiting people who fit with our culture, developing them to fulfil their potential and training them with the skills we need."

 
More on this later this week.


Loken

Games Workshop to Close Los Angeles Battle Bunker

Games Workshop has just announced their plans to close the Los Angeles Battle Bunker and turn it into one of their one-man stores.  

New 40K FAQs up.

 The new 40K FAQs are up here.

Forge World New Releases - Zone Mortalis

Zone Mortalis takes up the new release spots today.  And while I don't know anyone who actually plays this way, I give Forge World an A for effort.  

From Forge World:

The cities and starships of the Imperium are often ancient and crumbing edifices, constructed in ages past from prefabricated STC designs from the Dark Age of Technology. In a galaxy beset by war any building or corridor may be pressed into service as a strongpoint. Abrupt corners and shadowed alcoves typify the interior workspaces, while the narrow corridors and indeed larger internal rooms can be sealed off by great plasteel blast doors.  To see our video of Zone Mortalis click here.

The tile measures 1' x 1' (300mm x 300mm) and is fully compatible with the other tiles in the Zone Mortalis range. These tiles use hollow resin, which allows us to produce highly detailed, light and very durable scenery pieces. Due to the casting process of this material, it is sometimes possible to find small air bubbles on these terrain pieces. These are easy to fill as our Working with Resin guide explains.

Model designed by Blake Spence. Available to pre-order now for despatch from the 25th of January.


Other boards now available:

Containment Tanks:

Scribe Station:

Now what I want to see is more Realm of Battle Boards from Forge World!

Loken

FAQ Imminent?

This surfaced in an update made available yesterday.

With a clarification to the transport rule in the digital version of Codex Necrons, it seems a new FAQ could be on the way. We can now see that units embarked in a Night Scythe that is destroyed now take no damage. This change appeared yesterday, but has yet to work it's way to the FAQ. Keep an eye out for updates, soon.

Son of Dorn

Mephiston get Black Library Limited Edition

Mephiston is getting the full Black Library treatment with a new limited edition, signed and numbered novella.

Dark Angels Rules Out!

Larry over at Bell of Lost Souls put together a summary of Dark Angels Rules from various sources.  I have edited it a bit to clean it up.

Dark Angels Videos Show New Releases

New Videos have been posted by Games Workshop showing off the new Dark Angels models. 

Dark Angel Advance Orders Are Up!

Advance orders are up for the Dark Angels!

Dark Angels Advance Orders
 

Ravenwing Dark Talon/Nephilim Jetfighter
 
•This box contains a multipart plastic kit that makes either a Ravenwing Dark Talon OR Nephilim Jetfighter.

•The Dark Talon and the Nephilim Jetfighter are flyers and each is a Fast Attack choice in the army.

•The Ravenwing Dark Talon is armed with two hurricane bolters, and new ancient weaponry – the Rift cannon and a Stasis bomb, all designed to destroy infantry and reduce infantry effectivenes
 
•The Nephilim Jetfighter is armed with twin-linked heavy bolters, twin-linked lascannons that can be replaced with an Avenger mega bolter and 6 blacksword missiles

•The Nephilim Jetfighter is designed to take down other flyers and light ground vehicles
 

Land Speeder Vengeance/Ravenwing Darkshroud
 
•This box contains a multipart plastic kit that makes either a Land Speeder Vengeance OR Ravenwing Darkshroud

•The Land Speeder Vengeance is a Heavy Support choice and the Ravenwing Darkshroud is a Fast Attack choice in the army

•Both these Land Speeders are much bigger than a standard Land Speeder and are covered in amazing Dark Angels details

•The Land Speeder Vengeance is armed with a special relic plasma weapon (the plasma storm battery), designed to destroy heavily armed troops and vehicles
•The Ravenwing Darkshroud has a piece of arcane architecture chained to it which projects a shrouding effect designed to protect nearby troops

•The Icon of Old Caliban atop the Darkshroud inspires nearby Dark Angels to great acts of valour
 

Deathwing Command Squad/Deathwing Knights
 
•This box contains a multipart Deathwing Command Squad/ Deathwing Knights plastic kit that makes one of three different kits; a Deathwing Command Squad, a Deathwing squad or a brand new squad the Deathwing Knights

•All of these squad wear Terminator armour, a very popular choice for Games Workshop collectors

•The Deathwing Command squad is a HQ choice and can be assembled to make a Company Master in Terminator armour, a Terminator Standard bearer, a Terminator Champion, a Terminator Apothecary and a heavy weapon Terminator (4 Heavy Weapons are included in the kit) or a standard Deathwing Terminator with a wide variety of weapons

•The Kit can also be made into a standard Deathwing Terminator unit and is an Elite choice and has lots of options on the sprue Deathwing Command Squad/ Deathwing Knights

•The Deathwing Knights are a new elite unit of Terminators clad in baroque Terminator armour and cloaks

•They each hold a storm shield that the squad can lock together to make them even tougher

•They are an elite choice in the army

•They Deathwing Knights are armed with a Mace of Absolution and the Knight Master is armed with a Flail of the Unforgiven, all designed specifically to destroy Chaos Space Marines (and the Fallen)

•The kit also includes a Watcher in the Dark model holding a perfidious relic

Ravenwing Command Squad/Ravenwing Black Knights 
 
•This box contains a multipart plastic kit that makes either 3 Ravenwing Command models OR 3 Ravenwing Knights, a new choice for Dark Angels. Both squads have a host of details on both the bikes and the Space Marines.

•The Ravenwing Command Squad is a HQ choice and allows you to build an Apothecary, Champion and Standard bearer. These bikes replace their bolters with a Plasma Talon and the riders are armed with Corvus Hammers which can crack open even the toughest of armour.

•The elite riders of the Black Knights can form a separate Fast Attack choice

•The kit has lots of additional components on the sprue -eight different heads, 4 different bolt pistols, 3 swords including the Sword of Caliban, 4 Corvus Hammers, a power mace and a plethora of stowage options
 

Belial (Limited)

•A clampack set that contains one highly detailed Citadel Finecast resin miniature, a HQ choice in the codex

•Grandmaster of the Deathwing, clad in Terminator armour with special rules including the ability to take Deathwing Terminators as troops
Asmodai (Splash)

•A clampack that contains one highly detailed Citadel Finecast resin miniature, a HQ choice in the codex with special wargear and rules

•Armed with the Chapter Relic – the Blades of Reason

Dark Angels Banner Bearer (Direct only)

•A clampack that contains one highly detailed Citadel Finecast resin miniature, an option for an HQ choice in the Codex with special wargear and rules

•Holds a huge embossed Chapter Banner

  Codex: Dark Angels
 
The second hardback, full colour codex for Warhammer 40,000!

•106p with a gatefold summary section containing:

•The Dark Angels: Their origins, the fall of their homeworld, the secrets of their dark heritage and their many battles for redemption

•The Unforgiven: All the characters, units and vehicles available to the Dark Angels including lots of new units including the Land Speeder Vengeance, Ravenwing Black Knights, Ravenwing Dark Talon, Deathwing Knights and many more!

•Armoury of the Rock: Full rules for the weapons, armour and equipment used by the Dark Angels and their successor Chapters

•Sons of the Lion: A stunning Citadel miniature showcase certain to inspire collectors

•Angels of Death: An army list that helps collectors prepare a force ready for battle.

  Limited Edition Codex: Dark Angels
 
All the contents from the standard Codex: Dark Angels plus
•Limited to 2000 copies worldwide
•Includes an individually numbered certificate
•Special cover, slip case and black edged pages
•English language only
•Strictly AVAILABLE WHILE STOCKS LAST!
•Direct Only
•One per customer
  Dark Angels online bundles (Direct only)
 
 Dark Angels One-Click Launch Bundle

Deathwing Assault One-Click Launch Bundle

Ravenwing Attack Squadron - New release bundle
 

Go get 'em boys!


Loken

Forge World New Releases - Cerebus and Death Guard Terminators

The latest from Forge World is out and it is more Horus Heresy.  Both are great kits.  We get one vehicle and another Legion Terminator kit.

From Forge World:

Space Marine Cerberus Heavy Tank Destroyer
 

An experimental variant tank, the Mechanicum used the Spartan’s internal capacity to mount a prototype Neutron Laser Projector and the sizeable atomantic arc-reactors and rad-shielding needed to operate this devastating weapon. The Neutron Laser Projector had been retro-engineered from Dark Age technology recovered at great cost by Mechanicum Explorators, and some controversy was evident over both its provenance and safety for wider dissemination.

Despite this, the Lords of Mars ruled that the new tank, codified the Cerberus Heavy Tank Destroyer, should be delivered into the service of the Legiones Astartes for battlefield testing. The Neutron Laser, they believed, offered a more compact alternative to the great Turbo-Lasers used by Titans and the mighty Shadowsword, with a greater potential for collateral damage. It would not be long, however, before the Cerberus was called upon to turn its destructive capacity against the Imperium’s own...

Designed by Phil Stutcinskas, the Cerberus Heavy Tank Destroyer is a finely-detailed, multi-part resin kit. Rules for fielding this potent war machine alongside a Space Marine Legion force can be found in The Horus Heresy Book One: Betrayal. Available to pre-order now for despatch from the 25th of January.

Death Guard Legion Deathshroud Terminators 

An elite cadre of warriors within the XIV Legion, the Deathshrouds were chosen by the Primarch Mortarion for their skill at arms, their fearlessness and their proven endurance. They were often selected from Death Guard legionaries who had survived where their comrades had fallen, each clad in bronze-chased Terminator plate, and armed with a power scythe and the alchem-munitions for which the Death Guard Legion were so darkly famed. 

The Deathshrouds formed a silent bodyguard for Mortarion and his senior commanders, and in peace or war alike it was said that at least two of their number remained within forty-nine paces of their Primarch at any time. The Deathshroud Terminators kit, designed by Will Hayes, contains five finely detailed multi-part resin models. Each features a wealth of iconography, and the kit is available to pre-order now for despatch from Friday 25th January. Rules for using squads of Deathshroud Terminators in a Death Guard Legion force can be found in The Horus Heresy Book One: Betrayal.

Dark Angels to go on Advance Order Saturday

Well, it looks like the Dark Angels will go on Advance Order Saturday along with the release of the new White Dwarf Codex.