Hey Everyone,
So
with life being a little hectic I missed out on some very cool stuff in
the 30k universe. Forgeworld alone released a lot of new content for
both loyalist and Traitor alike that really caught my attention. Also,
new units where shown which will give some new toys for a few armies.
Lastly, Rob from bearbox studio made some army progress for my luna
wolves!
Forgeworld new releases!
In
the last two weeks forgeworld has unleashed a torrent of new stuff.
Looks like they are gearing up for the new book that ,hopefully, will be
coming out in the next few months. With Solar Axillary, Ultramarines,
IronWarriors, Mechanicum all getting a release this is an exciting time!
First
we have up the Solar Auxillary Rapier Laser Destroyer and Quad Motar .
Both weapon platforms are some of the strongest weapons in the meta and
this release gives solar auxiliary two more weapons to add to their
platform.
The
Laser Destroyer is a must have weapon being a strength 9 ap 1 ordinance
weapon. Add in the fact it's twin linked which makes it a natural tank
killer that gets the benefits of being able to be placed in better
positions than tanks. Personally I’ve field tested the marine version
and if you need some serious anti tank take this a good bang for your
points in an army list
Now
this portable artillery piece has been a major weapon piece since it
was first released for the death korp of krieg. A nice weapon platform,
it's cheap and gains the shell shock rule or sunder depending on the
ammunition you use makeing it a deadly indirect weapon. Being also
relative cheap in the terms of points will make this Auxiliary weapon a
nice cheaper alternative to the bigger medusa.
The
Iron Warriors got some love with the release of the torso upgrade and
the helmet upgrade pack. This goes wonderfully with the shoulder packs
release and I think it works with the army who believed in practicality
over visuals and with the helmets you can see either the uparmoured
protection, or pretty view. I think this will become a high end purchase
and makes me wish I picked up some of Ironwarriors for myself!
So
the Ultramarines got their first unique legion icons released with the
shoulder pad upgrades. Coming in mark 2,mark 3,and lastly mark 4 this is
a preview of what is to come. Being a old time ultramarines fan this
will be a bonus since the raised icon will add more modeling imagery and
will look good on the table. Can’t wait to see more releases for this
legion.
Lastly
the Mechanicum got a new unit with experimental rules released, the
deadly Scyllax Guardian. Another Automata this 5 squad Covenant shows
another combat monster that is both cheap and readily available for the
Mechanicum. One of the coolest rules I saw was the new dismemberment
rule which give it a single ap 2 hit at strength 6 something nice to
kill some of those hard to kill terminators. You can as always check out
the rules for this at http://www.forgeworld.co.
14th Company update
Not
only was there new releases but I also lucked out and got a lot of
units in or got some great deals. Rob was happy to send over some work
inprogress shots
So
this unit though not early crusade was a hard unit not to get. Sharing
many of the design characteristics of the contemptor dreadnought I felt
like this would be a great match to run beside them. Adding in the fact
that I have them equipped with some power fists gives my army extra anti
tank gear which am find my army is lacking. For a last added bonus
there is a single auto cannon in the unit to give them some long range
fire power.
I
play tested this unit a bit before giving them over to Rob’s Studio and
though standard terminators, they play differently from what I was used
to. Being able to move more then normal terminators it gave this unit a
edge I was surprised terminators could have on squad maneuvers. The
other bonus was in the age of darkness these units count as a scoring
unit which makes them a much better heavy line infantry. I can’t wait
till these get painted up and they're back on the table.
So
one of two Contemptors on the production line. This one I bought of a
guy locally. Armed with the muiltmelta and a power fist melta means this
is a upclose and personal dread. Though not the preferred weapon type
for Contemptors in legion lists I feel this version is either going to
take a lot of damage due to the fear of its guns or be able to do some
damage as other more threatening targets are engaged. I can’t wait to
get this out in the field with its brother Contemptor and unleash some
mayhem!
So
one unit I was personally really excited for was the Elite Justerins.
Seeing them assembled and even unpainted you can feel the aggressive
nature of the unit. Though overpriced in the Army list I found them to
be a nice unit in close combat and with the amount of anti tank this
unit can bring with combi meltas and the muilta melta it gives that unit
a lot of oomph. I can’t wait for these to be painted up and running
alongside Horus on the battle field.
(Praetors)
So
last but not least the Company Captain and two versions of him are
being worked on. The Forgeworld Praetor model is probably one of my
favorite models other than the Primarchs and Justerain and will be a
great center piece of the army. I am also having this done as two
versions since I want to change up the play style of the unit and also
the fact the face model is alike which will make it great in a
narrative.
Though
am missing images for them I also have a storm eagle and another
contemptor on the way. This will round out some long range firepower for
the army that it needs and give the army some more 30k units to play
with. The added bonus is both these units will also give my army some
much needed anti air which at presently it's lacking. So far this army
is coming along pretty good and is going by a lot faster then I thought
it would be.
In closing
So
we had a lot of releases come out from forgeworld and my lunawolves are
getting another boost. This has really been a exciting few weeks and am
glad I was able to share this with you. I can’t wait to show off more
progress shots of the lunawolves and my plans of what is going to happen
with them. As always make sure you check out forgeworlds site and also
my friend robs painting studio for more fun and amazing projects.
General Soban
Signing off till next time
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