New Eldar Prices from June 2013 White Dwarf

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Ben Jackson

Take a deep breath. The size isn’t the only big thing on the Wraith Knight.

Looks like it will be worth bagging up some 10 man Dire Avengers squads, while you still can.

PRODUCT	PRICE (USD confirmed)/(GPB estimate)
Codex Eldar	$49.50/£30
Iyanden Codex Supplement	$49.50/£30
Eldar Farseer	$20.00/£12
Eldar Wraithknight	$115.00/£70
Eldar Wraithguard(5)	$50.00/£30
Eldar Hemlock Fighter	$65.00/£45
Eldar Dire Avengers(5)	$35.00/£20.50
Eldar Battleforce	$115.00/£70
Eldar Jetbike Squad	$40.00/£24
Eldar Psychic Powers (Cards)	$7.50/£6
Eldar Spiritseer	$19.25/£12
Eldar Illic Nightspear	$19.25/£12
Necron Destroyers	$50.00/£35
Marine Scout Bike Squad	$40.00/£24
Marine Bike Squad	$40.00/£24
CSM Bike Squad	$40.00/£24

Battle Fleet Gothic: a fare well.

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Ben Jackson

Another post on the soon to be extinct specialist Range today. This picture was taken at UK Gamesday 2012. A sizeable Chaos Fleet. It’s hard to believe GW are pulling the plug on Battle Fleet Gothic. Hopefully there will still be displays at Games Day for years to come.

As it turned out Games Day wasn’t just a farewell to Specialist Games, it was the end of Games Day as it had come to be know and also the starting point for GW’s sales declining.

GW is running out of metal – Specialist and Collectors range out of production

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Ben Jackson

GW have made no secret of the of the fact they are moving all metal lines to either plastic or or the well know GW TM finecast (see the last picture below). What hasn’t been clear until this week is that GW are only remoulding popular lines. The worse selling lines are being dropped. While the 1st thing that runs through my head is no more Epic, Necomunda, Warmaster, Battlefleet Gothic, Inquistor, Morheim and Blood bowl. This isn’t something that really concerns me. The last time I played once of these games was in the last decade. The focus of this site is 40K. However there are clear cross over points. There are rules for Necomunda Abites (all sold out) in 40k, although hidden in the out of production Which hunters codex. There are also the titans and super heavies from Epic which have inspired many scratch build models. The patten for my own rather lanky titan is based on the Forge world Epic model rather than the Forge world 40k kit.

Imperial Guard

The biggest casualty of the metal cull is probably the imperial guard player. Currently there are no less than 3 named charters as well as all the Mordian, Steel legion, Tallarn, Rouge riders, Valhallen, Gaunts Ghoasts, Last chancers and Missionary all on borrowed time. Hopefully some of these will make finecast as part of the next Guard Codex, expected next year.

Space Marines

Guard aren’t the only army that stands to loose from this. This will mean the end for Jess Godwin’s remaining late Rouge Trader space marines. Such as the Space Marine Assault Sergeants.

and the Metal Dark Angels

Chaos

I’ll be really sorry to see Cypher fall foul of this cull. Chaos will also loose 3 lords and the old Warsmith.

Orks

Orks have a surprising lack of models left in the collectors range. The iconic Geoff Rockers always bring a smile to my face. Someone should make a stompa with a stage for these guys quick.

Parting question.

What will become of the metal models that are not considered collectors models. The old Eldar Ranger, and most noticeably the Sisters of Battle? Has stockpiling of finecast Sisters of battle already begun? or will this be the end for the Sisters? One source inside GW has stated all armies will get a new codex for 6th edition. So hope remains the nuns with guns won’t just be a memory of 5th edition.

Finally another look at the origins of finecast

Ben

Pictures from the Forge World open day

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Ben Jackson

On the blog (click the picture) you should find lots of photos of the new and unreleased models from the Forge World open day.

Included are (not in order)

Fellglaive Tank
New Landspeeder
New Whirlwind
Sons Of Horus Reaver squad
Heavy bolter and graviton cannon rapiers
Crashed Thunder Hawk
Necron Sentory Pylons with new weapons
Necron Acanthrites
Son’s of Horus Contemptor Dregnought
Leagion Rota Cannons
Death Guard Contemptor
Monitor Dregnought

Ben

More on the plastic Thunderhawk

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Ben Jackson

Another source in GW has confirmed there is no plastic Thunderhawk planned as the margins on it are too small. I’m actually a little surprised at this statement. I didn’t think there would be any margin on it. GW has a very good handle on what we buy and how much we will spend. They also know exactly how much it costs to produce a new plastic kit. While the material costs of plastic are very low, the cost of designing and making a mould big enough to make a Thunderhawk are not. For the same cost they can make a number of other plastic kits. It also takes GW a long time to recoup to costs of plastic kits. They have to know they will sell lots. This is one of the reasons why they sell so many duel purpose kits like the ork flyers and make no special characters in plastic. The Thunderhawk is of coarse something many people would like to own. The biggest obstacle to GW selling them is not cost. I’m sure I’m not the only person who owns more than one Storm Eagle. The biggest problem with a Thunderhawk is the amount of space it takes up. Both on and off the game broad. The Storm Eagle doesn’t fit in a standard G.W. case. It’s hard to imagine many people buy 2 or 3 of these.

What ever nice new monster kit G.W. put out for the next Apocalypse expansion needs to be able to sell 1-3 units to the majority of collectors. The Baneblade worked well for them because Imperial, Ork and Chaos players all bought the kit. The Ork Stomper only appealed to only Ork players, the Shadow Sword only to Imperial Guard players. G.W. Need something that can cross the codex boundary once more. Something that could appeal to a Space Marine, Choas and Imperial Guard collectors alike. Something like a little Titan.