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

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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

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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

Rumours: Will there be a new Avatar?

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The on-line community is very confused over what we are going to see in the next Eldar release. I can’t sit back and stay silent any longer. The ChapterMaster needs to speak!

So far there have been rumours of

  • Avatar
  • Farseer (Model spotted)
  • Warlock
  • Jet Bikes
  • Falcon/Cobra
  • Flyer
  • A large walker
  • Plastic Wraith Guard
  • A new aspect
  • Storm guardians
  • Two new exarchs

As any Chapter Master who is worth his salt know’s his enemy and his allies.  I’m going to try some prediction though patten here. If we look at the last few releases we should be able to get a feel for what GW has budget to develop and then apply that to the list above.

Tau had 2 large plastic kits with daul builds/option and two smaller plastic releases as well as re-boxed team. They also got 2 large  and 3 small finecast releases.

Dark Angels had 2 plastic vehicles, two plastic squads and 2 finecast models + the contents of Dark Vengence

Chaos has 2 plastic vehicle kits, a plastic sqaud, a plastic model, a fincast squad and a 3 finecast models, plus dark vangence and a bunch of fincast conversion kits.

So it’ appears there is space for at least 8 new releases for the Eldar. With at least 2 new vehicle kits.

It’s therefore reasonable to believe there will be the

  • new plastic flyer
  • the new plastic falcon/cobra (we may see the new walker in the Apocalypse release)
  • The plastic Farseer (already spotted)
  • Either the new jetbike (similar to the one below) or the Plastic Waithgaurd
  • The guardians re-boxed with the arms for storm guardians included
  • A new warlock (Finecast) Character?
  • Two new Exarches (Finecast) Characters?
  • Leaving space for one more Finecast model. Could this be the Avatar. The current model is shocking so I hope so. I preferred the look of the MK1 avatar although it was too small. This really would be a big move for GW given the Forgeworld Avatar is their most popular Eldar line

So there you go. You know everything that’s coming up. If only it was that simple! I’m sure GW have some lovely surprises in store for us and can’t wait to see what they pull out of the bag. I hope you have enjoyed reading this article, which hasn’t really changed nothing, achieved nothing and just stolen valuable painting time from both of us. Which is why I hate rumours.

Chapter Master Jackson Over!

The Original Avatar

Plastic Farseer

Avatar Design Concept

 

 

New Plastic Jectbike

Plastic Farseer Spotted

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Natfka has this picture emailed to him yesterday. This is a good indicator Eldar are indeed about to get a new codex; and that more races are going to more single plastic models.

Plastic Eldar Farseer

The fact Game Workshop are producing these is quite remarkable. They have to sell a lot of plastic models to make money after the expense of creating the moulds. Which is why they have tended to go for units which could feature multiple times within one army. They must be very confident that the Eldar range is going to sell well and that existing Eldar players are going to want a new Farseer in their collection.