Forge World rumours (Chaos Dwarfs!!)

[maelzch]

Having reviewed what is suitable for me to say, based on what I was told, I have decided to post everything that I discussed at the FW open day.

There was nothing for WHFB on show, however, the guys there were much more open about projects that they are working on than I had quite anticipated…

Firstly, bear in mind that some of this is only us musing on things, not necessarily that it is what they will do.  I have clearly separated this, as it was only a general conversation.  Infact, take everything posted here with the required amount of salt, as it is only rumours at this stage.

Secondly, this is all information that was discussed at the FW open day, with the information coming from FW staff.  It is not me wishlisting, or cobbling together information from any other source.

Thirdly, after reading this I feel people will have a much better idea of the timescale of Chaos Dwarf releases; what they are likely to get and when.  I take no responsibility at all for the accuracy of these rumours, people have to make their own judgements about what they choose to spend money on.

Here is a summary of what we discussed:

O  The division may be called Warhammer Forge, but he wasn’t entirely sure on that. 

O  He did say that there *should* be some WF models for sale this year (don’t hold me to this guys ;))

O  He agreed the Imperial Armour style books would be appropriate for their Warhammer releases.  He also mentioned as a passing comment, specifically as part of this conversation on Warhammer IA, the ‘chaos books’…  Incase anyone missed that, it is bookS, plural, themed on ‘Chaos’.  Sorry if this gets someone in trouble…

O  They would not introduce Chaos Dwarfs initially as a full race, rather that they would be phased in. 

O  The important thing I noted was that he did mention Chaos Dwarf units being done (no units were mentioned in particular, just collectively).  Please bear in mind this may have only been him saying they *could* be done.

General musing:

O  We talked about the Bull centaurs and how they could be very characterful, which he agreed with

O  Masks and scale armour, and his opinion was that they were essentially part of their character, and that although there was not a lot of room for creativity in masks, there was still a lot that they could do.

O  He also agreed (as has every FW person I’ve talked to) that the Kollossus would be ideal for them.  He said earlier that people play fantasy, but they really want big monsters as they are an important and fun part of the game (or something like that), so it would fit into that aspect I guess.

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My feeling, based on what was discussed with the FW guy is that if they are releasing multiple Imperial Armour style chaos books, they will presumably be themed ones somehow (how would people normally theme chaos things I wonder…?).  With the CD providing units & war machines, possibly forming a book on their own at some point when there is a large enough range to form a whole army.

Bear in mind also what was posted on warseer about the races they are initially focusing on.  I think they are significant (just a gut feeling), as I’m not sure FW would release any models without rules somewhere, and if they are going with the IA format it is important news I think.

Bear in mind as well that I read that there was talk of them possibly doing stand alone IA style books eventually, something that would enable them to do a stand alone Chaos Dwarfs book at some point (possibly years from now).

[Draig]

I can't wait for FW fantasy. I ordered a pair of Bull Rhinox Riders from Forge World recently for the all mounted army and the level of details on the models is phenominal. Hopefully they go down a kind of Apocalypse route and release an expansion or something for 8th ed that allows much larger games to use all the fun new toys in.

[khaosgoblin]

Be nice to see the Chaos Dwarfs re-issued with some updated rules.

I am dusting mine of to play at Open War in May, not likely to buy any more models as I have every model in the big hat range with about 4,000 points painted.

Hears hoping the forgeworld stuff goes ahead & they get a new book!

Khaosgoblin

[Nick]

WH Forge is such a great idea, and long overdue. The models FW have been producing are just outstanding. Although I can testify from experience that the scenery is an absolute beeyatch to put together, it's worth it. (At Charing Cross we invested in the full - £600  - Anphelion Base set last year, and although gorgeous, nothing fits together properly, to the extent we can't even GS gaps, we're having to use hot water to soften and bend parts so they will actually fit together at all - then stick, pin and GS...)

The 40k IG and Ork vehicles and troops in particular are jaw-dropping. Has anyone seen pics of the new Grot tanks from FW open day at WHW? They're v funny - daft little tracked things the size of a 2CV with gretchin hanging off them!

Also, Draig, I agree. I've got three of the Bull Rhinoxen, who may see an appearance again in my 'unfriendly friendly' MoC list. They're massively well detailed, which is why I keep putting off painting them - I don't want to ruin a great sculpt with my shoddy painting skills!

I'd love to see them do 'IA' fantasy books like Chaos variants. I doubt they'll do a full new army list, more likely a themed list based on background fluff a la the 40k ones. So maybe a new Chaos Lord leads off a campaign of rape, pillage and cheque fraud against eg an Empire province and he unites the CDs into coming along. They'd then do variant Empire stuff, maybe some new WoC / DoC sculpts, and introduce the CD sculpts as allied units in the WoC list. That's how I see it working, and over time as new stuff comes in you'd get up to the ability to make an entirely CD list.

[Funkadelic Erik]

The dreadnought drop od is a mare too. Terrible design on the doors.

[fatolaf]

Could also explain the missing models from the GW range from recent books...

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