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A New Chapter For Necromunda - Dirty, Dusty Pre-orders!

30/4/2022

Necromunda has left the Hive and moved to the lawless lands beyond! Necromunda: Ash Wastes is the first Necromunda expansion to not take place in the alleys, tunnels and manufactoriums of the Hive itself, and it will be interesting how the community will take it! In essence they seemed to be after a Mad Max style aesthetic, but is that what they got? Time will tell, but the massive new box is certainly a standout. If you're just keen on the Nomads themselves, then you'll be happy to know that the Ash Waste Nomads War Party, the Ash Waste Nomads Dustback Helamites and the Ash Waste Nomads Gang Tactics Cards are also up for pre-order this week - a smart move by GW. Maybe not such a smart move is the inclusion of the Orlocks in the set. It absolutely goes with the background, but without fresh paintjobs, or alternative colour schemes, these minis look very out of place. Would be potentially be more interesting to have a new Gang or even a different type of Enforcer. Suffice to say, the Orlock Outrider Quads and Orlock Vehicle Gang Tactics Cards also come out this week if you want to add to your existing Orlock gang.
Australasia doesn't get all the books this week - but we do get Penitent – Bequin, Book 2 in paperback, and the Carta Galactica map, featuring the Western Hemisphere of Necromunda.

So what does the rest of the world get? The reissue of the Imperial Infantryman’s Handbook, the amazing looking Limited Edition Huron Blackheart: Master of the Maelstrom, and very oddly, the Forge World Orlock Upgrades. There's something very odd here. Forge World aren't in stores here - everything comes by mail - so why are these not released for Australasia? It's not like they have to be in the country...

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The Norse Arrive Down Under, Plus Some Books - Pre-Orders

23/4/2022

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This week is supposed to be Warhammer Underworlds: Nethermaze, and despite it being pictured on the webstore... the picture goes nowhere.
This week sees the Australasian release of the Norse Blood Bowl Team. The team themselves, the Norsca Rampagers (who we are sure will appear in every Space Wolf army for the next year or so) are here, plus their handsome Team Dice Set and Team Card Pack. Want to play in the land of the ice and snow, well embrace the Norse Double-sided Pitch and Dugouts Set and get some more rules and background in the latest Spike! Journal Issue 14.
In books this week, the saga of the Primaris continues with Dawn of Fire: Throne of Light which comes in Guilliman4Lyfe Special Edition or Spit and Polish Standard Edition. It's not always easy for the Angels of Death, so if you want to read a classic story of best intentions going astray, then the 20th Anniversary Edition of Soul Drinker will be for you. Plus this week sees the latest Gotrek Gurnisson novel, Soulslayer in Hardback.
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This week also sees a massive culling of the Underworlds range, so if any of these speak to you, get them while they're hot!

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Pre-Orders... unless You're in Australia or New Zealand!

16/4/2022

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It's amazing how even after all these years the Sunday Preview still holds so much power on Warhammer Community - so much expectation and restrained excitement, only to be royally shat on when you scroll down to the very bottom to read this:
"Unfortunately, these pre-orders will be slightly delayed in Australia and New Zealand – you’ll be able to pre-order your Norse teams from the 23rd of April"
So while the rest of the world gets Norse Blood Bowl (which frankly does not entice personally), those of us down here who pay a premium on releases, get three books... three books. Surely the premium we pay is to make sure we get these things airfreighted and on time, otherwise what actually are we paying for? Here's an idea: dispatch them a week early - Hell, dispatch them a month early! It's frankly just poor service and especially while fans in this part of the world are STILL waiting for the Tyranid release. Surely Games Workshop don't receive and dispatch goods on the same week. Surely it's sitting in a warehouse waiting for it's release window. Got delayed at sea? Well fly some out, OR still put it on pre-order but tell us it's going to be a while longer. That's okay, we will wait, just give us the opportunity to feel included!

With that out of the way late shave a look at what some of us get this week, then we'll move onto what others will get...
Anyone who saw the original covers for the Bequin series will have to admit they are some of the best covers GW have produced in a very long time. Well on pre-order his week is the Special Edition version of Pariah – Bequin, Book 1, and it's another triumph! Also on pre-order this week is the hardback version of the Sigismund: The Eternal Crusader novel, which I have been told has an appearance by some of the War Hounds Legion! Very cool. And we also have the paperback of Traitor Rock.

Now, for those in other parts of the world it's a pretty cool week for you - because the Norse have invaded Blood Bowl. with the Norsca Rampagers, Norse Team Card Pack, Norse Team Dice and double-sided Norse Pitch and Dugouts heading your way. There's also Spike! Issue 14 with all the tips, tricks and tactics to field the beer-fueled Norse.
Forge World have also come the party with the Yhetee and their champion Skrorg Snowpelt, plus some Norse star players, Thorsson Stoutmead and Ivar Eriksson.

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War Hound update - Testing Lighting

10/4/2022

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It's been a while since a War Hounds update, mainly because I wasn't very happy with the quality of the photos. So I jumped on Amazon and found some small cheap lights and thought I'd give them a go. This catch up shoot is as much a catch up as it is an experiment with light temperature.
On the left is the War Hounds Destroyer, which I think has the temperature pretty right, unfortunately the rest don't quite achieve the same result - will keep experimenting - but it doesn't help I'm also using a phone camera, one suspects! It's also a very small set up and trying a black background instead of white or something else has taken it's time to try to work out.
I'll leave the longer write up to the Project: War Hounds page, but here we have the ones I remember having not shown you.

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Thondia, Filler Minis, Plus Terrain & Heresy Culled - Pre-orders

9/4/2022

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It's struck us this week that the new Seasons of War: Thondia and the upcoming Tyranid Codex and series of articles may have hit a Community at saturation point. From what we've seen, there really isn't any expectation or excitement, and then when you see this week's pre-orders (again stuffed with filler minis from LOTR and 'classic' Space Marine sculpts with poor paint jobs) it makes you wonder if the current strategy is working. Maybe less is more. Maybe having 15 releases this week could have just been four. Sure it only hits part of the market, but it makes it easier for people to be excited about the part of the hobby they really enjoy rather than seeing, frankly, fluff. If you compare this to the slow Thursday trickle of Horus Heresy previews which leaves people excited and wanting more, flooding social media with chat, then surely this is the best of these two strategies.

This week sees the release of the next Seasons of War for Age of $igmar, Thondia set in realm of Ghur. Available in Sandy Booty Ass Limited Edition and Slippery Sandals Standard Edition, this expansion progresses the story of Age of $igmar further through the Age of Beasts. The first miniature set for this release is the Realmscape: Thondian Strongpoint, featuring a powerful entity, and terrain. Personally doesn't hit the spot for us, but the Cleansing Aqualith is a beautiful model. Now if you absolutely MUST have the cardboard playing board, then you can get those too with the Realmscape: Thondian Expanse.
With the relaunch of Horus Heresy coming, GW are clearing out many of the classic Alpha-scale Space Marines. This week we have the excellent non-banana fur Space Wolves Captain, Big Plume himself the Dark Angels Captain, one of the best mini to turn into a statue the Ultramarines Captain, another great statue the Space Marine Captain with Terminator Honours, statue #3 the Blood Angels Captain, and the always mysterious armpit sniffer, the Veteran Captain (all of which are so important to the lore of 40K that they have been painted by the local primary school kids - bless them!).
Do you love Lord of the Rings? Who doesn't? Did you miss the opportunity to buy classic Lord of the Rings miniatures despite them being available for 10-15 years? Well here's your chance - Attack at Weathertop, the frankly very cool The Fellowship of The Ring, Ambush at Amon Hen, The Battle at Khazad-dûm and Escape from Orthanc are available in Made To Order form this week.

... of some interest this week is the Last Chance to Buy on 40K terrain. Some classic and even newer pieces are either going away or being repackaged, so best check this out...
And while we're at it, most of the Horus Heresy range has disappeared form the GW webstore. Probably just for repackaging, but be interesting to see if they scale up the Cataphractii and Tartaros Terminators. The MKIII is still there, so fear not!!

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Undead vs Witch Elves, Imperial Terrain & Classic Eldar

2/4/2022

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If there were ever any doubt that Nagash rules the roost, then the new Arena of Shades box proves it in spades (or should I say 'shades'). Sure you get some old Witch Elves, but you get the new Scriptor Mortis and Craventhrone Guard minis to add to the already bursting Nighthaunt range. The range is now huge, and pretty much every unit is a winner in terms of miniature design. They're all so very tempting...
Over in the land of 40K, meanwhile, we get some new solid STC-style terrain in the form of Battlezone: Fronteris – Nachmund. Pretty pricey set, but if you like it all, this box will save you money overall. The components are available separately, so you can get the Fronteris – Landing Pad, Fronteris – STC Hab-Bunker and Stockades, Fronteris – Vox-Antenna and Auspex Shrine or the Fronteris – Battlefield on their own. Not sure why the cardboard base is $100+, but there you go.
We've seen some awesome new Eldar stuff over the past few weeks, well Made To Order is happy to take you down memory lane with some classic sculpts - Death Jester, Shadowseer, the Farseer with Singing Spear, Farseer with Staff and Shuriken Pistol, the tiny old heroic-scale Farseer with Singing Spear and Shuriken Pistol, the Autarch with Banshee Blade and the Autarch with Dragon Fusion Gun, plus the Harlequins Troupe. All yours for a limited time only.
In books this week, it's the paperback version of Warhawk – The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra Book 6.
Few merchandising things too, the Abysse Corp Warhammer 40,000 Indomitus Mug and Warhammer 40,000 Blood Angels Mug. Something to truly drive away your work crush by flagging your geekdom!