Forge World Newsletter #268 - 25/03/11

Hi there,
With just over a week until the 2011 Forge World Open Day at Warhammer World, we have some exciting news about the first pre-release kit that will be on sale there - the mighty Eldar Phantom Titan!

Eldar Phantom Titan on sale at the Forge World Open Day
Tall, slender and elegant, the Phantom is the largest known pattern of Eldar Titan. It is swift and agile in comparison to the lumbering behemoths of the Legio Titanicus, and is armed with some of the deadliest examples of Eldar weaponry.
Each Phantom is the pinnacle of Eldar warcraft. Linked to a wraithbone core containing the living spirit of its previous pilots, the single crewman of each Phantom Titan, known as a Steersman, is an Exarch dedicated to this aspect of warfare. Locked in a trance-like state, the Steersman’s consciousness merges with the spirit-sentience of the Titan, enabling the mighty war machine to react and manoeuvre with astonishing speed.

The Phantom Titan is most commonly armed with at least one immense Phantom Pulsar, a long range and rapid-firing energy weapon far superior to anything sanctioned by the Adeptus Mechanicus. The Phantom’s other primary weapon is often a Phantom D-Cannon; much larger and more powerful than similar technology used by the Cobra or Warp Hunter, it tears a seething warp-rift in the fabric of reality to engulf and utterly destroy its foe. As well as these primary weapons, the Phantom is armed with shoulder-mounted anti-aircraft and anti-personnel missile launchers as well as an additional heavy weapon; usually a long-barrelled Star Cannon or Pulse Laser. Adeptus Mechanicus logis-engines also record other primary weapons systems that have been encountered in the long history of conflict between the Imperium and the Eldar.

The Phantom Titan is the tallest war machine Forge World has ever designed. First showcased at an early stage of development at Games Day UK 2010, designer Will Hayes has now finished crafting this graceful masterpiece. Packed with lavish external and internal detail, including a stunning cockpit interior sculpted by Simon Egan, the Phantom Titan has taken a full year to complete, such is the degree of detail and workmanship that this most impressive model (we can’t call it a miniature!) boasts.

The Phantom Titan will be on sale for the very first time at the Forge World Open Day. You’ll be able to admire a fully painted example of this majestic model over on our Studio stand, where Will Hayes will also be explaining exactly how such a project is undertaken.

Full technical information and background for the Phantom Titan will be provided in Imperial Armour Volume 11: The Doom of Mymeara along with full rules for fielding what is the single most powerful model currently available in Warhammer 40,000.
At the Forge World Open Day you’ll be able to peruse a work-in-progress copy of this hotly-anticipated book on our Studio stand, as well as direct your questions to Forge World’s Book Design team, who are currently working on it.

Stay tuned to future newsletters for more details of other pre-release kits that will be available at the Open Day alongside the Phantom Titan and our Forge World and Warhammer Forge show only miniatures.

Charity Titan Raffle Update
The Forge World Open Day always gives one lucky person the chance to win a mighty Titan for a mere one pound, and this year’s event is no different. The Open Day 2011 Titan Raffle prize will be the imposing, immense, lavishly detailed Eldar Phantom Titan!

Tickets for the raffle can be only purchased at the Open Day from the Painting Competition Registration area, and the draw will be made at 3:30pm. Tickets are £1 each and you can enter as many times as you like, although you must still be at the Open Day when the draw is made to win!

In light of the recent and on-going natural disasters in Japan, all proceeds from this year’s raffle will be donated to the WorldVision UK Tsunami Relief Fund, a children’s charity currently assisting with relief efforts in some of the worst-affected areas of Japan. You can find more details about the charity at http://www.worldvision.org.uk/server.ph ... &giftId=47.

Forge World Events News

AdeptiCon Update

Forge World’s Stephen Green and Kenton Mills will be travelling to the Westin Lombard Yorktown Centre in Chicago, IL, for AdeptiCon 2011 on 1st to 3rd April.
AdeptiCon attendees will be able to admire the immense Eldar Phantom Titan in all its glory, and the crack Forge World team on our sales stand will be taking exclusive advance orders for the Phantom and each of its weapon options. We will also have limited numbers of our Event Only MkIII Armoured Boarding Marine and Chaos Dwarf Hellsmith miniatures, and we can now confirm that we’ll also have stock of the Eldar Shadow Spectres Exarch, Eldar Lynx with Pulsar and Eldar Lynx with Sonic Lance as well as the Warhammer Forge Empire Marienburg Land Ship and Nuln Ironsides Handgunner Conversion Kit

If you have any queries about Forge World’s presence at AdeptiCon, please don’t hesitate to contact us either by telephone on 011 44 115 916 8177 or by sending an e-mail titled ‘AdeptiCon’ to Forgeworld@games-workshop.co.uk.

Salute 2011 Reservations Now Being Taken

London’s ExCel Centre hosts Salute 2011 on Saturday 16th April, and Forge World will be in attendance with a Sales stand bursting with resin kits, modelling supplies and books from both the Forge World and Warhammer Forge ranges. You’ll also be able to purchase our MkIII Armoured Boarding Marine and Chaos Dwarf Hellsmith Event Only models as well as the recently released Eldar Lynx with Pulsar and Eldar Lynx with Sonic Lance, and Warhammer Forge models such as the Marienburg Land Ship.

The best way of making sure that we have exactly the models you’re after is to place a reservation for Salute 2011. To do this just telephone the Forge World Customer Service team on 0115 916 8177. You’ll need your payment card details to hand as we are taking payment in advance of the event, and we will also need an e-mail address for you. In the week before the event, we’ll send you a confirmation e-mail containing your order number and the total cost of your order which you must bring with you to collect your purchases.

Thanks,
Ead Brown
Forge World Customer Service Manager

Forge World Games Workshop Ltd
Willow Road, Lenton
Nottingham, NG7 2WS
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Phone: 0115 916 8177
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Web site: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/

No mention of price though ...

650-750 I reckon

A bit steep. Thers hardly no resin in it. Id say £400

So how long do you reckon till we see a Warlord? In Epic they are about the same size (although the holo field generators on the back of the Phantom make it taller)

I dnt thik thay will. In a interview a year ago thay sed it wood be to expensive!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Exactly what is to expensive for forge world remains a mistory. If tahy did it wood probaly be done is buy naw segmants.

Well wI can't see it being much more than the Tau Manta (which is nearly a grand, bet they don't sell many!) as they would be about the same size, a Warlord would be about 2 - 2 and half foot tall.

Newflash just hit - it's £350 for the body, £50 for each arm, so that's £450 for a complete Phantom. That's actually less than I was expecting, and cheaper than an Armorcast kit in good condition tends to go for - watch for Armorcast prices plummeting soon.

Titan body will be £350 ($578), while the D-Cannon and Pulsar weapon options will be £50 ($83) each.

OMG we posted almost the same time. LOL