Games Workshops February Release Schedule Leaked

As final proof that we will be getting some new Dwarves within the next few weeks, GWs February release schedule has been leaked.

Among the numerous Black Library releases we can see that the first batch of Dwarves will be hitting shelves on the 8^th Feb after becoming available for pre-order on the 1^st. 

The first group includes Belegar Ironhammer, Dwarf Dragon Slayer and the Hammerers kit (images can be found HERE and HERE). As this schedule only covers the first half of the month there may be some more new releases on their way.

The list also confirms the price of the new releases with Belegar at £12 ($21), the Slayer at £12 ($21) and the Hammerers kit at £30 ($50). Please note the £ conversions are based on comparing similar priced kits on the US to UK GW site.

No Fine Cast Here

This schedule also confirms that these will all be plastic kits, with Belegar Ironhammer and the Dragon Slayer being ‘clam-packs’. If I am not mistaken, Belegar will be the first named character to be released in ‘clam-pack’ form, the first step in GWs move away from fine cast.

Current Rules Apply

It does appear that we will not be receiving any updated army book just yet, which ties in to why the new rules for Belegar will be published in the first White Dwarf Weekly which is out on the 1^st. I imagine that this is an intentional marketing ploy by GW to drum up readership for WWW.

Source: http://natfka.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/february-releases-revealed.html

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More White Dwarf Cover, more Dwarf Rumors and Plastic Dwarf Lord Kit

White Dwarf Weekly Cover
As the Dwarfs Februrary release draws closer, more and more information is being leaked. We have already seen an obscured glimpse of the new White Dwarf Weekly cover but an image of the full cover has now been released.

Here we can now completely see the new character, Belegar Ironhammer. To the right of his picture we also see "Full Rules for the Dwarfen King", is this simply an extract from the upcoming army book or will his rules only be available within White Dwarf? If so it would make sense as including such incentives will be important in driving sales, especially for those first crucial weeks.


Plastic Characters?
This is only speculation (and I could be wrong) but judging from the way the rocks seem to merge into the base I suspect that this may be a 'Clam-pack' plastic. If so this would futher confirm GWs move away from Fine Cast.


Potential Dwarf Lord Sprue
In addition to the White Weekly, there have also been some images of what appears to be a sprue of the a multi-choice plastic Dwarf Lord. It has been suggested that these are older images of a kit which was to be released alongside the new Dwarf miners a few years ago but never surfaced. However, after the rumors of a plastic Dwarf Lord on the way there is always the chance they have been reworked as part of the new release.

From looking at the sprues we can see that there are at least 4 Dwarfs on the sprue including a particularly large shield. This all points to the kit containing a Dwarf Lord being carried by shield bearers and a lord on foot. This would make sense as this arrangement has been seen in the Empire General kit which contains both a foot and mounted general. 

More Hammerer News
Finally, we have been given a price confirmation on the Hammerers/IronBreaker/Longbeard set. They will cost £30 ($50) which is pretty standard for a 10 man special unit with multiple assembly options (see Executioners/Blackguard).

That's all for now, but keep checking back for more Dwarf related news.

Source: http://astropate.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/belegar-martello-di-ferro-e-un-vecchio.html

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White Dwarf Weekly and Stand-alone releases

With the advent of White Dwarf Weekly you may have heard about GWs move to releases new minis on a weekly basis rather than per month. In addition to this, they will refrain from only releasing miniatures when there new codex comes out. Which makes perfect sense, why should we be required to wait X number of years for some new kits to appear for our army of choice.

Finecast, the Windows Vista of Warhammer

Some new light has been shed upon what these independent releases will involve over the next year or so. It appears to support GWs supposed back peddling away from Fine Cast with many current metal and resin kits being replaced with plastic 'clam packs'.  The information we have is as follows:

• We can expect to see a range of 30-40 minis spread across 40k and WFB
• They will not necessarily be tied to that months 'big' release
• Will most likely be single models (HQ) or small squads. 
• Named characters will probably remain in Fine Cast.
• Will probably be released in batches of 3 per month. 

I think this is a step in the right direction for GW. By making them independent of the current months big release, they will keep the lines fresh and interesting. I imagine that this will go a long way to help breath new life in to some of the older lines (Sisters of Battle anyone?). After all, how many of us have been inspired to start a new army just because of a handful of good looking minis?

Source: BoLS

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White Dwarf Weekly and New Dwarves

A leaked image of the front covers of the upcoming White Dwarf Weekly and Warhammer Visions has been appearing across the internet. The cover of Warhammer Visions is nothing new, showing a Trygon in all its gribbly glory. However, the White Dwarf Weekly cover looks a little more interesting. The front cover image is a some sort of Dwarf Lord / Character and its surrounding text states “How to paint the new longbeards” and also “Warhammer, New Citadel Miniatures March F[orth]”. Both of these make it plainly obvious that Februrary will be bringing us some of the Bearded Short Ones. We can count on getting Longbeards and the new Lord/Hero but what other new releases shall be springing forth from the mines!?

Source: Warseer

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