Three Forge World Bounty Hunters Stalk Their Targets
February 23, 2019 by brennon
Forge World has now put up for pre-order their band of surly Bounty Hunters for use in Necromunda and of course the wider world of Warhammer 40,000 if you so wished. First, we have Baertrum Arturos III.
"Not all Bounty Hunters are desperados, loners or venators. Baertrum Arturos the Third is a member of the Adjurators, the Guilds’ own private Order of hunters, concerned with the recovery of their own property and the reprimand of those responsible for taking it."
He looks like a proper badass that's for sure. You could imagine him carrying around all kinds of proclamations concerning those that he needs to hunt down and slay, or at least bring to justice anyway. I wonder how many mutants he ends up running into when he's wandering the Underhive?
Whilst this fellow looks relatively normal the next two Bounty Hunters are something drawn from the mind of John Blanche and would be very at home in something in Inquisitor28. Firstly we have the bloated Ortruum 8-8 Psi-hound Bounty Hunter.
"Ortruum 8-8 is the product of one of Lord Helmawr’s Psykanariums; inbred from the fractured genus of dozens of Psyker bloodlines to create a horrifying, yet potent psychic weapon. "
This fellow brings wyrds into the mix and offers up a chance to see how psychic powers might affect your game. I think he looks suitably weird and shows that Games Workshop and Forge World can still be inventive with their weird, heavy metal world.
Lastly, for the Bounty Hunters, we have Thaetos 23-2 Wyrdlock.
"Thaetos, Imperial designation 23-2, was a Mutie wyrdling recovered from the depths of Bighole. Captured by Guild slavers and transformed into a living weapon, Thaetos went rogue, retreating into the underhive and offering his services for hire…"
Once again we have another psychic joining the ranks and you could imagine him being ever so slightly mad. He looks as messed up as the world of Warhammer 40,000 as a whole and perfect for a game of Necromunda.
What do you make of these new additions to the Necromunda roster?
"...something drawn from the mind of John Blanche and would be very at home in something in Inquisitor28"
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I have seen these minis unpainted and they are lovely …. who ever painted thesehave done these models a massive disservice. Forgeworld get yourself a tame heavy metal painter if you are going to release painted examples … please
Yeah, I dunno if their painter is rushed, unskilled, unmotivated or what but the paintjobs have been weirdly bad for awhile now, considering FW seems like it’s supposed to be premium products for serious hobbyists (like, moreso than normal GW).
They haven’t convinced me they’re a ’boutique’ type retailer. As has already been mentioned, bad paint on what I consider average models, for an outrageous price.
Thaetos, old sculpt from their now oop Chaos range. Baertrum Arturos, III Nice sculpt, in keeping with the artwork. Ortruum 8, where do I start with this one. Looks like someone grabbed a ball of putty and just started sticking plastic arms on it. The concept art is just his face, but the model???? But at £18 a pop I’ll be giving them a miss (funny how I still think £18 for a resin mini is WAY too expensive, when GW sells single character sprues for £25. In that light I suppose FW are selling them at a reasonable rate).… Read more »
I don’t know if it’s just because so many other companies have improved their production processes (GW included), but FW minies just don’t seem to stand out the way they once did.
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I have the psyker guy from when he was a chaos cultist psyker guy. They’ve done exactly what I was going to do: remove them skulls-on-poles. not sure about the floating blob, but I’ll pick up the other lad.
I am the same, I had him in my ‘random minis I have picked up’ box until I thought I could use him as a psyker in my necromunda 2nd edition games.
I must say that I really like 1st and 3rd miniatures but that 2nd miniature just looks too weird to my taste for me to like it.
I’m liking these minis. I own the 3rd guy from when he was from the chaos renegades in the vraks campaign book for the dkok. The first chap is great and fits quite well. I’m thinking the 2nd mini would be fine if it had a better paint job.
Hard to believe but forge world just did a strike one. Strike two and strike three, you’re out. Disappointed is the tamest word to use.
I’ve been very impressed with the scuplts from GW lately, though, I do wish we had some new troop models and they calmed it with all the characters.
First one looks OK but I really don’t like the other two! Would be interested in seeing different paint jobs on them because these look poor to me.