FW Black Templar venerable dreadnoughts

[bolvar]

Greetings brothers, I was lurking around FW website and after a while, I'm somewhat alarmed that I can't find nowhere the entry for our venerable dreadnoughts.

 

 

I've searched in other websites but I can't find anything about this. Someone knows what happened? Are they gone?

[Amayasu]

It is gone, Brother.

 

Along with ancients of many other chapters... apart from the painfully boring ones.

 

The Ultramarines still have one, for example.

[bolvar]

Damn

 

Still I haven't heard the bell of lost souls sang for them, I've sent a mail to FW asking for them. I'll post here their reply once they answer.

[Gerhard]

I came to the same sad conclusion a while back. I wonder what their reply is.

[Kilamandaros]

They got rid of a lot of units as 8th came in, including the dread drop pod. Seems strange to me since they would have likely had increased interest on those discontinued lines...

 

The chaplain dread is still on there I think, worth considering as good rules and beautiful model.

[Amayasu]

They got rid of a lot of units as 8th came in, including the dread drop pod. Seems strange to me since they would have likely had increased interest on those discontinued lines...

 

The chaplain dread is still on there I think, worth considering as good rules and beautiful model.

 

It was quite some time ago now when they purged the Dreadnoughts. Many chapters lost theirs at the same time, may have even been at the end of last year.

[Cognative]

I'm so happy I got 2 of our FW Venerable Dreadnoughts in a lot I bought a number of years back.

[Cap'm Heckus]

I found one in deplorable condition at a convention a few years back. I scrubbed it, gave it new arms and rebased it. It is now my favorite Ironclad.

[Ciler]

The fact that the ultramarine model remains only indicates that it stocks have lasted longer than the others, that is all. I'll let ye decide whether because of larger stocks or lesser sales

[Gerhard]

Chaplain Dread does look good indeed. I am considering getting that one then instead and increasing its zeal.

[bolvar]

Hi There,

 

Thank you for contacting us about Black Templar dreadnought. As you've seen, we have recently removed several product from the Forge World web store that have been out of stock for some time. All of these products will need substantial work for us to be able to produce them again.

 

We hope to have many of these products back on sale in the future. Unfortunately we don't yet have a timescale for this work.

 

I am, afraid all other marks of dreadnoughts no longer on the web store have since been removed from our range and are unlikely to return any time soon

 

 

That's their reply :S

[DBadger]

Could be because Primaris dreadnoughts are coming out?

 

I know FW are quite a small operation and the moulds they use are both expensive and limited use so once they wear out they usually melt them down again to save costs, something like that.

[Firepower]

Either redesign or fixing an old mould.  Can't be 100% certain which despite the email.  

 

But I'm gonna be the odd man out and say I was never overfond of the FW Templar dread.  It wasn't a bad model, just not the sort that makes my mouth water.  I think it was the size of the 'helmet'...

[Kisada]

I bought this bad boy back when Los Angeles had a Battle Bunker that sold FW items in store (many many years ago).  

 

I'm just now getting around to putting it together lol

 

Hopefully GW/FW will release something for us Templars ... Rob from warhammer TV did basically confirm that BT are getting chapter tactics in the upcoming codex.

[Cap'm Heckus]

Here is the follow I salvaged. Not "pro-" but table ready at the very least.

[Cognative]

Hopefully I can hotlink correctly on mobile... But here are my two FW Venerables. I got both of them in a lot I bought a long time ago. Neither were painted at the time, and the Autocannon variant was painted much more recently (and was really only the Venerable torso) than Missile/Las. I definitely went overboard on shading on the white model. But I love these guys to peices and use them all the time. They are both magnetized for different loadouts but rarely change.

 

http://i.imgur.com/wDAfHkm.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/Xz14PgO.jpg

Edited July 15, 2017 by Cognative

[SWORD BROTHER RYAN]

I got this as an Xmas present a couple of years ago, and now I'm glad I got it! Sad that they took it away, and given my history with FW, I don't see them bringing it back. Here's hoping I'm not right, because I absolutely LOVE the model!