This morning, unexpectedly, I received a package in the post, containing a pack of Epic Medusas from Forge World. I ordered these back in June, shortly before they became listed as “TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK” on FW’s website.
This is good news for two reasons. Firstly, because as I suspected the chassis from the Basilisks and Medusas (and the Earthshaker cannons from the Basilisks and platforms) are exactly the same, so I now have an artillery company of nine Basilisks (and also three Medusa platforms if I ever feel like putting them together). Secondly, because it shows that there is some progress being made towards re-stocking Forge World’s Epic range and making the models available again. There have been numerous reports from people who’ve contacted FW, some of them contradictory, about what will be coming back and when. It’s nice to have some real, concrete evidence that something, at least, is happening.
So how are the models? I am just getting into Epic again after about 20 years. It really sucks that the prices are so high and there is such a limited selection at the moment. EA is a really fun game and would sell like hotcakes if they came out with a boxset. Why they don’t is beyound me.
They’re pretty nice. There is a little bit of flash around the edge of one of the tracks (it’s the same on all three), but that’ll file off easily enough. Otherwise they’re fairly clean, sharp casts.
EA is a great game; the best set of wargame rules I’ve played. Trouble is that with GW’s resources limited at the moment, they’re reluctant to invest in smaller lines like Epic, especially since they could potentially poach sales from core lines like 40K and WFB.