Forge World

Forge World is a term assosciated with Warhammer40000. It has two definitions.

The first, fluffy definition is an entire world converted into a factory; one that runs at high capacity, even for it's size. They produce everything from laspistols to Land Raiders to Titans, so they are needed to keep the Imperial war machine trundling forward. Because of their nature, the Adeptus Mechanicus highly regard these worlds as holy places, and the Mechanicus owns just about all of them, which is fine since there are only a few of them and the Mechanicus is best at maintaining that shit. Losing a single one is considered an unacceptable loss by the Mechanicus, and the Imperium as well since it'll be harder than fuck to fill in those planet-sized gaps in their industrial sector.

The other meaning of Forge World is if you took Games Workshop and leveled it up a few times. It's a subsidiary of GW and produces high-end resin-cast models for 40k, Battlefleet Gothic and Epic Armageddon. Over time it's since gone about producing its own range of models and own rule sets for a huge array of different factions, and even has its own home-grown Imperial Guard variants (the badass Death Korps of Krieg and Elysian Drop Troops). The awesome-looking Chaos Renegades for Lost and the Damned also came from here.

It should be noted however, they are still a leveled-up version of GW. While GW is still an expensive company, "high-end" means oodles of awesome details in just about every model FW makes. The problem, however, is that they charge an arm, leg, and at least one of your testicles for most models*. (The testicle part is probably to let you know that these models aren't for girls, either.)

"How expensive?" you may ask. Ok, go look at their prices. They make GW look cheap. Now,remember that they display all their prices in pounds, which are worth more than dollars. Then apply the conversion rate. Now, they make the original Forge World prices look cheap.

Argh.

• Note: This doesn't mean to imply that you're limited to only two models unless you happen to be a serial killer or a corrupt mortician.