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In the world of Flintloque, the fantasy Napoleonic setting, the Goblins are based on the army of Portugal.
The Caçadores were the elite light infantry troops of the Portuguese Army, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
These Flintloque Goblin Caçadores are from my own collection and are some of my favourite minatures and I am also really pleased with their painting.
The greatest threat to the Imperium of Man is, and has always been, the followers of Chaos and the foul daemons of the Warp. The Inquisitors of the Ordo Malleus, the Daemonhunters, are at war with forces too terrible to comprehend and, together with the holy warriors of the Grey Knights, they must take the light of the Emperor into the darkness. The threat of the daemonic is so great that only these heroic warriors have the necessary skills and knowledge to stand against such diabolical foes.
When the Dark Angels were released I really liked the Master of the Ravenwing on the “last” remaining Imperial Jetbike.
Master Sammael of the Ravenwing is a true Angel of Death. From the saddle of his jetbike he cuts down any foolish enough to stand in his path with the infamous Raven Sword, its blade cut from the same meteorite as the Sword of Secrets. A highly accomplished hunter of The Fallen, Sammael is rightly honoured by his brethren and he is feared by his foes as few other holders of his rank have ever been.
So much so I knew I had to get one for my Grey Knights army, possibly maybe more than one! If anyone other than the Master of the Ravenwing was going to have arcane technology it would be the Grey Knights!
This is as far as I have got putting the jetbike together.
The other components.
Next step is finishing putting the bike together.
The Solar Auxilia use the Leman Russ Strike Tanks in various roles. The tanks have been upgraded with solar-pattern survival systems, this allows the tank and the crew to fight in any harsh conditions on different planets.
It is usually armed with one of four primary weapons – a battlecannon, twinned heavy lascannons or autocannons, or a long-barrelled Vanquisher battlecannon with a co-axial autocannon.
The Dracosan Armoured Transport is manufactured to standards only usually required of war machines destined for service with the Legiones Astartes. It is large enough to accommodate a full strength Solar Auxilia Infantry Section of twenty auxiliaries, and heavily armoured enough to protect them from intense enemy fire.
Back in 2007 I was given the Masters of the Chapter box. This was four metal Space Marine models with a variety of weapons and armour, including a shield, an axe, a hammer, a broadsword and lots of ornate armour. I thought these would be perfect alternate models for Grey Knights.
They were, like most models, retired, but at one point they did make a return in resin.
These metal models of mine though consisted of a variety of parts, as well as some plastic rear packs.
I started putting them together and basing them, then I got distracted by other things.
These are the four individual models. Not completed, but they are based.
Looking over the figures recently I realised I hadn’t even updated the workbench page with the progress I made.
So the next stage will be finishing putting them together. Then there is the decision, do I continue with the Grey Knight concept, or maybe go down another route, Imperial Fists perhaps. Decisions, decisions.
I was looking through a copy of White Dwarf #304 from April 2005 looking at the rules for Inquisitor Lorr when I saw this page about Ork Jetbikes.
I like the Dethkopta models but I think if you put an Ork on anything with spinning blades on top he’s going to kill himself trying to hit Space Marines with them. That’s why I made these jetbikes. The design is simple – find a seat, put an Ork on it, then stick a huge rocket engine on the back. The good thing about Ork vehicles is that they don’t have an elegant design, the more bodged they look the better. Most of the bits are scavenged from tanks. The hatch from a Land Raider makes a good jet outlet, while the jet blades are plastic wheels with the spokes shaved down to angles. Details like the fuel lines are from the Dreadnought sprues. Other than that, there’s so much junk attached to them that it’s hard to say where it all comes from
These are clever models and I do have quite a few sprues of spare parts from various models, especially those where I have bought Forge World conversion kits (remember those) in the past.
Though I have taken photographs of this huge Ork tank (or battlefortress) over the years in the Ork diorama, it’s only when you start looking at it closely you realise that this isn’t something that was ever released, and is a mix of different models. The main frontal cannon appears to be from the Kill Bursta model. I initially thought it might be a Kill Krusha conversion, but comparing the two you realise that it isn’t, however the top turret certainly is from that model. The tracks though appear to be Imperial in style and look like they are from the BaneBlade super heavy tank. Certainly this is an interesting conversion.
A photograph of this tank from a previous visit to Warhammer World.
Inquisitor Lorr was a 30th anniversary miniature that was released back in 2005. I did pick one up and unfortunately I have had it on my workbench for way too long. When you consider that GW just celebrated their 50th anniversary.
It is a very nice model and is based on the Witch Hunter model that is available in the boxed set, but has a different weapon (plasma pistol) and is pointing rather than holding a sword. Personally I think it is a better model.
Rules can be found in White Dwarf #304 for this model.
This is where I had got with the model.
More photographs of the model from the workbench.
The Thunderhawk gunship is used by the Adeptus Astartes as their primary means of deploying forces for ground combat as well as their primary source of air support. The Thunderhawk gunship is often considered the lynchpin of any Space Marine Chapter, as it is able to fulfill many combat roles. The Thunderhawk is fully capable of functioning as an orbital drop ship, a heavy ground attack gunship, or as a bomber. The aircraft is able to quickly carry Space Marine forces from orbiting starships down into the midst of a battle, while at the same time providing supporting fire against enemy ground or air targets.
This Ork Battlefortress was part of the diorama showing an Imperial assault on an Ork Shanty Town to rescue a downed Valkyrie of the Militarum Tempestus.
This is a conversion of the Forge World resin model which was available for many years before being retired. Currently there is nothing like this in the range, well perhaps the Ork Gargantuan Squiggoth, but that’s more of an animal than a tank. The conversion consists of the addition of a cab and a larger frontal main weapon.
I do wonder if we will ever see a new version of this Ork heavy tank?
Photographs of Ork Battlefortresses.
Larger then a Battlewagon, Battlefortresses are used by richer and more powerful Ork Warbosses as super-heavy assault vehicles and mobile command centers. These enormous heavily-armed vehicles bristle with heavy cannons, energy weapons, and explosive launchers. As a rule any Ork vehicle of sufficient size will be called a Battlefortress by the Orks themselves and like most Ork vehicles there is very little standardization and they are highly customized, though several variants exist such as the “Dethrolla” and “Skullhamma”. Nonetheless, these vehicles are a match for any enemy counterpart on the battlefield short of a Titan. Ork Mek Boyz consider the construction of a Battlefortress to be one of their greatest achievements.
More photographs of the diorama over the years, it started off as an Ork diorama at GamesDay 2009.