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Here is a photograph of a very clean Imperial Guard Baneblade from the display cabinets at GamesDay 2007.
There is a fair bit of weathering, note the rusty tracks and chipped paintwork, still looks a little too clean too me.
More photographs of Imperial Guard Baneblade super heavy tanks.
Next month (or even this month at GamesDay) sees the release of the Space Wolves.
On my website I have a gallery devoted to the Space Wolves. The pictures predominantly show Mike Sharpe’s superb Space Wolves army, which was on show at GamesDay 2006, GamesDay 2007 and GamesDay 2008.
Here are few images from the gallery.
Space Wolves Vindicator.
A Space Wolves Thunderhawk Gunship.
See the whole gallery.
One of the things I liked about Cities of Death was the large Ork “town” which was there alongside the ruined Imperial Cities. I know I will never have the time, space or resources to make something similar, but I did like the concept and thought it would be nice to have some buildings for my Ork Airfield, well at least something that could be used alongside my Ork Bommer.
So I took an old DVD-R spindle tub I had, these are available in various sizes depending on how many disks there are, I used a 25 disk tub.
Once you have finished with the disks, you do have the basis for a good building. They come in various sizes as well, 25, 50, 100, therefore you can have different heights as well.
The first thing I did was cut up some plasticard, wooden sticks and Starbucks™ wooden stirrers into similar lengths. I also delved into my bitz box to get some parts, in the main from Imperial vehicles, ie Rhino and Land Raider doors.
Using strips of wood, Starbucks™ stirrers, plasticard, bitz from Imperial vehicles, I stuck them to the side.
Then using a hot glue gun I stuck these to the side of the DVD tub. A hot glue gun is perfect for this kind of thing, as both plastic and super glues are unsuitable for this kind of model.
When I thought about the floor of the fort, I did initially think about adding a series of wooden planks or metal sheets, however in the end I went with using modelling sand, which I think will look quite effective when painted and somewhat Orky.
The next stage was to add rivets using cut plastic rod and plastic sprue. I used both strips of plastic rod and hexagonal rod. Using the hexagonal rod to make nuts and bolts.
These were also added to the Imperial scrap as well.
See the full workbench pages for the fort.
The Marauder Destroyer variant was developed during the second war for Armageddon after heavy losses in the Naval airforces. Orkish dominance of the skies over certain areas of Armageddon forced the few remaining Marauders to be refitted to operate at night, flying at extremely low level where they could evade detection. Their new heavier weapon payload made anything which got in the way seriously regret it!
This is a model on display at GamesDay 2008. This is also the Marauder Destroyer featured in the Modelling Masterclass Volume 1. I love the detail on these models.
More photographs of the Imperial Navy.
The Skullhammer is the delight of many a Big Mek, a clanking hissing contraption inviariably made from looted parts.
On display at GamesDay 2007.
More photographs of the Skullhamma Battle Fortress.
Here is an Imperial Guard Hydra conversion from Simon’s collection.
These conversions were made, probably about ten years ago.
It’s a Chimera hull (an artillery hull) but with an AA turret. Now I can’t recall the origin of that AA weapon.
One model which worked well in Epic was Pulsa Rokkits.
There use to be a metal version for Warhammer 40K, but Pulsa Rokkits were kind of ignored for a few years
In the current version of Warhammer 40K there are no models and no rules in the new Ork Codex. However there are rules for Apocalypse.
As a result I am thinking about building one for my 40K Orks using a 1/300th Space Shuttle kit.
I am less interested in the Shuttle, more interested in using the rocket boosters and the fuel tank!
Hmmm.
At GamesDay 2006 there were a fair few demonstration games. One such game featured an Ork settlement under attack from the Imperial Guard. Here we see the Imperial Guard on the top of the settlement.
I wonder if they have managed to clear the building of all the Orks?
More photographs from this game.
More photographs from GamesDay 2006.
At GamesDay 2006 there were a fair few demonstration games. One such game featured an Ork settlement under attack from the Imperial Guard.
More photographs from this game.
More photographs from GamesDay 2006.
I took a wealth of photographs at GamesDay 2005. There were many games on display including some very nice Warhammer Historical games of which these river craft looked very nice.
The painting was excellent and very inspiring.
Not sure if they were just scenery or involved in the game!
You can see more pictures of historical wargaming in this gallery.