Author: Felix

Next steps for the Kil Bursta Tank

I have been thinking what I could do with the model to make it look better and in some way a little more like an Ork vehicle. I think I need to review some other Ork vehicles to find out what I can do.

I have had my Kill Bursta hanging around on the workbench for a while now, so it was s nice to make some significant progress on the model.

I was looking at the work I had done with the Ork Kill Bursta Tank. I liked the effect I had achieved on the engine.

There is still a fair bit of work to do on the model, but I am pleased with my progress so far.

Looking at the Forge World model, there is a lot of rust on this model, but I can see they also painted some of the cabling and there is of course the Ork iconography.

I think I might add some more weathering and paint the teeth of the dozer blade in a similar fashion to the Forge World model.

 

Kill Team Ratlings

I missed out on getting the Kill Team box Kill Team: Brutal and Cunning, which sold out more quickly that I anticipated. However the individual teams from that box set have been released and one I am thinking about getting is the Ratlings.

Ratlings are snipers and spotters without peer in the Astra Militarum – these abhumans are small in stature, and unusually sneaky. They often operate behind enemy lines, reporting on targets of interest and neutralising choice targets with extreme prejudice.

I did get the Provisionally Prepared limited edition box, which features two halflings, sorry abhuman Ratlings, hiding behind some ruins. One is a sniper and preparing to shoot, the other is preparing lunch.

The boxed set of Ratlings builds 10 Ratlings, a Ratling Battlemutt, an Ammo Cache marker, and two Tripwire markers. 

All great looking models.

Sisters of Battle Repressor

The Repressor is an Imperial armoured personnel carrier (APC) based on the standard Rhino chassis.

Inquisitorial Stormtroopers Repressor Transport
Inquisitorial Stormtroopers Repressor Transport

The Repressor is used by both the Adeptus Arbites as a riot control and crowd suppression vehicle, and by the Adepta Sororitas as an infantry transport during intense urban battles.

Sisters of Battle Repressor

The Repressor uses an extensively converted Rhino chassis; the transport compartment has been greatly expanded upon, a raised roof featuring firing slits for the passenger’s weapons has been added, a large dozer blade used to plow through debris and rioting mobs is attached to the front of the vehicle, and the vehicle possesses a small forward cupola-mounted turret. The Adeptus Arbites variant of the Repressor is armed with non-lethal weaponry such as water cannons and grenade launchers that fire stun and gas grenades at angry mobs. When the Adepta Sororitas started to use Repressors near the end of the 40th Millennium they replaced the non-lethal weapons with Storm Bolters and Heavy Flamers.

My workbench feature on the Forge World Inquisitorial Stormtroopers Repressor Transport.

The model is no longer available from Forge World, and there is no new variant, or a replacement.

Reflecting on the Zone Mortalis: Floor Tile Set

I have one of the Necromunda Zone Mortalis: Floor Tile Set on my workbench.

I have given them a base coat of Mechanicus Standard Grey Spray. They then got packed away for a while.

Thinking about next stages, initially I was going to give them a wash or a shade. However due to the size of the boards, I was a little reluctant to use a Citadel Shade, I think I would need a few pots to cover the tiles effectively. I may look to see if there is something else I could use.

However, looking at the photograph of the finished tiles on the Games Workshop website, I think in the first instance I could do some heavy weathering of the tiles before giving them a shade. Adding some rust and dirt.

Zone Mortalis: Floor Tile Set

After shading them, I would then dry brush and then do some further weathering.

Now to find them….

Ironhead Squat Prospectors Skalvian Explorator

The Skalvian Explorator is an indomitable example of Ironhead Squat technology, a heavy all-terrain exploration and excavation vehicle suited to extracting the wealth of the Great Equatorial Wastes, surviving its many perils, and ferrying cargo back to safety.

Ironhead Squat Prospectors Skalvian Explorator

Though the Ironhead Squat Prospectors are master weapon makers, much of their equipment is based upon mining tools, and the Explorator’s armoured bulk makes it a match for many purpose-built war machines.

Ironhead Squat Prospectors Skalvian Explorator

I do like this model, it has some real charm. I do think there are some really nice Necromunda models out there.

Renegade Armoured Medusa Armageddon Pattern

The Medusa Siege Tank is an aging Imperial Guard siege platform used when attacking the thick walls of an enemy-held city or fortress. Built on the Chimera chassis, the Medusa suffers from a number of disadvantages compared to other artillery pieces like the Basilisk or Griffon, but its immense firepower ensures its continued use in the siege warfare depressingly common to the 41st Millennium.

Renegade forces of Chaos would also utilise the Medusa Siege Tank.

Renegade Armoured Medusa Armageddon Pattern
Renegade Armoured Medusa Armageddon Pattern

This Forge World model is now no longer available.

Cadian Imperial Guard Heavy Weapons Squad

This Cadian Imperial Guard Heavy Weapons Squad was on display at Warhammer World.

Cadian Imperial Guard Heavy Weapons
Cadian Imperial Guard Heavy Weapons

While massed infantry can overwhelm the foe, it often falls to Heavy Weapons Squads to deliver the killing blow. These teams of gun crews swiftly set up their mobile heavy weapons as their comrades advance, providing the firepower to bolster battle lines. With access to an arsenal of portable armaments, they can offer close fire support with adaptable loadouts of precise – or indiscriminate – firepower.

Across the three teams are a lascannon, heavy bolter, and an autocannon.

Ultramarines Life Size Rhino

When I visited Warhammer World in September 2024 I took another photograph of the Ultramarines Life Size Rhino outside the front of it, as one does.

Ultramarines Life Size Rhino
Ultramarines Life Size Rhino

It looked a little cleaner than it did back just six months earlier in March 2024, someone must have given it a clean.

It was originally used as a promotional piece for the THQ Dawn of War video game.  THQ gave the Rhino to Games Workshop who then gave it a repaint in Ultramarines colours.

It has suffered a little from being outside and is slightly battered and rusty, but this does make it look more “realistic”. This is how it looked twelve years ago, slightly shinier. The dirt and dust was purposely added as weathering to make it look more authentic.

Ultramarines Life Size Rhino outside Warhammer World
Ultramarines Life Size Rhino outside Warhammer World

More photographs of the Ultramarines Life Size Rhino.