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These two tanks are part of the Forge World Siege of Vraks display.
This is the Shadowsword.
This is the Macharius Heavy Tank.
This is from the amazing Siege of Vraks diorama by Forge World.
See more photographs of the Imperial Guard Shadowsword Super Heavy Tank.
See more photographs of the Imperial Guard Macharius Heavy Tank.
You can see all my photographs from the Forge World Open Day 2009 in this gallery.
Having got far as I wanted to with the scrap, I gave the model a black undercoat, the next stage was a red primer basecoat.
See the full workbench pages for the fort.
Another model available at the 2010 Forge World Open Day will be the Imperial Tauros Assault Vehicle.
The Tauros Venator is but one variant of this multi-purpose assault vehicle – the ‘standard’ 4-wheel Tauros is used by the Elysian regiments as a long-range scout vehicle, mounting potent anti-personnel firepower in the form of either a Heavy Flamer or Tauros Grenade Launcher. Its four wheels are individually powered by advanced high-yield galvanic motors, allowing it to maintain speed even with damaged tyres – often a crucial edge when faced with superior enemy firepower. This detailed model, designed by Will Hayes, is a full resin kit that comes with options for a Heavy Flamer or Grenade Launcher as well as two resin crew, designed by Simon Egan. The Tauros can be transported in either a Valkyrie Sky Talon or a standard Valkyrie, which the model will physically fit into.
I like this, probably more so than the six wheeled version.
Forge World have released details of their 2010 Show Only model, an Ork Runt Bot and Grot.
This fantastic figure, designed by Mark Bedford, is our exclusive Event-Only figure for 2010. Meks are always keen to test their bionik designs on the battlefield, and if no suitable ‘patients’ are available they will build a Runt Bot; a huge, clanking parody of an Ork warrior powered by a rumbling engine and directed into battle by a plucky Grot, who will be provided with a ‘kontrol pad’ for the mechanical warrior. This finely detailed and striking vignette depicts the Grot controller perched precariously on the shoulder of the Runt Bot, wrestling with the joystick in an effort to direct the shearing claws of the monstrosity. This great miniature can be used to represent a Warboss with the Bionic Body upgrade, a Nob in Mega-Armour, or simply as a centrepiece or painting project.
Really nice model, will go on sale at next week’s Forge World Open Day.
Having made the chassis, the next stage was adding the superstructure.
The front view.
Though in the above photographs it looks like the wheels and tracks are fixed, I kept them unstuck so that the model would be easier to paint.
See the full workbench feature on the Ork Battlewagon.
See photographs of completed Ork Battlewagons from various shows.
On display at the Forge World Open Day 2009 was a Reaver Titan.
Very impressive model.
See more photographs of the Reaver Titan.
You can see all my photographs from the Forge World Open Day 2009 in this gallery.
Doctor Who returns to our screens on the 3rd April.
I am quite looking forward to the new season, I was a little apprehensive, but gut feeling is that it is going to be okay, probably quite good in fact.
BBC News has a review of the first episode.
It has to introduce a new Doctor, a new companion and sustain the momentum the series has built up since its return in 2005. For the most part, it does this well.
The plot picks up with the newly regenerated Doctor crashing his Tardis into a young girl’s garden. This being Doctor Who, an alien threat isn’t far away.
As a story it veers between witty and creepy. And speeds along as well as the best episodes of the last few years.
Read more.
In one of the demonstration games at GamesDay 2004 was this huge Imperial Heavy Transport Flyer.
Almost too big for regular games, but a nice piece of scenery.
I assumed it was converted from a Forge World Maruader Bomber.
Doubt we will ever see something like this from Forge World itself, but I sometimes think that the Imperial Guard would need a heavy transport of some kind.
Games Workshop have released details and made available for pre-order their plastic Honoured Imperium kit.
This box set contains three pieces of plastic Warhammer 40,000 scenery, including a 6-inch high Space Marine statue, a broken Aquila and a section of ruined building.
I mentioned the broken Aquila (or fallen eagle) a few days ago and had photographed a prototype back at GamesDay 2007.
I do hope what we are seeing on the website reflect what the actual models are like, he says reflecting on the Blastscape pictures!!!
Back at GamesDay 2001, Carl from Dropship put on a most excellent Epic demonstration game with some fantastic models and some fantastic scenery.
One of the key scenery pieces for me was the freight yard, railway track and one of the nice Forge World Tank Factories (which is sadly now long longer available).
More photographs from this demonstration game.