Following on from putting the chassis together with the wheels; further details were added to the engine.
See the workbench feature on this Ork Trukk.
Author: Felix
Death Korps of Krieg Shadowsword
A Death Korps of Krieg Shadowsword prepares to launch an attack against the rebels, while infantry wait in the trenches.
This is from the amazing Siege of Vraks diorama by Forge World.
See more photographs of the Imperial Guard Shadowsword Super Heavy Tank.
You can see all my photographs from the Forge World Open Day 2009 in this gallery.
Ork Kill Krusha
This is the Forge World Ork Kill Krusha on display at GamesDay 2009.
The top of the turret has been removed (and placed on the side). Another view of the Kill Krusha.
Kill Krushas are a heavy Ork tank design, based around the twin Ork loves of speed and extreme violence. These ‘mirakles’ of Orkish mekboy fabrication are alarmingly complex creations, high-sided and heavily armoured, whose internal spaces are filled with a mass of hydraulics, pistons, mechanised loader-gubbins and a very large and extremely temperamental engines. These are all tended by the frantic ministrations of numerous Grots who keep the rattling monster tank going with constant hammer blows, polishing and judicious application of oiler squigs. The tank’s main gun is its Krusha Kannon; a heavy bore, high velocity weapon capable of firing a variety of different shells. As well as standard explosive rounds, the Krusha Kannon can use armour-piecing ‘Tankhammas,’ shrapnel-filled ‘Scrap Kanisters’ able to rip open swathes of enemy infantry and incendiary ‘Blast Burnas’ which can drench fortifications with burning chemicals to roast alive anyone caught inside.
Back in April at the Forge World Open Day I snapped a few concept images of Ork tanks and these show the design process in producing the Kill Krusha model.
Imperial Guard Heavy Tank
Here is an Imperial Guard Heavy Tank from Simon’s collection moving through the ruins of an Imperial City.
This conversion was made, probably about ten years ago, so way before the Death Korps of Krieg models found their way into Epic Armageddon and Forge World.
I am pretty sure that this is a Hydra hull, as for the turret, well if you look at this picture of one of my Ork tanks from the same era, I think you will be able to guess!
From a fluff perspective, it can be easily imagined that an Ork army overtook an Imperial Guard tank factory and utilised many of the components including the turrets on their own tanks and battlewagons.
If I remember correctly, from Simon’s perspective I think it was because he had all the Ork vehicles from the Epic 40000 boxed set that he decided to use the Ork turrets.
Ork Trukk Prototype
In a previous post I talked about my Ork Trukk. The finished kit design process goes through many different incarnations before the final model is decided upon. At GamesDay 2007 we saw parts of the process and some of the prototypes.
This is (probably) one of a few prototypes that GW made of the Trukk.
It’s made from plasticard, green stuff, plastic struts and resin castings of duplicated parts.
This (or something similar) was then scanned into the computer, enabling the designer to build a 3D cad model of the Trukk.
Once this is finished and checked and signed off…
It is “printed” using a 3D printer.
From this then the sprues can be designed and the finished kit made.
Imperial Guard Mortar
Ork Flakk Wagon
I think my favourite model from GamesDay 2008 was Forge World’s Ork Flakk Wagon. One of the highlights of GamesDay 2009 for me was the fantastic Ork Shanty Town display that Forge World did. There were many of the new Forge World models including an Ork Trukk armed with an Ork Flakk Gun. This is what you and I would call an Ork Flakk Wagon. Bizarrely Forge World don’t sell a Flakk Wagon, you would need to use the Ork Trukk with Enclosed Cab and the separate Flakk gun to recreate the model advertised as a Flakk Wagon at GamesDay 2008.
Still this is a nice model.
Tauros Venator Rapid Strike Vehicle
Back in September 2009 live from GamesDay I posted an image of the then described Elysian FAV. This was the first peek of something new and exciting. I later posted a larger image. We have seen images of the finished model armed with lascannons.
Forge World does say about the model:
…this full resin model comes with the choice to mount either a twin-linked multi-laser or twin-linked lascannon as well as optional hunter-killer missiles.
At the Dutch Frenzy event we did see the variant with the multi-lasers.
Very tempting.
Photo source.
Kill Bursta – New Forge World Ork Tank
At Dutch Frenzy today, there were some new models on the Forge World stand. As well as the Valkyrie Heavy Lift Variant for the Tauros Venator Rapid Strike Vehicle there was a new Ork tank, that may or may not by called the Kill Bursta.
Based in the same chassis as the already released Kill Krusha it though has a much bigger gun! As it won’t have interior detail, it will also be cheaper than the Kill Krusha.
It looks like it will have a crew.
Very nice, really like it, especially the plow.
Photo source.
Tried out the Mega Dread
Though not finished, after a quick game today, decided to try out my new Mega Dread on the gaming table.
Quite a tough cookie for my opponent, Simon, who only had ten Marines.
In order to give him a chance, we reduced the rear armour on the Mega Dread from 11 to 10, otherwise those Space Marine Bolters would have no chance of doing any damage. We also allowed all the Marines to be armed with Melta Bombs, likewise they would have no chance of harming the Mega Dread with their “bare hands”. There were two Marines with heavy weapons, one with a missile launcher and one with a flamer.
Apart from not being able to use the Big Shootas on the Mega Dread when using the twin-linked Kill Kannon, it was quite a tough fight. In the end the Marines won out, though not before the Mega Dread managed to take out seven of them.