From a game at GamesDay 2007, three mean looking Leman Russ Main Battle Tanks in a fight against Orks.
Category: imperial guard
Manticore and Deathstrike
New from Games Workshop (well announced this week) are the Imperial Guard Manticore and Deathstrike missile systems.
Deadly long-range artillery, the Imperial Guard Manticore Rocket Launcher and Deathstrike Missile Launchers are incredibly destructive war machines. While the Manticore launches a salvo of rockets, each of which disperses into multiple warheads, the Deathstrike fires a single, incredibly dangerous missile.
These fearsome vehicles are favoured by Imperial Guard commanders who like to pound their enemy into oblivion with relentless firepower from the other side of the battlefield.
These models which originated from the Epic gaming system give Imperial Guard players some very heavy artillery. It comes as one kit with the choice of either making it up as a Manticore or as a Deathstrike. Forge World gave us a 40K Manticore, but this is the first time we have seen an (official) Deathstrike.
I do like the Manticore which as a much lower profile than either the Epic or Forge World versions, but as for the Deathstrike… well it’s a nice model, but having seen the Epic version! I know that I would have liked to have seen something similar to this.
Nice models, and I suspect Simon will be buying a few boxes…
Leman Russ Vanquisher
Forge World Leman Russ Vanquisher.
A Golden Demon entry at GamesDay 2006.
Malcador Annihilator
A renegade Malcador Annihilator advances during the Siege of Vraks, supported by Renegade troops.
From the Forgeworld Siege of Vraks diorama at the Forge World Open Day 2009.
Another example of ‘second-generation’ Baneblades, the Malcador Heavy Tank is a mobile fortress, heavily armed and armoured but slow. The ‘standard’ pattern has been altered to create several variants, each designed to fulfil a specific battlefield role. The Annihilator variant mounts a twin-linked lascannon in place of the limited-traverse Battle Cannon of the standard pattern tank, and is commonly equipped with lascannon sponsons to supplement this main armament.
Detractors of the design claim that the Malcador Annihilator falls between two roles, fulfilling neither fully as it is too large and too slow to serve as a ‘true’ tank-hunter while lacking the firepower and armour to evenly match a Baneblade in open war.
Against conventional armour, however, and in the hands of a skilled crew, the Malcador Annihilator can still prove its worth.
This is from the amazing Siege of Vraks diorama by Forge World.
See more photographs of the Malcador tank.
You can see all my photographs from the Forge World Open Day 2009 in this gallery.
Malcador Defender
A renegade Malcador Defender advances during the Siege of Vraks.
Named after a mysterious figure from the Imperium’s earliest days, Malcador the Sigillite (a close advisor to the Emperor during the Battles of Unification, and the man credited with founding the Administratum of Terra), the Malcador Heavy Tank is a mobile fortress, heavily armed and armoured but slow. The Defender variant is perhaps the most common, although also the most unusual – its fixed turret mounts 5 limited-traverse Heavy Bolters, positioned to provide all-round defensive fire. The Defender crams 8 crew into a cramped interior, as it also mounts two sponson weapons and a hull-mounted Demolisher Cannon. Unsurprisingly, the Defender is perfect for the role of a breakthough tank – ably suited to close-quarters fighting, trench warfare and urban engagements in which its multiple fire-points and heavy armour excel.
This is from the amazing Siege of Vraks diorama by Forge World.
See more photographs of the Malcador tank.
You can see all my photographs from the Forge World Open Day 2009 in this gallery.
Cities of Death Game
One of our games based in the ruins of an Imperial City.
My Orks are advancing through the ruins, they are defended by Imperial Guard.
Lemans Russ Demolisher and Leman Russ
Death Korps of Krieg Leman Russ Main Battle Tank and Leman Russ Demolisher fighting during the Siege of Vraks.
This is from the amazing Siege of Vraks diorama by Forge World.
See more photographs of the Imperial Guard Leman Russ Battle Tank.
You can see all my photographs from the Forge World Open Day 2009 in this gallery.
Imperial Guard Chimera
An Imperial Guard Chimera from Simon’s collection.
Supported by Imperial Guard Stormtroopers (converted from Space Marine Scouts).
Death Korps of Krieg Armour
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.
Imperial Tauros Assault Vehicle
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.