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Hippogriff AFV

This weekend the Hippogriff AFV will be available to pre-order this weekend.

Keep up with the fastest vehicles and lay down powerful cover fire with the Hippogriff Armoured Fighting Vehicle. The Hippogriff brings raw agility, while carrying your choice of a vigilator cannon, chiron gatling cannon, melta cannon, or heavy lascannon.

When this was announced back in March I mentioned how it reminded me of Owen Rees’ Imperial Guard – The 374th Tahnelian Airborne Chimera APC conversions., Owen had made some wheeled armoured cars using the Chimera APC as a base for the conversion.

I do like the Hippogriff AFV and along with the Centaur Rapid Strike Vehicle I am thinking about getting them to create a Long Range Desert Group inspired raiding force for my Tallarn forces.

The Long Range Desert Group (or LRDG) was a reconnaissance and raiding unit of the British Army during the Second World War.

One inspiration for me as to be the Matchbox kit of the Long Range Desert Group released back in 1976 which included a Chevrolet 30cwt patrol truck and a Willys Jeep, both stripped down and heavily modified for desert warfare.

In order to give it that Long Range Desert Group look I will be adding stowage, extra fuel cans, canvas sand mats, sand channels, and other equipment.

Coming soon, Mercenary Ogres

For Warhammer: The Old World you will soon be able to order (from 4 July for a week-long order period) some classic Mercenary Ogres.

No doubt drawn by the presence of exotic (if scaly) meats, a band of Mercenary Ogres is marching upon the Old World seeking fame and fortune. Or just, you know, obscene amounts of food. You’ll be able to get your hands on a set of three with great weapons, three with hand weapons, and a cheery Captain overseeing his troops. Decked out in less civilised armour and outfits than regular Imperial Ogres, they’re a great way to add more character to your Dwarfen Mountain Holds and Empire of Man armies.

The Captain is one of my favourite Citadel miniatures, and is also one I never had in my collection. Can you guess who will be clicking the order button on the 4th July.

Centaur Rapid Strike Vehicle

This weekend the Centaur Rapid Strike Vehicle will be available to pre-order this weekend.

Ferry your troops to the front in the relative safety of the Astra Militarum’s newest people-mover – the Centaur Rapid Strike Vehicle. This speedy, economical vehicle can carry plenty of Guardsmen and has ample open roof space from which to shoot.

This armoured half-track for the Imperial Guard has echoes of the World War Two M3 half track.

I much prefer this model over the Taurox which was originally released back in 2014, really didn’t like it.

I do like the Centaur Rapid Strike Vehicle I am thinking about getting one (and a Hippogriff AFV) to create a Long Range Desert Group inspired raiding force for my Tallarn forces.

The Long Range Desert Group (or LRDG) was a reconnaissance and raiding unit of the British Army during the Second World War.

One inspiration for me as to be the Matchbox kit of the Long Range Desert Group released back in 1976 which included a Chevrolet 30cwt patrol truck and a Willys Jeep, both stripped down and heavily modified for desert warfare.

I am not sure how easy it will be to strip down the Centaur Rapid Strike Vehicle, but in order to give it that Long Range Desert Group look I will be adding stowage, extra fuel cans, canvas sand mats, sand channels, and other equipment. The actual Chevrolet 30cwt patrol trucks of the LRDG often had their doors, windscreens and roofs removed. I will have to see how the model is constructed before deciding how to strip it down.

Warhammer: The Horus Heresy – Whirlwind Missile Tank

The Warhammer: The Horus Heresy – Whirlwind Missile Tank for the Legion Astartes will be available to pre-order next week.

The Whirlwind is a certified Astartes classic combining the venerable Rhino chassis with a huge missile launcher that hurls storms of explosive warheads into enemy ranks, whether it has line of sight or not. The sophisticated range-finding and targeting auspexes mounted to the launcher allow multiple different kinds of munitions to be loaded and fired independently, from standard high explosives to incendiary Pyrax rounds.

This new model reflects the original conversion from 1989. The original Whirlwind was a conversion using a slottabase and plasticard for the rocket launcher. I have always preferred the original conversion to the newer versions, so it should be no surprise that I will probably get one of these when they are eventually released. I will be pre-ordering you for my Imperial Fists army.

In addition I have some doors for it already as well. On a recent visit to Warhammer World I picked up some Forge World Imperial Fists Rhino Doors.

I’ve always liked the Forge World doors and have used them on some of my models such as this Land Raider.

I am planning to use these Imperial Fists Rhino Doors on the new Whirlwind,

We’ve seen this before?

One of the new models announced by Games Workshop at the Adepticon 2026 Preview was the Hippogriff AFV.

Hippogriff AFV

Hippogriff Armoured Fighting Vehicles provide ample firepower in a compact and mobile package that can keep up with roaring tank columns. Six wheels mounted on independent servo-axles gives them a good balance of speed and stability, while the turret can mount a flexible battle cannon, horde-shredding castigator gatling cannon, tank-destroying melta cannon, or bunker-busting lascannon.

Those with long memories may remember Owen Rees’ Imperial Guard – The 374th Tahnelian Airborne army which was on display in the cabinets twenty years ago at Games Day 2006. In his army were some wonderful Chimera conversions.

Imperial Guard Chimera Armoured Car (conversion)
mperial Guard Chimera Armoured Car (conversion). Part of Owen Rees’ Imperial Guard – The 374th Tahnelian Airborne, in the White Dwarf display cabinets at GamesDay 2006.
Imperial Guard Chimera Armoured Car (conversion) Part of Owen Rees' Imperial Guard - The 374th Tahnelian Airborne, in the White Dwarf display cabinets at GamesDay 2006.
Imperial Guard Chimera Armoured Car (conversion). Part of Owen Rees’ Imperial Guard – The 374th Tahnelian Airborne, in the White Dwarf display cabinets at GamesDay 2006.

Owen had created some wheeled armoured vehicles using the Chimera as a base. The new Hippogriff has echoes of these conversions.

Ammo Runts are back

Next month you will be able to order some classic Ammo Runts.

Wotz a Kaptin without any grotz to boss about? These classic Ammo Runts will ensure that your krew always has a stash of bullets – use them to add some piratical character to a Gretchin squad, or to support Nobz or Flash Gitz. 

We first saw these at Games Day 2008 in the display cabinets. I do like these models, I did think I had some of them already, but looking over my collection I realise that they are not.

They are nice and I might get some, wonder if they will be metal or resin.

That Whirlwind is back…

In al the recent previews one certainly stood out for me, and that was the Legion Astartes Whirlwind Missile Tank for The Horus Heresy.

The Whirlwind is a certified Astartes classic combining the venerable Rhino chassis with a huge missile launcher that hurls storms of explosive warheads into enemy ranks, whether it has line of sight or not. The sophisticated range-finding and targeting auspexes mounted to the launcher allow multiple different kinds of munitions to be loaded and fired independently, from standard high explosives to incendiary Pyrax rounds.

The Whirlwind is an Imperial artillery support vehicle based upon the Standard Template Construct (STC) Rhino armoured personnel carrier (APC) chassis that was used by the Space Marine Legions. 

This new model reflects the original conversion from 1989. The original Whirlwind was a conversion using a slottabase and plasticard for the rocket launcher. This was published in the September 1989 issues of White Dwarf, #117.

Whirlwind

You can see the instructions in this post.

Since 1989 we have seen many different versions of the Whirlwind which have evolved from this original conversion.

“Original” Space Marine Whirlwind
Ultramarines Space Marine Whirlwind on display at Warhammer World.
Space Wolves Whirlwind at Warhammer World
Space Marine Whirlwind
Ultramarines Whirlwind at Warhammer World
Deimos Pattern Whirlwind Scorpius
Space Marine Whirlwind Hyperios on display at Games Day 2005
Sons of Horus Deimos Pattern Whirlwind Scorpius

I have also preferred the original conversion to the newer versions, so it should be no surprise that I will probably get one of these when they are eventually released.

iFelix Top Ten Blog Posts 2025

In 2025 I published 269 blog posts.

In 2024 there was 378 blog posts. In 2023 I published 271,  I did 319 in 2022. In 2021, I posted 162 times. In 2020 I posted 436 blog posts, in 2019 I did 143 blog posts. Compare that to 2018 when I wrote just 21 blog posts.

There is no top ten individual blog posts, as WordPress broke the stats as I have ads on the site. So this means I don’t know the stats for individual blog posts.

Volley & Charge Crimean War

One of the left field announcements from the recent Battlefront update was on Volley & Charge, a Flames of War style ruleset for the American Civil War, but also mentioned was also released for the Samurai Wars, the American Indian Wars, the Franco-Prussian War; the final option which interested me the most was the Crimean War.

Will be interesting to see what that looks like.