This Imperial assault on the Ork Shanty Town to rescue a downed Valkyrie of the Militarum Tempestus.
More photographs of the diorama over the years, it started off as an Ork diorama at GamesDay 2009.
Category: warhammer 40k
Black Templar Cenobyte with Relic
I had always liked this model, but wasn’t sure a) where it came from, b) what it was called, so I could never find it in the stores or on the online store. It was only when reading through an old White Dwarf that I saw it was part of the Black Templars Chaplain Grimaldus and Retinue Boxed Set.
Back in the day you could order miniatures from boxed sets individually through Mail Order, so I did that.
The plan was to use it as part of my Inquisitorial retinue.
Having cleaned the model and basing it with GW modelling sand, I gave the model a white undercoat. I then painted the relic with black paint. I am intending for it to look like grey stone.
After getting to this point, the model then went into storage.
More photographs of the model from the workbench.
Tempestus Scions Valkyrie Airborne Assault Carrier
This Tempestus Scions Valkyrie was on display at Warhammer World.
The Tempestus Scions are elite special forces of the Imperial Guard. They have the best equipment and weapons.
The Valkyrie are troop carrying gunships used by the Imperial Guard. They are used to take soldiers into the heart of the battle. Flying through the enemy gunfire, landing in the hotzone and dropping off their payload before flying up in support.
Sometimes the troops are jumping, using grave chutes, from high above the battlefield. The Valkyrie is armed with lascannons or a multi-laser, and under the wings are missiles or rocket pods. The Valkyrie, like most of the Imperium’s aircraft, is piloted and operated by the Imperial Navy, with a pilot, co-pilot and two door gunners. Though not a helicopter, the Valkyrie is used in a similar way.
I do have one of these, but it currently remains unbuilt in its box. I did though paint some for Aeronautica Imperialis.
Gallery of Valkyrie models.
Thunderbolt Heavy Fighter
The Thunderbolt heavy fighter is one of the two main fighter aircraft patterns used by the Imperial Navy, the other of which is the Lightning air superiority fighter. The Thunderbolt is the mainstay weapon system of Imperial Navy fighter wings and is a rugged, well-armed and armoured heavy fighter with all-around capabilities, a good maximum speed and above-average maneuverability, powerful nose-mounted weapons and hard points located on the wings for missile or bomb load-outs.
The Thunderbolt’s primary combat role is as an air superiority fighter. It seeks out and engages enemy aircraft in dogfights or hunts enemy bombers to establish air superiority. The Thunderbolt’s greatest strength is its versatility, since it has good performance as a high-altitude escort fighter while it is also serviceable in the roles of a low-altitude fighter-bomber, night fighter or even as a reconnaissance aircraft when necessary.
More photographs of the Thunderbolt Heavy Fighter.
Thunderbolt Fighter
Thunderbolt Fighter
Imperial Navy Thunderbolt
Imperial Navy Thunderbolt
Imperial Navy Thunderbolt
Cockpit of the Imperial Navy Thunderbolt
Mark Bedford’s excellent Thunderbolt diorama.
Mark Bedford’s excellent Thunderbolt diorama.
It is an aircraft that is well-liked by those who fly and service it and it has served the cause of the Emperor for many centuries.
Inquisitor back on the workbench
The greatest threat to the Imperium of Man is, and has always been, the followers of Chaos and the foul daemons of the Warp. The Inquisitors of the Ordo Malleus, the Daemonhunters, are at war with forces too terrible to comprehend and, together with the holy warriors of the Grey Knights, they must take the light of the Emperor into the darkness. The threat of the daemonic is so great that only these heroic warriors have the necessary skills and knowledge to stand against such diabolical foes.
One of the HQ choices is of course an Inquisitor and a very nice model it is too. I decided early on that I would leave the book he was holding separate and glue it on later.
After getting to this point, the model then went into storage.
More photographs of the model from the workbench.
Marauder Destroyer at Warhammer World
The Marauder Destroyer variant was developed during the second war for Armageddon after heavy losses in the Naval airforces.
Orkish dominance of the skies over certain areas of Armageddon forced the few remaining Marauders to be refitted to operate at night, flying at extremely low level where they could evade detection. Their new heavier weapon payload made anything which got in the way seriously regret it!
I first saw this model at GamesDay 2008.
More photographs of the Marauder Destroyer.
More photographs of the Imperial Navy.
Inquisitorial Henchmen
Across my workbench (or in storage) I have quite a few Inquisitorial Henchmen.
Witch Hunters are grim, cold individuals who have dedicated their life to the eradication of corruption wherever it may be. Most witch hunters are the state-issued Templars of the Cult of Sigmar. However, there are a wide variety of others, from the Colleges’ Magisters Vigilant to local mercenaries hired out to a nobleman’s service. What they all have in common however is their dedication and zeal against all things tainted and unpure.
All of them need a lot of work.
The workbench features on the henchmen.
The Battle of Vesh’yo
This is The Battle of Vesh’yo diorama.
The legions of the Cult Mechanicus launch an assault on the resource-rich Tau colony world of Vesh’yo, intent on plundering it to feed the insatiable appetites of their Forge Worlds. The mighty Titans of Legio Atarus walk alongside the Knights of House Col Khak, bound to the Lords of Mars by oaths of fealty even older than the Imperium. But will this be enough to defeat the cutting-edge technology of the upstart xenos? Can even a Titan prevail against Tau Supremacy Armour?
There was a huge display of Tau forces defending themselves against an attacking force of Imperial Knights and Titans. At the heart of the battle was the huge Tau Manta.
Ork Kommandos back on the bench
A Kommando is an Ork Boy specialist who prefers to rely on “kunning trikz” instead of fighting his opponents head-on like most other Greenskins. Kommandoz serve as the Orks’ infiltrators and saboteurs, and are masters of the arts of stealth, ambush, unconventional tactics and striking at the opponent from a totally unexpected quarter.
At GamesDay 2006 I purchased a box of Ork Kommandos. The Orks came in quite a few components, and each as their own backpack, with the Nob backpack also having a Grot hiding in the top. I based the models using a basing kit.
The models were given a black undercoat.
Having given the models a black undercoat, a couple were drybrushed with Tin Bitz.
I am going to follow an idea I used with my Stormboyz, but instead of browns, I am going to use greens.
Along with these five models, I have two Ork Kommandos with Burnaz and one with a Big Shoota.
More photographs of the model from the workbench.
Ork Kommando with Burna
At GamesDay 2006 I purchased a box of Ork Kommandos. They were a release from Games Workshop as part of the Medusa V campaign. I also got a couple of Kommando with a Burna. This is a nice model. The Ork Kommando with Burna comes as two castings, which provides four components, the main body, a backpack and the two arms, one of which has the actual burna. I constructed the models and I added some slate and modelling sand to the base.
The next stage was to give the models a black undercoat, where the black spray has “missed” areas this was touched up with thinned down Chaos Black paint. Having given the models a black undercoat, they were drybrushed with Tin Bitz.
More photographs of the model from the workbench.
