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Converted Ork Battlefortress at Warhammer World

This Ork Battlefortress was part of the diorama showing an Imperial assault on an Ork Shanty Town to rescue a downed Valkyrie of the Militarum Tempestus.

This is a conversion of the Forge World resin model which was available for many years before being retired.

I do wonder if we will ever see a new version of this Ork heavy tank?

Photographs of Ork Battlefortresses.

Larger then a Battlewagon, Battlefortresses are used by richer and more powerful Ork Warbosses as super-heavy assault vehicles and mobile command centers. These enormous heavily-armed vehicles bristle with heavy cannons, energy weapons, and explosive launchers. As a rule any Ork vehicle of sufficient size will be called a Battlefortress by the Orks themselves and like most Ork vehicles there is very little standardization and they are highly customized, though several variants exist such as the “Dethrolla” and “Skullhamma”. Nonetheless, these vehicles are a match for any enemy counterpart on the battlefield short of a Titan. Ork Mek Boyz consider the construction of a Battlefortress to be one of their greatest achievements.

More photographs of the diorama over the years, it started off as an Ork diorama at GamesDay 2009.

Ork Battlefortress at Warhammer World

This Ork Battlefortress was part of the diorama showing an Imperial assault on an Ork Shanty Town to rescue a downed Valkyrie of the Militarum Tempestus.

Though I have taken photographs of this huge Ork tank (or battlefortress) over the years in the Ork diorama, it’s only when you start looking at it closely you realise that this isn’t something that was ever released, and is a mix of different models. The main frontal cannon appears to be from the Kill Bursta model. I initially thought it might be a Kill Krusha conversion, but comparing the two you realise that it isn’t, however the top turret certainly is from that model. The tracks though appear to be Imperial in style and look like they are from the BaneBlade super heavy tank. Certainly this is an interesting conversion.

I do wonder if we will ever see a new version of this Ork heavy tank?

Photographs of Ork Battlefortresses.

Larger then a Battlewagon, Battlefortresses are used by richer and more powerful Ork Warbosses as super-heavy assault vehicles and mobile command centres. These enormous heavily-armed vehicles bristle with heavy cannons, energy weapons, and explosive launchers. As a rule any Ork vehicle of sufficient size will be called a Battlefortress by the Orks themselves and like most Ork vehicles there is very little standardisation and they are highly customised, though several variants exist such as the “Dethrolla” and “Skullhamma”. Nonetheless, these vehicles are a match for any enemy counterpart on the battlefield short of a Titan. Ork Mek Boyz consider the construction of a Battlefortress to be one of their greatest achievements.

More photographs of the diorama over the years, it started off as an Ork diorama at GamesDay 2009.

Ork Deffkilla Wartrike

The Deffkilla Wartrike is one of the many different types of attack vehicles used by Orks across the known galaxy.

What is lacks in armour, it makes up for in speed. Deadly scythes on the wheels can cause massive damage to all those who fail to get out of the way of this mean trike. Though the rokkit engine afterburner on the back means that they won’t have enough time to avoid the beast of a trike. The riders aren’t protected, but why worry, when you can just charge into the enemy forces.

Dark Angels Primaris Repulsor

The Repulsor is an Imperial anti-gravitic main battle tank intended to provide armoured support for the Primaris Space Marines of many different Chapters.

The Repulsor armoured transport is a deadly combination of manoeuvrability and raw brute force. Due to the turbine array at its rear, it has tremendous motive power, held aloft by powerful anti-gravitic generators. The Repulsor is so heavily armed and armoured that is doesn’t skim over the landscape but instead crushes the ground below it. The tank grinds forward with a deep bass thrum, reducing rock to gravel and fallen bodies to smears of gore and powdered bone.

More photographs of the Primaris Repulsor.

Militarum Tempestu Taurox Prime at Warhammer World

When the Militarum Tempestu need to transport their soldiers into the heart of battle, they use the Taurox Prime. It is a well armed and armoured infantry assault vehicle. It is usually armed with an array of heavy weapons. It is the ideal support vehicle for the Militarum Tempestus on the battlefield.

The Forge World Ork Shanty Town diorama was changed to have the Militarum Tempestu driving in to the town in their Taurox Prime armoured vehicles to rescue a downed Valkyrie flyer.

More photographs of the Militarum Tempestu Taurox Prime.

Dark Angels Primaris Redemptor Dreadnought

Standing as towering avatars of destruction among the Adeptus Astartes, Redemptor Dreadnoughts represent a significant mechanical leap over traditional Space Marine sarcophagus-hybrids.

Larger, more heavily armoured, and wielding vast arrays of advanced technology, these hulking war machines allow entombed hero-pilots to move with astonishing speed and fluid dexterity despite their massive bulk. Housing a fallen battle-brother within a life-sustaining cybernetic core, the Redemptor transforms a mortally wounded warrior into a relentless, high-calibre engine of war capable of crushing enemy ranks with overwhelming force.

Dark Angels Death Wing Primaris Repulsor Executioner

The Repulsor Executioner is the most heavily armed battle tank available to the Adeptus Astartes, with a choice of murderously powerful, primary turret-mounted weapon, a macro plasma incinerator or heavy laser destructor, supported by a coaxial heavy onslaught gatling cannon. Add to that two krakstorm grenade launchers, two storm bolters, a twin Icarus ironhail heavy stubber, an ironhail heavy stubber as well as a hull-mounted twin heavy bolter and your Repulsor Executioner certainly won’t be lacking for firepower!

Though some Chapters use Repulsor Executioners as armoured escorts for their dedicated troop-carrying tanks, many favour them as transports for Hellblasters and other specialist Primaris squads. In this capacity, the tanks thrum across the battlefield with guns blazing. Whether armed with macro plasma incinerators or heavy laser destroyers, the Executioners unleash fusillade after punishing fusillade, their primary armaments combining with a wealth of secondary weapons to blast the enemy into ruin.

Noctilith Crown

This Noctilith Crown was on display at Warhammer World.

Towering over the battlefield as dread monuments to the Dark Gods, Noctilith Crowns are brutal edifices raised up by Chaos Space Marines to tear open the fabric of realspace. Forged from noctilith—the esoteric, warp-conductive material commonly known as blackstone—these towering structure-crafts act as vast psychic resonators, channeling raw immaterium and thinning the veil between dimensions to deadly effect. By siphoning and amplifying chaotic energies, a Noctilith Crown creates a localised reality-bleeding field that empowers Heretic Astartes sorcerers, shields nearby Chaos infantry behind flickering warp-barriers, and severely destabilises enemy psyker abilities. Standing as an unyielding focal point of ruin, a Noctilith Crown ensures that reality itself buckles beneath the weight of the Warp, carving a permanent foothold for daemonkind and chaos legions alike.

Though from a game mechanics perspective this is a force field, to me it looks more like a gateway in a similar manner to a Stargate.

Dark Angels Gladiator Lancer

Designed to serve as the ultimate long-range hunter-killer for the Primaris Space Marines, the Gladiator Lancer trades troop-transport capability for sheer, armour-shredding firepower. Built upon the hover-capable Impulsor chassis, this anti-tank battle tank replaces the open troop bay with an armoured hull and an advanced weapon turret housing a devastating Lancer laser destroyer. Engineered with exceptional optics and targeting systems, the Lancer picks off enemy super-heavies and war engines with pinpoint accuracy from extreme range, punching smouldering holes through the thickest plating before the foe can even register the threat. By neutralszing high-value armoured targets from afar, the Gladiator Lancer allows fast-moving Astartes spearheads to storm past burning wrecks unhindered and claim their battlefield objectives with absolute dominance.

In the same way the Predator evolves the classic Rhino chassis, the Gladiator adapts the anti-grav Impulsor framework into a dedicated frontline battle tank rather than a troop transport.

Tahlia Vedra, Lioness of the Parch

First Marshal Tahlia Vedra, famed as the Lioness of the Parch, stands as the paramount tactical mind of Hammerhal Aqsha and a fiery beacon of hope for Dawnbringer Crusades across the Mortal Realms. Rising from the gritty life of a mercenary warrior through sharp intellect, unyielding passion, and a trail of bloody victories, she reshaped the Freeguild into a force capable of reclaiming Aqshy’s scorched hearthlands from the grip of Chaos. Astride her terrifying manticore steed, Infernadine, the Lioness leads from the front lines of the Twin-tailed City. Her presence inspires ordinary mortals to stand firm in the face of horror, proving that human grit and strategic brilliance can carve out light within the darkest corners of the realms.