Category: warhammer world

Shugengan Lord on Great Spirit Longma

This model was on display at Warhammer World.

Shugengan Lord on Great Spirit Longma

The armies of Grand Cathay are led by Shugengan Lords, individuals whose very lineage connects them to the divine power of the Celestial Dragon. Often descendants of the Dragon’s own offspring, they are natural sorcerers, mastering the Elemental Winds with the same innate skill they demonstrate with a blade. The Celestial Court holds the most formidable of these Dragon-blooded in deep reverence, for they lead the charge in battle, their powerful presence in the thick of the fray inspiring the armies of the Dragon Emperor to victory.

Warlord Battle Titan at the Dropsite Massacre

One of the new dioramas at Warhammer World was The Dropsite Massacre. In corner of the display was this Forge World Warlord Battle Titan.

Warlord Battle Titan

Within the Urgall Depression, the Salamanders fall back from their faltering attack on the Warmaster’s fortress, expecting the newly arrived Second Wave to bolster the assault and finally break Horus’ defences. Instead, Vulkan’s warriors unknowingly turn back towards their annihilation – the guns of the Iron Warriors arrayed against them in betrayal. Their presumed allies unleash a ruthless barrage of fire into the Salamanders’ lines, turning the black sands into a mire soaked with Nocturnean blood.

Gate Masters of the Celestial Cities

The Gate Masters of the Celestial Cities command the Jade Warriors, Grand Cathay’s elite professional soldiers.

Gate Masters of the Celestial Cities

Their training focuses intensely on defending their city’s walls, a skill they share with every soldier under their command.

Gate Masters of the Celestial Cities

They serve as a critical conduit for the will of their Lord Magistrate, who grants them unparalleled trust among all their military officers.

Jade Warriors

The Jade Warriors form the steadfast, professional core of Grand Cathay’s disciplined armies. Named for the sacred stone of the Dragon Emperor, which symbolises the unyielding nature of his vast empire, these infantrymen are renowned throughout the Old World for their exceptional training and exquisite equipment.

Each city-state within Cathay fields its own regiments, arming them with finely crafted hand weapons and shields, or elegant halberds with crescent blades. In battle, they stand as an implacable, emerald wall, against which the chaotic hordes and barbarian incursions from beyond the Great Bastion are destined to break, embodying the unwavering resolve of the Celestial Dragon’s domain.

Pull up the drawbridge

This small diorama was on display at Warhammer World. It features mounted Chaos Warriors attempting to attack a bastion of the Empire.

It could be an entrance to a castle, or perhaps a city wall.

It’s not a diorama I recollect seeing before at Warhammer World or in a copy of White Dwarf (then again I don’t buy every copy of White Dwarf). It was in the first section of the exhibition, which makes me think it’s old.

Genestealer Cults Goliath Rockgrinder

On display at Warhammer World was this Genestealer Cults Goliath Rockgrinder.

Built to withstand the pressures and challenges of underground mining, the Goliath Rockgrinder is a devastating piece of equipment when turned to aggression. Surging forward into the massed ranks of the enemy, servo-mounted weaponry seeking and destroying priority targets, the Rockgrinder drives ever-forward, its sawtoothed drilldozer ripping apart anything foolish enough to stand in its path. The fourth-generation cultist standing atop the vehicle efficiently uses its industrial equipment as a weapon of war – heavy mining lasers, seismic cannons and clearance incinerators, though designed for mining and gathering resources, are perfectly suited to annihilation.

Cathayan Sentinel at Warhammer World

A testament to the Dragon’s unparalleled command of the Elemental Winds, Cathayan Sentinels are not merely statues, but colossal, animated warriors brought forth from the very earth.

While popular lore often refers to ‘Terracotta Sentinels’, reserving that specific term for the guardians meticulously crafted from magically charged red earth along the Great Bastion, these towering figures can in fact be fashioned from any stone native to the lands they safeguard.

This allows them to seamlessly emerge from the landscape, adding to their mystique. On the battlefield, their true might is unleashed. They are nigh impervious to the sharpest blade or the heaviest blow, their stone forms shrugging off attacks that would fell a lesser warrior. With each ponderous, powerful swing of their colossal armaments, they are capable of scything through entire regiments, transforming disciplined formations into scattered, broken ranks.

On a recent visit to Warhammer World I took some more photographs of the Cathayan Sentinel.

I have a Cathayan Sentinel on the workbench.

Imperial Thunderbolt 1995 Golden Demon Open Competition Winner

Dave Andrews’ excellent Thunderbolt diorama, with a scratchbuilt Thunderbolt on display at Warhammer World.

It was the 1995 Golden Demon Open Competition winner.

This was before the time of the Forge World Thunderbolt and even before Forge World! Very clever and simple idea which works really well.

Troll Hag at Warhammer World.

This beautifully painted hideous Troll Hag was on display at Warhammer World.

Troll Hag at Warhammer World.

Troll Hags are loathsome creatures, far larger and more dangerous than their kin. The sight of one shambling from the water in pursuit of prey, their massive bulk glistening with pungent swamp slime, is truly terrifying.

I nearly bought this model on my recent visit to Warhammer World.