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Armoured Vehicles of the Grey Knights

In Warhammer World was a lovely Grey Knights army with a range of armoured vehicles. I have been working on a Grey Knights army for some time now. It includes some armoured vehicles including a Land Raider.

In the displays was this Grey Knights Land Raider.

The Land Raider Phobos is the standard main battle tank for the Space Marines, so it is no surprise that the Grey Knights make use of the armoured fist of the Space Marines.

This one had the iconography of the Grey Knights, these were resin doors from Forge World, which sadly are no longer available.

This is a Grey Knights Land Raider Crusader. Designed for anti-infantry assault fighting. In place of Lascannons, the Crusader is armed with Hurricane Bolters. Alongside is a front mounted hull Assault Cannon.

As it doesn’t have lascannons, it has extra troop carrying capacity as there is no requirement for las-power generators for the said lascannons.

A variant of the Land Raider is the Land Raider Redeemer, which in itself is a variant of the Land Raider Crusader. These versions of the Land Raider provide short-range assault support during anti-infantry attacks or for urban street fighting.

The Land Raider Redeemer replaces the Land Raider Crusader’s weapons with the dreaded sponson-mounted Flamestorm Cannons. These massive flame-based weapons send burning sheets of promethium into the enemy, and can be really effective against hardened bunkers. A highly effective vehicle for fighting dug-in infantry in urban areas.

I have been painting up two Grey Knights Land Raiders, one a standard Phobos variant, the other a Mark IIb with sponsons. Though I am now in the process of painting them as Imperial Fists models, but they still have the Grey Knights iconography.

Not quite a dreadnought, but similar this Grey Knights Nemesis Dreadknight was on display at Warhammer World.

Essentially this allows a Grey Knight to be stronger and carry heavier weapons.

It was developed and designed to take on the might of Greater Daemons and Daemon Princes.

There was this Grey Knights Razorback.

The Razorback is a tracked, armoured vehicle used by Space Marine Chapters. Its design is based on the Rhino chassis and as such is quite easy to manufacture, sharing many of its design features.

It is sometimes favoured over the Rhino because of its superior firepower, although this comes at the cost of less transport space.

I have Forge World version on my workbench.

There was also a Grey Knights Stormraven Gunship is an armoured versatile craft that combines the role of dropship, armoured transport and strike craft.

Some great looking models.

Space Wolves Primaris Repulsor

This Primaris Repulsor of the Space Wolves Space Marine Chapter was part of the displays at Warhammer World.

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.

Primaris Repulsor Miniatures Gallery.

Blood Angels Stormraven Gunship

The Space Marine Stormraven Gunship is an armoured versatile craft that combines the role of dropship, armoured transport and strike craft.

This Blood Angels Stormraven Gunship was in the displays at Warhammer World.

Imperial Guard Macharius with Vanquisher Cannons

The Macharius Heavy Tank, often referred to as a “Second-Generation” Baneblade, is a heavily armoured tank of the Imperial Guard. It is larger than the standard Leman Russ Tank but smaller than the Baneblade it was built to replace when none are available. Macharius tanks are built by Adeptus Mechanicus Forge Worlds that are eager to secure large military contracts, but do not possess the Standard Template Construct (STC) designs which are needed to manufacture super-heavy battle tanks such as the Baneblade or Shadowsword.

This is the variant with Vanquisher Cannons.

From Damien Pedley’s collection on display at Warhammer World.

Imperial Guard Stormblade

The Stormblade super-heavy tank is a variant of the Astra Militarum’s Shadowsword Titan-killer tank. It is armed with a Plasma Blastgun instead of a Volcano Cannon, but it is still able to perform the role of Titan-hunter on the battlefield.

This Imperial Guard Stormblade was in the displays at Warhammer World.

Stormblades are built on Forge Worlds that lack the ability to build true Shadowsword tanks, and thus have to compensate by using different weaponry and other less advanced technologies than the original.

Another Stormblade from the cabinets.

From Damien Pedley’s collection on display at Warhammer World.

I like the lighting effect that has been used on the model.

Necromunda Chronos Pattern Ironcrawler

With its tracked propulsion, the Ironcrawler can drive over anything – from sand and rocks to prone enemy gangers or Gun-smyths who’ve sold you dodgy merchandise. Its sealed cab keeps the driver safe from radioactive dust storms and radioactive gangers alike, for a true all-terrain vehicle.

This kit is a combination of plastic and resin. I do like this model and think it is a much better model than the Cargo-8 Ridgehauler. I was a bit on the fence with the Cargo-8 Ridgehauler and never bought one. Though they did bring out the trailer and the Promethium Tanks trailer, the concept still didn’t really work for me.

However, the Chronos Pattern Ironcrawler model has a realistic industrial feel to it. I can see this not just in the Ash Wastes, but also in games of Warhammer 40K. I quite like the Necromunda range, it has some nice models that can add to the look and feel of 40K scenery and games.

Now with the Chronos Pattern Ironcrawler I am also thinking that this could make a good hauler for a land train. Then I got thinking about making some armed and armoured trailers for a land train. One option would be to add wheels instead of the tracks to the Chronos Pattern Ironcrawler, as the chassis is probably the same as the Cargo-8 Ridgehauler.

Another idea I have thought about for the Chronos Pattern Ironcrawler is to paint it in JCB yellow as a piece of scenery. Though it is missing a dozer blade.

On my most recent visit to Warhammer World I certainly was tempted to pick one of these up. I thought it was quite reasonable at £99. In the end though I went with some other things. So, may as well add this model to my ever increasing list of wants!

Ork Boomdakka Snazzwagon

These Ork Boomdakka Snazzwagons were in the displays at Warhammer World.

The roar of overcharged engines and the crackle of flames herald the arrival of the Boomdakka Snazzwagons. Lightly built speedsters based around looted vehicle frames, Snazzwagons are clad in hastily welded scrap armour. Their drivers go hell for leather, as they know that a single artillery shell is likely to blow their ride to smithereens. Of course, the enemy has to hit them first, and as the Snazzwagons fishtail and skid madly through hails of incoming fire, it quickly becomes apparent that this is no mean feat! Gangs of howling Burna Boyz cling on, flinging burna bottles – the resulting inferno is as dangerous to the Orks as it is their foes, but the crew is too busy having fun to worry about paltry concerns like getting cremated in a firestorm.

This Bad Moons Boomdakka Snazzwagon has a real Max Max feel to it, down to the grot tied to the front of the wagon.

Though I do like this model, I think that a simpler version would have allowed for easier conversions, both homemade and Forge World kits.

Crimson Fists Vindicator

This Crimson Fists Vindicator was in the display cabinets at Warhammer World.

The Vindicator is a Rhino-based siege tank that boasts the most devastating weapon in the Space Marines’ armoury – the demolisher cannon. The demolisher cannon is the weapon of choice amongst the Imperium’s armies when faced with dug-in enemy infantry in a dense environment such as a cityfight or siege. The terrific blast unleashed by the detonation of the huge demolisher shells can bring down building in which the enemy take cover.

Games Workshop have had a Vindicator model in their ranges for many years now. Originally a conversion article in White Dwarf back in 1989, it was followed up some years later with a Forge World resin conversion kit of the then new plastic rhino.

In 2007 Games Workshop released a new plastic Vindicator. Not to be outdone, in 2013 Forge World released the Demios Pattern Vindicator. In 2023, ten years later, a Vindicator Siege Tank plastic kit for The Horus Heresy was released.

Vindicator Miniatures Gallery.

Buying stuff at Warhammer World

I was visiting Warhammer World and decided I would treat myself to something. I did have an idea of the kits I might get, but wasn’t really set on any one thing.

I did consider getting the Macharius Vulcan Heavy Tank, which is one of the models on the top of my wants lost. However it wasn’t in stock. Another idea was the Warhammer World exclusive Land Speeder, but that also wasn’t in stock.

As I toured the exhibition, I decided that I would probably get some more Grot tanks, as I had enjoyed building and painting the ones I had bought before.

Though you can mail order models from Games Workshop (that aren’t available in your local gaming shop or even branches of Games Workshop) there is something about buying them from Warhammer World.

So, before I paid my money I did look around at what else was around. Seeing the metal models available for The Old World, I started to feel a little nostalgic. In the end I bought two models from The Old World Range.

I bought the Orc Warboss on Wyvern.

I never had this (originally) metal kit, this version is resin and I did like it. did think about using it for my Feral Ork army. Though I might paint it for an Orc and Goblin army for The Old World.

The other thing I got were the Dwarf Engineers.

This was four metal models, which were originally released about twenty years ago. I never bought these, as my original dwarf army comprised miniatures from the 1980s and 1990s.

I was pleased with my purchases and am looking forward to constructing and painting them.

Deffkilla Wartrike

This Ork Deffkilla Wartrike was on display at Warhammer World.

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.