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Forge World’s big Ork tank mounts a huge gun ready to take on any Imperial BaneBlade or even Titan.
Having fixed the sides, the next stage was the top of the superstructure and the turrets.
The engine was added to the rear.
The main armament was added to the front. This was another piece that I thought didn’t fit too well.
Still one mean looking Ork warmachine.
See the full workbench feature on the Kil Bursta.
Forge World’s big Ork tank mounts a huge gun ready to take on any Imperial BaneBlade or even Titan.
Having built the chassis, the next stage was the superstructure. This didn’t quite fit as well as I thought it should.
There were a fair few gaps. However with a model such as this, the gaps were less obvious than would be on an Imperial model.
After fitting the sides, the Doza Blade was added.
This is one big tank.
See the full workbench feature on the Kil Bursta.
I’ve always like the Krupp truck, probably as a result of buying the Matchbox 1/76th scale model kit.
You may recall an earlier blog post on the influence of Matchbox and Airfix kits on my purchasing decisions.
So was pleased to see that the truck was also available for Flames of War. Decided to get a couple even though I am building a Late War German force.
Forge World’s big Ork tank mounts a huge gun ready to take on any Imperial BaneBlade or even Titan.
This is quite an easy model to put together.
The tracks were quite warped, however by immersing them in hot water it was straightforward to fix them to the suspension.
Unlike the Kil Krusha or the Big Trakk the tracks for the Kil Bursta were much easier to fit.
I do like the look of this model, the ramshackle thrown together look.
It does go well together.
The main engine is suitably Orky.
The front and rear hull was added to the model.
The parts fitted quite well.
This is one big tank.
See the full workbench feature on the Kil Bursta.
As well as the boxed set, I also have the German Panzergrenadier Platoon blister. It contains three squads.
I picked up the Grot Mega Tank at GamesDay 2010. It was available in limited numbers, but I was lucky enough to pick one up, before they sold out. I really do like this model alongside the Grot Tanks. The model is very ship like with battleship style turrets and a prow shaped bow. It is a very ramshackle vehicle and looks like (as it should) if the grots have just thrown it together from parts lying around the battlefield and stuff stolen from a Mek workshop.
After putting the model together and adding turrets, the next stage was the undercoat. I did a two part undercoat of white and black.
Black was used for the tracks and to provide shadow, whilst the top of the model was done with a white undercoat.
The next stage will be the basecoat. I am unsure at this point if I will use a spray or a brush.
A veteran of World War I, in the 1920s and 1930s de Gaulle came to the fore as a proponent of mobile armoured divisions, which he considered would become central in modern warfare. During World War II, he reached the temporary rank of Brigadier General, leading one of the few successful armoured counter-attacks during the 1940 Fall of France, and then briefly served in the French government as France was falling.
Charles de Gaulle is available for Flames of War and comes with a Somau S35 objective. The blister contains the metal parts and resin objective.
Forge World’s big Ork tank mounts a huge gun ready to take on any Imperial BaneBlade or even Titan.
The first job was to wash the resin before construction. I then started to fix the wheels to the main chassis.
This is one big tank.
See the full workbench feature on the Kil Bursta.
The Char B1 was a French heavy tank manufactured before the Second World War. It was a specialised heavy break-through vehicle, originally conceived as a self-propelled gun with a 75 mm howitzer in the hull; later a 47 mm gun in a turret was added, to allow it to function also as a Char de Bataille, a “battle tank” fighting enemy armour, equipping the armoured divisions of the Infantry Arm.
Among the most powerfully armed and armoured tanks of its day, the type was very effective in direct confrontations with German armour in 1940 during the Battle of France, but a slow speed and high fuel consumption made it ill-adapted to the war of movement then fought. After the defeat of France captured Char B1 (bis) would be used by Germany, some rebuilt as flamethrowers or mechanised artillery.
It’s as the German flamethrower variant that is sold for Flames of War that I purchased. At the time of writing battlefront have repackaged the blister as early war French version. I got two blisters of the Char B1.
Though having looked at the army lists in the Blitzkrieg book it looks like I should really have three, however there were only two in the shop when I bought them. So I ordered a third when I made a recent order for Flames of War.
Within the blister you get the resin hull and turret whilst the rest of the model is whitemetal.
See the full workbench feature on my Char B1 bis platoon.
I have also managed to get a fourth one to make as a command version.
Forge World’s big Ork tank mounts a huge gun ready to take on any Imperial BaneBlade or even Titan.
The Kill Bursta mounts a huge-bore Kannon capable of destroying bunkers and siegeworks with ease.
As with the Kill Krusha you do get a lot of resin.
The tracks were quite warped, nothing that a little hot water wouldn’t fix. I really like the commander figure.
The first job was to wash the resin before construction.
See the full workbench feature on the Kil Bursta.
