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Legions Imperialis: The Battle for Ceres City

This was the Legions Imperialis Diorama at Warhammer World. One of the reasons I wanted to visit Warhammer World was to see what Legions Imperialis models they had on display. I was not to be disappointed.

Ceres City changed hands nine times during the campaign for control of the Delta-Garmon system, and the diorama captures the Blood Angels and the Titans of Legio Solaria waging war against the Iron Warriors and Legio Fureans.

The Battle for Ceres City

More photographs of The Battle for Ceres City.

Plagueburst Crawler

Plagueburst Crawlers are lumbering, formidable siege tanks whose huge ram-blades, thick armour plating and daemonic energies provide them with incredible resilience. Their fearsome plagueburst mortars boast a parabolic fire arc and terrifying range, while the shells they fire combine high-radius explosives with lethal clouds of corrosive spores to inflict damage comparable to that of Imperial Demolisher cannon. The remainder of the Crawler’s weaponry is intended to slaughter the foe up close, spraying diseased slime and hails of vital shells at any who approach.

Arvus Lighter

Arvus Lighter on display in a Necromunda diorama at Warhammer World.

The Arvus Lighter is a small, general purpose cargo shuttle that is widely used by the Imperium of Man for many tasks, both in space and on the surface of planets. The Arvus is commonly used by both Imperial Navy warships and Imperial merchant vessels, including Rogue Traders. The Arvus is just one of many types of small, void-capable shuttles used by the Imperium. The Arvus is piloted by a single pilot, and is not equipped with any weapon systems, in fact, the Arvus possesses only the most basic navigation equipment, external sensors, and proximity alarms. The Arvus has a powerful engine that allows it to carry heavy cargo to and from a planet’s surface.

This was the Forge World resin model. Since then a plastic kit of the Arvus Lighter has been released.

Arvus Lighter Miniatures Gallery.

Grot Tank

On my last visit to Warhammer World, they did have a Grot Tank in the display cabinets. They also had a box of them for sale in the shop. Now I was very tempted to get a box to add to my current fleet of Grot Tanks. However in the end I went with some Old World miniatures. Alas the Grot Tanks have been deleted from the store and are no longer available. I am a little disappointed.

This was the Grot Tank at Warhammer World.

The lunatic product of the deranged imaginations of grot riggers and scavs that have spent far too long basking in the insane genius of the Big Meks, Grots Tanks are diminutive armoured vehicles made to imitate the far larger Ork Wagons and Tanks.

I really liked these models and I bought them when they were released, but alas they spent many years on the Grot Tank workbench before I got some real painting done and virtually finished all four tanks.

See the Grot Tank Miniatures Gallery for more photographs of these little tanks.

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.

Ork Shanty Town

This Imperial assault on the Ork Shanty Town to rescue a downed Valkyrie of the Militarum Tempestus.

Flakkatrukk

Taurox Prime of the Militarum Tempestus

Megatrakk Scrapjet

Ork Battlewagon with Killkannon

Flakkatrukk

Ork Battle Fortress

Gorkanaut

Orks

Ork Shanty Town

Taurox Prime of the Militarum Tempestus

Ork Shanty Town

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

Aeronautica Imperialis

Aeronautica Imperialis is a game of aerial combat set in the Warhammer 40,00 universe. While ground troops push forward to secure tactical objectives, winged squadrons push forward in the skies to decimate enemy positions and intercept enemy fighters.

With the release of Legion Imperialis, we saw the retirement of Aeronautical Imperialis. Well a Horus Heresy version of the game was retained. In the display cabinets at Warhammer World (in 2023) there were a few Aeronautical Imperialis models on display.

Storm Eagle

Xiphon Interceptor

Lightning Fighter

Grot Bommer

Tau Tiger Shark AX-1-0

I really like the Aeronautical Imperialis models and have a fair few Ork models on my workbench. It’s a pity it has been retired and we’re not going to see any new Xenos models for a while.

See the Aeronautical Imperialis Miniatures Gallery.

Orks at Warhammer World

At Warhammer World there were lots of great and beautifully painted Ork models.

Battlewagon

Ork Battlewagon

Battlewagon

Ork Battlewagon

Flakkatrukk

Mek Gunz

Gorkanaut

Ork Battle Fortress

Ork Battlewagon with Killkannon

Rukkatrukk Squigbuggy

Deffkilla Wartrike

Mega Dread

Megatrakk Scrapjet

Kustom Boosta-blasta

Ork Trukk

Squighog Boyz

Mozrog Skragbad

More photographs of Orks.

Ork Miniatures Gallery

Ork Speed Freeks Miniatures Gallery

Various Ork models on my workbench.

Feral Orks Workbench

Grot Workbench

Ork Workbench

Plaguereaper of Nurgle

This conversion of a Baneblade into a Plaguereaper was done for Apocalypse from 2007. It took the then new Imperial Guard Baneblade super heavy tank and was converted not just into a Chaos Baneblade, but a Plaguereaper of Nurgle.

A Plaguereaper of Nurgle, also known as a Chaos Plaguereaper or more simply as a Plaguereaper, is a Chaos-corrupted variant of the Baneblade super-heavy main battle tank used by the Imperium of Mankind’s Imperial Guard.

The Plaguereaper is used by the forces of Chaos affiliated with Nurgle, the Chaos God of plague, decay and corruption. The Plaguereaper has been distorted beyond all recognition by the “gifts” bestowed upon it by Nurgle, and has been transformed into a gurgling, fortress surrounded by a cloud of pestilence and disease.

The vehicle features large vats of virulent slime distilled from rotting, plague-ridden corpses mounted on its sides. These large vats are used to feed the tank’s main weapon, a massive Pus Cannon. The weapon is connected to the corpse vats via large bulging pipes which fill the weapon will a horrendous concoction of disgusting toxic and corrosive slime.

A living chaos tank, still a great conversion.

More photographs of the Plaguereaper of Nurgle.

The Merwyrm returns from the depths

In the Warhammer Community there was news about the re-release of the Merwyrm for Warhammer: The Old World.

The Merwyrms are distant, watery cousins of the dragons, among the most ancient beasts in the Old World. The Sea Lords sometimes summon and bind them to their will, letting them loose writhe in battle, battering and eviscerating the foe with their heavy bulk and sharp claws – a dark, watery foil to the nobility of the dragons above.

What’s interesting is the origins of the model.

This is a rare kit returning to the range for the first time in more than a decade – a beast once part of the Warhammer Forge range.

This did make me wonder if there will be future releases for Old World from the short lived Warhammer Forge range.

One of the models I always liked, but never bought was the Marienberg Landship.