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Lustria, the land of the Lizardmen is invaded by the Empire of Men. Tilean or Estalian Conquistadors attack a Slann temple, trying to free a captive.
This beautiful diorama was part of the displays at Warhammer World and is quite old, from the 1990s I think.
In al the recent previews one certainly stood out for me, and that was the Legion Astartes Whirlwind Missile Tank for The Horus Heresy.
The Whirlwind is a certified Astartes classic combining the venerable Rhino chassis with a huge missile launcher that hurls storms of explosive warheads into enemy ranks, whether it has line of sight or not. The sophisticated range-finding and targeting auspexes mounted to the launcher allow multiple different kinds of munitions to be loaded and fired independently, from standard high explosives to incendiary Pyrax rounds.
The Whirlwind is an Imperial artillery support vehicle based upon the Standard Template Construct (STC) Rhino armoured personnel carrier (APC) chassis that was used by the Space Marine Legions.
This new model reflects the original conversion from 1989. The original Whirlwind was a conversion using a slottabase and plasticard for the rocket launcher. This was published in the September 1989 issues of White Dwarf, #117.
You can see the instructions in this post.
Since 1989 we have seen many different versions of the Whirlwind which have evolved from this original conversion.
I have also preferred the original conversion to the newer versions, so it should be no surprise that I will probably get one of these when they are eventually released.
The Shokkjump Dragsta combines two of the foremost triumphs of the Mekaniak’s art – recklessly fast speedsters and deranged weaponry. It is perhaps unsurprising that it has become one of the most popular forms of transport amongst the Mekboyz of the Kult of Speed.
Ork Speed Freeks Miniatures Gallery
I had both a Grey Knights Terminator with Psycannon and a regular Grey Knights Terminator. These were metal models, which went together very easily. I had given them both a black undercoat. I decided I would then give them a basecoat of Leadbelcher. I has forgotten how dark Leadbelcher can be, probably exacerbated by the black undercoat as well. Wondering if I should get a lighter metallic spray for the Grey Knights armour.
I also had a plastic Terminator, which I followed a similar painting process to the metal models. This was a black undercoat and then a spray of Leadbelcher.
I will use this as a test model and use paint to see the end result. If it doesn’t work then I will strip both the metal terminators and the librarian as well.
I have quite a large collection of Epic Ork miniatures from the time of Epic 40000.
This was an amazing display game from Games Day 2007.
Photographs from Aly Morrison’s and Dave Andrews excellent World War One demonstration game which uses the Warhammer Historical rules and was on display at Games Day 2007. The game was full of wonderful details and well painted miniatures and excellent scenery. I spent ages looking at it.
Based upon the technology of the Coronus Grav-carrier, the smaller Caladius grav-tank is designed to utilise the firepower afforded by the heaviest elements of the Legio Custodes’ arsenal on a highly mobile, protected platform. Given the fusion of advanced systems and weapons, the Caladius is perhaps the most powerful battleline armoured unit of its size in the Imperium’s forces, utilising technologies and materials derived not only from the Dark Age of Technology, but from developments made as a result of the Great Crusade’s two centuries of warfare.
A particularly powerful variant was the ‘Caladius-Annihilator’ which featured an enhanced capacitor-fed Arachnus blaze cannon potent that is enough to pose a threat even to super-heavy armour.
These Legio Custodes Caladius Grav-Tank Annihilators were part of the displays at Warhammer World.
Well we have had the final season and final episode of Netflix’s Stranger Things. Apart from taking a while to deliver on all five seasons, I have enjoyed the programme, really liked the 1980s vibe of the whole thing.
The final season does offer quite a few gaming opportunities in recreating some of the conflict scenes from the series.
The scenarios would be much more narrative than straightforward battles. How much turns can your soldiers survive when faced with the Demigorgons. This could be in and around the Military Access Control Zone (MAC-Z) in Hawkins, or the Gable Ridge Road Base in the Upside Down.
Saying, that there are quite a few scenes from earlier episodes that also could be recreated on the tabletop. Thinking here much more about the Hawkins National Laboratory and the hunting down the Demigorgon. I am thinking a Space Hulk style scenario.
You could also use the series as inspiration for creating scenarios in the 1980s where the military and government forces find themselves in conflict with things out of the ordinary as well.
In 2025 I published 269 blog posts.
In 2024 there was 378 blog posts. In 2023 I published 271, I did 319 in 2022. In 2021, I posted 162 times. In 2020 I posted 436 blog posts, in 2019 I did 143 blog posts. Compare that to 2018 when I wrote just 21 blog posts.
There is no top ten individual blog posts, as WordPress broke the stats as I have ads on the site. So this means I don’t know the stats for individual blog posts.
While the heavy tanks were designed for direct attacks against enemy trenches the Tank Corps also wanted a lighter, faster tank to work with the cavalry over open country. Designed by Sir William Tritton and built by Fosters of Lincoln the Medium A, or Whippet, was the only such tank to see service with the Tank Corps, starting in 1918. Though originally envisioned with a rotating turret, the production model had an armoured housing for three to four 303 Hotchkiss machine guns, which could be relocated between four gun ports. Approved in June 1917, roughly 200 vehicles were produced starting in October 1917. This was the only type of medium tank to see action in World War I.
These Whippet Medium Tanks were on display at Bovington Tank Museum and the Musée royal de l’armée et de l’histoire militaire or Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels.
The Whippet was a difficult tank to drive; it had two engines, two clutches and two gearboxes but it was fast, by 1918 standards and very manoeuvrable in skilled hands. Even so experience soon showed that it was incapable of working with the cavalry and, in truth, should have been seen as an alternative. The Whippet was powered by a pair of Tylor four-cylinder engines, the same type that would be found in London buses of that period.
I do think that this tank would make for a great base for vehicles for an alternative Great War. It could be converted into a turreted tank, or a self propelled gun. One other idea is to use the tanks for A Very British Civil War background, those in storage are taken out of retirement and used by both sides.