Tag: baneblade

Plaguereaper of Nurgle

Plaguereaper of Nurgle on display at GamesDay 2007.

 Converting a Plaguereaper requires a fairly high degree of modelling skill (and a particularly sinister mind, judging by our model shown here). These bastions of pestilence pour forth their corrosive filth onto the enemy, drowning the foe in flesh and armour-eating pus and muck. In game terms, the Plaguereaper shares much in common with a Baneblade, exchanging the main gun for the vile pus cannon. This Strength 7, AP 3 template weapon can dig out almost any defender from any position, the torrent of filth murdering anything shy of a Terminator. The mental image of a Plaguereaper plying its trade on the frontlines is almost as unpleasant as the battlefield reality.

Imperial Guard Baneblade

Here is a photograph of a very clean Imperial Guard Baneblade from the display cabinets at GamesDay 2007.

Imperial Guard Baneblade on display at GamesDay 2007.
Imperial Guard Baneblade on display at GamesDay 2007.

There is a fair bit of weathering, note the rusty tracks and chipped paintwork, still looks a little too clean too me.

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Centaur Artillery Tractor

The Centaur Artillery Tractor is one of many Centaur variants, designed to manoeuvre and deploy light artillery in the field.

This is one from Simon’s collection.

Centaur Artillery Tractor
Centaur Artillery Tractor

As you can see, compared to the Baneblade that it is quite small.

Centaur Artillery Tractor
Centaur Artillery Tractor in front of Baneblade

Really nice model.

The Musical Box

Here is another photograph of Simon’s BaneBlade, it is very BIG! He’s done a really nice job on it and it looks very impressive on the battlefield.

mperial Guard BaneBlade The Musical Box
Super Heavy Imperial Guard Baneblade from Simon’s collection.

One aspect which some have noticed is the name of the tank, “The Musical Box”.

Those of you who know about tanks from The Great War, may know that The Musical Box is the name of a tank from that war.

From Tanks for the Memory.

Whippets were first used in action near Herbetune in northern France on 26 March 1918 to help stem the German offensive when twelve “Whippets” near Colincamps surprised and put to flight two German infantry battalions.

But the Mk As really came to the fore in August 1918 when some 96 Whippets of the 3rd Tank Brigade were used during the Battle for Amiens. Although cavalry horses were still faster and better able to cope with rough, muddy terrain, Whippets proved more of a match for serious opposition.

One such Whippet, “Musical Box”, belonging to B Coy, 6th Battalion, commanded by Lieutenant C.B. Arnold, took part in the big attack on August 8, 1918, overtook the slow Mk V:s, routed a German Artillery Battery and on it’s own penetrated to the rear of the German lines. Essentially the lonely Whippet, with its bold crew of only three men, carried on a war of its own. It shot down retiring infantry, attacked horse and motor transport – even ramming a German lorry into a stream -and regularly terrorised the bewildered “Boche”. This went on for eleven hours, and then the tank was first immobilised, surrounded and then destroyed by fire from field artillery. Arnold and one of his crew survived, and were taken prisoners.

More photographs of Imperial Guard Baneblade super heavy tanks.