Tag: imperial navy

Thunderbolt Dispersal

This wonderful Thunderbolt diorama was on display at the Forge World Open Day.

Mark Bedford's excellent Thunderbolt diorama.
Mark Bedford’s excellent Thunderbolt diorama.

If it reminds you of Dave Andrews’ classic Thunderbolt diorama then you wouldn’t be too far wrong, it inspired the diorama above.

There is lots of lovely detail in the model.

See all my photographs from the Forge World Open Day 2009 in this gallery.

See more photographs of the Thunderbolt Fighter.

Imperial Navy Valkyrie

One of the impressive games this year at GamesDay 2009 was the mega game which comprised a large Imperial city surrounded by a defensive wall.The model builders had used lots and lots of Imperial Bastions and Shrine of the Aquila. For the citybuildings they used the Cities of Death building kits. There were a fair few Valkyries flying about the game too.

Imperial Navy Valkyrie

Check out my Games Day 2009 Gallery.

Marauder Destroyer

The Marauder Destroyer variant was developed during the second war for Armageddon after heavy losses in the Naval airforces. Orkish dominance of the skies over certain areas of Armageddon forced the few remaining Marauders to be refitted to operate at night, flying at extremely low level where they could evade detection. Their new heavier weapon payload made anything which got in the way seriously regret it!

Marauder Destroyer on display at GamesDay 2008.
Marauder Destroyer on display at GamesDay 2008

This is a model on display at GamesDay 2008. This is also the Marauder Destroyer featured in the Modelling Masterclass Volume 1. I love the detail on these models.

More photographs of the Imperial Navy.

Aquila Lander

This Aquila Lander was on display in the Forge World cabinets at GamesDay 2004.

It was a well painted model and has a lot of detail, look into the cockpit to see what I mean, click the image for a larger image.

Personally I was never a fan of the Aquila Lander it seemed just too different from other Imperial Navy aircraft or even Space Marine aircraft. I much prefer the Arvus Lighter even though it is unarmed!

More photographs of the Aquila Lander.