Greetings everyone! First I want to apologize, it's taken me way too long to join this great site. There is some tremendous talent here so I thought I'd throw my hat into the ring as well.

Some time ago I during a night of insomnia I got inspired to build a series of Space Marine tanks that reflected the character of each of the original loyalist Legions from the time of the Horus Heresy. But these wouldn't be just any tanks, these would be the super-heavy Fellblades of the Adeptus Astartes! The first one up was the Blood Angels' Sactimonia Cruoris (previously known as the Sanctimonia of Cruor before someone corrected my Latin ). Below is some fluff I wrote on its background that set the tone for this project.

Even though I've already started on #2, the Imperial Fist Iron Breaker, I thought it would be good to give you some history as to how the project came about and bring you up to speed to where I am now. So without further ado, here...we...go....

The Fellblade is one of the most ancient war machines available to the forces of the Imperium. Much like its other heavily armed brethren the Fellblade bristles with potent weapons capable of laying low the most powerful of foes. However, what makes the Fellblade most dangerous is not its formidable guns or massive treads, it is that this hammer of mankind lies within the hands of the Adeptus Astartes, the Space Marines.

Once a common site along side the elite of the Emperor during the Great Crusades there are but a scant handful remaining amongst the original Legions. Yet in the midst of these few are the Fellblades of Renown, artifacts of a thousand wars that rise up like gods above the titans. One such as this is the Fellblade of the Blood Angels known in antiquity as the Sactimonia Cruoris, the Purity of the Blood.

As old as the Chapter itself, the Sactimonia Cruoris was used as the test bed for many of the new technologies and weapons discovered by the Blood Angels during the Great Crusade. Although not always in the same configuration, the Sactimonia Cruoris was forever at the forefront of battle and has the great distinction of being one of the few recorded vehicle to have participated in the Battle of Terra during the Horus Heresy and survived to this day. Even though its current pattern has not changed in nearly three thousand years the tomes of Master of the Forge still identifies its present form as “Experimental.”

Now a treasured relic, the Sactimonia Cruoris is only awoken from its slumber when the call to arms is so great that the entire Blood Angels Chapter is mobilized. It last took to the fields of war during the Second Battle for Armageddon. During the initial bombardment outside the Hive of Hades the Blood Angel performed a daring move deploying the Sactimonia Cruoris and a squadron of Baal class predators by rapid insertion into the heart of the ork horde. In less than a minute the sheer firepower of the Sanctimonia of Cruor and its comrades massacred the xenos within a half a kilometer of their drop zone in all directions. By the time the orks could regroup the void had been filled with the entire 3rd company and elements of the 1st. The Blood Angels had established their beach head allowing the rest of the angelic host to descent from the heavens and wage war against the invaders.










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Let's start with the main turret. I wanted the Fellblades to have a unique looked from the Baneblade so one of the first projects was redesigning the turret. The Visions of Heresy shows the old bubble top design like the old predator tank from eons ago. I decided to use that as a base but make it multi-faceted so that it blended in better with the overall sharp angled look of the tank.

First I built the basic form out of plasticard, filled in the gaps, and sanded it smooth until I had a nice base to work with.



Next up were all the plastic bits and wire that made it look more like something you'd see on a tank. Oh, and rivets...lots and lots of rivets. I got these from a company called Tichy Train Group that makes rivets, nuts, and bolts in all different sized. The ones I used here are the 0.040 and 0.050 inch diameter:





Finally I cast the whole thing up in a silicone mold so that I could make turrets for all the Fellblades to come....




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Next were the secondary turrets that were to replace the side turrets on the sponsons and the main hull. As I planned to move the heavy bolters up from the lower sponson to the turret I needed something a little taller and wider. Also the original turrets didn't match the look of my new main turret.

I built the turret from plasticard much like the larger one. It too has a removable weapon mount that rotates up and down. I also added a targetting box up top that looks space mariney but a little older and bulkier. Kind of like the predecessors of today's targetters, this thing is 10,000 years old after all



Front:


Back:





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Next up are the less than sexy fuel system and engines. The fuel drums on the Baneblade look great and give it a sense of scale but I wanted something that has a more integral look for the Fellblade, kind of like today's modern tanks and APC. As such, I came up with this angular thing of pipes, bolts, and rivets:





Then there is the engine. I was really happy how this turned out. Very space mariney and it fits well with the overall model. Also the back plate has a cutout in the center for the shrine. Like its counterparts it's all made of plasticard, strips, and tubes. It was a bit of a challenge to assemble but I think it turned out rather good.






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Finally came the assembly, which was also the most fun part of this project. Given all the new Blood Angels bitz that have been released there was a real plethora of parts to use on the Sactimonia Cruoris.

Starting with the Baneblade kit I cut out the old main turret section and added my new base plate that move the main turret more to the center. The rear engine portion was replaced with the new one along with the engines and exhaust. I also carefully cut out the shrine from the old piece and added it to the new. The rear tread covers were replaced by my new fuel tanks, which matched up nicely with the fuel ports on the Baneblade model. The Baneblade's twin-linked heavy bolters were trimmed to fit onto the new side turrets and a Baal Predator twin-link assault cannon was added to the new one mounted on the main hull. As for the sponsons I modified a Land Raider Redeemer flamestorm cannon to fit on either side. Finally the Baneblade treads were replaced with my Liberator Pattern 1.0 treads available from my eBay store.

Once all the resin pieces had been fitted I went to town gluing on all the extra plastic bitz. The teeth along the side armor skirts were replaced with the Blood Angels icons from the Drop Pods. The high mounted headlights are from the IG Valkyrie. The machine spirit and radar dish on the main turret are from the command upgrade sprue from Apocalypse. Everything else are bitz from other kits and Forgeworld. It was quite the conglomeration.









Then came the buckets of primer, paint, and washes. The end results you can see at the beginning of this thread or in the BoLS article. I'm quite happy how it all turned out. My goal was to create something that looked old but had enough design elements from the Space Marines to really distinguish it from just a Baneblade painted in Blood Angel colors. Overall I think it worked out pretty well.

So one down, six to go....


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So this brings us on to Fellblade #2. After taking a quick poll on another site the overwhelming response was that people wanted to see a Fellblade from the Imperial Fists. Now this one I had been planning to hold off for a little bit as my idea for it was rather more complicated than the first. But I bowed to the fans and started work.

Now the Imperial Fists are renowned for their expertise at siege warfare so it would make sense that their Fellblade would reflect this characteristic. This train of thought lead me back a couple of decades to an insane super-heavy GW put out for Epic that was beyond ridiculous in the amount of firepower it carried. We're talking two turrets each armed with heavy cannons and four sponsons loaded with weapons. I am of course talking about the Stormhammer.

First up I needed to make a medium sized turret that would allow me to fit two onto this beast. So as before I build another one out of plasticard that turned out about the same size as the current Baneblade turret. The weapon mount I kept the same as the larger main turret as I needed something wide enough for two battlecannon sized weapons.










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Next up was the cannon. This was made using a number of plastic tubes of different diameter that I shaped on a drill using some chisels. Simple but it worked.



Now it was time to begin assembling the beast called Iron Breaker. In order to fit both turrets onto the chassis I first needed to raise and push back the main turret mount about a half inch. This of course required a lot of hacking and sawing of the top chassis to get it all to work. Then using some of the bits left over from the hack job I pushed the old demolisher mount forward until it was even with the front (don't worry, that demolisher size hole in the front isn't getting a demolisher). I now had enough room to mount the two turrets in a staggered pattern such that one could fire over the other. Now I just have a lot of filling in to do....

That is awesome. Can't wait too see that rest of them. Awesome conversion and storyline.

Here it is with the finished the top of the new chassis, all it needs is detail now. To help even out the additional height of the rear turret mount I raised up the rear sponsons about a 1/4 of an inch. The engine was quite a bit of work but luckily I had some Shadowsword bits laying around that filled the hole nicely. It too was raised up a bit giving the engine a larger look.









So what do you think, is five twin-linked heavy bolters enough?

I think this may apply to this thread. Very much so indeed.

Here it is nearly done. I'm planning to redo the headlights as they don't quite look right. As for the rest I'll see if there is any more room for detail then it's off for clean up and priming. Hopefully I can start painting tomorrow.

I have to say this thing looks insane, but in a good way

Welcome to Dakka. That was one of the most detailed and incredible WIP I've read in a while. Amazing work. Thank you for sharing it. I'll be watching this thread and following more of your work in the future.

Thanks Skalk. Hopefully there will be more in the coming days. I hope to have it all finished in the next week or so, but that is going to be a lot of yellow paint....

Please tell me your doing a Space Wolf Superheavy.

Holy crap, those conversions are amazing. You've done a fantastic job with both of them.

I think the only problem that I can think of is that the barrels on the first Fellblade (the BA one) feel kind of short and stubby, even though they're pretty much the same length as the Stormlord, from what I can tell. Not sure.

Other than that I love them both. Wonderful job on the conversions, can't wait to see what else you manage to come up with!

very nice scrap work.

holy feth those are awesome

I think there might be a market on ebay for this sort of upgarde kit. hint hint

Exellent scrach build. Only conplaint is the tracks, they are to big.

Awesome, awesome, awesome!

Oh.... And did i mention, that it's awesome?


How the heck do you make those white copy thingies, from the 4th WIP-picture?


Anyways, it's amazing what you can make with something so simple as plastic sheets! And yet more amazing you just put it all together and form your very own super-tank with it. Truly amazing!

Lovely, I like the touch of using the old style land-raider tracks on it. How many are you making, the one in the WIP is different to that painted.

Holy sweet Emperor, that is glorious. Enemies of Man shall tremble before these awesomely high-quality machines of war!

Oh man. That is cool. You, sir, have just won one (1) internet and a lifetime supply of cookies.

These are awe inspiring. Upon looking at that first image, I didn't realize how much of it was custom made.

I was all like "Pfft SM Baneblade with kitbashed sponson guns." Then I was all like "Holy gak, that's amazing!"

This is some of the best custom built stuff I've seen; it blends so well with the existing range - and I mean in an epic way.

Can't wait to see all of these finished.

Thanks everyone, you're comments are very much appreciated

wolfshadow wrote:Please tell me your doing a Space Wolf Superheavy.

Oh yes, they're the fourth one in line at the moment. Dark Angels are up next.

Billinator wrote:Awesome, awesome, awesome!

Oh.... And did i mention, that it's awesome?


How the heck do you make those white copy thingies, from the 4th WIP-picture?


Anyways, it's amazing what you can make with something so simple as plastic sheets! And yet more amazing you just put it all together and form your very own super-tank with it. Truly amazing!

I made a silicone mold of the original piece and then use that to cast multiple copies in resin. I plan to make most of these piece available through my eBay store but there is still some tweaking I have to do with the molds.

There's a company called Smooth-On that supplies all the stuff you need to do it yourself. The mold making material is either OMOO 30 or MoldMax 30, the resin is Smoothcast 305 or 310.

Howard A Treesong wrote:Lovely, I like the touch of using the old style land-raider tracks on it. How many are you making, the one in the WIP is different to that painted.

There will be seven all together, I'm assuming the Raven Guard and White Scars never used them in the first place given that they always had the need for speed. Each one will be unique to the character of the Legion/Chapter.

Xca|iber wrote:These are awe inspiring. Upon looking at that first image, I didn't realize how much of it was custom made.

I was all like "Pfft SM Baneblade with kitbashed sponson guns." Then I was all like "Holy gak, that's amazing!"

This is some of the best custom built stuff I've seen; it blends so well with the existing range - and I mean in an epic way.

Can't wait to see all of these finished.

Thanks, that was precisely the look I was going for I wanted something that was Space Marine-y but still looked old and antiquated while avoiding making it look like just a Baneblade with Space Marine parts glued on. In the end I think everything blended well together.

I just hope your particular brand of insanity isn't too catching. I dont want to get served with Divorce papers. :-)

What 'theme' are you going for with the SW and Dark Angel models?

wolfshadow wrote:I just hope your particular brand of insanity isn't too catching. I dont want to get served with Divorce papers. :-)

What 'theme' are you going for with the SW and Dark Angel models?

The Space Wolf Fellblade is going to be more like a long boat on treads: fast and armed to the teeth with crazed Wolves. The Dark Angels Fellblade will be like a rolling cathedral that can also blast heretics with copious amounts of plasma fire.

OYG! That is awesome!! Great job!!
and welcome!!

Good lord those are amazing. They also blend so seamlessly with the Baneblade chassis.

Praise the emperor, and may his enemy's flee in this warmachine's holy might

Man those are some crazy tanks you got going on there Cant wait to see the progress, and welcome to DakkaDakka

Machinator wrote:

Billinator wrote:Awesome, awesome, awesome!

Oh.... And did i mention, that it's awesome?


How the heck do you make those white copy thingies, from the 4th WIP-picture?


Anyways, it's amazing what you can make with something so simple as plastic sheets! And yet more amazing you just put it all together and form your very own super-tank with it. Truly amazing!

I made a silicone mold of the original piece and then use that to cast multiple copies in resin. I plan to make most of these piece available through my eBay store but there is still some tweaking I have to do with the molds.

There's a company called Smooth-On that supplies all the stuff you need to do it yourself. The mold making material is either OMOO 30 or MoldMax 30, the resin is Smoothcast 305 or 310.

Yeah, yeah!! I've found it at Smooth-on dot com... I have a bad feeling that there no way in hell i'm gonna get that shipped all the way to europe, even if i was willing to sell my soul. And besides, i'm a Tyranid-player, so the use for it would be pretty minimal. But heck, just gazing upon your creations indeed makes one consider re-rolling armies
Modelling is just so much fun as it is, and looking over your gallery here really makes ones fingers tickle

Anyways man, thanks for the kind reply, and keep up the good work. Happy you found Dakka Dee, and looking much forward to updates and WIP's!


Cheers
Bill'

Ps.
Have you considered making a Titan at any point?

This is a fantastic and iinspiring thread. Your detailing is top notch. More more more!!!

And I though I was good.

Wonderful, I'm glad you're able to showcase everything and get them finished in a proper manner unlike my stuff, which gets built but never painted. Can't wait to see this thread through to all 7 of your planned creations! If you don't mind me asking, what do you have in store for your Iron Hands Fellblade?

Oh jeez, this is super legit. I'm sure there are people out there that would love to buy these parts.

Love the first 2 'fellblades' , please do 18 of them....

Wait, missed its actually 7 you say?

May we expect 7 different Main armaments? If so which?

Quite possibly the BEST WIP post ive ever seen! Your vision and idea for these tanks are simply amazing! I googled 'Fellblade' just recently and was blown away by the blood angels tank which populated (turns out it was yours). It is a masterpiece, and the subsequent tank you have started is nothing short of that as well. These are superlative to the blades of the IG and rightfully so. Fantastic work! Could you tell me where you picked up the wheel spools on the front of the tank?

I cannot wait to see your progress on this project! 10/10 for your work and effort!

Bloody hell. I want one of those Iron breakers.

I just read your Liberator pattern treads (which im planning buying!) are for sale on ebay. Since you are casting the turrets and the fuel tanks, do you plan to make these items for sale as well?

Heliodore wrote:Wonderful, I'm glad you're able to showcase everything and get them finished in a proper manner unlike my stuff, which gets built but never painted. Can't wait to see this thread through to all 7 of your planned creations! If you don't mind me asking, what do you have in store for your Iron Hands Fellblade?

1hadhq wrote:Love the first 2 'fellblades' , please do 18 of them....

Wait, missed its actually 7 you say?

May we expect 7 different Main armaments? If so which?

The thought behind this project is that each of these Fellblades (or at least what started as a Fellblade ) were modified from the original pattern to suit the Legions needs. So here are the seven and their defining characteristic:

Blood Angels: Shooty
Imperial Fists: Siege weapons
Dark Angels: Plasma based weapons
Space Wolfs: Transport with lots of shooty weapons
Iron Hands: Energy based weapons and fields
Ultramarines: Next generation Fellblade
Salamanders: Flamers and meltas

As for the exact armaments, that will be a secret for now

Element206 wrote:Quite possibly the BEST WIP post ive ever seen! Your vision and idea for these tanks are simply amazing! I googled 'Fellblade' just recently and was blown away by the blood angels tank which populated (turns out it was yours). It is a masterpiece, and the subsequent tank you have started is nothing short of that as well. These are superlative to the blades of the IG and rightfully so. Fantastic work! Could you tell me where you picked up the wheel spools on the front of the tank?

I cannot wait to see your progress on this project! 10/10 for your work and effort!

Thanks Element206. The drive/idler wheels in the front and rear of the tank are from my store Blood & Skulls Industry (see the link in my signiature). They're called Chancellor Type B wheels, I also have an A and C too


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Element206 wrote:I just read your Liberator pattern treads (which im planning buying!) are for sale on ebay. Since you are casting the turrets and the fuel tanks, do you plan to make these items for sale as well?

I plan to in time, I just need to make the mold production ready. However, if any of you are interested in getting these pieces before hand please send me a PM and I can give you a price list.

So good that my hat became self-aware and took itself off!!!

Great name, great fluff, great model.

I love the idea of a tank being a relic of war.

FTL

That is some hardcore awesomeness. Great work, thanks for sharing!

As much as I dislike the marines, the tanks are sweet. Amazing. Dakka needs more posts like this.

Maybe this thread should be in the Dakka P&M Forums?

WOW!!!!!!

STUNNING stuff! My jaw dropped when I saw the Imperial Fist's Fellblade: So. Much. Dakka!

Subbed this thread with great justice!

L. Wrex

OoieGoie wrote:As much as I dislike the marines, the tanks are sweet. Amazing. Dakka needs more posts like this.

Maybe this thread should be in the Dakka P&M Forums?

Thanks OoieGoie. Yeah, I agree. I didn't read the catagories thoroughly enough before I posted. Maybe one of the administrators can move it to where it properly needs to be.

That looks rather amazing, great work

Oh..... my... God....... totally incredible amount of work... are you sure you don't work for GW?

I cant wait to see the Dark Angel one. I may have to purchase your kit to make one for my Word Bearers army. Nothing saying an original legion that turned chaos couldn't have one of these beauties.

those are great! beautiful work!

My mind has just exploded

Truly, awesome work. I greatly look forward to seeing more as they are completed.

It may need more dakka however .

Edit: Only problem I have is with the treads. They look too clean. You've done some battle-scarring work on the chassis, maybe dirtying up the treads with some pigments or the like to simulate them actually being used might be an idea.

they look tough!

Painting as commenced! It's not pretty yet, just a rough coat of Iyandan Darksun over a black primer. Nevertheless, it's always nice seeing a pieced together model under one color. As always, more to come....

lookin' great.cant wai to see it fully painted.

Good lord, this is absolutely fantastic work! Subscribed!

I could totally see that being transformed into a skullhamma...

Wow that is awesome...
And if i may make a suggestion for sponsons on the Space Wolf Fellblade. Use assault cannons.

Well....

You cant say it needs more Dakka... :-)

Looking good even @ the first layer.

I'll also agree with purplefood. Assault cannony goodness for the pack please.

Hrm, a 15 bloodclaw pack with a wolf lord charging out of a superheavy sounds like heaven to me. :-)

You are delightfully mad...

I'm curious, are you going to write up datasheets for these? In truth I'm really just curious as to which apoc weapons those cannons are (since I don't play apoc too much).

Anyway, the question made me think of datasheets, hence my curiosity.

Xca|iber wrote:I'm curious, are you going to write up datasheets for these? In truth I'm really just curious as to which apoc weapons those cannons are (since I don't play apoc too much).

Anyway, the question made me think of datasheets, hence my curiosity.

Yeah, each of these Fellblades will have a unique datasheet for it. I wrote one up for the Blood Angels Fellblade but I don't know if there are any good places to post fan based datasheets at (if there is please let me know). My plan is that each turret will use the same base rules as the cannon on the Medusa except Heavy 2 with a special rule that would allow you to combine fire from both turrets and use the 10 inch pie plate template. Either way that's a lot of carnage

Datasheets should go to '40k,proposed rules'.

Wow! Just Wow!

I love it. Only thing I can say is... NEEDS MOAR GUNS.

If i had between having one of these, or lose my TV, i'd choose the Fellblade

OMG what work this are fantasic. Guns Guns and More Guns.

Ever since I saw your blood angel fellblade I've been pondering ideas for the Dark Angel one (for my Heresey/Fallen army) and the only thing I could think of was plasma..

I'd love to see your thoughts on it, and should we PM you if we want to get our hands on some of your fellblade stuff sooner rather than later?

Nuwisha wrote:Ever since I saw your blood angel fellblade I've been pondering ideas for the Dark Angel one (for my Heresey/Fallen army) and the only thing I could think of was plasma..

I'd love to see your thoughts on it, and should we PM you if we want to get our hands on some of your fellblade stuff sooner rather than later?

Yep, my thoughts exactly. It wouldn't be a Dark Angels Fellblade without lots and lots of plasma

And yep, if you're interested in any of these parts feel free to PM me.

wolfshadow wrote:Well....

You cant say it needs more Dakka... :-)

...

Orks are green with envy over that much dakka!

Will you be selling the engines on ebay? Really top work here.

short question: do these monsters cause fear rulewise?

in rl i would surly p.... my pants when something that big would show up...

really great work man, also yellow will be looking really great.

good luck with your work, vik

Simply put, this thread is inspiring! This is some seriously amazing work!

I can't wait to see the finished Bright Yellow Death Machine ® all finished up. Great work!­

Machinator wrote: Yep, my thoughts exactly. It wouldn't be a Dark Angels Fellblade without lots and lots of plasma

Ohh... original pattern Stormblade, with Sponson Battlecannon and Missleracks...

Cannot wait for the Salamander one. What all would one need to build one?

Wow that looks really great. You should be proud!

My god that Iron Breaker is the epitome of a mobile fortress! I challenge you to find another logical spot for a weapon turret? You cant, this is just a beast! Its not even finished yet and im already astonished by the detail and conversions you've made. ---Which chapter will you take on next? May you have the perseverance to finish all these tanks! (so i can see them )

--By the way, I am interested in buying the turret, sub turrets, fuel tanks, and treads to create my own BA fellblade....im maybe about 2 months away from that project though, so no hurry. Do you anticipate having the molds ready by then?

Element206 wrote:My god that Iron Breaker is the epitome of a mobile fortress! I challenge you to find another logical spot for a weapon turret? You cant, this is just a beast! Its not even finished yet and im already astonished by the detail and conversions you've made. ---Which chapter will you take on next? May you have the perseverance to finish all these tanks! (so i can see them )

--By the way, I am interested in buying the turret, sub turrets, fuel tanks, and treads to create my own BA fellblade....im maybe about 2 months away from that project though, so no hurry. Do you anticipate having the molds ready by then?

Thanks Element206. Up next is the Dark Angels Fellblade. It won't pack the same firepower as this one but it will be a lot more ornate, sinister, and gothic. Just like it should be

With any luck I'll have the parts up in the next couple of weeks or so. Hopefully about the same time this one goes up for sale.


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Lanceradvanced wrote:

Machinator wrote: Yep, my thoughts exactly. It wouldn't be a Dark Angels Fellblade without lots and lots of plasma

Ohh... original pattern Stormblade, with Sponson Battlecannon and Missleracks...

Well not quite that much firepower My plan is to still keep it a tank, the self propelled cannon may be another project (did you know Space Marines has a Shadowsword equivalent called the Falchion... ). It will have a big plasma main gun but it willl be somewhere in between the Executioner and the plasma blastgun. Oh, and some heavy plasma cannons to boot.

That is some really great work. Keep it up, I can't wait to show all my friends.

Well for those of you interested here is the link to my datsheet on the Blood Angels Fellblade Sanctimonia Cruois:

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/60441313/Blood-Angels-Fellblade-Sanctimonia-Cruoris

Hopefully I can come up with one for the Iron Breaker in the next couple of weeks.

I'll be grouping them together in the proposed rules sections here: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/327020.page

More to come....

AMAZING! i love thisss stuffs!

I love it. The rules feel balanced and proper for something that fantastic, and fit perfectly with the BA chapter. Having it be deep-strike capable and a scoring unit makes it super powerful, but you've managed to find a sweet spot with the points cost - it can do awesome things but you have to be willing to pour a lot of your points into it to get those. Well done.

Can't wait to see what comes up next!

are you going to do any DIY chapter super heavies that could be a cool experience. Or one for an army like raven guard that is very jump troop focused.


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i liked the rules as well!!

Those tanks are nothing short of amazing. The "Iron Breaker" makes the vanilla GW baneblade look like a golf cart...

any plans to do some chaos super heavies?

Oooooh lordy. The idea of Chaos super heavies is great. Just imagine an Emperor's Children Fellblade, with nothing but Doom Sirens and Sonic Blasters everywhere.

The power of Rock indeed.

Machinator, you should PM a mod to move this to P&M Blogs. You would prob get more responses there, and it is intended to be an ongoing project.

Machinator wrote:With any luck I'll have the parts up in the next couple of weeks or so. Hopefully about the same time this one goes up for sale.

Are you planning on selling the Blood Angels Fellblade??? -- If so, let me know when it goes on sale...send me the link

Wow, way to male an entrance!!!

Truly awesome...

Amazing work! Hmmmm, these kind of posts make me want to do an HH army!!

More please!

Some skilled modeling and plasticard work to be sure...

Awesome work indeed.

Moved on request...

Those are some incredible tanks and some incredible modeling! Great work!

Maledictus wrote:Those tanks are nothing short of amazing. The "Iron Breaker" makes the vanilla GW baneblade look like a golf cart...

any plans to do some chaos super heavies?

Thanks Maledictus. Oh yes, there are plans to build a Plaguereaper at the very least not to mention the Iron Warriors deserve one too. We'll see if I still consider this fun after I get through the Loyalist

Element206 wrote: Are you planning on selling the Blood Angels Fellblade??? -- If so, let me know when it goes on sale...send me the link

Alas, that one sold a few months ago. However, it was pretty easy to build once I got all the parts and a plan together. If you're interested send me a PM and I can give you the parts list.

Excellent work on those fell blades and i'm very interested in the blood angels one. I already worked out what parts to get and only missing the parts you made by plastic card. Hopefully you will sell the upgrade kit on ebay and looking forward to making mine.

Great tanks, many guns, none more guns. Feel silly as the only one with something negative to say but.... Rivets are very much an Imperial guard thing aestheticly, look at the rhino and land raider kits, there are only rivets on the corners. That's the ONLY thing that spoils them SLIGHTLY for me.

Perkustin wrote:Great tanks, many guns, none more guns. Feel silly as the only one with something negative to say but.... Rivets are very much an Imperial guard thing aestheticly, look at the rhino and land raider kits, there are only rivets on the corners. That's the ONLY thing that spoils them SLIGHTLY for me.

Don't worry, I don't see that as a negative comment at all In order to help make it appear Horus Heresy old I gave it the look of a Imperial Guard vehicle with some design cues taken from the Space Marines. Kind of think of it as a Mark I Fellblade. If they ever got around to a MkII or Mk III the design would be a lot cleaner and more Space Marine-like. In fact, my plan for the Ultramarine Fellblade is for it to be a MkII....

Can't believe I didn't see this thread before - EXCELLENT modeling work - absolutely top notch work.

you wouldn't perhaps be able to give (or sell which ever you prefer) me some of those fellblade parts?

Its a shame there isn't a jaw dropping Orkmoticon. *HintHint*. Immense work there, can't wait to see the Iron Hands one.

TyraelVladinhurst wrote:you wouldn't perhaps be able to give (or sell which ever you prefer) me some of those fellblade parts?

Keep your eyeballs peeled, I hope to have them up for sale on my eBay store by the end of next week.

I want a felblade....

just surfed through your ebay shop, great products. some of them would really be fitting quite good to my cause...but i have some serious budget issues and therefore i will stick to admiration from afar^^

cheers mate, vik

Checking back and still stunned. Stunned as in nothing to say, just slack-jawed and staring. There is just too much awesome here. I can't process it. I wish I had something intelligent to say or something insightful to add, but all I can do is keep thinking "wooaaahhh, that is so cool and I sooooo wish I could do that".

You are an artist and a craftsman, and in that you have my respect.

Im gonna make a Skullhamma out of these parts

As I prepare to get these pieces in my eBay store I thought I'd make some cannons to go along with the turrets so that it would be easier to customize your model (or buy them seperately too ). So I give to you....

The Butcher heavy siege cannon:



The Breaker medium siege cannon:



and The Widowmaker main cannon:



Together they are the Butcher, Breaker, and Widowmaker!



Still need to add some rivets to them and finish the details but you get the picture.

has a nice rhyme to it^^

vik

Space Marines + Super-Heavy tanks = WIN.

YAY!

Holy. Crap. I am buying two of the Butcher and Breaker for my Sturmtiger-style Colossus/Medusa/Basilisk combo tank. Those will be great for that! You are my hero!

After looking at your ebay store, I'm a tad confused.

On some treads it lists how many are needed for LandRaider chassis, while others are listed for Baneblade chassis.

Would it be at all possible to have a number listed for both? I'd feel more comfortable ordering something like this if I knew how much I needed to buy before starting.

Also, is there anything smaller scale in your future? Perhaps something more along the size of LR/Chimera chassis or Rhino chassis sized treads?

Nowlan wrote:After looking at your ebay store, I'm a tad confused.

On some treads it lists how many are needed for LandRaider chassis, while others are listed for Baneblade chassis.

Would it be at all possible to have a number listed for both? I'd feel more comfortable ordering something like this if I knew how much I needed to buy before starting.

Also, is there anything smaller scale in your future? Perhaps something more along the size of LR/Chimera chassis or Rhino chassis sized treads?

Alot of his treads come in multiple sizes. The 0 threads, IIRC, fit a chimera, and with modification will fit a Rhino. 2 kits to do a chimera, 1 for a Rhino.

The 1 treads are for superheavies.

I cant remeber the designation for the LR treads. .75 maybe?

Will heavily consider ordering a buthcer or two for an IG SH, loving the scale

Nowlan wrote:After looking at your ebay store, I'm a tad confused.

On some treads it lists how many are needed for LandRaider chassis, while others are listed for Baneblade chassis.

Would it be at all possible to have a number listed for both? I'd feel more comfortable ordering something like this if I knew how much I needed to buy before starting.

Also, is there anything smaller scale in your future? Perhaps something more along the size of LR/Chimera chassis or Rhino chassis sized treads?

Wolfshadow almost got it right

The treads come in three different patterns based on size. The Pattern 1.0 are 1 inch wide and can fit on a Baneblade chassis. The Pattern 0 is 5/8 inches wide and can fit on the Landraider chassis. Finally there is the Pattern 00 which is 3/8 inches wide and can fit on a Chimera or Rhino chassis. Usually, unless noted, it takes two kits to replace the standard treads on a GW tank.

Now you can put Pattern 1.0s and 0s onto a Leman Russ easily enough. You just need to wided the track sections appropriately.

Hopefully your answers your questions.

I look forward to those cannons being available.

Great stuff man.

Keep going!

What other chapters get tanks?

I am with Budgie, who else should we expect to see?

Well some people have been asking about a gatling style cannon too. So I made one. It should be ready along with the others hopefully sometime next week.





and here it is with the Widowmaker




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em_en_oh_pee wrote:I am with Budgie, who else should we expect to see?

Well here's the lists of who's next:

1.) Blood Angels- Complete
2.) Imperial Fists- Just needs painting
3.) Dark Angels
4.) Space Wolves
5.) Iron Hands
6.) Ultramarines
7.) Salamanders

As for the White Scars and Raven Guard, given that they have always been a speed/stealth based army they probably wouldn't have had them around even during the Heresy. So my plan is not to include them on the list.

And yes, there will probably be a Plaguereaper and an Iron Wariors Fellblade after that. We'll see if I'm still sane at that point

I do believe even the battle hardened; Abbadon would turn and run from these monstrosities of the Imperium!.

Great work. Looking forward to ordering a few turrets and some track links in a few months when I can build up the cash for a conversion off a plastic baneblade kit. Have to build up my SM army first.

Interestings to see what you will do with the dark angels, maybe a plasma tank?

Orinoco wrote:Interestings to see what you will do with the dark angels, maybe a plasma tank?

Yes, lots and lots of plasma

Machinator wrote:

Orinoco wrote:Interestings to see what you will do with the dark angels, maybe a plasma tank?

Yes, lots and lots of plasma

Always wanted to do a plasma baneblade but avoided using fw as their resin is so awful, make sure to make the pieces castable!

Is the Gatler co-axial so can you use it as well as the widowmaker?

phantommaster wrote:Is the Gatler co-axial so can you use it as well as the widowmaker?

Actually I put it there to show both in terms of scale. The guns will be sold in pairs but they'll be interchangeable so you could have them be either co-axial or twin-linked. You can also get more then one kind and switch them out as you like.

Any more paint on the big yellow taxi?

This thread is absolutely amazing, hats off to you sir !!!!!!!!!!! Those tanks are incredible, keep up the good work.

Wow...fascinating thread, truly impressive from both a creative and technical standpoint! Your work with plasticard is awe inspiring, and any tutorials on the general techniques you use would be most welcome.

Can I make one suggestion though? Get yourself an airbrush! Check out lbursley or eggroll's blogs, I think you will find them very helpful. Brush painting those monsters can't be fun!

Brilliant stuff here amigo!
More dakka please!

Waaagggghhh!

Cant wait for more

wolfshadow wrote:Any more paint on the big yellow taxi?

It will be finished before Thanksgiving

drats, no updates yet

Be patient, my friends. There will be plenty of updates over the next week....

I am just blown away looking at these machines. I will have to look into your Ebay store.

These tanks are great! Its cool to see large marine tanks.

Cheers

truly awesome.

Eagerly awaiting updates and waiting for the Space Wolf Fellblade!

Must... Build... Giant... Yellow... Tank! are there rules for this thing yet? agree with major tom 11, a tutorial would be awsome for those of us who want to build one of these beauties

is that an imperial fist on yxour cd drive? cool avatar^^

yeah, xbox power button has been taken over by my legions symbol, i had to take it apart to fix it so i figured i'd fist it up before i put it back together

cool and very dedicated^^

vik

Almost done. I hope to have it finished and up on eBay with all the fellblade accessories on Sunday.

I count 22 Guns if you count the twin linked guns as 2.

Holy FAWK.

Thats a lot of dakka.

/They Paved Paradise and put up a parking lot!

hm, so no pre heresy style death guard baneblade or other heretic style baneblade before the chaos styling?

At least they are not all BA

i do have a question, will the heavy bolter turrets be available? minus the heavy bolters of coarse

By the way, might I suggest you drill out your guns, Machinator? It'd be a great touch to a brilliant piece.

Amazingly cool tank, I love it when people manage to get an IF colour scheme without making it look to garish, good job!

TyraelVladinhurst wrote:i do have a question, will the heavy bolter turrets be available? minus the heavy bolters of coarse

They'll be up in my store on Sunday along with many of the other pieces.

Darkvoidof40k wrote:By the way, might I suggest you drill out your guns, Machinator? It'd be a great touch to a brilliant piece.

Which guns aren't drilled out? Did I miss one?

Is there a link to your eBay store anywhere?

MajorTom11 wrote:Is there a link to your eBay store anywhere?

Look RIGHT above your post. (His sig)

Machinator wrote:

TyraelVladinhurst wrote:i do have a question, will the heavy bolter turrets be available? minus the heavy bolters of coarse

They'll be up in my store on Sunday along with many of the other pieces.

sweetness! that is very good news

Machinator wrote:Which guns aren't drilled out? Did I miss one?

I think he means the main cannons. I don't know if the can handle drilling or become too structurally compromised if you do that, but you can give them a darker colour inside.

Other than that. Brutal work. Can't wait for the Dark Angels!

Ah bugger, I'm looking on a mobile device right now, can't see the sig, sorry!

MajorTom11 wrote:Ah bugger, I'm looking on a mobile device right now, can't see the sig, sorry!

weird, i could see it off my phone. i wonder if something is blocking it with your device

MajorTom11 wrote:Ah bugger, I'm looking on a mobile device right now, can't see the sig, sorry!

Direct Linky: http://stores.ebay.com/Blood-and-Skulls-Industry

Machinator wrote:

Darkvoidof40k wrote:By the way, might I suggest you drill out your guns, Machinator? It'd be a great touch to a brilliant piece.

Which guns aren't drilled out? Did I miss one?

I'm pretty sure, or atleast it looks like it from the pictures, that the main cannons aren't drilled out.

Darkvoidof40k wrote:

Machinator wrote:

Darkvoidof40k wrote:By the way, might I suggest you drill out your guns, Machinator? It'd be a great touch to a brilliant piece.

Which guns aren't drilled out? Did I miss one?

I'm pretty sure, or atleast it looks like it from the pictures, that the main cannons aren't drilled out.

Thats prob for structural integrity reasons with the resin.

wolfshadow wrote:

Darkvoidof40k wrote:

Machinator wrote:

Darkvoidof40k wrote:By the way, might I suggest you drill out your guns, Machinator? It'd be a great touch to a brilliant piece.

Which guns aren't drilled out? Did I miss one?

I'm pretty sure, or atleast it looks like it from the pictures, that the main cannons aren't drilled out.

Thats prob for structural integrity reasons with the resin.

Yeah there are limits to how deep I can make it before I start running into casting issues. Drilling it out now would probably destroy the piece due to the size of the bit. However, it should be less noticable once it's all painted up.

This stuff is awsome.

Also, just painting it inside black should look great. No need for drilling.

Well this is all suitably impressive. It's a wonder I didn't find this thead before. I am very much looking forward to your next tank!

Just made a small indent then, and color it black... It wont reduce the integrity of the model (I think), and still give the illusion of depth...

The cannon already do have a small indent. Painting the inside black would easily solve the problem.

Hmmm...
Its Sunday, I hope to see some of thease posted on Ebay

I got one of my clanmates drooling over the thought of your Big Yellow Taxi, and he intends on bidding. So please post a link to the acution if it comes up.

OK guys, the "fellblade" parts are up on my eBay site. Just follow the link in my sig.

which turret is for the baneblade chassis? is it the medium or the large one?

I think both the medium and large, with the small turrets being the sponson top turrets.


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Edit: Ouch... going to be a bit before I can think about doing a fellblade. $57.50 for the parts I neeed for my version that I want to build, without the Baneblade kit., without the Oppessor pattern tracks that I'd like to use.

TyraelVladinhurst wrote:which turret is for the baneblade chassis? is it the medium or the large one?

The Heavy Turret is what I used on the Blood Angels Fellblade, the Medium Turret is on the Imperial Fists one, the Light Turrets were used on the sponsons.

That is super crazy man!! Awesome skillz. I love it!!

Machinator, any news on when the 'Big Yellow Taxi" is going up on Ebay? I have at have a friend whos interested in bidding. He's young, and has more money than brains. I think you'll like him. :-)

wolfshadow wrote:Machinator, any news on when the 'Big Yellow Taxi" is going up on Ebay? I have at have a friend whos interested in bidding. He's young, and has more money than brains. I think you'll like him. :-)

It's actually almost done, I'll probably have the final pics up tomorrow. My plan as of now is to have it up there on Thursday so stay tuned!

Great work Machinator, you certainly have a lot of skill with both construction and painting. Thanks for blogging your work, it's a great inspiration!

Cheers,
Imp.

Love the turrets and cannon barrels. I'm tempted to get some to turn into a Skullhamma kannon for my Orks or for some more gunz for the Stompa I still need to put together.

DiscoVader wrote:Love the turrets and cannon barrels. I'm tempted to get some to turn into a Skullhamma kannon for my Orks or for some more gunz for the Stompa I still need to put together.

Yeah, it's good ork material.

The Imperial Fist Fellblade: Iron Breaker

The Fellblade is one of the most ancient war machines available to the forces of the Imperium. Much like its other heavily armed brethren the Fellblade bristles with potent weapons capable of laying low the most powerful of foes. However, what makes the Fellblade most dangerous is not its formidable guns or massive treads, it is that this hammer of mankind lies within the hands of the Adeptus Astartes, the Space Marines.

Once a common site along side the elite of the Emperor during the Great Crusades there are but a scant handful remaining amongst the original Legions. However, in the midst of these few are the Fellblades of Renown, artifacts of war that rise up like gods above the titans. One such as this is the Fellblade of the Imperial Fists known in antiquity as the Iron Breaker.

During the time of the Great Crusade is was common amongst the Astartes to modify and sometimes completely rebuild their Fellblades in the never ending quest to forge the perfect war machine. The Imperial Fists were no exception and it was the Master Techmarine Olivander Stormhammer that created perhaps the most well known of these reinventions.

Constructed during the siege of the fortress world of Stratovaust the Iron Breaker proved invaluable against the untold thousands of bunkers and the kilometer of trenches and barricades that surrounded them. The massive siege cannons turned the ferrocrete defenses into powder while its bolters shredded all those foolish enough to stand before it’s might.

At the conclusion of the Ullanor Crusade the Iron Breaker accompanied the Imperial Fists and the Emperor back to Terra where it was placed in the arsenal assigned with the task of protecting the Imperial Palace. Here it served faithfully during the Horus Heresy being one of the few recorded vehicle to have participated in the Defense of Terra and survived to this day. Soon afterwards the Iron Breaker served again as a mobile stronghold against their traitorous brethren, the Iron Warriors, during the assault on the Eternal Fortress on the world of Sebastus IV, known as The Iron Cage.

Tales are told of whole worlds surrendering at the sight of this enormous war machine as it represents the might the Emperor can unleash against his foes through the Imperial Fists. A veteran of over seven thousand battles the Iron Breaker has the distinction of being the only Fellblade to have remained in active service since the awakening of its machine spirit many millennia ago. So successful was the Iron Breaker that centuries later the Adeptus Mechanicus adopted the design for the Imperial Guard naming it posthumously after its creator, the Stormhammer.

So it's finally finished and will go up for sale on Thursday. I even made up a unofficial set of rules for it found here: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/64193858/Imperial-Fists-Fellblade-Iron-Breaker

But enough of that for now, here are the pics!























Now onto the Dark Angels Fellblade....

The weatheing effects on the treads are amazing, and the well constructed very nice joints make it look as if was all resin, congratualtions on a great job!

I love the mix of weathering styles. Gives it a nice, gritty feel, much like a WW2 model piece, instead of the sometimes cartoon-ish 40K sometimes seen. Good stuff!

Giant yellow tank, sooooo pretty!

Great looking Fellblade, here's to the next one!

Great paintjob. Like your take on the IF yellow. My favourite part of your fellblades are defo the tracks/bogies. I think it makes it look very imposing, as if the tracks are not in the slightest bit a weak point in the armour.

Brilliant work! Lots of dakka in this thread

Excellent!

Excellent work on the Fellblade! I love the color yellow you chose. The severe battle damage and worn look of the tank is indicative of the age of this behemoth! The weathering on the tank tracks is also fantastic! Its important to convey the idea and image that this tank is a relic and you definately captured that! I also like the really bright blue lens on the manholes, makes for a nice contrast. Incredible work!

-- Im glad to see you combine shipping. I am going to be buying your items within the next month or so. Are you planning to cast any more turrets? My concern is you seem to have a limited number of the small ones and I want to make sure I get them as well. Look forward to doing business with you on ebay friend!

Thanks Element, I appreciate your comments. I'm quite happy how it turned out too.

Fear not about me running out of parts. I plan to make a second mold for the Light Turrets as I expected them to be popular. If I happen to run out before the weekend just be patient, more are coming

Fantastic work on the weathering! The banana space marines would be proud

I like how it does not just look like a regular BB, you have really made it look space mariney. Great job!

Never been a big fan of the IF colors/look but you have made me a believer. Your weathering and wear and tear effects lift this amazing model above and beyond! Beautiful piece!

Well for those interested in owning the Iron Breaker here's the auction link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260702336022

Good Luck!

Hello,
First bid placed

Machinator - Hey just wanted to say some beautiful work going on here. I think you've done very well to distance the Fellblades from the IG stuff, something I'm sure that was not easy.

Whilst I can't afford one presently I would definitely like to own one in the future, so thought I'd enquire as to how long you plan to make these pieces available or is it more of a limited number of runs?

I also wondered if there would be any interest from the other dakkites for a complete conversion kit available in the future?

Lennysmash wrote:Machinator - Hey just wanted to say some beautiful work going on here. I think you've done very well to distance the Fellblades from the IG stuff, something I'm sure that was not easy.

Whilst I can't afford one presently I would definitely like to own one in the future, so thought I'd enquire as to how long you plan to make these pieces available or is it more of a limited number of runs?

I also wondered if there would be any interest from the other dakkites for a complete conversion kit available in the future?

Thanks Lennysmash. Fear not, I plan to continue and will likely expand this line as long as there's demand. I'm also considering putting together what I'm calling a combo pack that will include all the parts to build a Fellblade along with the treads and one of each cannon. I just need to build up my inventories enough to do it. Maybe this weekend.

CORRECTION: A Tank Combo Pack is now available with all the accessories needed to turn a Baneblade kit into a Fellblade. And save $9.00US

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260702777751

A question for my fellow dakka-ites, what else would you like to see?

Plasma. :-)

Machinator wrote:A question for my fellow dakka-ites, what else would you like to see?

Seriously Mach? Have you not spoken to these people, do you not know how warped their minds are? You can't give them that kind of power .

Oh alright, more a question than a request but are there any anti-aircraft batteries based of the super heavy chassis? I'm thinking Papa-hydra.

Titan-hunting gear!

inmygravenimage wrote:Titan-hunting gear!

Primary weapon: D

Secondary weapon: D

Sponson weapons: D

Hull-mount: D

Pintle-mount: D

Tank-Commissar's pistol: Strength 10.2

I think that just might do it..

Lennysmash wrote:

Machinator wrote:A question for my fellow dakka-ites, what else would you like to see?

Seriously Mach? Have you not spoken to these people, do you not know how warped their minds are? You can't give them that kind of power .

Oh alright, more a question than a request but are there any anti-aircraft batteries based of the super heavy chassis? I'm thinking Papa-hydra.

I'm not aware of any super-heavy AA batteries bigger than the Hydra, but that's not to say there can't be one. Maybe something like a turret mounted quad barrel heavy autocannon?

inmygravenimage wrote:Titan-hunting gear!

Giant laser cannon: Check! It's on my list

Machinator wrote:Giant laser cannon: Check! It's on my list

A turbo laser!

Machinator wrote:

Lennysmash wrote:Machinator - Hey just wanted to say some beautiful work going on here. I think you've done very well to distance the Fellblades from the IG stuff, something I'm sure that was not easy.

Whilst I can't afford one presently I would definitely like to own one in the future, so thought I'd enquire as to how long you plan to make these pieces available or is it more of a limited number of runs?

I also wondered if there would be any interest from the other dakkites for a complete conversion kit available in the future?

Thanks Lennysmash. Fear not, I plan to continue and will likely expand this line as long as there's demand. I'm also considering putting together what I'm calling a combo pack that will include all the parts to build a Fellblade along with the treads and one of each cannon. I just need to build up my inventories enough to do it. Maybe this weekend.

A question for my fellow dakka-ites, what else would you like to see?

flame and melta tank for the salamanders, also did you happen to action off your blood angels one? if not i'd like to get it ^.^

He did auction of the BA one. He is doing the Salamander tank last.

Maybe some landraider and rhino extra armour kits that are cheaper than forge world.

johnstewartjohn wrote:Maybe some landraider and rhino extra armour kits that are cheaper than forge world.

Second that. And for the Imperial Guard tanks.

Oh, and rhino tracks.

johnstewartjohn wrote:Oh, and rhino tracks.

Already got them...if you play Chaos or Orks:

Oppressors: http://cgi.ebay.com/Oppressor-Pattern-00-Tank-Treads-50-/260675311723?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb175986b
Krushers: http://cgi.ebay.com/Krusher-Pattern-00-Tank-Treads-50-/260675312486?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb1759b66

I plan to make a set of Liberators once I get around to building some Imperial Guard tankettes.

these models looking great...

I now have a Tank Combo Pack that has all the accessories needed to transform a Baneblade kit into a Fellblade, and save $9.00US while you are at it

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260702777751

Hello,
Can you make a kit fo rthe Imp fist styed one? I think it is different turrets, not for sure though?

Regards,
Carl

I should also note, I could come get it personally, as your not to far from me

Funny that the first time I check the thread, and the first time I check your ebay, the Iron Breaker is up there. Awesome.
It was $59 at the time...now $180. hahha.
Thats an awesome kit mate. I may have to make one of my own...if I can afford it...

Maybe that Tank upgrade thing.

If you keep that upgrade kid available, I'll probably be looking to pic one up around January or early feb, depending on when I recive my OT check from working a 12 hour shift on Xmas.

Keep up the good work.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with your Dark Angels and SW Superheavies.

Cheers!

Ghiest1 wrote:Hello,
Can you make a kit fo rthe Imp fist styed one? I think it is different turrets, not for sure though?

Regards,
Carl

I should also note, I could come get it personally, as your not to far from me

Hey Carl, good to hear from a fellow Michigander. An Imperial Fist kit would be too complicated to do with all the options, but I'm sure we could work something out. Send me a PM and we can talk about it.

PM sent

When you figure something out, let me know too. As an IF successor, a kit for the big one, would be very pleasing .

shortsonfire79 wrote:When you figure something out, let me know too. As an IF successor, a kit for the big one, would be very pleasing .

Send me a PM, if I can give Carl a deal I can give you one too

I'd be interested in a "Turn a Baneblade into a Stormhammer" kit!

Alpharius wrote:I'd be interested in a "Turn a Baneblade into a Stormhammer" kit!

Yeah, I'll have to think about that one

Omg this has to be one of the coolest conversions I have ever seen. wow. Always wanted one of these. Very nice work dude.

Congrats on the chunk 'o change from the Iron Breaker sale! Was one of those 'watchers' on ebay and now I suddenly realize why your selling these off! Look foward to the start of the next super heavy!

Machinator wrote:I'm not aware of any super-heavy AA batteries bigger than the Hydra, but that's not to say there can't be one. Maybe something like a turret mounted quad barrel heavy autocannon?

Something for smashing invading shuttles as they de-orbit?

And/or turning infantry into mince at extreme long range

SilverMK2 wrote:

Machinator wrote:I'm not aware of any super-heavy AA batteries bigger than the Hydra, but that's not to say there can't be one. Maybe something like a turret mounted quad barrel heavy autocannon?

Something for smashing invading shuttles as they de-orbit?

And/or turning infantry into mince at extreme long range

Paired, swivel mounted Vulcan Megabolters. :-)

Yeah, very nice job on that auction.

The only large anti-air I can think of is the Defense Laser, but that's a static piece. And for good reason, I think. May be useful for inspiration though.

SilverMK2 wrote:

Machinator wrote:I'm not aware of any super-heavy AA batteries bigger than the Hydra, but that's not to say there can't be one. Maybe something like a turret mounted quad barrel heavy autocannon?

Something for smashing invading shuttles as they de-orbit?

And/or turning infantry into mince at extreme long range

The only problem with this is it won't fit the chassis, or in my mind, look all that great. Besides, isn't the Beheplasmaspammamoth next?

wolfshadow wrote:

SilverMK2 wrote:

Machinator wrote:I'm not aware of any super-heavy AA batteries bigger than the Hydra, but that's not to say there can't be one. Maybe something like a turret mounted quad barrel heavy autocannon?

Something for smashing invading shuttles as they de-orbit?

And/or turning infantry into mince at extreme long range

Paired, swivel mounted Vulcan Megabolters. :-)

Already got them

http://cgi.ebay.com/Avenger-Gatling-Cannons-2-/260700260335?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb2f247ef

Thanks guys, the auction did better than I thought and definitely inspired to keep on making them. And yes, Beheplasmaspammamoth is next (also known as "Betty" during the time when the the Lion still walked amongst his men). I just need to dig out from under these Christmas orders first. Anyone have a shovel?

Shovels are dangerous weapons of blunt-trauma causing. Just like the shovels of the future: Crozius Arcanum.

As for the Beheplasmaspammamoth, maybe you can sneak that on the model somewhere? Perhaps the underneath .

Or the expectedly oversized plasma weapon..

I recieved the resin parts this morning and they very good quality parts looking forward to complete my blue angels fellblade when my bane blade arrives

shaft wrote:I recieved the resin parts this morning and they very good quality parts looking forward to complete my blue angels fellblade when my bane blade arrives

Glad to hear it Shaft Please post some pics, I'm sure we'd all love to see it.

What an amazing thread, i thoroughly enjoyed reading the whole way through it this evening! i look forward to seeing the DA plasma beast!

I ordered some stuff a few weeks ago.

Came quickly, and besides some flash (expected) the casts are awesome, no air bubbles, super clean.

Can't wait to use the bogeys and wheels for some ork tanks.

Thanks man.

For those of you interested in building your own Iron Breaker the Tank Mega Pack is now available.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260709679827

Well I've been working on a few more accessories for my tank turrets. First up I made a pair of heavy machine guns (or autocannons if you would prefer) for the Light Turret along with a plate that allows you to use it on the Medium or Heavy Turret as a co-axial machine gun:







Also I made another piece for the Light Turret that can be used as a short or long barrel cannon or a mount for another weapon:









I plan to start the molds today so they should be up in my store later this week.

Neat stuff Machinator. Continuing to make your 'fellblade' kit more appealing to the masses. :p

haha, love that even with all that dakka the IF poking out the top has to have a storm bolter

Great stuff man, are you gonna be selling this constantly, cause if you are ill defo be purchesing some after crimbo,

jim

jimmy72nd wrote:Great stuff man, are you gonna be selling this constantly, cause if you are ill defo be purchesing some after crimbo,

jim

Yep, as long as people keep buying it I'll keep selling it

Dude these are awesome, so much better than any other tank GW could build. Excellent job dude cant wait to see more from you.

You had inspired me to make one myself.
Ill post it up sometime.

hendaron wrote:You had inspired me to make one myself.
Ill post it up sometime.

Yeah, I've been following your thread. Can't wait to see it!

I've had 2 people refer me back to you / this thread for tank treads. Looks like I better head over to eBay and get some before you decide to stop doing this.

I am as stunned and floored by the work you do as I was when I first saw this thread. Slack-jawed and goggle-eyed.

Here is mine, its a kind of cross-breed between your blood angel one (it has flamestorm sponsons,and assault cannon turret on front)
and a regular baneblade, featuring its baneblade battlecannon .
This is the only sharp pic at the moment so... enjoy!

lovely work on that resin coaxial mount.

hendaron wrote:Here is mine, its a kind of cross-breed between your blood angel one (it has flamestorm sponsons,and assault cannon turret on front)
and a regular baneblade, featuring its baneblade battlecannon .
This is the only sharp pic at the moment so... enjoy!

Great job Hendaron! What chapter are you using it with?

Machinator wrote:

hendaron wrote:Here is mine, its a kind of cross-breed between your blood angel one (it has flamestorm sponsons,and assault cannon turret on front)
and a regular baneblade, featuring its baneblade battlecannon .
This is the only sharp pic at the moment so... enjoy!

Great job Hendaron! What chapter are you using it with?

Mine DIY chapter, The Nova Brothers/brotherhood (still deciding)
the hardest parts were the tracks,and converting the sponsons to flamestorm cannons
Probably making a second,with the money i going to get fromvacation work+x-mas ,and I think i will order some of your turrets.

+1 For the Nova Brotherhood, my friend.

Well I've done some work coming up with a set of preliminary rules for three Fellblade variants called the Lancer (anti-tank), the Broadsword (anti-infantry), and the Glaive (all purpose). I believe these should allow a player to build and use a Space Marine super heavy with a wide variety of options without making it too cheesy.

Take a look and tell me what you think.

Lancer Fellblade:
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/68023329/Lancer-Fellblade

Broadsword Fellblade:
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/68023294/Broadsword-Fellblade

Glaive Fellblade:
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/68023323/Glaive-Fellblade

These tanks are awesome!

Can't wait to see the traitor and DA marine ones!

M.K

More....MORE I say!!!! lotsa pics too...you make an old wolf drool...and then leave him convulsing on the floor from withdrawl??...bad Mach very bad...

and am loving all the tidy lil goodies you are creating for your store...I can't wait till February...tax check is already being spent...hehehe

that thing is very imperial fist-like...nice job!
Any chance of a raven guard one? Or do I have to convert my own?
I know it doesn't fit with the fluff, but it'll be so cool!

Super stunning!

shrike wrote:that thing is very imperial fist-like...nice job!
Any chance of a raven guard one? Or do I have to convert my own?
I know it doesn't fit with the fluff, but it'll be so cool!

Given the number of people asking for a Raven Guard Fellblade I might just have to relent and build one after all

The problem is how to build a super heavy tank for a Chapter known for speed and stealth. I'm open to ideas.

Are you doing a ultramarines fellblade ??
if so what will it be like ?

Lycaeus stealth tank hunter
points- 450
AV 13/13/12
weapons:
S-D AP-2 Type- heavy 2 5" blast (?)
vanquisher cannon instead of demoolisher cannon?
fast
targeting jammer- A force field, preventing targeting lock-ons. Any shots fired at it from more than 24" away have -1BS co-axial weapons have no effect (so no twin-linked bonus)
Can automatically see during night-fight missions.
can fire all weapons if it has moved 12". (basically relentless)
locator beacon (?)
re-roll to seize the initiative (?)
command tank (?)

Thanks for the ideas Shrike.

I kind of like the idea of a sniper tank with some kind of active camoflage. I read up on the history of the RG and saw that they've used forbidden technology in the past so that may be useful. Maybe something like a laser cannon using the Lance special rule or some kind of rail gun.

The camoflage rule could be that is always subject to Night Fighting rules when being shot at.

Given my pace with this project it could be a year away before I start. So we have plenty of time to think of something

Make it around december so I can get one from santa
If you find ourself with some time on your hands, try march- then I can get it for my birthday

Lycaeus stealth tank hunter- 400pts
AV 13/13/12
weapons:
1x SD AP1 heavy 2, Lance.
may fire at 2 differemt targets.
co-axial lascannon.
hull-mounted vanquisher cannon
Targeter jammer field- when shooting at this tank, it counts as being night-fight.
fast
stealth
locator beacon
master of suprise attacks- the controlling player may re-roll to seize the initiative.
relentless

Perhaps a smoother sleek look to turrets and recessed weapons would aid with the more stealthier look. Maybe some form of muffling for the engines for noise reduction. I have no idea how easy or not that would be to do just a couple of ideas that came to mind. Other then that great work i love all things imperial fists so the big yellow tank is by far my favourite keep it up.

BTW if you weren't making one specially for my sons of corax i'd definitely buy the BA one. I love assault cannons, and flamestorms, and mega-bolters. This has all three!

Is the ultramarine one just going to be an all purpose one that uses loads of las cannons instead of the autocannons and the demolisher ??? or will it just be a baneblade with a few extra sponsons ?? (please reply)

Well most chapters are specialists at something- ultrasmurfs are all-rounders, so probably yes.

Damn i was expecting something cool and sort of specialised for something. Ive started converting my baneblade but needed to know what they will have.

well, what are ultramarines specialised at? Nothing. They're all rounders. Maybe if you wanted something cool, get the ironbreaker for seiges, or the raven guard one for anti-tank. I'll post the updated rules soon.

It says in the thread that the ultramarines one is going to be a mark two fellblade.

Lycaeus stealth tank hunter- 650pts
AV 13/13/12, BS4
hull/turret mounted corvus heavy cannon:
SD, AP1, range 96", heavy 1.
Hull-mounted vanquisher cannon and twin-linked heavy bolter.
2 sponsons, each with twin-linked heavy bolters/flamers and lascannons.
targeter jammer field- When shooting at the lycaeus tank hunter, the unit shooting counts as shooting during night-fight.
outflank (controlling player may choose which table edge)
Co-axial lascannon (72" range)

May take:
two additional sponsons, each with a lascannon and a twin-linked heavy bolter/flamer for +100pts.
locator beacon for +25pts
lancer heavy cannon for +75pts

hull mounted lancer heavy cannon:
S10, AP1, range 96", Heavy 1, lance, constant beam, overheat.
constant beam- choose a point on the table 96" away. Any model on that line suffers a hit. Void shields absorb the impacts of single shots- when under a constant beam, void shields quickly collapse. When shooting at models with void shields, the first void shield is removed automatically. The second is removed on a 4+. The third is removed on a 6+. If there are no void shields left, after this, the model take the above hit.
Overheat- Sometimes the cannon does not get sufficient time to cool between shots, causing an overheat. If you roll a 1 to hit, on a 4+, the cannon counts as being shaken.

Ultrasmurf_no_REALY wrote:Is the ultramarine one just going to be an all purpose one that uses loads of las cannons instead of the autocannons and the demolisher ??? or will it just be a baneblade with a few extra sponsons ?? (please reply)

The Ultramarine Fellblade of Renown will mostly follow the options listed in the Lancer variant. But my plan is to make it a next generation Fellblade....

Now there's no reason the Ultramarines, or any of the other Legions, wouldn't have access to the other variants so don't feel constrained to base yours on my plan. This is the 41st Millenium and you're free to do what you want

Okay dakka- as the raven guard fellblade is based on the shadowsword chassis, should it be called a falchion instead, which is more of a self-propelled gun? Or should we just stick with a fellblade?


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http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/337037.page

Lycaeus falchion tank hunter- 675pts

AV 13/13/12, BS4

hull mounted corvus heavy cannon:
SD AP2 96" range heavy 1, constant beam.
constant beam- The corvus cannon is able to fire a shearing energy beam at its target for a prolonged amount of time, capable of stripping away energy shields and reducing the heaviest armor to molten slag. Roll to hit as normal. If the target has either Power fields or Void shields the first shield is automatically penetrated, the second is penetrated on a 4+, and the third on a 6+. If all the shields are penetrated or the target has no shields it is hit using the weapon's profile. If 1 is rolled to hit or during shield penetration the Corvus cannon overheats and causes a shaken result on the main gun.

Hull-mounted vanquisher cannon.

hull-mounted twin-linked heavy bolter.

2 sponsons, each with twin-linked heavy bolters/flamers and lascannons.

Targeter jammer field- When shooting at the lycaeus tank hunter from more than 12" away, the lycaeus tank hunter recieves a 4+ cover save.

Outflank (controlling player may choose which table edge).

Co-axial lascannon (72" range).

May take:
two additional sponsons, each with a lascannon and a twin-linked heavy bolter/flamer for +100pts.
locator beacon for +25pts.
command tank for +25pts.

I'll make some fluff soon.

You could make the Raven Gaurd tank look like a modern day stealth vehicle with sharp angles and flat surfaces. And have the guns look like they retract when needed for stealth. Just ideas.

Is the mid sized turret too big to use on a predator?

There are a few Legions who didn't use Fellblades at all, y'know.. Raven Guard may have been one of 'em. I dunno, I'll go dig out my pre-heresy information.

Here's a load:
http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.php?autocom=ineo&showarticle=316
http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Raven_Guard
http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Raven_Guard

OK, finally got around to finishing the machine guns and light cannon and putting them up in the store. Take a look!

The Widowmaker Artillary Cannon with Co-axial Machine Gun:




The Dual Machine Guns:





And the Light Cannon:

Will the mounting plate for the light cannon be available separately? As I would like to use it to mount the lascannons from the bane blade turrets on it.

johnstewartjohn wrote:Will the mounting plate for the light cannon be available separately? As I would like to use it to mount the lascannons from the bane blade turrets on it.

Sorry, the whole thing is cast as a set so I can't split it up without having extra parts. However, if you just need a couple PM and we can work something out.

Thats ok. I may as well buy the complete kit. Hows your next fellblade coming on?

Seen as your selling these items ever thought about starting a thread in news and rumours? Should increase your sales.

Yeah, or a thread in Dakka swap shop showing what you have for sail and a link directing potential customers to your ebay/website/ whatever you sell from.

This whole project is awesome. Looking forward to seeing the next one, but probably the sw one most, just for the details/theme.

make the ultramarines one next (please because they were the biggest and best chapter at the time of the crusades and heresy)

Ultrasmurf_no_REALY wrote:(please because they [the Ultramarines] were the biggest and best chapter at the time of the crusades and heresy)

Hah, that's actually funny!

Ultrasmurf_no_REALY wrote:make the ultramarines one next (please because they were the biggest and best chapter at the time of the crusades and heresy)

during the heresy they were on the other side of the galaxy, twiddling their thumbs.

Ultrasmurf_no_REALY wrote:make the ultramarines one next (please because they were the biggest and best chapter at the time of the crusades and heresy)

You'd best be trolling.

yah but they held together the galaxy after the heresy and yeah they twiddeled thier thumbs but they ended up the largest AND their geneseed makes up roughly a third of the geneseed and chapters that currently exist !!! you cant argue that they had a good plan !! also thier geneseed is 100% perfect

Obivous troll is obivous?

I can't wait to see more, this is an awesome project!

Ultrasmurf_no_REALY wrote:yah but they held together the galaxy after the heresy and yeah they twiddeled thier thumbs but they ended up the largest AND their geneseed makes up roughly a third of the geneseed and chapters that currently exist !!! you cant argue that they had a good plan !! also thier geneseed is 100% perfect

He already posted the order in which he's making them, and Ultramarines were after Iron Hands.
Also,


But regardless, awesome work! Cannot wait to see the Space Wolf pillage and burn tank!

Ultrasmurf_no_REALY wrote:yah but they held together the galaxy after the heresy and yeah they twiddeled thier thumbs but they ended up the largest AND their geneseed makes up roughly a third of the geneseed and chapters that currently exist !!! you cant argue that they had a good plan !! also thier geneseed is 100% perfect

No, the inquisition held together the galaxy.
they only ended up the largest because no-one died because no-one fought.
their geneseed makes up 1/3 of all chapters because their primarch wrote the book that told everyone to split.
They didn't have good plan- they just happened to be at the right place at the right time (On ultramar- other side of the galaxy, during the heresy).
No geneseed is 100% perfect. I doubt there has not been a single heretic ultramarine in 10,000 years.

Nowlan wrote:

Ultrasmurf_no_REALY wrote:make the ultramarines one next (please because they were the biggest and best chapter at the time of the crusades and heresy)

You'd best be trolling.

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shrike wrote:

Ultrasmurf_no_REALY wrote:make the ultramarines one next (please because they were the biggest and best chapter at the time of the crusades and heresy)

during the heresy they were on the other side of the galaxy, twiddling their thumbs.

Genius!!!

No, not genius. Just the sad truth.

Now boys and girls just be patient. Every loyalist Legion will get their turn...and maybe a couple of traitors too...if they're good.

"Every [legion] will have his day"

ok i just wanted guidelines on how to make an ultramarine fellblade that conforms with the fluff and looks good

Your options are:
a) wait for machinator to make one.
b) buy one of machinator's existing ones.
c) make your own.
d) give me the money, and I'll buy you one. Honest.
e) don't get one.

Machinator wrote:Now boys and girls just be patient. Every loyalist Legion will get their turn...and maybe a couple of traitors too...if they're good.

For some reason a Night Lord Fellblade seems to fit... in my imagination anyway.
I can see a Word Bearer Fellblade.
Death Guard and Thousand sons... World Eaters might be a touch tenuous although not as much as a Night Lord Fellblade.

hmm. Deathguard- all I can think of is plaguereaper-type thing.

purplefood wrote: World Eaters

Cannon that fires giant chainsaws.

Any news on the DA Beastie?

Not like those robed maggots deserve a Fellblade!

Ultrasmurf_no_REALY wrote:ok i just wanted guidelines on how to make an ultramarine fellblade that conforms with the fluff and looks good

Probably the most fitting of the Fellblades for the Ultramarines would be the standard Glaive variant with the Fellblade cannon and co-axial lascannon (that was the original, original configuration). Here are some preliminary rules and options here:

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/68023323/Glaive-Fellblade

My plan for the Fellblade of Renown will be a bit different and will follow my Lancer variant but don't feel constrained by what I'm doing. This will be your creation after all, just make sure to post pics

wolfshadow wrote:Any news on the DA Beastie?

Not like those robed maggots deserve a Fellblade!

Yeah, sorry to leave you guys hanging.

I hope to start on it this weekend. I've been working on the Skull Tower project for Adepticon the past few weeks and it has been eating all of my time as of late. But it's nearly done, just need to cast a lot of pieces....

An update of your old tower of skulls? Didn’t you have to retire you old moulds?

johnstewartjohn wrote:An update of your old tower of skulls? Didn’t you have to retire you old moulds?

Yeah, all the molds were a complete redo. This also gave me a chance to go back and clean up and improve a few things that were lacking. I've been meaning to post some pics of the new parts but I've been too busy casting.

I started a blog of it here. Hopefully in the next few days I can post some new pics:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/336058.page

Ok i'll check it out.

im lovin this thread,those super tanks rock.

Can't wait for the next fellblade- The DA one, to me, sounds like:
plasma cannon instead of HB sponsons
plasma cannon instead of lascannon sponsons
plasma blastgun (main gun)
executioner cannon (secondary- where the demolisher cannon should be)

So a lot of plasma.

shrike wrote:Can't wait for the next fellblade- The DA one, to me, sounds like:
plasma cannon instead of HB sponsons
plasma cannon instead of lascannon sponsons
plasma blastgun (main gun)
executioner cannon (secondary- where the demolisher cannon should be)

So a lot of plasma.

That's a little too much plasma But I do like the idea of using the Executioner cannon in place of the Demolisher. What do you guys think?

Yes, Yes and YES on using the executioner instead of demoliser


M.K

I'd say:

Twin-linked Plasma-guns instead of Twin-linked HBs.
Plasma cannons instead of Lascannons, but they can be upgraded to Lascannons.
Executioner Cannon instead of demolisher cannon.
Plasma Blastgun.

Darkvoidof40k wrote:I'd say:

Twin-linked Plasma-guns instead of Twin-linked HBs.
Plasma cannons instead of Lascannons, but they can be upgraded to Lascannons.
Executioner Cannon instead of demolisher cannon.
Plasma Blastgun.

Yeah, I thought about using plasma guns in place of the TL heavy bolters but I thought that would be overkill.

Machinator wrote:

Darkvoidof40k wrote:I'd say:

Twin-linked Plasma-guns instead of Twin-linked HBs.
Plasma cannons instead of Lascannons, but they can be upgraded to Lascannons.
Executioner Cannon instead of demolisher cannon.
Plasma Blastgun.

Yeah, I thought about using plasma guns in place of the TL heavy bolters but I thought that would be overkill.

This is the Grim Dark Future where there is only war.

There is NO SUCH THING as overkill.

wolfshadow wrote:

Machinator wrote:

Darkvoidof40k wrote:I'd say:

Twin-linked Plasma-guns instead of Twin-linked HBs.
Plasma cannons instead of Lascannons, but they can be upgraded to Lascannons.
Executioner Cannon instead of demolisher cannon.
Plasma Blastgun.

Yeah, I thought about using plasma guns in place of the TL heavy bolters but I thought that would be overkill.

This is the Grim Dark Future where there is only war.

There is NO SUCH THING as overkill.

I'm not so sure..



Well, the picture surely wouldn't lie..



Also, TL Plasma guns is not overkill - you can get it with a LASCANNON on top on a Razorback. It'd be remiss if you didn't put them on a damned Fellblade!

Darkvoidof40k wrote:

wolfshadow wrote:

Machinator wrote:

Darkvoidof40k wrote:I'd say:

Twin-linked Plasma-guns instead of Twin-linked HBs.
Plasma cannons instead of Lascannons, but they can be upgraded to Lascannons.
Executioner Cannon instead of demolisher cannon.
Plasma Blastgun.

Yeah, I thought about using plasma guns in place of the TL heavy bolters but I thought that would be overkill.

This is the Grim Dark Future where there is only war.

There is NO SUCH THING as overkill.

I'm not so sure..



Well, the picture surely wouldn't lie..



Also, TL Plasma guns is not overkill - you can get it with a LASCANNON on top on a Razorback. It'd be remiss if you didn't put them on a damned Fellblade!

Point taken.

The Dark Angels Fellblade: All plasma, all the time

Maybe with a bit of Las..


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Actually, to be honest, Twin-linked Plasma Cannons wouldn't be over powered, infact it makes much more sense to put them in the place of TL HB! Then maybe have Pintle-mounted TL Plasma gun or put the TL Plasma guns instead of the Lascannons.

My reasoning is that a LRBT can mount PCs and HBs in exactly the same way, to it makes sense for it to be this way. But you'll definitely need some TL Plasma guns to kill those MCs.

As for the Executioner PC - I'd use the Forgeworld one if I were you.. although I think that means buying a whole tank.

Machinator wrote:

Darkvoidof40k wrote:I'd say:

Twin-linked Plasma-guns instead of Twin-linked HBs.
Plasma cannons instead of Lascannons, but they can be upgraded to Lascannons.
Executioner Cannon instead of demolisher cannon.
Plasma Blastgun.

Yeah, I thought about using plasma guns in place of the TL heavy bolters but I thought that would be overkill.

I have a unit consisting of 8 captains, shrike, korvydae, a chapter master, 3 librarians, 3 chaplains, a cheif librarian and 10 vanguard veterans, equipped with 6 TH/SS, 4 LC's. The unit has FNP, furious charge, fleet, stealth, infiltrate, fearless, hit & run and either jump packs or bikes. 2 TL plasmagun sponsons is not overkill.
I reckon:
sponson plasmaguns
top-sponson plasma cannons
plasma blastgun
executioner cannon

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