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Hey all, wanted to post a few pics of my new Shadowsword. More pics and a write-up can be found on the blog at http://wpggamegeeks.blogspot.com/2009/03/shadowsword.html

Cheers,

d.

Very nice - I'd love to see some closeups on the weathering of the tracks.

Thanks DBM! If you follow the link to the blog, you can see supersize versions of the pics that show way more detail.

d.

y no sponsons?

Armor 14 sides maybe?
Chicken is it really that hard to type out "why" it only takes a couple of seconds longer.

That is spot on how a shadowsword should be. The tank commander really is an excellent detail.

Great work. Can we have close up on the grey areas, I would like to see in more detail how they are painted.

No sponsons because it's a Titan-killer. If anything gets close enough that the Shadowsword would have to use its sponsons, then the escorting troops have failed :-)

Paul A., you can check the blog link in the firs post, click on the blog photos for extreme close-ups.

Cheers

d.

Nice grey Tank.

Using enhanced side armor then?
Maybe rethink the sponsons. Targeters seem to be there on FW/Epic shadowswords.

>Using enhanced side armor then?

For sure. I'd have liked to put on some targeters as well but they were not included in the kit that I could see. The only thing on top of the sponsons is a lascannon turret.

d.

i would havev kept the sponsons, because its a super heavy it can multi target. never underestimate the value of independent targetting lascannon. Still av14 has its uses.

IIRc the front heavy bolters are optional for the Shadowsword, at +25pts but included in the price for all the other varients. I like this as I hate those tacked on HB's they just dont look right, one of several reasons why I will be building mine as a Shadowsword.

>i would havev kept the sponsons, because its a super heavy it can multi target. never underestimate the value of independent targetting lascannon. Still av14 has its uses.

Good points - to be honest the "game advantages" never really occurred to me. I'll be using it in non-40K sci-fi games too so the ultimate objective was to build something that I thought looked cool.

>IIRc the front heavy bolters are optional for the Shadowsword, at +25pts but included in the price for all the other varients. I like this as I hate those tacked on HB's they just dont look right, one of several reasons why I will be building mine as a Shadowsword.

Another good point, but in the plastic kit there is no option for deleting them, apart from scratchbuilding a hatch or something to cover the hole :-)

Badass. Awesome. Other high praises.
The Shadowsword is one of my favorite superheavys, hence my username. There's just something very appealing about a tank that can blow the arms off a titan.

If the germans realy had one of those babys in WWI i think they woulda.... kinda done better....(no offence ment to anyone whom may take notice of my observations)

anyway, NICE job!

dienstuhr wrote:>Using enhanced side armor then?

For sure. I'd have liked to put on some targeters as well but they were not included in the kit that I could see. The only thing on top of the sponsons is a lascannon turret.

d.

Sadly the needed lenses/sensors to replace the lascannon barrel aren't included.
But i do believe its not to hard to scratchbuild it. Just use the turrets and add some parts of sensors/lights as "faceplate" of the turret.

I like the fact it has no turrets , not every tank is built for multi role this was built for a certian job in the field and needs the space that would be taken up by the turrets and turret ammo for more ammo for the job it was built for .

awsome tank
side sponsons are over rated
sonofruss who cares if chicken is too lazy to type why

yeah laziness FTW

Commissar Agro wrote:awsome tank
side sponsons are over rated
sonofruss who cares if chicken is too lazy to type why

Because it's really annoying to have to read a post as if it were texted from a cell numpad. Laziness is no excuse, it takes literally 1 more second to not come across as someone who is not worth listening to. If you are not going to put in more than a minuscule amount of effort into your posts, I will not make any effort to care about what you say and skip past your post.


Great looking Shadowsword dienstuhr, I think the lack of sponsons is a refreshing break from most superheavies.

Very nicely done. I really like the paintwork, the weathering and mud adds a new level detail to the tank changing it from 'just a model' to something that holds your attention. I agree that that the sponsons thing is overrated ( this coming from someone who just paid $120 aus for three sets of extra sponsons for his three stormlord variants), but that said, there something..............how do i put it............incomplete about the tank. I know i'm going to be howled at for this but, its lines (for me anyway) are some how broken by the lack of a panel there, maybe if there had been a plastic card section put in, or maybe some other conversion in its stead.....hmmm, but otherwise great work.

A Humble techpriest

sorry ph34r, i'll try and not be so lazy

Dude, good conversion but like a humble techpreist said it needs something on the side to spread it out, thats the problem of guard tanks they are too flat!

I agree with Humble but i would also add, if you want extra armour plates you can get them out of the baneblade accessories sprue

p.s. I will not start an arguement with ph34r out of respect.