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Well, as many of you know, machinator is making and selling parts on his ebay store to convert an IG baneblade into a SM fellblade. He's making one for every SM legion, and I helped him make rules for a raven guard one. Since the main gun is more powerful than the others, we decided to mount it on a shadowsword instead. He recommended that we make it a falchion variant, as they are more self-propelled guns, but I think fellblade sounds better, and it fits with all the others. Which should it be?

Not sure. But I'd love to see a picture of it
(literally, the things you described for him sounded cool)

Dunno exactly what you're asking. I'm familiar with his conversions, but are you asking what would look better?

Samus_aran115 wrote:Dunno exactly what you're asking. I'm familiar with his conversions, but are you asking what would look better?

what would sound better and fit with the fluff most- it being a fellblade or falchion. Here are the rules ATM:
Lycaeus fellblade/falchion 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
replace corvus heavy cannon for a 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.

Can we see some pictures as well?

battle Brother Lucifer wrote:Not sure. But I'd love to see a picture of it
(literally, the things you described for him sounded cool)

We won't have pics until:
We decide on a name
We decide on the rules
Machinator finishes some other business.



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Happygrunt wrote:Can we see some pictures as well?

of a falchion? here:
http://s15.invisionfree.com/The_Great_Crusade/ar/t252.htm

Rules sound cool, but I think it should be a fellblade. Build on the baneblade chassis. Seems more appropriate, what with that huge range on the main cannon.

On BOLS they reckon the cannon's pretty powerful, and thus should have a shadowsword chassis.
If dakka thinks it should have a baneblade chassis, I'll be happy to go with that.


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The name really depends on what mount the cannon's on- if it's a hull-mount (like a shadowsword) we go falchion. If it's turret (like a baneblade) we go fellblade.

Tank hunter = often got the main weapon in a fixed position => Shadowsword chassis.

Like the lancer and the constant beam. Maybe allow some control :
Constant beam until shield 1 is down = no risk
Constant beam until shield 2 is down = light risk of overheat 1d6 = 1+
Constant beam until shield 3 is down = acceptable risk of overheat 1d6 = 2+
Constant beam until more than the remaining shields are down and additional damage = 1d6 = 3+
Does it auto-stop for cool-down after 3 shields are down?

1hadhq wrote:Tank hunter = often got the main weapon in a fixed position => Shadowsword chassis.

Like the lancer and the constant beam. Maybe allow some control :
Constant beam until shield 1 is down = no risk
Constant beam until shield 2 is down = light risk of overheat 1d6 = 1+
Constant beam until shield 3 is down = acceptable risk of overheat 1d6 = 2+
Constant beam until more than the remaining shields are down and additional damage = 1d6 = 3+
Does it auto-stop for cool-down after 3 shields are down?

good idea!
Lycaeus fellblade/falchion tank hunter- 650pts
AV 13/13/12, BS4
HULL 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
replace corvus heavy cannon for a 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+. On a roll of a 1, it overheats. The third is removed on a 6+. On the roll of a 1 or 2, it overheats. If there are no void shields left after this, the model takes the above hit.
Overheat- Sometimes the cannon does not get sufficient time to cool between shots, causing an overheat. On a 4+, the cannon counts as being shaken.

It is a Lycaeus falchion tank hunter, based on the shadowsword chassis.