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Just looking for thoughts on this simple conversion; Tactical, fairplay, naming, etc. This is based on the LR Crusader. The temporary name is the Land Raider Ravager. Swap out the hurricane bolters for TL Autocannons, all else remains the same. I have tested this out in a few battles, with mixed results. The added range of the autocannon is useful and it seems to be decent against heavy infantry and light vehicles. Will post pics of conversion/WIP when I return in a few months.

Sounds Ok to me but i would rather have twin linked Missile systems as spondson..... give you the ablitiy too take out heavy troops, light infantry, and some meduim tank busting ....

call it the Mortificator.

if you want to buff it up, make it 300 pts and give it Hurricane autocannons.

(i.e; 2 TL autocannons, or, heavy 4 S7 AP4) sound cool?

It sounds like a good idea, though maybe it should cost a few more points for the autocannons. Having the transport capacity of a LRC, and firepower nearly matching that of the regular Land Raider, I think it should be 270 points, but that's just my opinion.

i lie... misread the rumor

@ Dedrith: Oh yeah, 270 it is.

maybe have a trasnport capacity of a little less than a crusader? Wouldn't autocannon shells take up more room than bolter rounds?

Praxiss wrote:maybe have a trasnport capacity of a little less than a crusader? Wouldn't autocannon shells take up more room than bolter rounds?

This is a good point. I think they would. Reduce the capacity and keep the points at 250pt. All land raiders should be about 250 point5s its like the law! lol

A cpacity of 12 is still nothign to be sniffed at, plus means you coudl let rip with all those auto cannons and still have a squad of Termies and an IC charge out.

Praxiss wrote:A cpacity of 12 is still nothign to be sniffed at, plus means you coudl let rip with all those auto cannons and still have a squad of Termies and an IC charge out.

I think its fine at 250 points, keep in mind the autocannons are not defensive weapons. With a transport capacity of 12, it would be a lot like the vanilla Land Raider.

Autocannon rounds are bigger, but they probably (IMO) woould not take up a huge amount more transport space, considering a normal Crusader is carrying enough ammo to 12 bolters.

Yeah, they aren't defensive, so you could move 6" and fire one then machine spirit the other. Or you could move 12" and machine spirit one. No big deal.

In a way it is kind of vanilla. It's just different than the usual, and I like auto-cannons. Also, I have never much cared for the hurricane bolters, they seem a little to cheesy for me. Even for 40K. I have had issues with tthe crusader since it's inception. So, it's mostly personal.