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Grot Tanks available to pre-order Now- http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/GROT-TANKS.html

Across the Forsarr sector, whispers and rumours rise of a threat greater even than the Kill Tanks that have so decimated the Elysian operations on Kastorel-Novem.
The thunder of engines and the blast of cannons heralds the advance of a new and deadly form of greenskin war machine in numbers beyond comprehension.
Armoured tracks grind inexorably onwards, driving all before them in a storm of destruction, as greenskins cackle madly at the sheer joy of their onslaught.
This devastating Grotzkrieg has laid waste to Imperial, Chaos, Tau, Eldar and Tyranid forces throughout the galaxy, and it seems that no fighting force in Warhammer 40,000 can stand against this new Gretchin devilry! (That’s what the Grots believe, at least!)

It is with some trepidation at the horror that will be unleashed across gaming tables everywhere that we can announce the release of the Grot Tank Set which is available to pre-order now for despatch in the week commencing June 21st. First previewed at the Forge World Open Day earlier this year, these extremely detailed and unique models have been wildly anticipated. Forge World designer Daren Parrwood has created a set of four fantastically ramshackle war machines that are complimented by four unique tank Kommandaz sculpted by Mark Bedford. The full resin kit allows you to build three Grot Tanks and a Kommand Tank, equipped with an additional hull-mounted weapon.

These new Grot Tanks are a revolution in miniature modelling and wargaming. The set contains four different variant chassis, tracks, exhausts and turrets as well as four fantastic Grot Tank Kommandaz and 5 different, incredibly shooty, weapon options. As you may have seen at the Forge World Open Day, and on the Games Workshop Blog, Forge World designer Daren Parrwood has taken care to ensure the kit is fully modular – all of the chassis, turret, exhaust, track and weapon options are completely interchangeable. This allows more than a thousand individual tanks to be built from the kits, before even considering the possibilities that rise from a bits box or other items in the Forge World range, such as Grot Crew and the recently-released Weapons Set.
Full rules for using a Grot Tank Battle Mob can be found in the Dread Mob army list included in Imperial Armour 8: Raid on Kastorel-NovemRaid, but Imperial Armour writer Alan Bligh was so excited about the release of the Grot Tanks that he has created a deliciously unhinged Apocalypse formation that you can download http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Downloads/Product/PDF/g/Grot_Tanks.pdf

yeah,
I'll be having two of those sets please thank you.

Panic...

Whoo Hoo.. a download!

They look awesome but, I dont think they would be too hard to scratch build.

May need a couple sets just to play around with.

So how big are they? Killa Kans or Mega-Armor Nobs?

So a set is 4 tanks?

porkuslime wrote:Whoo Hoo.. a download!

... of an Apocalypse Formation that requires you to purchase no fewer than 5(!) sets(!) of these tanks to get any benefit from. I realize they're in the IA8 book (another 45 pound investment), but really? 5 sets? REALLY?

Scratchbuild. Go die in a fire, GW.

Ouch £2.50 each more would be same price as a Razorback

But im such a fan of grots... any idea of what they can be good for count as?

Lootas? Flashgitz?

yeah,

The Power Cosmic wrote:... of an Apocalypse Formation that requires you to purchase no fewer than 5(!) sets(!) of these tanks to get any benefit from. I realize they're in the IA8 book (another 45 pound investment), but really? 5 sets? REALLY? Scratchbuild. Go die in a fire, GW.

you need 6 sets...

LunaHound wrote:But im such a fan of grots... any idea of what they can be good for count as? Lootas? Flashgitz?

They have their own GW official ork codex rules printed in IA8.

Panic...

LunaHound wrote:But im such a fan of grots... any idea of what they can be good for count as?

Buggies? Bikes? Anything, really. Meganobz even.



Panic: You need 3 mobs of 6 tanks = 18 tanks. They come in sets of 4, so you need 5 sets = 20 tanks. But you'll get 2 "extra." That's my math, anyway.

yeah,
Or you could use them as grot tanks...

Panic...

yeah,
Oh yeah you need 6 to make the formation in the datasheet...

I'm going to buy two sets and use them with extra tank bits and bit box bits to make 12 tanks

Panic...

whereas I was just being thrilled that the Forge World site is starting to put downloads back onto the web..

Hoping for the future!

Count me in for a load of FW Grot Tanks and Homemade Convertions.

These things are great!

Almost makes me wish I wasn't selling off all of my Ork stuff...

Panic wrote:yeah,
Or you could use them as grot tanks...

Panic...

So they can be used in a normal 40k game not the spear head?

I'm going to put little buzz saws on the fronts of them and use them as deff koptas personally.

Warmaster wrote:I'm going to put little buzz saws on the fronts of them and use them as deff koptas personally.

Thanks for the idea

Im going to take the propellers off the deff kopta and add them onto the tanks :3

These don't have anything to do with Spearhead. If I understand things correctly, the IA8 book kind of implies that you can use any of the Ork units from it in a regular game.

The Power Cosmic wrote:These don't have anything to do with Spearhead. If I understand things correctly, the IA8 book kind of implies that you can use any of the Ork units from it in a regular game.

Woo super , thanks!

They are elites in the Dread Mob IIRC. Also, when they were first shown at FW open day (i think), FW stated that they can be used as Killa Kanz in regular games.

I'll be getting 2 sets eventually....

Theres plenty of bits to start work on your own Grot tanks to be found here:

http://shop.ramshacklegames.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=15

Bitz shops should also be your friends here too.

No need to pay FW prices.

Very cute, hope they go plastic for the next Orkdex.

Am I the only person who see's this

They're so awesome and cute

those are some nice lookin tanks but I wouldn't expect anything less from FW.

Wish I didn't have so many other projects to work on.......

MannyMcCoconut wrote:They look awesome but, I dont think they would be too hard to scratch build.

Probably not. I think the pictures make for good inspiration to make our own, but that probably isn't what GW has intended...

chub wrote:Am I the only person who see's this

No.

I thought that and Dominion Tank Police.

Grarg wrote:They are elites in the Dread Mob IIRC. Also, when they were first shown at FW open day (i think), FW stated that they can be used as Killa Kanz in regular games.

I'll be getting 2 sets eventually....

Fast Attack in the Dread Mob, Elites in standard Ork forces.