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Depending on the stats of the Mortar, giving them ignores cover may even prove best. The 9" Scout move allows them to get into position and, likely, not need to move and ignore the heavy penalties.

 Dysartes wrote:
Nice design, glad to see a kit with some options, but why the frak is it on a base again.

Probably because it's more consistent to measure to the base than to the model. I wish more vehicles were on bases, honestly.

I love the mining guild aesthetic, though I do wonder if we'll ever get more guard-themed GSC eventually. I've been trying to find a good way to make an infiltrated Commisar, but can't seem to find any good options. Be nice if the GSC upgrade sprue had a head with a Commisar's hat.

Nice to see flare launchers protect you against bullets and close combat attacks.

???

 Kirasu wrote:
Nice to see flare launchers protect you against bullets and close combat attacks.

???

I garuntee you that if you found yourself in the middle of a bunch of gang members eager for a knife fight, and you pull out a flare gun and shoot the ground in front of you they're all going to be less effective...Unfortunately, so will you!


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ListenToMeWarriors wrote:
That Ridge runner is possibly my favourite 40k vehicle for some time, cracking stuff.

It looks way better than the new ork cars, and I like those cars!

 Kirasu wrote:
Nice to see flare launchers protect you against bullets and close combat attacks.

???

Maybe they're all still having nightmares of Stallone's Judge Dredd and the phrase "flare gun"?

Well, this is exactly what I was hoping for. And the fact that I can mount it on a base makes it even better, as I can now go conversion wild for it. Excellent. Top marks.

So many Cult Limo's are going to be made now because of this.

 Fenriswulf wrote:
Well, this is exactly what I was hoping for. And the fact that I can mount it on a base makes it even better, as I can now go conversion wild for it. Excellent. Top marks.

So many Cult Limo's are going to be made now because of this.

Literally, the base is my favorite part. Vehicles look SO MUCH BETTER on bases.

I hope Imperial Guard players are vocal enough that they want such amazing vehicles, too. I mean it was imperial property before it was put to better use .
So where are my speedfreeks rules?

I could definitely see GW releasing some sort of upgrade sprue to make this a military vehicle.

The GS cult is looking better and better, getting all sorts of units I've always wanted for the IG

changemod wrote:You know, I’m faintly confused what purpose this vehicle actually serves on the tabletop, but at least it looks nice enough.

You can use the speed to get side and flank shots against ta- Oh. Right.

Haighus wrote:Awesome!

Looks like it would make a great Arbites patrol car too.

Don't tempt me! The army is ALMOST done!

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

Haighus wrote:Awesome!

Looks like it would make a great Arbites patrol car too.

Don't tempt me! The army is ALMOST done!

You know you want to....

Could give it a lovely heavy grenade launcher for Arbites support, maybe even a harpoon gun from the Orlock sprue to apprehend enemy vehicles.

On the one hand, this is a great looking model.

On the other hand, GW are making so many great looking models these days, that I feel like the only way to stave off bankruptcy is to only buy flipping amazing! models. If the currently unseen weapon and crew options are even slightly better I reckon I'll give in.

The rail-buggy is a good looking kit. However, I can't help but think GSC is going to be the most eye-wateringly expensive army in the game. An army of expensive single-sprue characters and not-cheap lightweight vehicles and bikers? I genuinely think it will be prohibitively expensive for a lot of people, particularly new gamers, or younger gamers, etc.

Even if they keep the character models at $20 (doubtful), you're looking at $120 just for the character minis, assuming you don't run multiples, etc. The GSC kits are nice, but...an inexpensive army with so many kits is going to be a huge financial pain in the ass.

Nice to see this ended up being an actual kit.

Reminds me of the MAKO from mass effect, and it is similarly described as an exploratory vehicle. Achilles Ridgerunners are traditionally employed by mining guilds and geological surveyors as exploration vehicles. Their pilots range into hazardous frontier environments to scan for promising resource deposits and communicate their location back to base.



Although I'm not getting into this release, this gives me great hope for all faction vehicles in the coming future.

I kind of wish they hadn't added the 6+ fnp to the flare.... Just make it a "Rugged Construction" vehicle like the Goliath. It's meant to be out in the wilds and used for exploration. It would make sense for it to have that.

Ah well, I'm still in love with this thing. If it has the Ork buggy price point, I'll probably get 3.

 Elbows wrote:
The rail-buggy is a good looking kit. However, I can't help but think GSC is going to be the most eye-wateringly expensive army in the game. An army of expensive single-sprue characters and not-cheap lightweight vehicles and bikers? I genuinely think it will be prohibitively expensive for a lot of people, particularly new gamers, or younger gamers, etc.

Even if they keep the character models at $20 (doubtful), you're looking at $120 just for the character minis, assuming you don't run multiples, etc. The GSC kits are nice, but...an inexpensive army with so many kits is going to be a huge financial pain in the ass.

The other armies aren’t?????

Joking aside, I worry the army I bought at Deathwatch Overkill time will now be useless without most of the new toys. May just sell up.

Seeing all of these releases makes it almost easy to imagine my ever-expanding GSC Kill Team becoming a full-fledged GSC army...

 zedmeister wrote:
A cult Technical! Love it!

Yep!

That was the basic concept behind my old Trukk conversions...and with a little work, I'll be able to make them work for Ridgerunners.

I wish my IG could have that...Wouldn't you think an Inquisitor could requisition one of those? I just keep picturing Storm Troopers driving in one alongside their Taurox...

The Tauros used by the Elysians are militarised, stripped down and lightened versions of civilian vehicles. I can see this thing being from the same family; Tauros, Venator, Achilles in the same way as Vauxhall do the Corsa, Astra, Insignia.

loving all the new GSC stuff.. wish I had the time to keep building my army but I never really get to play anymore :(

 Red Corsair wrote:
It's basically a FW Tauros Venator the more I think about it.

That was my first thought too. It will make a great Venator for IG armies.

Now we just need the GSC to get a flyer of their own. PleaseplasticArvuspleaseplasticArvuspleaseplasticArvus!

Or perhaps something a bit larger than the Arvus. If they made a plastic civilian cargo-hauler that could carry one of the Munitorum containers, I'd be all over it.

zamerion wrote:

That stopper is not going to fit in that flask...




Love the ridgerunner - nice to see a buggy that actually has some ground clearance!

I have to admit, the GS cult mini's are really appealling, not only are they awesome to look at, with a fair amount of character to boot, but there's also a plethora of female cultists. Something painfully lacking in the Guard range.

If I didn't have my heart set on a Sister's army later in the year, these would be my new project.

GunSmith wrote:

Zero hype? Lack of build up? We've been teased for more than six month, we already have had more release than most of the armies of the game, we have another boxed set with exclusive character coming before the Codex itself, got some rule preview a few day earlier, a teaser, a trailer, two conventions that showed us new models: that's seems quite good for an un-hyped codex release.

We had twice as much info about the actual rules of the orks codex by this point in their release schedule. The amount of actual information and previews they've shown us about the GSC codex itself is Space Wolves-tier.

The models are nice, the rules previews have been anemic. Hopefully the Achilles Ridgerunner is the start of a consistent flow of information.

I recently asked how i could get my hands on a Griffon mortar carrier....
For my renegades.


And then this thing showed up with stubbers and everything!

Ugh, this release is just looking cooler and cooler, but I need to save my money for sisters of battle and chaos...

 BlaxicanX wrote:

GunSmith wrote:

Zero hype? Lack of build up? We've been teased for more than six month, we already have had more release than most of the armies of the game, we have another boxed set with exclusive character coming before the Codex itself, got some rule preview a few day earlier, a teaser, a trailer, two conventions that showed us new models: that's seems quite good for an un-hyped codex release.

We had twice as much info about the actual rules of the orks codex by this point in their release schedule. The amount of actual information and previews they've shown us about the GSC codex itself is Space Wolves-tier.

The models are nice, the rules previews have been anemic. Hopefully the Achilles Ridgerunner is the start of a consistent flow of information.

Rules previews are generally the week before the codex is up for preorder. Getting rules previewed outside that time is already more than most codexes got.

 aka_mythos wrote:
I wish my IG could have that...Wouldn't you think an Inquisitor could requisition one of those? I just keep picturing Storm Troopers driving in one alongside their Taurox...

Well, I certainly wouldn't have s problem with that. While I will get some for use in a guard army, or with an Arbites or two I would be surprised if these make it into the guard codex. I see these as local ground vehicles that have evolved to fit the local workers needs but Guard vehicles have been running on standardized models that have been used for thousands of years.