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I'm hoping they stick to the fluff on the.....mule I think it was called. Another dune crawler type vehicle.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Insurgency Walker wrote:
I'm hoping they stick to the fluff on the.....mule I think it was called. Another dune crawler type vehicle.

The "mule" is the Onager. It's a play off some old Roman military stuff if I remember right.

Yes it was an Onager but with transport capacity. I don't know if we'll get a stretched Onager but if they stick with the idea of variations on a standard STL I'd be happy

 Mr_Rose wrote:
Nah, those are rudders/thrust vectoring paddles like on a hovercraft; you can see the engines directly forward of them.

This could be true, but why have a piston as the connector on top? It's an odd design choice, originally I thought that those pistons drove a large rearward hatch that swung upward for troop deployments.


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However they don't seem to have enough travel for that.

 aracersss wrote:
I like the new hoverboat.

Wow, I almost threw up when I saw that. But I'm starting to like its grotesqueness.


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Definitely going to loot that for my future IG brown water navy.

Hmmm. Could buy 2 and build a double wide....wonder if a Leeman Russ would fit inside....

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:


if you cut off the loading ramp bulge the tank version looks a lot better

Here comes Hammers Slammers!


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 BrookM wrote:
OP and thread title have been updated.

It's a flying Higgins boat!

I don't play Skitarii, but I like the idea of having one of these and use it for something else.

It's not like guard need another amphibious troop transport but the idea of using them for sentinels or the little FW tractors (Dang I for got the name) intrigues me.

 BrookM wrote:
OP and thread title have been updated.

It's a flying Higgins boat!

I don't play Skitarii, but I like the idea of having one of these and use it for something else.

Trying to steal my thunder? No wait...howl!

Here is to hoping that the missile nose is just an option. If not I'm hoping forge world (can't be third party I guess) could make a "down grade kit" for the nose. Really love the tank concept art. Will definitely do something with the transport version.

Sotahullu wrote:
I am actually wondering in what form we are getting rules for this vehicle.

There is already HQ option outside of codex so would it be reasonable to think that we are getting V2 codex also? And if we are getting such thing, is there going to be anything else?

Some of the last page of weapons are for techpriest manipolus

 ImAGeek wrote:

 Insurgency Walker wrote:
Here is to hoping that the missile nose is just an option. If not I'm hoping forge world (can't be third party I guess) could make a "down grade kit" for the nose. Really love the tank concept art. Will definitely do something with the transport version.

The missiles are built right into that nose piece:

Well. That's a bummer, but still like the transport. Looks like the turret is open topped too.

I doubt this is a conventional hovercraft with a plenum chamber using air pressure to provide lift. My guess it would be a grav lift system or better yet (or worse do to dubious science) ride on some electro magnetic field.

Hovercraft have been used in combat operations since the Vietnam War.

The Plenum chamber is actually a rather decent tool as it can take significant damage before failure and then can be field repaired quickly in many cases.

I once considered a MOS switch to hovercraft pilot, and spent some time on the phone with folks who used them in the field. Fascinating craft.

Missiles in the front a problem? Maybe not. Efficient? Probably not but it's too easy to fix with basic hand waves such as being launched free of the hull with compressed air. Personally I would have stuck with the concept nose, or if committed to a missile nose would have opted for a vertical or at least slanted system. I do however understand the aesthetic choices of weapons pointing towards the enemy.


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All I can imagine is if this thing floats by a guardsman his or her hair should stand on end and pass with the smell of burnt ozone.