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So two barely reskinned WWII tanks are coming for the Imperial Guard...

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/olcxm67r/astra-militarum-rules-revealed-commissar-graves-and-new-vehicles/

And well I thought it was a good time to mention some alternative models already out if people want to try. They might be on the small side and will need bitz, but hey.



https://us.warlordgames.com/products/m3a1-half-track

Warlord Games $33.50



https://www.rubiconmodelsusa.com/collections/rubicon-1-56th-ww-ii-usa-vehicles/products/m3-m3a1-half-track

Rubicon $25



https://www.rubiconmodelsusa.com/collections/rubicon-1-56th-ww-ii-usa-vehicles/products/m8-greyhound-m20-scout-car

Rubicon $26

I do wonder if the somewhat less fantastical recent IG designs are GW leaning into the popularity of stuff like Bolt Action?

I mean, there’s always been a market for WW2 models, and indeed games for them. Well, I say always. Clearly not before the war, because that would be a temporal paradox.

But it seems Bolt Action, which I believe to be really well regarded, is the first Mass Market take that’s shown staying power, and so better harnessed the underlying popularity.

GW of course can’t compete in that realm. But they can create Bait for some cross pollination. Because even if it’s just folks buying a kit or two for painting and display? It’s all money in the till.

https://us.warlordgames.com/products/m8-m20-greyhound-scout-car-plastic-box

Warlord $35

The German versions should also look pretty fitting...

Rubicon SdKfz 251/1:


or Italeris SdKfz 234/4 Puma:

I know that 1/48 and 1/56 scale stuff can look a bit small on a 40k battlefield, so it'll be be nice when we can see a comparison pic.

Folks might also want to check 1/35 models which I find look about right.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
I know that 1/48 and 1/56 scale stuff can look a bit small on a 40k battlefield

An understatement to put it mildly.

The BA kits are 1/56 and tiny compared to 40K models. Modern 40K stuff is somewhere between heroic 28mm and heroic 32mm, and historic 1/56 models just look wrong in that context.

1/35 might work out, as long as you replace the weapons with bits from actual 40K kits - 40K weapons are comically oversized.

https://www.amazon.com/BMC-CTS-WW2-US-Halftrack/dp/B0CVLL7NKW/



$20 is a bit much for green plastic men but hey.

Is it carved out of wax??

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Is it carved out of wax??

Yep and your paint job will peel off if you look at it wrong.