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The Ordinatus continues with construction.



The platform on the top of the rear hull unit is plenty big. A Baneblade can sit comfortably on top of it or 2 or 3 Leman Russ tanks.



Heck, the Hunterkiller tank's hull alone could be a Super heavy by itself and could mount some serious firepower on it





Now to construct the guns cradle and the gun itself. Probably gun first!! so then the cradle is not too smaller or too big.

Fantastic work, looks incredible.

Over at the Bell of Lost souls, they posted some Ordinatus datasheets, pre-7th edition. If I ever use it in a game, I'll just use that as a base.

@Briancj I looked up the list on BoLS and Ill probably use the rules they have as a starting point then go up from there. A single D hit Hellstorm that also makes terrain vanish doesn't seem like a good amount of dakka for such a weapon. Especially one of such SIZE like this. not to mention the way they conceived the Dispersion Field to work and then some. Its not bad just not up to snuff I think for the reputation and firepower an Ordinatus would have. Sure I have more guns then just some heavy bolters and lascannons but still.



The rear platform has a scaffolding tower right now. Its gonna need a lot of additional reinforcing and bracing before I build the primary weapon. The tower has enough room for a Leman Russ to sit on happily with room to spare.



Ill get to work on the main gun at some point. As well as its cradle. I am hoping I will be able to get the main gun to turn if only side to side slightly for some semblance of aiming.
Had this idea to use old LEGOs with a gear system with a screw bit that would slowly turn the device left or right. Failing Ill figure something out.

The Ordinatus has a primary weapon mounted. The Sonic Disruptor still needs more bitz and pieces but its overall shape is together.



Its a hefty monster of a machine. Thankfully the Disruptor, can be removed and I don't think ill connect the track units until I find some large enough magnets to do the job.


Best estimate on the points cost for the monster is about 2000 to 3000+ with the BoLS version being about 1500 but having far less weapons on board and a less powerful main weapon.

Not to mention I need to rig up some sponsons. Or at the least some additional side weapons. nothing huge but like some autocannons or bolters or something.


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The Sonic Disruptor device has gotten more bitz and pieces glued on for more flare so it isn't just a box with a funny end cap to it.



Not sure if ill armor the scaffolding like have building parts all over it. If I find the right price for bitz and don't encounter automated Ebay bidders ill see what I can do with things like the wall pieces of the Manufactorum set or various other buildings.



Ill get to work on some side mounted defensive weapons at some point.

Decided to do a full Army pic for an update with the Ordinatus nearly complete.



Im not going to ramble off the whole list.... I can't remember it all.....

All I can recall is that its approximately 18 to 19k of points (with the new tanks included) and with the Ordinatus (being roughly 3000+ points in its current prototype stats) about 20k+ of Armor, Super Weapons, Experimental devices, Troops, and firepower!

Everything from Hover tanks, Sonic Weaponry, Atomic Artillery, various Plasma based devices, Prototype Anti Armor Railguns, Laser Beam emitters, Exo-Suits, Heavy Combat Walkers, Coil Guns and everything else in between!. All hell bent on destroying the enemies of man and recovering technology of the past.


Also the Dining Room table doesn't have near enough room for the lot. I had to do this in my hallway as it has the best lighting and a flat surface.

An Apoc match is coming up (hopefully the 28th), Hopefully Ill have the Ordinatus up and running at full capacity (paint and all). Its going to be a standard Good Vs Bad match with other things thrown in like objectives.

My IG (SM and Knight), with other IG, SM and other factions. Vs mostly Chaos and lots of Orks.

I can't recall the points. Something like 25K per side if not more. My hopes are to unleash the Ordinatus on the enemy forces as a live weapons test run, with a protective detail of AA, and plenty of tanks and troops.


At the moment the Ordinatus is approx. 3000 maybe 3500

Sonic Disruptor itself is about....

St D AP 1 Heavy 5 10 inch Apoc Blast
BS 5 (Due to Advanced Targeters)
Sonic Resonance
Ultra High Energy

Sonic Resonance: Any Bunkers, Ruins, terrain, etc under the Template is removed, No Cover saves can be taken against the Sonic Disruptor. Defensive Structures (Bastions, Aquila Strong Points, Etc.) Have a 4+ on the Damage Chart If they are not outright obliterated by the Weapon.

Ultra High Energy: The Sonic Disruptors Damage does not fall off in the 10 inch blast template. It is ST D through the entire template.

All other weapons have a BS of 4.

If needed ill up it to 3500 points. That and ill keep tinkering with the Weapon stats.
IM still figuring out how to do the shields and the rest. Its hull points amount and then some.

Had a good battle today and a discussion about the Apoc battle next week alongside the objective for my army (each army in the game gets their own secret objectives.)

I ran an Armored Battlegroup against Eldar and Chaos with an IG Blob army as my ally.



My Tanks obliderated at least 95% of the Chaos Forces (ALL OF THEM, minus the Havocs in the way back) and did plenty of damage to the Eldar

One of my Executioners (Solar Infernus, the oldest of the trio) managed to wipe out 20 of 24 Plauge Marines in a single plasma fueled barrage. My HQ the newest Annihilator (The T-80 light tank, The Sickle) managed to pop a Hell-brute toward the end and the other Annihilator (Twin-Blade) blasted a Far Seer in the head at max range and instantly killed him.

All my tanks managed to get plenty of kills. My Exterminators scythed through cultist squads into nothingness and my outflanking Demolisher and Punisher (together in a squad, the Vulcan Raven and Quantum Annihilation, not show in pic since they were in reserves at the time) hit the Eldar hard, slaughtering scorpions and a wraithlord.



My allied IG borrowed my Deathstrike and managed to kill a grand total of 3 or 4 Havocs with it after it scattered
But he did plenty of damage to the Eldar and got rid of the Chaos Havocs for me.

We won with 9 victory points to 4 or something.


From that I decided to probably use a Armored Battlegroup to fight in next weeks Apoc match. My Ordinatus and 2 Shadowswords supported by plenty of little tanks and perhaps some Scions or my SM and my Knight to defend the Ordinatus.

The Enemy is going to have a factory that can replace Stompas, Kans and the lot like that Apoc match in the old Apoc book that was Eldar vs Ork. But in this case its Chaos + Orks vs Krieg IG, Mechanicus (Me technically), Space Wolves, Knights (5 of them!!!) and Eldar. (I think that's what the line up is.... the teams keep getting scrambled!!! People coming and going messing it all up! but its Good Vs Evil in general)

Either way its going to be a slugfest of the ages.

If I plan to have enough Scions to possibly defend my Ordinatus, Im gonna need to finish making the rest I have in boxes and paint them! Not to mention paint the behemoth Ordinatus!

I can easily bring more Super heavies. My next choice after my twin Shadowswords (which will be helping deal with Stompas and other things) would be one (or both) of my Malcador Infernuses and my Macharius Vulcan to throw bullets at things relentlessly.

At the moment one of my fears is one of the Chaos Iron Warriors bringing Agron (or whichever chaos uses Agron) doing some serious cheese by deep striking him to attack my tanks or truing some invisibility spam !!

Hence I want a lot of bullets to throw at anyone or anything dumb enough to attempt to deep strike next to my Ordinatus that or have my Knight crush them under foot!

I also finished painting the T-80 Soviet Light Tank. Its been named the Sickle and its adored in a rough light green/silver coat. Mostly the color scheme is based on the green-ish color Soviet tanks tend to get colored in video games such as War Thunder and World of Tanks. I can't recall if I finished any other tanks but If I remember ill get a pic up and maybe a story with them.

The Sickle, Annihilator and Battle Beast, Conqeror are done.





The Sickle will be one of the tanks to spear head the charge in the Apoc match alongside Twin Blade, Little Blitz, Gladiator, and Steel Fury. Hopefully to capture what I need. Ill have my little 2nd Ed vindicator and older Laser Destroyer oplaying as Thunderers and having the Vangaurd battle tank and Hammer Vanquisher defending the Ordinatus best they can. Hopefully my allies will help me defend the Ordinatus.

The Battle Beast I tested some metallic paint on, with a coat of GW paint first then the metallic blue on top. Its not a huge difference but It gives it a little more shine.






I would love to have Battle Beast in the Apoc battle. But im confined to 5k points with a lot taken up by the Ordinatus and a Shadowsword. Id personally want several K to attack with and more so to surround and defend my Ordinatus, but that's cause I don't trust other peoples luck in terms of things like protecting my stuff.

Anyways. Ill get to work painting my behemoth Ordinatus soon.

The Ordinatus went into battle in the Apoc match. Dispite having left the stats for the machine up for several week in the FB Apoc Game chat. The enemy team still demanded nerfing it. I could rant on about the fact they had WEEKS to say something (which they didn't) but I had to reduce the Ordinatus by 3 hull points 3 void shields and change the Turbo Laser into a Baneblade cannon.

Either way the battle came out to a victory for Order when a Knight stomped the enemy manufactorum out of existence. (I just imagined him going all "Kool Aid man" and busting through the wall to have everything crumble around him.)

My Ordinatus did plenty of damage but not as much as I had hoped, mostly due to bad luck rolls and Ork Mek invul shield spam. The Ordinatus itself was never scratched but my forces did enough damage to satisfy me.

It was a successful test.

Im finishing the Ordinatuses paint right now (it was half way complete by the time of the battle). Ill post the pics of the completed Ordinatus paint soon. Im finishing up the Sonic Disruptors paint right now.

Sounds like the battle went well enough. Kustom Force-fields are potent things though, so doing damage despite them is a good thing

The ordinatus is for the most part done.

I may do a touch up here and there but its all set otherwise.









Ill get a pic or 2 up from the start of the Apoc match later.

The Ordinatus and other superheavies of my team were not allowed on first turn as we were on the offensive, attacking the xenos and heretics.


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One of the other players of the Apoc match took a bunch of pictures.

http://imgur.com/a/urRLK

IN one of the pics you can see my borrowed shadowsword, the Ashbringer ready for battle. As far as I know he did well, killing plenty of Xenos and heretics.

We probably needed a 4th table perhaps setting them all up in an F shape or something. Of course each section of a turn took forever and a half. I was one of the few who was finished with any phase first (shooting, moving, etc) that and I never had a psychic phase since I ran all tanks.

The 2nd Tri-Track Russ is nearly complete in construction.




The designs are not exactly alike but I chalk that up to the whole bit of creation by hand. I decided half way through creating the tank that the lore form before had the tanks a series of prototypes of tanks built by a Forgeworld that didn't have access to the Leman Russ. In this case the difference between the 2 could be one could be from a short production run and the other is one of the prototype series. Which one is part of which, Im not sure but im leaning towards the Ruby Blade (the first one) being the prototype and the new one being one of the production series before the line was very quickly cut when the Leman Russ plans were given to the Forgeworld, yet managed to survive combat.



At this point I have plenty of things too build. I have the T95 which I should be starting at some point to make a 3rd Shadowsword into. But first im gonna churn out a few of those Tauroxes. They may not be the most attractive vehciles but I canabalized the cab of my old Battlewagon/Dragonwagon for the wheels and other parts. Ill be making the Tauroxes into half-tracks with a pair of front wheels instead of the silly 4 track units. Ill probably use the left over tracks for something like a mobile gun platform like the Rapier I made before.

I also have a 3rd Valk to put together. Im not sure its modification but some sort of ducted fan or alternate VTOL configuration is on the board at the moment.

The tri-track russ is a most unusual and interesting concept machine.

Because the 4 tread-units look stupid. Unless its on a giant tank.

Half-Track Taurox, one of 2 or 3. I might have canabalized one of the frames for a taurox while building the mighty Ordinatus.





I managed to cannibalize the wheels from my Dragon Wagon-Battle Wagon. all 8 of them. (4 GW Ork wheels, and 4 wheels from a Flak 88 model). I also put the Dragon Wagons bumper plate on it "I Win!" if only to pay homage to the machine that was sacrificed.




There is no huge conversion or anything besides the wheels. But I thought that would be enough.

Still tinkering away......

THe other Taurox is bolted together.

Made it a prime, I have enough scions for it to work. I know its glass but meh.



Again because GW screwed up in its design I moved the side mounted autocannons forward to the sides of the hood. I felt it kinda resembled the guns often put on cars in Twisted Metal (or other car combat games). Looks better than the guns that shoot at the side doors!!





I think I had an idea for the third Taurox if I can find all its parts to at least make the chassis and such. I saw a pic online of a taurox with an extended rear end like a Semi Truck cab. I think I found the basis for the replacement Dragon Wagon. With some tinkering and extra parts I can bolt together a trailer, crane and so on for it to work. It won't be lugging around a Baneblade but it might be able to move at least 2 Leman Russ tanks or 2 Chimera hull or something. That or just cargo of some sort.

If I was to have a "Baneblade Atlas" I would need a much larger hull. At least another baneblade hull. I can always get another Maus tank hull which would be perfect!!.

Work continues.



I got this Wheel Tank, it was a german WW2 prototype that was built with giant wheels covered in 3 ton metal shoes. The hope was it would cross minefield and its enormous shoes would withstand any kind of landmine the allies had. It is said on the larger anti tank mines sometimes the shoes could be loosed and there was a chance a 3 ton metal shoe could become a projectile during higher speed maneuvering.

Im hoping to put a Vulcan Megabolter on it, or at least a turret with twin large multibarrel gatling guns. the wheels will have armor on the hubs that will extend back to the rear hull to give the tank more bulk and room for heavy bolter sponsons and a larger engine bay.

After that its either the VK4502B or the T95.

Im not sure what the VK will become but Im between the Macharius Omega and the Dominus triple Bombard.


I have blueprints of the Godhammer tank and the design is slowly coming together in my mind. I found the eagle wings and head from the Macrocannon that went with my Aquila strong point and had this idea to have the front of the Godhammer be akin to a pointed sweeping bow like the frontal prows of the Imperial Navy with a Hellhammer Siege gun in the middle of it and on its top would be the first casemate of twin heavy guns. Heavy bolter turrets would be on the front of the track guards for anti infantry fire.

Still loving the treads on your ordinatus. I love the dedication and experimentation your are doing with your guard army. I'm just starting out doing similar things with my guardsmen.

Hopefully I can glean some inspiration out of your creations.

Hopes are sometimes in the future (far future possibly) is to get another Hunter Killer Tank model and perhaps build another Ordinatus. A Minoris (a 1/3rd-ish the size, and only 1 "battle Titan" weapon. Thing is "Battle Titan" covers ANY IMPERIAL TITAN, that isn't a Warhound which is a scout titan) but will be armed with a massive Plasma Annihilator from the Emperor Class Titan! But instead of a giant plasma gun, I want to bring out a massive Tesla Cannon.

Just imagine a huge weaponized Tesla Coil on its side and aimed like a cannon mounted on a giant turret platform.

It would have less shields, hull points, and defensive armament than the big one, but its more akin to a REALLY REALLY big basilisk in role. Its going to sit in the back field surrounded on all sides by my tanks and troops and future Skittari and just unleashing cataclysmic lightning bolts into the enemy!!!!

But long before I get that. Im hoping to finish off all the stuff I still have lieing around in boxes. But I did recently order 2 Dust Tactics walkers, an Allies "Wildfire" light bipedal walker, and a Quadra pedal heavy destroyer walker to hopefully fit the profile of the Skittari walkers, the Ballistari and the Dunewalker respectively. I know from other Dakka users that the Wildfire should fit just about perfectly, but Im hesitant on the quad walker, If its too big or something Ill cannibalize it for parts and reuse the legs and other pieces for a walker or other modifications.

Im gonna be headed to the other house for the weekend but ill bring the Tauroxes and the tri-track russ (all based) and try to see if I can get them painted a little bit while Im up there. Ill get back to the Wheel Tank soon.

I managed some painting over the weekend.

Only the Tri-Track Russ got some paint. The Frost Queen.




It didn't come out as white as I hoped. It more seems to have a White-Wash effect on it (more or less). like in WW2 when tank crews mixed up buckets of white wash to paint all over their olive drab tanks during the winter.
It not quite done, as a few little details needs to be done. mostly on the turret.

That and If I really don't become satisfied with the coloring ill go out and search for a better white paint. I used an old ceramite white pot, but I think it was just old and didn't adhere well or something.

Ill get to work on the Wheel Tank in the morning

It does look like WW2 White wash winter camo!

Wheel Tank got its turret. Its not complete by far.



I figured the ammo could be inside the turret and hull, with the belts going up through the turret ring or something.

In theory it could be completed with just some additional armor like attached to the wheels. Heavy Bolters seem redundant on a Vulcan Macharius tank. The Stubbers are there only since they come standard!


As for the Eldar Issues people are having. Im lucky that only 1 Eldar player in my area has enough/right models to take advantage of the new stuff. I think the other 2 have less than 1500 points worth and don't have legions of bikes or the guys who are now toting D stuff.
Regardless. I rarly see the "big" eldar player except at my most recent Apoc but he was on my side thankfully. Should I have to face him I will keep him at long range and pummel him into submission with anti cover, heavy weight artillery or just volume of fire him with lots of Dakka.

The Wheel Tank is the 2nd Macharius Vulcan I have now. without the All power to weapons rule (or whatever its called that still 30 shots between them and when they sit still its up to 60 shots. My next baneblade might end up a Stormlord for even more Dakka. The T95 will be a Shadowsword regaurdless. but I think a Jagd-E-100 (or whatever its called) is next on the Super Heavy line. But of course I got other stuff to finish. I found the remains of a Rhino in my bitz. with the 2 sides and the bottom of the hull. Its missing its middle but I think with some tinkering I can make it into something nice....

Taruoxes (is that the plural?) got some paint.

I gave them a similar job to the scions before them.

I still have a bunch of scions that need paint, and my ADD is not helping. I bet my Ironstrider that I will wander off to something else. speaking of which I grabbed an Ironstrider for reference for any other conversions and the Dust Tactics walkers that are on their way.

The harder bit is the Infantry. I could buy a leman russ (or come real close!) for a single box of Vangaurd or Rangers! gah! May the machine spirits of GW account cogitators fail and lower the price through the systems!



Their scheme is based on these guys.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/635715-Tech%20Scions.%20Spec%20Ops%20Squad.html?m=2


I have a few blueprints. I know some of just dreams, but so far plenty of them have turned into plastic. Perhaps not exactly (like the Ordinatus), but eventually....

After a cleanout of my room, I found an old souvenir folder and, stamp + ink from the D.C Spy Museum. folder reads "Top Secret" and so does the stamp. I jokingly now keep my blueprints in the folder and have stamped all of them with "Top Secret" in red. hence the stamps on the pictures.




Edit: One of the Dust Tactics walker arrived in the mail today. Its one of the Axis Quad legged transports (the bigger "tank-like" ones looked too larger to be an Onager Dunewalker). Im not sure if its the right size. All I know is the base is "130mm"/slightly larger than a large blast template.

Ill figure it out. Hopefully my local store will get some dunewalkers in stock and I can get one for reference.

I think that wheel tank might be my favorite so far. By the way I love this army, sorry I don't post often.

That sketch is ambitious looking!

Like this but bigger I think, Leviathan sized for your drawing,

I stayed superheavy regular sized.
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That sketch is ambitious looking!

Like this but bigger I think, Leviathan sized for your drawing,

I stayed superheavy regular sized.
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Impressive as always Shas'. Mega-Russ.

I have an old RC Stuart tank that has been sitting around for ages. Its so large its battery is like a small car battery. Im not sure if it can even run anymore, but I think If I can strip off the outer plastic on top to get rid of the really tall profile then somehow cover the remaining hull in plasticard via screw it on or something, I could build from there. I've always seen the Levithiathan and even the Capitolis Imperialis but they never really impressed me as they were always giant boxes with guns on then (literally almost cube shaped or rectangular). I want a full on Battleship. It will carry troops sure and have a skyshield mounted on its back and it might end up with a small bay on the rear for maybe 2 or 3 tanks to be transported but its role is to roll across the battlefield like a battleship at sea and with great volleys of its guns obliterate the enemy.

I hope to give it a giant prow like the Imperial Navy ships have and the armor on it would be so thick it would give the machine invul saves to frontal attacks like how the Gorgon works, but of course the invul saves would be much greater. Like 2+. Its balanced out by the lack of Void shields, its protection coming from sheer firepower and meters of armor on it (and large numbers of hull points). Not to mention the little tanks that would surround it. If it does end up with void shields. It would have very few. like 2 or 3.

Its firepower would be staggering, the planned sheer amount of Templates would make even a full-on Green Tide or Nid-Swarm player burst into tears and collapse into the fetal position. I decided to forgo D weapon for a lot of heavy templates. Its main guns would be arranged similar to Dreadnoughts of WW1. With guns on the flanks that can point forwards or to the sides. Of course there woiuld be triple barrel guns and 2 primary fore-turrets and 1 rear with the second aft-turret replaced with a Skyshield platform for whatever I please to sit on it. For total redundancy I could stick a trio of Basilisks on it lol Its flanks next to the command tower would be covered in little AA turrets. with AA autocannons on the bottom row out numbering the upper lascannon row. Even the possibility of Vertical Launch Tubes that could fire Manitcore missiles or Praetor missiles. list goes on. Hell its sponsons will have cannons!! I've seen designs of older war ships that in a manner have sponson cannons. Vulcan Megabolters, Baneblade sized cannons and so on.





But I of course need to finish everything I already got before jumping on something so big!!

More Dust Tactics walker arrive Friday, one of the allies quad walkers and a light walker. The Axis quad transport is slightly larger than the base of an Onager from estimates but less than a CM should not kill anyone, but I think the chassis itself is larger then the Onager. Regardless Ill find something for it if it can't work. I might end up cannibalizing parts from it. I was surprised they come in a single piece with only the guns and this tiny frame over the passenger bay being removable, but that's nothing some careful cutting and sawing could fix.

Lot of stuff on your plate I see!

Leviathan like that would be something like the "Ratte" concept.

Scions are for the most part painted.



I also got my Dust Tactics walkers in the mail.

Im not 100% the quad walkers are the right size. The Light walker to be used as an ironstrider has a round circular base while the Ironstrider has a oval base that is thinner by a few mm and longer by a few mm. It should pass fine in a normal game but Im sure some nit-picky guy at something like a tourney would weird out.

Now to finish the Wheel tank, build the Ironstrider, build the T95 "Shadowsword", and whatever else I probably have to get done, maybe find an Onager Dunekwalker.... Then I take a shot at the big guy after a period to gather materials/money and so on and hopefully keep the initiative to build it (make a roll!)

The Skitarii have started more or less.



Apparently the box of rangers doesn't give enough Transuranic Arquebuses and I want 3 so I made 2.

I counted up my scions into 5 man units and I have plenty of them. I still had a sprue with torsos and legs on it and with the heads from the Onager and Ironstrider crew that I got I put together 4 Rangers. Im gonna make a 5th with the last head I have even though that won't exactly complete the squad. ill eventually get a box or 2 of Rangers and a box of Vangaurd. I don't know the extent of how the skitarii will end up but I think if I end up with these infantry ill be happy and Ill move onto the other things I need to finish. In the mean time as I wait to get the rangers/vanguard ill get to work on the VK4502. I think ill turn it into a Dominus Bombard by getting a large boxy super structure on top of its hull with either a gatling style cannon on its top or 3 separate barrels.

After all... We only have the rules and stats of the Dominus to go by. Its on a Crassus hull and that's about it...

Could you try to photo those guns more closely, I really like insane length of them