Latest Forge World news and rumour thread : page 99 Quad mortar, pintle weapons, transfers

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**RedFox**

Forget about the Thunderfire Cannon, in a couple of months everyone will be playing Horus Heresy

**shade1313**

Lockark wrote:
You only get 1 set of twin bolters? Kinda kills the value since you have to convert like 4 of them to use all the pintle weapons. Might as well just convert everything in the 1st place. Lol

(My personal feelings. No one who likes them are wrong to!)

I suppose it depends on how and where you want to use them. They're useable on Land Speeders and many of the other tanks available to the Legions besides Rhinos. Also, they give me the option to swap pintle-mounted gun selection on many tanks, so long as I leave the hatch not glued in place.

**RedFox**

yeah I feel like the multi-melta upgrade was made for the javelin speeder

**shade1313**

RedFox wrote:
yeah I feel like the multi-melta upgrade was made for the javelin speeder

I will likely make widespread use of the heavy flamers and the multi-meltas for my Salamanders, and hold most of the heavy bolters on the side until I get through with the Sallies and am ready to tackle Alpha Legion.

I'll be looking at my long constructed and never painted all-resin Stormblade later, to see how well it'd take the pintle-mount hatch ring. I'd always intended it for Death Korps, but the temptation is VERY strong to repurpose it, give it an Astartes crew, and paint it up for Legion use.

**RedFox**

A Stormblade would fit well in an Alpha Legion army, as they make good use of Imperium ressources.

**BrookM**

Or just run it with Solar Auxilia colours, they also have access to a lot of the more exotic pintle-mounted options.

**Nicky J**

Do you not get shoulder pads with your FW marines anymore?

**SickSix**

Oh that 'quad mortar' is a must have. It out classes the TFC (resin or metal ) by 1000%

**Desubot**

Just thinking about the ease of assembly.

mmmmmmmm

**Lythrandire Biehrellian**

Ketara wrote:
I'm not massive on the new Tau walker because it feels like it should be blown away backwards with recoil whenever it tries to fire the giant triple back cannons. If they stripped those off, I'd be fine with it.

That said, a revised Greater Knarloc (or Greatest?) would have been more fun I feel.

Rail weapons have little to no recoil. They propel their munitions with rows of magnets which increase the projectiles speed without significant use of combustion.

**SirDonlad**

In 40k lore?

In reality they generate massive recoil - equal and opposite reaction works via 'eddy currents' in magnetic field/ferrous metal interaction.

**Lythrandire Biehrellian**

My apologies, I was referencing an older study that was later proven wrong. However we are talking about a race that mounts a railcannon to a vehicle that isn't as long as the gun itself.

My guess is antigrav technology being utilized by every walker the tau use to enable them not to fall over...

**SickSix**

Every time I see an argument about scale or realism...

LEMAN RUSS BATTLE TANK!

It's 40k folks.

**CthuluIsSpy**

SickSix wrote:
Every time I see an argument about scale or realism...

LEMAN RUSS BATTLE TANK!

It's 40k folks.

The Leman Russ Battle Tank is also a tractor with a gun strapped to it.
I think its terrible design is perfectly realistic

**shade1313**

CthuluIsSpy wrote:
SickSix wrote:
Every time I see an argument about scale or realism...

LEMAN RUSS BATTLE TANK!

It's 40k folks.

The Leman Russ Battle Tank is also a tractor with a gun strapped to it.
I think its terrible design is perfectly realistic

I think he's more referring to there being NO room in the turret for both the breech of the gun and the tank commander who waves his sword out of the hatch, much less for a loader and/or gunner. And we won't even get into the ammo supply, and shells that would be sized to go down that huge bore.

**Kanluwen**

The Leman Russ is also a model kit older than some people playing the game today.

**Hulksmash**

Kanluwen wrote:
The Leman Russ is also a model kit older than some people playing the game today.

I thought the latest standard leman russ was about 8 years old or less. I seem to remember being married when they released the most recent tank kits and that hasn't been 8 years yet.

**Durandal**

Kanluwen wrote:
The Leman Russ is also a model kit older than some people playing the game today.

If I recall the Leman Russ is based on a French Interwar tank with a new turret.

**ImAGeek**

Hulksmash wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:
The Leman Russ is also a model kit older than some people playing the game today.

I thought the latest standard leman russ was about 8 years old or less. I seem to remember being married when they released the most recent tank kits and that hasn't been 8 years yet.

Yeah but they didn't change the design at all, just added more options for the guns and changed the track assembly.

**Ratius**

Those Ultramarine shield bearer guys are wow, just wow.
Instant pick up if I collected UMs.

**MajorStoffer**

The Russ is based of the French BDR G1B, one of a series of similar interwar proposed designed for a new standard infantry tank for the French army, which would reach its conclusion with the ARL 44, designed in secret under Nazi occupation as a rapid-build tank using existing hardware reserves and a new gun to re-arm the French army post-liberation as quickly as possible, but was never followed past the prototype stage.

They were objectively bad tanks, which is why they were never adopted, but even so were better designed than the russ, with the proper barrel/turret ratio, and actual space for suspension and movement of roadwheels under the side armour, which is the Russ's biggest failing; it'd get stuck on the slightest of rough terrain.

**Slayer-Fan123**

So how about them rules for that artillery. Not too bad actually...

**Gashrog**

MajorStoffer wrote:
The Russ is based of the French BDR G1B, one of a series of similar interwar proposed designed for a new standard infantry tank for the French army, which would reach its conclusion with the ARL 44, designed in secret under Nazi occupation as a rapid-build tank using existing hardware reserves and a new gun to re-arm the French army post-liberation as quickly as possible, but was never followed past the prototype stage.

They were objectively bad tanks, which is why they were never adopted, but even so were better designed than the russ, with the proper barrel/turret ratio, and actual space for suspension and movement of roadwheels under the side armour, which is the Russ's biggest failing; it'd get stuck on the slightest of rough terrain.

It amazes me how many people constantly go digging for the most obscure tank they can find then claim it as the inspiration for the Leman Russ (or Baneblade) even though any resemblance is always cursory and there's always a salient design feature missing. Though I must say the side-on view of the ARL44 did make me think of the Macharius.

There is only one 'real world' tank design I've ever seen which matches the general shape and layout of the Leman Russ complete with both WW1 style sponsons AND a turret, and that's the made-up tank from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, which opened in cinemas less than 12 months before the Leman Russ first appeared in EPIC.

Please don't attach non wargaming pictures to Dakka. Thanks.
Reds8n

**Stormwall**

How old is the Word Bearers Contemptor (the non-corrupted one,) and the Primarch Lorgar?

Did I miss those releases? They are gorgeous, along with those UM shields.

**gianlucafiorentini123**

Lorgars been out since the end of 2013 I think not sure about the contmeptor might have been about 6 months latery. But you're right great models especially Lorgar one of my favourite primarchs so far.

**Ashiraya**

I have the Word Bearers contemptor. He is very sexy.

Mine is half-painted now, but he was sexy even when unpainted.

Spoiler:

**Stormwall**

I totally forgot you played Word Bearers.

He doesn't look too Chaosy right? I am going for that Pre-heresy vibe with mine, before they became the Word Bearers.

**Ashiraya**

Yeah, he has colchisian runes all over him, but no chaos stars or anything.

**Ashiraya**

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/News/FORGE_WORLD_BULLETIN_72.html

A few weeks ago, the White Scars came roaring out of the Forge World Studio with a batch of fantastic new upgrades, all the heads, torsos and shoulder pads you could want to start your Legion. This week I caught sight of even more upgrades soon to be released. It looks like Blood Angels and Dark Angels players won’t have long to wait for some awesome new kits of their own!

When these are released, sixteen Legions will have been kitted out for the Horus Heresy!

On August 1st, Warhammer World held its first Golden Demon competition, and this event was all about tanks. There were plenty of Forge World vehicles entered into the competition. Two of my favourites were Rich Marlow’s Mechanicum Triaros Armoured Conveyor that won Silver in the Single Tank category, and Kristian Simonsen’s Macharius Heavy Tank that came away with Bronze in the Unbound category for dioramas.

Just two of the fantastic tanks that won trophies on the day.

You can check out more of the winning tanks, and get tickets for the next Golden Demon event, at the Warhammer World webpage.

That’s all from me for now. Make sure you check back soon for more from the Forge World Studio.

Chris.

**ImAGeek**

Ashiraya wrote:
I have the Word Bearers contemptor. He is very sexy.

Mine is half-painted now, but he was sexy even when unpainted.

Spoiler:

Yeah the WB Contemptor has really grown on me. I wasn't too keen when he first came out but actually I think he's one of my favourites.