1hadhq wrote:The CSM have the same kit just with additional spiky sprues.
So Mk 3 should be available to all Legions in order to take this type with them on this "tactical withdrawal"...after they failed at Terra.

1hadhq wrote:I'd say whenever a piece of wargear or vehicle carries a "Mk" in its name, its safe to assume there were multiple variants built.
Most likely the Mk1 is either from the Dark age or the Great Crusade. Anything afterwards may range from Pre-heresy to M41.

Land Raider Mk1 and Mk2 have kits from Forgeworld, thus looking up the background stories there could help.

In 3rd ed, Index astartes, the Land Raider was rediscovered in the librarium omnis at Mars by Arkham Land and called 'Land' Raider to honor him....
The Land Raider was based in this series of articles of a STC template and first used in the great crusade. Spread across the forces of man,
given to Astartes and imperial army alike, the Land Raider became a common sight. A forgeworld was dedicated to produce these vehicles.
But thats the time when the Land Raider was just the 'phobos' variant. The other were added in codices later.

Actually:

Land Raider Proteus / FW: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/LAND-RAIDER-PROTEUS.html ( ancient predeccessor )

Land Raider Achilles / FW: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/LAND-RAIDER-ACHILLES-COMPLETE-KIT.html

Land Raider Phobos / GW: ( original setup )

Land Raider Crusader / GW: ( variant created by the Black Templars )

Land Raider Redeemer / GW: ( another variant of the crusader, added in 5th ed )

Land Raider Prometheus / FW: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/LAND_RAIDER_PROMETHEUS_COMPLETE_KIT.html

Land Raider Helios / FW: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/LAND-RAIDER-HELIOS-COMPLETE-KIT.html

Land Raider Ares / GW: ( Dark Angels )

Land Raider Terminus ultra / GW: ( created for Apoc and sold as LR plus additional sprues by GW. )

Redeemer and crusader are the most recent variants added. Others seem to be rare and / or older.


Article at Lexicanum.
English:
http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Land_Raider#.Ts_ft1bheSo
German:
http://wh40k.lexicanum.de/wiki/Land_Raider#.Ts_gNlbheSo

Linked to 2 languages because the english article lacks the pics of the land Raider models Mk 1 - Mk 3 the German article has.
And pics shouldn't be a problem to identify who is who.

Lord_Kantor wrote:Apologies if this ends in a double post, but the quick reply post never showed up on the thread (so far).

I missed Apocalypse and all the articles that came out about it and would like to have an Ares in my army.

Was there or is there still an article on modelling it?