Amazing New Forgeworld Tau

This is from the Forgeworld mailing list, and it's pretty cool. They've got a hefty heavy Tau Battle Suit coming out soon. Not sure how much it costs, but I may pick one (or two) up for my Tau army. I've already got a Forgeworld suit, and they truly are steps ahead of the plastic suits.

- Gavin

New Forge World Eldar

Nothing really amazing, but Forge World are releasing an Eldar Avatar with Spear alongside a new version of the Wave Serpent. Enjoy.


-Gavin

Armoured Company Planning

My Blood Angels take a long time for me to paint, but I want to be able to field an army large enough for Apocalypse size games (probably me against 2 friends at once). It's going to be far too impractical for me to paint up 3,000+ points of Blood Angels (I'm having trouble with 2'000pts), but I think I've found the answer.


1 - Paint my Blood Angels army up to 2,000pts (about 500pts done so far)

2 - Buy the box set of 10 Leman Russ Tanks (excellent value for money)

3 - Also buy a Baneblade, Macharius (with Mega Bolters no less) and several FW upgrade kits

4 - Assemble the following list

5 - Paint quickly using lots of Spray Paints, Drybrushing and Ink Washes

6 - Voilla, 5'000pts of Imperial Forces!


Here's my trial list (all tanks have Track Guards and Extra Armour)

HQ

Commisarial Command Tank - Leman Russ Vanquisher (Hull Lascannon, Improved Comms, Storm Bolter)

ELITES

Tank Ace - Leman Russ Exterminator (3 Heavy Bolters, Storm Bolter)
Tank Ace - Leman Russ Exterminator (3 Heavy Bolters, Storm Bolter)

TROOPS

Leman Russ (Hull Heavy Bolter)
Leman Russ (Hull Lascannon)
Leman Russ (Hull Lascannon)
Leman Russ Conquerer (3 Heavy Bolters)

HEAVY SUPPORT

Leman Russ Demolisher (Plasma Cannons, Lascannon)
Leman Russ Demolisher (Plasma Cannons, Lascannon)
Destroyer Tank Hunter

-2'000pts-

SUPER HEAVY REINFORCEMENTS

Baneblade (Upgrades*)
Macharius (Vulcan Mega Bolter, Upgrades)

-3'000pts-

*Not seen the Apocalypse rules for the Baneblade in depth, but I've left over 80 points to buy additional upgrades for the 2 super heavies.

This adds up to about £350, which isn't too shabby for a 3000pt army. Feel free to leave any thoughts or suggestions on the list in the comments section. Here's my planned colour scheme, courtesy of Dawn of War:




The guys over at Golden Throne have given me some brilliant tips to help with painting large numbers of tanks, check them out.

In other news, I've nearly painted up a Rhino, which I will probably use to mount my Baal/Whirlwind turrets on when I need to. I've found another Rhino in my bits box, so I might assemble that soon.

-Gavin

Forge World - New IG Tank / Tau Remora

I saw these on WarSeer today, and decided they're so cool they have to go on here. Behold:



It's a Macharius Super-Heavy with Vulcan Mega Bolters! This thing is a beast, and a snap at 450 points. More pictures are available here. The Mega Bolters are Heavy 15, S6 AP3 weapons, so not something you'd want to mess with - from the looks of it they might be twin linked.

The second Forge World item we have here is the new Tau Remora fighter drone. This is an armour 10 skimmer with Stealth Generator, Networked Markerlight, Seeker Missile, Targeting Array and twin linked 36" range Burst Cannons, 110 points. It can be upgraded with a Blacksun Filter if need be.

More pictures are available here, and rules for both are available for download here. Note that the points cost for the Macharius is wrong on the PDF (it should be 375 basic cost, +80 for the weapons), and the Remora is labeled as a Leman Russ. That's the legendary Forge World proof readers for you.