Saturday 16 January 2016

From GregB - Epic 30k Armoured Vehicles (34 Points)

A potpurri of Epic 30k armour
More Epic 30k material for this submission - a mix of vehicles, ranging from APCs to some super-heavy tanks.

Up first are two more Rhino APCs from the XIV Legion, the "Death Guard". They missed the deadline for the last batch, so I'm tucking them in this week. These two models are old, original plastics from the 90s...I'm still always impressed at how well the detail has held up on these little guys. 





Now we are getting a little heavier, three Land Raiders, the "Proteus" variant, from the VII Legion, the "Imperial Fists" - Tamsin's favourite, I'm sure, with all the yellow :)  These tanks are the mainstays of any Space Marine armoured force - hitting hard while carrying troops in (relative) safety.





Up next is a battery of Whirlwind tanks - "Scorpius" pattern.  These are multiple-rocket-launcher style artillery weapons which the Marines use to shower their opponents with scary, guided HE shells. There is one battery for the Imperial Fists.




And another Whirlwind battery, this one for the XVI Legion, the "Sons of Horus".





Now we move up to some super-heavy tanks.  This is a Cerberus Heavy Tank Destroyer, a sort of Jagdtiger of the Space Marine Legions.  This is a very heavy, scary laser array mounted on an extra-large and extra-armoured Land Raider chassis.  Fitting for the setting, the weapon can have serious side effects on its own vehicle...but I'm sure those are "isolated incidents", right?





The scariest is saved for last.  Getting run over by Land Raiders, hit by rockets from Whilrwinds and zapped by the Cerberus is bad enough - but when a Space Marine Legion commander is really pissed, he sends a few of these things forward - Fellblade super-heavy tanks.  Armed and armoured to end-of-days levels, these thing obliterate the enemy at any range.







If you are curious, see this link to check out one of these things I painted up in 28mm scale...it's a bonkers model.  Also, you can see most of these tanks (as well as figures I have painted so far in the Challenge) in action with the Fawcett Avenue Conscripts this week over on our blog at this link - it was fun to get all of these models out for a spin with the group. Unfortunately Horus' plans to obtain some lethal virus artillery shells war orphan charity supplies were thwarted, but I'm sure the XVIth Legion will be back at it again before long...


This submission has 11 6mm vehicles, and three 6mm "super-heavy" vehicles that I am hoping count for two vehicles each, for a hopeful total of 30 points. I have a lot more Epic stuff in the pending line for my painting desk, but now that I'm choking on the dust of others in my side duels, it's time to crank the scale-o-meter back to 28mm, I think...hopefully will have some of that to share next week!

These are brilliant Greg. My favorites are still the Imperial Fists in their yellow livery - they're so badass they smirk at dull pan-tone colours, much less camo.
I know some of the early models are old GW stock, but what about these whacky variants and monster tanks you've been showing us?  Are these from another company or GW as well?
By my math this puts this at 34 points, well done Greg!




21 comments:

  1. Yoiks! More yellow! *eek*

    nice painting Greg :)

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  2. Beautiful work, great to see more Epic!

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  3. Wacky and colourful little tanks Greg. Well done
    Peter

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  4. Now I really want to set up a game of Epic. hat does Regina thinks?

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  5. For minis that are so small these look so much bigger based on your excellent paint job. Congrats.

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  6. Grand job... The yellow has worked well

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  7. I really like this epic stuff. Now scanning eBay to see if I can get any.

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  8. More Epic goodness! Great additions to your collection.

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  9. You have a great knack of painting these up to look much bigger than they are

    Ian

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  10. I can't get enough of this stuff Greg. Those Fellblades are awesome! Totally agree about the quality of the original plastic rhinos. Got a bunch myself and love them.

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  11. Wow. Really, Really nice. Love it. Cheers

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  12. très, très beau bravo!
    I really like your shading, highlights and basing;

    well done!

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  13. Fantastic work Greg, I didn't realize how difficult tanks were to paint until I bunged up my Leman Russ for this week.

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  14. Those fell blades are huge! Seems like the need a dreadnought on a scooter to help hold the gun up! ;)
    That yellow is very nice, you should get a few extra points for making that work! ;)

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  15. once again, absolutely fantastic looking stuff! The contrasts you've got at this level really make them "pop". The SoH stuff is a lovely colour and excellent work on making yellow look good. I'm with Curt in being curious about where the figures come from?

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  16. Excellent work once again! Very well done especially considering how small they are!

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  17. Wow, at first glance I actually took them for 28mm size vehicles, you did an excellent job painting them!

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  18. Wow wow wow. Great post! Keep 'em coming.

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