Derp... And Superheavies

Carbine got into the plants, so she has a bit of pollen ground on her snout... I can't take her seriously looking like that, even when she does try to look regal. Derpy little Pup.

Ah, the madness of Warhammer 40,000: a heavily-armored tank, bristling with guns... But driving closer so the nutcase on top can smack the enemy on the head with a sharp piece of metal.

Quote For The Day: "And it is my a-hoo-wah job to take my company into that maelstrom of nukes and gas and hypervelocity missile rounds and fight the Posleen on their own turf at up to one-thousand-to-one odds and cover all the other troops who don't have the equipment to experience it." -Captain O'Neal. Gust Front, by John Ringo.  

One of the annoying things about playing what is effectively an airborne army, is that it lacks heavy firepower. Forces with more than a Leman Russ or two can steamroller mine if they're played competently (Hi Jake!). "Dropping in a melta squad" is not a panacea. A year or two ago I swore that any force featuring more than three Russ or more than one Land Raider, or a Knight, would face the might of the Baneblade.

 

My original Baneblade, the Roma Victor, came built already, courtesy of a good friend in the Armor. Painting one is an involved process. Lord. So many panels. So many rivets. 

But ye gods, the firepower. More guns than you can shake a two-by-four at! She's chalked up eight superheavy-class kills in her career. And durable enough that it was never even once destroyed. She did need some TLC to get up and running, though.

 

Of course, due to the vagaries of the Warp (i.e., a storage company) the Roma Victor is no longer available to me, so I was back to throwing squads with a couple of melta guns at the problem.
Black Friday rolled around, and a Baneblade got cheap enough I could afford it. So, construction begins on another superheavy. The determination between the Baneblade and Shadowsword classes will be made a later date.

The cunning and imaginative soul that I am, "Roma Victor II" will be the default name. At this point, though, I am accepting suggestions for names.  Go!

-Six out.