So, as prep for the New Year's game, some desperate last-minute escalation occurred on the Iron warriors front, in the form of a Leviathan Siege Dreadnought, two squads of Iron Havocs, and a mighty Typhon Siege Tank!
The best thing about the Iron Warriors, though, is how quickly the models paint up. Even assembling the Leviathan went quickly. I used magnets to attach the arm weapons for quick swaps, so the model can be equipped with any two of the Siege Claw, Cyclonic Melta-Lance (!), or Grav-Flux Bombard (!!)
As a side note, it was pointed out at the game how comical the naming conventions are for the Heresy-era Forge World weapons. It's like the designers take one adjective from column A, one from column B, and stick a noun in from column C, and there's your weapon name:
Volkite
|
Melta
|
Caliver
|
Grav
|
Plasma
|
Culverin
|
Heavy
|
Reactor
|
Blaster
|
Cyclonic
|
Rad
|
Cannon
|
Thermal/Thermic
|
Flux
|
Bombard
|
|
Las
|
Projector
|
Atomantic
|
Beam
|
Lance
|
Nucleonic
|
Fusion
|
Charger
|
Infernal
|
Storm
|
Flamer
|
Volcanic
|
Bolt
|
Incinerator
|
|
Inferno
|
Destroyer/Destructor
|
|
Graviton
|
Annihilator
|
|
Punisher
|
Blastgun
|
|
Fission
|
Launcher
|
|
|
Beamer
|
Magnets are fun... and the economy that results from easy swaps is undeniable.
Five missile-launcher equipped MKIV Marines add some flexible firepower...
...while a lascannon squad adds some vehicle-killing capacity.
The Typhon Siege Tank is another key addition to the Iron Warriors contingent.
Assembly was mostly straightforward. The sponson lascannons were a bit tricky but still went together OK.
Decal is from the Iron Warriors transfer set with an added numeral.
The Typhon is a mighty chunk of resin for sure! The main gun itself is ridiculous, but cool-ridiculous, if you know what I mean.
Tracks are ready to roll over the enemies of the
Emperor Warmaster!
Of course, all new models acquitted themselves admirably as detailed in
the battle report!
