There are plenty of historical vehicles with fixed forward facing cannon. Hetzer, STUG, etc, the Swedish S-Tank. Space Marine bikes also have fixed forward bolters. For an assault vehicle, moving towards the enemy, front facing isn't a problem for me.
I always liked the fw krieg tractors. Not sure what they were actually called but they looked like they could fit three or four kriegers and they had a heavy stubber on top. Doubt they were any good but they looked cool for sure.
The Leman Russ is a great example of how to do the "something from history as sci-fi" idea. It's essentially an old world war one tank with a vaguely modernish turret on top. It means that you get all the associations with those old vehicles, the slow, lumbering, archaic, inexorable ideas that it invokes, which is exactly what you want for the imperial guard, whilst also looking different enough that you don't immediately think "oh that's just a ww1 tank with space lasers". It is, in my opinion, one of the best designs in all of Warhammer 40K.
I was going through some inquisition and imperial guard and there are some metal models in the HQ cathegory. I'm trying to get some of them before they inevitably goes away
There's people on Ebay trying to sell the individual models from the steel legion for half the price of the squad. Same with the Wyrdvane Psykers. (Also still in metal) they're trying to sell them for more than the price for 3
I love how the astra milatarum use such old designs, it just reinforces the feel that while we may have space marines they took up about 99% of the budget and the guardsmen got left with this...
Some 3rd party company used to sell a wheel conversion kit for the Taurox. If they're still around you could probably use a single kit to have enough wheels for two half tracks.
Might help, you'd also need to extend the rear track. Most of my problems with it come from it looking like a cartoony "chibi" version of a nonexistent real vehicle. It's way too stubby.
@@IHeart16Bit Yeah I agree, its too squished. I've looked at a few half track conversions of it and the rear track just isn't long enough. Although I do think it looks much better with the Victoria Miniatures wheels and suspension.
Yeah, those are exactly what they are originally based on (well, the Predator/Rambo 80s action hero archetype). The original design for the Cadians is even more obviously copied from Starship Troopers...
You got kids? Oh man I can just imagine kindergarten "Who's that you're drawing?" " that's my dad! " "Why did you give him pink hair?" " cause he does "
as a ork player i brought a leman russ from my locals when they had it on sale for £20 to loot into a lootedwagon/gunwagon, i heard from a friend who has 6 of them that they never go together without some gaps. so when building mine i figured it would have gaps but because im looting it i could always cover the gaps with gubbinz... somehow it went together perfect, not a single gap anywhere.. guess orks really are the best at building XD
You don't get "one" sentinel. That doesn't happen... as soon as you pick up one, they multiply. And then you stand there with a mechanised scout regiment.
You know the wyvern/hydra, the scions and the taurox kits are the newest guard kits (not including characters and special release models). Kiri: The wyvern looks so old.
18:09 I've seen some wheel conversions and it doesn't look bad. In fact I might just try to convert it to the truck of that villain from rescuers down under Never mind I've never converted stuff before...
The tanks are the best bit about the guard, so perfect after all these years. The guardsmen could do with updating especially with the scale of the hands and heads.
"Getting on a bit". The sculpts are older than a significant amount of hobbyists. Didn´t keep GW from making them more expensive like every few months.
Tanks were initially developed under the Navy, as part of the "Land Ship Comission" so most tankers refer to their tanks as having hulls. (For example, a Hull Down Position, is one in which the hull of the tank is safe below terrain or a ridge-line, with the turret still exposed/useable in combat)
Or even better, switch to “unit reviews” where he pulls images of people’s conversations and alternate paint jobs and goes into more depth about modelling potential.
My favorite Deathstrike stories are when it didn't actually have a range so you could literally call up the FLGS in the next city over, see if there's a game going on, and blow the crap out of whoever you wanted. XD
The Crusader model was in Blackstone fortress escalation and another stand-alone game called Combat Arena. The model from rogue trader you were thinking about was probably the death cult assassin.
Back in the day, as but a wee lad, I put a Leman Russ together and it all fit perfectly. I still have it, slathered in thick paint. Looks suprisingly good for the circumstances.
My favourite model currently still being sold is the Commissar with power fist (or as I like to call him Commissar Hark in my Gaunt's Ghosts army). The pose of him with his foot on the rubble reading from the book and gesticulating with his metal arm is great.
I miss the original stormtrooper models, the ones with the odd gas mask thingies, where it was really pointed and had the gas filter ball thing on the end. That were really popular as inquisitorial acolytes/stormtroopers if you didn't want to use the kasrkin ones.
Honestly we are overdue for some love. Also the catachan models hold up really well, when painted well. Theres a community picture on the catachan mode store page that looks AMAZING.
Stop tempting fate! GW might get ideas of fuxking with the Cadians, they're fine haha just add new Catschans, Vostroyans, Valhallans, etc. But the Cadians are fine for the time being haha I'm seriously worried GW will fuck them up some how if they did a reboot.
For Scions: you can build command squad and tempestus prime, which means Elite unit and HQ from one box, so its a pretty good option, especially if you are playing at power levels (6PL for 20 quid)
Thanks for this range review. I agree with almost everything you say about this range. I think I have assembled so many Leman Russ tanks now that I can do it without instructions. They are just cool. The Basilisk is also good looking still, a little pain to get the cannon placed correctly when building, but still looks good. The Hellhound is great, but could need a new version. Seems to remember them to be a ain to assemble to get the back to look good, and not to mention painting it... Aslo love the Super Heavy tanks, so looking forward to part 2.
kriegs were originally alternate paint scheme for steel legion, that's why they look similar. Also the hand thing is 3d sculpts vs hand sculpted. Fun vid as always btw!
the current leman russ sprue I have found had no gaps during construction without rubber bands. Put together 3x leman russ and 1x demolisher with no issue last month
His comment about panel gaps made me feel so much better. Started collecting/playing a year ago and of the 3 Russ i've made one has a dodgy side sponson and a second with a track gaurd barely attacjed.
Watching this video has convinced me of my next 40k army too~ Melta rifles, lots and lots of Metla rifles. Just Eradicators, no troop choices, MELTA RIFLES
That's why I quite like Guard tanks. If you showed me a technical drawing of one, and told me it was used in the 20th century, I'd probably believe you were it not for the aquilas on everything.
I think its very clear that the art team is tired of space marines. Like every xenos release is like this crazy amazing model, example ghazghull, jain zar (think I'm spelling that right), and then we get space marines and it's just, dude in phobos armor, dude in primaris armor, dude in primaris armor with a cape
Comparing the most important unit of an entire race like Ghaz or Jain Zar to a normal Primaris is straight up dishonest. If you want to compare them to Space Marine stuff look at Guilliman or Mephiston, not some random troops
@@wakito64 yeah I will say I was a bit unfair there. But I will say comparing the basic troops from say the necrons to the primaris its clear which one had more character behind it. But when they pump out so much space marine stuff you gotta compare quality with the few releases xenos get. Or the new ork gorzag i believe is his name? Comparing him to smaller hqs he is so orky.
@@spoonsrattling Indeed the few new Xenos release are cooler than space marines but at the moment we only have the "global" space marine releases. I hope that after all the xenos get their codex we will see some cool Chapter specific releases (like Dark Angels Characters that are still metal from 3rd ed or a Primaris Dante)
@@wakito64 hopefully. I would love an updated azrael. With his little hooded broski. But yeah we are in desperate need of actual chapter personality. More robes for the dark angels and Templars, more pelts for the space wolves.
Blackstone fortress: Escalation was the set with the new Crusader and Primaris Psyker characters. Both Beautiful models I think, which show what they could do if they updated more of the range.
Part of me considered buying like 8 of the crusader model from BSF and doing some head and weapon swaps to make them a bit different. Same with the deathcult assassin from the Elucidian Starstriders actually.
I remember when the plastic Cadian command first came out so this video is making me feel old. In the balance of things if I could choose I’d plastic versions of the other guard regiments over new cadians or even catachans. Ideally it would also be nice to go back to 20 man guard squad boxes, but I know that is never gonna happen
Can you put all of these range reviews into a playlist on your channel? This video was great and I want to go back and watch the ones you’ve already done
When I built my Valkyrie I was bothered by the wings, it seemed to me that they would look way better reversed. All you have to do is remove a fitting nub where it meets the hull and it works, looks so good as a Vendetta with the Las Cannons jutting out a bit from under the wings.
17:14 whenever i would team up with an imperial guard player in 7th i would allways ask if they could bring a death strike missile... its just too much fun
My main issue with both basic squad boxes is that neither comes with all the special weapon choices. Catachan's only come with a flamer while the Cadian's get a flamer and grenade launcher. No plasma gun, melta gun, or sniper rifle in either. For those you have to buy metal blister packs where each mini is double the price of what a single figure from from either box costs. And the Catachan get overlooked as there is only a sniper pack meaning they have no plasma, melta, or grenade launcher version currently available (yes, I know there was a female Catachan with a grenade launcher, I own one). If those ever existed it's off to the depths of eBay if you want one.
I love this range, just can't force myself to get into it because of the crazy number of models needed for a playable army. I learned my lesson after what felt like the millionth skink for my Seraphon army that I started just because I liked the look of the range.
Been playing Imperial Guard since 3rd edition as a teenager and I never get tired of their miniatures. Just a shame they don't have an extensive range for non-Cadians/Catachans these days, the other regiments like the Vostroyans, Valhallans and Tallarns have so much character.
the side auto cannons are in a position to lay supressing fire a great thing when exiting the vehicle in combat one real life example of this is the Russian IS7 tank which had two machine guns on the side facing forward and two on the side of the turret facing back they where put there for nothing more then supressing fire which does not need to be direct it just needs to hit in the general direction
We broke a tape measure trying to measure the earthshakers 240" range. We played apocalypse across many tables and you know we had an artillery table with guardsman trying to keep their tanks shouting as long as possible
*Ways to improve the Taurox* Extend the rear troop bay and rear tracks, replace front tracks with big beefy tyres. And add autocannon sponsons, if there are guns not mounted in the turret?
Taurox. Engine exhaust into cab. Fixed forward firing MG! Tracks with mudguards moulded on fit under mudguards. Guaranteed to cause tracks to throw. Hull is interesting but could have been much, much better. Also like all GW vehicles too small for crew/capacity. Only Chimera really works.
Of course the Leman Russ looks rustic and agricultural, iirc the thing is actually based on the STC for a tractor that someone in the Age of Strife decided to strap guns to.
the taurox looks so much better with wheel like so much. I have three with wheels from Victoria miniatures and third on the build list that will be a half track as it's going to be the missile variant.
I’ve been kitbashing with the Catachan Infantry kit, and I will say the GW paint scheme really lets them down. The heads hold up very well under a modern paint job, and the only real bugbear is that you have to do a lot of custom gap filling with their arms: the shoulder join has a lof of sheer flat surfaces you can’t hide without green stuff.
I believe the Catachan and Cadian command squads came out at the same time, coinciding with the 5th edition codex. Also, the flag dude with the janky mouth has a cigar. That's why he looks weird from that angle.
Id love to see new cadians and catachans although I think the cadians still look fine. Though what I would rather see is some multi part plastic troop, command and heavy boxes for valhallans, tallarn, mordian and vostroyans. Maybe cheaper, more affordable death korps of krieg as well.
Man these range reviews are pure gold. The torrix or whatever it’s called looks like a rg31, also you could just replace the front track sections with two wheels. Kinda like a half track. Also I’m not sure if you’re aware but putting wipers that block a driver’s view and do practically nothing is exactly what real military vehicles are like. So bonus for realism I guess
Most of the vehicles are fine. Even the dodgy no suspension tracks. The Basilisk kit is the oldest and can be a shit to put together and the best vehicles candidate for a new kit. They could easily do 1 artillery kit that can make basilisk/hydra/wyvern/griffon and id love the option for enclosed crew compartment. The Taurox sucks but is relatively new so probably won't be changing anytime soon. The Catachans really are the main regiment needing a new infantry kit, though I'd love to see all regiments in plastic, and they could bundle regiments into box sets with upgrade sprues.
Hey kirioth, you did a video a while back about models that need an update, how about the opposite, a video on gw kits that were amazing but got replaced with clearly inferior plastic kits (perfect example: tzeentch horrors. Remember the metal ones?!)
Most Russian tanks had solid placed guns that the driver operated rather than the gunner or radio operator. the driver would just aim the vehicle and shoot and it worked well for large crowds.. But yeah a mantel mounted weapon makes much more sense if you can pivot it. Also the laz guns pointing out are similar in design to many APC's and can usually be moved to a point where they can be shot at least.. more guns are better usually, similar idea to a pistol port.
Making this video has convinced me of my next 40k army by the way.
Tanks. Lots and lots of tanks. Just tanks. No infantry. TANKS.
There are plenty of historical vehicles with fixed forward facing cannon. Hetzer, STUG, etc, the Swedish S-Tank. Space Marine bikes also have fixed forward bolters. For an assault vehicle, moving towards the enemy, front facing isn't a problem for me.
Gotfret de montbard is the new crusader you were thinking of
11 russes in a spearhead so they have obsec ! lets goooooooooooooo
It has convinced me to do Imperial Guard when they get a new Guardsmen squad
I always liked the fw krieg tractors. Not sure what they were actually called but they looked like they could fit three or four kriegers and they had a heavy stubber on top. Doubt they were any good but they looked cool for sure.
The Leman Russ is a great example of how to do the "something from history as sci-fi" idea. It's essentially an old world war one tank with a vaguely modernish turret on top. It means that you get all the associations with those old vehicles, the slow, lumbering, archaic, inexorable ideas that it invokes, which is exactly what you want for the imperial guard, whilst also looking different enough that you don't immediately think "oh that's just a ww1 tank with space lasers". It is, in my opinion, one of the best designs in all of Warhammer 40K.
"love my children but Christ they take a lot of work" is, ironically, how I think of my ongoing Warhammer projects.
Now the question is, does he love them more than his basilisk.
The Steel Legion is actually still in metal. I didn't even know until recently that you could still buy them from the store.
I was going through some inquisition and imperial guard and there are some metal models in the HQ cathegory. I'm trying to get some of them before they inevitably goes away
I bought 6 squads a few months back, and to my great shame they’re still in the backlog.
Steel legion in metal... makes sense 😂
There's people on Ebay trying to sell the individual models from the steel legion for half the price of the squad.
Same with the Wyrdvane Psykers. (Also still in metal) they're trying to sell them for more than the price for 3
GW still do the metal tech priest engiseer too, it's not as good a model as the new plastic, but it is cheaper.
I love how the astra milatarum use such old designs, it just reinforces the feel that while we may have space marines they took up about 99% of the budget and the guardsmen got left with this...
Taurox would look so much better as a half track.
I could not agree more.
Some 3rd party company used to sell a wheel conversion kit for the Taurox. If they're still around you could probably use a single kit to have enough wheels for two half tracks.
I don’t own a single Taurox that doesn’t have tracks, I agree GW dropped the ball on the design
Might help, you'd also need to extend the rear track. Most of my problems with it come from it looking like a cartoony "chibi" version of a nonexistent real vehicle. It's way too stubby.
@@IHeart16Bit Yeah I agree, its too squished. I've looked at a few half track conversions of it and the rear track just isn't long enough. Although I do think it looks much better with the Victoria Miniatures wheels and suspension.
I’ve got 3 kids myself, I get you.
Necromunda gangers make great guardsmen with a little conversion.
Im so glad this series isn't gone.
Me to
Go home Magnus your red
Catachan vs Cadian
Is like Predator soliders vs Starship Troopers marines...
Elysian made me think of starship troopers.
Yeah, those are exactly what they are originally based on (well, the Predator/Rambo 80s action hero archetype). The original design for the Cadians is even more obviously copied from Starship Troopers...
@@kapitankapital6580 I think the Catachan are the only people with American accents that I know of in the imperium.
@@timothywillox8564 thought they'd have Australian Accents...
You got kids?
Oh man I can just imagine kindergarten
"Who's that you're drawing?"
" that's my dad! "
"Why did you give him pink hair?"
" cause he does "
Is he holding you up?
No that's barry
"And are those you brothers and sisters?"
"No, the are the bedmob, dEdmob, breadmob, that daddy made"
It’s the testosterone seeping out his scalp
I miss the old metal Cadian Karskins, wish I picked up a few of them when they were around.
@@emile1365 If you have a link send it over, but I'll search myself too, thanks
@@datheavyguyiguess black market minis
Could put cadian helmets onto scions?
I wish I could get my hands on the unreleased kasrkin sculpts that are even cooler than what we have
Time to get out the saw and green stuff on my 50 kasrkins....
as a ork player i brought a leman russ from my locals when they had it on sale for £20 to loot into a lootedwagon/gunwagon, i heard from a friend who has 6 of them that they never go together without some gaps. so when building mine i figured it would have gaps but because im looting it i could always cover the gaps with gubbinz... somehow it went together perfect, not a single gap anywhere.. guess orks really are the best at building XD
You don't get "one" sentinel. That doesn't happen... as soon as you pick up one, they multiply. And then you stand there with a mechanised scout regiment.
The death strike transfered over from epic. It made slightly more sense there
To heck with them new vestroyan, mordian, and plastic steel legion.
yes please
The Kasrkin are some of the best figures GW ever made. Happily I got 3x squads when they were available in metal.
You know the wyvern/hydra, the scions and the taurox kits are the newest guard kits (not including characters and special release models).
Kiri: The wyvern looks so old.
Before this video starts,I'd just like to point something out
The planet broke before the guard did
That commander that comes with baneblades is my spirit animal.
Ah, Imperial tanks, how I wish the ork codex still allowed me to loot them. I will not lie, I've always wanted a looted Baneblade.
18:09 I've seen some wheel conversions and it doesn't look bad.
In fact I might just try to convert it to the truck of that villain from rescuers down under
Never mind I've never converted stuff before...
Agree 100% on the auto cannons on the Taurox. They are just plain silly if you don't put them onto the turret.
The Valkyrie is indeed awesome. It looks like an evolution of a harrier jet.
Lovechild of Harrier and Apache.
The tanks are the best bit about the guard, so perfect after all these years. The guardsmen could do with updating especially with the scale of the hands and heads.
"Getting on a bit". The sculpts are older than a significant amount of hobbyists. Didn´t keep GW from making them more expensive like every few months.
Sadly, the guard Command Squads came out at the same time.
These reviews is why I subbed (stayed for the personality), so I'm happy to see this in my sub box.
Tanks were initially developed under the Navy, as part of the "Land Ship Comission" so most tankers refer to their tanks as having hulls. (For example, a Hull Down Position, is one in which the hull of the tank is safe below terrain or a ridge-line, with the turret still exposed/useable in combat)
Every single time, without fail, I see the Basilisk tank model I hear it in the back of my mind: "SHATTER THEIR SKIES!"
Brew ready , love these reviews.
The Catachan sergeant’s face will forever live on in my heart.
I love these so much that when you're done with all of the Range Reviews, I hope you just start over again! :)
Or even better, switch to “unit reviews” where he pulls images of people’s conversations and alternate paint jobs and goes into more depth about modelling potential.
The new crusader was in an addon for Blackstone Fortress
My favorite Deathstrike stories are when it didn't actually have a range so you could literally call up the FLGS in the next city over, see if there's a game going on, and blow the crap out of whoever you wanted. XD
The Crusader model was in Blackstone fortress escalation and another stand-alone game called Combat Arena. The model from rogue trader you were thinking about was probably the death cult assassin.
Back in the day, as but a wee lad, I put a Leman Russ together and it all fit perfectly.
I still have it, slathered in thick paint. Looks suprisingly good for the circumstances.
My favourite model currently still being sold is the Commissar with power fist (or as I like to call him Commissar Hark in my Gaunt's Ghosts army). The pose of him with his foot on the rubble reading from the book and gesticulating with his metal arm is great.
the Deathstrike is basically the Imperium going "If its good enough for Orks then its good enough for us!"
I miss the original stormtrooper models, the ones with the odd gas mask thingies, where it was really pointed and had the gas filter ball thing on the end.
That were really popular as inquisitorial acolytes/stormtroopers if you didn't want to use the kasrkin ones.
That was the 2nd Stormtroopers the original was mono pose plastic kit the came in a box of 6 with metal upgrades to fill out the rest of the squad
Honestly we are overdue for some love. Also the catachan models hold up really well, when painted well. Theres a community picture on the catachan mode store page that looks AMAZING.
Literally just got a leman russ today
Seems fitting that this would pop up now
I’d love to do a conversion on the Taurox which gets rid of the rear armoured troop compartment and make a cargo bed with a canvas roof.
Great Video! One note, Armageddon Steel legion are still cast in metal. Hopefully we will get a multi- regiment plastic guard kit in the future.
Stop tempting fate! GW might get ideas of fuxking with the Cadians, they're fine haha just add new Catschans, Vostroyans, Valhallans, etc. But the Cadians are fine for the time being haha
I'm seriously worried GW will fuck them up some how if they did a reboot.
I feel exactly the same. Plus, I don't want to repaint 80 guardsmen if they did a good new sculpt.
@@ScurvyK1D you have a point, i got like 50 waiting to be painted rn too, would be horrible if they decided to change the models
we need new Praetorians and Mordians too
They can't give up the guard ! This range sells extremely well over the long term, it is one of the most profitable !
For Scions: you can build command squad and tempestus prime, which means Elite unit and HQ from one box, so its a pretty good option, especially if you are playing at power levels (6PL for 20 quid)
Thanks for this range review. I agree with almost everything you say about this range. I think I have assembled so many Leman Russ tanks now that I can do it without instructions. They are just cool.
The Basilisk is also good looking still, a little pain to get the cannon placed correctly when building, but still looks good. The Hellhound is great, but could need a new version. Seems to remember them to be a ain to assemble to get the back to look good, and not to mention painting it... Aslo love the Super Heavy tanks, so looking forward to part 2.
kriegs were originally alternate paint scheme for steel legion, that's why they look similar. Also the hand thing is 3d sculpts vs hand sculpted. Fun vid as always btw!
the current leman russ sprue I have found had no gaps during construction without rubber bands. Put together 3x leman russ and 1x demolisher with no issue last month
His comment about panel gaps made me feel so much better. Started collecting/playing a year ago and of the 3 Russ i've made one has a dodgy side sponson and a second with a track gaurd barely attacjed.
Attached, sorry.
Watching this video has convinced me of my next 40k army too~
Melta rifles, lots and lots of Metla rifles. Just Eradicators, no troop choices, MELTA RIFLES
thank you for the review love the channel can't wait for part 2
Bro this is just what I needed this morning!
Anyone get a dad's army van vibe whenever they see the chimeras?
Hahaha, all sticking their rifles out of Jonseys delivery van! Classic
The leman Russ STC was originally for farming purposes
Is this a Bill Hicks joke?
The valkyrie is one of my favorite kits to build and paint a nice solid build
Victoria miniatures has an upgrade kit for the Taurox that replaced the tracks with large wheels plus a spare. Makes the Taurox look much better.
That's why I quite like Guard tanks. If you showed me a technical drawing of one, and told me it was used in the 20th century, I'd probably believe you were it not for the aquilas on everything.
The Valkyrie is by far one of my favorite vehicles
I think its very clear that the art team is tired of space marines. Like every xenos release is like this crazy amazing model, example ghazghull, jain zar (think I'm spelling that right), and then we get space marines and it's just, dude in phobos armor, dude in primaris armor, dude in primaris armor with a cape
Comparing the most important unit of an entire race like Ghaz or Jain Zar to a normal Primaris is straight up dishonest. If you want to compare them to Space Marine stuff look at Guilliman or Mephiston, not some random troops
@@wakito64 yeah I will say I was a bit unfair there. But I will say comparing the basic troops from say the necrons to the primaris its clear which one had more character behind it. But when they pump out so much space marine stuff you gotta compare quality with the few releases xenos get. Or the new ork gorzag i believe is his name? Comparing him to smaller hqs he is so orky.
@@spoonsrattling Indeed the few new Xenos release are cooler than space marines but at the moment we only have the "global" space marine releases. I hope that after all the xenos get their codex we will see some cool Chapter specific releases (like Dark Angels Characters that are still metal from 3rd ed or a Primaris Dante)
@@wakito64 hopefully. I would love an updated azrael. With his little hooded broski. But yeah we are in desperate need of actual chapter personality. More robes for the dark angels and Templars, more pelts for the space wolves.
Blackstone fortress: Escalation was the set with the new Crusader and Primaris Psyker characters.
Both Beautiful models I think, which show what they could do if they updated more of the range.
Part of me considered buying like 8 of the crusader model from BSF and doing some head and weapon swaps to make them a bit different.
Same with the deathcult assassin from the Elucidian Starstriders actually.
I remember when the plastic Cadian command first came out so this video is making me feel old. In the balance of things if I could choose I’d plastic versions of the other guard regiments over new cadians or even catachans. Ideally it would also be nice to go back to 20 man guard squad boxes, but I know that is never gonna happen
Love these range reviews Kirioth, really enjoyable
The Leman Russ, Cadians, Hellhound, and Baneblade are my favourite Astra Militarum models since 2009 to now.
All of the chimera based tanks look like world war 1 tanks with a turret welded on top.
@@emile1365 Even Cold war tanks and apcs looks so much more advanced than chimeras and leman russes. I'd say ww1 fits the guard more just fine.
I adore the look of the valkyrie. I bought a bunch of the Aeronautica ones. They are my favorite models in that range.
What's weird is I've never played Imperial Guard, but all the vehicles have such a nostalgic feeling to them.
Can you put all of these range reviews into a playlist on your channel? This video was great and I want to go back and watch the ones you’ve already done
When I built my Valkyrie I was bothered by the wings, it seemed to me that they would look way better reversed. All you have to do is remove a fitting nub where it meets the hull and it works, looks so good as a Vendetta with the Las Cannons jutting out a bit from under the wings.
The Death Korps of Krieg first appeared as a different colour scheme for the Steel Legion before they got their own Forge World models.
The 3rd War for Armageddon campaign book I believe?
As a Guard player, the Sentinel kit is a fun thing to build. My only complaint is the legs being a pain during assembly until the cement/CA has set
17:14 whenever i would team up with an imperial guard player in 7th i would allways ask if they could bring a death strike missile... its just too much fun
My main issue with both basic squad boxes is that neither comes with all the special weapon choices. Catachan's only come with a flamer while the Cadian's get a flamer and grenade launcher. No plasma gun, melta gun, or sniper rifle in either. For those you have to buy metal blister packs where each mini is double the price of what a single figure from from either box costs. And the Catachan get overlooked as there is only a sniper pack meaning they have no plasma, melta, or grenade launcher version currently available (yes, I know there was a female Catachan with a grenade launcher, I own one). If those ever existed it's off to the depths of eBay if you want one.
Love these vids. I've looked over them all dozens of times in GW's site, but enjoy other opinions.
Hull is the correct term, although chassis is fine. A lot of tank terminology comes from ships, the first tanks were called landships
The torax mod making it a six wheeled apc is a vast improvement and the side guns never really stuck around on mine.
I love this range, just can't force myself to get into it because of the crazy number of models needed for a playable army. I learned my lesson after what felt like the millionth skink for my Seraphon army that I started just because I liked the look of the range.
I have probably 3 k of scions, they brought put a box with 20 troops, 2 taurox and a valk, the start collecting box was really good value too
Been playing Imperial Guard since 3rd edition as a teenager and I never get tired of their miniatures. Just a shame they don't have an extensive range for non-Cadians/Catachans these days, the other regiments like the Vostroyans, Valhallans and Tallarns have so much character.
the side auto cannons are in a position to lay supressing fire a great thing when exiting the vehicle in combat one real life example of this is the Russian IS7 tank which had two machine guns on the side facing forward and two on the side of the turret facing back they where put there for nothing more then supressing fire which does not need to be direct it just needs to hit in the general direction
We broke a tape measure trying to measure the earthshakers 240" range. We played apocalypse across many tables and you know we had an artillery table with guardsman trying to keep their tanks shouting as long as possible
*Ways to improve the Taurox*
Extend the rear troop bay and rear tracks, replace front tracks with big beefy tyres. And add autocannon sponsons, if there are guns not mounted in the turret?
Taurox. Engine exhaust into cab. Fixed forward firing MG! Tracks with mudguards moulded on fit under mudguards. Guaranteed to cause tracks to throw. Hull is interesting but could have been much, much better. Also like all GW vehicles too small for crew/capacity. Only Chimera really works.
Of course the Leman Russ looks rustic and agricultural, iirc the thing is actually based on the STC for a tractor that someone in the Age of Strife decided to strap guns to.
the taurox looks so much better with wheel like so much. I have three with wheels from Victoria miniatures and third on the build list that will be a half track as it's going to be the missile variant.
I have looked at that armoured sentinel a million times and never noticed the wipers!
I’ve been kitbashing with the Catachan Infantry kit, and I will say the GW paint scheme really lets them down. The heads hold up very well under a modern paint job, and the only real bugbear is that you have to do a lot of custom gap filling with their arms: the shoulder join has a lof of sheer flat surfaces you can’t hide without green stuff.
Of the IG vehicles, the Basilisk is the one I feel really needs an update... It needs to be enclosed!
At least the modern Russ kit comes with all the weapon options. In the 90s the heavy plasma and Gatling cannon weren't part of the kit.
As a former US Army tanker hull is the right word to use for armored(armoured for you) vehicles.
I believe the Catachan and Cadian command squads came out at the same time, coinciding with the 5th edition codex.
Also, the flag dude with the janky mouth has a cigar. That's why he looks weird from that angle.
Id love to see new cadians and catachans although I think the cadians still look fine. Though what I would rather see is some multi part plastic troop, command and heavy boxes for valhallans, tallarn, mordian and vostroyans. Maybe cheaper, more affordable death korps of krieg as well.
Man these range reviews are pure gold. The torrix or whatever it’s called looks like a rg31, also you could just replace the front track sections with two wheels. Kinda like a half track. Also I’m not sure if you’re aware but putting wipers that block a driver’s view and do practically nothing is exactly what real military vehicles are like. So bonus for realism I guess
Most of the vehicles are fine. Even the dodgy no suspension tracks. The Basilisk kit is the oldest and can be a shit to put together and the best vehicles candidate for a new kit. They could easily do 1 artillery kit that can make basilisk/hydra/wyvern/griffon and id love the option for enclosed crew compartment. The Taurox sucks but is relatively new so probably won't be changing anytime soon. The Catachans really are the main regiment needing a new infantry kit, though I'd love to see all regiments in plastic, and they could bundle regiments into box sets with upgrade sprues.
Hey kirioth, you did a video a while back about models that need an update, how about the opposite, a video on gw kits that were amazing but got replaced with clearly inferior plastic kits (perfect example: tzeentch horrors. Remember the metal ones?!)
Most Russian tanks had solid placed guns that the driver operated rather than the gunner or radio operator. the driver would just aim the vehicle and shoot and it worked well for large crowds.. But yeah a mantel mounted weapon makes much more sense if you can pivot it.
Also the laz guns pointing out are similar in design to many APC's and can usually be moved to a point where they can be shot at least.. more guns are better usually, similar idea to a pistol port.
one of Blackstone Fortress's expansions had a sweet Crusader model as playable character, in plastic too unlike the metal ones in this video
The Lemun tank is still solid, but I would like to see is get cleaned up a bit. Maybe make the hull just a little easier to assemble.
How to fix the taurox: make it a half track with a turret
Enjoy the videos always top notch quality and fun . Keep it up.
Classic and timeless.