Superheavy Owner's Club

[ElectricPaladin]

As the proud owner (and soon to be actual holder... damn you, UPS, why haven't you invented teleportation yet?) of a fellglaive superheavy special weapons tank, I thought it might be fun to open a thread for the owners of superheavies of all kinds to chime in and discuss the unique opportunities and challenges of these delicious and vicious models. What's it like to paint one of these bad boys? What sorts of conversions and kit-bashes have you applied to the super-heavies in your possession? What is your experience with putting superheavies on the table, both in Apocalypse and Escalation?

Knight owners may as well chime in, too.

[Rissan4ever]

I've had a Baneblade since February, but I've yet to finish painting it. The thing about painting these beasts is, obviously, their immense size. There's so much detail and so much area to cover that it takes quite a while. And you want to be careful, because with regular-sized models, if the color choice is a bit off, or if you make some mistakes here and there, nobody's likely to notice. But, with a gigantic superheavy, those mistakes stand out.

[Crydon Games]

Painting them is not bad, an airbrush makes it a bit easier. Just take your time and enjoy painting the details. Playing them is a blast. It adds new dynamics to every game. Some opponents give them to much respect and avoid them, and some waste a whole game trying to down them. I own 3 Baneblade chassis, a valdor, and 2 knights currently. I have also owned 5 additional baneblade chassis, 2 warhounds (1FW and 1 armorcast) a reaver and scratch built warlord (40" tall). Oh and I own a stompa.

In any case, I love superheavies. I love playing apocalypse, i have not actually played escalation, but know I would love it, and I will very soon be playing a knights only list almost exclusively as it is the 40k list I have always wanted. (1500pts, 4 knights) I tried nidzilla for a while, but it is just not the same as big stompy robots and tanks...

[Pssyche]

Two Revenant Titans, one of each Weapon loadout.,
One Cobra Super Heavy Grav Tank.
One Scorpion Super Heavy Grav Tank.
Two Lynx Super Heavy Grav Tanks, one of each loadout.

I've no space at home for the Phantom Titan or the two Vampire Super Heavy Flyers.
Nor do I have transportation for them, if I did otherwise I'd have the set.

My first Super Heavy was the Sonic Lance Revenant Titan you can see as my Avatar.
It's called "Angel of Vengeance".
I suggest you name your Super Heavies, I think it adds character.

I love playing Apocalypse and have done since my first battle, in which incidentally I didn't field a single Super Heavy but still mustered 4,000 Points of painted and based Eldar.
That was pretty much all I had at that time.

Now I've got around 20,000 Points many of which will see a lot of action this coming weekend in a big Easter Apocalypse Battle.
Last year I fielded 16,000 Points out of the 70,000 Points involved.

What's not to like?

[ElectricPaladin]

I suggest you name your Super Heavies, I think it adds character.

My current plan is to name my glaive "Chalice of Mercy."

I picture it being piloted by chapter serfs - my Knights of Blood are crazed berserkers and can't be trusted to pilot tanks - which has led to the moment where the tank commander asks his crew "what will we do if the heretics try to surrender?"

And the pilot quips in reply "we aren't barbarians - we'll show them Mercy, of course."

[Rissan4ever]

I suggest you name your Super Heavies, I think it adds character.

My Baneblade is named "Duchess" and it's commanded by Lt. Sterling Archer. The barrel will feature an arrow pointing in the direction of fire, with the words DANGER ZONE.

[Lord Ezekial]

my baneblade is named "duchess" and it's commanded by lt. Sterling archer. The barrel will feature an arrow pointing in the direction of fire, with the words danger zone.

best thing ever

[Rissan4ever]

How do you transport your super heavies? Besides "very carefully." Any recommendations on a particular type of case or what have you?

[Pssyche]

How do you transport your super heavies? Besides "very carefully." Any recommendations on a particular type of case or what have you?

KR Multicase.
I cannot reccomend them enough.
They do custom cut foam specifically shaped for models, both large and small.

If you're gonna spend a small fortune on a resin kit, you're surely not gonna cheapskate out with an old T-shirt and a battered cardboard box.

[Grey Mage]

I own a few Eldar superheavies... I havent felt the need to add one to my Imperial armies just yet really.

My Phantom Titan is armorcast, the model is legitimately as old as I am, within six months give or take... and so its needs alot of TLC and gentle handling. Its also 2500 points! People always want to see it on the field, but honestly I dont feel comfortable fielding it without about 5000pts of support, to few bodies and my turns get boring. Im not fielding it just so you can base the entire game around whether your #### is big enough to kill it or not *rolls eyes*

The smaller titans are nice, and I love my Scorpion- the first superheavy I ever owned. It actually sees more playtime than any other superheavy I know of, simply because its a nicely balanced fireplatform. Its got an accurate D-weapon, a secondairy weapon, and its not unkillable but it is durable enough to see late game or even finish most of the time. I love it.

Its to bad most people dont enjoy FW models, even in escalation... Id love to get my tank out there more often instead of having people whine about the revenants.

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So, here's a question for other Imperial superheavy owners.

Would it be worth it to invest in a techmarine, a razorback, and some servitors to follow around behind my glaive picking off targets of opportunity and leaping out to put the fix on the glaive if someone manages to endanger it? I've actually already got the techmarine, and there's probably at least one more magnetized rhinorback in my future, but I don't own any servitors, and this would be a good reason to get some.

No... it really wouldnt.

Why? Because superheavies ignore everything but hull point damage. If youre superheavy is taking HP damage its unlikely to be 1-2 a turn, but rather half or more of its HP in a turn. People concetrate fire ont he big toys... youd need easily 200pts in IG techpriests following it around to try and keep up, if it didnt just blow up a few shots in from weight of fire.