Well, it's been a while since I've done anything warhammer wise, life's been a bit of a pain. However, what better way of easing back into things than by converting a custom superheavy to bring myself up to six of them! I shall be carrying on with the fortress at some point soon, now that the weather has picked up again I have no reason not to paint it!

But first, the superheavy. It is based on the stormlord hull, open at the back, though not for troops. It will have either four sponsons or extra armour, no option of two sponsons. Sponsons will be armed with heavy flamers or some oher flame variant only, no lascannons on them. Not certain about a hull mount yet, but probably more flame and the main weapon will be a flame cannon, probably along the lines of the titan one, and I'm looking at butchering a titan arm for the actual weapon.

This is a tank that has been designed with close quarters urban combat in mind, it isn't a multipurpose tank, although the ferocity of it's main weapon often leaves tank crews burnt to a crisp inside their vehicles. It's main purpose is burning out infantry pockets. The main weapon clears the route ahead, whilst the side sponsons burn out any resistance to the sides.

It is based on the stormlord pattern to provide room for the main fueltanks, early variants used an enclosed compartment, but found they were lacking enough fuel for prolonged engagements, to combat this, they looked to the hellhounds for inspiration. Thus was born the infernal hellhounds as they are affectionately known. There is also a built in system to combine the fuel from all the onboard weapons into one source for the main weapon. It means the other weapons can't be used for a short while after, but the increased fuel isn't all consumed in the projected flame, leaving enough on the ground for it to burn for some time afterwards, causing a major hazard to troops. The weapon itself becomes more potent due to this extra unburnt fuel, it coats infantry and tanks alike, which then burnfor a time afterwards, making it more deadly.

With such a huge fuel tank on the back, however, it is very vulnerable, counting as open-topped. Furthermore, due to the fuel itself, it is extremely volatile. So if it should blow up, then it rolls at +2 on the catastrophic damage table.

As for construction, as mentioned, it will be based on the stormlord chassis, the main gun will likely be converted from a warhound flame arm, if it is a good size fit. I'm looking at the land raider Prometheus upgrade sprue for the sponson weapons, to give them a beefier feel, and one of the FW fuel/water tank scenery pieces for the main fuel tank. If there is extra room in the back, then spare hellhounds tanks will fill it, and spare tanks from the back of the superheavy tracks will be attached to the sponsons.

So far, I have got one track section constructed, and am working inthe armour panels so that they are interchangeable with sponsons. And they're working pretty well so far.


Pretty much a carbon copy of my latest blog post, I'll be tracking this one on this topic and on the blog though.