Warhammer 40k - Codex - Imperial Armour

84 Pages·2002·17.49 MB·English

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CONTENTS

Introduction

Using Tanks in Warhammer 40,000

Tanks
Leman Russ Conqueror
Thunderer Siege Tank
Destroyer Tank Hunter
Leman fuss Vanguisner
‘eons Px)
{Leman Rus Vanguisner
{Leman Fuss Execution

‘Super-Heavy Tank Rules ..

‘Super-Heavy Tanks
‘Bonebinde-
Shadowoword.

Chimera Variants
‘Solamander Command
‘Sniamandr Scout
‘chimera pany Retr Cpt Wri)
‘Chimera ea Fer Yrs

Colour Section

Sentinel Variant
‘Sentinel Poweriter

Towing Vehicle
Troan esses eeeseee

Gun Emplacements
Turret Emplacements .

Artillery

Earthahaker Platform
nyt Fi

‘Hydra Pratform
Manticore f
Medusa »

Imperial Armour
Fiction by Gav Thorpe

Flyer Rules

Alrcratt

Lightning
Lightning in ain)
Marauder
Marauder Destroyer -

Ordering Forge World Products

INTRODUCTION

by Jervis Johnson

As 1 sit writing tis
Introduction, T nave just

hundreds!) of
Hanes taste ete
‘ory coriot WW! tks
‘that fought inthe Gut Wa,
land just about eveything
inbotwoon, They. even
you ean watch - cool! its an awesome place and
well worth @ visit you ever get the. chance
However, sound adviee ona fun day out aside, there
in another reason for menting Bovington herein
the Inroduetion to Imperial Avmoul. You ee, the
museum has a shep, and in the shop they have a
Sispiay of painted tank models, and in amongst
those modets of teal Me armoured vehicles 58
smell but pertectly formed selection of models by
hone ather than Games Workshop.

suprised to see these models Is an
nt, but in many ways It's highly
appropriat that they wero there. The reason that |
think iis appropriates thal the erestors of those
tanks at Games Workshop ke the curators ofthe
‘tank musueum at Bovington, ere amongst that sad
{group of people that think that tanks are ust about
the sexiest thing on tis planet, Come on, you know
it's tue = given a choice between a hol date mith
Michelle Plier and a chance to have s dive nan
IMT Abrams then you, ike mo, would be saying See
Ya, Michelle baby! and disappearing off tothe tank
froun pretty demn sharpish And if that test dive
Should include a chance te actully dare say 2 —
hoot the main gun, wll then not aven a Rot date
‘with Michele, Britney Spears and Cameron Diaz
Would old you (or me) back

Sadly, unless one happens to be a curator at
Bovington, one rarely gets a chance to dive around
Ina tank, so one must get ones fhe of tank tela
‘icarouslysleswere, For myself as a youth thi
\was_mainty through making Alix tank ts and

ing wargames with ther. 1 know tht | wasn
‘lone inthis (bet qule few of you reading this,
hook started out nthe same way), and ast happens
ite stow of my follow dasignoes ane ast nthe
‘Susio shared a simiar interes. Thus Mt was that
‘once Warhammer 40,000 was witli was really
‘nly 2 matter of time until we got round te making
‘Some proper tanks Kits tues inthe game. Not th
this wns the ease To start of ith, of cours Inthe
cary days at Games Workshop we simply couldn't
Stora tomake the steel moulds needed fora plastic

no early game
thor armoured
Tony Cots

cratohbuilt armoured vehicle. Infact tho vary fist
‘Photographs of the mow ubiqufous ‘Sface Marine
{and alder were of @ mode that vas serater-bult by
CGtadet Minature designer and notorious tread-head
Dave Androws,

(F courss, things are very diforant row! AS soon as
‘we could we stated producing paste armoured
‘ehiels fF 40K, starting of withthe Land Ralger and
Fino, and slowly adding tothe range over the yoors
{sand whan we could, Unfortunately the vagarios and
‘costs ofthe pst moulding process maans that even
how we edivt make as many paste vehicie Mls as We
‘or you might like. Wt was a dilemma, and no mista,
Unt up stood a chap calles Tony Cottrell who sald We

‘vas right and
thus wes born
Imperial
Armour as
part of Forge

Back st GW,
here’ aa tong
85 everybody
owes tuck
been GW's
{toad head for all ofthat period. Tony foves serach
bulleing models, and! many of his conversions have
ppesred in White Owart over the years. In periculr,
he wae the man who fret made a 40K-scale Baneblnde
~armocel that proved so popular that we had fo run an
articte showing people how to acrateh-auld thelr own
inthe pages of White Owart, such was the intrest
‘ated. Ofcourse now you can buy a resin version of
the Ganebiade direct from Imperial Armour, Sut 1

8 superative range of resin kits that have hugely
expanded the number of tanks that Warhammer
40.000 players can field in thelr games. However
‘hore was a problem —therewere:ne rules to ge along
ith the tanks, which made cific o say he least,
for players te use thom in their games of 40K. As 3
‘Stop-gnp we were bie lo gel rules published inthe
‘Journal, but these were uno! end could nly be
‘sed with an opponents consent. What was needed
‘rere some official ules for the Imperial Armour
Wohicles. that would allow players. ta use ther
Vihenever ney wanted. Enter yours tly, end flow
{all gangly person Warulek Kinvade

‘You see, ever the last 18 months or eo Ive been
working on a set of vehiola design rules Yor 40K,
‘hich are tobe published in Write Dwarf (issues 253-
258 nthe UK edition) aon oll supplement forthe
{Gome. What we reelised waa tht thevonice a
System could be used to creat the ruloe noedod for
Imporial Armor Ina mtshel, 3 long a he Imperat
‘Armour rules conformed to the venele design fle
thon es far a tand the vest of the 40K design tear
‘ere concerned. then they wars legitimate rules and
{ould be ased in any game ‘of 40K, This b

‘cso, ll that was needed wns someone to do
‘donkey work coming up withthe’ specie rules for
tech of the veleles..and that ls where good old
Wiaruick‘cam In. He aise managed to find te tims

‘rth Tony, to prodves the extremly fie photographs
{hat grace the pages of this Book

‘So hore we have & Book that covers all manner of
‘ules and info on Imperial vehicles and that's just
fshout It for this Introciction at lesst. As I hope Ive
‘made clear, this book ea labour of fve, produced by
‘prop of madmen sho just happen toa love tanks
It you fove tanks too, and you play 40K. then you need
this book. Oh, and dont forget, It you're ever In
Dorset in England, then visit Bevington Tank
USING IMPERIAL
RMOUR VEHICLES IN

WARHAMMER 40,000 .

{As noted in the Introduction all ofthe vehicles in
Gan ba used in games of 40K as par of an

‘Super-Heavy Tenk
‘Super Heavy Tank
HQ and Transport
Fast Attack
Transport
‘Transport
Sentinel Powerliter Fast Attack °
Trojan Troop
‘Turet Emplacement Scenario Special Rule
Enrthshske Platform Heavy Support
Heavy Support
Heavy Support
Heavy Support
Heavy Support
Heavy Support
Ughtning Heavy Support
Lightning Swike Heavy Support
Marauder Reavy Fiver
Marauder Destroyer Heavy Flyer
‘The Leman Russ Conqueror mmm
variant but exc LEMAN RUSS CONQUEROR
te Forge

Gryphonne

Planet Adeptis Machaneus
‘minions adapts. The
(Conqueror was fret used 10
‘ein the Tech Guard of
‘Gryphenne fv supporing the
War ‘Grfore Than Legion
‘turing the Rett of Casta
Soptus. Me Cooaverrs kept
‘pw the Hans aavance ae
tao butte grous lune
igen aac

bangers of Cas

trapping them

ket, when was even

Tato

Fuss or Dorotshar, 2 fw Congusro
arnt
toundres of Grypronve IV. is wolkadby ts croms dosat aking
1s roc alles Io et out of woke, ex ever or expt a boaktreugh
uly, wrist maltsining @ good se of re

“A squadron of Conquerors advances across the ach waste of Armagedson

‘The Thunderer Siege
Tok a convenion THUNDERER

CGemotener cane, £9
therole othe Demolcher,
Ins possible tat some Thurdorers have boon produced as row bull vehicles.

This vehicle I used by commanders whose forces arm rice to Hight in danas
terain, and ofen fr that @ regiment wil not have enaugh Damalsh take 1
rect suppor al he ifn patoone.

Like the more heawly caupped Demoliher, the Thunderer is usualy deployed in
slose supporto infantry stcon, lacking te range to engage even) tanks In tho