Assault on Mordax Prime

 

The final battle has come, after the fleet has cleared orbit the Black Templars and their knight allies land on the forgeworld of Mordax Prime to erase the heretics that taint its surface

A desultory first turn shooting precedes the advance of the massive war engines

Who engage their counterparts in no man's land

The templars exit their drop pods and charge the alpha legion, purging the traitors with bolt pistol and chainsword

In the center the lancer spears an enemy crusader with its shock lance

While one of its lesser brethren wins a duel against an armiger helevrin

Battle ends with the fall of an enemy dreadnought, killed by a fallen templar with its last breath 

Altdorf army complete

 

After several months of painting the Altdorf expedicionary corps is ready to head for the lustrian jungle! The core of this army is made up by two regiments of state troops bosltered by harquebusiers, a mortar and two cannons provide fire power while the knights and the steam tank add a much needed offensive push to the force. Feldmeister Kaspar van gelt is the commander of this force, aided by the wizard yennefer of Wissenburg and father Jacobus, priest of Sigmar.

Soldiers from the capital are flamboyantly dressed, showing proudly the blue and red colours of the city

Steam Tank Viktoria

 

One of the fabled machines built by Leonardo the Miragliano, the Viktoria has been in the service of Altdorf for as long as anyone can remember. Based on the Imperial School of Engineering in the East End, this steam engine has become a common sight in the Empire, accompanying the troops from its native city to war, and leading them to victory after victory

For painting this behemoth the first step was drybrushing the wood with two tones of clearer brown over black, then I laid don the metals (iron followed by gold) and the rest of the base colours. Highlights and ink washes rounded up the process

The interior of the tank is also highly detailed, with steam pipes, gears and even a coal bucket!

In 6th edition you could tune up the tank with different weapons, so I converted a volley gun from the extra steam cannon and random bits and bobs

If short on points (or playing 5th edition) the turret can also be replaced by a hatch made from one of the wheel armor plates and a spare 25mm base

Surprise attack on Mordax Secundus

War goes on in the Scarus sector, after repelling the heretic assault on x the imperial forces go into the offensive attacks the forgeworld of Mordax Prime. 

Caught out of position by the sudden attack the Planet Killer recieves the full broadside of the templar fleet on her stern

The rest of the chaos vessels move to the attack, but the imperials have caught them spread all over the system due to the chaos player's bad deployment choices

While the battlebarge steers for the enemy fleet a squadron of assault cruisers chase the battleship

Wich, unable to turn, is easy prey for the Black Templars

With the Planet Killer destroyed it is now turn for her attendant fleet, and a devastation cruiser is wrecked by concentrated fire

And when the chasing squadron comes back to the fight the battle is decided in the Imperium's favour!