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[Image] So, as prep for the New Year's game, some desperate last-minute escalation occurred on the Iron warriors front, in the form of a Leviathan Siege Dreadnought, two squads of Iron Havocs, and a mighty Typhon Siege Tank!

[Image] The best thing about the Iron Warriors, though, is how quickly the models paint up. Even assembling the Leviathan went quickly. I used magnets to attach the arm weapons for quick swaps, so the model can be equipped with any two of the Siege Claw, Cyclonic Melta-Lance (!), or Grav-Flux Bombard (!!)

As a side note, it was pointed out at the game how comical the naming conventions are for the Heresy-era Forge World weapons. It's like the designers take one adjective from column A, one from column B, and stick a noun in from column C, and there's your weapon name:


Volkite Melta Caliver Grav Plasma Culverin Heavy Reactor Blaster Cyclonic Rad Cannon Thermal/Thermic Flux Bombard
Las Projector Atomantic Beam Lance Nucleonic Fusion Charger Infernal Storm Flamer Volcanic Bolt Incinerator
Inferno Destroyer/Destructor
Graviton Annihilator
Punisher Blastgun
Fission Launcher

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[Image] Magnets are fun... and the economy that results from easy swaps is undeniable.

[Image] Five missile-launcher equipped MKIV Marines add some flexible firepower...

[Image] ...while a lascannon squad adds some vehicle-killing capacity.

[Image] The Typhon Siege Tank is another key addition to the Iron Warriors contingent.

[Image] Assembly was mostly straightforward. The sponson lascannons were a bit tricky but still went together OK.

[Image] Decal is from the Iron Warriors transfer set with an added numeral.

[Image] The Typhon is a mighty chunk of resin for sure! The main gun itself is ridiculous, but cool-ridiculous, if you know what I mean.

[Image] Tracks are ready to roll over the enemies of the Emperor Warmaster!

Of course, all new models acquitted themselves admirably as detailed in the battle report!