Everyone needs a good tank.
We sold some more Magic cards recently and I had enough money from the cards that my wife let me purchase some more Warhammer 40k sets. Now, I know that I don't have much time during the day to play Warhammer. There is a store about 10 minutes away that hosts games, so I'm hoping that some Saturdays I can slip away and play.
This is not a new situation however, since our last place was located 10 minutes away from a hobby store and I still did not get the time to go play. In reality, I just like the models. I never end up with the time or energy needed to go play. Plus, for some strange reason the lighting in stores makes me sick.Anyways, this one is a Land Raider Redeemer. Well, at least parts of one. They are categorized as the heaviest tanks my Space Marines can field. They are armed fairly well, and armored even better. While this tank does come in 3 variants, I prefer the Redeemer as it comes equipped with duel heavy flamers, a great close combat weapon designed to burn through infantry. You can also equip it with a Multi-melta, a great anti-vehicle weapon for a tank that can take on both armor and troops. The draw back is that it looses some capacity, down to 12 from 16 that you get from another Land Raider variant. That variant comes with hurricane bolters, a good weapon that boasts a farther range, but weak enough that I'm not overly fond of it.
With the amount of capacity this variant of Land Raider comes with, you can pack quite a punch inside it's thick armored hull. That's 12 normal models for Space Marines, 6 bulky, or 4 very bulky troops. That's enough troops to cause problems for anything that gets in the land raiders way. Since it is an assault vehicle, any troops inside of it can charge out of the vehicle and assault the next turn, ensuring troops get close enough to make a difference. Terminators, some of the nastiest assault units in the Space Marine list, can assault right out of this tank. Centurions, a new unit that boast incredible firepower, last much longer if you pack them inside this can. Move them out, and order them out to pop any armored foe that gets in your way.
Points wise, this is a huge investment, so it's not something I'll take against every list. The centurion setup alone runs 600 pts, a massive amount when compared to other solutions that give you the same level of firepower. In addition, this setup can be countered fairly easily if you can disable the tank. Still, it's something I'd love to try against my friend who runs Tau.
Anyways, that's the latest 40k news from me. Ruby development is coming along, but today it got about 3 times more complicated than planned. I still will be attempting to learn Ruby on Rails for the next few months, but now I've found that it's not one, but 4 languages (Ruby, Rails, CSS, HTML) I will need to master. Shoot.
-Cj
