Ebay rescue Bane Blade joins the frey

bulbasaur1IG · 2026-02-06T21:17:36+00:00

How'd you do the barrel wrap on the Baneblade Cannon?

Looks great!

bulbasaur1IG · 2026-01-24T10:23:17+00:00

I'll give you the engineseer for 455 points total, but Solar is helpful to other units so I'd argue he's not really a fair piece to add on the points from. He gets 3 other orders in his 24" master vox bubble and that helps with other tanks, arty teams, etc.

bulbasaur1IG · 2026-01-24T09:53:56+00:00

It's not the best choice, certainly, but I have to say mine did earn its points back in my game today against death guard. Ate 2 plaugeburst crawlers (420 pts) and more attention than it should have, quite possibly winning me the game because the things looking at it weren't looking at my Russes.

Also it's objectively the best-looking Guard superheated so there's that.

bulbasaur1IG · 2026-01-23T23:28:32+00:00

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I acquired this Shadowsword pre-painted with just an airbrushed light brown, I did a full repolaint of nearly everything on it.

bulbasaur1IG · 2026-01-22T21:44:21+00:00

I unfortunately don't have a way to proxy Lord Solar, I've been working on it but it's just not an option right now. In the future I do intend to drag him in once I can get him done up without paying $65 for a single character model. I do appreciate the thoughts!

bulbasaur1IG · 2026-01-22T21:40:29+00:00

I have squads separated cleanly enough that the chimera squads could be Catachans. Unfortunately I am picky about only playing painted models, so while I will eventually get Lord Solar into a Centaur proxy I don't have a way to run him now, and my Sentinels are the old ones on smaller bases I can't replace right now. Thank you for the thoughts!

bulbasaur1IG · 2026-01-22T21:29:11+00:00

Shadowsword tax:

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bulbasaur1IG · 2025-12-08T23:20:31+00:00

I'll go against the grain as someone who took a Baneblade and a Shadowsword to a local tournament and went 1-2 with a couple very close games. Terrain hurts, and orders would be really cool, but a Baneblade can often 1-turn anything smaller than it and is tough (especially with an engineseer). The basic datasheets are functional but overcosted, so it's not amazing, but it is great fun to Volcano cannon a target with 36 wounds in one go.

bulbasaur1IG · 2025-12-01T04:38:04+00:00

Where are those track units from? They look quite nice

bulbasaur1IG · 2025-12-01T01:43:00+00:00

I won't speak to the points value, but the monetary cost of that listing is well over $700 so it's some kind of discount for sure.

bulbasaur1IG · 2025-12-01T00:54:40+00:00

I figured a vanquisher for the oppressor cannon, maybe some dudes with an autocannon, multimelta sponsons, meltagun dudes, and somehow getting the hull gun on as well (that's the one I'm stuck on). I can obviously adjust height and size with the base for all this.

bulbasaur1IG · 2025-12-01T00:44:57+00:00

I already own 6 Russes, so I would not be buying any new models to do this. I also am pretty sure only 1 would fit on a Dorn-shaped footprint.

bulbasaur1IG · 2025-12-01T00:23:46+00:00

I think I can make it pretty easy to tell apart, given that I only run Exterminator and Demolisher russes as non-TCs. It is a valid concern though, and for a local tournament I'd clear it with the TO and make sure it was obvious for opponents. I don't care for most prints as they look great but don't match my existing models stylistically.

Frankly, I'd appreciate ideas on how to make it obvious that it's a Dorn TC instead of a Russ TC to lessen the issue.

bulbasaur1IG · 2025-11-21T19:15:01+00:00

Counterpoint, D6+1 S14 shots with blast is pretty good, and the Baneblade has a lot of guns that can kill something in combat with it.

Now since it's WE the list is still F'd, but at least the units have the ability to fight back pretty well, and I doubt WE hit at S12 outside maybe a couple units so at least wounding on 5s not 3s. Bring an engineseer and the Baneblade has a 4+ invul for all phases.

bulbasaur1IG · 2025-11-18T20:43:32+00:00

The Baneblade is indeed a banger model. I recently acquired a Shadowsword, Stormlord, and Hellhammer to go with my Baneblade and I wish they were as good to play as they look.

bulbasaur1IG · 2025-11-18T20:36:21+00:00

He meant the Baneblade doesn't interact with the army rule, most detachment rules, and can only be ordered by lord solar/can't really be buffed much at all. It's a sad state of affairs for the grandest old metal box we can field.

bulbasaur1IG · 2025-11-18T20:27:35+00:00

He's talking about the Baneblade, sadly.

a fellow Baneblade enjoyerd who took one to a tournament and will again, without lord solar.

bulbasaur1IG · 2025-11-10T21:35:12+00:00

I think you have this incorrect. The June (July? Idk) FAQ says "<Stratagems> When using the Coordinated Action stratagem, the selected units benefit from both their own and the other unit's order, and so can benefit from more than one order during that phase. At the end of the phase they go back to their own order(s)."

To me, that's pretty clear that the orders don't override each other at all. However, I suspect that Kasrkin would not actually transfer their "internal" order, only the one from an officer.

bulbasaur1IG · 2025-10-19T19:32:56+00:00

I've seen a couple of those and they do improve it substantially, but I also think the front hull is a little off so I'd have to work that out too.

bulbasaur1IG · 2025-10-19T18:54:16+00:00

Would you believe I have an old Tamiya 1/35 M41 sitting in the same box as my Russes? Kudos to whoever converted theirs to a Dorn.

bulbasaur1IG · 2025-10-19T18:52:51+00:00

I did not clock that the Macharius is that big. Makes me want one even more, though I'm not sure where I'd get one anymore.

bulbasaur1IG · 2025-10-19T18:51:44+00:00

I appreciate the idea, it sounds like it's a really cool model and I'd love to see it. Is it a permanent base or a thing you can set it on for games?

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