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Showcase: Mechanised Imperial Guard

It ’ s unclear how it happened but suddenly, I seem to have finished my mechanised guard force. The plan was to make a 25-man mechanised infantry platoon with a tank or two in support. This somehow morphed into a 35-man platoon, some storm troopers, a squadron of tanks, and a super-heavy tank . The whole thing has a power level of 115. Oops. To draw a line under said project, this post has some pictures of the whole thing, plus the models I ’ ve added since my last post. First up is the tank I ’ ve wanted ever since I first faced an enemy super-heavy: the shadowsword. I ’ ve yet to use it in a game, as I can ’ t bring myself to deploy it in a regular-sized battle. I strongly suspect it ’ ll get borked  – anything capable of one-shotting a land raider may as well have a giant bullseye painted on it – but who cares? Not me, for I now own the finest self-propelled phallic metaphor. In case you ’ re wondering, yes, the aerial is magnetised such that it ’ ll...