PLAY AID: Mighty Commanders

I was inspired to write this article after reading the Mighty Champions article in WD350 and figured with the release of the Planetary Empires for WH40k that I make version of these rules for the expansion. Though lacking in originality (I basically took most of the rules as written in the article, omitted certain rules that didn't translate into 40k rules, and modified what was left into 40k rules) it still should prove to be a good analog for Planetary Empires.

I called the project Mighty Commanders (again, not very original, but still quite serviceable for what it is), and you can find it at the bottom of my blog in the 40k Supplemental Rules box.

Cheers,

Mark

I'm REALLY excited to see this mod for Fallout 3

The measurements are in and the findings are shocking...Part III: A Rant

It has come to my attention that some people seem to think that, just because GW and Forgeworld minis are in 28mm heroic scale (or because of some obscure fluff reference), that Warlord Titan minis should be of on the insane proportions of 5ft tall and that my measurements are utterly inaccurate.

Well listen up, because I am about to take you to school. 28mm, heroic or not, is 28mm, period. Furthermore, heroic only applies to the bulk of the minis muscles. Even GW will tell you that, regardless the scale of the mini, the average height of a Imperial Guardsman (never mind a space marine) is 5'8", or the average height of a modern adult male. Thus, (and I dare you to do this and tell me otherwise) taking a tape measure to measure for your self the height of an Imperial Guardsman mini head to toe, you get exactly 28mm.

Now, do you know how big, in millimeters, a Emperor Titan is given the previous calculations I did. I turns out that the Emperor Titan is roughly 1 meter in height, or roughly 1000mm. Given 28mm = 5'8", than 1 meter would equal 205'4" feet in height. Give that a one story building (based on acreage) is 10 feet in height, this would make for a 20 story Titan, approximately.

Given this, a Warhound Titan, at 250mm, would equal or 20 feet in height. A Reaver Titan stands at 400mm or 40 feet roughly.

Chaos gets its Reaver...

Behold the power of Dark Mechanicus!

This is the latest pic of the Chaos Reaver Titan, and it is an awesome beastie indeed.

The measurements are in and the findings are shocking ...Part Deux: The Legs

I know its been awhile since I last posted anything on this blog, but it is not dead...

In fact, I wanted to add on to an older post, "The measurements are in and the findings are shocking...", with another bit of measurement, the height of a Emperor Titans leg from the heel of the foot to the hip. Given most of the illustrations of Emperor Titans to date, in would appear that the height of the leg of an Emperor Titan would be comparable to the height of the torso, ergo the height of the miniatures legs would follow this same ratio. Judging how the height of said miniature would be roughly 3'3" or 39.375 inches, I had to round down this value to 39.3 and divide that by 2 to find that each leg would be 19.65 inches in height, or roughly 1'7", give and take a few decimal points.

Now for my next trick the height of the shin of the Emperor Titan. Again we will take half the height of the leg to find the height of the shin. One half of 19.65 is 9.825 inches.

Now for the width of the feet and the width of the hips. Given the various illustrations of the Emperor Titan you can tell the width of the hips is equal to that of the torso, or 15.75 inches. From each foot to the waist of the titan, you can form a right triangle. Given this information, each foot would be 10 inches wide, and the gap between each foot would be 4.4 inches.

Two more Warhammer 40k Apocalypse Datasheets

Here are two more Apocalypse Datasheets for your enjoyment.

The Blood Knight of Khorne - A Knight class titan dedicated to Khorne.

The Harbinger of Change - A Chaos Baneblade possessed by a Lord of Change.

You can find these datasheets in the My 40k Apocalypse Datasheets Box at the very bottom of the blog.

Your Fiend,

Mark

PLAY AID: Imperial Guard 5th Edition Doctrines

I updated the 4th edition Imperial Guard Doctrines to the new Codex. I also included a few third party doctrines as well.

Check the 40k Supplemental Rules below for the Download.