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GW Workshop Land Raider ? in 30k


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I know the answer no, but this a model proxy would people really care question

 

I am making my Ultramarine to work in a 30K and 40K army list eg. remove any stuff from 30K when playing 40k 

 

but I am wondering  would people really really care if I use the GW land raider Kit... it looks same as the MK2B Land raider which forge sell and according the catologue that can he used in 30K games 

 

as well as being cheaper its esier to convert and add stuff 

 

 

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The Standard Land Raider (with 2 TL Lascannons and Heavy Bolter) is the LR Phobos; which is totally fine to use in 30k. Its even mentioned in the land raider entries.

 

The only ones you aren't allowed to use are the Crusader, Redeemer and the others such as the Hyperios, iirc.

Yeah ... here are the LR's useful for 30k games:

 

Land Raider Proteus

http://img5.fotos-hochladen.net/uploads/proteuso4li8257vp.jpg

 

Land Raider Armoured Proteus

http://img5.fotos-hochladen.net/uploads/armouredproteucpoe17id94.jpg

 

Land Raider Phobos mkIIb

http://img5.fotos-hochladen.net/uploads/mkiibfi718mwzsx.jpg

 

Land Raider Phobos mkivc (the GW plastic LR)

http://img5.fotos-hochladen.net/uploads/99120101061spa031f7s5czj.jpg

 

Land Raider Achilles

http://www.fotos-hochladen.net/uploads/achilleswyestbgufv.jpg

 

Land Raider Achilles Alpha

http://img5.fotos-hochladen.net/uploads/achillesalpha5lpdem1xiv.jpg

 

pictures from Forgeworld/Gamesworkshop HP's

 

Edit: So YES, oc you can use all vehicle kits from GW ... these are just mars pattern tanks, while forgeworlds are deimos or anvilus ... but you can use all of these in 30k

The Land Raider you're talking about is a later model in the Heresy after they've managed to streamline the design. Like the standard GW rhino, it's perfectly acceptable for the Heresy. From a modeling perspective Heresy games are about the look of you infantry, not so much the tanks.

 

 

 

The only ones you aren't allowed to use are the Crusader, Redeemer and the others such as the Hyperios, iirc.

the funny thing, Mechanicum LR's may be configured like a Redeemer :>

 

The mechanicum Land Raider is just plain silly; looking at what it can/cannot take.

Who knows, maybe they retcon the Crusader to have been developed before the heresy and forgotten about afterwards till M39 when someone else "invented" it. Or micromanaging Papa Smurf forbid it.

 

I'm somewhat doubtful, considering hurricane bolters have made no appearance in 30k, despite GW seeming to shoehorn them in everywhere in 40k

 

Never really liked them myself - besides, what's the point when avenger bolt cannons are readily available?

IIRC, the plastic GW rhino, land raider (phobos), bike and land speeder all existed during the heresy.

They are called "mars pattern", and are less advanced but easier to produce and mantain than their 30k-only counterparts, which is why they survived 10k years.

Pretty much like the Indomitus pattern TDA.

Aside from AA guns, most of the time, it's better to increase a gun's rate of fire or velocity, rather than just slap two together. Anyway, this is a digression...

 

 

40k. The only universe where you make a better gun by stapling ordinary guns to each other...

Huh? Twin-linking and more has been used IRL (mainly on aircraft and AA guns) and three bolters are always better than one.

Aside from AA guns, most of the time, it's better to increase a gun's rate of fire or velocity, rather than just slap two together. Anyway, this is a digression...

It is usually more efficient (in terms of weight and space requirement) to increase the rate of fire, but that does not mean that using more guns is not effective. Also you can increase a single gun's rate of fire only so much and the heat emission of more shots/time in a single gun is more difficult to manage than the heat emission of the same amount of shots/time spread across two guns.

I thought when I asked this I would get the snob hobbyist would be like " no you can't that type of pattern was't around so you can't" but glad people on here arn't like that XD

 

The Heresy is all about weird, unusual styles of 40K vehicles the Codexes are to narrow to allow. You'll find a lot of modeling opportunities for space marines by breaking out of the mold of rhinos and land raiders. Want as massive transport for 40 marines? Convert up a counts as storm lord. There are plenty of very good looking armies that mix forge world and GW kits.

Basic rule of thumb: If it's a plastic vehicle kit in 40k, then it's called a Mars pattern vehicle in 30k. Cheaper and easier to reproduce, but lacking the artistry, advanced tech, and spirit of the older vehicles (Such as the Proteus).

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