Fog of war has started to take stead now. These are scattered accounts from remembrances for this hard fought battle.
After the conflict had begun the combined forces of the Ultramarines and Tau tried to bring their fire power on the Eldar. However the Eldar proved evasive to taking heavy casualties. Interference from the Eldar delayed the arrival of air support. As a result lots of Ultramarines and Tau died, including most of the heavy support and the Ultramarines commanding Librarian, leaving the allied forces with no real hope of destroying the source of the Phantom shaped silhouette above the field of battle.
Ultramarines advance
The Dark Reapers Survey what their next target might be
The Tau stealth suits try to blend in with the Energy reactors
The Eldar Guardians feeling confident in the shadow of their Phantom.
The Ultramarines bail from their wrecked Rhino.
The Ultramarines Advance under the watchful eye of the Tau Commander
The Stealth suits continue to lie in wait ready to make their attack.
The dark reapers have certainly picked a good deployment.
The air support arrives for the tau and Ultramarine alliance
The Ultramarines are holding down the cover from the Phantom
The storm eagle swoops into support
The Reapers still holding out in the Fortification
The phantom still remains untouched
Another view of the aerial support arriving.
the battle still goes on
The Ultra marines retreat
The Rhino immobilises itself in the swamp.
The Tau Riptide and crisis suit deep strike into the Eldar deployment.
The wave serpent try s to counter the Crisis team.
The Barracuda swoops in.
Another source in GW has confirmed there is no plastic Thunderhawk planned as the margins on it are too small. I’m actually a little surprised at this statement. I didn’t think there would be any margin on it. GW has a very good handle on what we buy and how much we will spend. They also know exactly how much it costs to produce a new plastic kit. While the material costs of plastic are very low, the cost of designing and making a mould big enough to make a Thunderhawk are not. For the same cost they can make a number of other plastic kits. It also takes GW a long time to recoup to costs of plastic kits. They have to know they will sell lots. This is one of the reasons why they sell so many duel purpose kits like the ork flyers and make no special characters in plastic. The Thunderhawk is of coarse something many people would like to own. The biggest obstacle to GW selling them is not cost. I’m sure I’m not the only person who owns more than one Storm Eagle. The biggest problem with a Thunderhawk is the amount of space it takes up. Both on and off the game broad. The Storm Eagle doesn’t fit in a standard G.W. case. It’s hard to imagine many people buy 2 or 3 of these.
You must be logged in to post a comment.