Dropzone/Dropfleet Commander: Neuheiten

Vulture Gunships * *PRE-ORDER JULY 28TH * * – £12.00

The Vulture has proven a reliable platform for the UCM, as more and more roll off the assembly lines, new variants are being created to fill potential niche’s in combat doctrine. A pair of new aerial IFV’s are currently being tested in both scout, and combat varieties.

Vultures Gunships come armed with two Twin Cannons, identical to the variants mounted on the Katana light tank, this gives the gunship respectable anti-tank firepower. The optional AA Battery gives the Vulture further versatility, allowing it to take on other aircraft. Alternatively, this kit can be assembled to make the Buzzard Aerial Target Craft, it loses out on one twin cannon, however is now a scouting vehicle. This gives it great versatility, allowing it to spot for units firing indirectly, as well as extend your commander’s sphere of influence.

Both of these variants are set on the Vulture ship chassis, giving it good durability and high speed. It is also able to transport two troop units, allowing for high response board control.

Contains 1 multi-part resin miniatures with parts to make a Vulture Gunship or a Buzzard Aerial Target Craft. Also includes parts to arm both with AA Batteries.

Resin miniatures supplied unpainted and unassembled. This kit will require cleaning and assembly, and could need some small holes filled. Any miniatures or scenery are shown for scale only and not included.

Scourge Punisher Light Behemoth * *PRE-ORDER JULY 28TH * * – £50.00

These Behemoths bear more than a passing resemblance to the smaller Oppressor, although they upgrade to walking on eight legs instead of six. Though still fast, this makes the Scourge Light Behemoth somewhat slower than the heavy-limbed Heavy.

The Punisher is unleashed by the Scourge when they care little for collateral damage. Its forelegs are a pair of hive-like structures that can carry a range of munitions, from explosive pods, to Razorworms. Its tail houses a Quake Bombard, a weapon capable of shaking buildings right down to their foundations.

The Persecutor is the anti-behemoth variant. It is armed with an underslung Plasma Destructor – one of the most powerful plasma weapons the Scourge have comitted to conflict. Backing up this mighty weapon are hull mounted Heavy Plasma Cannons, they themselves are capable of turning armour into molten puddles.

Contains 18 single-piece resin miniatures with 6 plastic bases to make 6 units of Razorworms and 1 multi-part resin miniature with parts to assemble as either a Punisher Terror-Mech or a Persecutor Terror-Mech.

Resin miniatures supplied unpainted and unassembled. This kit will require cleaning and assembly, and could need some small holes filled. Any miniatures or scenery are shown for scale only and not included.

Please note that Behemoths are massive kits, and advanced modelling projects. Extra care, attention, and hobby skills will be required to assemble and paint them. Because of that, this kit it is only recommended for advanced modellers. Some parts will need heating and bending to fit perfectly straight and slight gaps might need filling.

UCM Brazil Light Behemoth * *PRE-ORDER JULY 28TH * * – £50.00

Although the Heavy was actually the first to hit the frontline, AHQ intends the Light form to overtake the Heavy in terms of numbers, given its lower cost and greater practicality. .

The Brazil and India are the UCM’s Light Battle Mechs. These massive quadrupeds sit low to the ground, granting a modicum of cover for their large frame as well as ensuring that even if all legs are destroyed, they are merely immobilised.

Optimised for anti-behemoth roles, the Brazil carries a pair of UMH-2 Mass Drivers. While smaller than the main weapons on the America, they are much more practical and still able to take on the toughest of armour. On two of its legs are UM-88B chainguns for anti-air defence. The India trades out the large Mass Drivers for a set of 4 UMH-19 Flak Cannons. These weapons can make incredibly short work of enemy aircraft and are still large enough to threaten ground based armour.

Contains 1 multi-part resin miniature with parts to assemble as either a Brazil Light Battle Mech or India Light Battle Mech.

Resin miniatures supplied unpainted and unassembled. This kit will require cleaning and assembly, and could need some small holes filled. Any miniatures or scenery are shown for scale only and not included.

Please note that Behemoths are massive kits, and advanced modelling projects. Extra care, attention, and hobby skills will be required to assemble and paint them. Because of that, this kit it is only recommended for advanced modellers. Some parts will need heating and bending to fit perfectly straight and slight gaps might need filling.

Shaltari Gold Battleship – £30.00

Unlike the familiar Platinum class, the Gold is a far more aggressive vessel. As one of the Shaltari’s premier assets the Gold is a worthy chariot for the mightiest of attack-oriented Starchiefs.

The Gold class Supercarrier is relatively new and rarely seen. Mounted upfront is the powerful, close-action microwave arrays of its sister classes. Armed with the Ion Cannonade, the Gold is a terror to almost any vessel, and that’s before its swarms of formidable Shaltari bombers strike.

Although many Shaltari ships can be considered unusual, the Bronze class battleship is especially so. At the prow, it mounts the fearsome Ion Cannonade. On the ship’s back, it mounts a Gravitic Beamer. While damaging enough on a basic level, this weapon’s real threat comes from its effectiveness against ships in atmosphere and its tendency to literally shove ships forward, often into unfortunate places. Lastly, the ship mounts twin broadside crescents of microwave emitters for close-in killing power.

Closely related to the Bronze, the Silver class battleship also features a broadside microwave array and a prow-mounted Gravitic Beamer, but replaces the Ion Cannonade with the spectacular Obliterator Cannon. These generate a cracking flow of unstable, rare particles, then channels them through a small emitter nozzle at the unfortunate target. For a Shaltari weapon, It is uncharacteristically random in its destructive power.

Contains 1 resin miniature with parts to assemble three variants, and 1 plastic Dropfleet Commander base and flight stand.

Resin miniatures supplied unpainted and unassembled. This kit will require cleaning and assembly, and could need some small holes filled.

PHR Sarpedon Battleship – £30.00

The Sarpedon class has been observed on multiple occasions at the head of so-called ‚Javelin‘ strikes – lightning assaults on certain, enigmatic surface positions before rapid and unexplained retreats. Some suggest that limited ammunition payload may explain this, but senior operatives of the Office of Naval Intelligence suspect that’s just wishful thinking.

Following the same design ethos as their dreadnoughts, all of the Sarpedon battleship’s main weapons are energy-based. Firstly, a linked pair of Meganova lasers provide superlative ship-slicing capability – even another battleship may be crippled by a single, sustained burn. Secondly, two hull-mounted multi-lance lasers can bracket and pulverise smaller ships with frightening ease.

The Kairos class has only just been observed in combat, and it’s superstructure suggests it is part of the Grand Fleet’s new family of battleships. The Kairos forgoes the Meganova lasers in favour of additional drives for a massive increase in combat speed. It uses battleship-grade munitions which can inflict crippling damage to any target. Once in the fray, the class’ hull-mounted multi-lance lasers can mop up any escort vessels fleeing the flaming wreck of the Kairos’ latest victim.

The Rhadamanthus has been operating since just prior to the opening salvos of the Battle For Earth. Unlike the other vessels, the Rhadamanthus uses the PHR’s older power core structure, most likely because it was rushed into service. Augmenting the fearsome neutron missiles with even more close action weaponry, this is the PHR’s most aggressive battleship, since these weapon’s low power consumption allow it to achieve the same blistering thrust as the Kairos.

Contains 1 resin miniature with parts to assemble three variants, and 1 plastic Dropfleet Commander base and flight stand.

Resin miniatures supplied unpainted and unassembled. This kit will require cleaning and assembly, and could need some small holes filled.

Quelle: TTCombat