Leviathan Crusader… 9½” of Glory!
April 27, 2011 by beerogre
Dreamforge Games have announced the release of their brand new Leviathan Crusader resin kit. This huge kit will come in at 9½” to the top of the smoke stacks and comes equipped with a massive executioner's blade and vulcan cannon.
The model is highly poseable model and contains 143 plastic resin components, when assembled, the kit weighs nearly two pounds!
Here's the background fluff to this awesome kit:
The Crusader was developed to fill a need for a more heavily armored Leviathan. What was produced is widely regarded as the most balanced and finest design possible. Possessing remarkable speed and survivability while not sacrificing offensive capability, it is often compared to its 20th century counterpart the Panzerkampfwagen V (Panther tank).
It holds the distinction of being the most widely produced VR5 Leviathan in existence. The Crusader can be found in every faction’s arsenal. At 160 years old, the design is still innovative. Independent households often barter away vast planetary resources to acquire a Crusader as these Leviathans lend credibility and prestige to the households standing within its parent faction. A faction ruler knows that when the household is called upon to fight they will answer with a very capable force.
Eisenkern uses this Leviathan as a powerful bartering chit with The Brotherhood. Tithing ten per year to the order they have managed to make themselves indispensable. The Brotherhood, by its charter, cannot maintain Leviathan manufacturing capability. This often gains Eisenkern an unfair advantage in dispute resolution with other factions.
Armed with the Executioners Blade and the massive Vulkan Cannon the Crusader can own its corner of the battlefield. The supplementary armor adds considerable weight to the design but the twin Maybach reactors are still able to handle the extra load. Equipped with oil stacks the Crusader can overcharge its reactor and deliver a withering close combat attack as it channels power to the plasma blade. There has been some recent debate about replacing the oil stacks with capacitor coolers but most pilots are unwilling to give up the combat edge.
The price for the kit hasn't yet been set, but the pre-order price will be lower than the RRP, so check out the site to see if you can grab a bargain!
Pre-Order Link
BoW Andy
thats amazing, all I need is to buy the left handed version of the vulcan cannon for ultimate killy death
A stunning proxy for the no-doubt planned Mega-Deathknight 🙂
Looks more Grey Knight than GW’s death knight it must be said.
Its lacking the titan codpiece though.
My Grey Knights suddenly need a Knight-class Titan!
And guys… it’s Dreadknight, Deathknights are from World of Warcraft…
Oh dear, nine and a half inches ! And what a gun…
You know, I think that could be a secret giant warjack project for a special scenario for Warmahordes or the Iron Kingdoms… So very cool and steampunkish !
BoW Romain
It could make a nice Titan Knight for a game of 40k Apoc
german super, super, super heavy mech for secrets? or anything in the no limits game (free rules)
We are …FINALLY… open for business and taking orders. Gawd, that took some work 😉
All the best,
Mark Mondragon
DreamForge-Games