Re: My First Space Crusade (With Mortis and MessyArt)

Posted by MortiS-the-Lost on Nov 26, 2011; 2:34am
URL: http://the-lost-and-the-damned.71.s1.nabble.com/My-First-Space-Crusade-With-Mortis-and-MessyArt-Jon-and-Jennan-tp7029436p7032883.html

Lumberjack wrote

One thing I didn't ask about was the turrents in the box is that an equipment card?

What everyone insists on calling the 'turrets' in my Space Crusade miniatures box are in fact Tarantula Mobile Support Weapons



These cumbersome and difficult to manoeuvre (in narrow spaces like the corridors of Space Hulks) Weapon platforms provide extra heavy support for Marine Squads in Mission Dreadnought, they are armed with Twin-linked Las-cannons and are moved about with the help of small anti-grav motors. They are not (as many mistakenly think) sentry guns and in fact need to be manned by a Space Marine to be able to fire.

The Space Crusade Tarantulas are, or rather were a massive re-design of the original Tarantula Weapon Platforms used by many races in the Rogue Trader period (presumably so they could fit down corridors on Space Hulks more easily)




Forge World make newer style Tarantulas which can be equipped with many different weapon options, but due to their even greater bulk will never fit down a corridor on a Spacehulk