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Ultramarines Land Raider Redeemer
My first Land Raider, painted in 2012. This vehicle was built using Forge World's reinforced armour kit on the rear hull, but spaced armour on the front (because I found out too late that the front half of the reinforced armour was incompatible with the redeemer's frag launchers!) The Tyranid head on the door was painted freehand (before GW released the latest Ultramarines transfer sheet). Background: Despite bearing the colors and heraldry of the Ultramarines 3rd Company, the Fabian's Revenge is actually the dedicated transport of 1st Company Veteran Squad Kallistus. During the first Tyrannic War, the Tyranid fleet had succeeded in landing xeno-forms upon the Ultramarines homeworld of Macragge. When communication was lost with the Northern Polar Fortress, it became the duty of the 3rd Battle Company, under the command of its new captain, to cleanse the infestation there and discover the fate of its 1st Company defenders. In the aftermath of the war, it was discovered that the Ultramarines 1st Company had been wiped out to the last man. The need to rebuild the shattered Veteran Company resulted in many of the survivors of the Tyrannid War being granted veteran status. In the case of Squad Kallistus, it was the first time in recent memory that a squad, in its entirety, was inducted. To honor their former Captain for his victory over the Tyrannid Hive Tyrant in Silo 8, and the cleansing of the Northern Fortress, the squad named their Land Raider Redeemer "Fabian's Revenge".
Posted: 1 Mar 2016
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