Check this baby out: an Imperial Guard jeep! A lot of people have been agitating for an IG scout car for ages, looks like Forge world have finally put one together...and very nice it is, too!

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/taurven.htm

You could put together an Inquisitorial one of these quite easily...

Yes! An official imperial design which is not heavyl armoured!

This gives a good "working image" about how utility vehicle could look like. I love it if something like this happens!

Very nice! Isn't this the first non-armoured vehicle they've done for the IG?

MILLANDSON said:

It's still likely to have some armour, and be fairly rugged in its own right - afterall, they're used by Elysian drop-troops, so they're likely tough enough to be deployed by grav-chute from passing aircraft.

Rumours for the background suggests that the Tauros Venator runs entirely off of heavy-duty power cells - everything from the engine to the weapons draw a charge from a massive battery system, reducing the need for extensive supply lines (no fuel or ammo needed for any given vehicle, just a way of charging the batteries). It's why the main weapon options are Lascannons and Multi-lasers.

Yay an IG A.W.E Striker. More useful to us roleplayers than the usual tanks.

Techinically a scout Sentinal is the only other soft skinned IG vehicle.

Hopefully if it's popular they might come up with other lighter IG vehicles.

I reckon it will be popular, though the resin is a little bit pricy. GW might do what they did with the Tau Pirahna and the Shadowsword: release it as a resin at first, then release it as a cheaper plastic.

Pricing is all: at circa £35 for one, I might buy one, but if they make a plastic at £15-£20 each, I might buy three...

It looks quite adaptable too: it's essentially a flatbed vehicle, so you can imagine troop carrying variants, armoured variants, ambulance variants, anti-aircraft variants...

Almost reminds me of the Warthog from Halo. Looks cool.

I love the look of this too. Anyone fancy doing the DH/RT stats for it?

Type: Ground Vehicle
Size: Hulking
Armour: Front 10, Hull 10, Turret 10
Traits: All Terrain, Stripped Chassis, may also be Open
Narrative Speed: 70 kmph/130 kmph
Combat Speed: 15/45/90/135/180
Armaments: Twin Linked MP Lascannon or Twin Linked Multi Laser and two Hunter Killer Missiles
Handling (Drive (Ground Vehicle)): +10
Crew: 1 driver, 1 gunner
Access Points: Two side doors and an open turret.
Special: Robust: This mechanically simple vehicle is famously easy to repair with scavenged parts and the like, all repair
Tests made on a damaged Outrider have a +10 bonus.

Santiago said:

Woot! Nice realisation of it. Thanks Santiago.