It’s real! After months of rumors, Games Workshop has confirmed the new Rogal Dorn Battle Tank for the upcoming Imperial Guard 40k codex!
They more or less put this tank in plain sight on the box cover for the new army box, and in the background of the castellan reveal, but having it fully confirmed is much better!
You can check out that article here and see if you can spot any other little teasers.
New Imperial Guard Rogal Dorn Battle Tank Confirmed by GW!
Warhammer Community unveiled the new tank along with what you can arm it with! If you’ve been waiting patiently for this, it’s not too far away now!
The new Rogal Dorn Battle Tank is a behemoth of a vehicle, perfectly suited for smashing enemy positions and anchoring defensive lines. Its heavy armour gives it durability worthy of the Praetorian’s name, while its powerful engines ensure it doesn’t fall behind squadrons of Leman Russ Battle Tanks.
The rumors were for this to be bigger than a Leman Russ but smaller than a Baneblade, and from the pictures, it looks like this is exactly what we’re getting!
Its turret mounts either two full-size battle cannons, or an enormous oppressor cannon. The latter in particular is a devastating anti-armour powerhouse, capable of knocking out almost anything up to a Chaos Knight in a single salvo – and it’s still got room for a cheeky co-axial autocannon to the side.
We’ve even heard rumors about the oppressor cannon (below), but it seems hard to go wrong with two battle cannons as well!
The firepower doesn’t stop there – the Rogal Dorn mounts a deadly castigator gatling cannon on the hull, perfect for scything down infantry. Or you can be trade that out for a pulveriser cannon – the demolisher cannon’s only-slightly smaller brother. The tank can be further augmented with a pair of heavy stubbers or meltaguns, and in classic Astra Militarum fashion, you can also strap a pair of heavy bolter or multi-melta sponsons on the side. There’s even a pintle-mounted heavy stubber for any gunner brave enough to clamber up top.
It’s nice to have extra options, and honestly, this looks pretty awesome! If you don’t feel like throwing a Baneblade down, this might be the way to go!
While this doesn’t show the size directly next to a Russ, you can tell how much bigger it is when putting next to the sentinels and Guardsmen. From the 60mm weapon team base in the back, this appears to be a similar size to a Space Marines Land Raider
The Rogal Dorn Battle Tank will be rolling off the assembly lines before long, but there’s still time for one last model reveal next week. Have we saved the best for last?
It looks like we have one new model to go for their promise of a month of new model reveals! The rumors would all point to a new Lord Solar on horseback, so maybe that will be the last one. Plus, all the rumors have been right so far, so we wouldn’t be surprised to see that next.
Imperial Guard Rogal Dorn Battle Tank: Unboxing
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You definitely want to magnetize this as the kit runs for $90 on release.
Sprues
Everything looks pretty good, and most things seem like they just slap right in. You get three sprues in total, but just for a comparison, the Baneblade comes with nine sprues, but the sprue count doesn’t really add up to the price anymore, as the Leman Russ also comes with three sprues for $60.
However, many people are upset about this not having a bottom, but that probably would have made GW make another sprue for the kit, which might have increased the price even more.
Instructions
To start, the treads don’t look too bad to build. However, you already have to do some magnet work right here. Rob would put a magnet in the side tread panel, using a 3/8″ magnet to hold it on through the plastic. OR, if you want to drill it out, use a 1/4″ magnet for attaching the sponson to later on.
If you drill the hole at this step, it will be a lot easier than gluing up the tread section and trying to do it later on!
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Overall, this looks like the chassis lines up easier than most of the tank kits from before.
The Turret is where you really need some magnets, as you may want all the options. He would put magnets on the initial assembly, but we’ll see how everything plays out when building it.
The side sponsons also look pretty simple. Hopefully, they are push-fit, and you don’t even need magnets. However, you could just use a 1/16″ magnet for them if you need to.
Assembled Model & Magnetize the Rogal Dorn
The model looks pretty cool, but let’s first jump into the magnets!
There are two main magnets we’re going to use here, 3/8″ and 1/4″. If you do not want to drill through the white section above, you can just use the bigger magnets, and it should hold just fine.
What he did for the sponsors themselves was he cut out two pieces from the sprue and glued them with a little poster tack behind them for support. Then he put the magnet on top of that.
For the sponson, he cut out some metal strips and put them on the front of the sponson, then a small 1/8″ magnet on each different weapon.
To drill out the small areas, he used the Wowstick to get the depth of the hole, then used a 1/8″ bit on his large pin vice to twist out the rest relatively easily.
The front turret doesn’t really need to be magnetized, as it just locks in place.
But if you want to magnetize the main turret to make it super secure, here is how.
Rob glued some metal strips onto the weapons themselves and drilled out the holes for the 1/4″ magnets on the turret. This way, the weapons are fairly flush and hold their weight easily.
Cap it off by adding a strip of plastic card in the hole behind the weapons mount, so the magnets dont fall into the turret and onto the table (because its bottom is open), and you’re good.
You can see the white plastic card behind the turret mount in the image above.
Here is the list of magnets you’ll need to get the whole thing done. Again, we get all our magnets for hobbying from The Magnet Baron. Use coupon code Spikey10off to get 10% off your next order with them!
Size Comparisons
Here is the Macharius, and as you can see, it’s not even close size-wise.
A Leman Russ with trench rails on it is about the same length, but the footprint is a little bit different.
No Bottom
Well, who knows, maybe you can use the bottom for extra storage. You don’t see it on the tabletop, but we can see how it is a little annoying not to have the bottom.
Be sure to watch the video below for all the tips on magnetizing your new Rogal Dorn tank!
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