40k and Heresy players, the storm is coming! Soon to hit the table top is the new Space Marine flyer, the Sokar Pattern Stormbird – It’s BIG you can’t miss it!
Recently we saw the massive Space Marine assault vehicle, the Mastodon, hit the battlefield but it’s size looks to pale in comparison to the new Stormbird!
Source: Forge World
Battering the air into submission as it enters the war-zone, tearing through enemy infantry and armour with ease, and delivering a cohort of Space Marines and war-machines to the heart of battle – the Stormbird is here!
Heavily armed, heavily armoured, and fantastically detailed, the Sokar pattern Stormbird can transport up to 50 Space Marines, or a mix of infantry, bikes, dreadnoughts, and even a Rhino. Add one of these incredible, colossal flyers to your collection today.
If you love everything to do with Warhammer 40,000, then you won’t want to miss the Warhammer 40,000 Open Days this November 5th and 6th at Warhammer World. You’ll have the chance to meet and talk to the creative teams from Games Workshop and Forge World behind Warhammer 40,000. You can play games, learn new skills, maybe even find out what the future holds!
Tickets are available for Saturday and Sunday, and on Sunday we’ll be hosting Golden Demon – Enemies of the Imperium. Bring your finest painted Chaos and Xeno model for a chance to win the Slayer Sword. Find out more here.
Sokar Pattern Stormbird: £750
The Sokar pattern Stormbird is a dedicated attack lander. It has served as a high-durability orbital assault craft, a mobile bastion and firebase which could land a Space Marine strike force and withstand heavy ground fire while its cargo or troops and war machines disembarked to press the attack. One of the later patterns developed, the Sokar was the design precursor to the smaller Thunderhawk Gunship.
The Stormbird’s standard armament is four turret-mounted twin linked lascannon, three twin-linked heavy bolters, and a complement of six dreadstrike missiles. It is also equipped with particularly dense composite armour plating, and is further protected by a series of void shield generators which it can extend to protect disembarking troops and war machines.
Its cavernous transport bays can hold 50 fully armed Space Marines. Alternatively it can carry up to 5 Dreadnoughts, including the mighty Leviathan; Jump-pack equipped infantry; Rapier batteries; bikes; jetbikes; a Rhino armoured transport; or a mixed force of all of the above.
The Sokar pattern Stormbird is the largest Imperial aircraft we have produced. Weighing 6 kg and measuring over half a meter from nose to tail, it’s so large, a Deimos pattern Rhino can be loaded inside it and disembark by the rear hatch. Its interior includes extensively detailed transport bays and cockpit, and six Space Marine crew: two pilots and four turret gunners. Optional quad heavy bolters and twin-linked lascannon to be mounted on Stormbird’s four ball-turrets are included.
Rules for using the Sokar pattern Stormbird in Horus Heresy games can be found in The Horus Heresy Legiones Astartes: Age of Darkness Army List. Rules for using the Sokar pattern Stormbird in standard games of Warhammer 40,000 can be downloaded from the rules tab on this page.
This huge, multi-part resin kit builds one complete Sokar pattern Stormbird.
40k players there is rules for this bad boy too:
Stormbird 40k Rules Download
Head over to Forge World for more pictures and to get your hands on your own Stormbird! This thing really is a beast!
