IonAge 28. Malig Infernus Tank

 

The belly of the  of Anvils Shield split and a dark red light briefly flooded the ground before being shadowed by a darker tide of men and great machines. Dark purple cloth and flashes of worn rust edges metal from weapon and armour, sickly green skin and yellowed teeth bared in the eagerness of the hunt. 

The Malig forces of Hades Legion were the first to move out, tasked with securing the area and moving on in a Trident formation, the deployed Ordos split with Tesserans forming each of the prongs with heavy support forming the shaft behind, ready to move up to whichever point met resistance. 

The Maligs moved quickly over the broken ground before them and within the hour the left most prong had made contact, trading fire with equal sized force of Prydian Muster that was establishing an outpost. The Malig officer, Hurteg Tar, ordered the unit to hold and called in support. 

A wall of sound and fire broke the tree line before the Infernus came into sight like a vision of hell itself. A tide of churned earth created with shattered wood, fire and smoke. A great ball of tarnished Iron charged forward, its two halves spinning and chewing all before it as gouts of fire shot from guns held at each side. Great plumes of black smoke cut into the sky from dirty stacks on its back, pushed out from screaming engines that spun and drove it into the enemy

‘Hades Demands’ Hurteg shouted in its wake and the Malig Charged 

Within the 15mm universe of the Ion Age Malig Forces can deploy the fearsome Infernus Tank

Alternative Armies Malig Infernus Tank

Inspired by a design for a tank, known as the Tumbleweed Tank that appeared in Popular Mechanics in 1936

As part of my Ion Age 28 project I wanted to try and bring some of the 15mm vehicles to the larger scale and even though there are not currently any rules for them in Moth they will make great terrain pieces/objectives and once I have actually got some games under my belt I will have a look at working some up!

Luckily I found an STl of the Tumbleweed Tank which made for a much easier start. 

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I increased the size by 250% and made some conversions to match it up better with the Infernus tank, adding metal plates,  a rear engine block and smoke stacks and changing the weapons.

Painted up in the same style as the 15mm,  rusted bare metal, I added the weathered icon of Hades Legion

Infernus Tank advances with Malig forces 

Ion Age 28. ExSec Planetary Milita.

 ...INQUIRY

...Exploration Section military asset review/DEFSEC 234/782

...ACCESS CODE

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...GRANTED

...INTERNAL REPORT.RESTRICTED ACCESS.NOT FOR GENERAL SECTION RELEASE.

...ACCESS DIRECTORY

...resume brief 01.23

...within structural limitations ExSec has increased recruitment to support its expansion with increased deployment on planetary, system and exploration vessels, final calculations also include oversight of Minor Sections now brought into is command structure. Operational limitations for non DEFSEC platoon strength  - COMMAND/FIRETEAM/FIRETEAM have been surpassed by ExSec deployments by inclusion of Base or Flight Crew who have also received training to PM level. Calculating operational strength and potential threat level must assume full DefSec level Platoon strength COMMAND/FIRETEAM/FIRETEAM/FIRETEAM.

Completed my first Ion Age Platoon. Platoons are made up of 16 miniatures in four man teams, one command, a support and two Rifle elements. To fit in with the narrative of this being a governmental force rather than a full military, one of the rifle elements has been made up with the Cold Climes militia figures and the Captain from AA's Alternate Stars Range to represent a base commander/ Exploration Ship Captain.

Planetary Militia Platoon

Command Element

Rifle element

Support element

Second Rifle element

ExSec Platoons fourth elements are made up of base/Ship crew and Base Commander/Captain

Some set up shots of the Platoon exploring an abandoned outpost 

Between terrain and first platoon, a good start for my Ion Charge! 

For August I am planning on some more terrain and a possible Grav Sled/Robot Mule or even a ship/lander for the ExSec and to start on the Retained Knights