Mirror,
mirror, on the battlefield, tell me who is the super Super ’eavy Tank in the
6mm world?!
I have added some list with miniatures representing super heavy tanks (only tanks, not super heavy vehicles like transport or engineering vehicles) that I have painted up until now, even some miniatures from the category of heavy tanks from Strato Minis Studio because they are quite big and thus more fitting into the super-heavy tank category.
I have added some list with miniatures representing super heavy tanks (only tanks, not super heavy vehicles like transport or engineering vehicles) that I have painted up until now, even some miniatures from the category of heavy tanks from Strato Minis Studio because they are quite big and thus more fitting into the super-heavy tank category.
All of these miniatures entered into review. First, some photos to compare the miniatures (with a white cube of 8mm as an object of reference for all of the miniatures). If you want more photo, each name of the miniature have a link that leads you to further info and photos.
Scroll down, read and enjoy!
Numbering in the photo
1
– Novan Citadel Super-heavy Tank (Vanguard Miniatures)
2
– Novan Marksman Super-heavy Tank Destroyer (Vanguard Miniatures)
3
– Novan Assasin Super-heavy Tank (Vanguard Miniatures)
4
– Novan Elites Challenger Super Heavy Tank (Vanguard Miniatures)
5
– Novan Elites Punisher Super Heavy Tank Destroyer (Vanguard Miniatures)
6
– Novan Elites Dominator Super Heavy Tank (Vanguard Miniatures)
7
– Heavy Tank - Multi Turret (Scotia Grendel)
8
– Ironclad Superheavy Tank (Alternative Armies)
9
– Actium Superheavy Tank (Alternative Armies)
10
– Kourian Superheavy Tank (Alternative Armies)
11
– Solarus Super Heavy Battle-Tank (Trolls Under the Bridge)
12
– Tempest Maul Superheavy Tank (Gregster’s Lab)
13
– Tigerclaw Super Heavy Tank (PlasmaBlast Games)
14
– Valgaross Super Heavy Tank (PlasmaBlast Games)
15
– Talos Tracked Ultra Heavy Tank (Ground Zero Games)
16
– Ganymede Super Heavy GEV/Grav Tank (Ground Zero Games)
17
– Andromeda Super Heavy GEV/Grav Tank (Ground Zero Games)
18
– Deimos Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio)
19
– Kutuzov Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio)
20
– Brutus Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio)
21
– Claymore Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio)
22
– Longinus Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio)
How easy is to prepare?
***=very easy (little flesh, not many parts to glue, not hard to fix them)
**=easy
*=hard
1
– Novan Citadel Super-heavy Tank (Vanguard Miniatures) **
2
– Novan Marksman Super-heavy Tank Destroyer (Vanguard Miniatures) **
3
– Novan Assasin Super-heavy Tank (Vanguard Miniatures) **
4
– Novan Elites Challenger Super Heavy Tank (Vanguard Miniatures) ***
5
– Novan Elites Punisher Super Heavy Tank Destroyer (Vanguard Miniatures) ***
6
– Novan Elites Dominator Super Heavy Tank (Vanguard Miniatures) ***
7
– Heavy Tank - Multi Turret (Scotia Grendel) ***
8
– Ironclad Superheavy Tank (Alternative Armies) **
9
– Actium Superheavy Tank (Alternative Armies) **
10
– Kourian Superheavy Tank (Alternative Armies) **
11
– Solarus Super Heavy Battle-Tank (Trolls Under the Bridge) **
12
– Tempest Maul Superheavy Tank (Gregster’s Lab) ***
13
– Tigerclaw Super Heavy Tank (PlasmaBlast Games) ***
14
– Valgaross Super Heavy Tank (PlasmaBlast Games) ***
15
– Talos Tracked Ultra Heavy Tank (Ground Zero Games) ***
16
– Ganymede Super Heavy GEV/Grav Tank (Ground Zero Games) **
17
– Andromeda Super Heavy GEV/Grav Tank (Ground Zero Games) ***
18
– Deimos Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio) **
19
– Kutuzov Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio) **
20
– Brutus Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio) ***
21
– Claymore Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio) ***
22
– Longinus Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio) ***
Notes: Marksman, Assasin and Citadel are easy to put them together except the lateral MG/guns which is not that fun. Of course, the end process is worth the effort, but is not something that you want to repeat too often. Deimos and Kutuzov are also a little bit hard to put together, you have to pay a little attention, as they are more fragile - resin material, not lead (white metal). As a general note, a little cleaning was necessary almost to all of them, especially for those not from metal - Solarus, all of Strato Minis Studio, Tempest Maul.
How fast is to paint?
***=very fast (painting can be done for days in days if you want, but I measure here something that can be achievable somewhere between wargame and more class style of painting, or at least a painted miniature with one color and one or two details painted-most of the miniatures that I paint are a little bit more worked, even Heavy Tank-Multi Turret from Scotia Grendel, but it does not mean you cannot do it very fast and still be good).
**=fast
*=slow
1
– Novan Citadel Super-heavy Tank (Vanguard Miniatures) *
2
– Novan Marksman Super-heavy Tank Destroyer (Vanguard Miniatures) *
3
– Novan Assasin Super-heavy Tank (Vanguard Miniatures) *
4
– Novan Elites Challenger Super Heavy Tank (Vanguard Miniatures) **
5
– Novan Elites Punisher Super Heavy Tank Destroyer (Vanguard Miniatures) **
6
– Novan Elites Dominator Super Heavy Tank (Vanguard Miniatures) **
7
– Heavy Tank - Multi Turret (Scotia Grendel) ***
8
– Ironclad Superheavy Tank (Alternative Armies) ***
9
– Actium Superheavy Tank (Alternative Armies) **
10
– Kourian Superheavy Tank (Alternative Armies) **
11
– Solarus Super Heavy Battle-Tank (Trolls Under the Bridge) **
12
– Tempest Maul Superheavy Tank (Gregster’s Lab) ***
13
– Tigerclaw Super Heavy Tank (PlasmaBlast Games) ***
14
– Valgaross Super Heavy Tank (PlasmaBlast Games) ***
15
– Talos Tracked Ultra Heavy Tank (Ground Zero Games) ***
16
– Ganymede Super Heavy GEV/Grav Tank (Ground Zero Games) ***
17
– Andromeda Super Heavy GEV/Grav Tank (Ground Zero Games) ***
18
– Deimos Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio) **
19
– Kutuzov Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio) **
20
– Brutus Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio) ***
21
– Claymore Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio) ***
22
– Longinus Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio) ***Price
***=advantageous (taking into account the measures of the miniature, the details, material, parts, overall design - it has a high degree of subjectivity, more than other categories under research)
**=ok
*=pricey
1
– Novan Citadel Super-heavy Tank (Vanguard Miniatures) **
2
– Novan Marksman Super-heavy Tank Destroyer (Vanguard Miniatures) **
3
– Novan Assasin Super-heavy Tank (Vanguard Miniatures) **
4
– Novan Elites Challenger Super Heavy Tank (Vanguard Miniatures) **
5
– Novan Elites Punisher Super Heavy Tank Destroyer (Vanguard Miniatures) **
6
– Novan Elites Dominator Super Heavy Tank (Vanguard Miniatures) **
7
– Heavy Tank - Multi Turret (Scotia Grendel) **
8
– Ironclad Superheavy Tank (Alternative Armies) *
9
– Actium Superheavy Tank (Alternative Armies) *
10
– Kourian Superheavy Tank (Alternative Armies) *
11
– Solarus Super Heavy Battle-Tank (Trolls Under the Bridge) *
12
– Tempest Maul Superheavy Tank (Gregster’s Lab) *
13
– Tigerclaw Super Heavy Tank (PlasmaBlast Games) **
14
– Valgaross Super Heavy Tank (PlasmaBlast Games) **
15
– Talos Tracked Ultra Heavy Tank (Ground Zero Games) ***
16
– Ganymede Super Heavy GEV/Grav Tank (Ground Zero Games) ***
17
– Andromeda Super Heavy GEV/Grav Tank (Ground Zero Games) ***
18
– Deimos Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio) *
19
– Kutuzov Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio) *
20
– Brutus Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio) *
21
– Claymore Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio) *
22
– Longinus Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio) *Design
***=worked, complex, clever, new, detailed
**=worked, interesting
*=good
1
– Novan Citadel Super-heavy Tank (Vanguard Miniatures) ***
2
– Novan Marksman Super-heavy Tank Destroyer (Vanguard Miniatures) ***
3
– Novan Assasin Super-heavy Tank (Vanguard Miniatures) ***
4
– Novan Elites Challenger Super Heavy Tank (Vanguard Miniatures) ***
5
– Novan Elites Punisher Super Heavy Tank Destroyer (Vanguard Miniatures) ***
6
– Novan Elites Dominator Super Heavy Tank (Vanguard Miniatures) ***
7
– Heavy Tank - Multi Turret (Scotia Grendel) ***
8
– Ironclad Superheavy Tank (Alternative Armies) ***
9
– Actium Superheavy Tank (Alternative Armies) ***
10
– Kourian Superheavy Tank (Alternative Armies) ***
11
– Solarus Super Heavy Battle-Tank (Trolls Under the Bridge) **
12
– Tempest Maul Superheavy Tank (Gregster’s Lab) **
13
– Tigerclaw Super Heavy Tank (PlasmaBlast Games) **
14
– Valgaross Super Heavy Tank (PlasmaBlast Games) ***
15
– Talos Tracked Ultra Heavy Tank (Ground Zero Games) *
16
– Ganymede Super Heavy GEV/Grav Tank (Ground Zero Games) *
17
– Andromeda Super Heavy GEV/Grav Tank (Ground Zero Games) *
18
– Deimos Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio) **
19
– Kutuzov Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio) **
20
– Brutus Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio) ***
21
– Claymore Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio) **
22
– Longinus Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio) ***
Notes: 3-barrels/gun per turret? This is something new, at least for me - so a good thing for Brutus and Longinus Tanks. The best are Citadel, Marksman and Assasin, but also Heavy Tank-Multi Turret. I think, apart from those mentioned, that Valgaross had the most different design of all the tanks, and also Tempest Maul is different in a good way. Heavy Tank-Multi Turret is like a Doomsday Machine, many heavy turrets, missiles, machine guns etc.
*
Concluding results (my top counting the fun factor to paint, to see the end result, overall design, price)
Before conclusions, if you want to see some From A to Z (how is made articles) be sure to check these example:
* 1 - Citadel, Marksman, Assasin, Heavy Tank-Multi Turret.
2 - Challenger, Punisher, Dominator, Ironclad, Actium, Kourian, Solarus.
3 - Tempest Maul, Talos, Brutus, Longinus, Valgaross.
4 - Ganymede, Andromeda, Tigerclaw, Kutuzov, Deimos, Claymore.
If I were to choose only three miniatures from all of these then I would choose: Assassin, Heavy Tank-Multi Turret and Citadel.
I like very much all of the miniatures from Vanguard Miniatures. All of these miniatures have a cost that you have to take into account, but they are awesome. They have a weight, especially if from lead (well what do you expect, after all although in 6mm they are super heavy), but they really catch the eye, even if you are not willing to spend to much time with painting. In wargames, the fight is centered around them, they're the lion in the jungle.
So this is my experience with these miniatures and my top as you have seen! How about for you?
Alphabetical Order
Actium
Superheavy Tank (Alternative Armies) – 9
Andromeda
Super Heavy GEV/Grav Tank (Ground Zero Games) - 17
Brutus
Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio) – 20
Claymore
Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio) – 21
Deimos
Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio) – 18
Ganymede
Super Heavy GEV/Grav Tank (Ground Zero Games) – 16
Heavy
Tank - Multi Turret (Scotia Grendel) – 7
Ironclad
Superheavy Tank (Alternative Armies) – 8
Kourian
Superheavy Tank (Alternative Armies) – 10
Kutuzov
Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio) – 19
Longinus
Heavy Tank (Strato Minis Studio) – 22
Novan
Assasin Super-heavy Tank (Vanguard Miniatures) – 3
Novan
Citadel Super-heavy Tank (Vanguard Miniatures) – 1
Novan
Marksman Super-heavy Tank Destroyer (Vanguard Miniatures) – 2
Novan
Elites Dominator Super Heavy Tank (Vanguard Miniatures) – 6
Novan
Elites Punisher Super Heavy Tank Destroyer (Vanguard Miniatures) – 5
Novan
Elites Challenger Super Heavy Tank (Vanguard Miniatures) – 4
Solarus
Super Heavy Battle-Tank (Trolls Under the Bridge) – 11
Talos
Tracked Ultra Heavy Tank (Ground Zero Games) – 15
Tempest
Maul Superheavy Tank (Gregster’s Lab) – 12
Tigerclaw
Super Heavy Tank (PlasmaBlast Games) – 13
Valgaross
Super Heavy Tank (PlasmaBlast Games) – 14
By Producer
(alphabetical order)
Alternative
Armies - Actium Superheavy Tank
Alternative
Armies - Ironclad Superheavy Tank
Alternative
Armies - Kourian Superheavy Tank
Gregster’s
Lab - Tempest Maul Superheavy Tank
Ground Zero
Games
- Andromeda
Super Heavy GEV/Grav Tank
Ground Zero
Games
- Ganymede
Super Heavy GEV/Grav Tank
Ground Zero
Games
- Talos
Tracked Ultra Heavy Tank
PlasmaBlast
Games - Tigerclaw Super Heavy Tank
PlasmaBlast
Games - Valgaross Super Heavy Tank
Scotia
Grendel - Heavy Tank - Multi Turret
Strato
Minis Studio - Brutus Heavy Tank
Strato
Minis Studio - Claymore Heavy Tank
Strato
Minis Studio - Deimos Heavy Tank
Strato
Minis Studio - Kutuzov Heavy Tank
Strato
Minis Studio - Longinus Heavy Tank
Trolls
Under the Bridge - Solarus Super Heavy Battle-Tank
Vanguard
Miniatures - Novan Assasin Super-heavy Tank
Vanguard
Miniatures - Novan Citadel Super-heavy Tank
Vanguard
Miniatures - Novan Marksman Super-heavy Tank Destroyer
Vanguard
Miniatures - Novan Elites Challenger Super Heavy Tank
Vanguard
Miniatures - Novan Elites Dominator Super Heavy Tank
Vanguard
Miniatures - Novan Elites Punisher Super Heavy Tank Destroyer
By Producer (in
ascending order of the number of super heavy tanks)
1
Gregster’s
Lab - Tempest Maul Superheavy Tank
Scotia
Grendel - Heavy Tank - Multi Turret
Trolls
Under the Bridge - Solarus Super Heavy Battle-Tank
2
PlasmaBlast
Games - Tigerclaw Super Heavy Tank
PlasmaBlast
Games - Valgaross Super Heavy Tank
3
Alternative
Armies - Actium Superheavy Tank
Alternative
Armies - Ironclad Superheavy Tank
Alternative
Armies - Kourian Superheavy Tank
Ground Zero
Games
- Andromeda
Super Heavy GEV/Grav Tank
Ground Zero
Games
- Ganymede
Super Heavy GEV/Grav Tank
Ground Zero
Games
- Talos
Tracked Ultra Heavy Tank
5
Strato
Minis Studio - Brutus Heavy Tank
Strato
Minis Studio - Claymore Heavy Tank
Strato
Minis Studio - Deimos Heavy Tank
Strato
Minis Studio - Kutuzov Heavy Tank
Strato
Minis Studio - Longinus Heavy Tank
6
Vanguard
Miniatures - Novan Assasin Super-heavy Tank
Vanguard
Miniatures - Novan Citadel Super-heavy Tank
Vanguard
Miniatures - Novan Marksman Super-heavy Tank Destroyer
Vanguard
Miniatures - Novan Elites Challenger Super Heavy Tank
Vanguard
Miniatures - Novan Elites Dominator Super Heavy Tank
Vanguard
Miniatures - Novan Elites Punisher Super Heavy Tank Destroyer
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