Baneblade model - looking for advice on what type to choose

[Brother Glacius]

Well fudge, I was going to ask which is a good all around baneblade variant to build...but alas, after looking at the kit I got, it can only make the hell hammer and the bane blade. 😞

[Treads-n-Wings]

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[Brother Glacius]

Yeah, unfortunately I am missing the pieces for the "assault gun" chassis. So all I have are the "turret" chassis bits. So baneblade or hell hammer. Also, GW now allows those things to have four sponsons..which require another upgrade sprue $25. Not sure if I'll bother with that or not.

 

[Ish]

Either tank is a tremendous points sink, but if you can only have one, go for the Baneblade. The Hellhammer is very short ranged (36”) with its main gun and the longer ranged weapons (lascannons and hunter-killer missile) only go out to 48” and aren’t much of the threat to the things you want a super-heavy tank to be dealing with.

Neither the Baneblade or the Hellhammer is a reliable “Titan Killer,” although they can be pressed into the role if needs must. Where they shine is dealing with Knights, Greater Dæmons, and heavy tanks (e.g., anything that used to be AV14). The longer range of the Baneblade main gun (72”) often lets it hit those targets from further away than they can retaliate.

Sponsons usually aren’t worth it, certainly not two sets of them.

[Mustache Dorn]

On 10/30/2021 at 6:12 PM, Ish said:

Either tank is a tremendous points sink, but if you can only have one, go for the Baneblade. The Hellhammer is very short ranged (36”) ...

But the Hellhammer looks so dope.

[Ish]

2 hours ago, Mustache Dorn said:

But the Hellhammer looks so dope.

Eh, I find the extremely stubby main gun to be a little silly looking on such a massive chassis and turret...