RULES FOR THE SPARTAN TERMI ifies the f ‘The Spartan typifies the ingenuity and inventivencs: ace Marine ¢: ‘when ficed with aspecific tactical Sp e engineers ‘equipped Terminators through ‘which the forces of Horus had th ‘Adeptus Mechanicus city of Aries Prim the second city of Mars and the largest si ‘munitions in the Imperium. With the besieged Earth stood no chance against the forthcoming see from his Rebel forces. Only by recapturing Aries Pejmaus and its weapons factories could Earth's hard-pressed forcesbe resupplied. Horus had ordered defensive plasma ring tobe constructed around the city and called it the Ring br Death, Without vehicle transport, even the Terminators Svere unable to get through. The Imperium had lost most fits armoured carriers in the first battle for Aries Primus, Sid facilities to replace them were meagre. So, taking what Spare parts and production facilities were available ‘dsewhere, the Spartan and vehicles much like it were hastily Gevised. Although many died attempting to cross the Ring of Death, it was eventually penetrated and destroyed, and the city was carried thanks to the devotion and sacrifice of the Terminator Suicide Squads. The Spartan design proved so successful that it was refined and retained 2$ 3 standard part of Imperial equipment. ‘The Spartan is a special conversion based on the well- known Land Raider. The extra luggage space and open-top ‘main hatch are designed to accommodate the extra bulk of Space Marines wearing Terminator Armour. The Spartan is armed with two sets of twin lascannon, exactly as the standard Land Raider, andit is provided with an additional forward facing heavy bolter and rear facing bolt gun. Both > RIESTL.: te Be ‘TRANSPORT IN ‘WARHAMMER 40,009 of these hull-mounted weapons are designed tobe o Py a Terminator standing in the Spartan. et _ © SPARTAN Weapons: The Spartan is armed with two sets of twin eecznon mounted in side sponsons. Each twin-mounted pair ean shoot against targets on that side ofthe vehicle, eae target can always be hit by at least one pair. Roll once So hit with each pair - so either both weapons hit or both Weiss, Determine damage for each gun individually. Each pair of lascannon is equipped with its own targeter (+1 Pe hit) and auto-systems enabling it to fire without crew. ‘The Spartan carries an additional heavy bolter and bolter for use by crewmen standing in the bay below. These can fire all round and have their own targeters (+1 to hit) ‘Equipment: The Spartan carries full uto-systems and can operate without crew. ‘Terminators: The Spartan can carry up to 5 Terminators of 10 normally-armoured Marines. It is designed tofaciliate 2 quick exit - any models inside it may leave during the vehicle's movement and may make a full normal move immediately. If the vehicle is travelling faster than 10” during the exit then damage may be sustained as usual, causing an automatic hit with a Strength equal to the vehicle's speed minus 10. oOSPARTAN BY TONY COTTRELL This month is the first of a Land Raider ofa two-part an article d a Rhino into two new piring instructions f ey al vehicles. ies ictions for the cor You will need the following tools to make the 10 make the Spartan: a sharp ke some fine sandpaper and apin-vice with small In the instructions the numbers preceded by an R refer to hin it pas, those yan Lto Land Raider kit parts, and race by an S to parts you will need to make specifica for this model. 2 a © MAKING THE NEW PARTS Parts S1, 32,53, $4, $5, $9, S11 & S12 are made from 0.03" thick piastic card or thin cardboard. Part $8 is cut from thicker plastic card (0 06")or cardboard. 18 are made from Rhino kit sprue, a8 is hole drilled in one end. 1e Rhino front Parts $6, $7 and S! part $17, S17 should have a small art $13 is cut from the bottom of one of hatches (R6). Part $16 is the window which should Be carefully sliced eat he Rhino ramp (R7). The window ‘will tend to curl oan tis cut off so it will need ro be Dent flat before use. i ith a section Part $15 is the floor of the Land Raider (16) wit! cat out of the middle. This can Be ‘achieved by continuous Scouring with a sharp knife. The ‘cut-out piece makes Pat sid, for the conversi This section gives a, Terminator Battle Tank’ ee oard, Next month we will Ifyou're usi ‘using plastic card, all you're usingp! |, all parts can be smoothed usin; ipaper and stuck together using polystyrene It you're usi re using cardboard you will need ether sing cardboard either two-part cpio oreoat ade Any gst ea caning Sse canbe filed wih pase noel er an ten ed with sandpaper. © CONSTRUCTION 1. Assemble the track secti She Scr rete ea ats together asp jer construction. Stick S15 in 2. Invert the model. Part S15 i. 3. Cut off the rear half of RI and remove the top rivets. 4, Glue the ramp (R7), with the window 4,Ghuethe ramp (7), window removed, to RIO. Give the roe cabin plate (0) ‘and top cabin plate ($2) 0 5. Glue the hatch (RB) and hinges (85) to $2. 6. Glue the cabin side plates ($4) and cabin bottom pl: (3) to RI bad 7. Glue the ramp (R7), with the window removed, 10 the doors (RS). Glue this to the bottom of the cabin. £8, Glue the headlights (R12), tal-ights (RS) and window (G16) to the assembled cabin. 9. Glue the complete cabin assembly to the front ‘main hull vo. Glue the dozer lade (124)1othe rontofthe main Mel 11, Glue the hull side plates (68) 10 the inside Of The track arcGons and the hull botlom (S1) ro the side plates 12, Mount the bull platform floor (S11) of several slot Fe Mond elue to the hull bottom (91) 80 = is directly under the large top hatch fand 15mm below the hull roof. Haver if you wish to have the hatches. closed you will not mond to carry out cis part of the assembly. 13, Gluethe hull back plates 6? and $10) to rear of vehicle of the ost eeea =e —~ pe eat - si neal L tua atom ayo a a ase [- cutoutarea tom sponton | fattisover whee s1Fron be— can Pte S F BSRES 4 t— KX xs pees L Kesscossesese S$} siosamrtoning ——ssinpssa $7 Our pend a L__ KRSSS. = x 3] S17 Heavy Boter ‘$8 Hatch Edges 32 4 oo Woon L 4 om ‘$10 Hull Back Plate es f° s0Hul ie Pates 2 al L | scan srum an lq L _ ; - ‘$13 Bolter Shield a a ee a [s+ canin sie Pate 12 15 Hu Root al F os | iF ol, ] [Elia cralaretlan tesa LL SPARTAN TEMPL Ary, Ss 1 pie‘SPARTAN HULL AND CABIN ASSEMBLY ‘TaDEL storm 14, Glue the transmission (L17), exhausts (20 and 21) and engine (L19) to the back plate (89). 15. Cut out small sections from the sponsons (L3 and 4) ‘as shown in the diagram and glue the sponsons to the main hull. 16. Glue the Land Raider las-cannon assemblies, side hatches (L5) and grenade dischargers (L22) to the vehicle. 17, Separate the large hatch doors (RS) and glue door edges (S7) and grab handle (128) to each. 18. Trim the hinges from RI and glue the hinges to the doors. Glue the doors to the hull top. Note: if you wish to have the hatch doors closed you can glue the complete doors (RS) with hinges flat onto the hull top. 19. Glue the hatch edges ($6) to the hull top. 20, Glue the heavy bolter (L15)to the shield ($12) and pintle @) 21, Glue the bolter (R13) to shield ($13) 22, Glue the heavy bolter and bolter mountings (17 and 18) to the vehicle, and the gun assemblies to the mountings. Note: ifthe large hatches are in the closed position he heavy bolter is assumed to have been swung in the vehicle and will not be required on the model. 23, Interior detail can be added to the vehicle by using sections of Land Raider and Rhino sprue. d 24, Banner poles can be made from thin metal rods an fixed to the model through a small hole drilled into the Upper rear hull. © PAINTING THE SPARTAN Spartans are painted in the same colours as the other vehicles of their Marine Chapter. The vehicles are not available to Imperial Guard regiments as these units have ‘no Terminator-armoured troops. An identification symbol based on the Terminator shoulder pad symbol is usually Painted on the front of the vehicle. An example of this symbol is shown below, as isa version of the banner carried by many vehicles. The banner may be photocopied, coloured in, then cut out and stuck to the banner pole on. your model. Chapter symbols can be added to the banner and vehicle using Citadel Space Marine Transfers SPARTAN IDENTIFICATION ‘SYMBOL, This is usualy pated ina contrasting colour on the ron atthe cab ‘SPARTAN TERMINATOR BANNER ‘To symbols paid inthe color of the Terminator Shoulder pad, Tho background fects the cour ofthe: Moon G : > GUY CARPENTER This Land Raider kit has been extensively reworked and detailed. The track assembly has been replaced with separate wheels and tracks from a kit of a modern tank. The model also features a completely detailed interior and new weapons. TONY COTTRELL Two views of the finished Spartan ‘Terminator Battle Tank with Terminators on board, The vehicle has been painted in the colours of the Ultramarines Chapter and is adorned with Chapter and Imperial Eagle symbols from Citadel's Space Marine Transfer range.