I’m specing up a krieg list now and want lots of arty – but don’t like these at all. Minimum range is terrible. I play against lots of fast armies and be lucky to get 2 rounds of firing out to it. Medusa all day.

You can choose to fire ordnance barrage directly, in which case it is treated like a normal ordnance weapon whilst ignoring it’s minimum range. This does mean you lose out on the awesome barrage rules though.

I also would like to point out that the sprues do not come with a hull heavy bolter, which is the default hull weapon for the basilisk in the codex.

They are great on a big table when they have the distance between them and the enemy. But when the enemy is starting 48″ away they pretty much need LOS. Not to mention they are going to get shot up like crazy. If you can start a good distance away they are awesome.

the peice you didnt know anything about goes under the platform where the plate with the hook is. it closes the empty space.

I have to say that other than the lack of crew members I prefer this model to the old one. The track assembly is far easier to put together (the old ones took me around fifteen to twenty minutes each, while on this model I had everything other than the weapon platform built in that time) and I like the slightly slimmer side armour more too. I do wish it had come with some other options though – especially the option for a griffin (I love those things). Apart from the leman russ, I think the basilisk is one of… Read more »

Criticism of the build: you used the back plate meant for chimeras, the rucksacks on the right are upside down and you seem to have lines up the notches that hold the tracks in place wrong. As for the actual model I’m on John’s side for this, back in the day (2nd edition) the basilisk had a blister with metal crew as an extra, then they took ’em out and sold it separately. The shell was far to small to be an earth-saker round to be honest and they really look out of place in a modern guard army now,… Read more »

I have 3 of the old set for my guards arty requirements, and I utterly hate the old track segments (anybody who did a leman russ knows they didn’t even fit) so at least they sorted that even if they rip you of on other parts.

To sort the lack of the second guy I’d just buy one of the £5 cadian troop sets for multiple kits and glue one of those on the back and imagine the gunner has had to pick up his lasgun for some reason

http://www.beastsofwar.com/warhammer-40k/unboxing-imperial-guard-basilisk-warhammer-40k/

Sorry but I don’t see any reason doing the same sth twice