IAF102 Taranis Lifter (Hover) Main Battle Tanks 5 Variants now released!

"The Taranis Model 9 Lifter series was adapted from the ultra heavy Model 40 Tracked series for local conditions of water heavy landscapes and other such challenging environments unsuited to the Model 40.  The MkIII standard hull for all Taranis models weighs in at standard count gravity 1.0 at around 55 tons of titanium alloy armour and internal systems along with the GroatVey MkX HeavyIon Reasc Fusion Reactor that provides the electricity.  Using the principle of ion particle beam collision to ignite fuel pellets the MkX reactor provides some 3000 horse power or about 3480Kw of usable electrical energy to the power train. The Model 9 features a hover skirt made of Hackamold maxdure composite which is heat and tear resistant and on good ground can reach nearly forty five miles per hour.  There are four trained operators who are drawn from the Fortress and Fleet arms of the Prydian Army.   Using the Bragan Memetic Neural Linkage system the crew are mentally attached to the vehicle and control its system.  This is a dry linkage as all wet implants were banned after the Gurtan Activation.  There is a driver centrally located, a communications and drone controller who handles the screen of drones the tank has and its comms gear.  The third crew member is the knight who operates the primary weapon systems and secondary linked weapons.  Lastly the artificer who oversees the condition of the vehicle and all minor in combat functions often sharing the work of the secondary weapons and drones.  There are a great number of variants and local specialised variants too.  Centrally these are the Type A the most common variant mounting a Bodkin AP 130mm Cannon which features several choices of munitions including the Phelot Ex22 AP for anti-vehicle use and the TX12 Imploder for infantry clearance as well as the Habkut Variacluster which is a middle class multi-target round.  The Type A mounts a secondary weapon the Angis Mk9 22mm Automatic Rifle.  Type B is the command variant of the Model 6 and is allocated at a rate of one to three or one to four of that of the Type A.  With improved comms suite and space for an additional operator if required the Type B has a modified turret with better optics and range finders as well as a Moth 88 Rotary Cannon centrally mounted. Type B also has the Bodkin AP 130mm main gun and the Angis Mk9 too.  Type C of the Model 6 features a turret crewed by a specially trained gunner the main gun being the terrifying super heavy Fretan SBP9 Sequence Particle Beamer with the space removed from the main hull of the gunner being taken up with a small secondary GroatVey MkV HeavyIon Reasc Fusion Reactor slaved purely to the SBP9 and its massive energy requirements for sustained rates of fire.  The Type D is intended for close in warfare in urban and is the siege warfare choice with a re-enforced turret sporting twin Ron MegaMax II 95mm Hi-Ex Launchers.  The Ron weapon system has reduced range compared to the reach of the Bodkin 130mm but its destructive potential matches the hellish maelstrom of the SBP9. Type E Model 9 Taranis Armoured Personnel Carrier.  The Type E features a rear hatch and additional hull armour at the expense of a turret and two of the four crew normally in the tank.  Instead a well furnished internal bay has space for a dozen or more fully equipped Retained Knights or near a platoon of Muster or other non-armoured infantry.  The APC type has a top mounted Angis Mk9 22mm Automatic Rifle giving fire support to disembarking troops and is the favoured transport of most in free fire zones.  Other Trainer Series have details of the less common variants of the Model 9."

Academy Auto-Trainer Series 52, New Glastonbury, 4335IC 

This month we have added ten, yes, ten new Taranis variant main battle tanks to our 15mm range. Five of these are Wheeled and five are Lifter (Hover) propulsion type.  All were designed by industry legend Bob Naismith.  These tanks are large resin and in some cases white metal kits in 15mm scale suitable not only for space opera settings but also near future or many other wargaming genres.  This article deals with the five variants of hover, which we term 'Lifter' Taranis under code IAF102. These are variants (A,B,C,D and E) of IAF102 Taranis Lifter Main Battle Tank so please read on for each of them or go straight HERE: 

IAF102A Taranis Lifter MBT Cannon Turret 

This is the core type of hover Taranis main battle tank with projectile turret. It is composed of five resin and white metal pieces which are the upper hull, the hover skirt unit, projectile cannon turret as well as the main gun and the sponson gun both in white metal. It is easy to assemble and is designed to be used for wargaming and thus it is durable. Assembled this vehicle is about 90mm long and 55mm wide. We offer the choice of purchasing one kit or on the drop down menu the purchase of three with a saving of 10% on screen. Price 18.00GBP. Go HERE. 

IAF102B Taranis Lifter MBT Command Turret 

This is the platoon command type of hover Taranis with projectile turret with additional rotary weapon and comms suite. It is composed of five resin and white metal pieces which are the upper hull, the hover skirt unit, projectile cannon command turret as well as the main gun and the sponson gun in white metal. It is easy to assemble and is designed to be used for wargaming and thus it is durable. Assembled this vehicle is about 90mm long and 55mm wide. We offer the choice of purchasing one kit or on the drop down menu the purchase of three with a saving of 10% on screen. Price 18.00GBP. Go HERE. 

IAF102C Taranis Lifter MBT SPB Energy Turret 

This is a hover Taranis main battle tank with an energy weapon turret featuring a small cabin for a crewman. It is composed of three resin pieces which are the upper hull, the hover skirt unit and SPB energy weapon turret. It is easy to assemble and is designed to be used for wargaming and thus it is durable. Assembled this vehicle is about 90mm long and 55mm wide. We offer the choice of purchasing one kit or on the drop down menu the purchase of three with a saving of 10% on screen. Price 18.00GBP. Go HERE. 

IAF102D Taranis Lifter MBT Siege Turret 

This is a hoverTaranis main battle tank with a double weapon turret for close in destruction. It is composed of four resin and white metal pieces which are the upper hull, the hover skirt unit, siege double turret as well as the sponson gun. It is easy to assemble and is designed to be used for wargaming and thus it is durable. Assembled this vehicle is about 90mm long and 55mm wide. We offer the choice of purchasing one kit or on the drop down menu the purchase of three with a saving of 10% on screen. Price 18.00GBP. Go HERE. 

IAF102E Taranis Lifter APC 

This is a Taranis tank with a re-purposed function as a hover super heavy Armoured Personnel Carrier capable of carrying two squads or more into battle. It is composed of three resin and white metal pieces which are the hover skirt unit, the APC upper hull and the sponson gun. It is easy to assemble and is designed to be used for wargaming and thus it is durable. Assembled this vehicle is about 90mm long and 55mm wide. We offer the choice of purchasing one kit or on the drop down menu the purchase of three with a saving of 10% on screen. Price 18.00GBP Go HERE. 

Here are pictures of all the IAF102 variants as their parts with under laying scale in 1cm squares for you to look at. All of these images and more are on the web pages for the tanks. 

Taranis is a top of the line main battle tank and among the biggest land vehicles fielded by Humans in the Prydian Precinct.  Its a big model and sometimes its hard to tell this from photos so here are images showing the hover variants of Taranis next to other codes in our 15mm range.  Each has a caption to tell you more.

IAF102A with IAF015 Had Dome, IAF043 Power Spire and IAF008 Retained Knights

IAF102D next to Adder Comms Lifter.  Its nearly three times larger!

See how big Taranis is!  A proper main battle tank for your sci-fi wargaming.

Taranis Tanks make use of a screen of Drones acting as a defensive, offensive, repair group controlled by the tank itself. These are IAF081 Taranis Running Drones and these can be seen HERE on our website as a pack and as singles. If you would like to read more about the Taranis in the fictional setting of The Ion Age please visit our blog and this INFORMATION BURST article. Its a great read and while primarily about the Model 40 Tracked Taranis series it tells you all about this miraculous vehicle. 

We have released ten tanks this month and will release the first two non-military character packs sculpted by Dave Foley later this month too.  We will also be taking part in the fantastic Black Friday Weekend offer at the end of November but details of that towards the end of the month.  You get a free miniature with every order and this is currently IMP27 Florian Pumpkin Spore (worth 0.60GBP) you can learn more about that HERE.  We have just upgraded and expanded our Rewards Programme (every customer earns points on every order and can use them for bonuses!) see more on that HERE. Lastly if you have not signed up for our Mailchimp email every week (link is on the top right of our blog's home page) then please do so, its free and there is an exclusive offer with up to 50% off a code every month only seen in the email.

Thanks for Reading. 

GBS

IAF101 Taranis Wheeled Main Battle Tanks 5 Variants now released!

"The Taranis Model 6 Wheeled series was adapted from the ultra heavy Model 40 Tracked series for local conditions of lower gravity and built up areas with weaker infrastructure requiring a weight reduction.  The MkII standard hull for all Taranis models weighs in at standard count gravity 1.0 at around 67 tons of titanium alloy armour and internal systems along with the GroatVey MkX HeavyIon Reasc Fusion Reactor that provides the electricity.  Using the principle of ion particle beam collision to ignite fuel pellets the MkX reactor provides some 3000 horse power or about 3480Kw of usable electrical energy to the power train. The Model 6 features eight large tires made of Hackamold maxdure composite which is heat and pressure resistant and on good ground can reach nearly eighty miles per hour.  There are four trained operators who are drawn from the Fortress and Fleet arms of the Prydian Army.   Using the Bragan Memetic Neural Linkage system the crew are mentally attached to the vehicle and control its system.  This is a dry linkage as all wet implants were banned after the Gurtan Activation.  There is a driver centrally located, a communications and drone controller who handles the screen of drones the tank has and its comms gear.  The third crew member is the knight who operates the primary weapon systems and secondary linked weapons.  Lastly the artificer who oversees the condition of the vehicle and all minor in combat functions often sharing the work of the secondary weapons and drones.  There are a great number of variants and local specialised variants too.  Centrally these are the Type A the most common variant mounting a Bodkin AP 130mm Cannon which features several choices of munitions including the Phelot Ex22 AP for anti-vehicle use and the TX12 Imploder for infantry clearance as well as the Habkut Variacluster which is a middle class multi-target round.  The Type A mounts a secondary weapon the Angis Mk9 22mm Automatic Rifle.  Type B is the command variant of the Model 6 and is allocated at a rate of one to three or one to four of that of the Type A.  With improved comms suite and space for an additional operator if required the Type B has a modified turret with better optics and range finders as well as a Moth 88 Rotary Cannon centrally mounted. Type B also has the Bodkin AP 130mm main gun and the Angis Mk9 too.  Type C of the Model 6 features a turret crewed by a specially trained gunner the main gun being the terrifying super heavy Fretan SBP9 Sequence Particle Beamer with the space removed from the main hull of the gunner being taken up with a small secondary GroatVey MkV HeavyIon Reasc Fusion Reactor slaved purely to the SBP9 and its massive energy requirements for sustained rates of fire.  The Type D is intended for close in warfare in urban and is the siege warfare choice with a re-enforced turret sporting twin Ron MegaMax II 95mm Hi-Ex Launchers.  The Ron weapon system has reduced range compared to the reach of the Bodkin 130mm but its destructive potential matches the hellish maelstrom of the SBP9. Type E Model 6 Taranis Armoured Personnel Carrier.  The Type E features a rear hatch and additional hull armour at the expense of a turret and two of the four crew normally in the tank.  Instead a well furnished internal bay has space for a dozen or more fully equipped Retained Knights or near a platoon of Muster or other non-armoured infantry.  The APC type has a top mounted Angis Mk9 22mm Automatic Rifle giving fire support to disembarking troops and is the favoured transport of most in free fire zones.  Other Trainer Series have details of the less common variants of the Model 6."

Academy Auto-Trainer Series 52, New Glastonbury, 4335IC 

This month we have added ten, yes, ten new Taranis variant main battle tanks to our 15mm range. Five of these are Wheeled and five are Lifter (Hover) propulsion type.  All were designed by industry legend Bob Naismith.  These tanks are large resin and in some cases white metal kits in 15mm scale suitable not only for space opera settings but also near future or many other wargaming genres.  This article deals with the five variants of wheeled Taranis under code IAF101.  These are variants (A,B,C,D and E) of IAF101 Taranis Wheeled Main Battle Tank so please read on for each of them or go straight HERE: 

IAF101A Taranis Wheeled MBT Cannon Turret 

This is the core type of eight wheeled Taranis the main battle tank with projectile turret. It is composed of seven resin and white metal pieces which are the upper hull, the lower hull, right and left wheeled sections, projectile cannon turret as well as the main gun and the sponson gun both in white metal. It is easy to assemble and is designed to be used for wargaming and thus it is durable. Assembled this vehicle is about 90mm long and 50mm wide. We offer the choice of purchasing one kit or on the drop down menu the purchase of three with a saving of 10% on screen. Price 18.00GBP. Go HERE. 

IAF101B Taranis Wheeled MBT Command Turret 

This is the platoon command type of eight wheeled Taranis with projectile turret with additional rotary weapon and comms suite. It is composed of seven resin and white metal pieces which are the upper hull, the lower hull, right and left wheeled sections, projectile cannon command turret as well as the main gun and the sponson gun in white metal. It is easy to assemble and is designed to be used for wargaming and thus it is durable. Assembled this vehicle is about 90mm long and 50mm wide. We offer the choice of purchasing one kit or on the drop down menu the purchase of three with a saving of 10% on screen. Price 18.00GBP. Go HERE. 

IAF101C Taranis Wheeled MBT SPB Energy Turret 

This is an eight wheeled Taranis main battle tank with an energy weapon turret featuring a small cabin for a crewman. It is composed of five resin pieces which are the upper hull, the lower hull, right and left wheeled sections and SPB energy weapon turret. It is easy to assemble and is designed to be used for wargaming and thus it is durable. Assembled this vehicle is about 90mm long and 50mm wide. We offer the choice of purchasing one kit or on the drop down menu the purchase of three with a saving of 10% on screen. Price 18.00GBP. Go HERE. 

IAF101D Taranis Wheeled MBT Siege Turret 

This is an eight wheeled Taranis main battle tank with a double weapon turret for close in destruction. It is composed of six resin and white metal pieces which are the upper hull, the lower hull, right and left wheeled sections, siege double turret as well as the sponson gun. It is easy to assemble and is designed to be used for wargaming and thus it is durable. Assembled this vehicle is about 90mm long and 50mm wide. We offer the choice of purchasing one kit or on the drop down menu the purchase of three with a saving of 10% on screen. Price 18.00GBP. Go HERE. 

IAF101E Taranis Wheeled APC 

This is a Taranis tank with a re-purposed function as an eight wheeled super heavy Armoured Personnel Carrier capable of carrying two squads or more into battle. It is composed of five resin and white metal pieces which are the lower hull, the APC upper hull, left and right wheeled sections and the sponson gun. It is easy to assemble and is designed to be used for wargaming and thus it is durable. Assembled this vehicle is about 90mm long and 50mm wide. We offer the choice of purchasing one kit or on the drop down menu the purchase of three with a saving of 10% on screen. Price 18.00GBP Go HERE. 

Here are pictures of all the IAF101 variants as their parts with under laying scale in 1cm squares for you to look at. All of these images and more are on the web pages for the tanks. 

Taranis is a top of the line main battle tank and among the biggest land vehicles fielded by Humans in the Prydian Precinct.  Its a big model and sometimes its hard to tell this from photos so here are images showing the wheeled variants of Taranis next to other codes in our 15mm range.  Each has a caption to tell you more.

IAF101B with Planetary Militia miniatures and Colobreta Command Carrier

IAF101A next to Adder Wheeled Comms Car its nearly three times larger!

See how big Taranis is!  A proper main battle tank for your sci-fi wargaming.

Taranis Tanks make use of a screen of Drones acting as a defensive, offensive, repair group controlled by the tank itself. These are IAF081 Taranis Running Drones and these can be seen HERE on our website as a pack and as singles. If you would like to read more about the Taranis in the fictional setting of The Ion Age please visit our blog and this INFORMATION BURST article. Its a great read and while primarily about the Model 40 Tracked Taranis series it tells you all about this miraculous vehicle. 

We have released ten tanks this month and will release the first two non-military character packs sculpted by Dave Foley later this month too.  We will also be taking part in the fantastic Black Friday Weekend offer at the end of November but details of that towards the end of the month.  You get a free miniature with every order and this is currently IMP27 Florian Pumpkin Spore (worth 0.60GBP) you can learn more about that HERE.  We have just upgraded and expanded our Rewards Programme (every customer earns points on every order and can use them for bonuses!) see more on that HERE.  Lastly if you have not signed up for our Mailchimp email every week (link is on the top right of our blog's home page) then please do so, its free and there is an exclusive offer with up to 50% off a code every month only seen in the email.

Thanks for Reading. 

GBS

Rewards Programme upgraded and expanded!

When we began The Ion Age we had a dream of a unique miniature universe and while we have been building towards that for two and a half years we have gathered many hundreds of regular customers. These customers, as all customers do upon their first order, signed up to the Rewards Programme when they opened a personal account with us. Every order with us earns Reward Points and those points can be used to get discounts or free items in or on future orders with us. The Rewards Programme has remained the same since we began...until now! We have upgraded the programme and expanded it. Here are the details. 

The first thing to say is that the value of each point you have or will earn is UNCHANGED so there is no alteration in what you have earned. We will not short change you, not now, not ever. The second thing is that all of the existing rewards have now been removed and replaced as of 3th November 2015. There are five new levels of rewards and they range from the use of 300 Points up to 9000 Points. Three levels of customer discount applicable to all orders and used before leaving the cart. Two levels of free product that will be added to your order and shipped at our expense to you worldwide. 

10% Discount on an Order – 300 Points 

Use of this code on your order will take 300 points from your account total and on screen reduce your product total for the order, of any size, by 10%. This is done prior to the addition of the flat shipping charge and if you qualify for free shipping this will still be applied. 

15% Discount on an Order – 900 Points 

Use of this code on your order will take 900 points from your account total and on screen reduce your product total for the order, of any size, by 15%. This is done prior to the addition of the flat shipping charge and if you qualify for free shipping this will still be applied. 

20% Discount on an Order – 1800 Points 

Use of this code on your order will take 1800 points from your account total and on screen reduce your product total for the order, of any size, by 20%. This is done prior to the addition of the flat shipping charge and if you qualify for free shipping this will still be applied. 

Commander Murdo's Unique Taranis MBT – 2000 Points 

Use of this code on your order will take 2000 points from your account total on screen and add the unique Taranis Tracked Main Battle Tank worth 20.00GBP to your package. This is RWP02 Commander Murdo's Taranis Tank which is now on our website in the Rewards Programme page. It is a resin kit, a modified tank with a standard lower hull, left tracked propulsion units, right tracked propulsion unit plus and a unique upper hull and command turret (originally from IAF100B) and a white metal sponson gun. While this kit can be purchase as normal it can be had free for points! We will have an article on this kit during November. Go HERE.

Habitation Colony Bundle – 9000 Points 

Use of this code on your order will take 9000 points from your account total on screen and add the IAF044BU03 Habitation Colony Bundle of 15mm resin terrain worth 125.00GBP to your package. This is an entire Habitation Colony with more than twenty pieces and it will provide enough structures for a standard table. You can see its exact contents HERE. While this bundle can be purchased as normal it can be had free for points! Its a big box but we will ship it for free anywhere in the world when you use your points to get it free. 

All of these new rewards are online now and you can see them when you log into your account with The Ion Age. We hope you enjoy them and we welcome feedback for customer long term and brand new too. Contact us on info@theionage.com. 

This is all very exciting and you should sign up for our regular email campaign (see top right of the Ion Age blog for the sign up form).

Thanks for Reading, 

GBS

IMP27 Florian Pumpkin Spore free miniature for November 2015!

“It is imperative that this vessel returns to the Precinct immediately to make this dire threat known to the Council of Addens.  Our survey of Planet Malthus IV as a possible forward base of operations has failed and resulted in a new and terrible foe.  I regret the loss of the five Starvaulters among our company but their noble sacrifice in accordance with the Code Gallant saved the ship and our lives.  Unknown tissue infections forced me to expel seven of the remaining crew from our primary airlock.  I could not risk the 'Florians' making it back to known space.  My own Alwite was nearly breached with the speed upon which they sprung at us from all sides.  We had only been touched down for less than three hours and scans had shown Malthus IV to be a good world for settlement with clean air and a lush vegetation that would suit a colony.  The Starvaulters were first out of the lock as is their privilege and we others followed.  Only some minutes stroll from the ship and suddenly they levelled their Valerin 3Mw Laser Rifles and opened fire at the trees and bushes to their fore.  Madness was my first notion but only for a scant moment and then I had my own Carnwennan drawn and joined their fire.  The vegetation, the trees, everything was advancing upon us; even the odd grass under my soles was moving and all of it attacking.  Screams from the un-armoured crew and survey teams as their flesh was drawn from them.  Our beams and bullets burned and exploded dozens, a hundred, but they were endless and everywhere.  The very Flora had come to a single minded life!  We barely got off the ground before the tide ascended upon itself and tried to grab the ship; only the captains act of firing the orbital thrusters burned us clear. As we rose the forest for miles all around were in motion like water rippling towards our landing site.  Princess praised we chose a clearing!  We must get back to the Precinct.  A whole world of living plants.  Florians.  I give them this name and I curse it.”

Knight Errant Davis Bettani, Devastated Planet Maltus, Expanse beyond the Precinct, 4336IC 

Hot damn October was big for The Ion Age and now we enter the spooky month towards years end with November and of course a new monthly free miniature for that month.  November will see several large things happening with us including the release of ten more variants of Bob Naismith's Taranis Main Battle Tanks (Wheeled and Lifter propulsion systems) as well as the first two packs in Dave Foley's range of 15mm non military miniatures released.  As well as this we will be upgrading the Rewards Points loyalty system for The Ion Age adding in greater rewards and a brand new unique character vehicle you can get with your points!  We will also pre-view next month's fun and end the month with a Black Friday weekend event that you will love!  I also suggest that you join our Mailchimp email list (link on the top right) since this email weekly lets you know what is going on and features a unique offer that is really worth it.  This month its not half a 'dome' good offer so sign up and find out. Lets push on!

IMP27 Florian Pumpkin Spore. For the whole of November this spooky 15mm miniature is automatically put into every order at the rate of one per order regardless of order value.  It can also be bought in any amount on the monthly IMP page of the website for this month only too before being withdrawn on the first of next month.  The Florians are an enemy of all life on a planet that is not of their origin.  Vast seed pods from the void of space take root on a world before the Florian Incursion begins.  Growing at an exponential rate and re-making existing plants and animals into their own image the Florians spread like a carpet across a planet and take it for their own.  At the limits of the Prydian Precinct they are as alien as life comes!  The miniature is one piece in white metal and stands approx 10mm tall. A great character and start to the Florians.  Go HERE.

Of course you earn reward points on all orders too through your account.  We realise that some of you may wish to purchase the currently free miniature to get multiples of it without placing a lot of orders so you can do just that.  Visit this page on the website for the miniature at a fair price for a special miniature.  There is a growing page on the Ion Age website where the current and all former IMP series free miniatures are shown so that you can see what came before.  Enjoy and go HERE. 

We look back at what was going out free this time last year and now also in our first year too.  In November 2014 it was IMP15 The Witch Knight and in October 2014 it was IMP03 Knight of the Dead.  You can get them in the Year Collections of formally free on our website HERE but if you click on the links over the codes you can see the blog post from that month and year and see what else we were up to at that time.  Time flies and sometimes we forget and I always enjoy the new month update and to look back at last year and further...so much done and so much still to do!

Thanks for reading.

GBS

IAF100 Taranis Tracked Main Battle Tanks 5 Variants now released!

"With the completion of one of the most titanic in scale armourers works ever seen in the Prydian Precinct the complex plans for the lethal weapon of war that would become the Taranis Main Battle Tank were set into motion. The Targa Works would go on to produce such vehicles as the Adder Combat Car and Lifter series and the medium weight Mullo Armoured Fighting Vehicle but these were side and later projects compared to Taranis. Named after an ancient old earth deity a god of war from the isles of mist and rain the Taranis was created to be the mailed fist that would allow the regiments of the Barons and the Throne to continue to expand into space and systems lost during the thousand year old Aldan Crucible detonation. In 4294IC documents retrieved by Starvaulters during an investigation of the ruins of Newbury IV were decoded and artificed. It had taken a decade since their retrieval to decode the records which dated from the time of the great Resource Wars of twenty first century earth. The designs they contained were for a war machine that was the ultimate evolution of a century of tank warfare. Dutifully recorded they were sent out with the Ark Ships into the void. A monster of death this tank was doom incarnate and once updated with the technology Prydia now possessed they were further modified to be able to function in environments far more varied than one planet could have offered. Taranis would be a weapon capable of winning any war against men or the feared Khanate."

Academy Auto-Trainer Series 52, New Glastonbury, 4335IC 

The five different tracked variants of our mighty Taranis Type 40 Tracked Main Battle Tank are now released! Designed by industry legend Bob Naismith this tank is a large resin and white metal kit in 15mm scale suitable not only for space opera settings but also near future or many other wargaming genres. There are five different variants (A,B,C,D and E) of IAF100 Taranis Tracked Main Battle Tank so please read on for each of them: 

IAF100A Taranis Tracked MBT Cannon Turret 

This is the core type of tracked Taranis the main battle tank with projectile turret. It is composed of seven resin and white metal pieces which are the upper hull, the lower hull, right and left tracks sections, projectile cannon turret as well as the main gun and the sponson gun. It is easy to assemble and is designed to be used for wargaming and thus it is durable. Assembled this vehicle is just over 90mm long and 60mm wide. We offer the choice of purchasing one kit or on the drop down menu the purchase of three with a saving of 10% on screen. Price 20.00GBP. Go HERE. 

IAF100B Taranis Tracked MBT Command Turret 

This is the platoon command type of tracked Taranis with projectile turret with additional rotary weapon and comms suite. It is composed of seven resin and white metal pieces which are the upper hull, the lower hull, right and left tracks sections, projectile cannon command turret as well as the main gun and the sponson gun. It is easy to assemble and is designed to be used for wargaming and thus it is durable. Assembled this vehicle is just over 90mm long and 60mm wide. We offer the choice of purchasing one kit or on the drop down menu the purchase of three with a saving of 10% on screen. Price 20.00GBP. Go HERE. 

IAF100C Taranis Tracked MBT SPB Energy Turret 

This is a Taranis main battle tank with an energy weapon turret featuring a small cabin for a crewman. It is composed of six resin and white metal pieces which are the upper hull, the lower hull, right and left tracks sections and SPB energy weapon turret. It is easy to assemble and is designed to be used for wargaming and thus it is durable. Assembled this vehicle is just over 90mm long and 60mm wide. We offer the choice of purchasing one kit or on the drop down menu the purchase of three with a saving of 10% on screen. Price 20.00GBP. Go HERE. 

IAF100D Taranis Tracked MBT Siege Turret 

This is a Taranis main battle tank with a double weapon turret for close in destruction. It is composed of six resin and white metal pieces which are the upper hull, the lower hull, right and left tracks sections, siege double turret as well as the sponson gun. It is easy to assemble and is designed to be used for wargaming and thus it is durable. Assembled this vehicle is just over 90mm long and 60mm wide. We offer the choice of purchasing one kit or on the drop down menu the purchase of three with a saving of 10% on screen. Price 20.00GBP. Go HERE. 

IAF100E Taranis Tracked APC 

This is a Taranis tank with a re-purposed function as a super heavy Armoured Personnel Carrier capable of carrying two squads or more into battle. It is composed of five resin and white metal pieces which are the lower hull, the APC upper hull, left and right track sections and the sponson gun. It is easy to assemble and is designed to be used for wargaming and thus it is durable. Assembled this vehicle is just over 90mm long and 60mm wide. We offer the choice of purchasing one kit or on the drop down menu the purchase of three with a saving of 10% on screen. Price 20.00GBP Go HERE. 

Here are pictures of all the IAF100 variants as their parts with under laying scale in 1cm squares for you to look at. All of these images and more are on the web pages for the tanks. 

The Tracked Taranis Tank is a big, big model. Sometimes its hard to tell this from photographs so here is a special image showing IAF100D next to four, yes FOUR Adder Combat Cars which combined have the same table 'footprint' as the Taranis. 

Taranis Tanks make use of a screen of Drones acting as a defensive, offensive, repair group controlled by the tank itself. These are shown on table as IAF081 Taranis Running Drones and these can be seen HERE on our website as a pack and as singles. If you would like to read more about the Taranis in the fictional setting of The Ion Age please visit our blog and this INFORMATION BURST article. Its a great read and hints at what will be coming as miniatures in the months ahead. 

This is our last release of the month so if you missed out on the offers now is your chance and you get your Reward Points on your account with us and of course the monthly free miniature in your package currently IMP26 Female Nox Trooper. 

Thanks for Reading. 

GBS

IAF081 Taranis Runner Drones released!

“It was chief engineer and fabrication guild master Ulus McTear who first came up with the notion of drones for use with the various types of Taranis main battle tank hulls in Precinct service. Protecting the crews of the vehicles was the guild masters first and foremost aim since the time taken to train on such a large and complex hull made replacing members of the crew a painful experience. However the factor of cost was also paramount in his mind. With more than eighty tons of titanium alloy in every Taranis as well as many other expensive systems such as its GroatVey MkX HeavyIon Reasc Fusion Reactor its loss had to be avoided if possible. Originally in late 4200's IC the use of sentient mind droids was field tested and worked well but with the horror of the Gurtan Activation in 4302IC these were shut down and destroyed. The casings and systems of the droids were converted across to slaved robotic drones controlled by the crew of the Taranis. While this marginally slowed the reactions of the drones and limited them to a close protection of the tank this was seen as no bad thing by McTear who lost a cousin to the machines on Gurtan. There are two primary types of motive systems for the Taranis drones and these are allocated by the propulsion types of the tanks themselves with runner legged drones being assigned to tracked and wheeled hulls while repulsar drones are paired with hover and repulsar Taranis tanks. The role of the drones is protection and in limited ways attack and repair of their assigned vehicle. Five standard types of drone are in use as of 4303IC. These are the light missile drone which uses 30mm Anda guided rockets to keep light vehicles and incoming munitions away from its tank. The laser strike drone which has twin rotation mounted wide beam Valerin 2Mw lasers to assault enemy infantry and intercept incoming projectiles. A particle dispersal drone is fitted with fine filament explosive caps and smoke generators to provide interference with visual spectrum, electro-magnetic and plasma projectiles to a limited degree. A single direction comms suite gives the transmission jammer drone the ability to disrupt enemy signals and conduct sonic attacks. Lastly there is the field repair drone and this most specialised machine has the task of attempting small repairs to its Taranis when opportunity presents itself. These repairs are of course not on the same scale as those as a portable castle and its fleet of drones can effect but it can make all the difference when it matters. Interestingly the field repair drones came about after failed experiments with drones mounting tiny Hurwent Generators as every student of energy fields knows a stable haze cannot be generated with low power and with constant movement within an atmosphere. Taranis Drones are a valuable part of a Knight Commander's mobile armour arsenal and Precinct main battle tanks seldom enter the fray without them.” 

Academy Auto-Trainer Series 52, New Glastonbury, 4335IC 

Designed by industry legend Bob Naismith and now released after featuring in the Taranis Tracked Tanks ESO's we present the excellent IAF081 Taranis Running Drones as a release. As always we offer a pack as well as an option to purchase three packs with a saving of 10% on screen and the choice to purchase each drone as a single in any quantity you wish.  Price 5.00GBP per pack. Go HERE. 

There are five different drones all supplied in two white metal parts with a set of legs and a different upper body which sits naturally into a bowl mount at the waist allowing upper body posing. Each drone has a different function in the protection and repair of a Taranis tank. From left to right these are as follows: 

1. Missile Pod Drone 

2. Laser Strike Drone 

3. Particle Dispersal Drone 

4. Transmission Jammer Drone 

5. Field Repair Drone 

Above is a scale photo showing a Retained Knight from IAF008 Retained Post Charlie. A typical Human miniature it is 17mm tall and shows the Missile Pod Drone and Particle Dispersal Drone on either side. The Drones assembled stand between typically 17mm tall and 24mm tall for the tallest. This scales them perfectly in 15mm and also makes them waist height for a 28mm miniature too. Scale variable and great for other genre's beside Space Opera such as near future and post apocalypse too. 

Thanks for Reading. 

GBS

Ten More Taranis Tanks by Bob Naismith coming in November!

The response to the offers and release of the IAF100 Taranis Tracked Main Battle Tanks designed by Bob Naismith was very good and again we thank you all for that. Five different tracked versions all under the header of the 'Type 40' and while we will be expanding the variants for IAF100 it is the turn of other propulsion methods to take centre stage in November. In fact two new propulsion Taranis types and these will be the Model 6 Wheeled and the Model 9 Lifter (Hover) chassis also designed by the legend himself. A total of ten new vehicles will be added to the range five wheeled and five hover with the same turret and hull options that the tracked propulsion body has. 

There will of course be full images of each new tank along with pictures of the parts as we did before. There will also be information bursts too. But there will not be a Early Supporter Offer made as these tanks will go straight to release at the price of 18.00GBP each with a saving for purchase of three at the same time of the same type of 10%. This lower price reflects the smaller hull size of these kits compared to the mighty tracked hull.  You will also get your Reward Points (some of you have 10,000 plus points saved up and we will be making new rewards availiable next month too) and the monthly free miniatures...something spooky and alien this November for IMP27 (shussh!).

In addition to Bob Naismith's excellent new main battle tanks the other news and miniatures and more during November will be several so keep an eye upon The Ion Age and I hope you like the pictures of the first painted new Taranis!

The five variants of Tracked Taranis and the Running Drones will be released on 29th October 2015.

Thanks for Reading. 

GBS