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Wednesday, September 30, 2020

British Agamemnon Class Medium Mechanized Walker circa 1895

The Mark VI, Number 3 of the 1st Armoured Engineer Squadron, moves forward with the 14th Sikhs through the town of Tantrapur during the First Thuggee Uprising.

The Medium Mechanized Walker Mark VI Agamemnon class, more commonly referred to as the "Bulldog" by the army, first proved its worth in its baptism of fire during the First Thuggee Uprising (The Gunga Din War) in 1891. Operated and maintained by the Royal Engineers, with the exception of the Household cavalry, the Agamemnon Walker is operated by one "steersman". In the Royal Engineers, they are nicknamed "Doggies" and in the Household cavalry they are referred to as "Blood hounds."

  The Agamemnon Class "Bulldog".

The "Bulldog" has impressive armor coupled with all terrain movement that moves faster than the average soldier in combat. Armed with a machine gun and steam fist, the Agamemnon class has proven itself more than a match to the most deadly opponeets of the Empire.

I had a lot of fun kit bashing this medium mechanized walker. The main part of the walker is an old Games Workshop plastic Tau battle suit, a claw from an old GW Space Marine (now called Epic 40K) Ork vehicle, an extra head from a leftover Perry miniature, some cardboard tubing, and a 40K Space Marine shoulder pad for the hatch. Save those bits! The steam coming out of the pipe is from a regular cotton ball.

"There they are!" The machine gun of Bulldog #3 suppresses the Thuggee rebels as the 14th Sikhs move in.

Rules for Mechanized Walkers are found on pages 29-30 in the rule book In Her Majesty's Name (Paid Link). They can be easily adapted to other rule sets. Rules for Walkers will be expanded in the Second Edition of In Her Majesty's Name.



4 comments:

  1. Awesome minis...and impressive bulldog!

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  2. This is great, do you mind if I nick off with your idea and build my own one; I have been wondering what do do with some tau I got in a bits box off ebay. How did you do the rivets?

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  3. They are just black dots that I painted by eye.

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