Editing Fellblade (section)

== Model and Rules ==

[[Games Workshop]] first released rules for Space Marine super-heavy tanks in a [[White Dwarf]] expansion to ''Space Marine'' (the game that later became [[Epic]]); these were the Glaive, the equivalent of the [[Baneblade]], and the Falchion, a [[Shadowsword]] equivalent.

The Fellblade name first appeared in the [[Horus Heresy]] collectible card game, around the year 2005, though it would not receive rules until after the release of [[Apocalypse]] in 2007; inspired by the inclusion of Baneblades and other super-heavy vehicles in 28mm-scale [[Warhammer 40,000]] games, Bell of Lost Souls wrote a datasheet for the Fellblade, based on the Baneblade datasheet. It was generally well-received.

Around 2010, some guy called Machinator wrote updated rules for four Fellblade variants - the Glaive, the Lance (anti-tank las/plas variant), the Broadsword (anti-infantry/fast dakka/flamer variant), and the Warmaul (anti-fortification [[Vindicator|giant Demolisher Cannon]] variant). He did this partially because it's cool, [[Blood and Skulls Industry|and partially to sell bits from his eBay store]].

In 2012, [[Forge World]] released a line of books and models tying into the [[Horus Heresy]] era, and the Fellblade is part of their first wave of models, coinciding with the release of the first book, ''Betrayal''. It looks like a Baneblade with smooth sides and a larger engine (presumably representing the ceramite armor and arc reactor, respectively), topped with a monster Deimos [[Predator Tank]] turret with a twin-linked rape cannon on the top. And that's in addition to the hull Demolisher Cannon, the twin-linked hull heavy bolters, and the two quad lascannon batteries (just like ones on the [[Spartan Assault Tank]]), for a total of THIRTEEN BARRELS OF HELL (all for only 25 points more than a vanilla Baneblade, if you don't spring for the +1 BS upgrade). If that's still not enough guns, it can also be outfitted with hull-mounted [[Combi-weapons]], a [[Havoc Missile Launcher]], and a [[Hunter-Killer Missile]] Launcher. Marine fanboys everywhere wet their pants.