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Vehicle Design Rules
The VDR are from WD 251,252 U.S and are really fun and give you a chance to do some major converting.
and the following is a summery of them.
VEHICLE DESIGN STEPS
1. Pick Type
2. Pick Size
3. Pick Armor
4. Work out Speed
5. Pick Weapons
6. Work out characteristics
7. Pick Special Options
8. Work out Points Value & Vehicle category
1. PICK TYPE
Vehicle Type Summary:
Walker
Tank
Vehicle
Flyer
Immobile
2. PICK SIZE
Small (i.e., buggies, Land Speeders, Vypers, etc)
Normal (i.e., rhinos, Leman Russ, Land Raiders, Ravagers etc)
War Machines
COST OF ARMOR
Cost
Armor
front 9=0p side 9=0
10=0p 10=5
11=5p 11=10
12=10p 12=20
13=20p 13=30
14=30p 14=40
rear 9=5
10=10
11=20
12=30
13=40
14=50
SMALL WALKER
44(12)
NORMAL WALKER
47(13)
WAR MACHINE WALKER
47(13)
SMALL TANK
46(12)
NORMAL TANK
54(14)
WAR MACHINE TANK
56(14)
SMALL LIGHT VEHICLE
40(10)
NORMAL L.V.
44(12)
WAR MACHINE LIGHT VEHICLE
44(12)
SMALL FLYER
40(12)
NORMAL FLYER
44(12)
WAR MACHINE FLYER
44(12)
NOTE: The number in the brackets is the max. armor on one side, the number outside the brackets is the total armor value points on the vehicle.
SPEED COST
Size of Vehicle
SPEED SMALL NORMAL W.M.
IMMOBILE 0 0 0
NORMAL +5 +10 +20
LUMBERING +5 +10 +20
AGILE +10 +15 +30
FAST +10 +20 +40
FLYER +40 +40 +40
WORK OUT SPEED
The cost of the vehicle's speed is found on the chart above, by cross-referencing the vehicle's size and speed.
PICK WEAPONS
Next add in the cost of all of the weapons on the vehicle, as listed on the weapon charts below. Remember to increase the cost of any weapons that have been given upgrades by the percentage listed on the Weapons Upgrade chart.
WEAPON UPGRADE CHART
WEAPON OPTION COST INCREASE
BLAST +150%
CO-AXIAL Add cost of co-axial weapon
GATLING +100%
LONG BARREL +50%
MEGA WEAPON +100%
TWIN LINKED +50%
Blast: upgrades wepon's blast if it doesn't have a blast marker it does now if it had one before it is ordenence if it had ordanence it has no effect.
(can only be given to immoble vehicles or war machines)
Gatling: gives wepon D3 shots four barrels must be shown on model.
Co-axial: 2 wepons are linked and both can fire when one is fired no matter what the wepons must be physicly linked.
Long barrel: increases range by 1.5
Mega wepon: increases S and AP of wepon by one
ie. a mega las cannon has S 10 and AP 1
can only be given to war machines and immoble vehicles.
CLOSE COMBAT WEAPON CHART
WEAPON COST
CLOSE COMBAT WEAPON +1 pts x WS x A
DREADNOUGHT CLOSE COMBAT WEAPON +5 pts x WS x A
WAR MACHINE CLOSE COMBAT WEAPON +10 pts x WS x A
CLOSE COMBAT WEAPON CHART
WEAPON COST
CLOSE COMBAT WEAPON +1 pts x WS x A
DREADNOUGHT CLOSE COMBAT WEAPON +5 pts x WS x A
WAR MACHINE CLOSE COMBAT WEAPON +10 pts x WS x A
WEAPONS BS 4 BS 3 BS 2
Assault Cannon +35 +25 +20
Autogun +1 +1 +1
Autocannon +35 +25 +20
Boltgun +2 +2 +2
Flamer +10 +10 +10
Grenade L. +15 +10 +5
Heavy Bolter +20 +15 +10
Heavy Flamer +15 +15 +15
Hunter K.M. +15 +10 +5
Lasgun +1 +1 +1
Lascannon +35 +25 +20
Ripper Gun +3 +3 +3
Meltagun +15 +10 +5
Missile L. +25 +20 +15
Mortar +25 +25 +25
Multilaser +35 +25 +20
Multimelta +40 +30 +20
Plasma Cannon +40 +30 +20
Plasma Gun +15 +10 +5
Smoke Launchers +3 +3 +3
Storm bolter +5 +5 +5
Demolisher +50 +50 +50
Whirlwind +40 +40 +40
Battle Cannon +50 +50 +50
Griffon Mortar +40 +40 +40
Inferno Cannon +30 +30 +30
Earthshaker +60 +60 +60
Vanquisher Cannon +55 +50 +50
DARK ELDAR WEAPONS
Blaster +10 +10 -
Dark Lance +35 +30 -
Destructor +15 +15 -
Disintegrator +30 +25 -
Shredder +15 +10 -
Splinter Rifle +2 +2 -
Splinter Cannon +20 +15 -
Stinger +5 +5 -
Terrorfex +15 +15 -
NECRON WEAPONS
Gauss gun +2 +2 -
Gauss Blaster +30 +20 -
Gauss Cannon +35 +25 -
ORK WEAPONS
Big Shoota - - +12
Kombi-weapon
Shoota/r.l. - - +5
Shoota/skorcha - - +8
Kustom Mega-blasta - - +15
Rokkit Launcha - - +8
Skorcha - - +5
Lobba - - +15
Zzap gun - - +15
Kannon - - +15
W.S., B.S., and I. are all the same as the average troop
7. PICK SPECIAL OPTIONS
Add or subtract the cost of any upgrades that were taken, as shown on the chart opposite.
Structure Points: War machines have 2 or more structure points. These are discussed in more detail in the following pages. All you need to know is that each structure point over 1 adds +100 points to the vehicle's cost. For example, a vehicle with 3 structure points would cost an extra 200 points.
8. WORK OUT POINTS COST & VEHICLE CATEGORY
The final thing you need to do in order to get your vehicle ready for its tabletop debut is to work out how many points it costs and what category it belongs to with regard to using up 'slots' on the
force organization charts. See the Vehicle Category chart opposite.
*Normal Size Light Vehicles: Light vehicles with no more than 1 non-ordnance weapon, and that have a transport capability, count as a transport upgrade that may be used in place of one of the standard transport upgrades in the army list.
Otherwise they count as a Heavy Support choice.
For example, if you made an Imperial Guard truck, then squads that were allowed to have a Chimera upgrade could take the truck instead.
COST OF VEHICLE UPGRADE
SPECIAL OPTION COST INCREASE
Amphibious craft +10 pts
Codex vehicle upgrades See appropriate Codex
Eldar force field +25 pts per facing
Imperial field +35 pts each
Orbital lander +30 pts
Ork fields +15 pts
Open-topped -5 pts
Recovery vehicle +5 pts
Souped up engine Use new speed cost
Skimmer +20 pts
Targeter Use new BS for cost of guns
Transport +1 pt per model carried
Tunneller +25 pts
Wrecker +5 pts
VEHICLE CATAGORY CHART
SMALL WALKER-ELITE
NORMAL WALKER-HEAVY SUPPORT
WAR MACHINE WALKER- W.M.
SMALL TANK- F.A.
NORMAL TANK- H.S.
WAR MACHINE- W.M.
SMALL LIGHT VEHICLE- FAST ATTACK
SMALL TANK- *SEE NOTES ABOVE UPGRADE CHART
SMALL WAR MACHINE- WAR MACHINE
SMALL FLYER- H.S
NORMAL FLYER- H.S
WAR MACHINE FLYER- W.M.
IMMOBLE VEHICLES
ARE COUNTED AS A TANK OF THEIR CLASS Ex. a normal immoble vehicle is the same as a normal tank so it would be a heavy support choice the same is true for armor values
Sorry if some of my charts didn't turn out right but if you go to CHAPTER APPROVED you can see the VDR better andyou can get the war machine and flyer section and also get the update of the VDR.
THERE IS A LINK TO CHAPTER APPROVED ON MY FAVORITE LINKS PAGE
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