When I first encountered the 3rd
edition Chaos Dwarfs it was through what I now refer to as my oldhammer bible,
the 1986-1991 catalogue. This catalogue has some beautiful pictures of the many
Citadel Chaos Dwarfs and their Warmachines.
By far the most impressive
warmachine in the catalogue is the Juggernaut. A huge (in dwarf terms at least)
siege tower pushed forward by a Boar Centaur, armed with a double barrel cannon
and providing room for several Chaos Dwarfs.
As far as I know, and please
correct me if I’m wrong, there were never any rules published for the
Juggernaut, nor was it ever officially featured in any Games Workshop
publication. The fact that it is pushed by a Boar Centaur does however imply
that Mr. Thymbrin Snakebeard had some involvement into its development.
Now
luckily, I am the proud owner of this model and the story of how I acquired it
is quite long. Well actually the story isn’t that long just the time it took
for me to get is long. But the story is a great example of how oldhammer
collectors support and help each other. We are talking somewhere around 2004
(forgot the exact year), back then I was a member of a popular Chaos Dwarf
forum called the Hand of Hashut. On this forum I met another Dutch collector
going by the name Obsidian. For some reason or the other we touched upon the
topic of the Juggernaut. Obsidian told me that his brother has this model and
that it was probably lying somewhere on his parents attic (we Dutchies store
all our stuff on our parents attic, I have 5 boxes full of G1 Transformers
lying on my parents attic). Hearing this I got very excited especially when he
told that it was for sale for a decent price. Back then the Juggernaut was
going on Ebay for ridiculous prices, I think one sold for around a 1000 Euros
somewhere around 2010. Anyways me and Obsidian kept going back and forward on
trying to set up a meeting so I could buy the model, but I just didn’t happen.
By then I was starting to believe that Obsidian was bullshitting me. This went
on for many years, I think it was only 2008 before we finally set a meeting. He
lives in a different city in the Netherlands and I convinced my wife that it
was time that we visited her parents, who conveniently live in the same city as
Obsidian (she was indeed very surprised that I proposed the visit to my parents
in law).
So Obsidian and I agreed to meet in
a coffee bar (not a coffee shop, small but important difference!) for the
handover. I was still very sceptical half expecting him to call me with an
excuse and not showing up. But lo and behold he showed up carrying a small box.
Upon seeing the content of the box I was amazed by the shiny almost radiating
model, even though it was smaller than I expected, the model was in perfect
condition and complete.
It even came with two extra turret
supports which I donated to my fellow collector Clam, so he could complete his
incomplete Juggernaut. So after going back and forward for 4 years and mentally
already having given up on the model, I finally had my Juggernaut! Obsidian, if
you’re reading this, I’m sorry I ever doubted you and again many thanks!
Now if you want a Juggernaut
yourself they do show up on Ebay regularly and the price has gone down, but
still expect to pay between 400 to 500 euros for one. Alternatively Macrocosm
has released a Model that is very similar to the old Citadel model, however do
know that it is significantly bigger than the original. And no, I am not going
to sculpt and cast this model as I did with the Asscannon, because I already
have an original J.
http://www.macrocosm.co.uk/
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