The obvious one that everyone will go for is the Hetzer, but to me it’s more reminiscent of the more modern Swedish Stridsvagn 103, with a massive gun and a low, trapezoidal frame. It’s a very close match to the old resin version, taking the same design cues from turretless assault gun WW2 tank destroyers.

The layout and design is as top-quality as we’ve come to expect from Heresy tanks, and the existence of a separate sprue lets us speculate that the remaining Sicarans in plasma, gatling gun and missile launcher variety will probably follow the same pattern with an extra sprue on top of the main Sicaran body. This has everything you need for the Venator – gun, top plate and unique casement and top mounted heavy bolter. On top of that, the Venator comes with an extra sprue that replaces the Sicaran turret and top assembly – handily called the “V” sprue. We have a couple of sprues – the main Sicaran sides/bottom sprue, the tank accessories kit that I’m stockpiling for Fulmentarus Terminators and the ubiquitous sponson sprue. If you’ve built a Sicaran before (and if not, why not? Great fun kit), there aren’t too many surprises with the Venator. Before we dive in, thanks to Games Workshop for sending a review copy over to make and paint up.

This week the Sicaran Venator and Cerberus Tank Destroyer go up for pre-order, so we can all get our grubby little mitts on the Heresy’s fastest (and largest) tank destroyers.

Warhammer 40k sicaran battle tank rules