Saint Celestine • Morvenn Vahl • Aestred Thurga • Agathae Dolan • Uriah Jacobus • Ephrael Stern • Geminae Superia • Junith Eruita Nocturne's Hammer - Nocturne's Hammer is a Deimos Rhino of the Salamanders Space Marine Chapter, and is the oldest functioning Rhino of any mark or pattern in the Imperium of Man. It is said that this vehicle was used by Vulkan himself during the Siege of Devlin's Fastness, carrying him out through the gates and into the midst of the encircling Word Bearers Traitor Legion. The Hammer has been in service with the Chapter for over 8,000 Terran years and has its own special place within the Salamander's Reliquary. At the dawn of each new standard century, the Chapter's Techmarines gather in the Reliquary and the Master of the Forge strikes the vehicle's activation rune upon the vehicle's engine. It is said that if the engine does not start on the first time, then doom shall befall the Salamanders. Over the following 100 standard years, use of the Rhino spread to many Human military forces. Early commanders adopted the basic chassis design as an armoured fighting vehicle, fitting various new weapon systems to it and augmenting the vehicle's engine power. If the Tactical Doctrine was active for your army during the previous battle round, you can change it so that the Assault Doctrine is now active.

The Deimos Pattern Rhino would eventually be replaced by newer marks and patterns, and it is no longer produced by the Adeptus Mechanicus. The Mars Pattern Rhino has become the standard Rhino used at present by the Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes, although some Chapters still maintain the use of relic Deimos Rhinos out of respect and tradition. Vigilator • Pursuer • Pursuer Beast • Prosecutor • Witchseeker • Questora • Firebrand • Subjugator • Sanctioner • ExpurgatorIn time, the vehicle became the standard fighting vehicle of Human armed forces across the galaxy. Recovered STC databases provided the early Imperial armies with Rhino variants still in use today, such as the Predator, Immolator and Whirlwind.

About land raiders, I'm not sure whether the mkIIb pattern is officially the 30k pattern, so I think it is reasonable to use the plastic kit as is (although I am actually converting mine to mkIIb because I personally think it fits better). Moreover, most other heresy vehicles are exclusively available through FW unless you make heavy conversion work, so it is probably not so much of an issue.

I will only build a single EC army. I won't create another unrelated one were I do everything again but better. The Deimos Vindicator is used by the Space Marines as a siege tank, and is armed with a Demolisher Cannon which is used against enemy structures. The Vindicator is also commonly equipped with large dozer blades known as Siege Shields that protect the tank from enemy fire and allow it to move rubble and debris out of the way. Regarding terminators, I think another major factor is that the indomitus kit is starting to show its age, and the most recent kits for this armour are precisely for some of the few legions that don't have full rules yet (Dark and Blood Angels). Moreover, the fact that both tartaros and cataphractii have different and usually better rules does not help. Robust and versatile, and able to resist the most hostile of environments, the Rhino has become the basic troop transport for Space Marine squads. It has also been used by many other trusted branches of the Imperial armed forces, including the Adeptus Mechanicus, Adepta Sororitas, Adeptus Arbites, Adeptus Custodes, and the forces of the Inquisition. Combi-weapon – whether that’s a second combi-bolter or a different combi weapon, this will have to be glued or magnetised though if you want different combi weapon options