FW Fridays! - Daemon Prince and some Guardsmen

[voodoo]

First up is Samus, Prince of the Ruinstorm… I’m a bit Meh on the model itself despite it looking like a slight spikier and more up-armored version of the Vermin Lord (which I still really want even though I don’t play fantasy); a model I really appreciate. His rules while experimental will need some calming but surprisingly not too much, the hatred of all infantry is odd and he’d be a tough nut to crack with those 6 x T7 wounds. I9 means he’s going first often and with 6 S7 attacks on the charge would be a pretty good hammer unit but I feel like he’d get stuck in with resilient troops the same as the D-Thirster from Daemonkin.

www.forgeworld.co.uk/The_Horus_Heresy/HORUS_HERESY_CHARACTER_SERIES/SAMUS.html
www.forgeworld.co.uk/Downloads/Product/PDF/S/Samus.pdf

Secondly we’ve got a first look at the Solar Auxilia command. They’re old-school guard, and despite the price tag; really tempted me to get them solely to be able to paint the models. They’re amazing beyond amazing and I could see the entire unit being an AWESOME stand-in for an inquisitor and his retinue as each of the pieces in the command squad have just completely stupid amounts of detail and really interesting dynamic poses.

www.forgeworld.co.uk/The_Horus_Heresy/Solar_Auxilia/SOLAR_AUXILIA_TACTICAL_COMMAND.html

[Jack Shrapnel]

Samus is... ummmm okay I guess... he seems rather easy to kill however with only a daemon save to keep him safe. The making blessings harder to cast is situationally useful. The no scatter deep striking if a character died is fluffy i guess, but a 10 point banner does that already and you don't have to have a character die to make use of it. Penalty to enemy reserves is nice. Armorbane is nice. slowly walking around trying to get in combat at 6" a turn? and must deep strike so the earliest possible he is declaring a charge is turn 3 if everything goes absolutely right? (and your opponent doesn't simply move away from him, kill him while he stands there for a turn, etc. etc.)

I think he adds very little to a daemonkin army, as several of his special abilities are useless (warpstorm and instability related) and frankly the D thirster is faster, hits harder, isn't forced to deep strike, can jink, has an armor save, isn't a LOW, and is 100 points cheaper!

plus that model is terrible looking.

[nekekami]

Samus isn't someone I'd expected them to bring in from the books. If anything else, it's cool for fluff.

[Hizack]

Oh man, that Auxilia command squad commander would be a great model for an Inquisitor.

However, I can not stand those helmets. They look like goofy welding masks and I just can't not see that.