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I'm going to be going into a "An Army to Lose Friends With" tournament mid March, and I'm going to try and abuse a rule I really don't use...Look Out Sir. Just to make sure that I'm understanding the rule correctly, after a wound is allocated to a model, but before armour/invulnerable saves are made, any model from the same unit within 6 inches can attempt to make a look out sir roll to take the wound instead. To be clear, I'm trying to make sure that I'm making my look out sir roll at the right time. It is after wound rolls are made, but before saves, correct?

In effect: if I can get a T6 guy into a unit of T3 guys, would the wound rolls be made against the T6, then Look Out Sir rolls (I picture a horde of cultists throwing themselves onto a chaos lord), then the T3 guys take the hits, ablative wound style.

Two things.

1) Your opponent rolls to wound against the majority toughness of your unit. So if he hit your unit of 10 Cultists and a Chaos Lord with Bolters, he only needs a 3+ to wound. You roll Look Out, Sir! prior to rolling armor, cover or invulnerable saves.

2) The BRB FAQ has changed it to the closest model to the Character instead of any model within 6". In many situations, this won't matter, but you could wind up in a situation where the closest model to your character is a special weapon or someone you don't want to lose.

Edit: spelling

Thanks for the help!