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 OldMate wrote:
Gotta admit suicide bomber caught me unawares

That's what they tend to do.


I like it. I'd be a toss up between this and the astropath for my favourite so far.

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
how does the guard get suicide bombers? i mean how "ill" do you have to be as a prisoner to get this job done? i mean your average penal legion fighter i get... but since there is no business in blasting yourself off of the face of a planet afterwards...er...hmmm....

The Emperor Protects

Or

You can have a lasting and maybe singe your opponent before you are taken as a hostage and tortured for eternity, or you can wear this vest and take a few with you and have no pain .

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
how does the guard get suicide bombers? i mean how "ill" do you have to be as a prisoner to get this job done? i mean your average penal legion fighter i get... but since there is no business in blasting yourself off of the face of a planet afterwards...er...hmmm....

A certain proportion of the bombs are duds; if your bomb's a dud, then lucky you, you're pardoned!

Rogue Trader art work. The look was supposed to resemble WWII Japanese Kamikaze pilots complete with the hachimaki headbands.

One of the very first games of Rogue Trader I played (maybe THE first) was an Ork vs. Imperial guard battle put on by a group in Omaha, around 1989.

I remember some human bombs heading to the Ork line and being shot down; an Imperial Ogryn ran up and tossed one of the bodies into to the Orks the next turn, and somehow it got set off. That was such a fun game and a great intro into 40K. I can't recall if there was a GM or if the players just got along well enough to work out a narrative game like that.

Interesting to see Victoria do one.

I think GW has stayed clear of 'suicide bombers' in recent years (fantasy Nippon had them too IIRC) because, well, the joke ain't all that funny now.

But that is a great model.

I just need to address my tub of Vic minis from 2 years ago first.

I like that model quite a bit - if I do a penal legion, he's in. I like the random salvation. On the other hand, yeah, hits home a bit more than it did 20 years ago, though they've been around since explosives first appeared.

That''s awesome Dr Mathias
Human bomb to human handgrenade.

And yeah, if I had to fight the dark eldar, or slaaneshi cultists! better a blaze of glory than risk capture!

'I the perspective of the universe I can see them being commonly employed even outside of penal units. Then again I can see the guard using nerve agents and other really nasty stuff to achieve victory. And of course kill the hated traitor, mutant and xeno.
The only pickle I have with 40k is the Imperium does seem so zealous and that using such extreme means wouldn't even be considered before being employed.
You could probably draft volunteers.

Yay, finished tank guy. Should be in the @victoriaminiatures store in about 3 weeks. Watch this space

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dual use, as a tank commander standing in a hatch,

and, if you add feet just as he stands, as a greedy ratling chowing down on some stolen rations

Did someone watch Russian Badger play World of Tanks or something?

She's in the news

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-15/adelaide-miniature-designer-makes-huge-statement-on-global-stage/11300032?fbclid=IwAR29PF9wGOtvgUz16t5KrI84NMyTWbZ5wjEcnGLXddTVb-maXlqc1HfLaF4

Sweet!

So cooooool! Congrats Victoria Lamb!!!

Neat. That is a pretty cool set.

New mini of the month, Corporal Tucky: https://victoriaminiatures.com/collections/character-miniatures/products/corporal-tucky-tank-crewman

Same email says the Kangaroo is coming soon too!
Must.....have.....more transport!

Also Matilda Fury turret is avaliable from online shop. Much prefer those churchill mk1 turrets to the cromwell ones!

From Insta:

Looks like soonish!

It's here: https://victoriaminiatures.com/collections/vehicles-and-bits-1/products/kangaroo-apc

Aparently interchangeable with the Matilda's weapons for all of your army's needs, gotta say liking that new turret

Looking forward to adding some of these to the armor pile. Like the driver hatch. Always thought they should have updated the Chimera drivers front view hatch when they redid the kit.

Yup, that's a lovely looking kit. I wish I had a use for it...

You could use it to tow infantry on skate boards.

Previewed in the newsletter and on Facebook, next mini of the month:



Sly's sister.

 BrookM wrote:
Previewed in the newsletter and on Facebook, next mini of the month:



Sly's sister.

Hmmm....I'm thinking Snake Sistren
Maybe Snake Vixen.....

She has a bit more Russel in the bustle than Stallone in the bones.

Plus...ya know..a Mac10?

A big watch too.....

Gunnery Sergeant Malboro perhaps?

Guardswoman Vasquez?

Guardswoman Vasquez would cause me to drop everything and order instantly. Well, if it was good.

 kestral wrote:
Guardswoman Vasquez would cause me to drop everything and order instantly. Well, if it was good.