Hey rules tinkerers, I've made a model and now I need a datacard for it.
He's an Imperial Guard Hero on Sandworm for my regiment the Eolian Desert Fighters. I'll struggle to get him to 'count as' anything with the Imperium keyword, so probably can't use him in Matched Play, but for Open Play, a custom datacard is called for.
Looking to the Tyranid range for inspiration, I reckon he's probably about the same size as Trygon, with a similar carapace, so he can take movement, strength, toughness, wounds (including getting brackets) and save from that. He probably has less attacks though.
BS and leadership comes from the dude riding him, ie a Guard Character.
So the basic top statline could be
M9" WS3+ BS3+ S7 T6 W12 A5 L8 Save 3+
So he gets two bolt pistols for sure and then probably one bite attack at Sx2, -3ap, D3, -1 to hit, then tail /claws at S user, -1ap.
Also Character keyword and.... I'm hesitant to come up with any special rules but open to suggestions. He's leading a platoon of sandrunner cavalry (count as deathriders, or rough rider when we get rules) - so Orders to them could be an option, or an aura to make them fearless/fight better.
Any comments and suggestions very welcome.