– Captain of The Iron Storm’s 1st Company (“The Iron Hammer”)
Wargear
Tyrannix is equipped with Terminator Armor, Twin-Linked Bolter (Combi-Bolter), Personal Icon, the Daemon Weapon Skull-Crusher and the Claw of Cerberus (see below).
Special Rules
Fearless, Independent Character.
Mark of Chaos Ascendant:
Siege Captain Tyrannix has attained the favor of each of the Chaos powers in turn during the Long War against the False Emperor, and has proven himself the equal of the Black Legion’s mighty Warmaster, Abaddon the Despoiler , in that he has successfully resisted becoming the pawn of any individual patron. Over the millennia, Tyrannix has melded the Marks of Chaos granted unto him, and now his armor bears a unique Mark - a Personal Icon - that combines all of the gifts. Because of the Mark of Tzeentch, the Invulnerable Save provided by his Terminator Armor is increased to 4+. The benefits of the other Marks are included in his profile. Because the Mark he bears upon his armor is tangible proof that the Dark Gods have a plan for Tyrannix, he is immune to the Instant Death rule.
Daemon Weapon Skull-Crusher and the Claw of Cerberus:
In battle, Siege Captain Tyrannix wields the Claw of Cerberus ( a Master-Crafted Lightning Claw with an integral Combi-Bolter, a legendary weapon forged aeons ago in the War-Forges of the Iron Warriors’ lost homeworld of Olympia) and the Daemon Weapon Skull-Crusher - a mighty war hammer containing the bound essence of a powerful Warp Entity, gifted long ago to Warsmith Haephestus by the Iron Warriors’ Primarch, the great Peturaubo himself - and now wielded by the Daemon Warsmith’s senior War-Captain as a reward for his innumberable victories.
The effect of these two powerful artifacts means that Siege Captain Tyrannix has +D6 Attacks from his Daemon Weapon (in addition to his normal number of attacks), and “Counts As” equipped with a Daemon Weapon that doubles his Strength (to Strength 8, as shown in his profile) instead of the normal +1, and he may re-roll any failed roll to wound in close combat.
When making this conversion, I was inspired by the "fluff" background written about Forrix, Captain of the Warsmith's First Company from Graham McNeill's Iron Warriors novel, Storm of Iron. I was also GREATLY inspired by several pictures that I had seen online of the Iron Warriors' Primarch, Perturaubo (and by several fantastic-looking miniature conversions fashioned to replicate his appearance!).
I thought it would be really cool to do a Iron Warriors-style conversion of Abaddon the Despoiler, in order to have a "Counts-As" figure to represent him as one of my Grand Company's War-Captains. The huge war hammer he carries is highly reminiscent in appearance to the mighty Daemon Weapon wielded by the Iron Warriors' Primarch, Daemon Prince Perturaubo. Using this type of weapon to represent Abaddon's Daemon Weapon (instead of using a sword) is very "fluff-appropriate" for the Iron Warriors (with their emphasis on siege warfare and utilizing sheer brute force to hammer and smash their way through the enemys' strongest fortifications, etc.). I also thought that adding a Servo-Arm to the figure was a nice touch - it doesn't really DO anything "in-game", but it DOES make him look even more "Iron-Warriors-y"!
Painted pics coming soon...
IRON WITHIN! IRON WITHOUT!
No comments:
Post a Comment