{"id":413,"date":"2014-10-29T18:03:54","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T01:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/?p=413"},"modified":"2018-07-09T16:40:29","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T23:40:29","slug":"ultramarines-techmarine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/29\/ultramarines-techmarine\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultramarines: Techmarine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I think this model qualifies as my\u00a0longest-running work-in-progress. \u00a0It’s a leftover from my 2nd\/3rd edition days, although it sat as bare, so wasn’t really in progress. \u00a0In May 2012, I played in \u00a0a\u00a0“de-escalation” event at KublaCon<\/a>. \u00a0After each game, there was a chance that any models killed would stay dead for the next game. \u00a0There was a bonus to vehicle rolls if you brought a Techmarine or equivalent. \u00a0I wasn’t as strict about only playing with painted models then, but I gave this guy a quick red spray with the airbrush so at least it wasn’t completely bare. \u00a0And there he sat, unloved, for two and a half years.<\/p>\n

Part of my backlog is anything with paint, so I needed to get this guy done.\u00a0I decided to do most of the detail work (wires and stuff) in blue, to try to tie it into the rest of the army a bit.<\/p>\n

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Techmarine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The model has a power axe, so WYSIWIG demands I take it on my list. \u00a0It’s kind of a silly upgrade though \u2014 he already has a servo arm, which is\u00a0S8 AP1 Unwieldy. \u00a0For 15 points, he has can use the axe instead, which is S5 AP2 Unwieldy, but grants an extra attack, since it isn’t a Specialist Weapon. \u00a0That’s a lot of points for very little utility.<\/p>\n

I can’t bring myself to change the model, though. \u00a0Maybe I could call it a lightning claw. \u00a0That would give the option of Shredding at S4\/AP3, plus give an extra attack with either the servo arm or lightning claw, since they’re both specialist weapons.<\/p>\n

I try to shoehorn any newly completed model into my next game, so I took this model in my campaign game last weekend. \u00a0He pulled his own. \u00a0I gave him an Auspex and put him in a drop pod with Sicarius<\/a> and half a tactical squad. \u00a0He ended up mostly being a cover granting\/denying dude. \u00a0He bolstered a ruin which contained snipers and a missile launcher combat squad, and used his auspex to remove the cover from a pile of cultists.<\/p>\n

His unit ended up charging an inquisitor and his retinue, which included a servitor. \u00a0I was very sad that a random marine took out the servitor before the techmarine could disassemble him.<\/p>\n

I think I’m going to turn my attention to a few Reaper models I’ve had primed for a while before coming back to\u00a0the few remaining marines.<\/p>\n

Updated July 2018 with improved images.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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