I just love this guy, model-wise as well as fluff-wise. Universally despised by all the Wolflords for his irreverence and rebellious demeanor, he never made beyond Blood Claw status. But nobody can deny his incredible fighting prowess as his skills far surpass that of a Blood Claw and can be ranked equal to a Wolf Guard. But that is fine with his current rank, because it's a better fit for his nature.
He is mostly known for his dirty tricks and tactics which became quite legendary. He once spiked the ale of his Wolf Lord with a potent poison, got beat for it and laughed it away. In battle he once send fake transmissions to Orks that caused a civil war, infecting a traitor cell of the Adeptus Mechanicus with their own necrovirus, and luring a lord of the Word Bearers into making planetfall upon thin ice, resulting in hundreds of Traitor Marines plunging to their death into the Sea of Lost Souls. He was also the only man to best a chameleonic Doppelgangrel, and wears its skin to this day.
He was once bested in a fight and got his second heart cut out by Duke Sisclus, a Dark Eldar Crorsair, which he kept as a souvenir. Lukas survived and replaced his heart with a statisbomb so when the time would come where he would die in battle, he and his opponent would be frozen in time for eternity as a gruesome and eternal monument to his own glory - giving Lukas the last laugh after all
How awesome is that! That dude is crazy... :P How awesome he might be, in the game he is not that amazing and pretty tricky (no pun intended). He actually got nerved pretty bad since his previous codex stats. He is only really useful in challenges. First and foremost as a character he can be used as an individual unit and if placed in another unit he can only join Bloodclaws. Because of his rebellious nature, his leadership and the unit he is in can never be higher then 8. The Doppelgangrel skin he wears has chameleon-like effects which makes it hard to see a if you made telling hit, therefor gives the opponent a -3 on the WS. Furthermore if he is removed as a causality in a challenge , both players do a roll-off. If the friendly player ties and throw higher than the opponent, his model will be removed from play. Sounds pretty awesome on paper, but sadly only really good against characters who can't refuse a challenge and since most armies can refuse it....
Oh well, I still like the character and I will definitely field him just for fun! As for the painting job I am very pleased how he turned out. Like usual I had the model trouble with the face and because I made a few mistakes some of the detail are gone. However I think he still looks really awesome. I'm most happy with the skin he wears and the detail on his hair. I usually also have quite some trouble with highlighting hair, but because his hair is really well defined, it was easier to get certain lines.
This is actually the first resin model a fully painted and I have to see I really dislike this plastic. It is prone for small bubbles in the model and breaking parts. Next one will probably be my rune priest! Anyways thanks for reading, enjoy and see you next time!
Paint job looks very good! Good job! Dang, that's an awesome model.
ReplyDeleteHehe I know right?! But yeah thanks for the compliment! I really like characters because they hav eso many features on them, it's fun to paint them.
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