I finally finished up a very slow burning project, my Ratling Legion platoon. I have played in many Apocalypse games but rarely with my Imperial armies. I have been in the process of getting a painted Imperial army up to the ten thousand point level for big Apocalypse games. One idea I had was to paint up a Ratling Sniper Legion platoon to field. I had an idea about an Apocalypse formation consisting of Ratling sniper squads. I had one squad of Ratlings that I repainted into the new Legion paint scheme and I picked up more Ratlings to fill out the platoon. It has taken awhile but i finished them up last week.

Here is Capitaine Mort Brandysnap. A loner by nature he is known to disappear into the enemies rear area until he finds the right moment to strike a telling blow. The model is an old rogue trader "shorty" mercenary figure, it was later released as a ratling with a bolt pistol. I have had the model for awhile and use him as my proxy model for the "Sly" Marbo special character.

My original Ratling Legion squad. I added a "Fingers" model from the Last Chancer set to act as my tenth sniper before I picked up more Ratlings.

My Ratling Legion detachment, lead by Bently "Fingers" seconded from the Imperial Guard (via a penal unit) and joined by Capitaine Brandysnap.

A closer view of Bently "Fingers". He was one of the Last Chancer models that I have repurposed to use as a platoon commander/advisor.

Sergent Chef of the Ratling Legion.

A group shot of some of the lads.

One of the old Rogue trader ratlings. This one is a repair job. When I traded for the model it was missing the rifle barrel. I used brass wire and greenstuff to replace the barrel.

A mix of the styles of ratling snipers.
I am still entertaining the idea of adding to the platoon, I just have to pick up some more Ratlings. Their first time on the table as a group should be at the Apocalypse game At Heroes Headquarters in Mocksville NC 19Nov11.
Always remember the Ratling Legion's Motto "The Legion is Our Breadbasket"
ColKG
When I first saw this I thought you were using them as Penal Legionnaires. Rending Ratlings!
ReplyDeleteI like this. lol. I use my Hrud for this purpose, what with them being rats and all.
ReplyDeleteI want to see what massed ratling sniper fire can do on the Apocalypse battlefield. Do you shoot at the ratlings or at the Shadow Sword? I doubt the three squads of ratlings would last in a regular 40k game.
ReplyDeleteColKG