I already had ideas of using a large squad of 10 Grey Knight Terminators as a Firebase/Tarpit scoring unit (decided against Paladins as i would rather spend the extra points on more toys to play with!) so i knew i wasn't going to be exactly flush as far as points were concerned, one of the first things i wanted to make sure i included was a Vindicare Assassin.
Vindicares have always been quite "Marmite" as far as opinion goes, lacking the ability to cause horrendous damage and wipe out whole units by themselves they have tended to fall out of favor in the past, however in the new book, their access to the Turbo-Penetrator round with its 4D6 Armour Penetration has pushed them up into premier Tank Hunting territory, something i like a lot, as i remember how awesome i thought the old story about a Vindicare staking out an Ork Stompa and destroying it with one ridiculously well-placed shot was incredible.
I like the idea of him shooting through vision slits and so on, and also being able to take out Ork Power Klaw Nobz in big squads, stripping HQ's of Invulnerable saves and so on, he has a lot of potential, of course, he can be taken out in one shot, but one of my other army selections is a Techmarine, so i'm hoping a lot of the time i will have a ruin to hide in and benefit with a 2+ cover save from.
The model above is my work on him so far, he is getting close to completion, i've spent a lot of time building up the white highlights on his body glove to get a nice fluid effect and i am pretty happy with it at the moment!
I'm looking forward to getting some games in soon and seeing how he fares in a trial by fire!
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