Issue 9 of Warhammer conquest is back giving us some
familiar models with the poxwalkers but there is a very specific why these guys
are around. Stay tuned to find out more.
The poxwalkers
This week issue is back given us another set of duplicate
models. we get another unit of six pox walkers on 25mm bases. For those who are
not familiar with the poxwalkers just like I was, after reading the fluff
these guys are basically the space zombies of 40K.
But if you are familiar with the resident evil games and the story
of the t-virus, its very reminiscent of how an outbreak of zombies works.
Multiple strains of zombie plagues have stared to develop since the opening of
the great rift.
The plagues starts to
infect humans and very quickly there body starts to decay and starts mutating
with horns and tentacles growing out from their body. Some victims even have
their guts hanging out from the stomach and others still manage to have remains
of the old life remaining with some clothes still attached or even bionic
limbs.
The plague constantly grows through populated areas and
before long city's are taken over and society has fallen.
But does this plague exist? For most Death Guard armies poxwalkers exist
purely as canon fodder. Send out the space zombies before sending out the big
guys. Which makes sense. The poxwalkers greatest strengths are in numbers but
are still relatively week, so send them out first.
But there are some that hold the poxwalkers in regard, not high
regard but some regard, because they love seeing defeated soldiers and former
families being victims of their plagues.
The rules
The rules this week was pretty small. it focused on giving tips on fighting with
bigger units because now we have a total of 12 poxwalkers. Tips include easier
ways to move and fight with larger units.
Overall
Over all this week issue is a mixed bag. We are getting six
more really nice looking models which is great but it is six more duplicate
models. the rules didn’t advance except for a few small things but it did give
tips for bigger unites.
But the fluff this week makes up for all of that.
It’s a
simple story of space zombies but I really enjoyed it. The tell the story of
the fall of speros, a hive city that quickly gets over run with poxwalkers. The
last few survivors think there about to be saved from atop of a building but oh
boy were they wrong.
I always try to find the positive of getting duplicate
models and the good thing with he pox walkers is that there are enough models
now to really explore different skin tones. Id like to mix up some of the infected
skin colors and see what different poxie looking effects I could get.
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