So, Privateer Press released a new unit preview and it comes in the form of Trencher Commandos, the elite version of your basic trencher (which already looked cool). Well, as Andy put it (he's also the one who pointed them out), they look like they're armed with lasguns and frag grenades, end of story. Given their "elite" look, drawn combat knives, goggles, leather rucksacks, trenchcoats, and the like, these chaps can (and will!) pass easily for the troopers on board our Rogue Trader ship, the Void Dragon.
I need to post a character sheet of my RT character, Commander Kennoch the Arch Militant, I just haven't gotten around to it yet. Instead of having a heavy Imperial Guard background like most Arch Militants go, I opted for a leader-of-the-resistance type instead. Having put together a resistance force to fight and eventually repel the Eldar on an abandoned Imperial world, Kennoch rose to power. When he joined the crew of the Void Dragon, he brought his personal army with him, the Sentrek Freemen. Yes, the same Sentrek Freemen you've heard about, rumors of their turning traitor are exaggerated. Since my Traitor Guard project died before takeoff, I've got to use their cool name somehow!
So these Trencher Commandos will make their way onto the tabletop somehow during our RT games. The thousand troops have been broken down into ten fighting companies of one hundred men each. Of note, the 10th company are equipped for close combat; chainsword and laspistols. The 1st company (our veterans) are equipped with hel-guns (and soon, carapace armor). 1st company will be the Trenchers you see here.
I am so glad I haven't purchased trenchers yet! I bet/hope these are going to be plastic/less expensive. =)
ReplyDeleteIf the Troll Blood great swords are any hint, the plastics are going to stay at about the same price point for the box but you get more in the box. The Sword unit comes in at about $45-50 for ten figs.
ReplyDeleteStill pretty pricey for plastic but considering how few of them you will need per army, PP's note likely producing as many as they might if they were core troops.
-Eli
Thanks guys, I dunno, looking at the sculpts here and lack of poses I'm thinking these troops are metal...
ReplyDeleteChances are they are plastic. The Troll Blood plastic set I mentioned only has about 5 poses as well.
ReplyDeleteThe main difference is that you are now getting a full unit in the main box instead of the bare minimum unit and then buying blisters to pump it up.
-Eli
Really? If you're right then that's too bad, I was hoping for a lot more modeling versatility ala Imperial Guard and the like...
ReplyDeleteYou are likely to never see the complete versatility of modelling you would get from GW. PP's game has always been a story-based game that they envision with a sort of set-piece cast.
ReplyDeleteTo this end, they only do specific models and though they do not disallow conversion, they do not seem to have any intention of producing for it as part of their business model.
It's not a bad thing, but it does leave you limited if you are looking to use their minis for other purposes. I will say that the plastics will be a lot easier to convert than the metals were.
-Eli