Deadzone: Rattus rattus

Time for some bonus Veer-myn! I bought these with my prize money from the UK Deadzone Championship to add into my Strike Team. These add a few new options to my team building exercise and would allow me to field four rat swarms with the ones I already own.

First out of the trap is The Piper, I already own one of these but wanted to paint one to fit the scheme of the rest of the team. On his own he's not amazing for 34 points but when you factor in the cost of the two rat swarms he starts with, at 6 points he's an absolute bargain. Sit him on a safe objective and keep refreshing the rat swarms and he will soon pay for himself.

The rat swarms themselves are quick and have a reasonable number of hit points, so they are best used to throw into your enemies lines to give them a threat they have to deal with. You won't be beating a decent melee opponent but you can keep them tied up for a while. Also good for throwing on objectives at the start of a game as you know even if lost they can be replaced.

We then have a couple of Rumbler weapons platforms. Six points cheaper than the Tunnel Runner it comes with a choice of two weapons. It's not as fast as the Tunnel Runner and also lacks the armour but you do get a choice of a couple of bigger guns. The guns detach so can be swapped around allowing me to field both of them as the same variant if I like.

The superheavy ray gun variant gives a long range attack in a list that generally lacks long range weapons. AP2 is nice but won't worry something like an Iron Ancestor but it's Firing Platform rule means it throws base 4 dice to shoot rather than the normal 3. 

Secondly we have the superheavy chem thrower, which acts as a massive flamethrower. It Burns! is always nice to have as it has the potential to make models miss their activations, adding AP2 to that means it's a real danger to armoured models on the initial shot as well. It's range of 5 is also 3 cubes more than the standard man/rat-packed flamethrowers.

I do like painting these Deadzone models so will be doing more in the near future.