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ia2: keeper of relics


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In imperial armour 2, to take more than one relic vehicle you need to take a 'keeper of relics'. For SW, this means a rune priest with Saga of the beastslayer.

 

Any thoughts on modelling such an individual? I would have expected an iron priest would be the keeper of relics, to be honest!

 

I have ordered myself a finecast Master of Relics model, and thought that with extensive conversion, it could make a really interesting and characterful rune priest. Unfortunately... I just noticed that RPs can't take combi weapons without TDA. So now I'll either replace the combi plasma, or else use this model for something else and put the backpack etc aside for my keeper.

 

The forge world praetor set looks quite interesting. The swords look very beautiful and could easily be relic rune weapons, and I am wondering about using the archaeotech pistol simply as an ancient pistol that counts as a bolt pistol.

 

Has anybody else been thinking of adding a keeper of relics to their army, and how have you modelled them?

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Well... I am thinking about it.. Maybe i 'll take a ironpriest for this job..

But right now my army just got an Landraider crusader and an razorback. Both are part of my latest wip and so even notyet painted. I need some more vehicles that gives the ironpriest a sense. (or maybe a keeper of relics)

some are, including the javelin attack speeder and fire raptor. They're all in IA2. You can only take more than one relic vehicle if you include a keeper of relics: a rune priest with saga of the beast slayer. Here's a link to the master of relics I bought:

 

Ok its not letting me paste a link in here.. :( the model is called master of relics. Its a space marine captain released for apocalypse

Yeah, but this is an exercise in making a keeper of relics (rather than 'what can I use this model for'). I figured a rune priest with a dash of 'techmarine-lite' and some early Mk armour could work quite well. The model is a captain with a dash of techmarine-light and Mk v, but it shouldn't be too hard to convert (add a runic weapon and maybe a psychic hood). Actually easier than converting a librarian because they tend to have pesky flowing robes, etc.

 

Yeah, the book specifies: rune priest with SotBS. And I agree, Grey Mage, that is probably why, but it is still weird.

Hmm, true...

 

At the moment I'm thinking of relegating the combi weapon to the bits box and just giving the model a badass runic weapon instead. Maybe using the thunderlord frost axe for it? I just got a Dremel and am itching to start engraving runes on things ;)

 

The model has some cables running out of his back that are supposed to connect to the combi weapon. I will either have to remove them or connect them somewhere - perhaps either to his wrist or somewhere on the axe (though that seems terribly impractical)

Okay found it on the GW site.

 

So this is a Captain. Does it say in IA2 that the SW equivalent is a Rune Priest with SotBS? Would make more sense to be a Wolf Guard Battle Leader. That is our version of a Captain, right?

 

Actually, to point things out, a Wolf Lord is the equivalent of a Captain; the Wolf Guard Battle Leader is a second, an HQ slot that's more like an Aide de camp, than anything else.

 

The Great Wolf is the Chapter Master; the SW's have one Great Wolf, also a WL, and then 11 other WL's, with WGBL's as they choose from amongst their WG.  WGBL, WG, and WGPL are all chosen by the WL of each Great Company as their personal champions, leading by example such that the rest of the Great Company benefits from their guidance.

 

Wolf Priests, Iron Priests and Rune Priests are all attached from the Great Wolf's Company; this section also includes Other units, mentioned in your Codex.

This diferent kinds of captains are just like WL/WGBL, where to SW the equipment makes the diference. And we all know: SW are individualists. So as the matter o' a fact: we got much more diferent types of "captains".

 

For exemple : WL on twm with twin-wolfclaws and the sotw and two fw-folowers makes the extra wolfy type .

 

And so on...

*Hands his frosty mug of fenrisian ale off to an attending bloodclaw* Drink it and get zapped kid.

 

Y'all aint gonna believe this :cuss but, believe it or not, there was a time when there was something in C:SM below a captain called a 'commander'. The 'commander' had stats similar to a WGBL. They werent captains, they were just bad :cuss and in charge. Much like our WGBLs.

 

*ZAP*

... I warned you. *picks up mug and goes back to sipping*

*saluting Grey Mage with the meathorn*

 

Thanks. That just fits it real good (and even better than the SM Captains) What good time it was with the older codizes of CSM.... Generals as the real genious of badass after demonprince and Comanders as the poor kind of Generals (WGBL like)

Grey Mage, was this the reason 3rd Edition had the 750 point sections for army building included once we just started playing around with those?

 

Or at least, for SW's as the above, that is here.

 

I know 3rd Ed. has been out for a while for me, sure seems like forever and yesterday that this was the case and way it was...

 

Also some of how the HQ rules worked was very different back then.  SW's needed an HQ every 750 points of the army; 1,500 was two HQ, no more, no less, and 2,000 was three, no more, no less.

 

Unless this was 2nd or before, which I sadly never had a chance to play.

Uhh, I suggest you re-read? I just double checked my book and it says rune priest. Unless there is some relevant errata I am unaware of? Also, it's one relic only, but you can take more if you take the keeper of relics (no need to take a keeper if you just take 1). Wording is perhaps a little funky but that is what I get from it.

Aye im pretty sure its 1 relic vehicle, then for each keeper you can take another.

However seen as though we cant take more than one rune priest with SotBeastslayer (i think??), that limits us to 2 relic vehicles max in an army. But to be fair, i dont think i need to field more than two fire raptors ha

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