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ForgeWorld Releases 27/02/2015 - Mhara Gal Tainted Contempto


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Brand new today, fresh from the early release at the Weekender, is the Word Bearers Mhara Gal tainted Contemptor.
 
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/MHARA_GAL.html
 
Rules for this can be found here

 

I've taken a few pics of this piece out of the box (comes in a black "Character Series" box) to see how it pieces together. Will try and find the pics, but those looking for poseability are going to be disappointed: each leg and each arm are single pieces

 

Enjoy!

That thing is Enormous compared to a regular Contemptor holy cow! 

 

 

Its also Pretty breastly. If only you could trade the Plasma Cannon for another DCCW cuz BS3 aint helping it. re-read the entry. You can! Woo!

Cool detail: If you watch their character series video (here), it looks like they've repainted their Sevatar's hands red biggrin.png

Yeah I noticed that too haha. They probably got loads of emails about them being wrong... Us geeks can be a pedantic bunch ;)

I love the details on this guy but the pose is a bit of a let down.  That being said I'll probably still get one!

I know it's not as posable as a normal Contemptor but I'm sure it's slightly more posable than that one weird pose.

It's hereeee! Oh my it's huge. Don't like the pose they've given it, looks like it's tiptoeing sneakily, but I love the model.

Damn you. I liked it until then.

 

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/282/3/4/cannot_unsee_by_0shiny0-d5hd3m0.png

So what's the verdict on the Mhara Gal's rules? It sure has a gigantic list of them, but it seems like a lot of points for a close combat machine with 3 hull points...

Well it has a ward save, certain weapons are -1 strength, a lot of things are at -1 in CC, pretty brutal against psykers, and decent weapons. I think it's pretty good.

BS 3 with a Plasma Cannon, pretty Meh on. S7 is kinda irrelevant due to the S10 Power Claw. Forcing Morale on any kill and forcing Re-rolls of successful invulns. is cool. Walking through 1" wide/deep obstacles is very situationnal, very useful in ZM though! No need to waste your turn blasting that door.

 

Fear Tests at -2 is cool. That its never scoring but can deny is cool too - could've been better though. It just being there and destroying Psykers/Daemons passively will be INSANE against Grey Knights, Thousand Sons, Daemons and any other psyker-heavy army. Granted its a 6" Bubble so very situational.

 

The -1 to hit to anything Assaulting it that isnt a Castellax or Contemptor is pretty great, actually. Same with the -1S to any Flamer, Melta, Volkite, Plasma, Fusion, etc. weapons will undoubtedly help it stay alive longer but if you shove melta down its throat its still going down due to the lack of Armored Ceramite.

 

Its going Nuclear in a 7" Blast could be very damaging at the beginning of the game if it gets sniped out early on near your own units. But its like any Vehicles Explodes Result.

 

Overall, pretty Decent. Would I pay a Land Raiders price for it? Maybe not... Especially since you can't swap the Power Claws bolter out for anything else.

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