Exorcist Scorpius

[Knight of the Raven]

I've talked a few times about my exorcist conversion, so I've finally decided to take pictures of it to post here.

[Aqui]

I've been thinking about making an Exorcist variant for a while, but without using the typical Whirlwind launcher. Seeing yours makes me think I'd do something similar

[WAR]

looks good, KotR, i was talking about doing an exorcists up like that the other day too. 

[Grgobart]

I'll be honest, I like the Organ Exorcist and generally vehicles in line with the style of Immolators and Rhinos build from the plastic Immolator set. As such this clearly isn't for me and I'll definately continue working on my own conversion of an Organ Exorcist!

But I'll admit, it does look cool. In that regard, it's almost like the Repressor: I like the model on its own, but it's just not the style to fit the rest of my Sisters' vehicles. If you have (or aim to have) a fleet of Space Marine style vehicles, though, I can imagine it to fit in very well.

The only thing slightly off to me, is that I can't help but feel, that the front of the scorpius turret might have a touch of Eldar aesthetic to it, with its rounded tips.

Personally, I'd also prefer the model to be covered in more decorative bits. But I guess, that's an issue more often than not coinciding with liking the Organ Exorcist!

[Aqui]

I suppose you could chalk down the significant differences between the Organ Exorcist and the Scorpius to a few things:

Age: You could say that the Organ Exorcist is older, like far older than its more recent descendant. You could field more of the "modern" one and have the "older" one as a centre piece.

Wealth: The Order that has the "newer" Exorcist might be on a far away planet in an even further away system that no one has heard of and has had to make do with what they have available. Either that or an Administratum error resulted in the trappings and resources of the Order being...mislaid.

Battlefield practicality: On the battlefield, vehicles can be damaged badly, if not outrightly destroyed. Imagine the horror an Order might have if such a machine is sent to such an ignominious fate. How would they be able to carry on? On a Battlefield, getting the job done is key. It doesn't have to be pretty (and I dare say that a lot of Sisters might have...issues about the results of taking parts from two or more Exorcists, Whirlwinds and whatever else is available, but not doing your Duty is an Affront to the God Emperor, so by Jingo, Get It Done!

I like the Scorpius turret in any case, and I think it might suit my current Sisters army quite well

[A.T.]

The only thing slightly off to me, is that I can't help but feel, that the front of the scorpius turret might have a touch of Eldar aesthetic to it, with its rounded tips.

It's a throwback to the missile launchers used by the old rtb01 marines.

 

I think it's the first time i've seen a scorpius used for the exorcist. Conversions are remarkably common, the organ seems to be a very much love it or hate it kind of thing.

 

 

Age: You could say that the Organ Exorcist is older, like far older than its more recent descendant. You could field more of the "modern" one and have the "older" one as a centre piece.

AFAIK the fundamentally unique elements of the exorcist design are limited to the melta missiles it uses and the linked guidance system that allows it to launch and (independently) guide clusters of the missiles - the original fully-understood and working version of the weapon was probably some unholy combination of tau smart missiles and meltabombs that automatically adjusted the size of the salvo to match the size/number of targets.

 

Organ tanks are those built on Mars, the same technology and ordnance fired from a mundane rocket pod is built in the Ophelia system. It stands to reason that a third forgeworld who also build scorpius whirlwinds might use the scorpius rather than the aircraft-style tubes in their own local variant - it's all official Imperial tech after all, the Ecclesiarchy just holds exclusive rights to the 'fancy stuff' in this case.

[Servant of Dante]

I suppose you could chalk down the significant differences between the Organ Exorcist and the Scorpius to a few things:

Age: You could say that the Organ Exorcist is older, like far older than its more recent descendant. You could field more of the "modern" one and have the "older" one as a centre piece.

Wealth: The Order that has the "newer" Exorcist might be on a far away planet in an even further away system that no one has heard of and has had to make do with what they have available. Either that or an Administratum error resulted in the trappings and resources of the Order being...mislaid.

Battlefield practicality: On the battlefield, vehicles can be damaged badly, if not outrightly destroyed. Imagine the horror an Order might have if such a machine is sent to such an ignominious fate. How would they be able to carry on? On a Battlefield, getting the job done is key. It doesn't have to be pretty (and I dare say that a lot of Sisters might have...issues about the results of taking parts from two or more Exorcists, Whirlwinds and whatever else is available, but not doing your Duty is an Affront to the God Emperor, so by Jingo, Get It Done!

I like the Scorpius turret in any case, and I think it might suit my current Sisters army quite well

I'd say they probably die less than they do in game. I mean, my Canoness dies in most every game I play, but she obviously hasn't died yet in fluff.

But yeah, I get your point.

I just love the way the Organ Exorcist looks. As I keep saying, if it weren't for that model, I may never have started a Sisters army.

[Servant of Dante]

 

The only thing slightly off to me, is that I can't help but feel, that the front of the scorpius turret might have a touch of Eldar aesthetic to it, with its rounded tips.

It's a throwback to the missile launchers used by the old rtb01 marines.

 

I think it's the first time i've seen a scorpius used for the exorcist. Conversions are remarkably common, the organ seems to be a very much love it or hate it kind of thing.

 

 

Age: You could say that the Organ Exorcist is older, like far older than its more recent descendant. You could field more of the "modern" one and have the "older" one as a centre piece.

AFAIK the fundamentally unique elements of the exorcist design are limited to the melta missiles it uses and the linked guidance system that allows it to launch and (independently) guide clusters of the missiles - the original fully-understood and working version of the weapon was probably some unholy combination of tau smart missiles and meltabombs that automatically adjusted the size of the salvo to match the size/number of targets.

 

Organ tanks are those built on Mars, the same technology and ordnance fired from a mundane rocket pod is built in the Ophelia system. It stands to reason that a third forgeworld who also build scorpius whirlwinds might use the scorpius rather than the aircraft-style tubes in their own local variant - it's all official Imperial tech after all, the Ecclesiarchy just holds exclusive rights to the 'fancy stuff' in this case.

 

1) Most Exorcists date back to the Age of Apostacy (or something I can't remember other than they are old and I can't be bothered to check at the moment) (where the Tau a thing then? Disregard this statement if so).

 

2) HERESY!!!

[A.T.]

I'd say they probably die less than they do in game. I mean, my Canoness dies in most every game I play, but she obviously hasn't died yet in fluff.

Most Exorcists date back to the Age of Apostacy (or something I can't remember other than they are old and I can't be bothered to check at the moment) (where the Tau a thing then? Disregard this statement if so).

Not a proper sisters character if she didn't die at least once in her fluff - just look at Jacobus or Praxedes :p

 

And combination in terms of function rather than origin - Exorcists are one of several examples of the Ecclesiarchy hoarding particularly nasty examples of old human tech and go back at least as far as Vandires era.

It's just what the tech should be - some utterly daft looking gothic pipe organ mounted on a repurposed gilt-laden APC that just happens to be an absurdly advanced independently tracking salvo-missile firing top-attack profile long range guided missile system equipped with fusion-warheads. They are tiny too, no larger than shoulder-mounted krak missiles.

[Servant of Dante]

 

I'd say they probably die less than they do in game. I mean, my Canoness dies in most every game I play, but she obviously hasn't died yet in fluff.

 

Most Exorcists date back to the Age of Apostacy (or something I can't remember other than they are old and I can't be bothered to check at the moment) (where the Tau a thing then? Disregard this statement if so).

Not a proper sisters character if she didn't die at least once in her fluff - just look at Jacobus or Praxedes :p

 

And combination in terms of function rather than origin - Exorcists are one of several examples of the Ecclesiarchy hoarding particularly nasty examples of old human tech and go back at least as far as Vandires era.

It's just what the tech should be - some utterly daft looking gothic pipe organ mounted on a repurposed gilt-laden APC that just happens to be an absurdly advanced independently tracking salvo-missile firing top-attack profile long range guided missile system equipped with fusion-warheads. They are tiny too, no larger than shoulder-mounted krak missiles.

Yeah, ok so I had it right when I said "Age of Apostasy" since the reign of blood was part of that.

 

Oh, and Canoness Raedia is younger anyway. The oldest Sister in the Order of the Glorious Reprisal is Margrettia (who had both Raedia and her predecessor in her unit as junior Sisters (I'm still sure I read that thing about Sisters not being assigned to an order until after completing their novitiate)) at over 200 years old.

[Montford]

The issue I noticed regarding the 'organ' Exorcist was players not realizing it had a 360 degree field of fire. Using a mod with some sort of turret alleviates that issue. Granted the standard Exorcist is gorgeous looking though.

[Spacefrisian]

Thats why the piano/ organ/ keyboard player can turn 360 degrees.

[Servant of Dante]

Thats why the piano/ organ/ keyboard player can turn 360 degrees.

The player's seat has a couple tabs that hold it facing forward so it can't turn unless you cut those off

[Knight of the Raven]

Thanks for all the comments and the interesting discussion everyone. :)