Vandoth the fallen

[Blindhamster]

So I love this model, it’s amazing, so I bought it.

 

i want to make a gang centered around the guy. I did some research and seems it’s actually possible to do exactly that using outcasts?

 

what are people’s thoughts on that? 
 

im sure there will be plenty saying “no place for a space marine” etc, but, blood angels are the thing that got me into 40k 30 years ago. They’re the faction I always come back to where I can and the idea of it here interests me a lot (and again, his model is one of my favourite models, just in general, let alone specifically for necromunda)

 

so yeah, im more interested in best way to use “him”, seems with outcasts I could literally just make him my leader, the only ambiguity there is if he gets the free skill (google results are mixed, I pasted the various rules into ChatGPT and it thought yes, my own reading would be raw also yes). outcasts otherwise seem… kind of terrible though but maybe I’m missing something?

 

another option I thought was maybe venators and using the beastman leader stats for him?

 

any other suggestions? 
 

im not worried about the power overall (but would like vandoth to feel like vandoth or as close to it as possible) but would like something where the gang is satisfying in campaign play (which doesn’t seem overly likely for outcasts as they get such limited skills?)