Sunday, April 18, 2010

Blood of Heroes

So lately I've been debating over whether or not to get Usarkar E. Creed. Jarran Kell is pretty useless, and with the powerfist, what the hell is the point in the powersword? sure you may want to get the first hit on a Guardsmen, but even if you do either way if he hits you're still dead. Usarkar isn't much better than Jarran, coming in at a whomping 190 points, and the only thing he's got going for him is ONE special order, and the ability to give one of your unit's scouts, DURING deployment. All this adds up to one question, why in the name of holy terra would you take them? Well, the answer is simple, fluff. Creed's look is taken right from the history books, and that man is one of my absolute all time heroes, Chesty Puller. A cigar chomping Marine who's won more real battles than you have fake ones. Now Creed is unfortunately a terrible model, but I can't resist the urge to take him. Now I will never replace Straken, who is everything Creed should have been, but I can take them both. One will lead the charge and the other sit back and give orders. Creed will more than likely give the scouts move to my Demolisher, or to my Priest so that the penal legion can take him and still do their goodstuff.