Blight Wheel Miniatures are expecting a batch of 34 mantis tanks to go up at the store a bit later today. There's a list of local posting times here.
It seems to me there are very few unusual vehicle designs in tabletop gaming, and even insectoid walkers like the mantis aren't especially uncommon. In fact, it seems like a good time to ask - can you think of anything weirder?
I've got the urge to stat something that could use this model so here's a possible profile for Rogue Space. I've used the vehicle construction rules from December, but the mech expansion being developed at TheFairlyUnkempt might well be able to do the job better.
Hektid ASW Mk. VII, 'The Creepy Crueller'
The Hektid Armoured Support Walker sees extensive use on the broken ground of the Eternal Fronts, often operating remotely at the whim of its Notwork cranAI. A response to the depth of current craterscapes, the Mk. VII bears a Morder on its thoratic mount.
C 0% [0]
H 37.5% [1] Manipules (1 Attack) [1] Head + 1 Light Pulveriser [1] 1 Big Morder
A 37.5% [3] C: - H: 1, 1, 1 S: 5
S 25% [2] 25' (ignores terrain to thorax height and abdomen width; 1D2 Attacks per 1S)
E 100% 8Big Morder H Shells as Shell Indirect fire
I've updated the footer with new blogs working on Rogue Space. If you don't know it yet, you can get the pocketmods free here and the book here or here; my old review is here.
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