Another TedPro Model Suggestion: Stray Corpse Bits

[TedPro]

The Malifaux Coroner's table may seem tidy on first glance, but there's a mess locked up in every cabinet. Twitching body parts learn to lay still when others are around, but assorted eye stalks and stray fingers lay in waiting, eager to leap out and attack a stray target when possible.

Dr. McMourning has worked hard to perfect his necromantic arts, but his work requires a great deal of effort. For every great experiment completed, there are a dozen incomplete works left behind: stray failures, animated but assembled incorrectly, each one a new lesson in the possible ways that a body might be assembled.

For the most part, McMourning tries to ignore these failures, but he keeps them around in case he needs stray parts. Bundles of hands fused together, sharp clusters of bones that scramble about on stray toes and fingers, weird masses of legs and teeth and tongues, are all left about just out of view. These twitching little horrors, however, seem to have some sort of affinity for Molly Squidpiddge, and follow her about when they encounter her, eager to obey her orders.



Stray Corpse Bits

Undead, Insignificant, Special Forces (Horror)
Soul Stone Cost: 2
30 mm base

Wk/Cg: 3/5
Ht: 1
Wp: 3
Ca: 3
Df: 5
Wd: 2

Grasping Bits
Rg 1
Cb 4
Dg 1/1/4

TALENTS

Abilities

Slow to Die

Coroner's Pet: This model can be summoned with Monstrous Creation for 2 Body Part Counters.

Grisley: Undead in base contact with this model gain +2 Wp. Non-undead in base contact with this model gain -2 Wp.

Abilities

(0) Creepy Writhing: This model gains Terrifying -> 11.

(1) Final Lunge: This model makes a melee Strike with a range of 3, during which the defender gets to Defense Flips. This can only be used as a Slow to Die action.

Triggers

Cb() Contagious Animation: If this attack kills a living or Undead model with a 30mm base, Summon a Stray Corpse Bits model into base contact with the model before it is removed from play.

Spells

(0) Twitch-Spasm: (CC: 11 / Rst: - / Rg: 8) Push this model into base contact with a friendly Undead model within range.


---------- Post added at 12:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:18 PM ----------

Another model suggestion, again inspired by Sandwich's excellent model suggestions.

This one is designed to help Molly. It can boost Wp, which Molly needs. It dies easily, but has a nasty last attack, and it has some potential uses as a Corpse Counter factory.

[Sandwich]

That -2 Wp would be brutal.

If this model ever came with an Addam's Family Hand, it'd be auto-include in pretty much every list ever.

[TedPro]

Think it's too powerful? Any suggestions for edits?

[Ozz]

only question i have for it is, does its trigger leave a corps counter as well as summon another stray corps bits, or does it use that counter to make its friend basically?

[TedPro]

The trigger doesn't stop it from blocking a Corpse Counter. If it was going to drop a Corpse Counter (not all living or Undead models do) it still will.

[kannachan]

I like it. Matter of fact, I plan to make some for some friendly games. Thanks for the cool mini.

[Alex]

Should be Insignificant, and probably Rare: 4 as well. As-is, could make for a crazy swarm list, bouncing off each other to hit objectives very early on, then being sacrificed to get recycled into bigger problems. I like it though! Might even make Molly worth taking with Nicodem. Drain Souls followed by Arise seems worthwhile if they are not Insignificant!

[TedPro]

@Alex, Hmm. Yeah, I think it probably should be Insignificant, now that I think about it.

@kannachan, Awesome! Please let me know how those go!

[Twisted Metal]

I think twitch spasm should have a casting cost even if its just a low one. Something like a 8 with out a crow or a 7 with a crow

(1) Final Lunge: This model makes a melee Strike with a range of 3, during which the defender gets to Defense Flips. At the end of this action, sacrifice this model.

I dont like that the model is sacrificed at the end. Have it just be killed. The reason is similar to that of the Stitched's does not die. If you put in the effort to kill it you should at least get the points for slaughter.

Also I love the fluff and imagery with this model. Its very creepy. I keep thinking about Levi's Desolate Core model only with arms and legs.

[TedPro]

Twisted Metal, Thanks! Glad you like it!

Hmm, good point on the Final Lunge. The main reason I was saying sacrificed is because I didn't want it to be able to make a Slow to Die Final Lunge after it dies from making a first Final Lunge. I hadn't realized that would make it Slaughter-proof. Any suggestions for changing that?

Making Twitch-Spasm a spell may be a good idea. Let me think about that!