I love this unit!

 

At first when I looked at this unit I thought to myself, I have no use for sprays that cannot hit. That was until I noticed the OMG that is disgusting purge. This is the unit I have been looking for because they can blow up and auto hit iron flesh assassins!

Purge is a special attack with automatically hits all models within 6 inch and in the front arch of a model-using purge. As it is part of your ranged weapon you cannot charge and purge. This is the bread and butter of the unit, and that is the best counter I have found in the Cryxian army to high defense without looking at casters.

After having bought and played with these models for a few weeks told my good friend about how awesome they are and what a counter they could be to one of his factions most commonly used combinations. He then replied, “do you know why I always bring widow-makers? Well now you do”.

I good friend and nemesis of mine gave me half of this unit so an “official” thank you needs to be in this post. Thank you Søren! I will use this unit often and with great success, such as when I beat your WTC list with Goreshade1 due to purgeing my way through your “tarpit” getting my Raiders the opportunity to tie up your gunmages, journeyman, stormsmith and caster attachment.  It gave you the kind of crappy turn needed to assassinate eStryker with pistol wraiths. So once again, thank you!

Here is a picture of the full unit.

 

As you can see, I gave them yellow rubber gloves. I love the contrast it provides to an otherwise dark and ominous looking model.

I enjoyed painting these models especially the leaks. The biggest downside was having to highlight this behind!

In all, a unit I can recommend for anyone if your army lacks ways to overcome high defense. It is not the only trick to deal with high defense, but it is a good, cheap one and it does not rely on having a specific caster.

It is also a unit, which can remove huge amounts of infantry. This is something that can often stand in the way of getting that objective, or assassination run, so recommend trying them out, even if you manage without, because it can open up for opportunities that did not exist without them.