From Curt: 40K Penitent Engine (20 points)

Hi Folks!

Just a brief entry from me today. This time out we have a Penitent Engine from the 40K universe.

Taking a dip into the GrimDark, penitent engines are mechanical constructs piloted by super-bad sinners serving penance for some particularly heinous crime (team-killing in Fortnight, refusing to signal when changing lanes, not picking up after their dogs, nasty things like that). Upon sentencing they are basically grafted into what equates to a dreadnought chassis and then injected with all manner of psychotropic drugs and pain inhibitors. After a quick buff and a shine they are then pointed at the enemy and released. Weee!! Death and Destruction ensues. Actually, death in combat is the only way getting out of this gig, but thankfully that usually comes along pretty quickly.  As you can imagine recidivism is pretty low in the Dark Imperium of Mankind....

This model is not an official Penitent Engine (Gasp! I know, Heresy in of itself.), but rather a nicely crafted proxy from the talented folks over at Wargames Exclusive. It's an all resin kit which went together like a breeze. It came with the option of a heavy stubber for the pintle weapon, but that seemed a little out of character especially when you can have a huge honkin' flame thrower instead.

As for points, it's a fairly big kit measuring in at about 80mm tall, so I think something in the 15-20 point range would probably be fitting, but I leave it to our sage minion to adjudicate.

Have a great Wednesday everyone!

Curt
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Other sins which will get you banged up in a Penitent Engine include;

• coughing loudly during the opening bars of Vaughan-Williams' 'The Lark Ascending' (and I'm looking at you, Sydney Symphony Orchestra matinee audience... some wounds never heal),
• using Comic Sans unironically,
• using Comic Sans at all, and
• square dancing in a round house.

Well, Curt, it's a formidable piece of kit, and you've done a terrific job with the painting and basing. It's more or less a naked Dreadnought, really... 

As it's around 80mm tall with a pilot (of sorts), let's call it a 28mm vehicle and go with 20 points. Hell, that's my going rate for Dreadnoughts (No Ken, not the battleships, sorry mate), so I'll score this the same way. 

Well done, Sir!

Ev