Warsmith's Words: The Eye Gougers

 Welcome back to the Vault! This week's hobby time has been spent completing my Iron Warriors Kill Team. These models will feature as part of a larger Iron Warriors force but today let's meet Perturabo's commando squad known as The Eye Gougers.

Games Workshop love to publish tables of random names and background ideas for forces so I've thrown a bunch of dice to generate some detail for The Eye Gougers. Please note this force/roster is for the 2018 version of Kill Team; I haven't played enough of that edition to justify buying the new one!

The Iron Warriors are renowned Siege Specialists. This is traditionally viewed as legions of armour and heavy troops assailing enemy fortifications, but the Iron Warriors also employ sappers; engineers dedicated to weakening key defences.

The Eye Gougers are sappers extraordinaire. These particular Iron Warriors are assigned missions to disable auspex nets, eliminate critical defenders or exploit weak points in defensive lines, blinding their opponents. The Eye Gougers see themselves as hunters, and the vulnerable points in opposing defenses are their prey. (Kill Team Background: Predators, Mission: Sunder the Gates, Squad Quirk: Devious).

The Kill Team comprises 6 Legionnaires and a handful of mortal followers:

Orn the Shatterer: Aspiring Champion (Bolt Pistol, Power Axe). Specialist (Leader).

Porso Korpanos: Chaos Space Marine Gunner (Auto Cannon). Specialist (Heavy)

Semnex Kharaxiani: Chaos Space Marine Gunner (Plasma Gun). Specialist (Sniper).

 

Tarnax Gan-rus: Chaos Space Marine (Bolt Pistol, Chain Sword). Specialist (Zealot).

Porox Metagor: Chaos Space Marine (Bolt Gun, Bolt Pistol)

Drar Bharrox: Chaos Space Marine (Bolt Gun, Bolt Pistol)

That's it for the bad names. These guys were a lot of fun to paint, including a load of hazard stripes:

I'm looking forward to getting The Eye Gougers onto the table top for a game or two. I've also got some other Iron Warrior models finished which I'll share soon.