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January Preview: Phykonite Vedette

Added 2022-12-24 17:29:50 +0000 UTC

As I understand it, it's already Christmas Day in plenty of countries already, but for me, it's the dying hours of Christmas Eve, and as I write this post, the smells of home-baked mince pies are wafting through to me. Oh, it's all terribly exciting!

Naturally, of course, it's another day too, which means it's another preview for stuff you can expect to arrive in January - and today we have something that surprises me just as much as it will you guys! It's almost an accidental creation, but I know what it has become: a Phykonite Vedette, a scout drone for the Covenants of Astyri. Sent far ahead of an invasion force, a group of Vedettes' primary function is to project an electrostatic field across the area, cutting off communications devices and disrupting radios so the hapless victims can neither organise a defense, nor call for aid from outside forces. Once the target area has inevitably been overrun, the Vedettes scuttle their way across the remains, melting down and retrieving any metals that can be used for the construction of more war machines with the thermal array beneath its body. This also functions as an ad-hoc defensive weapon, as any Vedettes approached by enemy forces that survive their huge bladed legs will be easily vaporised from a short heat blast from its array.

Pictured here atop a 130mm base, this creepy-crawly stands a total of 94mm tall - not the tallest model ever, but it makes a perfect starting chassis for a number of future vehicles, potentially bringing missile launchers, heavy laser cannons or autocannons to bear upon the enemy.

On that note, that's me signing off for a few days, and I'll be back after the 28th with more previews of January's models! In the meantime, I wish you a lovely holiday!