This Sunday I’m thankful for half-price AT-43 Karmans.
Yeeaars ago I bought these two figs from my local shop:
I wasn’t looking for a new game to get into, I just thought they were cool models.
Fast forward to early last year and my discovery of Xenos Rampant.
What a game!
While coming up with various detachment rosters from my collection I came across Cornelius and Freezer languishing in a box. They got me curious. I looked up the range of Karmans Rackham had produced. That’s when I noticed they’d made a number of the space gorillas smoking cigars!
I asked my guy at the shop if he had or could get any more Karman figs. He said, “I’ve got a bunch in storage. Come down on Wednesday and I’ll dig them out for you.”
While I was going through the box he told me I could have them for half price! Well, it turns out every box of Karmans includes a cigar-smoking leader. My mind boggled. I bought almost everything he had.
I ended up ordering a last couple of boxes off eBay, to get my hands on enough heads with cigars and to round out my units. And, here we are:
Recovery Force Romeo
Wreckers. Smugglers. Pirates. Smokers.
They are, left to right:
1) Bahia: Recon Infantry, Skimmer, Veterans = 5 pts;
2) Cohiba: Heavy Infantry, Skimmer, Heavy Weapon = 5 pts;
3) Partagas: Support Infantry, Indirect Fire = 6 pts;
4) Quesada: Elite Infantry = 6 pts; and
5) Tatuaje: Light Infantry, Teleport Jump = 2 pts.
They operate from the Salvage Vessel Julieta.
There’s just something about a dead range for a dead game from a dead company.
Where are my matches?
