Goatboy’s Favorite Forgeworld Unit
Everyone has a favorite unit from Forgeworld – come take a look inside the twisted mind of Goatboy!
Goatboy here today with a quick bit of chatter on my favorite Forgeworld model/unit. I just recently completed 3 of them for myself and have had one chance to throw down with the models. They did most excellent! Throwing out a ton of soul burning wounds, moving fast, and even getting a chance to punch a thing or two. In fact, it is this mixture of things that make it one of my new “go-to units” when building a Chaos Space Marine list. The model in question is the Hellforged Contemptor Dreadnought and ever since I first laid eyes on the model all those years ago I knew I would find a use for it at some point.
To give you an idea – I initially got 2 of them when they were first released. One was given to me as a Birthday gift from good friend Nick. The other was purchased for me by my wife, then girlfriend. I remember when we were excited to play with them during the heyday of 5th edition. They were not very good then but… I still liked how they looked. They were graceful, ancient-looking, and felt like they should kick a ton of butt. Of course, during that time a single gun could randomly penetrate their “armor” and set off a nuclear reaction. I’d watch as my poor, expensive piece of resin died in the fires of gameplay.
This meant I only built one of those guys. I did converted it to have a Butcher Cannon! I also added some horns to its chest, and a buzzsaw arm because I obviously have a condition that demands more chaotic cowbell. The few games I played it in showed me that while it was neat model – it wasn’t something I needed to bring out. You could say I was much more competitive during that time frame… It wasn’t some “counts as piece of nonsense” that would “fly” in my mean list.
Fast forward to a few years of getting battered and being a part of “the Deathstar problem” in 6th/7th. Now you’ve got a newer Goatboy who is looking for more “interesting” models to try and ply my butt-kicking skillz with. This brings me to now, trying to find an interesting, powerful, and overall decent choice for my burgeoning Chaos Space Marine fleet.
Word Bearers Mhara Gal Tainted Dreadnought – Probably the closest “Hellforged” Contemptor currently available
The new Helforged Contemptor is similar to the good guy version – it moves 9″, hits on 2+’s, has an Invulnerable save and seems pretty decent in combat. The Forge World FAQ gave it the Helbrute keyword. That means just like the good guy version, it does benefit from Legion Tactics. It has a ton of weapons that have “Death” and other evil words attached to it. The Hellforged Contemptor even gains wounds back if it causes wounds in combat/shooting – so it can somewhat take care of itself.
Overall it is an expensive toy that does a few things pretty well. The Hellforged Contemptor does have one of the more interesting gun options in the game right now – the Soul Burner. If you don’t have the book to look at – it is a 24″ Assault D3 weapon that for every hit causes a Mortal wound. It replaces the Combi-Bolter on the Deathfist. This is pretty dang awesome as it doesn’t remove any combat viability from the Contemptor and still gives it one of the best “problem” solver type guns in the game. And it hits on a 2+ which is something pretty dang good, especially with a friendly Legion Daemon Prince flying around.
The Hellforged Contemptor is a good answer to things and while it is a bit expensive it doesn’t feel completely “broken”. Sure, Mortal Wounds are good at killing elite options – but when your 240+ point zombie robot is shooting at a brimstone horror or a conscript.. it’s going to take a lot to earn those points back. I look at them as extra Daemon Princes that don’t need Smite to be effective. Plus, it lets me play with giant murderous zombie robots. Here are the ones I worked on myself – with the twin to the initial one purchased being used, abused, and converted to the will of the Goat.
This is the initial one based of the original Contemptor body. This Resin is like 8 years old and while different from the other, newer kits that are plastic – it has its own charm. It is pretty interesting in that the legs seem to be not as wide. The arms are of course Helbrute arms. I think it looks cool with glowing bits – to look more Soul Burner-like. The chest piece is an extra bit in a Bloodthirster kit. Well, extra if you didn’t want to make the Bloodthirster all heavily armored. The same goes for the head.
This is the initial one based off the Plastic kit. The double fists from the Helbrute and make him look bro-like with the whole – “You talking to me” vibe. I normally use them in a Renegades army so they normally move, advance, shoot and charge. It helps explain the whole “come at more bro” posture in my head.
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With this one I had more run out of Bloodthirster armor chest pieces… so I went with the whole “way too much skull” action. He is very dedicated to Khorne in this set up with the Juggernaut shoulder pads, the “loin cloth” from some other Khorne kit, and a major “Skulls for the Skull Throne” vibe.
Putting it All Together
Currently the list I am goofing around with has 3 of these guys, 3 Daemon Princes, Huron, Exalted/Dark Apostle, 16+ Berserkers, and some Cultists to round out the Battalion – with Friends. It feels pretty fun, is super aggressive, and should be able to handle most stuff. This army is on the list of stuff to bring to an event in two weeks, so who knows!? But hey that is my current favorite unit/model from Forge World.
What is your favorite mode/unit – it doesn’t have to be FW! Let us know in the comments below!
