[BM23] Ketchup's Meka-Brootal Battle Pack!
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 9:58 pm
My entry for the Battlepack Mania contest of 2023, in the Legacy Factions category
The Brootalz are nothing new in the Brikverse - the telltale green skin, glaring eyes, big teef and adorable accent is known by figs far and wide as a harbringer of carnage, chaos and all-around good times. The Meka-Brootz are a relatively new warband seeking to bring the level of violence around here up to an acceptable standard; their main focus is on mekanikz, with most of their battles ending in them looting the field for scrap metal and anything shooty. This battlepack contains 3 Brootalz, 1 Firefighta Brootal, a Sprootal in primitive mekanik armour and a brootal Big Boy wielding a combigun.
Brootal Big Boyz are brootalz which have survived long enough to grow beyond the size of an average minifig, necessitating a custom suit of Mekanik Armour and some beefier weapons. This particular specimen has also brough along help - a Sprootal clad in its own little armour.
Sprootalz are often not allowed to partake in battle with their fully-grown comrades, due to them lacking most of the things required to effectively participate such as limbs. However, in this state a Sprootal is essentially just a seething mass of planty hatred, and so especially aggressive specimens are occasionally wired into small suits of armour to allow them to lash out at the world. This little fella might not look like much, but it can still be deadly; and most importantly helps keep the Big Boyz' ammo belt from getting all dirty.
Clad in a haphazard mishmash of crude armour, covered in spikes and decorated with small trophies and mini warbanners, the presence of a Big Boy on the battlefield is imposing. Almost double the height of a standard fig, these hulking Brootalz serve as a kind of frontline officer, motivating and roughly coordinating the attacks of a group of brootal grunts. All of the regular Brootal minifigs aspire to be one of these veterans one day, but few will live that long - the life of a greenskin is often short and violent. This particular Big Boy, Morgut Bigrippa, is outfitted with a combi-blasta; which includes an experimental energy weapon, an autocannon of unknown caliber and a missile launcha.
Brootal infantry comes in many shapes and sizes. No two brootz will look exactly alike, and individual specimens vary wildly in everything from headgear to skin tone. What sets the Meka-Brootz apart is their distinct yellow & black colour schemewhich is completely original and not an idea I shamelessly lifted from anywhere whatsoever
Some Brootz, especially those who have shaken off the dirt and freshly joined the horde, charge into battle bare-chested and with no head protection. Some cover themselves in as much metal as possible, and some still have parts of their bodies replaced with mechanical alternatives. After all, what's the point in fixing something when you can make it killier?
Some Brootz find that regular dakka is not enough, and gravitate towards a specific kind of weapon. The Firefighta embraces a passion for BBQ, coating enemy troops in various burning liquids or walls of solid fire. These front-line Brootalz are often priority targets for the forces they face, as allowing them in too close to defensive positions or clumps of attacking infantry usually results in those forces become substantially crispier.
Thanks for reading! Hopefully I did this all right and don't have to go back in and edit a million things. Never in a million years thought my first post here would be these guys but here we are! Looking forward to participating more in this awesome community.
The Brootalz are nothing new in the Brikverse - the telltale green skin, glaring eyes, big teef and adorable accent is known by figs far and wide as a harbringer of carnage, chaos and all-around good times. The Meka-Brootz are a relatively new warband seeking to bring the level of violence around here up to an acceptable standard; their main focus is on mekanikz, with most of their battles ending in them looting the field for scrap metal and anything shooty. This battlepack contains 3 Brootalz, 1 Firefighta Brootal, a Sprootal in primitive mekanik armour and a brootal Big Boy wielding a combigun.
Brootal Big Boyz are brootalz which have survived long enough to grow beyond the size of an average minifig, necessitating a custom suit of Mekanik Armour and some beefier weapons. This particular specimen has also brough along help - a Sprootal clad in its own little armour.
Sprootalz are often not allowed to partake in battle with their fully-grown comrades, due to them lacking most of the things required to effectively participate such as limbs. However, in this state a Sprootal is essentially just a seething mass of planty hatred, and so especially aggressive specimens are occasionally wired into small suits of armour to allow them to lash out at the world. This little fella might not look like much, but it can still be deadly; and most importantly helps keep the Big Boyz' ammo belt from getting all dirty.
Clad in a haphazard mishmash of crude armour, covered in spikes and decorated with small trophies and mini warbanners, the presence of a Big Boy on the battlefield is imposing. Almost double the height of a standard fig, these hulking Brootalz serve as a kind of frontline officer, motivating and roughly coordinating the attacks of a group of brootal grunts. All of the regular Brootal minifigs aspire to be one of these veterans one day, but few will live that long - the life of a greenskin is often short and violent. This particular Big Boy, Morgut Bigrippa, is outfitted with a combi-blasta; which includes an experimental energy weapon, an autocannon of unknown caliber and a missile launcha.
Brootal infantry comes in many shapes and sizes. No two brootz will look exactly alike, and individual specimens vary wildly in everything from headgear to skin tone. What sets the Meka-Brootz apart is their distinct yellow & black colour scheme
Some Brootz, especially those who have shaken off the dirt and freshly joined the horde, charge into battle bare-chested and with no head protection. Some cover themselves in as much metal as possible, and some still have parts of their bodies replaced with mechanical alternatives. After all, what's the point in fixing something when you can make it killier?
Some Brootz find that regular dakka is not enough, and gravitate towards a specific kind of weapon. The Firefighta embraces a passion for BBQ, coating enemy troops in various burning liquids or walls of solid fire. These front-line Brootalz are often priority targets for the forces they face, as allowing them in too close to defensive positions or clumps of attacking infantry usually results in those forces become substantially crispier.
Thanks for reading! Hopefully I did this all right and don't have to go back in and edit a million things. Never in a million years thought my first post here would be these guys but here we are! Looking forward to participating more in this awesome community.