Take a stroll via the grimmest and darkest zoo within the galaxy to see a monster from the fortieth Millennium AND the Old World — the Ambull.
Rogue Trader got here out in 1987 and whereas everybody remembers the Space Marines, Eldar, and the Emperor – most individuals overlook in regards to the bestiary. Broken down into Warp Creatures, Animals, and Plants the 30-year-old part is chock filled with gems misplaced within the mists of time – till now. This part is what gave us Genestealers and the Gyrinx.
Today we have a look at the Ambull:
Ambull
Ambulls are subterranean xenos creatures native to the desert dying world of Luther McIntyre IX.
I’m hungry…
Biology and Behavior
Ambulls can simply survive extraordinarily sizzling temperatures, which has led to makes an attempt at domestication on a number of sizzling desert planets. As a consequence, Ambulls might be discovered on desert planets all through the Imperium.
Ambulls have enormous barrel chested our bodies and an ape-like stance, their arms reaching virtually to the bottom, whereas their legs are crooked and brief. The Ambull’s most attribute characteristic are their enormous expandable jaws. Their eyes are in a position to sense warmth.
The Ambull’s limbs finish in iron-hard claws used for digging via the comfortable stone of their homeworld. Ambulls will excavate tunnels through which to dwell, spending most of their time underground. These burrows can usually kind intensive underground complexes. Their tunneling talents have additionally defied makes an attempt on many Imperial worlds to cultivate or corral them.
Due to the extraordinary warmth of Luther McIntyre’s solar, the Ambull’s subterranean way of life is shared with lots of the dying world’s inhabitants, together with the Ambull’s favourite meals, the Crawler. Ambulls will pursue prey via comfortable rock by tunneling at appreciable velocity.
Ambulls had been sighted on the Ice World Simia Orichalcae whereas the Valhallan 597th had been defending a worthwhile promethium refinery. It was later speculated that they’d arrived via a warp portal opened from some unknown desert world by a Necron scouting drive that deployed to Simia Orichalcae. These rogue ambulls killed a number of promethium miners within the decrease tunnels, whereas Commissar Ciaphas Cain and a Valhallan scouting get together slew a large number of the beasts within the tunnels. It was famous that they might tunnel via ice as simply as sand or rock, and had been remarkably survivable away from their regular desert surroundings.
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After the Simia Orichalcae marketing campaign, Cain dined with Inquisitor Amberley Vail at an upscale lodge, which provided ambull steak on its room-service menu. Logash, a Tech Priest, had earlier instructed Cain’s aide Ferik Jurgen that ambull meat tasted very similar to grox.
Visit Storvhal – thoughts the Ambulls!
On Vigilus, a colony of Ambulls has taken up residence within the valleys and caverns surrounding Storvhal Hive. The voracious predators actual a excessive toll on any unarmored convoys, having realized to keep away from the common mechanical sounds of heavy and navy tools. The Adeptus Mechanicus say the Ambull is divine punishment for individuals who deny the machine and rely solely on organics.
Ambulls have in some way gotten aboard the Blackstone Fortress within the Segmentus Pacificus, and are a random hazard to its explorers.
Ambull larvae are referred to as Borewyrms. They are carnivorous and in a swarm are not any much less harmful than grownup Ambulls.
Minis & Stats
The Ambull was one of many only a few monsters from Rogue Trader to get a mini. Take a have a look at this positive not-quite domesticated fellow from over 30 years in the past.
Blackstone Fortress
Fast ahead to 2019 when the Ambull made a reappearance with an all-new superior mini deep with the Blackstone Fortress a lot to the horror of its unwitting explorers.
Look! It has Borewyrm infants!
Necromunda AmBots
Games Workshop additionally introduce a mechanical tackle the Ambull with the Ambot. This places a complete new spin on using a mechanical bull!
GW Crosses the Streams
The Ambull has a notable distinction of exhibiting up within the Warhammer Fantasy Old World – resulting in every kind of WFB-40K conspiracy theories. WAAAAAAY again in 1988’s White Dwarf 108 a Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay journey appeared that starred everybody’s favourite tunneling monsters – simply the factor to terrorize a Dwarf mine and problem a celebration of adventurers.
Something scary is creeping round within the mine.
It’s an Ambull…who charged via a warp-gate.
RUN RUN RUN!
With Ambulls tunneling their means into the WFB Old World, I might see them digging their means into the Age of Sigmar considered one of nowadays. The outdated minis can nonetheless be discovered on ebay and Blackstone Fortress has been retired, however that ought to be no challenge for a power-collector. So why don’t you boost your subsequent sport with an ambull or three milling about some terrain to spice issues up. They nonetheless have guidelines in ninth Edition (see beneath). It’s been over 30 years since they had been launched by GW – I’m certain they’re hungry.
~Does anybody nonetheless have outdated dusty Nineteen Eighties Ambulls mendacity round your collections? Pics or it didn’t occur 🙂
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