Dwarf Monitor Prototype for Tunnel Fight.

Another prototype mini for my boardgame Tunnel Fight. This one is a Dwarf Monitor, a heavily armored guard tasked with keeping the passages and tunnels of vast underground industrial complexes free of intruders. They use rapid firing laser pistols to pin down enemies and chip away at them until they perish in a shower of burning laser-light. 

Deep within the TORG Industrial Complex a lone Dwarf Monitor guards a supply warehouse.

They are armored in ballistic cloth and hardened ceramic alloys that combined with the dwarf's natural ability to carry heavy loads gives them a great degree of freedom. They also carry hardened shields that add to their overall defense and can be used in close-quarters fighting. These can be used with other monitors to form nearly impenetrable shield walls.

Guild markings on the right shoulder and left shin-guard plus unit markings on right shin-guard. Notice mounting lugs on helmet for optional face shield.

Pouches carry grenades and extra power packs for the laser pistols. 

In contrast to the Tunnel Ratlings who use stealth and murderous fury, the Dwarf Monitors combine overwhelming firepower with tenacious defense.

A good defense and a good offense.

Tunnel Ratling Miniature.

In the worlds of Warhammer 40,000 there are various species of humans called Abhumans. These began as humans who then evolved into genetically stable races due to the conditions of the planets that they settled on. It was a way of getting dwarves, halflings, ogres, and other fantasy races into the sci-fi/fantasy setting of 40K.

Ratlings, which are the 40K version of hobbits or halflings, are usually seen in the role of snipers since they are very good at hiding and good shots at long range.

My take on the ratling comes from the tunnel rats, US soldiers who fought the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War. Tunnel rats were usually very short men who were also tough as nails and sort of psychotic as they fought through the series of tunnels that the Viet Cong used.

So I present the Tunnel Ratling, a halfling who has been pushed beyond his normal limits and has become something most of his fellows would never recognize. He still uses his stealth abilites but instead of hiding, he uses them to sneak up on and quickly neutralize the enemy. I based him somewhat on the Chainsaw Warriors by Bob Naismith from the classic Rogue Trader era of Citadel miniatures.

ATTENTION!!! I've got a few castings of these and I'm going to make them available on a "pay what you like" basis. Just make sure to include $1.50 in The US or $3.00 in the rest of the world for postage. If you'd like one my Paypal email is hellbox45@hotmail.com .