units with a charisteristic of their own

[kyussinchains]

My epic space marine terminators always fail way more saves than they should, even to stuff like ork grotz, whereas my friend dave always saves an inordinate amount more than is statistically probable

in fact, my warhounds maybe pass 1 reinforced armour save in 10, they consistently fail all their saves to the point where I may as well not bother rolling the dice!

[get2grips]

Oh aye,

As well as Wing Head (earlier post) my Grave Guard (W Master) never, EVER pass their command rolls.  I don't know how well they perform on a charge cos they've never made one.

I only field them for old times sake and "they sure are pretty".

[Last Hussar]

Any unit Orcs gets his hands on.

Me:  If you roll a one the gun will explode
Orcs: I don't intend to roll a one...

For me its the WSS.  Now most of them are the same model code (MAL1-4).  However the Prussians are men of steel.  A blunder roll on command had forced them to turn right out of line and march in column across the front of the enemy.  When attacked they coolly turned back and fought of the French.  They are reliable and fierce fighters.

The Austrians however seem to have communication problems - the idea of me moving them together (2/3 of the army) and in step is unheard of.

I have a 20mm British officer in Normandy who during TW&T games gained a reputation as being completely cool under fire, and probably a school master in a minor public school.  Legend now has it that he knocked a sniper out of a tree by pointing at him with is cane and shouting 'You boy, what are you doing in that tree'.  His sergeant on the other hand, gained a reputation as a unlucky man to be led by.  He would bravely lead from the front, asking nothing of his men he would not do him self.  However while the riflemen died around him, he would stride unharmed out of the battle.

[sunjester]

Not forgetting bare-arsed Irish!!!

[Last Hussar]

We try to forget the fracking Irish

[Nirnman]

Hey I'm Irish!!! or at least Ulster Scots nearly the same thing Lol.

[sunjester]

Last Hussar had a unit of men-at-arms in the finest plate money can buy, backed up by the cream of English longbowmen, charge my unit of mercenary bog-hoppers, only to see them bounce off with a very bloody nose!
The Wild Geese unit in my WSS French army have a similar reputation.

[Hertsblue]

Yes, my 15mm winged hussars, the pride of my Polish forces, are regularly decimated by all sorts of unlikely opponents whenever I use them. When somebody else uses them however....... 

[Nirnman]

and that's just typical of what I've been getting at. units wg=hich should sweep the field being done by those who should have fled and vice versa

[Last Hussar]

I don't think Sj's WSS Irish are the killing machine his WotR Peasents are.  It's more to do with the fact that they tend to face my Austrians, whose generals are obviously giving orders in German, which I don't think the men actually speak.

My LotR Legolas gained a reputation of not being able to hit a barn with an arrow.  From the inside...