Sarissae

[Kahoolin]

Has anyone ever seen an illustration of a sarissa? The WH codex just describes them as "vicious, spiked combat attachments" for a bolter.

The name suggests it is [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarissa"]something like a pike?[/URL] Maybe it turns a bolter into some sort of gun-pike, but that seems very unwieldy and strange. On the other hand, if a sarissa is just a spike bayonet then why the fancy name? Why not just describe it as a bayonet and/or count it as a ccw instead of putting it in the armoury?

My memory is notoriously poor, but in Cain's Last Stand I think sarrissae are sort of like axe-blades on the ends of the sisters bolters.

So what the hell are they? How would I model one?

[Melissia]

[Kahoolin]

Heh, looks like bloody great choppa it is then

My Celestians are going to be holy terrors. I decided to put sarrissae on them to make them stand out.

[Nabterayl]

Mel's right. Don't ask me why that gets called a sarissa, but that's what a 40K sarissa is.

[Necrosis]

Heh, looks like bloody great choppa it is then

My Celestians are going to be holy terrors. I decided to put sarrissae on them to make them stand out.

I took some scout daggers and put them on my Celestians. Makes them look much better.

[Sitnam]

Mel's right. Don't ask me why that gets called a sarissa, but that's what a 40K sarissa is.

This is 40k, the land of chainsaw swords, contradicting fluff, and awesome battles. Common sense need not apply.

[Melissia]

Chainsaw swords make a tiny bit of sense though. The damage is done with the pulling motion, and in the background the sword isn't as thick as it is on the models.

[Nabterayl]

Heh ... all I meant was that a sarissa isn't an axe, or even a bayonet. [url=http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://myweb.unomaha.edu/~mreames/Alexander/Jones/Jones_pezhetairoi_sarissa_sm.jpg&imgrefurl=http://myweb.unomaha.edu/~mreames/Alexander/sarissa_jones.html&usg=__7bp3xxo05tphm6obIrtakDoX1 H4=&h=650&w=185&sz=109&hl=en&start=3&sig2=OfEOlQhF wWDX2dBExWr07A&itbs=1&tbnid=E6_I2s2v8VjmgM:&tbnh=1 37&tbnw=39&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsarissa%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26gbv% 3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=lUToS_zsGoeIsgO5ltWdBA]This[/url] is a picture of a small sarissa.

[Melissia]

I know.

But anyway!

The reason Sarissas are so much bigger than normal bayonets is because they're wielded by people with powered armor, and thus are much stronger than normal humans.

[Faultie]

I know.

But anyway!

The reason Sarissas are so much bigger than normal bayonets is because they're wielded by people with powered armor, and thus are much stronger than normal humans.

In Crossfire, it's actually describe a lot more akin to a thrusting blade, not a chopping blade, akin to an off-set bayonet from a muzzle-loading musket. One of the Sisters uses one to kind of impale a badguy through the heart.

The point, though, is that it's attached onto the front like that, yes.