This month, I painted two five-man combat squads: the 5th Company 8th squad, an Assault Squad with Jump Packs plus a Chaplain to lead them, and the 1st Company 3rd Squad, a Veteran Squad with additional Rhino.
The first squad I painted were the veterans. They are led by Veteran Sergeant Eidolan (using the lovely Veteran Captain with Bionic Leg miniature) and have a mixture of armour marks. The battle brother in Mk4 armour I also gave an older backpack which I thought fitted well.
Their Rhino was another rescue job with 3d-printed Ram and Hatches, bike Bolters and WWII stowage. I wrapped a tow chain around the Ram partly in homage to a RT picture I remember and partly to cover where the printing didn't come out quite right.
The assault Marines I found oddly hard work, having to paint the models without their jump packs to start with until their transfers had been applied, then attach them and finish the highlights. I haven't quite done them to the standard of my other models so they may get revisited later if I have chance to add further details. I tried to make the armour look battered like they had been in a good scrap.
They include a Veteran (using the Sergeant with Power Fist miniature) and a battle brother converted from the Sergeant with Grenade for a variety of posing. They are led by a chaplain with a later edition Jump Pack from my bits box. He is so bloodthirsty he has some dripping from his mouth.
Both squads are pointed using the combat squad rules that came out in White Dwarf, and the total for April comes to 487 pts:
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