Alpha legion Dactylic cell 895 -Tactical squads

Whoa so, catching up is almost finished, after that i guess i need to actually accomplish something new. Pressure mounting an' all that.

Still on to what i've finished.

Below are my first squad. Squad ENA. 

180 pts 

This is the long awaited despoiler squad, which is simply a tactical squad that has replaced it's bolter with a close combat weapon. Meaning that you get your three attacks per marine per charge, which is supposed to be a wholly better alternative than simply shooting your opponent in the face. Personally i like the idea of infiltrating Alpha legionairres, waiting, hours, days, weeks. Patiently awaiting the one moment to charge the opponent, shifting them, and giving their legion a seemingly intangible advantage.

But... to be honest? ten are probably far too few to footslog. So i need to finish up a rhino to put my ten guys in.

I have two sergeant choices done, one with a hammer and Power dagger (Since the hammer and sickle....dagger, are two specialist weapons and thusly give +1 Attack) Or a power fist and melta bomb, when you need to smash some tanks.

I realize now that you can hardly see ANY of the transfers i meticulously worked on.  

This was actually the first squad that i finished. And actually served as a sort of milestone. Meaning that i actually had a FINISHED troop choice. ;_;


Next up is a more recent piece of work, and probably my favorite work so far.

I sat down this previous saturday and had the goal of finishing Twenty marines, one vexilia, one more sergeant and some odd extras. ToA= seven hours approximately. 

After you get the scheme down with the metallic parts, what you need to brace for is doing the details. I did it as follows

Silver 
helmet hose
chest fasteners
shoulder pad edges

leadbelcher
service studs
fans
rivets
"soft parts" on joints
gun parts (clip, feed,muzzle end part)

Vallejo painter copper 
"release" button for chest hoses
veteran markings on should pads
Gun parts (aim, barrel)
backpack hoses
fan

black
Gun "frame"
backpack exhaust markers.

Now for twenty models. this took somewhere between seven to eleven hours, with basing and decals included.
But i was still REALLY happy with the end results. It looks better in person, but i think that the pictures give a decent showing of the "sheen" i was looking for.

Another 295 points finished. And now i have the two mandatory troop choices done.

Presenting Squad DIO

295 pts 

Featuring nuncio vox and sergeance with combi-melta. 

Bonus picture. I actually managed to save the guys i did by brush. I am talking about these guys

MAKEOVER TIME

 And managed to remake them into the following.

Company support squad Volkite calivers 

225 PTS

I was happy with the result, particularly considering that i really wanted to reclaim my disastrous first attempts at the scheme, which i consider done, and in so doing, i now have a full squad of 20 S6 AP5 shots at 30". I will probably pop them in cover and have them hunt for infantry from the get go.

Now i have always imagined calivers as the red to the plasma blue hue. So i wanted the look of a weapon charging up, and i was actually given the scheme i was looking for from a really cool dude at the 30k forum named Iamomegon, so cudos for that. I also gave my support squads a black left shoulder pad, which i will use a new transfer for so as to distinguish them as tactical experts in their field.

Phew!

And that is that.

Next i'm really looking forward to doing some Destroyers, or seekers. But i'll probably need to start buckling down with my tanks.


I do have these two rhinos that i had earmarked for my Alpha legion in 40k. But i might just be tempted to try and put them in 30k.

But then i need to find a way to do something about the almost bubblegum blue i have going.

peace.