HQ Command Squad (4)

After a final push I have finished my first Command HQ squad and I am quite happy with the way it came out. I learned a ton about how I want to proceed with the rest of my army.

Here's the points breakdown:

HQ COMMAND SQUAD	235 pts.
Company Commander	Plasma Pistol, Power Fist, Carapace Armor
4 Veterans	Vox Caster, 3 Plasma Guns, Carapace Armor
2 Bodyguards	Laspistol, CC Weapon, Carapace Armor
mounted in Command Chimera	HF, HF, Extra Armor

The war goes on,
Hessler

HQ Command Squad (3)

I finally made a decision on how to equip the vets in my command squad so today I finished building the last pieces of my HQ choice. I will be going with a Vox caster and 3 plasmas. On foot, they can offer a way to deal with deep strike threats and when they are mounted in the chimera, they offer 3 mobile plasma shots to back up any units that may be in trouble.

Vox: The vox-catser itself comes from the FW command unit while the rest of the body is standard issue Cadian trooper. The head is from West Wind, WW2 German with field cap. That is the head I will use for my infantry platoon, as well. Check out their website HERE.

Plasma Gunner 1: Cadian torso & legs, arms/weapon is from the FW Death Korps weapon kit, the head is from the FW Cadian Upgrade kit.

Plasma Gunner 2: Cadian torso & legs, arms/weapon is from the FW Death Korps weapon kit, the head is from the new Cadian Command kit.

Plasma Gunner 3: Cadian Command torso & legs, arms/weapon is from the FW Death Korps weapon kit, head is from the FW Cadian Veterans Upgrade kit.

C&C is always welcome!

The war goes on,
Hessler

HQ Command Squad (2)

I put the modeling aside for a while and got into to paint mode today. I have started on my Company Commander, working to get all the base colors done first. A few things about my overall scheme: all the weapons will have a wood grain element worked in. I really like the old school look of a wood stock or handle on a futuristic weapon. The basic visual theme will be based on WW2 German army colors. The Waffen SS is famous for being one of the first units to effectively implement camouflage onto the battlefield. I will attempt to apply various SS camo schemes into the elements of my IG army. (NOTE: I don't condone anything about Nazis, facism, or any attrocities that occured in WW2. Please don't bother to bring it up.)

More HQ updates coming soon.


The war goes on,
Hessler

HQ Command Squad (1)

My HQ Command Squad is well under way and with the new command squad kits, I have thoroughly enjoyed it so far. Here's a breakdown of composition and points:

Company Commander - Plasma Pistol, Power Fist, Carapace
4 Veterans - Vox, Medic, Regimental Standard, Sniper Rifle, Carapace
Regimental Advisers - 2 Bodyguards, Astropath, Master of Ordnance, Master of the Fleet
mounted in a command chimera - HF, HF, Extra Armor

Total Points = 332

Parts breakdown for my commander:

• Torso/legs are the 1-piece combo from the Catachan command kit
  
• The plasma pistol is glued on at the wrist and is from a SM model
  
• The power fist is from the Cadian command kit
  
• Head is from the Forge World veterans upgrade pack
• The coat and the neck piece are from the WHF Pistoliers kit
  

The coat took quite a bit of time to get it to fit properly. I used a dremel(rotary tool) to slowly scrape out the material underneath the shoulders of the coat. It was a matter of scrape a little and check the fit, scrape a little and check the fit, over and over until it looked OK. If I remember correctly, I removed a little material from the models back also. I am partial to this head; I have had it for quite a while and I am glad I could finally use it.



Next are my 2 bodyguards...total bad-asses with scowls to match.

• Heads are from the Cadian command kit
  
• All the rest is from the Forge World Cadian command kit
  

Next is the Master of Ordnance. I felt like he should have a separate radio operator to follow him around and relay coordinates. During game play I intend to treat this a one model.

• The Adviser's head is from the Forge World Cadian squad upgrade kit
• All the rest of both minis is completely from the new Cadian command kit
  

Last but not least is my Master of the Fleet. Not much to talk about here; the entire mini is made from the Cadian command kit.


My next post will cover the 4 veterans and hopefully some painting.

The war goes on,
Hessler