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| The ML gunner was originally standing on a slab of cork, before I swapped it out for the wrecked Rhino door. |
It took awhile (due mainly to distraction) but I have three more painted tactical marines for the Astral claws. It all went much the same as the first three with the exception of the missile gunner's base which features a door that has been blown off of an Executioners chapter Rhino. For those wondering, The Executioners initially fought on the secessionist side during the early-to-mid stages of the Badab war, though only to honor a long-standing blood debt to the Astral Claws.
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| Kindova shitty photo as my camera focused on the background, rather than the marines in front of it, but at least you can see that these are also part of the 'red' tactical squad. |
Savage and unpredictable when on the attack, the Executioners fought both honorably and on their own terms much to the irritation of Lugft Huron and the Astral Claws. Eventually they turned on their allies in the so-called 'Red Hour' after the Astral Claws violated their honor/terms during the surrender and capture of a Salamanders' vessel. Following that, for a brief time the Executioners fought both loyalist and secessionist alike in their own private war before leaving the conflict altogether.
The Executioners use different color pauldrons to denote unit types (ironically, FW seems to have dropped this for their Badab war books), with green representing tactical marines. Originally this was to be a Raptor's door, as I (quite mistakenly) thought that I had Raptors decals. I did have quite a few double headed axe icons though and so to the Executioners this door went.
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| In the end, I think that door took as much time to paint as it did the marine standing on it! |
The Executioners use different color pauldrons to denote unit types (ironically, FW seems to have dropped this for their Badab war books), with green representing tactical marines. Originally this was to be a Raptor's door, as I (quite mistakenly) thought that I had Raptors decals. I did have quite a few double headed axe icons though and so to the Executioners this door went.
8 comments:
Still my favourite rocket launcher. Probably because it reminds me of the RTB01 marines. Damn I wish I hadn't thrown mine away all those years ago
Agreed, the retro launchers are the best ones, and I’ll have to double check but...I think the army came with 8 (or so) of them!
Reminds me of the old joke, 'What do you get when you cross an Ork player and a bucket load of rocket launchers?'
With an online of 'Da Masta Cheef' it pains me to admit that I don't know the answer to this...
Ok I made that bit up. It's not an old joke really. What? You want a punchline!? Erm.. 'Not enough dakka'?
I always liked the mad samurai aspect of the executioners.
We will do this because of debt Y.
Debt Y is paid, we can do X
X has led to Z, but this is zen, so we'll carry on regardless.
We've had enough Z now, we're off.
ps, Monkeychukka, I've still got mine somewhere... All done out as BA, from back when they were supposed to be the epitome of the Codex Astartes and the UM had a half elf librarian.
@Monkeychuka: lol, was good enough to get a laugh!
@Zzzzzz: BTW I haven't forgotten about your package....well, okay I did actually, but will get it mailed out to you soon!
Ultramarines had a half elf librarian?! Well that explains a few things.
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