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CONVERTING YOUR SPACE MARINE COMMAND SQUAD

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CHAPTER INFORMATION

Hobbyist: David Sckrabulis, US Web Team Technician
Name of Chapter: Red Hunters
Homeworld: Titan

TRAITS AND DIVERGENCES

Courageous: Trust Your Battle Brothers
Drawback: Die Standing

COMMAND SQUAD ARMY LIST ENTRY

Name	Points	Equipment	Points	Notes	Total

Commander Titus (Master)	75	artificer armour storm bolter lightning claw Terminator Honours	20 5 25 15	Furious Charge (3) Counter-Attack/ True Grit (3)	146

Veteran Sergeant	15	bolter power weapon Terminator Honours	- 10 15	Furious Charge (3) Counter-Attack/ True Grit (3)	46

Apothecary	15	bolter Terminator Honours narthecium & reductor	- 10 25	Furious Charge (3) Counter-Attack/ True Grit (3)	56

Company Standard	15	bolter Company Banner Sacred Standard Terminator Honours teleport homer	- 25 20 10 5	Furious Charge (3) Counter-Attack/ True Grit (3)	81

Chapter Champion	15	bolt pistol/ power weapon/ combat shield artificer armour Terminator Honours	20 20 10	Furious Charge (3) Counter-Attack/ True Grit (3)	71

Space Marine	15	bolter Terminator Honours	- 10	Furious Charge (3) Counter-Attack/ True Grit (3)	31

Razorback Transport					70

				Total Points:	501

SQUAD SELECTION AND TACTICA

David Sckrabulis: With the release of the new Codex: Space Marines, I decided to take advantage of the new Trait rules to customise my Red Hunters Space Marine army. I wanted a force with close ties to the Inquisition thereby allowing for a trusted relation with the Grey Knights Chapter. I'm also planning on including Daemonhunter allies as part of my army.

I am officially the slowest painter in the universe – the fewer troops I have to paint, the sooner I can play a few games. Thus, when taking on a new army project, I tend to "beef up" the points cost of my initial army list. The new Space Marine Command squad has a never-ending number of equipment goodies, and it can get a bit silly in points cost as you can see from my 500-point, six-model squad.

I gave the skills True Grit, Counter Attack, and Furious Charge to my Command squad. These skills make it primarily a close-assault squad with 3 Attacks for each Space Marine! As a result, I armed every model with a bolter and either a close combat weapon or power sword. The Commander was the only exception – I armed him with a storm bolter (sacrificing 1 Attack for an extra bolter shot) and a lighting claw. This configuration allowed the Command squad to lay down a barrage of bolter fire while charging toward the enemy. Meanwhile, the Razorback transport would assist with heavy bolter support fire.

Lastly, I also equipped the Company Standard Bearer with a teleport homer to give my Grey Knight Terminator allies a solid Deep Strike anchor point once the Command squad gets overwhelmed in close combat, which is very likely. However, I still dare any foes to stand against them!

THE CONVERTED COMMAND SQUAD

The new Command squad models are so beautiful that I didn't feel the need to do much model converting. Aside from modifying the Inquisitor Lord Torquemada model to make my Chapter Master, and mismatching some parts from other Space Marine plastic sprues (like the new Space Marine Commander sprue), the conversion work was minimal for my Command squad.

SPACE MARINE COMMANDER

I made Commander Titus from the Inquisitor Lord Torquemada body. I added the Space Marine Commander power fist (left arm) and storm bolter (right arm) that I cut to fit in place. I used the claws from the Space Marine Commander lighting claw to convert the power fist into a custom lighting claw/fist. I used a small amount of Green Stuff to fill in any gaps. I clipped off the Inquisitor Lord Torquemada head and ground down the neck area to fit a new Space Marine Commander head.

	SPACE MARINE VETERAN SERGEANT

	I made the Veteran Sergeant model with mixed bitz from the new Space Marine Command squad and Space Marine Commander plastic sprues. I also added a Forge World skull and purity seals.

COMPANY CHAMPION

I stole certain bitz from the Space Marine Commander sprue for the Chapter Champion model, along with Forge World purity seals and skull. I converted the bolt pistol combat shield into a bolter combat shield.

	APOTHECARY

STANDARD BEARER

I made both the Apothecary and Standard Bearer models from the new Space Marine Command sprue with almost no extra bitz. I only took a few pieces from the Space Marine Commander sprue and some arms from the Space Marine Assault Squad sprue.

	SPACE MARINE

	I made the Space Marine model with bitz from the new Space Marine Command Squad sprue and the Space Marine Tactical Squad sprue, while the back banner is from the new Tigurius model.