How are the supreme commander and command squads set up?
5 models consisting of a commissar, pysker and what other 3 men?

It comes down to preference, so just do what you want.

Personally I'd go for something based on the 40k command squad: Officer, Heavy, Comms, etc. You can but whatever other advisers on there that you want. I think leaving the Commissars separate to be placed on whatever stand you want is probably the most flexible.

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Supposed to be an Autocannon in there as well, but I guess a Missile Launcher would do just as well.

I am going to add banners (not just the pole like the old figures) to each of my companies. It makes it easier to keep track of them and I don't put them in silly places as often.

As an aside, does everyone automatically put the Commissar with the command group, or spread them around some?

depends on how you want to play it.... in a regimental HQ you trade a fearless supreme commander for an extra leader..... I've typically played it that way, although it came back to bite me in my last game against Tau.....

otherwise in a normal company there's no real advantage to keeping him off the HQ stand that I can see

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Well the models are not really the important thing as long as you know which one is the command stand. It could be as simple as a slightly different paint job to using an old flag stand (ala 1st/2nd edition style) to a full blown character filled stand. And mind you that doesn't mean the crap that GW sells only. For instance I've got an "in flight" Elysian / Warhawks force (proxy with EW guild assault centuria) and I am using a Cyclops demo vehicle to pick out the command stand in one of the companies I also decided to throw in some gold paldrons on the Commander and paint one of the troopers as a medic. There's no effect on play, just visually distinct and makes it easy to spot.



Similar to L4, as I have a butt load of old robots and even a few squats I am thinking of leveraging them in the same way to help pick out the command stands for various troops. The real point is that anything goes (within reason) and don't get hung up on "doing it right".

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