I find myself very much admiring the cost and speed of adding some Raptors to my Black Legion list, but don't love the idea of using Imperial Assault Marines for the task. Plus I'm ter-ri-ble at converting 6mm (and my "friends" are likely to chime in that applies to 28mm and up) miniatures.

So, advice and ideas welcomed.

--Robert

Wait 'till later this month when the Exodus Wars Edenite Assault Troops come out.

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Yeap ... they will fit the need very nicely ... viewtopic.php?f=76&t=18823

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I had missed those. Very nice....very very nice.

--Robert

Another option is to use standard space marine assault troopers. I've tried this with my Death Guard army and am happy with the results.

Phil

This is what I did. A couple of weapon changes and added wings helps a lot (the wings are from Warhammer Grave Guard helmets and Epic Eldar miniatures).

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Nicely done !!! Speaking of Raptors ... my intel does not say what CSMs really uses them ... Tzeentch ... Slann ... ? Any ... all ? Whats the scuttlebutt ?!

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"Scuttlebutt"? I didn't know infantrymen were allowed to use naval terms, L4

My understanding is that they're kind of free-lancers now, so any and all would be acceptable. In one of the early Heresy books, Raptors were in either the BL or Emperor's Children, and since both have Slaanesh elements, and the BL is undivided, sounds like enough justification for me. They sound a bit out of character with death guard though.

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Good intel, works for me !! I'll use them with my Tzeentch & Iron Warriors CSMs ... And yes, I'm a Grad of Basic Amphib Training at Little Creek NAB ... so I guess I can use USN terms ...

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