Eagle Knights Tactical squad rapax

Today we are looking at the second of the tactical squads. Squad Rapax is identical to squad Malaiensis in almost every way, obviously the poses of the marine will change but the weapon options are the same and there in game roles will also be similar.

The squad is armed with heavy flamer, flamer and sgt with hand flamer. As per Malaiensis, Rapax will usually combat squad and all flamer units will move together and advance towards the enemy, while the other units will hold back, giving some ranged fire support.

Sgt with hand flamer, flanked by the heavy flamer and flamer.

I probably should have taken a picture of the back of the heavy flamer to show the backpack conversion that I have done. Its very simple, being the top of a standard chaos pack connected to the fuel tanks from a Cadian flamer unit, but its effective.

Basic bolter marines.

There is little to say here that wasn't said with the other tactical squad. They are in essence a carbon copy of Malaiensis and will be used in exactly the same way. I know that in 8th, flamers are not quite as good as they once were, as they are generally more expensive than before and in many ways not as useful, as you can't flame multiple units. However, with there auto hits and ability to hit a single character multiple times, i still like flamers and with 3 in every squad, there is a good chance of doing a lot of damage, especially to weaker units, which will be where they will  be heading for.

There is little else to say about these guys, so next up will be the Eagles Talons, aka the Death Company.