BA Kill Team update

A short while ago I showed off the Blood Angels kill team, or rather the Eagle Knights Kill Team and all but one model, the Sternguard Sergeant Redolpho, was painted and pretty much ready to deploy apart from finishing off the base. Well that has now changed.

Sergeant Redolpho on the right, resplendent in black primer.

There have been a few changes to my original concept, mostly in cosmetic areas. I originally intended to have a metallic style helmet, similar to the vanguard vets bronze\gold helmets but when thinking about it I decided to go with a similar colour to the devastator squads, as the Sternguard are considered more of a support unit for the Eagle Knights. Not being an actual devastator unit, it couldn't be dark blue, so a quick rummage through the paints and I came up with the Calgar Blue. He also sports the standard squad marking on his pack, with a blue vent. The only none standard part of the model is the foregrip of the boltgun, which is painted up in a bone colour, which is explained breifly in the updated fluff below and will be expanded upon in future posts.

Sergeant Redolpho, now resplendent in the orange of the Eagle Knights

Powerfist

Pack and boltgun

Vulture Legionnaire Decanus Nicodemus Redolpho, or Sternguard Sergeant Nicodemus Redolpho, is not quite so charismatic. A serious and stern and some what  dour man, he is nonetheless an excellent shot. Armed with his special issue boltgun, he was recruited to the team for his ability to eliminated targets at range, in even the most cluttered of environments. Nicodemus' boltgun has a rather special grip, made out of the bones of his first kill as a Legionnaire, that of a Tyranid warrior.  He is also armed with a power fist, although he generally uses this for punching holes in walls (to shoot through) and less for fighting, preferring to keep at arms length from his quarry.