Next up we have the heavy troops, aka the terminators. These form the hammer to the bikers anvil (coming later!). There are quite a few squads of terminators, however there was some problems switching them across to the latest data sheets, even though only one squad, the command squad, is legends. This was because the rules are a lot more restrictive over which weapon the various units can carry, as current deathwing terminators can't carry combat weapons, unlike the old squads where you could mix and match as you liked. I have managed to sort them in to legal squads and that's how they are marked up but seeing as how these will most likely just be packed away and never played with, it doesn't really matter!
First up we have the command elements.
HQ selection
Company master
This is the captain from the Betrayal of Calth box set, built as is with combi-melta, which is now almost completely useless in 10th edition.
Strikemaster and Chaplain
The strikemaster is another unit that went to legends, which is a shame, hopefully they will bring back something similar. This model has a slightly different paint scheme. The model was second hand and pre painted in black templars style when my son painted over the top of it. When he saw I was painting up my terminators he gifted it to me so it could join the others. I decided to give it a bit of an over paint to match the rest of the force but kept as much of his painting as possible, maybe it's some sort of Tyranids ichor or even Tau?
The Chaplain has his crozius arcanum represented by the hammer. I did think about repainting it a bit but decided I like him as he is, his shield and hammer stand him out enough from the rest of the army.
Librarian
Lastly we have the librarian, with a custom combi-melta. Even though I known it's a bit useless, I still likes the synergy of the two commanders having combi guns and the easiest one for me to build with the bits I had to hand was the combi-melta. The body is a grey Knights body and head with the relic cataphractii legs and arms. Again this one is complete with full shoulder armour, missing from the rest. I probably should go back and do the Chaplain to match. The sword arm is pre painted as it came off the ancient when his arm got switched to a power fist. This will be painted as soon as I get around to spray priming my next batch of models.
Next we move into the command squad, the only legends squad. This consists of an ancient, apothecary, champion and two deathwing command terminators.
Deathwing Command squad
Ancient
The ancient, with the company banner, yet to gain the final details. He come resplendent with his wolf skin, taken from a Space Wolf bested in single combat and worn as a sign of his ability and prowess as a warrior. At least that's the story anyway, it's actually because I had a random pair of space wolf terminator legs that I stuck on a spare cataphractii body.
Apothecary and champion
The apothecary model is just a standard terminator with chain fist, just painted up with a white fist to denote his stature as apothecary. The Champion on the other hand is a mash up of several different models, with standard terminator legs, a Space Wolf body, a Dark Angels sword arm and a Grey Knight sword arm topped off with a Deathwatch shoulder pad. The model is supposed to have a Halberd of Caliban but the two Grey Knight halberds I have didn’t fit with the spare terminator arms that I have, so I went with twin swords, which I think looks good.
Again, the champion model is on the list of model to spray up, something I’ll hopefully get around to soon, if the weather is any good! Last up are the two Command terminators, one with heavy flamer and one with power weapon. There are here just to add some close range fire power and some extra combat punch.
The next squad is technically not a Deathwing Squad but a regular Terminator Assault Squad. This is because the current deathwing squads cant take close combat weapons, something I'm sure will change when the new assault terminators are released. These are currently a mix of old school terminator and Cataphratii terminator bodies with cataphartii lightning claw arms.
Old School Terminators
Cataphratii terminators
The next squad is the first deathwatch terminator squad, although this one has a heavy flamer compared to the other squads with assault cannons.
More wolf bits on the squad sergeant
This squad is a Deathwing terminator squad with assault cannon.
The triplets!
The last deathwing terminator squad contains an assault cannon and a chain fist, just to mix things up a bit!
With so many sculpt the same, I have tried to mix up some of the paint jobs, even if just a little bit. These two with assault cannons show some of the differences between some of the models, just minor changes to the paint scheme.
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