So off to eBay I went, purchasing two packs of vets and two razorbacks. My goal was to purchase only units that I would someday want in a 1500 point army, since that's the point total at which we normally play. Once everything was assembled and painted well enough so as not to be embarrassed, I ended up with this:
The paint job was as follows (more for my memory than anything else... I doubt anybody would want to duplicate my shoddy paint job):
- black basecoat
- Robes - mechrite red, blood red highlight, baal red wash
- Shoulder Pads - mithril silver trim
- Weapons - boltgun metal, badab black wash
- Eyes - iyanden darksun
My combat patrol list will be:
- Librarian (shackle soul, smite) 100
- Assault Squad (5 marines, 1x meltagun, sergeant w/ power weapon & meltabombs, razorback) 150
- Tactical Squad (5 marines, sergeant w/ meltabombs, razorback) 150
(Note: I know I have the lascannons shown in the picture. I didn't glue the turret together, so it will be easy to switch back. I also know that the assault squad sergeant has a plasma pistol. Whenever I make it to 1500, he'll have one. For now, we're ignoring it.)