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Well, being what they were, concentrating on infiltration would make sense.

Though I haven't read through the new codex very much, so I can't really offer any direct loadout suggestions.

Though they could be fast moving units, too. Work them with dedicated transports or as rough riders, perhaps?

It would be cool, I think, to take them up as assassination type squads. Working to attack special or tough characters directly? Not exactly SOE/SAS representation, but it could be a representation of their raiding tactics in quick battle.

I've been thinking about how they should get about the battlefield, I have a Valkyrie handy for just such a thing. wink

While the idea of them acting as a late war death squad, they are only human and in my eyes, pretty ill-suited for that task. Unless I give three of them sniper rifles. On the other hand, demolitions gives all models melta bombs, which makes them ideal for taking out enemy vehicles and Bastions in that blaze of glory.

While Venators are lovely models (Mel has been raving mad about them! sweatdrop ) I don't really see myself taking them for several reasons:

1. They are manned by Elysians, meaning that converting other crew more in line with my own army would be quite a bother, if not impossible due to Elysians being smaller than Cadians!
2. They are Elysian or drop army only, besides no rules are known as of yet.
3. Venators aren't transports, the rear compartment is filled with batteries and generators.
4. They are from Forge World and as such, very expensive! gonk

I'm going to gather some of the bits first, maybe start work on the legs, torsos and heads when I get them, maybe while working on the basics I'll get ideas on how to arm them.

I am toying with the idea of giving the regular lasgun vets slightly modified lasguns with silencers and a rail on top of the weapon sights as with the G36. Or I might just trim off the silly sights from their weapons completely and scratch build new optics out of some spare plastic rods. Their weapons will also be completely black most likely, so I'll skip adding a wooden stock and body to the guns of these chaps.

It takes a lot of patience and a steady hand. Tweezer also help lots! xp

Maybe I'll build scopes, reflex sights, while perfectly fitting the subject, are perhaps a bit too fiddly. Though I do have some bits of clear resin lying about..

I am tempted to go all the way with them now, turning them into a special squad that doesn't just stand out from the rest thanks to a camouflage jacket and a fancy beret.

Especially for veterans, though I have been treating every infantry squad and unit as something special, it's been too long since I enjoyed the hobby so I plan on making the most of it whenever I can.

Plasma guns are pretty expensive these days. sweatdrop

Maybe I'll go with meltaguns, or the good old grenade launchers. Though when going for grenade launchers it might be neat to model them onto lasguns as launcher modules. Maybe as rifle grenades. Or PIATs!

Choices choices choices! whee