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It's probably not much of a name yet, but it's an idea I've been tossing around and am finally close to starting.
The concept is this: take the leftover parts from the Cadian squad I had bought to assemble and butcher for my Tau and my girlfriend's 'Nids and combine them with a squad of Space Marines. I won't be attaching the Pauldrons, as they're way to big and bulky for Powered Armor for us normal Humans and I'll be filling in the abdominal area of the Suit, give it a very armored, limited movement look to it. I'm also planning on keeping all of the special weapons from the Guard squad, but replacing the Las Rifle with the Bolters from the Space Marine kit.
Yes, I am quite aware that I will never get to use this squad, I'm aware I'm breaking the rules, but who cares? It's awesome! biggrin

Please give me any kind of feedback you can give me of anything that would sound better to add/modify/subtract. And you guys know the rules a whole lot better than I do, so if you can think of any sort of rule set as well, I think everyone else would find that interesting as well.

Heh, I'm getting mental images of the picture where an officer (French?) from WWI is wearing a heavy metal breastplate instead of standard uniform. If I can hunt it down, I'll post it. I think it would make a good look to aim for.

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It was heavy flak/steel and could stop rounds from an MP-40 at 100+ Meters! Heaven forbid the people holding the MP-40s actually move in to their effective range.

this is evidently Soviet engineer - notice the PPSh SMG and flamethrower operator in the background...

Well, I was thinking of keeping the Aquila on the helmets and breast plates and probably not quite that thick of armor. sweatdrop
Also, I think sticking with Bolters may work out better for aesthetic reasons, but I will definitely try messing with them!
Do any of you run Space Marines and might be able to give a few tips with the armor.

Astartes Scouts with head swaps can work, depending on the heads really. I got two boxes of them and gave them Cadian vehicle crew heads to represent Naval armsmen. They look okayish. I got another batch done with Pig Iron Heavy Infantry Closed Helmets, which suits them even better really: