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Since the images of the Mk6 were first shown I knew I was going to start an army for games of Rogue Trader, I was thinking Fire Hawks as Im also doing Legion of the Damned or maybe Lamenters until I was having a flick through the 1st ed rulebook at the pages with the colour images of marines and decided on Blood Drinkers. Picked up some bits just before xmas and now I have gotten this far... Test mini Everything else is WiP. Dreadnought Medic (and the art he was based on) Half of a Tactical Squad Assault Marines Ancient and Devastators Veterans (and their inspiration) Chaplain, Librarian and Techmarine Family shot as of 2 weeks ago since then I have added another 5 Assault Marines, 5 Scouts (mohawked plastics), 5 Terminators (converted Dark Vengeance), 2 more Techmarines (you need one per vehicle in 1st ed), Captain, Deimos Rhino, Deimos Predator and I have the bits to make a Chapter Master (shame I lack the motivation at the moment). I am trying to build the army so it is useable in 1st/2nd edition and current if I ever get around to playing it, certain unit types didnt exist in Rogue Trader (Ancient, Chapter Master, Veterans being some of them) so I have had to think outside the box a bit, so the Ancient is my Lieutenant, Chapter Master is Lieutenant Commander, Death Company were just marines that took a blood oath so they will be basic Tacticals or Assault squads, Medics had various ranks so I can have normal Medics using the lowest rank, Sanguinary Guard as the mid tier ranks and Corbulo will be the top rank (cant remember the first ed ranks for them off the top of my head). Unit and Character names will be shamelessly lifted from Vampire folklore and novels, seems appropriate as they are called Blood Drinkers. Dreadnought is called Tepes, Chapter Master Vlad, Captain Radu, Lieutenant Vitorio, Squads Armand, Varney and Legosi, floating around the void in their battle barges 'Carpathia' and Carmillas Wrath'... Think I need to dust off my Necroscope books to steal more names.

Greetings. So, I have been hard at work creating a new Blood Drinkers army. My first attempt at a codex chapter (Death Spectres) met with unsatisfactory results, so I have decided to stick with what I am familiar. This is my first test model; a Blood Drinkers Primaris Aggressor. The lighting in the photo washes out some of the highlighting. Hopefully, it still conveys a reasonable representation of what I am trying to achieve. As I was painting this model, it occurred to me that there is a bit of conflict concerning the Blood Drinkers squad and company markings. Every current source I was able to review indicates that the Blood Drinkers are organized according to the Codex Astartes with regards to squad and company markings (i.e. squad number and specialty markings on the right shoulder), yet these same sources indicate that the entire chapter shares the same color scheme of red armor with gold trim. So, my question (which I hope others may have some useful insights into) is how does the Chapter indicate company designation on their armor?