Siege Assault Vanguard modelling

[Valkyrion]

So, a nice big box of FW goodies arrived yesterday which have been washed and partly desprued but I wanted your opinion on something, if you'll indulge

 

1) Siege Mantlets and older armour - I've ordered some of the FW MKII and III armour. Fluff states that the III armour was modified for frontal assaults at the expense of rear protection - would you model these as a Tactical Squad with Siege Mantlets or an Assault Squad ready to burst out of a Land Raider?

 

So my choices are - MKIII assault squad and MKVII Tactical with Siege Mantlets or MKIII Tactical with Siege Mantlet and MKVII assault. I don't know which is fluffiest/coolest.

 

2) Would anyone object, WYSIWYG wise, to my home made Master of the Forge only having a Servo Arm instead of a servo harness? In my collection I have three techmarines and only one harness between them, so if I spend £15 on another techmarine that means I'll have four techmarines, only one of which could be used.

 

I'll model him using the FW character upgrade mainly, with an Iron Hands chest piece, thunder hammer and the admech shoulder pads from the rhino kits.

 

3) Any thoughts on a Siege Master? He's the character I'm stuck with. He's really just a captain, but I want to model him a bit more appropriately.

 

Cheers!