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Just after some ideas on what people have used to represent combat shields (to be fitted on assault marines) and Phosphex bombs for a Lightning?

 

Best ideas I've come up with are terminator shoulder shields I've found on eBay because they seem a good size. For Phosphex bombs, all I can find that may be suitable are some of the backpacks from either heavy flamer or multi-melta upgrade kits from FW. Anyone got any better ideas? Cheers :-)

Did you mean terminator storm shields? If so, they should work. I used them for a similar idea on some scrapped models years ago. If you mean the little heraldry shields that go on their shoulders, those are teeny...

Ah yeah, I meant the heraldry shields. Too small? I looked at storm shields but as I play traitor World Eaters, I'd rather avoid anything with too much imperial imagery on it. I'll have a dig round though, thanks mate

@Lord_Caerolion

 

True. I've found some chaos warrior ones I may be able to clean up and remove the iconography from. I've assault marine combat shields too, and storm shields that I could clean up but only ever a couple per seller. I need 20 of them :-(

Yep, and they could look very fitting on a MK II WE assault squad kitted out with chain axes :-) honourable mention, if I can find enough of them, Templar brethren combat shields scraped clean could look equally as good

 

Now I've just gotta find ideas for Phosphex bombs

Id avoid Stormshields just for confusion purposes. I used Warhammer generic shields but Chaos warrior ones would work too!

(Also, if your Legion is one of the big 4 the drop pod spare icons are super handy detailing!)

I had to sell my lightning a while back but it came with bombs/missiles, i was just planning to paint those tbh :) 

Combat shields for world eaters you say? Try the ogre gut plates. Work a treat for WE combat shields! Edited by Supe robot gangster #1

Very cool. If you watch the Outer Circle on YouTube, I'm pretty sure Macca did some of his Thousand Sons up with shields from the same company

 

Very cool. If you watch the Outer Circle on YouTube, I'm pretty sure Macca did some of his Thousand Sons up with shields from the same company
Actually I don't and a quick look at their content tells me: I won't. ;)

Anyways, like I said, I've already ordered my shields and will keep you guys informed how that turns out. Maybe I'll post a pic of the build miniatures.

I’m a big fan of ML Shield’s round shields. They’re flat, but that’s the only downside.

 

However… they don’t make sense on assault marines. They’ll save 1/3 of them but for the same points you can have 1/3 more bodies and therefore do more damage.

I’m a big fan of ML Shield’s round shields. They’re flat, but that’s the only downside.

 

However… they don’t make sense on assault marines. They’ll save 1/3 of them but for the same points you can have 1/3 more bodies and therefore do more damage.

But... but... Marines with shields.

Marines.

With.

Shields.

Eh?

What about the shields from the IF Templar Brethren kit with the Maltese crosses shaved off. I would use the phosphex bombs from the Legion Destroyers kit. You can probably find them from bits sellers on eBay.

I’m a big fan of ML Shield’s round shields. They’re flat, but that’s the only downside.

However… they don’t make sense on assault marines. They’ll save 1/3 of them but for the same points you can have 1/3 more bodies and therefore do more damage.

They're already gonna be a full twenty man squad, I want them more survivable, since I'm going to be running them as part of an armoured assault/drop pod World Eaters army. For a turn or two until the reinforcements arrive they've gotta be more resilient

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