Cream O' The Crop

Reading about the new Battle Missions Kill Team, and always up for converting some cool looking dudes, I threw my hand to making a Kill Team for my Chaos Space Marines. The theme? A team of Chosen Fallen who troll the galaxy in hopes of sowing the seeds of violence and dissension. I chose Chosen because I love the idea of infiltrating space marines. I'd have given them all sniper rifles, too, if I could.

Now I had to represent these soldiers as the strongest warriors available to an army of super-humans. I decided that I'd arm them with over-powered weapons as these Marines have no qualms about bringing a gun to a knife fight. Thus I ended up with what you see below, though i need two more:



Chosen with Powerfist, Infiltrate, feel no pain (Represents a imposing hand to hand figure who ignores small arms as he steamrolls through the enemy)
Chosen with Meltagun, Infiltrate, Turbo boost (Represents a marine whose strength is to pop in and fry his victims before they can respond, one who must try to avoid being pinned down in hand to hand combat. A wing like cloak shows this marines demonic ability to move at high speeds.)
Chosen with AutoCannon, Infiltrate, Relentless (Represents a relentless tank of a man whose team mates depend on for ranged support)
Chosen with Twin-linked bolter, Infiltrate
Chosen with Twin-linked bolter, Infiltrate
Chosen with Melta-bombs, Infiltrate
Chosen with Infiltrate
And that is about 4 points shy of 200, I believe.

I've been having fun trying to come up with some background for these guys. All I have so far is that they are a highly trained team of mercenaries who believe it obliterating the enemy without being dragged into long, drawn out combats. Rather than having specialists, each member is simply outfitted to preform in a particular role that any of them could just as easily fill if the need arises.

I have enough points left over to buy two more guys. I was considering taking out the power weapon and fielding a rhino with a HML to represent a missile truck, but I was afraid that fielding a vehicle did not really fit into a scenario centered around the idea of a desperate group of warriors pitted against the odds on a regular basis.

As quick as lead!

Knee deep in Shakespeare and high schoolers who hate him, I have had little time for the wonderfullness that is Warhammer. I have been thinking about my backstory, though, and like any disillusioned old git (they call them veterans now, but they are really just old gits), I have settled on givening my Chaos Space Marines a decidedly Malal feel. That is, I am calling them the "Cursed Ones" as a nod toward the fluff. They will also be motivated by a deep seeded hatred towards structure and hierarchy, as well as the delightfully odd twist of fighting against Chaos. There are a few things that I will need to address, some of which I have alreayd been thinking about.

Paint Scheme:
Why do they look like oil-covered rust buckets?
The paint scheme represents a weathered, dilapitated look as the marine wearing the armour abandoned his former loyalty to whatever legion or chapter he hailed from. Subsequently, the paint of the armour was slowly scratched and worn away from countless battles, from exposure to weather and from exposure to the warp itself. The disrepair is limited to the appearance of the armour, the Marines still ensure that the suit itself is in working condition.

Who the heck is going to ally with these guys?
Unlike every other mysterious chapter, the Cursed Ones do not suffer from the problem of appearing at the begining of battle and dissappearing without a trace afterwards. The Cursed Ones are pirates and will fight with whomever meets their ends. In most situations, the help is welcomed either from a desire to cause as much damage as possible (Orcs, Dark Eldar, other Chaos, etc.) or from a lack of options and the shimmer of hope it offers (Forces of Order fighting over-whelming odds). With the countless hordes of daemons, Chaos legions, Renegade Chapters and such enemies of the Imperium, only the most puritanical of armies readily hunt down the Cursed Ones....generally, the Imperium has bigger fish to fry.

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I have a sizable Chaos Space Marine Force, backed by a small group of Necromunda models that I can use as traitor Imperial Guard in addition to an assassin...just because I love the Vindicare assassin. Essentially, this is my Apocalypse army. I want to add a Stormlord, 2 Silver Towers of Tzeentch and a Plague Tower. Only then will I have the Chaos Space Marine Army of my dreams. Though I lack a full list as of yet, I have the second best option...behold! Pictures of my stuff: