Kill Team: Renegade

I keep forgetting to update the blog!

Kill Team: Renegade

In my defence, the past couple of months have been crazy.

One thing I have finished is my Mantis Warriors Kill Team, Kill Team: Renegade. In consists of a demi-squad of Rogue Trader miniatures, a few Tranquility snipers, a handful of scouts and several veterans in custom-built armour. I'm also using the models for Lieutenant Commander Gwak Chae'u and Brother-Swordmaster Mifune as their weapons work as relic blades.

the fury of the righteous makes worlds tremble

These four were finished in early March. We have a sternguard gunner with a missile launcher, a company veteran with flamer and chainsword, a veteran sergeant with storm shield, chainsword and storm bolter, and a veteran with bolter and storm shield.

The veteran sergeant is a former member of the Deathwatch, although his shield is the worse for wear.

The basic list for Kill Team is below the cut. It probably has some errors, as I've not actually played a game with these goons.

Kill Team: Renegade

Kill Team: Renegade, Mantis Warriors chapter. circa 910-930.M41

Over the past couple of years, I've slowly assembled a small handful of Rogue Trader-era marine sculpts that I really liked with the intention of making a little Mantis Warriors kill team. I'd picked up the chap with the shuriken catapult and the brother in customised armour already. I knew I wanted the flamer warrior with one arm bare, and from there it was a matter of deciding to get two more to round the squad to a game-legal five.

The advent of Kill Team also means that I can use this squad as a hardcore team of veterans, where their customised colour patterns and lack of orthodox armour makes more sense. I'm hoping to expand the team, using a combination of miniatures already existing in my Mantis Warriors 'Winds of the Desert' army and converting a couple more with meta-friendly storm shields so that I can use them in the local 'scene'.

Anyway, let's go through the team and look at the inspiration behind their unorthodox armour patterns...