Tactical Squad Herodius

Here's some pics of my Blood Angel's strike force tactical squad. Named after Sgt. Herodius (the guy with the chainsword and the sawed off bolter) it's a pretty standard tactical, usually fielded with a melta gun and a missile launcher, no other fancy stuff to keep point cost low. I've plans to paint a plasma gunner 'cause i think that it works well both in range and rate of fire with the bolters of the rest of the squad.

In game, i use them behind a Aegis Defense Line, Librarian Willis goes with them and mans the Quad Gun. Their purpose is to hold objectives in my part of the table, since tacticals are quite resilient, expecially if they can go to ground behind the Line and get a nice +2 cover save.

Paintwise, i kept their red quite dark, not the nearly orange hue you see with many Blood Angels armies. Strangely enough, i enjoyed painting them more than i did with the assault squad (of which more lately), even if i had to keep the paintjob simple and quick. I painted the chest eagles yellow, and not grey/black as usual, 'cause this is a independent strike force with their own colours and heraldry so i wanted to differentiate them from the "usual" Blood Angel trooper and in the same time keep something that linked them with the assault squad which also have yellow insignias (even if the ASM are painted in a much brighter red).

Anyway, here are the pics, enjoy.