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I want to do a 40k squad of 5 miniatures, I think I will do Space Marines but I need a little inspiration/Ideas...Some I do have already, also I want to make them really dynamic, since I kind of blame my silver demon less on the painting but mire on the pose...

I also was thinking about Interaction with a second race, that will be done directly on the showbase, but i dont know if that's a good idea. any thoughts on that?

what I am still looking for is a centerpiece. I am not that well informed about the rules so I dont know what I could put in as a comander - something that really stands out, like it's taller a bit than the rest. An example would be marneus calgar leading some "ordinary" space marines but of course i need something different.

I thought to put the standart bearer in the middle of it, but this sort of has been the cover of the old SM codex, so nothing really new...

Hmmm...I'll go and read the codex

Okay... You're thinking of Space Marines. Loyalists or Chaos Traitors? You want them interacting with a second race, how about Xenos Hunters/Death Watch? You could put some dead Aliens on the base depicting a scene where they might just have battled them?

Hope that helps. In the mean time I'll think some more about it...

The codex was a treasure trove of ideas when I was coming up with my newest SM creation, so looking in there is always a good idea.

Are mechanized squads allowed in GDs? Having a great command squad backed up by an equally great Rhino or Razorback would be cool.

Perhaps for your commander, you could convert him to true scale, and then leave the rest of them normal. That would certainly make him stand out.

Branching off Skrit's ideas, perhaps a squad of Tyranid Hunters? Its one of the special squads in the new SM codex. I don't know how many folks have gone with this idea (haven't been keeping up with the GD scene much), but maybe something to think about. Some of the articles about fixed SM armor with peices of Tyranid carapace have been pretty cool, and that might be a cool way to tie the squad together and provide that visual explanation of why these guys are after the nids.

That's what I can think of right now. I'll chew on it more.

A terminator champion with banner attached to back leading charge. Details such as extra shield hearald, many devotions streaming, extra painted details of trim?

Lostwolf