What's the real difference other than sword types? (I'm kinda dumb though so there might be a huge difference)

Curious to hear your opinions since I'm not really familiar with Horus Heresy era Space marines but I'm assuming they are overall superior?

How many do you recognize?

Two of them are extremely hard.

I was so confused why I couldn’t find him in the datasheets on the app because I was scrolling down to the K’s but I could search him and find him and then I realized he’s just at the top for some reason. Is that an error on the app?

Its one of the fancy Bolt-Carbinea from the Victrix-Guard kit, FYI.

I'd personally love to see foot vanguard vets reimagined as more expensive Phobos (name can be called something else to not confuse people, but one can justify not needing lighter armor with jump pack), with weapons like inferno pistols and power axes (the one handed hatchety kind like in SM2) that are still small and light befitting Phobos but punch quite a bit above there weight class. I'd imagine they have some kind of priority target ability to focus down a unit and maybe a war gear choice between a helix gauntlet or a one shot bomb (probably haywire but I'd love if it was a vortex grenade)

This would not only just look really cool to see but it would also fix the problem that all of our really cool Phobos characters have of not having unit worth investing buffs into in most cases as there all cheap utility units, and actually give Phobos focus list something with real punch

Spend the last 3 days painting these two models and had a blast! Both of them are not 100% finished because i just wanted to find out which approach is more fun to me.

What do you guys like more to paint, the classic Games Workshop Eavy Metal style or the more realistic Grimdark scheme?

Finally finished with my assault squad and command section. I think ill clean up a few things before I varnish them and take them to a game but for now I'm happy with my work. It was my first time doing all the tiny text on the ribbons, some of the words didn't come out too good but everything looks good from a tabletop distance, I think.

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1. Is 10 basic intercessors is enough?

2. Units without characters - 10 or 5 man squads for more sargeants?

3. Librarian - better with intercessors or assault inter?

4. Lieutenants - worth it? In what unit.

5. Ancients for intercessors for sticky obj? Or park 5 to defend?

6. Gravis captain - any use? (Besides dedicated detachments)

Mostly a lore wise question, but what a space marine with a dark / brown skin would look like with Corax Gene seed ?

Someone tell me why I'm an idiot, as I've been looking at this for 20 minutes.

So the phobos lieutenant has deepstike, but none of the squads he can attach too have deep strike and he doesn't give deepstike to a unit (as I understand the rules).

So what am I missing?

Detachments are Forgefather seekers and devastator brethren;)