40K Hellblasters

This plastic kit may have almost broken me during assembly but here is my hellblasters unit for my Dark Angels.

I used a six man squad in my recent 1000 point tournament and am happy how they have been going. 

They attracted a lot of enemy attention and usually die in games but are worth the investment. They are even better with the weapons of a dark age stratagem and a helpful reroll of 1s when supercharging close to the warlord.

Painting followed my usual Dark Angel approach but damn this kit had so many mould lines to file down and piss poor assembly instructions.  I also added in a mix of left should pads from the primaris upgrade kit. These included a number of pads with the chapter symbol moulded on rather than applying transfers. 

I decided to add in a mix of other different transfers from the space marine transfer sheets as I think of these dudes as veterans permitted to use our beloved plasma weapons.  Random skulls and other symbols from battles long forgotten are spread over the unit.

Despite the challenges of assembling, they will be a regular feature in my armies as I am happy with how they turned out and their first tournament outing1 I just need to remember to keep them in cover but also be brave and venture out when the time calls for it.