{"id":454,"date":"2014-11-28T07:42:43","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T15:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/?p=454"},"modified":"2018-12-19T16:31:05","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T00:31:05","slug":"ultramarines-another-tactical-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/28\/ultramarines-another-tactical-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultramarines: Another Tactical Squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><div class=\"spinomatic\" spinomatic-data=\"[{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;40k\/ultramarines\/tactical5\/tactical5_bolter_01.jpg&quot;,&quot;options&quot;:{&quot;object-position&quot;:&quot;50% 13%&quot;},&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Tactical Marine (5th squad, bolter)&quot;,&quot;isPrimary&quot;:true},{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;40k\/ultramarines\/tactical5\/tactical5_sergeant_01.jpg&quot;,&quot;options&quot;:{&quot;object-position&quot;:&quot;50% 44%&quot;},&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Tactical Marine (5th squad, sergeant)&quot;},{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;40k\/ultramarines\/tactical5\/tactical5_missile_01.jpg&quot;,&quot;options&quot;:{&quot;object-position&quot;:&quot;50% 17%&quot;},&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Tactical Marine (5th squad, missile launcher)&quot;}]\"\r\naspect=\"4x4\"\r\nprefix=\"\/\/paintedguys.com\/spinomatic\/\"\r\nv=\"4\"\r\n><\/div> <\/code><\/p>\n<p>This is the second Tactical Squad I bought as part of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.games-workshop.com\/en-US\/Space-Marine-Strikeforce\">Strikeforce<\/a>. \u00a0Now I&#8217;ve got the other <a title=\"Ultramarines: Tactical Squad\" href=\"http:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/14\/ultramarines-tactical-squad\/\">Tactical<\/a>, <a title=\"Ultramarines: Sniper Scouts\" href=\"http:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/15\/ultramarines-sniper-scouts\/\">Scouts<\/a>, <a title=\"Inquisition War: Deathwatch Vehicles\" href=\"http:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/08\/inquisition-war-deathwatch-vehicles\/\">Razorback, and Drop Pod<\/a> done from that box. \u00a0That&#8217;s all that I&#8217;m planning to do for now, although the idea of the Deathwatch Dreadnought does intrigue me.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3023\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3023\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tactical5_group1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-T8EAYCtd\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3023\" src=\"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tactical5_group1-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tactical5_group1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tactical5_group1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tactical5_group1-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tactical5_group1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3023\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tactical Marines (sergeant group)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Once again, I&#8217;m using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/shops\/customminis\">Custom Minis<\/a>\u00a0tactical shoulder pads and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.games-workshop.com\/en-US\/Ultramarines-Shoulder-Pads\">GW<\/a> Ultramarines ones.<\/p>\n<p>This is the fourth tact squad in my adult hobby career, but I use markings for the 5th squad. \u00a0The first one I painted has plain blue pads. \u00a0The second and third are marked I and II. \u00a0I decided to use V on these, since I thought it would fit the raised arrow better than III or IV.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3024\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3024\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tactical5_group2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-T8EAYCtd\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3024\" src=\"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tactical5_group2-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tactical5_group2-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tactical5_group2-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tactical5_group2-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tactical5_group2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tactical Marines (flamer group)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of course, the special weapon is magnetized. \u00a0Sadly, the only heavy that comes in the box is the missile launcher.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3025\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3025\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tactical5_group3.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-T8EAYCtd\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3025\" src=\"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tactical5_group3-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tactical5_group3-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tactical5_group3-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tactical5_group3-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/tactical5_group3.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3025\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tactical Marines (missile launcher group)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I finished this unit off just in time for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.endgameoakland.com\/40k-inquisition-war-campaign\/\">Inquisition War<\/a>\u00a0finale. \u00a0It&#8217;s going to be an apoc-lite game, so it may not even be silly to have four tact squads running around.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Updated December 2018 with improved images.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the second Tactical Squad I bought as part of the\u00a0Strikeforce. \u00a0Now I&#8217;ve got the other Tactical, Scouts, Razorback, and Drop Pod done from that box. \u00a0That&#8217;s all that I&#8217;m planning to do for now, although the idea of the Deathwatch Dreadnought does 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