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Howdy,

I have 3 boxes of scouts that are next on my assemble queue: 2 regular boxes and one box of snipers. My question is how to configure them in the most reasonable multi-use and neato looking manner.

It gives me 15 guys, and something like 5 sniper rifles, 8 bolters, 8 shotguns, 8 BP/CCW, 2 HB and 1 MSL.

So how do I divy them up? 2 squads? 3? I want at least 3 guys with sniper rifles, and use 1 HB and the MSL, so that leaves 10 guys to configure. All bolters? All BP/CW? Are shotguns any good. I think they look cool enough to include at least one.

Any advice out there?

Thanks!

Well gaming wise BP/CCW is the best option but modeling wise I like the look of the shotties and bolters

For a CC squad, all of them should have BP/CCW except the sergeant who should have a combi (they can get combis right?) or a shottie with a power fist

Scout sarges can get combis, yes.

I personally prefer the Snipers with Telion. Just hide somehwere in good cover and take potshots

For normal scouts, bolters don't really do them justice. HB's might but it's a bit of a push.

10 man squad, 4 Snipe 1MSL, 4bp/ccw 1xPF/C-melta and a speeder storm

or any variation if you wanna take telion

The way that I have my scout squads is as follows:

10 man w/ 9 Sniper Rifles & Missile launcher

Or

10 Man w/ 3 BP & CCW, 6 Shotguns. Sergeant w/ BP & PF

The shooting squads are great for taking pot shots at MC's and light vehicles. The CC squad is great for taking on hordes or just a single unit you've been trying to dislodge. They are great support units.

For you I would suggest going either shooting OR CC. jdjamesdean@mail.com has given you the best advice so far that I have seen IMHO YMMV.

Vandiyan wrote:The way that I have my scout squads is as follows:

10 man w/ 9 Sniper Rifles & Missile launcher

Or

10 Man w/ 3 BP & CCW, 6 Shotguns. Sergeant w/ BP & PF

The shooting squads are great for taking pot shots at MC's and light vehicles. The CC squad is great for taking on hordes or just a single unit you've been trying to dislodge. They are great support units.

For you I would suggest going either shooting OR CC. jdjamesdean@mail.com has given you the best advice so far that I have seen IMHO YMMV.

I think you'll need one more box of scouts. That way you can do a full squad of 10 snipers and two 5 man CCW/BP squads. The Snipers are great at suppressing fire, especially if you add Telion and you really should, and the CC scouts should go in Land Speeder Storms and the Sarge should have combi-melta or flamer and Powerfist.

If you wanted to make a full 10 man squad of snipers with what you have, just get a pack of round toothpicks, cut off the pointy bits, shorten them a bit, and put them on the barrels of bolters to make the extended barrel.

the reason i'm suggesting this is, as you may have guess, because I suggest the snipers and ML combination mentioned above

There is another topic on this a bit down on the front page.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/330346.page

Lets keep this conversation to that thread.

Agreed.