Need help to give a unit a unique look

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**imperial commander**

Hi,
Can someone help me, give some advise to give a loyal unit guardsmen (veterans) an unique look?
It need to be converted with green stuff or plastic card...

**FearPeteySodes**

Whats your army theme and comfort level working with GS and plasticard?

**Red_Starrise**

What about modelling based on the cover of the old codex cityfight:

It actually is the same armor as the cadians used in 2nd/early 3rd ed but it gives them a nice "throwback" look like they've been fighting for awhile & have the old issue armor.

Would be pretty easy to do honestly.

**imperial commander**

FearPeteySodes wrote:Whats your army theme and comfort level working with GS and plasticard?

this is the colour scheme: http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/200463-commander.html
the theme of my army is rocky snowbases and a small story about them is: they hate nurgle and they try to poise them with scorpion poison (i know it is a little to weard)

it doesn't matter what comfort level i am, i need some ideas to make 2 units of my guardmen unique.
these looks give me 2 extra points for the grand tournament from the part 'painting'.

my guardsmen are the standard models (model+lasgun), and i gave them the grenades for wysiwyg. thats how they look like and i must 'convert' 2 units to give them a unique look...

**FearPeteySodes**

Maybe something as simple as surgical masks or ventilators (anti Nurgle)?

**Ovion**

imperial commander wrote:
FearPeteySodes wrote:Whats your army theme and comfort level working with GS and plasticard?

this is the colour scheme: http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/200463-commander.html
the theme of my army is rocky snowbases and a small story about them is: they hate nurgle and they try to poise them with scorpion poison (i know it is a little to weard)

it doesn't matter what comfort level i am, i need some ideas to make 2 units of my guardmen unique.
these looks give me 2 extra points for the grand tournament from the part 'painting'.

my guardsmen are the standard models (model+lasgun), and i gave them the grenades for wysiwyg. thats how they look like and i must 'convert' 2 units to give them a unique look...

Knowing your comfort level allows people to better tailor suggestions to something you could pull off without making it look like a lump of green stuff stuck on a models head.

But yeah - a gas mask thing, or maybe convert them into hazmat type things ( those large hoods with a clear visor ) then paint them up in a sort of PVC gloss affair.
maybe circa L4D:

**SnowSkate**

If theyre fighting in a winter enviroment how about making them look like the stormtroopers did on starwars? that'd be cool

**Saintspirit**

Perhaps the veterans could be based on Steel Legion/Death Korps (and thus have gas masks)?

**heavybolter**

Rebreathers and Han Solo style Snow Parkas Empire style.... give them arctic survival mittens too.

**starsdawn**

Buy SW bits and stick it to them: fur coats, bear skin rags etc. You can also mix them with other kits like, say, Empire State Gunners, Empire Free Company or Bretonnian Men-at-Arms.