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Hello everyone!
Firstly I doubt this is the right place to post this so anyone nice enough to move it will get the emperor's blessing.
Aaanyway as a fire born with the new vanguard veteran box in hand I come to you in my hour of need, I wish to make the captain of the salamanders 4th company Dac'tyr Master of the fleet Lord of the burning skies.
Now i have no idea how to arm him or any ideas of what his armour should look like. His description is short and the only notable feature is his large dactyr symbol on his helmet. Being master of the fleet and with the title of lord of the burning skies I'd wager his company do the majority of ship to ship battles. So would like to reflect that in his arms and armour.
so to sum it all up this is a blank sheet with all your comments and suggestions appreciated =) only idea I have is use iron armour elements and give him a lightning claw named Drakes Claw.
REMEMBER it must be salamander fluffy

GOOOO TEAM DAKKA!

If you want to go with someone specialising in ship-to-ship action, then there are a few things that can get that across.

Firstly, like you say, Iron Armour is common for boarding assaults thanks to its better protection in close-quarters combat and reinforced plates. It also looks awesome.

A boarding shield might be worth looking at. They look great, fit the theme, and can count as a storm shield in game.

With regards to weapons, there's no real rules (fluff-wise) on what a captain can use, they generally have access to the entire Chapter armoury. But for a boarding assault, Thunder Hammers, Claws and combi-flamers/melta all fits the bill. Maybe meltabombs and other grenades to add to the feel.

Hope that helps.

I like the shield idea, the 3++ would be nice but then im now stumped on what weapon to go with. A thunder hammer would keep to fluff but then it loses the nice initiative and I don't want every captain armed with a thunder hammer thats just silly xD

What about a mastercrafted lightning claw for a load of rerolls? Dubbed The Dactyr Talon...

The armour is still an issue, I don't want full iron armour maybe just the chest piece and one leg piece with lots of flames and hammers etc