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Know this sounds a odder one but I'll ask it.
Do people have tanks and units where they have recorded worthy kills painted on like tank vs tank kills, that stubborn enemy HQ that gave you that last point you needed.

Little things that tell that one unit from another and show somthing of your plastic armies history.
And if this sounds a silly idea do be honest. I won,t call the Inquisition :-)

I used to put kill markings on stuff when i built it. My favorite way was to take decals from the other army and put them on nd then put a red slash across it. I would also mount marine shoulderpads with their markings.

After building/painting them though, I never fool with adding them on after games.

I generally paint kill markings on for the sake of coolness, as it adds character.Only on one model does it mean anything, a single guardsman who killed seven Space Marines over the course of a game (including a Librarian and the last HP of a Dread) has those kills marked on his gun.

Also, when adding decoration to minis, especailly dead things, I'll theme it to my regular opponents' armies, painting their clan/sept/dynasty/chapter markings on the dead.

Some of my Space Marines have dead Tyranid bits mounted on their backpacks or even a claw combat knife on the hip of a sergeant. But again, that's modeled at painting, not because a marine killed a Ripper swarm...

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Also, when adding decoration to minis, especailly dead things, I'll theme it to my regular opponents' armies, painting their clan/sept/dynasty/chapter markings on the dead.

I TOTALLY agree with this. thats half the fun ofofof ding it....
I've found that those are oten the frst modeeeeeeelllllls the enemy willllllll try to klllll as well. ....psychology. Puose modeeelss o idie tdistract the opponso they leave the objecte..

I will sometimes paint them on certain tanks, but never really as a reflection of any one game, just as a general "cool factor" thing.