Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

So as the title says, has anyone tried this? I'm not much of a fan of the sternguard models seeing as they seem fairly mono pose (I might bethinking of the old kit), and you have to buy two of them for a ten-man (what I want).

I was already going to use a blackstar as my counts-as Sraven and that got me thinking as to what other DW could be a good proxy. All my marines are MK4 from the calth box, and the stern are supposed to be the best of the best, where can they go with gear? I don't feel like the regular armour in the sternguard kit would really mesh - having my rank marines in 'more unique' gear would kind of water down the sterns look.

Therefore why not just use the DW kill team as an awesome conversion base - then all get MK8 and the box is full of fitting weapons. Not like its hard to make combis anyway.

On top of the awesome models there's a bit of pricing benefit too,
Two sternguard kits cost £60 while a 10 man DW kill team is only £44, for far newer and I would argue more versatile models.
Even better, the start collecting DW for £50 nets you a dread and a nicely posed character for only £6 more!

So I'm planning on doing this with my salamanders (hence the schmancy fancy armoury), but has this been done before and does anyone have pictures to share?

They differ a fair bit in their appearance; Sternguard usually have more ornate, decorative armour whereas the Deathwatch come across as more practical in equipment. Not saying it can't be done, and it'll look pretty cool, but if I were you I would just paint them up as Deathwatch and count them as Sternguard.

Valkyrie wrote:Sternguard usually have more ornate, decorative armour whereas the Deathwatch come across as more practical in equipment. Not saying it can't be done, and it'll look pretty cool, but if I were you I would just paint them up as Deathwatch and count them as Sternguard.

Yeah that's a fair point, though visually most of that seems to be the tabbards, which I'm not much of a fan of anyway. Was thinking more of a 'give them better armour underneath and they bring them to the same level of fancy myself'

Im surprised google returns nothing, though I guess the DW kit isnt *that* old

I think it may depend a little on what Chapter you are running. For example Raptors and Ravenguard may benefit from the Deathwatch bodies as they have more equipment on them befitting a elite warrior. For Ultramarine or Blood Angels their lack of ornamentation would be an issue.

Don't know if it's helpfull, but for my 2 deathwatch squads I mixed a box of deathwatch vets and another of sternguard vets. Both kits go together pretty well and they both add character to each other. Maybe get a box of each and mix the bits and pieces.