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Hello,

I've collected older Dark angle oop 40k Units for a while and decided to start forming my own OOP army out of them. Mostly everything is the same, my dreadnoughts, termis, assault and tacts are exactly the same as the 7th edition. However, the HQ troops went through a lot of change over the 20 years and I'm not sure how to use them in a game of just oop models (and the codex is confusing my small little mind).

HQ units I own:
Banner barer
Techmarine
Company Master
apothecary
Azrael and his watcher

I don't have any oop vet troops so unless I am getting it wrong a command squad seems out of the question. So what do I do? Just have them go in alone or can I hook them up with just a normal squad (not sure if this is possible, I think the codex is telling em they can only go with a vert squad)? Pretty sure right now the banner barer and apothecary can't be used in 7th edition without a command squad (unless I am reading something wrong). Also, should I maybe look out for some oop Servitors for my Techmarine and just have him in a small squad like that?

You're correct that the apoth and standard need a command squad, but there's nothing forcing you to use the robed models to represent it - any marine can do in a pinch, particularly if you're going for multiple special weapons in the squad or what-have-you.

The techmarine in a standalone unit, though he's more effective at patching up vehicles with some servitors (and the old servitor models are very cool).

The company master is still a HQ, but Azrael is now a Lord of War (limiting the ways of getting him into a list a bit, but not massively).