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But first a little background - The Red Scorpions are a fleet based chapter, and therefore I need the Guardsmen to look like they have been off world for a long time. To that end I have got some lovely Pig Iron heads that look like the have respirators/filters and have modded their lasguns to look a little shorter.








Now my problem comes when I add a backpack. I love the bulk it adds to a Guardsman, but I think the current GW backpack looks a bit too much like a heavy pack ground troops might carry.







So what do you think? If you can recommend an aftermarket backpack that looks a bit more like it belongs on a spaceship, not a trench dugout, please shout up!

Cheers - Aidan.

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 poda_t wrote:
you can also do the following: Grab two large SM pouches, and stack them one on the other, slightly offset. Grab two tiny triple puches, and attach them from either side. It's not the best looking backpack, but it adds for diversity, and, IMHO, gives it a specops look since each pouch would in theory hold something specific.


@Poda: I'd love to see a couple if you have any pics! Very creative!

@OP:
I did a couple of the HWS packpacks in my PIS squads, none in my command sqauds, and smaller FW ones on my Vets. I put 2 HWS
backpacks per squad.

I currently working on Preatoian/Cadian hybrids and I'm using FW ones only for the PIS squads again. I'm planning on every other
squad member will have one.

You can check Kromlech: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kromlech-Human-SF-Soldiers-Backpacks-Orc-War-2-/150773478591?pt=Games_US&hash=item231accb4bf

Or Forgeplanet: http://store.forgeplanet.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=60_70&product_id=87

I've actually received 6 gun carriages from Forgeplanet, and he threw in a sample backpack. Put it this way, if I'd
seen those he made, I wouldn't be using the FW ones. I really like them.

Goodluck!

Edit:
I couldn't vote. Either GW or alternate ones are great choices.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/508998/5308806.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/508998/5308806.page GMT Imperial Guard Auxiliaries - to backpack or not to backpack? GW backpack just doesn't look right. poda had a good idea, or yeah go 3rd party.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/508998/5308807.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/508998/5308807.page GMT Imperial Guard Auxiliaries - to backpack or not to backpack? http://www.pig-iron-productions.com/eq1-backpack-and-pouches-p-31.html

They are a bit more techy than the GW ones but I think they are also a bit slimmer and more awesome
]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/508998/5309110.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/508998/5309110.page GMT Re:Imperial Guard Auxiliaries - to backpack or not to backpack? IMO - any of them look good, and of them look better than no packs. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/508998/5309168.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/508998/5309168.page GMT Imperial Guard Auxiliaries - to backpack or not to backpack? GW and 3rd party back packs just to get as much variation as possible.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/508998/5309232.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/508998/5309232.page GMT Imperial Guard Auxiliaries - to backpack or not to backpack? tac, or some other such thing. White glue maybe. I can't find images of anything i have, and then I'm not sure I even have those models kicking around anymore.

Another option for backpacks are the sentinel backpacks (yes, sentinels come (used to come with?) a backpack bit. Just throw another something under it to cover up the hole, and it should also do the trick. Otherwise, maybe some sort of a techy pack?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/508998/5309590.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/508998/5309590.page GMT Imperial Guard Auxiliaries - to backpack or not to backpack? GS around it into the shape of a rucksack, and on its sides you put some of the guard kits, sans grenades.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/508998/5309765.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/508998/5309765.page GMT Imperial Guard Auxiliaries - to backpack or not to backpack?
What do you think about these from Anvil industries?


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