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I've started an Imperial Guard army and encountered an issue. Guardsmen models can be any of the following:

- Company Command veterans
- Platoon Command guardsmen
- Infantry squad guardsmen
- Special weapon squad guardsmen
- Heavy weapon squad guardsmen
- Veterans
- Conscripts
- Perhaps more...

All these options have their own different squad markings/numbers (for which the transfer sheet isn't half adequate, I might add). This means that, in order to be flexible in what type of armies I can field, I can do one of three things:

1. buy and paint a million guardsmen for all those options;
2. leave off squad markings altogether, resulting in possible confusion to my opponent and myself;
3. make interchangeable squad markings.

Obviously, option 3 has my preference. The only problem is: How? I thought of making magnetic squad markings, but there's no real place to put a magnet in the models. The shoulder pads' shape prevents easy magnet usage. The only universal option is the helmet, which not even all models have. Apart from that, I could probably work a magnet in the base and do a little marking on the back of the base, which would be ok, if maybe a little hard to see for my opponents. So, basically I'm stuck for ideas here.

Summary: anyone have any ideas for / examples of making interchangeable squad markings on Guardsmen?

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Another option is to put a magnet on or under the base and have a bead or coloured skull or something (ork heads for green squad, tyranid heads for purple squad, etc) that you can stick to each of the abses. Again you would only really need to do the special weapons and have the standard infantry permanatly marked.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/556451/6124595.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/556451/6124595.page GMT ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/556451/6124688.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/556451/6124688.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/556451/6124824.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/556451/6124824.page GMT
Edit: just realized this would still require a lot more heads than bodies in order to be able to run an infantry horde as well as a mechvet list...]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/556451/6124837.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/556451/6124837.page GMT


You can buy 28mm sashimono from various places. They could be magnetised or possibly slotted into a hole in the backpack.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/556451/6124864.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/556451/6124864.page GMT .]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/556451/6124878.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/556451/6124878.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/556451/6124895.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/556451/6124895.page GMT
I wish I would have had the foresight when planning my army to do the same thing, I hate having to explain to my opponent where one blob stops and the other begins, or why my PCS can shoot one target while the guys right next to them shoot another.

I'd say do something simple like everyone in squad A gets some clump foliage on their base, squad B gets razor wire, squad C a bone/skull, etc etc. It doesn't completely solve the problem, but it's less you and your opponent will have to remember.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/556451/6127200.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/556451/6127200.page GMT
Thanks for all the input everyone!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/556451/6127830.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/556451/6127830.page GMT
These when placed under the IG bases will stick out a 10mm limb on which you could paint a unit ID symbol. They would be reversible, attaching with Blu tac.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/556451/6127853.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/556451/6127853.page GMT