We're two weeks into our Heralds of Ruin campaign, and I have Requisition Points to spend! I read through the rules a little more closely and realized that models can be "upgraded" by putting the points used for a previous upgrade towards a new one.
As an example, a Legion Tactical Support Marine is 15 points. He comes with a Flamer as his default weapon. For +5 points, I can upgrade him to have a Volkite Caliver. For +15 points, I can upgrade him to have a Meltagun, instead. Now, let's say I gave him that Volkite Caliver in Week 1, but then decided to upgrade him to have a Meltagun in Week 2. I'll get a 5 point credit for the Volkite weapon that I can apply to the cost of the Meltagun, meaning I only have to spend an extra 10 points. Now, let's say that I want to drop him back down to a Volkite Caliver in Week 3. I'll get a 15 point credit for the Meltagun, but I won't get anything back when I spend the 5 points on the Caliver.
What does this all mean? Well, it means I realized that if I have a Meltagun (which one of my dudes has), I can swap it out for the same points cost Plasma Gun in between weeks based on the army I'm facing. SO.... I needed to paint a Plasma Gun Dude.
Here he is. I'm particularly happy with the freehand hazard stripes and the face. I was debating trying to do some object sourced lighting based on the plasma coil, but I don't want to screw up the model.
The collection of painted Iron Warriors is coming along, slowly, but surely. Here's a group shot...
