Brother Sarge Lydor and his squad

Brother Seargent lydor is the resident "tinkerer" in the Company. With the lack of a true Mechanicus training the Battle Company, Brother Seargent Lydor and the few tech priest slaves and servitors are the repair crew.

This isn't a bad thing as it is his ingenuity that made the advancements to his armor and optics. It also let him retro-fit the Company's Rhino transports with faster engines. However, his talent keeps him off the front lines as  he is far to valuable to lose.



The three lenses, atttached servo skull form the squad leader's signum.



However, there are times when every warrior is needed for the battle at hand. When needed Lydor always leads a small squad to battle. Now this squad is mostly comprised of brothers who have railed against authority, broken some of the smaller Company rules, or just need to learn humility. They for a static long ranged suppression squad. There is nothing worse than being a fully trained and able close combat specialist, that has been assigned a heavy weapon instead of a bolt pistol, chain sword and jump pack. 



The Brother Captain is pointing at the squad next target, all the heavy bolter haters!



A few battles stationed behind the main front providing covering and suppressing fire will tend to temper the unruly, learn humility, help break the strongest free will and help build a better Battle Brother.



"Ian why a squad of four heavy bolter Devastators?"

"Well, I think these are very under used and utilized weapons. They are also a great looking gun on a Marines. I like the rate of fire, the strength is great for wounding most things, they can suppress Rhinos, one and one will fire at BS 5 in the squad."

"We the interweb say no to this weapon! Only missile launchers and auto cannons must be taken as heavy weapons."

"I understand, but since when do I listen to you?"

"Point well taken."

I had four "old" metal heavy bolters in my stash o' bits. I found them the other day and decided to put them to use, in a Devastator Squad. Well, after I made a few modifications.

A pointy end for close encounters!



An assault specialist (dual red knee pads is the giveaway) on long range fire duty.




 

Brother Lydor has even mounted a twin heavy bolter (with some help and after seeing how the corpse god followers use this vehicle) to his squad's Rhino. He has added fire power but has sacrificed transport capability. A fine trade in his mind.

Having this along with the Devastators is great as it gives another heavy bolter with re-rolls to hit, can form a mobile bunker (or immobile), is another rolling blocker and can be used as a secondary transport if need be.

I even painted the Rhino top hatch and have a spare storm bolter in the works, as I can always use it as a third Rhino.

They will be the little squad who could, or they'll force a bunch of saves and maybe do a bit more than people think. I know a certain Demon Prince that isn't very fond of heavy bolters (especially with duals on three land speeders).