Vanguard Veterans

Assault troops who arrive from above and finish matters at arm's length. Veterans of this grade have fought their way out of the battle line and into an elite formation: jump packs across the shoulders, close-quarters weapons in hand, and the bearing of soldiers who have survived enough drops to assume there will be another. It comes as a multi-part kit, which suits building a small unit rather than a lone figure. Squad-level elites live or die on looking like individuals who happen to share a suit pattern, so having options across several models matters more here than on a basic troop choice. A sensible proxy for a jump-pack elite slot in grimdark tabletop wargaming scale armies, and a rewarding paint job besides, since veterans justify the extra hours spent on trim, honours and battle damage.