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Salamanders Vindicator

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I’m pretty satisfied with the way that the freehand turned out on this one.  The most difficult part was putting the dirt on the bottom after all that detail work.   The armor panels on the side are magnetized, and the siege shield isn’t glued in place.  I don’t like the idea of the extra armor panels on the Vindicator, because it’s still AV11 on the sides.  I’ll put them on if I actually give it the Extra Armour upgrade

I’ve had this Vindicator for a while, and I’m not actually sure why I decided it should get painted up in Salamanders livery.  In fact, I’ve only ever used it for my Blood Angels (it seems that the Salamanders loaned a lot of mech to the Blood Angels).  To rectify this, I’ve made a 2000 point Salamanders list that uses the Vindicator:

HQ
Vulkan He’Stan

Troops
Tac Squad x10, Sergeant with Power Fist and Combi-melta, Flamer, Multi-melta.
Razorback with Lascannon and Twin-linked Plasmagun, Extra Armour

Tac Squad x10, Sergeant with Power Fist and Combi-melta, Flamer, Missile Launcher.
Razorback with Twin-linked Heavy Bolter, Storm Bolter, Extra Armour

Tac Squad x5, Sergeant with Power Weapon and Combi-flamer

Elites
Assault Terminator Squad x7, Thunder Hammers and Storm Shields
Land Raider Crusader with Multi-melta, Extra Armour

Heavy Support
Land Raider Godhammer

Predator with Lascannon Sponsons
Brother-Sergeant Chronus

Vindicator with Siege Shield, Extra Armour

Both 10-man tac squads split up with the Sergeant and Flamer riding in the Razorbacks, which slowly move up the field laying down fire.  The 5-man tac squad hangs out in the Godhammer, which stays back and snipes at targets along with the Predator.  Vulkan rides with the Termies in the Crusader, which presents itself as a juicy fire magnet.  Meanwhile, the Vindi grabs any cover it can as far up as possible, and drops pie plates.   This provides a lot of different threats that all demand to be dealt with.

Now, if only I had the points for this:

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