Storm Trooper Test Model

I am working up some of the classic metal third-generation storm trooper models from 2003, when they were known as Cadian Kasrkin, and before the current iteration now known as Tempestus Scions. (This must have been when GW started to phase out generic sci-fi names and concepts and make all things specific to their universe.)  I would love to get some of the older metal Storm Troopers models from around the time of early 3rd edition as well, but they are harder to find. While looking for the older models I remembered, I came across these even older Storm Troopers from the Rouge Trader days that I do not remember. Check these out:

Original Rouge Trader Storm Troopers

There are actually quite a few similarities in these old models and the ones I am painting.

Second generation Storm Troopers from our youth.

Third generation storm troopers, known as Cadian Kasrkin. 

Fourth generation storm troopers, now known as Tempestus Scions.

I think these second-generation models fit the aesthetic of my Drop Troopers pretty well so I wanted to include a few squads. In the lore, Storm Troopers are separate elite regiments from which units are pulled to support the regular regiments in critical missions. Sometimes they are deployed together in standalone forces, which is what the new(ish) Tempestus Scion army list represents. So I wanted the Storm Troopers to stand out from my regular rank and file, while also visually being tied-in to the rest of the army. I replicated as much of the color scheme as possible (base, fatigues, blue lenses, boots/belts) from the standard troops, while incorporating a strong dose of black and dark grey. This comes from a passage I remember reading in book about World War I that described the original German Sturmtruppen or Stoßtruppen (stormtroopers or shocktroopers) as wearing black. 

Depiction of German Stormtroopers.

German Stormtroopers advancing from No Man's Land, 1918. 

German Stormtroopers take an Allied trench.

“The attackers weren’t ordinary German infantrymen, they were the Kaiser’s elite sturmtruppen or ‘stormtroopers’ — handpicked men, specially trained and armed to the teeth.”

Test model for a Storm Trooper unit attached to the Xhorik 87th Drop Troops.

They have the desert camouflage fatigues and boots/belts, but the armor is black instead of bone-color.

Ideally, they should still look like they belong in the same theater of war (the rocky desert) while also standing out and having a more severe and intimidating look. The model ended up with a bit more black and dark grey than I was thinking, but I did not want to introduce any new colors that would clash with the rest of the army. I believe I will add the regimental color of orange to the shoulder pad to tie them in even more. They are a separate regiment, but I figure they have been at least temporarily attached to the Xhorik 87th for the duration of a particular campaign and are operating as an elite unit within the regiment rather than a standalone force so they have adopted the colors as well. 

Let me know what you think before I start painting a whole batch of them.