They are part of the Kozar military, specially trained for urban combat. Before the Heresy, their main duties were putting down riots, rebellions, cults and the occasional ork kommandos that infiltrated one of the cities. Now they use their detailed knowledge of the city streets and sewers to act as a recon unit in the urban warfare ensuing from the traitors' assault on Berat.
I am happy with the conversions and I think the paint scheme turned out well. I kept the same brown and black colors as my Drop Troopers along with the same blue lenses and the orange regimental color, but I changed the brown/tan scheme of the fatigues and armor to a grey scheme to better fit with the urban surroundings. The bases are a mix of the sand colors used on the Drop Troopers (to help tie them in) along with grey building rubble to show they are urban fighters. I wanted them to fit in with the rest of the army despite being camouflaged for a different environment.
Unfortunately, I had a problem with the primer again and they came out quite grainy. This has been happening to me a lot lately. I actually scrubbed them down with Purple Power to remove some of the worst of it and re-primed them but you can see they still have a pretty rough appearance overall. Oh well. I will just move on and try to do better next time.
These guys were built to use the rules for a Militia Recon Squad from the Horus Heresy Imperial Militia list: shotguns and a sergeant with a breacher charge or melta bombs. With shotguns (probably the worst weapon for guardsmen) I doubt they will ever kill a single space marine, but maybe they can stay out of sight and grab an objective or hit a back line unit with a breacher charge. I doubt they will ever be useful but they look cool and fun, which is my main motivation.
I see one or two details I forgot to paint now that I am looking at the pictures. After that, they need Dullcote and then gloss finish on the lenses and they will be done.
