Xhorik 87th Drop Troops Army Update - January 2021

 To close out 2020 and get inspired for 2021, I took a full-army photo of the Drop Troopers, being supported by the Lightning Strike Fighter borrowed from the White Scars and a piece of field artillery that normally is not part of a Drop Troops list.

Using the old Imperial Armour Volume Three Second Edition: The Taros Campaign army list (from 6th edition), this would be the army list I can create with painted models:

Xhorik 87th Drop Troops Regiment, 3rd Company Strike Force:

Company Command Squad (5) with regimental banner, medic, vox, power sword and plasma pistol

First Platoon

Platoon Command Squad (5) with power fist, vox, medic and two grenade launchers

Infantry Squad (10) with melta gun

Infantry Squad (10) with grenade launcher

Special Weapons Squad (6) with three melta gun teams

Special Weapons Squad (6) with three melta gun teams

Drop Sentinels (2) with multimeltas

Veteran Squad (10) Grenadiers with missile launcher team and three sniper rifles

Veteran Squad (10) Grenadiers with missile launcher team, two sniper rifles, and plasma gun

Veteran Squad (5) Demolitions with shotguns

Tauros with grenade launcher

Sentry Guns (3) with twin-linked lascannons

Lightning Strike Fighter with 6 Hellstrike missiles and twin-linked lascannons

Valkyrie with lascannon, 2 Hellstrike missiles, and 2 heavy bolters

Medusa Siege Gun (counts as Medusa tank from Codex: Imperial Guard)

Points Total: 1610

It will be fun to use these guys in a game of 6th/7th Edition 40k again someday. But don't worry Pete, the Lightning is not nearly the same beast as the Primaris-Lightning of Horus Heresy. The 40k-version does not have the option for the upgrades for Tank Hunter or +1 BS and the missiles do not have armorobane (they have Ordnance instead meaning they re-roll the d6 rather than roll 2d6 added up, making them much less effective against a Land Raider where they would have to roll a 6 just to glance and no chance to penetrate).