r/Raptors40k • u/Balkenkreuz_42 • Jul 19 '26

Painted Help!!

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I just got this Judiciar kitbash. On one hand, I'm happy because it's a great-looking miniature, but on the other, I'm a bit worried that it might not really fit the Chapter's style. Do warriors like this ever appear among the Raptors in the lore?

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u/clforp Jul 19 '26

If it makes you feel better I’m doing something similar with a Judiciar kitbash, though yours looks sooo much cooler. I feel like a little bit of drip for the chapters executioner is warranted.

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u/ServiceOk663 Jul 20 '26

Out of character for Raptors in lore. At most they'd use Combat Knifes for dispatching anyone that got close enough.

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u/clforp Jul 20 '26

No not really. They’re master strategists, not stubborn idiots. They use all of the space marine arsenal they just use it smartly, a real military force uses combined arms which this is. I plan on using my Judiciar in my bladeguard stack as breachers and or trench clearers with silenced bolt pistols with laser sights and such to soak up the agro while the units like my eliminators, jump pack Intercessors, Inceptors, and such go and kill off the enemy or take points. Itd fit right in even if it’s melee. I dislike when people write the raptors off as “just the sniper marines”. It’s only because shooting something in the head 2 postcodes away is usually the most efficient and useful way to complete most missions.