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=== ESS Modelling/Kitbashing ===

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Don't they come in a box?
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Yes. The Elucidian Startstriders come in the Rogue Trader Kill Team box. They also come with the Gellerpox Infected team, so you get two lists in one box. But, let's just say you want to make a ESS team without getting the box. Maybe you like the idea of kitbashing your own rogue trader cohort, or you just don't want to spend more money when you have tons of bits lying around. Anyway, here are a couple of tips that could be of use.

First, the voidsmen. You need five of them. Thre grunts with a lasgun, one with shotgun, one with a gatling gun, all with laspistol. As long as they have that, you can make them however you want. You want them fancy and aristocratic-looking? Get something akin to Ventrillian Nobles, Scintillan Fusiliers or Praetorian Guard. More militaristic and professional? Get something like Harakoni Warhawks or Indigan Praefects. Something more grunt and mercenary like? Pick Chavlar Chem-Dogs, Mordant Acid-Dogs or those new Enforcers from Necromunda. Really, you can do what you want here, the possibilities are endless. Even more endless if youe pieces beyong GW. But if you have GEQ bits lying around, make something original with them. 

The dog is more annoying. You can always look for the actual model from the Rogue Trader box, but GW has released a decent amount of dog models over the years. They released a dog model in Necromunda, there was a dog model for Mordheim... If you want to use non-GW models, there are hundreds of dogs minis out there. Any breed you may want. Just make sure the size of the model is the current scale. Also, you may want to decorate the dog with some military gear. Maybe an anti-bullet vest, maybe a robotic paw, maybe some auxiliary packs San Bernardo-style... The world is your oyster. Remember that the pose could be used to hide its profile enough to maximize covers as much as possible. 

The specialists are more complicated. The Assassin is easy, just take Death Cult Assassin model and add enough detail to make it look the style of your army. The medic could come from a Hospitallier or a pimped out Imperial Guard Medic. Grauss... is the most difficult of all. The head could come from a cybernetica datasmith, the arm could be given an auspex, the pistol could be a fancy gun from WHFB and given some sci-fi detail (like attaching the gun to the backpack through a cable). The backpack generator is complicated, but with a skitarii power backpack and some other bits simulating generators, it could be done. Bonus points if it has the Adeptus Mechanicus insignia.

As per the Rogue Trader herself... Do whatever you want, the kitbashing posibilities with that model are immense. You could use inquisition models or fancy AoS human models for that. Add jewels, feathers and other extravagant decorations. With that said, remember that the model must have a pistol and a sword, preferably a rapier of sorts. Also, make it look like a space pirate, a servoskull is always a good touch.
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