Chaos Cultists: Meat shields of the 41th Millennium

First out of my Dark Vengeance box, and first to get blasted with the spray can.

MEAT SHIELDS. Weak bullet fodder. 

These are the first models that I've completed from scratch (in ten years) and even they suffer the spray can for a second attempt.

Luckily there aren't any photos of the first paint job, so this shame is well hidden.

Other than playing the standard games which come as part of the box set, I haven't used these guys in a proper game yet. 

Cheaper than normal CSM, so you can swam your opponent with them, but these poor wretches are nothing better than meat shields.

I did find use for them when playing the "Helfire Stone" scenario included in Dark Vengeance.  

By using them as a shield for the Helbrute who was the one grabbing the relic, they came in use and helped win the game. 

Now that my understanding of the rules has improved (not by much, forgive me), it turns out that only troop units can pick up relics. So after what use I did find, it turns out I wasn't playing fair.

As far as colours goes, I hadn't decided on what legion I wanted for my Chaos Space Marines when I started these. Using separate colours schemes for each of the units, I went for a lore approach. Being cultists, they'd have jumped alongside any CSM on their planet, so match colours didn't matter.

Enjoy!