r/RetroHammer40k

Full guide here: https://www.chaosbunker.de/en/2026/08/16/warhammer-40000-space-marine-scouts/

Followed up our Terminator identification guide with one for the Space Marine Scouts. Their release history turns out to be way more tangled than the Terminators: puffed-sleeve Rogue Trader sculpts, the chapter-specific Space Wolves Sergeants sculpted by Jes Goodwin (which actually predate the generic range by years), the late-arriving 1997/98 metal Scouts, character models like Sgt. Naaman and Sgt. Telion, and finally the plastic kits that just got replaced by the Kill Team Salvation sculpts in 2024.

Covers what to look for if you want an era-appropriate 2nd edition Scout unit, plus donor parts from Necromunda/Imperial Guard for weapon options that never got dedicated Scout sculpts.

Anyone else still running the classic metal Scouts, or has everyone moved on to plastic/Kill Team sculpts by now?

So, i have the Night Lords Combat Patrol painted which includes Chaos lord on jump pack, 5 Choosen, 10 Nemesis claw operatives (count as legionaries/choosen?) and a Rhino. I also have 20 legionaries kitbashed from HH MKVI marines & bunch of heavy weapons/heavy melee weapons. This is about 1300p of CSM now and my hobby group plays 4th e core & 3-3.5e codex 1500-2000p games and also had 2v2 750p games which are quite popular in form of a game day events.

I have Dark Commune, Accursed Cultists and normal cultists waiting to be painted (got them from a Ashes of Faith KT box).

I have some experience playing with 3e orks, but not sure how grow my CSM/Lost and Damned(?) lists. What should be must haves and what would be fun to play with? I dont really care for lore accurate lists which in a sense cut me off from demonic(/fun?) units :D

Nothing a bit of glue can't fix