Second Squad Complete!

I am proud to announce that I have completed the second set of Space Marines for my Dark Angels Third Company in record time—for me anyways.  Last Wednesday I began constructing half of the Tactical Squad from the Dark Vengeance Starter Set, including the plasma gunner and the Sergeant. As of yesterday morning (so 5 days later), I completely finished them!  Here are some pictures.

I have to say, I absolutely adore the Dark Vengeance models—the poses, the cast quality, everything!  Finishing this squad has really inspired me to keep working on these guys.

My next set of models will be the other half of the DV Tactical Squad, which will give me 15 models total and include a Sergeant with plasma pistol, a plasma gun, and a plasma cannon.  Eventually I'll also include the other ten Tactical Marines I got (the normal SM box), from which I'll be able to get two more Sergeants, a missile launcher, a flamer and a melta gun (or a second plasma, haven't decided yet). That'll total 25 models from which I can build three squads: 2 ten-man squads with a Sergeant, heavy weapon and special weapon each, and a five-man squad with a Sergeant and special weapon.  This will be the core of my army in every game I play, so I'm stoked to get them done!