Halo Flashpoint: This is Sparta!

Having complete one fireteam before Christmas I've taken the chance to paint up another one so we can actually have a game if required. As each fireteam is only 3 or 4 models strong then it's a quick job to get one done.

I've stuck with a metallics theme for the first Spartan team but mixed up the colours rather than making them uniform. Spartans are super-soldiers created to combat Earth's enemies and have advanced through several different phases with different armour patterns as well. 

The Spartans I've painted up are all wearing the same pattern armour (MK VII I believe) and form a balanced fireteam. 

In the orange armour we have the MK VII who carries a decent ranged weapon which he shoots with on a 4+. He also fights on a 4+ and the Spartan knife is excellent and slicing through armour (AP2) and shields (ESD1) so he's pretty dangerous up close as well. His main benefit is the extra Tactician dice he adds to the standard pool of 2. The more dice you have the more extra things you can do.

The Deadeye is dressed to kill in the gold armour and as a sniper type he benefits from a 3+ shoot, his fight is only 5+ though. His biggest plus though is the Fast Transition ability which allows him to shoot another ranged weapon (once picked up) in the same shoot action, twice the bullets for twice the killing.

Someone who is happy to get in close is the Brawler, in his green armour. Fighting on a 3+ with the normal combat knife is pretty tasty but there are more powerful melee weapons in the game for him to grab.

Lastly we have the Zvezda who at speed 1/3 is a bit slower than the other Spartans (2/3) but he does have Scout to get an extra move in before the game starts and he has the best save (4+) of the team so could be a bit more tanky than the others.

I have another copy of these models and also a second variant with the same Spartan archetypes carrying different weapons. So I'll paint up the other variant next.