Khurasan Strike Infantery

The elite attack force of the Federation of Humanoid Worlds, the Strike Infantry bring unparalleled power to the battlefield. Dropping in single-man pods to the surface of the planet from starships, these troopers wear thousand-pound suits of powered armour which give them immense strength and enhanced senses. Jet- and rocket-boosted, the suit permits the Marine to bounce along the surface of the planet at speeds which would be the envy of 21st century mechanized forces.Each Strike Infantryman has a veritable arsenal of weapons at his disposal, enough to take on the military of a small nation. His two main weapons provide devastating attack ability: a rocket launcher with low-yield thermonuclear warheads for maximum devastation, and a flame thrower to spray gouts of advanced incendiary fluids distances which would astonish 21 century armies. But that's not all. On the rocket/jet booster pack is a rack firing high explosive bombs, and on each arm is mounted a potent secondary weapon - a hand flamer on the left for "close encounters," and a laser cutter on the right to burn through the thickest walls and fortifications.

I worked closely with Aaron Brown of Black Crab Sculpting to design a suit that was built around the actual human form, so that it looked plausible. says Chris.

The models come in a squad of five - two using the heavy flamer, two the nuclear rocket launcher, and a fifth sending flames to the foe with his hand flamer. The squad comes with five sets of legs, as well in three different poses - left foot forward, right foot forward, and abreast - these are supplied with a good random mix (two of one type, two of a second, one of the third).

Assembly is very easy, as the pieces have been kept to a minimum - each model is made of a head, a torso with arms attached, a rocket/jetpack, a weapon to be glued into the rack (two for the man using the hand flamer), and a set of legs. Best of all, all the torsos fit into all of the legs, so that there's a great variety of poses - five different torsos and three different leg sets.

These will make great opponents for the Garn, and of course they were born to kill Arachnians - literally!
Painted by Chris Yaro.

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