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Hello everyone! I posted in the Adeptus Mechanicus section, and the wise Magos there answered crucial questions and redirected me here for some further guidance. For the sake of brevity, I will try to get to the point as quick as possible. I recently acquired a Cerastus Knight-Atrapos for $65 on eBay a couple of months back. I assembled it, and then I left it in my drawer. I have an idea on what I would like it to look like, but I might need help conceptualizing/accomplishing it. I would love for the Atrapos to have a Greco-Roman theme to it, as I absolutely love the culture and artwork. My idea was to recreate the scenes of Trajan's Column on the armor panels of the Knight. Unfortunately for me, this requires a level of painting and greenstuff skill that I do not possess. I had an idea of buying a replica of Trajan's Column, massaging out a thin layer of green stuff, and then rolling the column over the surface of the greenstuff to capture the details of the Column and then tearing/fitting the green stuff to fit on the armor panels. I was wondering if anyone has done something similar to this, or even if you think that this project is feasible as well as providing any guidance/pointers for a novice. Thank you in advance!

Ok guys, I desperately need help. About a couple of months ago, I was cruising through eBay and saw a Cerastus Knight Atrapos with a starting bid of $65. I figured, hey, I will give it a shot. I primarily play Dark Angels and Sons of Horus, but for $65 I couldn't pass it up. I ended up winning it for that amount. I promptly assembled it and since then it has sat in my drawer, languishing away. To make a long story short, I decided that my project for the next couple of months will be the completion of my Atrapos. Which brings me to some points that are kinda questions. 1) Are there any benefits to running an Imperial Knight House vs. a Mechanicus Knight? I know there is a difference, but I unfortunately have not had the opportunity to look at the new AdMech codex. I have the Imperial Armor Index with the Atrapos' stats, but seeing as how the new Codexes supersede the Indexes I figure there might be some new issues or themes to consider. 2) What kind of custom bits are available to spruce up a Knight, GW or otherwise? I had an idea about a custom Knight house that had a Greco-Roman theme to it. I thought that it would be cool to replicate the scenes of Trajan's column on the armor panels of the Knight describing its history. Unfortunately for me, that involves either 1) a level of painting skill I do not have or 2) a level of greenstuff skill that I do not have. 3) Lastly, I would like this Knight to be field-able in either my 30k Sons of Horus army or my 40k Dark Angels Army without having to stretch the fluff too much. Is this feasible? If so, what are some of ya'lls suggestions? Thank you in advance for answering!