Hyaenidae Posted January 12, 2013 Author Share Posted January 12, 2013 With the B&C's new ruling on mortals on the board now, I finally get to show y'all my test model for the Auxilia. http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2012/7/31/396659_md-Tyrant%27s%20Legion%20Test%20Mini.jpghttp://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2012/7/31/396658_md-Tyrant%27s%20Legion%20Test%20Mini.jpghttp://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2012/7/31/396660_md-Tyrant%27s%20Legion%20Test%20Mini.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 He looks good - pretty cleanly done and the highlighting is nice and subtle. He'll look even better with buddies backing him up. Nudge, nudge. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haywire Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Have been following this thread for many months now. I do commend you on the fantastic work you've put into these Astral Claws. The differing poses and background pieces to individualise them certainly serves to add a very nice touch and help to mesh them into the background of Warhammer 40K. If it makes you feel better, you could say that seeing your work has certainly given me some inspiration to go ahead and take a similar approach with my own squad sergeants (Though I doubt I'll be able to make them as individual as you did. I do kinda suck at converting, and I take absolutely forever to paint. Only just managed to get my chosen colour scheme nailed down after so many badly painted test minis.) One thing I might suggest... maybe just for laughs... is maybe keep an updated group photo on the front page of all the named members of your army as this project continues to grow? :P Look forward to seeing more of your work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosjetka Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Yes! :D Very cool test model, and as Oli has very discreetly suggested, he'll look better with his squadmates ;) Ludovic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adeptus-Alaska Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 very cool bro, can't wait to see this guy in person! On that note, where you been. youre a hard man to get ahold of lately. don't forget to vote on my new four armies vote! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biaz Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Alright, I've spent MONTHS watching this thread and pretending it never existed. But since I've finally succumbed to the will of the Tyrant I must express how much I love this thread! Every single model is so unique and characterful, and the fluff is equally ace. Though as I paint my own I'm forced to accept I'm no Heathens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysteriousmaskedmystery Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 he is well painted and will match your marines nicely. i might have put a little more color on the uniform though, maybe an urban cammo scheme to keep with the silver/grey look but something to set the guardsman apart and to break up their color scheme. i can't say for a certainty having not seen them in person, but i kind of think that at a distance you might not be able to see where the armor and the uniform end. in fact, you might try the armor all in blue over the grey fatigues, or black fatigues with grey flecks and grey/silver armor? still, as he is he is excellent and will fit in well... you know, for faceless cannon fodder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 Thanks for all the kind comments, ladies and gents! Sorry I've been out for so long, my work schedule went from crazy to "throw oneself out nearest window", plus a number of doc appointments for my back (I started my day today with eight needles in the spine... yay. ). @MMM: I chose the color scheme for the Auxilia for a few reasons. First, these folks are bolter-fodder in the most literal form of the word possible; as such, I don't see the Badabian supply chain giving them anything more than simple wool uniforms dyed with the cheapest stuff possible... probably something cancerous. Second, these poor buggers are meant to act as moving camoflauge for the Astartes mixed amongst them... if it's harder for an opponent to tell who is who, good. Better that one of these "noble sacrifices to the cause of Badabian freedom" takes a bolt than an irreplacible Astral Claw. Also, in real life, the silver and steel is quite easy to tell between. Thanks for your thoughts though, man! Onward, I present...(No relation to Pig of Sparta, lol) ++ Brother 'James', The Outcast ++ All know of Lord Huron's call to arms to the fellow Wardens of the Maelstrom, as the War of Liberation began. Some know of his more desperate call for blood to mercenaries outside the Great Storm. Only those with clearance of the highest authorization given by the High Lords of Terra know that a handful of Astartes from other Chapters outside of the Lamenting Sons of Sanguinius, the Dust Walkers, and the Axe-Men of Dorn actually answered his call. In ones and twos, renegades, Black Shields, and transhuman Mercenaries came to wear the steel and sky of Badab's own, each for their own reasons. None alive know where the warrior who called himself "James" originated from, nor his reasons for fighting under the clenched-claw banner of Lugft Huron, only that his desire to spill Astartes blood was only matched by his hatred of the cursed Star Phantoms, of which he would speak of with venom and consistancy. "James" still fought in the battered, yet serviceable, plate he arrived in, scrubbed clean of all identifying marks and stripped of heraldry. For three years, "James" fought alongside the LXII with cold vengeance in his heart, ending the lives of Imperial Heroes with lethally precise, ammo-conserving shots of his ancient Bolter. As the LXII made it's stand upon the torched hell that was once Hive Dominar, "James" was noticably absent, disappearing as the Legion Auxilia made preparations to die standing. Scattered reports of a bare-plated warrior in worn, archaic armour, armed with a relic bolter, gunning down Star Phantoms within the Palace of Thorns were made, the bastard becoming a consistant pain in the Phantoms' sides as he targeted Sergeants and well-performing warriors exclusively, and with lethal results. Eventually, a five-man Sternguard squad was dispatched to hunt down and terminate this unusual traitor who spoke with a strange accent not found on Badab, and howled unfamiliar oaths such as "Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead". The Star Phantoms finally found their quarry, standing alone in Corridor 16/A, waiting for his pursuers. The gunfight that erupted was sudden, violent, precise, and quickly over. As the cordite - filled smoke cleared, "James" finally rested in a peace he had never known in life, pierced by over a dozen Vengeance rounds. Opposite of his body, two Phantoms had joined him in the forever-sleep, two others crippled by perfectly placed knee and wrist shots. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ After action autopsy reports of the transhuman body found in Corridor 16/A have been sealed by the order of the Blessed High Inquisitor Zachariah Lemieux, coded Vermillion. The Emperor Protects. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Coming soon: Brother Mordu, the last fella you'd want to see come out of a boarding torpedo. and Brother Xiao, exile of the Mantis Warriors See y'all later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosjetka Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Lovely update heathens :D I'm really digging the plasma gunner, but I must say that I prefer the usual knife over the Assassin's Creed-ish blade Xiao is wielding. Ah well, you can't make us all happy :P Looking forward to the next update and good luck with the work and medical side of things! Cheers, Ludovic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artemid Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I forgot how :cuss good you are at this, heathens. Glad this thread popped up again! Truly inspiring work on display here :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingdom of the Emperor Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 That plasma gunner, where is his torso from? Also, good to see you back I was missing these guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicced Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 once again amazing work mate :tu: the outcast is fantastic, as well as his fluff and the other guys are very nice too. where is the punching dagger from the mantis exile from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lachdannan Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Awesome. I always like seeing what bits you use, and your use of the old bolter is such a nostalgia trip for me. Awesome work as always, I just wish I could write cool fluff like that, and kitbash as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxyogi Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Very nice Heathens! Very nice indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biohazard Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Love the fluff for James and it just so happens Im planning a 5 man Macharian Heresy Veteran Sternguard squad. I'm sure they can meet their demise in Corridor 16/A;) Great work as usual buddy, nice use of the Death Company and Grey Knight bits on Mordu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqui Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I started reading this topic quite some time ago, but never got around to adding a reply. Because I had changed over to a new computer recently, I couldn't remember all of the topics I had been watching until now :( Love the minis and love the fact that nearly all of them have some associated background for them too ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snejk Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I love the minis, the fluff and how they all die terrible, mostly unglorious, deaths! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightHunters Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Mantis warrior, awesome, being painted up in claw silver or are we going down the green/yellow root? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adeptus-Alaska Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 ha, brother james! I always had a soft spot for those ol' fatty bolters.......yime to dig mine out I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Blaire Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 1000heathens, all your threads are inspiring to an aspiring kit-basher! :D James is awesome looking and the brothers Mordu and Xiao are so cool looking, even without paint. I really dig your Marines Malevolent thread as well. I'd really like to know how you made Xiao's punching dagger as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted April 15, 2013 Author Share Posted April 15, 2013 The dagger comes from the chaos lord on manticore kit. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Orphan-Brother Xiao, formerly of the Mantis Warriors. Once a son of the Walkers of Dust, Xiao Yin Shen was saved from certain death by Centurion Michael himself during the retreat from Sagan, wounded unto the Red Dream. Unusually, instead of requesting the Auxilia return him to his own brothers after healing, Xiao remained with the Legion, even going so far as to cast his plate in the steel and sky of Badab's own. When questioned of this unusual decision, Xiao would simply reply that he walked "the path of black ash and cinders, under a red sky of pain", and that his destiny lay with the LXII. Often found amongst the mortal ranks on his down time, Xiao spent most his time teaching the Soldiers of the LXII various tricks in crippling Astartes, guerilla tactics, and movement under intense fire. He was instrumental in turning the LXII into one of the most dangerous Tyrant's Legions under the clenched claw of the mighty Huron. Alas, the noble Xiao faced the end of his prophecy on Badab with his adopted Brothers; his broken and track-crushed corpse found in a street covered in ash and cinders, the glow of the radioactive red-orange sky reflecting across his plate. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brother Mordu A Son of Badab Primus through and through, Brother Mordu was an exceptional warrior and a devoutee of the beloved insanity of a boarding action. Though his Rodarian Forge XXI Plasma Rifle was a strange choice for void warfare, Mordu made it his speciality, racking up an impressive 163 transhuman kills during the course of the War, 4 of those wearing Tactical Dreadnought Armour. Even more extraordinary was his light armour and fixed-wing aircraft kills during ground conflicts, with a career total of 3 Rhinos, 1 Razorback, a Whirlwind, 2 Inquisitorial Chimera's and even the personal Vendetta-pattern Valkrye of Inquisitor Anastasia Caldwell. LIke many Astartes who share his profession, Mordu was killed by his own weapon, it's dampener coils failing as Mordu poured shot after shot into a Lightning Claw armed Carcharodon savage. In a flash, Mordu was suddenly blind, armless, and alight, his warplate molten. The Carcharodon Astra backhanded Mordu into a culvert, leaving him to die howling in a pain even his transhuman constitution could not suppress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrannicide Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Dude... Dude... DUDE!!!!! Some really graphic and well thought out fluff, complemented by pretty, shiny models. Oh, and Xiao is a badass. I'm probably the only person on here that likes these guys more than them Malevolent boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted April 15, 2013 Author Share Posted April 15, 2013 Thanks man, I really apprieciate it! Have no fear, the bad boys in yellow and black will be making a return soon; I have a few sitting in my to-do pile as we speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosjetka Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I'm probably the only person on here that likes these guys more than them Malevolent boys. Nah, I prefer these chaps too ;) And yeah, the fluff is very cool. The painting is also very good :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetdestroyer Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I love how most of the characters in your army in your army are dead. And also wonderfully written, modeled and painted :P Good work man \m/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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