++ AUGUSTUS b'RAASS ++ pre-heresy BRASS SCORPION p.247

[Kierdale]

Excellent work on those librarians! :tu:

[Race Bannon]

 

 

@ Race Bannon: dude, you couldn't give me a better compliment. Thanks you! And good luck with the scraping and dremeling. Also: would you like to name any of the librarians?

 

 

II am honored you asked :)

 

If the Deathwatch dude is not named, then Debor Varis

 

^_^

[Doghouse]

Loving the Librarius mate and great use of some of the older models. Very cool. :tu:

[Augustus b'Raass]

With the deathwatch librarian named by Race Bannon, here's his fluff!
 

Lexicanium - Debor Varis - Race Bannon

Born on a desolate planet in the Vagon Cluster, brother Varis was recruited as an Imperial Initiate at the young age of eight standard years. He was found on his world by Epistolary Kho, who saw the boy sitting cross-legged in the middle of the central square of a village, the entire town burning around him. When questioned, he merely murmered short phrases that spoke of vengeance for his murdered parents. His mind was catatonic, but his body proved strong and lean. Taken back to the Phallanx, he was tested and after extensive psycho-interrogations and found suitable for initiation. Geneseed zygotes and black carapace introductions proved successful, but the youth appeared extraordinarily resistant to psycho-indoctrination. Vengeful and aggressive by nature, it soon became apparent that initiate Varis had Psychic potency, particularly in the fulmination discipline. Upon completing his initiation, brother Varis was immediately claimed by the Chapter's Librarius. His aggressiveness has made him a specialist in close-assault support and boarding actions, where he is known to down entire lines of enemies with bolts of lightning arching out of his eyes and mouth. His brother Astartes regard him with a weary sense of respect, for even they have come to be mindful of the young Lexicanium's wrath. 

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I hope you like it, Race

 

If anyone wants to name the already-painted librarian that is based on the BaC Chaplain, please feel free. Otherwise, I have three unpainted ones waiting for names:

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Sword guy 2

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Stave guy 1

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Stave guy 2

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Other replies:

@ Kierdale: Thanks a lot, buddy. Coming from you, high praise!

 

@ Doghouse: thanks a lot, buddy! Those older librarians sure are cool to paint, I can tell you.

Edited May 17, 2017 by Augustus b'Raass

[Mitsman]

You are sick..., in a glorious kind of way! And I thought I had a thing with librarians. Congratulations, you are 2 libies ahead of me. Must paint more, lol.

Having seen the new librarians I decided to go ahead with my fourth one, a light conversion of the space hulk terminator librarian.

 

Paint on!

 

Mitsman

 

EDIT: Actually the score is 6-3 and soon I will lose count after seeing the new ones hidden in the spoiler... AAAAAA!

Edited May 17, 2017 by Mitsman

[Augustus b'Raass]

Alright, librarian number six is finished. It's the one named by Vairocanum

Codicier -  Ingolf Geirr - Vairocanum 

Brother Geirr has been part of the Imperial Fists Librarius for longer than even its Chief Librarian, but has never been promoted beyond the rank of Codicier. Little is known about his origins, as Brother Geirr is a secretive man, communicating only the bare essentials. He prefers to keep to himself, only conversing with the highest ranking Librarians after daily Mass services. On rare occasions, he inquires about the progress in his peers' studies, but never divulges his own. Besides mandatory battle training, he is known to spend all of his time alone in the Librarius' and Chapter's Libraries. In battle, he has been known to summon spirits and Warp-spawned beings, which have been witnessed to disrupt the enemy's ranks and harass enemy support lines. When engaged in melee, Brother Geirr erupts into a whirlwind of violence, his Force Glaive cutting in half all who stand against him.  

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I hope you like him, Vairocanum, and especially the fluff I've written for him I thank you for the name and your expression of fondness for him - as it opened my mind up and inspired me in a way I haven't been before.

 

Let me know what you think!

 

Cheers!

 

@ Mitsman: Well, it's not a competition, mate! I'just glad you like mine, and would love to see yours Where can I find pictures?

Edited May 17, 2017 by Augustus b'Raass

[Kordhal]

I have to say you are an absolute painting and modelling machine! Fantastic work on these librarians and as usual am really looking forward to what you come up with next!

[deathspectersgt7]

Erik Stanislov (The Spectre) if he is still nameless.

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[Augustus b'Raass]

@ deathspectersgt7: that's an awesome name, and he was not taken. Also, he's meant to be my Chief Librarian! Erike Staanisov ~ the Spectre he will be (I've 40K-ified his name a little, I hope you'll approve). Thanks a bunch for that. Naming my dudes remains a prime source of inspiration for me! Any fluff suggestions for him?

 

@ Kordhal: Cheers, buddy! Next will be four more librarians, plus three chaplains (dammit, it used to be only two, but the I realized I didn't own the cheap one from the GW site, which I've always really liked. So I bought it, thanks to your comment).  I know, I'm on a bit of a character catch up. Before, I had only painted about five characters for my Imperial Fists. 

Edited May 17, 2017 by Augustus b'Raass

[Vairocanum]

Wow your painting speed and quality is amazing as usual! Love the fluff you've given to Ingolf, especially the mysterious aspects that surround him. Having a long history in the librarius and how he keeps to himself makes me think he's hiding his true abilities  . Your descriptions of his battlefield capabilities also put a great image in my head, thanks for letting me name him! I always enjoy reading the bits of fluff you write for each model (this time especially ) as it really makes each miniature feel more special, I can't wait to see the rest of the librarians and the chaplains! 

[Daemon2027]

I like chaplains, get them ready to paint now

[Lord Commander Eidolon]

Impressive stuff dude! And seriously how the heck do you manage to smash out these quality paint jobs!!

 

I'm impressed with the conclave, sadly EC don't have Librarians otherwise I'd getting myself some! I have however been inspired to do an Apothecarium as a result of this project of yours!!

[Sagentus]

you're like a machine churning these librarians out. They all look ace mate, keep it up!

[Augustus b'Raass]

NYAR!

Today something truly special came in the mail.

You see, half a lifetime ago, in 1998, when I was still an 18-year old youngster, three of my favourite things were: 40k; the comic book Poison Elves by Drew Hayes; and pot. My city is often called the pot capitol of the world, and with the Dutch laissez faires legal attitude towards soft drugs, I admit there was a year in my life when I regularly enjoyed the sensimilla. There was a time when I had quit all three (Pot, because it is so bad for productivity and focus, and Poison Elves because Drew Hayes sadly died), but I've only been able to permanently stave off two: I have since relapsed into my addiction to plastic crack.

 

Anyway! Back then, I also played chaos, but I had wanted to do a loyal Space Marine army for some time. Third edition had just come out, but I missed the ridiculousness of 2nd edition. So I decided to create a Second Edition Space Marine army and integrate into it the other two things I enjoyed most. And so the PURPLE MARAUDERS chapter was born, with a Marijuana leaf as their chapter symbol. I know...  it's right up their with SM Chapters with national flags as their symbol. Completely and utterly dumb. But hey, I made a lot of bad decisions back then. The characters were all named after Poison Elves characters, such as Lusiphur Amerillis Malache and Jace San Lanargaith. And OF COURSE I painted them up as Jamaicans, complete with greenstuffed dreadlocks... 'Cool'. 

I sold that army in 1999, because even then I realized how completely juvenile it looked. (the guy I sold it to told me later he was banned from bringing them to the local GW store).

Yet, about a month go, I saw this very army being offered on eBay - and I realized the Librarian in it (whom I had named Lusiphur, after the main character of the awesome Posion Elves comic) was the metal librarian I was missing in my librarian collection. So of course I bought it, along with the metal OOP Chaplain!
Because hey, two out-of-production miniatures PLUS a trip down memory lane!

I will most definitely throw these guys in StMarc to strip them of paint, but it's just too much fun to have those miniatures in my possession again - after literally a lifetime - as I'm twice as old now as I was when I painted them.  

 

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I'm amazed by how good they look. Both the quality of painting is better than I imagined it had to be back then, and how well the paint job has stood the test of time. Also, I like how I managed to make the black of the chaplain look black, but still give it a purple hue. I'm pretty sure I won't be able to do something similar with yellow.

Anyway, I hope you liked this weird trip through memory lane. I'm off to dump these guys in StMarc. Or will I? Damn. Should I? Nostalgia is backoning... Nah, I'll just repaint him and write some appropriate fluff. He will be dark skinned, though

Replies!

@ Vairocanum: I know right. But is he truly who he says he is? I mean, the dude summons Daemons!

 

@ The Hydra: I shall I shall! Gimme a couple hours to make good pictures of them.

 

@ Lord Commander Eidolon: There's a list of quick painting tips a few pages back - those help. Why don't ECs have librarians? But regardless of that, and entire apothecarion sounds amazing!

 

@ Sagentus: Damn Chaplains distorting the librarian conveyor belt.

Edited May 18, 2017 by Augustus b'Raass

[Race Bannon]

Oh yeah, that Librarian is da bomb!  The Chaplain is my favorite from the bunch too.  Good find there :tu:

[Mechanist]

Wow not really sure how to respond to that, just a very cool balance of luck and one of those things that fits with the saying 'It's a small world'. 

So was it an army deal for the whole army or had they split it into lots so you just grabbed the OOP models?

 

 

 

@  Mechanist: A whole chapter? Don't exaggerate! In the end it will only be ten librarians. 

 Well how big is a chapters librarius anyway? I can't see them running more than a couple per company so at most each chapter is likely to have only about 20-25 individuals?

So even at 10 you're probably half way there.

The latest additions are great as always and some lovely fluff to go with them, added to that you'll be able to pick power in 8th to go with each back story is a nice change. Keep it up and looking forward to seeing more. 

[Eldrick Shadowblade]

Man that's a funny story. I'm too embarrassed to display pictures of my first blood angel army. I gave zero :cusss about painting back then. Glad you reconnected with a bit of your hobbying past. Now.. more chaos please : )

[Biohazard]

Ha what a brilliant stroke of luck, I absolutely adore that Chaplain model and can't wait to see it with an updated paint job although saying that he looks great as is. :tu:

[Augustus b'Raass]

Thanks for the pleasant comments, guys :)

I started working on the Chief Librarian miniature this morning, but didn't really fee it. Perhaps mass-painting librarians isn't the best thing to keep things rolling, so I decided to work on a built Drop Pod for a while. 

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Who'se that guy in the lower left corner, you ask? Well, it's funny you should ask! ;) It's my next Chaplain model - this time with a jump pack.

 

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He's made from a mixture of the Deathwatch Cassius model and the head and right arm of the Reclusiam Command Squad Chaplain -which I acquired with a white basecoat, through a trade-  plus a MkII Jump Pack. That helmet is absolutely awesome, so I was excited to use it. Thing kinda fell together when I started work on the Cassius mini.

What do you think? Does he need anything else? Let me know, 'cause I want to do this guy justice.

 

Cheers!
 

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@ Race Bannon: Cheers! The chaplain will have a Templar Power fist, the one with the chains. :D

 

@ Mechanist: Yeah, it was kinda cool to find the army again. I just grabbed those two characters. There were some OOP metal terminator characters and metal sergeants in there, too, as well as two metal Dreadnoughts, but except fr the sergeant with the pointy power fist, I really didn't think it was worth it. I'll end up throwing them all in StMarc anyway... I'm not sure at all how many librarians a chapter has! I always imagined that about 1% of initiates had psychic potential, so 10 librarians per Chapter sounds about right, if you ask me. But your estimation might also be valid. Who knows!? 

@ Mechanist: I swear to you the Blood Thirster is on my desk, begging for paint. 

 

@ Biohazard: Thanks! The bone is a bit bland and the Rosarius looks bad, but other than that, I'm pretty cool with him as well. :) :tu:

[Brother-Chaplain Kage]

Oh my, a chaplain with a jump pack?! Be still my beatin' heart! Great work on that guy and a fine example of how you can kit bash an awesome figure by choosing good bits and not needing to do a bunch of extensive conversion work.

[Race Bannon]

Oh ya, THAT PFist is beefy looking.

 

The Chaplain above is stellar :tu:  I mean ... I may have to steal, er, borrow this idea too.

 

Maybe

[KrautScientist]

Whoa, you're on a roll again, buddy! And those mix 'n' match Librarian conversions are quite excellent!

 

As for your two "wayward sons" rejoining the fold, that's an awesome story! The Marihuana-themed chapter was a bit of an eye-roller for me (I've never liked humorous Marine armies, with the sole exception of the Angry Marines), but reading about the incredible coincidence of those two models rejoining your collection still made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. You'll have to make up suitably epic stories of those two guys' adventures away from their legion, once you've reconsecrated them in Imperial Fists colours ;)

Plus that skull-faced metal Chaplain is a fantastic vintage model: I have always felt that skull mask to be one of the best designs, only on par with that incredible ancient Terminator Chaplain.

 

Speaking of skull masks, your latest chaplain conversion is rather lovely as well, but I have to admit that - unlike yourself - I don't really like the mask that much. It's just too Masters of the Universe for me, if that makes any sense -- and I used to love MotU, at that. Let's see if you can sell me on the helmet with your paintjob!

 

Never a dull moment in this thread, buddy!

Edited May 19, 2017 by KrautScientist

[Nomus Sardauk]

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By the Big Chair... I think I'm in love. <3

[Augustus b'Raass]

@ BCK: Cheers, buddy. I'm confused, back when I was in the hobby, I was wondering why 'kitbash' had replaced the word 'conversion'. Now you're using them interchangeably. Isn't a kitbash a conversion without conversion work?

 

@ Steal away, mate :) Thanks for the support :)

 

@ Oh trust me, I've been rolling my eyes since before I sold the army , and don't like funny armies either. IAlthough I'll have to look up Angry Marines. Also: are you kidding me? That skull mask is awesome because it makes him look eviller than skeletor!

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;) Thanks for the last comment, too. I appreciate it a lot :)

 

@ SanguiniusReborn: Hey buddy! Long time no see around these here parts! I'm glad you like the chaplain!

[Brother-Chaplain Kage]

To me, kitbash and conversion are completely different things. Taking parts from different kits and combining them without physically altering them is kitbashing; physically altering the parts by sculpting, cutting and re-posing, etc, is converting.