Cohort 4-2, a Ordo Reductor Not –Kill Team

[Trokair]

So, it is April, somehow, already, and a month of the challenge (and 2 month of pre challenge prep time) have passed and I have yet to make a proper start on this little project for the Knives in the shadow event. So here goes nothing.

 

That said the scope of this not kill team has expanded when the plastic Ursarax were revealed to be releasing imminently, so I held off on the build phase for now. I did do the 10am dose GW site work today check on Saturday, it did, and my preorder is in. So current state of this project is:

 

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The original plan, as worked out in discussion in the sing up thread was 4 or so Thallax and a smaller character to lead them. I had some idea for Thallax conversion and sourced some parts. I still want to try them, just with Ursarx kit providing some additional options I hope.

 

 

In the mean time I have started on the smaller Enginseer/Techpriest leader model. Using the Skitarii Marshal as a starting point and some bits i think i know where this one is going, so will try and get picture up soon.

 

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Enginseer/Tech-priest Work in Progress

 

 

Skitarii Marshal body with a Sol aux Veletaris two handed axe. I had some trouble using the arms that corresponded to the axe, so the right arm is some random Solar Aux arm (from the Lasrifle lot I suspect) and some greenstuff to try and make it work.

 

 

 

 

I have a head in mind, but I am also going to try and see how a Thallax/Ursarax head looks on this before I make the final choice.  

 

I could use the Marshal backpack, or another Admech backpack, but I am actually leaning towards removing the connection point and smoothing that out so that he just has that greatcoat.

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A short update. Firstly the Ursarax arrived yesterday, so I can get onto the kill team proper.

 

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Secondly, following the tradition of my entry to the last irritation of this contest, I have spent some time over the weekend providing my team with a transport. I know it will be scenic only for Kill Team, but it gives me a reason to build it. Last time it was an open toped chimera conversion for the Easterling / Guard conversion, this time it is an entirely unconverted Trios.   

 

 

Choo choo.  Still need to work on some of the small detail, but main hull done. Headless Enginseer/Tech-Priest for scale.

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Team all built, including more members then technically required as per the original discussed plan. Now I just need to paint them all. Debating between trying to replicate the paint scheme of my 30k Mechanicum force or go for something completely different for this lot.

 

 

And here they are with the completed Triaros.

 

 

 

Some close ups.

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Edited April 25 by Trokair
Fixing images that had been rezised wiered

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The team is finished. Now I just need to write some fluff for them in the next day and a half or so.

 

 

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I based the paint scheme of my existing heresy Mechanicum army, though I ended up not using quite the right blue (on account of which paint I had available on my paintingtable)and also decided to paint more of the armour panels blue to give a bit more visiual diversity compared to the older ones.. Here is a comparison, plastic kill team members on the left, resin Thallax and Ursarx from said army on the right.

 

 

I can quite remember what I did with the original dark blue to make it have a shiny/lacquered look, maybe that’s just how that blue was.  I also did not have quite the right basing material/texture paint, but I think I got it close enough.