Vanguard Veteran

[Marshal Reinhard]

40 minutes ago, FormelyKnownAsSmashyPants said:

I love that the model has an Aquila on his chest instead of the Crux Imperialis (the name given the winged skull).

I believe the winged skull is called just the Imperialis. Afaik there's no Crux Imperialis in 40k lore, its instead a real world term reffering to the Imperial Cross of the Holy Roman Empire.

 

But yes, more variety is good. There's been a number of primaris models released over the years sporting the Aquila rather than the Imperialis, but the more the merrier.

[Blindhamster]

52 minutes ago, FormelyKnownAsSmashyPants said:

If you don’t mind me asking, did you buy the parts already printed or did you print them yourself? Are the STLs available to purchase form an online store somewhere? I really, really like the way the models appear and wouldn’t mind doing something similar myself.

You can get the terminator bits from Archie’s forge

[Arkley]

30 minutes ago, Blindhamster said:

You can get the terminator bits from Archie’s forge

Oh he is still selling the shins then? Not looked at Archies for ages since I got my printer.

[FormelyKnownAsSmashyPants]

1 hour ago, Arkley said:

I printed them, However I think all the files involved have been nuked.

Ah no worries, you never know if you don’t ask. Thanks for the reply. They really are nice models, kudos.

34 minutes ago, Blindhamster said:

You can get the terminator bits from Archie’s forge

Thanks, I’ll check them out.

[FormelyKnownAsSmashyPants]

48 minutes ago, Marshal Reinhard said:

I believe the winged skull is called just the Imperialis. Afaik there's no Crux Imperialis in 40k lore, its instead a real world term reffering to the Imperial Cross of the Holy Roman Empire.

 

But yes, more variety is good. There's been a number of primaris models released over the years sporting the Aquila rather than the Imperialis, but the more the merrier.

My bad, I’d heard it referred to as the Crux Imperialis before somewhere on the internet and assumed it was what it was called. I know there’s the Crux Terminatus (Terminator Honours), so assumed the person I heard the term from was right given that Crux had been used elsewhere in the lore. So now I know, and knowing is half the battle. Something else I’d like to see which was common in 2nd edition is winged gems. Tactical Marines used to have an oval gem akin to an Eldar spirit stone, and at least one of the Apothecaries from the time had a heart shaped gem, both of which had wings. As far as the split between the Imperialis and the Aquila, it seemed, from memory, it was about 50/50, just from my recollection of the middle hammer, Goodwyn Space Marine sculpts, however, I couldn’t say for certain how many of each actually existed on the old models.

[jaxom]

2 hours ago, FormelyKnownAsSmashyPants said:

I’d heard it referred to as the Crux Imperialis before somewhere on the internet and assumed it was what it was called. I know there’s the Crux Terminatus (Terminator Honours), so assumed the person I heard the term from was right given that Crux had been used elsewhere in the lore.

They may have been referring to this variation of the Imperialis that is on some veterans’ chests:

 

[FormelyKnownAsSmashyPants]

1 hour ago, jaxom said:

They may have been referring to this variation of the Imperialis that is on some veterans’ chests:

 

You’re probably right. Thank you.

[The Praetorian of Inwit]

At least being a bit bland it will make it easier for us to add our own being to it. Silver linings and all that.