From StuartL - A Crusader??? (7 points)

My third and final post of the week is another Crusader. In this case, a Space Marine from the Indomitus Crusade. A few weeks back, my local gaming group decided to create our own chapter of space marines between us. Each of us could contribute a part of the background, the name, the colours, the history, etc. We finally came up with the Astral Hammers, a newly created chapter of Primaris Marines. Their background was that they were formed from the Iron Hands geneseed and that their leadership were all members of the Iron Hands legion who had been wounded and kept in stasis since the Horus Heresy. 

For the chapter symbol, we went with a hammer (obviously) along with a simplification of the Nagoya City symbol, where our group is based. This was free handed onto the shoulder pad using a marker pen and then some more white paint to tidy it up a bit. For the colour scheme, we settled on a halved pattern, with the bone white representing the biological part of the chapter and the gunmetal grey representing the technological skills and aptitude of it's members.

Being from a chapter with the name Astral Hammers, it seemed only fitting that my captain should be wielding a hammer himself. In addition to switching out the original weapon, I replaced his wrist mounted gun with an older plastic version and also replaced the head with a Heresy era MkIII helm. The cloak was painted with several layers of black mixed with gloss medium to make it reflect the light.

You can just make out the 3rd company badge on his right knee in the above picture. Painting the mini was a bit challenging, as there were no marks to guide where the colours should split, so it was all done by eye. I think it came out looking ok though. I'm trying to decide if I want to paint any more of these guys. I don't currently play 40K, but he could use some friends on the shelf.

So, that should be a simple 5 points for one figure.
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Great work in coming up with a new chapter, Stuart!

In view of the handpainted insignia (and the fact he's a total unit), I'm giving you a couple of extra points. Originality deserves a reward! I'm also labelling it as a Squirrel entry since it's different to the other two for the week.

Well done!

Ev