Silar over at The Fallen Princes is running another Badab-themed competition, this time based on the Deathwatch. At one point I was seriously contemplating a Deathwatch army that would have allowed me to play any Astartes codex simply by changing out the commander with the appropriate heraldry, so the chance to actually do a Deathwatch model really appealed to me. Since I'm on the Badab veterans list for my Salamanders, I thought it would only be fitting that I make my model a Salamander. That, and I've got these awesome Forge World shoulder pads.
Here's the model, ready to be primed:
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This is the first time I've ever repositioned the legs of a marine, and it wasn't all that hard. Of course, all I did was a simple turn of the left leg, nothing major.
And of course, once I had him primed, I rushed right over to the painting table and swept all of those horrid pointy-eared xenos away so that I could get right down to it:
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He's not done, obviously. I need to finish up the base and add a few details here and there. The competition itself is even cooler than normal, because after it's judged, some of the entrants (including myself) will be pooling their miniatures into a Sternguard Kill-Team which will be auctioned off for charity. I will be sad to see this guy go!