Recently had hardly any time to paint (and even less time to take photographs), so apologies for the lack of updates! Real life has been hectic, and I've decided to start concentrating on smaller projects and character models rather than full scale army projects. The general state of 40k has left me feeling a little despondent, and I rather feel that my days of investing hundreds of pounds into new armies twice a year have long gone... The Grey Knights codex in particular was a huge disappointment to me (hot on the heels of the tragic Tyranids codex), but that's a whole 'nother story...

Today I'm showcasing a conversion that I've been working on for a while, using a combination of bits from various GW kits and some third party parts as well: a Savlar Chem senior officer.


The colour scheme is of course inspired by my large Chem Dog army, with some personal variations to mark the model as an officer (such as the lurid red coat lining). I based him on a piece of garden slate to make him a little more imposing.


The model has a large variety of parts:


  • Head from Dragonforge models (they have a really nice set of varied metal heads, including some with wild hair, eye patches, etc - very nice facial expressions as well);
  • Legs from the Cadian infantry box;
  • Torso from an old Imperial Guard tank upgrade sprue;
  • Arms and coat parts from the Tempestus Militarum Scions box.


Gotta love that coat! It's a nice part which looks great on an officer or commissar model.


Another view of the coat...


These photos show the detail on the head part (and also the wrist-mounted computer).