These were a pile of minis that I found in a box of WiP stuff that I got as part of a bulk buy of Imperial Guard way back in the day.. either 2nd or 2.5 edition 40k ... I think... anyway it was a very long time ago!
I rediscovered them while unpacking random boxes during a recent move of house (Not sure which one... the one that I am currently preparing for will be the fourth move of house in three years... )
Anyway as these were a salvage project I wanted to get them tabletop ready but also wanted to limit how much work would be put into them.
I decided to keep some elements of the work the original owner did and just update them to fit in with some of my current armies.
The Ogre was a bit different, I believe I got it as part of a promotional give away at Gencon. I did a quick assembly and slapped some paint on it to demo speed painting to someone... it then got tossed in a box and went unseen for a couple of decades...
It was in a frightful state when I rediscovered it in a bag of bits... so I treated it to a little repair, changed the color of his shirt from blue to green, added some chevrons etc...
The servitors are some of the most disturbing minis that GW ever produced for a variety of reasons... from the leering face of the human male, to the dead man stare of the Squat, and capped by the clinically efficient arrangement of the clothing ... particularly the female model... this is the stuff cyborg nightmares are made of.
The original paint scheme had each model in a different, loud, color... they were quite blinding to look at. I could feel the cataracts forming in real time! So I decided to make two color coded teams (red and green) with one team getting the extra servitor.
The Sanctioned Psykers were a fun batch that got a complete repaint except for the great purple cloaks... I love the color and it stayed with just some touch ups and a few highlights.
The lead Psyker, Frank Primul, is leaking energy which is clearly visible on his face, The effect was created using Algae Wash from Secret Weapon.
I'll hopefully get one more batch of figures done before pack-out day and then I'll switch from models to books and try to get familiar with 8th ed. Return to working on the Serene Dawn Project, and write some fluff while waiting for the models to catch up with us...
Of course Bones III is drifting around the the mail system... it may, or may not land before the pack-out!
Legacy Servitors, Sanctioned Psykers, and a Heroquest Ogre
by Swelter | Jun 13, 2017