As I mentioned back in my post about the Sons of Entropy, after Shadow War: Armageddon came out and I discovered that I’d need more than cultists to run a Chaos kill-team, I switched gears and started building Skitarii. I think I made a bit of a mistake in planning, though – I had reasoned that since I needed so few of them, I might as well put extra time and effort into painting them. Unfortunately, while I managed to finish all six that would feature in the starting team, during an SWA campaign I’d almost certainly need to add a few more, and trying to push myself painting these guys just left me feeling burned out. While I’m quite happy with the end result, I’m not sure I’ll actually end up using them in a campaign as I originally intended.
The Skitarii miniatures look really cool, but they’re a bit odd by the standards of GW’s other (perhaps older) multipart kits that I’m used to. Each part is much more specific to each figure and the set is less flexible and posable overall. That may be a necessity given their appearance, with specific legs to go with specific torsos because of their cloaks, etc but it caught me out a bit as I dove in without paying as much attention to the directions as I should have, and then had problems down the line getting parts to match up and align properly.
The cloaks are what ate up most of my painting time and effort – a really cool effect, but a lot of time layering…
Partition Leader Alpha Hekate_7
Ranger Int_31, the first of three armed with Galvanic Rifles to form the base of the team’s firepower
Ranger Modulo_5
Ranger Skaro_27
Ranger Cherno_84. His primary directive is to safeguard his Transuranic Arquebus – the weapon is considerably more valuable than its wielder.
3_Var, a Fresh-Forged yet to be tested in combat. His Radium Carbine will ensure that he proves himself suitable or will be destroyed in the attempt.
With the blessings of the Glorious Machine, the only logical outcome is the annihilation of our enemies!
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