Heresy Era Thousand Sons - Remembrancers Complete

Definitely a fun little diversionary project, the four remembrancers for the Thousand Sons are now complete!

First up is probably the most drab of the four miniatures, Lemuel Gaumon. I wanted to keep his robes very muted, as though they were the lowest level of aspirant robes provided to him when he began his tutelage under Ahriman. The fez? ...Fezzes are cool.

 

Next up is Kallista Eris (fnord) who ended up looking fairly tomb-raider-esque which I suppose is befitting her role in the book. The greatcoat in Spireguard colors worked out pretty well as well!

 

Camille Shivani's mini ended up being one of my favorites, if only because I got a chance to use some colors far removed from the recent palette!

 

Finally an old sage model to represent Mahavastu Kallimakus. I wanted to keep him looking fairly monochrome and washed out (with the exception of the power cables for the scrivener harness) as he's described as being more or less hollowed-out by his service to Magnus.

 

All in all I'm well pleased with how they turned out, and really feel like my painting mojo has been recharged by the quick diversion. One interesting thing that stands out to me is how much a well-sculpted face helps a model. The difference in detail to work with between the Reaper, Privateer Press and GW miniatures is significant - say what you will about GW's minis, their sculptors do amazingly detailed work!

...In other news, this is post #490! Only ten more to go to the big 500, going to have to come up with some fun giveaways to celebrate that milestone!

Heresy Era Thousand Sons - Remembrancers painting begins

As I'd mentioned earlier, I had it in my head to add the four main remembrancers mentioned in A Thousand Sons to the army (which is intended to be set during the Defense of Tizca). So that meant a rummage through the Closet of Doom to pull out the "oh, that's an interesting miniature, I'm sure I'll use it for an NPC someday" boxes and came up with a couple minis that I think will work for Camille Shivani, Kallista Eris and Mahavastu Kallimakus to accompany the Lemuel Gaumon fig I'd mentioned earlier, and got a little paint on 'em after work over the last couple days:

Still a ways to go of course, and I'm not completely pleased with how the faces have turned out so far, partially they look bad being blown up to 700% normal size I suppose. Still, not as smooth as I'd hoped. For Lemuel, a portly guy in a fez seemed to be just the thing, looking appropriately shell-shocked as he is in numerous occasions throughout the book. Camille is a Chronoscope model, a little cheesecake-y with the bare midriff but I like the sci-fi archaeologist look overall. I'm working on giving her a spireguard's coat just to help her fit in with the army aesthetic. For Kallista I chose a more ephemeral-looking model (though I don't recall who makes it, likely another chronoscope model). Lastly, on Frothing Muppet's advice I managed to unearth an old Witch Hunter henchman in a scrivener harness to use as Mahavastu Kallimakus.

Quite enjoying the minor diversion and chance to use some colors that haven't been in rotation for quite some time! Overall I'm pretty pleased with how they're coming along - still no idea what I'll use them for (likely as wound or status effect markers), but sometimes when a hobby idea enters one's mind it's hard to set aside until its done!