I bought my Orlock leader Carapace armour so I wanted a new model to show that. I bought some of the Tempestus Scions because they are both cool looking, and available in store. (I hate going to the store and being unable to buy what I want…I don’t want to wait for my model impulse buys!). My leader has Marksman and Overseer, and I’m told that’s a combo leading him to sit in the back a bit, as opposed to the frontline fighter I was aiming for. I missed. Maybe next gang I’ll do better…
I did a little head swap, although the Scion heads are awesome, I wanted to set him firmly as a Necromunda model. Then I cut up one of the hot-shot lasguns in the kit, and a smaller bolt gun I had in my bitz box and put them together. Lastly I carefully sculpted a ratty cloak, rather than using the very official looking Scions backpack.
The result, pretty bad ass.
The head isn’t great, but I don’t know if there are any heads that would have looked great on this body — the armour is so big compared to the head. This head, with the crazy Bane-like mask looked less bad than others.
I’m still torn on his equipment loadout. Is a boltgun the best choice? He’s the only guy in the gang with WS 3+ and it seems a waste to have him in the back ranks shooting, particularly since Orlocks have Combat and Ferocity as their Primary skills. It doesn’t exactly scream “Craig, you’re making the best choices!!!”
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