I had a
plan. I was going to convert my own version of Gabriel Seth using the
Forge World Legion Praetor body and the two-handed chainsword from
the Space Marine Assault Squad kit. It was a good plan that would
have looked awesome if only the two components of said plan actually
fit together.
You see,
when I came to dryfit them together they didn't fit. The Praetor's
torso is not designed like every other Space Marine ever with
perfectly flat, perfectly parallel surfaces on either side for flat
arm connections to fit on. Instead, I end up with a situation where
gluing one arm has the other hanging wildly away and forward of the
other shoulder.
Luckily, the
random eBay purchase that netted me this torso also got me the
Captain's body from the MkIII Legion Command set whose body does fit
the arms. He'll be a little smaller but on reflection the twist in
his body combined with the chainsword does give me a more dynamic
pose as if Seth is bracing to received a blow.
This leaves
me with the impressive, finely sculpted and suddenly useless Praetor
body on hand. So here I dither, wondering what project to slot it
into.
The knightly
appearance of MkIII suits itself to making a Black Templars Marshall,
of course. There's also the unit of Fallen I'm currently converting
to accompany my Death Guard using Iron armour and a Dark Angels
Veteran Squad who could develop a sudden Fallen Lord. The Death Guard
themselves are already overflowing with characters and I don't want
to do any heavy conversion work to the body itself, so that's out.
Then there's
the project the MkIII Command body was meant for in the first place:
an Alpha Legion officer to lead the Headhunters squad that will
accompany (and be the only Astartes unit in) my resurrected Lost and
the Damned army. That said, the Praetor body is a little too glorious
to be Alpha Legion. I am not a fan of the Armillus Dynat concept, if
you were wondering.
I definitely
don't want to use it for another Flesh Tearers character, I don't
want a random Captain going around looking more glorious than the
Chapter Master.
So right now
the options are Black Templars or Fallen, either way another excuse
to fail to learn how to highlight black. Just depends on which
character I can come up with the best design for.
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