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SKITARII DEMICOHORT DISPATCHED........

The first 6 Skitarii Hypaspists are in the works.  They were originally intended to be fallen skitarii.  However, as they were coming together they seemed so noble and pure, the spirit of the models itself resisted the corruption.  My models have resisted my will and maintained their dedication to Mars despite my intention.  This is simultaneously cool and somewhat unnerving.  I guess I'll just have to build a small loyal Mechanicum Army now, oh darn...

Here is the Decanus, he looks a bit rough so far but will have more detail added next sitting.  Parts are the same for him as the earlier Skitarii models, but with more potent and customized weaponry.  The head is an ancient space wolf head, which surprisingly fit the sise of the model.  He has mutton chops!  I tried something different giving him a fur collar instead of the armored collars the rest of the demi-maniple has, I'm not satisfied with it as it stands though so I'll rework it.  I also intend to add more armor to his crotch area and to add more details to the chest.

The power ax was part of a bitz collection I bought cheap (There was a complete Abaddon, 4 CSM bikes, 5 raptors, a complete maulerfiend, and boat loads of other stuff and I only paid $80 for it).  The arm I believe comes from a forgeworld bionic limb set, I reworked the elbow and shoulder a bit to slim it down to human proportions.  The bionic eye was freehanded.

The pistol is a Ryza Pattern Plasma pistol with an added Sarrisa close combat attachment.  Skitarii are usually described as having very advanced and heavily modified weaponry, sot it fits.

As often will happen with a kitbash like this the weapons don't properly line up with the stance of the figure.  I'll have to do some clipping to fix this problem, its not too hard to do really.

It should have been obvious but I actually only noticed that there is a specific backpack for each hellgun on the 5th guy, otherwise the power cables don't line up.  Easily fixed.

Still more details need to be done.  I plan to replace the Aquilas with Cog and Skulls, and the backpacks will be techified.  I also plan to replace the fluer de lis on the shoulderpads with cog tooths to further reinforce the mechanicum theme.

Any thoughts on these guys?