So the guy from stubble test is 97% done. I can't figure out how I want to do his base just yet, so I just left it as dirt without adding anything just yet. I'll probably go in a similar direction as I did with my 40k dark angels and slap some slate on it with some dead grass. I also think I might get some Lizardman bits from Warhammer Fantasy and sprinkle them around. In the plot of the universe, the homeworld of the Dark Angels had big nasty beasties that lived in the jungles so it'd be cool to represent that somehow.
Anywho, I love how his face turned out. I also love how the gold trim turned out. Its very grimy dirty which I think fits this model just great. The freehand Dark Angels symbols and holy verses scribbled on the armor came out lovely as well.
Only thing I dislike is his sword. It shipped to me broken. While I was able to fix it somewhat with greenstuff, its tip is still a llittle lumpy which makes the sword look really dinged up. I like my swords on my marines looking well kept. If he was a chaos guy it'd be fine but, alas. Gotta work with what you got.
Full disclosure, I bought this model off eBay thinking it was a reseller. This model comes alongside another guy I had less interest in so in my brain I figured someone got the two to piece out separately and make a bit by selling each individually. Turns out it was a recast, from Russia. The user posed as being from the UK else I would have known something was up with the price it was offered at. That's why there are so many dings in the model and the sword was broken.
The head was actually so misshapen that I threw it away. The head on this model was from the Chaos terminator lord/sorcerer kit. Had to hack up its neck and set it in a bed of greenstuff to make it work, and now I'm kind of glad for it because it makes my praetor unique compared to anyone else.
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