Here are some of the minis I made for my Flesh Eaters chapter, two of which I used in my recent introduction to Kill Teams:
First up is the Sergeant (or Chaos Champion, depending on what I am playing my Flesh Eaters as). I never used him during this past Kill Teams competition at my FLGS, as I was running my squad with a Lone Wolf to lead them. I modeled him with storm bolter/combi bolter and power sword. A quick apology about the pics as I am working with some rather harsh lighting at the moment. One day I'll get around to making a light box...
I scrapped off all the fur from the Space Wolves pelts and painted the pelts like skin trophies. I even went as far as green stuffing some thumbs on the back pelt so it looked like hands instead of paws.
I have yet to finish it, but there will be a horn from the Beastmen kit that sits above the Sergeant's knife on his hip. I thought it added a nice touch and helped enhance the hunter feel of the model.
I think this model has a great air of authority about him and just the right amount of "jazzing up" to convey leadership. I actually had to paint him twice due to an unfortunate sealer frosting incident. I really hate when that happens... But I digress...
Next up is the Plasma Gunner of the squad and my Preferred Enemy specialist in the Kill Team.
I gave him a power fist to use as an "oven mitt" of sorts. Helps protect him from those nasty plasma burns and thus explaining his re-rolls from Preferred Enemy in a fun way. This guy racked up quite the kill count and never died during the competition due to Gets Hot rules!
Now for one of my favorites in the squad so far, my Ignores Cover specialist. I wanted to go for an "expert gunman" look so I took inspiration from over the top action movie hero poses. The result is pretty good if I do say so myself!
I called him "Two Guns". To help explain visually how he can shoot in such an extreme manner, I used the advanced targeting array on his helmet and matched one eye color to each gun. Blue for the boltgun and green for the bolt pistol. To also help illustrate his "two is better than one" mentality I gave him the double knife setup and a chainsword for good measure. A true expert soldier can never have too many weapons after all!
Now lastly I have the other model that was never used in any of the Kill Team games so far, but will come in handy should I run a list that is either Chaos Space Marines or Loyalist Marines other than Space Wolves (who have a distinct lack of heavy bolters and melta in their standard infantry apparently...)
I picked up some new micro pens and they cam in handy for doing cool little designs on the purity seals and weapon adornments! I also need to touch up his organic eye so it doesn't look so lazy...
Overall I feel that all four of these models have a very nice continuity about them. Lots of bone charms, trophies, skin cloths and armor that looks just on the verge of full chaos. I am very pleased with how they turned out, and I wish that the pics were of a better quality. Its really hard to see the washes and dirtying I put the models through to make them look like a Kill Team operating behind enemy lines with no support should. Anywho thanks for looking and stay tuned for actual regular updates within the next few days!
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