To be Chosen

Just a placeholder post for getting pics of my Chosen up.

Kor Gaalen - Dark Apostle

Every force needs a leader, and every Word Bearer host needs a Dark Apostle. That's just the way it goes and I'm happy enough to oblige.

I've been mulling over how to do my Dark Apostle for ages and ages. I've been thinking of heavily converting with lots of green stuff and lots of parts from different models. I've been thinking of using a Storm of Chaos model for the Everchosen Archaon on foot. I've thought of using Space Marine Chaplain models which is very well suited given that is what Dark Apostles used to be.

So two weeks ago I wander into my local Warhammer dealer and browse around on the shelves just to pass the time. Then my eyes happen on a box of the Legion of the Damned and most specifically the guy in the middle of the pack. I though he looked a possible filler for the part of my Apostle and I took the box home with me (having paid for it of course). Labouring over it for a while the below pictures present the result:

The base model is the Legionnaire of course. The Accursed Crozius was made by clipping of the axe parts and supergluing on a small piece of green stuff and then gluing on an icon that I believe is from the Warriors of Chaos box although I'm not a hundred percent certain about its origins. The other arm has had the plasma pistol clipped off, filed a bit and had a book from the Chaos Terminator Lord box attached to it by way of green stuff and super glue. The "banner" on the back has had the Imperial Eagle wings at the top clipped off and on the sides I've attached a pair of "skull scrolls" that come from a Tomb King Skeletal Warriors box as part of a standard top. Super glue and green stuff make the attachments here as well. Finally the base is made with a lot of skulls cut in half taken from the same Skeletal Warriors box. The front foot is on top of a skull whilst the back foot has him attached directly to the base giving him a bit of a climbing feeling.

I'm quite happy with the result. Its an easy enough conversion using bits and pieces from here and there in my collection. In the end it might not be the most daring venture into making something unique. I like the momentum the model has as well as his Accursed Crozius which was always one of the things that I wanted to get just right. I do think the model should have been more imposing but I did manage to rectify that a bit with the extra height afforded him by way of standing on the skulls. I realise now I'm not entirely happy about the way he is holding the book. I might rectify that somehow. I hadn't planned on having a skull theme for this model but as I went along I found it more and more fitting. The model actually has a whooping twenty nine (29) skulls in different shapes and forms on it!

I've been working very loosely on the history of my Dark Apostle (and with him my Host) and whilst I am nowhere near completing it I can give a few hints on him. First of all he is an original Colchisian (i.e Pre Heresy Marine) and in his history and that of the Host one event termed the Divine Man Schism will play a major part.

PS. Got my new phone working again and it actually takes decent pictures so I should be getting a lot more pictures up over the coming week.