DreadTober: Knight Preceptor Construction Completed

 

Hi folks,

DreadTober has begun! I have just finished the first week of the Spring break here in Australia and, in true hobby butterfly fashion, I have been flitting between projects. Over the past couple of days though I have knuckled down and constructed all of the sub-assemblies for m Imperial Knight Preceptor "Achilles" Aeternum. This is the last big Imperial Knight from my 1500 pt Walls of Ithaka army list (just an Armiger Warglaive to go...).

It may seem like an awful lot of sub-assemblies, but I have enough experience with these knights now to know what is hard to get at. The next step will be to apply the undercoats in different colours (black for metallics, white for reds and blue free-hand). I have the airbrush which I can use this time as well; I am going to try and apply the light blue that way.

The head I have chosen for this knight is the last one I have kept for myself, out of all of my spares. I sent the rest "across the ditch" to D power who uses them for Terminator shoulder pads! This one is from the Warden/Crusader kit that Dave Weston gave me a few years back; it features (what I call) the Death's head helm of the Mechanicum on one half and a skull on the other. As I have done previously with my Sternguard Sergeant Thanatos, the skull references the role the underworld plays in Greek mythology and the character of Achilles:

I have converted a multi-laser for the auxiliary weapon, similar to the load-out Canis Rex has. It doesn't have any rotary features but I figure it is different enough to everything else my usual opponents won't mind.

Of course the main stand-out feature of this built is the las-impulsor.  The resin parts are from Taro Modelmaker which I originally found on Etsy. The parts were not expensive and shipping was very quick. I think you will agree that the sculpt itself is just amazeballs. If you are interested in converting your knight, or just checking out amazing conversion parts in general, check out the website. The pieces are stupendously good.

Alright, so that's the easy part done. Now all I have to do is everything else!

See you across the table, 

Marc