About three years ago I was sitting in a hotel in Crete
overlooking Charnia harbour (I know, right?) and my wife said “I haven’t bought
you a Birthday present”. I said something along the lines of “…honey, we are in
Greece, I’m good!”
Anyway, after much arm twisting, I suggested she could order
me some miniatures online. To celebrate the holiday she got me some
Spartan-style Space Marine helmets and Iron Snakes shoulder pads from Chapterhouse
Studios.
Now, I am not going to wade into the debate about whether 40K
parts dealers are breaching intellectual property rights law or not. That is
really a job for the lawyers and law makers to decide. I will say, though, that
it inspired me to purchase a squad worth of Mk III armour, boarding shields, a
Techmarine with servo harness and a Contemptor Dreadnought from Forge World to
round out the force. In terms of stimulating sales, I think those little bits
did more for Games Workshop than the last five years of White Dwarf magazines.
If you are not familiar with the Iron Snakes chapter, they
are a creation of Dan Abnett. To quote KuriboGoomba “That guy can write the
crap out of anything”. His book “Brothers of the Snake” contains seven short stories
that follow the various trials of Damocles Squad under the leadership of
sergeant Priad. The Chapter has a dominant Ancient Greek theme to it, which I
found very compelling to explore, especially being a fan of The Illiad and The Odyssey
(hence the trip to Greece).
The force I am putting together will consist of ten
Sternguard with boarding shields and plasma combi-weapons/plasma guns, a Master
of the Forge, a Contemptor Dreadnought and perhaps some scouts to make it all
playable. I have decided that half of the shields will have some stylised
animal designs on them, which I have created a little mock-up of below. I am
aiming to have some test minis painted soon, so keep an eye out for them.
Come back with your shield or on it,
M4cr0
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