Sprue Whispering

So there was a large gap in time here, where I focused on a few different projects, Scratch-built / kit-bashed Space Wolves Dreadnought, Canis and Harald proxies. I will cover more on these soon. But below is how the Iron Priests turned out. They are about 80%, I need to add some snow effects and final highlights. You'll notice the overwhelming size of the first servo arm, as mentioned earlier. I didn't think it would turn out so overpowering, as it looks quite innocuous from the side and/or rear. But from in front, I cannot see the marine! I have been stuck thinking about how to fix it up, for a few weeks. Should I build another and replace it, or re-position the wolf or just not bother? I am much happier with how the second Iron Priest's Servo arm turned out. Just the right amount of Heroic presence.

So way back in March 2015, I decided to undertake building a 2000pts WH40K Space Wolves force. I had on and off followed and dabbled off and on with WH40K since the Rogue Trader days (1989), the last time I formally played was up to the end of 2nd edition. But given a relocation from Australia to USA, the price point for building a proper sized force finally made sense. Being a long time Space Wolves, well all things Viking fan, I had a look around at what would be an effective force. Initially I was going to go all fluffy, with named Characters on Thunderwolves, heavily Thunderwolf based, but looking at the points I gradually gravitated to a more point effective setup. I did start working on two Iron priest mounted on Thunderwolves. Those strength 10 servo arms were just too cinematic to pass up. The first of these I assembled from a Devastator backpack and various styrene (Plastruct) off-cuts. I went for a very heavy lifter type feel for this one, heavily dampe...