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You shall forevermore stand apart from your cousins
They shall march in the light and adolation of the people
You shall stand eternal vigil in the dark, away from their eyes
They are my sword, my hammer, my beloved gift to Mankind
You shall be my dagger, my very own misericordia, my last gift to Mankind
Rise, my twentieth legion
Rise, my ghosts in the dark
Rise
The Emperor's Edict upon the XXth legion
A quick WiP of my Alpha Legion Praetor for my Unification Wars project. I tried to go for a mix of armor marks, as I imagine that the Ghost Legion would've been used as a testbed for the Mark IV armor, which is why he sports a proto Mark IV helm. The shoulders are rimless because I want to play with some nice transfers later. The legs come from the Grave Warden set but were cut apart and reposition, much like the terminator arms. Both the lower arms and the shins were lengthened with 1,5 mm plasticard and bolts were added to the left shin. Those I have meticulously shaved off of a bunch of miscast Mark V parts that a mate had given me. The gladius comes from the plastic Mark III set, the sheathe from the Forgeworld Mark III weapon set, the aquila vambraces are shoulders from the Sisters of Silence, the shouldershield comes from the plastic cataphractii set and a wide variety of pouches and grenades from everywhere. The bolter is a stalker bolter from the Deathwatch veterans set.
Here he is compared to a regular space marine. The increase in height isn't really the reason why I truescale, although it is also quite nice too. I prefer the mass and heft that comes with it, it reminds me of the artworks from John Blanche and Karl Kopinski (Especially Kopinski). I've also tried to use some of the wisdom of the Wier brothers from the Between the Bolter and Me blog, as they very recently had quite a fascinating post about truescaling!
Hope you like him and have a good day :)
