40k Cities of Death Sewer Vent from Urban Conquest (Neglected October ’19)

40k Cities of Death Sewer Vent from Urban Conquest

Something a little more recent than those Rogue Trader Orks this morning. This …sewer vent(?) comes from the 40k Urban Conquest boxed set, which comes with some campaign rules for 40k as well as a sprue of terrain, which I dutifully clipped off the sprue, cleaned off the mold lines, sprayed this piece, and duly lost the rest of the kit into some tub or another somewhere. This thing, meanwhile sat around on the painting desk for most of that time with very little done on it. (Sprayed black, sprayed dark metal, basically). So as is often the case, I finally picked the thing off and made myself finish the damned thing.

40k Cities of Death Sewer Vent from Urban Conquest

It wasn’t so bad to finish off. The weatheroing powder seems to have come up a little harsher than I planned, though it’s looking a little messier here than in hand, as I want it to have a nice dusty and worn look so that it plays nice on a variety of table surfaces, I’m still good with it.

40k Cities of Death Sewer Vent from Urban Conquest

It’s a nice little piece, really. I’ve got a fair bit of smaller pieces of scenery that I need to complete before I crack onto any more of the ones from this set. As much as I’d like to get onto more of them, there’s a ton of other stuff to get done first.

40k Cities of Death Sewer Vent from Urban Conquest

Here’s a scale pic of it alongside yesterday’s Orks. Old-school 40k alongside new-school 40k! Works pretty well in my books!

Necromunda ’95! – Bounty Hunter with Bionic Arm (Gary Morley, 1995-6) (Squaddie September ’19)

Necromunda 1995, Bounty Hunter with Bionic Arm and Chainsword, Gary Morley, 1995-6

Today’s model is one of my favourites from the original Necromunda range. Sculpted by Gary Morley, this model is a good example to show that the guy really can sculpt well, and it’s probably worth noting that there is a story behind the obscenity that it the original Nagash sculpt. Anyways, this bounty hunter naturally needed to make it into my 1990’s gang (as a ganger).

Necromunda 1995, Bounty Hunter with Bionic Arm and Chainsword, Gary Morley, 1995-6

Once again, I’ve done some 2019 toning down of some of the more garish elements, and those that just didn’t look good to my modern eye. The end circle on the chainsword, along with the black and silver motor parts near the handgrip were red, the blue power cable for his (hotshot) lasgun was originally bright green, and the little parchment bounty tickets that are now white with “text” on them were previously red.

Necromunda 1995, Bounty Hunter with Bionic Arm and Chainsword, Gary Morley, 1995-6

No changes to the back half of him, aside from the cable I’ve already mentioned. The purple tribal-esque tattoos were inspired by those worn by Avril in Grendel Tales: Homecoming.

Necromunda 1995, Bounty Hunter with Bionic Arm and Chainsword, Gary Morley, 1995-6

I included this shot so that we can see behind the chainsword (as opposed to Behind the Music!) These pics came out a little soft/blurry, unfortunately, so I may redo them when/if I have time in the future.

Necromunda 1995, Bounty Hunter with Bionic Arm and Chainsword, Gary Morley, 1995-6

Finally, this guy plus the other two Necro figures from my old Grendel gang actually give me a group of three – so they qualify for a Squaddie September success! Yay me!