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Not that immediately spring to mind, no. But that’s not to say my knowledge there is encyclopaedic, nor that such a thing couldn’t easily be added.

I was assuming it was an Orlock with the fingerless gloves, but the mole mortar makes way more sense.

Votann was my thought, too

Guilt by association says Orlock for the cut of glowes, but the boxy remote looks more military.

The only ones that could pull off 80s cool guy enough to have cut off gloves, besides Orlock, is Catachan.

I do like the freehand on the screen

I'd say 70% likely it's Votann but it could well be a Necromunda or a Kill Team dealie.

And early one today.



Could be a Navigator’s bonce in there you know.

Black Templars have a similar piece in their upgrade frame.

3rd eye does have navigator vibes.

Don’t nurgle sometimes have a third eye? Or a cyclopian one? Or tzeench?

The halo smacks of SM iron halo/back banner stuff for command.

Could be a chaos lord of some flavor.

I’m thinking it’s the top of a staff myself.

And whilst spiky, I’m not sure it’s Chaos Spiky?

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I’m thinking it’s the top of a staff myself.

And whilst spiky, I’m not sure it’s Chaos Spiky?

Mmm. Good call on a staff topper. Which would be a very navigator thing to have.

Navigator skull, spot for their third eye.

I get Chaos vibes from that spike array. A chaos sorcerer or similar using a Navigator skull for a trophy makes a lot of sense.

It could be a "Death to Psykers" Black Templar trophy...

But that feels like a reach.

 KidCthulhu wrote:
I get Chaos vibes from that spike array. A chaos sorcerer or similar using a Navigator skull for a trophy makes a lot of sense.

The spike array is not out of line for what loyalists are sporting today. Take a look at a few new captains and chaplains, and you will see things that would match.

Not to say the OG spiky boys wouldn’t also sport such fashionable accessories, but it’s not just them.

Yeah, I think for me, the spikes are too uniform to be Chaos.

Mind you, with another look? I’m not seeing any cables or obviously technological gubbins. So I’m not going to rule out this is something for the AoS setting.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
… something for the AoS setting.

Yes, the soft cheekbones of the skull reads AOS to me.

 kendoka wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
… something for the AoS setting.

Yes, the soft cheekbones of the skull reads AOS to me.

Really? Because I was getting more of an ToW vibe.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
And early one today.



Could be a Navigator’s bonce in there you know.

I can't unsee this as a googly eye glued to the skull.

Snrub wrote:Black Templars have a similar piece in their upgrade frame.

Nevelon wrote:3rd eye does have navigator vibes.

Don’t nurgle sometimes have a third eye? Or a cyclopian one? Or tzeench?

The halo smacks of SM iron halo/back banner stuff for command.

Could be a chaos lord of some flavor.

Theophony wrote:Navigator skull, spot for their third eye.

Lathe Biosas wrote:It could be a "Death to Psykers" Black Templar trophy...

But that feels like a reach.

In my opinions, Templars is spot on, it might be this specific piece of equipment (notably a explicitely three-eyed skull with dead-to-psykers effects):

https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Skull_of_the_Cacodominus

Mucho similaro, it's not much of a stretch that maybe they put it on a stake or staff:

Yes sir, I’ll accept it!

To quoth the 21st Century: Seems Legit.

it's definitely a dead Navigator, regardless of who is holding it

i do find it interesting that the teeth don't make it into the picture, tho. probably doesn't matter, but it stands out to me

 StudentOfEtherium wrote:
it's definitely a dead Navigator, regardless of who is holding it

i do find it interesting that the teeth don't make it into the picture, tho. probably doesn't matter, but it stands out to me

Do you think they were obscured on purpose? Maybe they are pointy like Chritopher Walken in Sleepy Hollow?

The staff of a Navis Nobilite, bearing the skull of one of their inbred ancestors.

The staff has a nemesis warding stave wibe, just more gothic and pointy.

This one is interesting to me because of how small the circled details would have to be if those are human-sized hands. Go look at the thumbs on a contemporary GW human figure and then compare them to the well-defined details on the device. Crazy to see that in HIPS (unless my imagination is misfiring). But I can't really think of any 40k bigfolk who'd be using a device like that. Vothannds might be a little chunkier? The Necromunda ones definitely were, but I feel like the 40K Votann were pretty close to human-sized?

That’s a genuinely good point.

Given we still get quite fine points on plastic kits, I wouldn’t say the joysticks can’t possibly be plakky.

But, and as ever not presenting myself as the font of all knowledge or an expert? I can’t think of a kit with such a feature cast as a single piece (as in the control box thing), or with anything quite as delicate looking as the joysticks, in 28mm.

Looks like the iron halos and decorative pieces on current Marine back packs. Maybe one for a new Librarian perhaps on a bike?

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