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Here is a Force Commander for my Imperialis Militia regiment, the Kozar Army Airborne "Golden Eagles" regiment (Horus Heresy). He is also the Company Commander of the Xhorik 87th Drop Troops in the 41st millennium (WH40k).

Here are the draft rules for their provenance of war (feedback welcome) and some pictures of the rest of the army:
https://xhorikwar.blogspot.com/2018/05/drop-troops-provenance-of-war-draft.html
https://xhorikwar.blogspot.com/2018/06/drop-troops-new-additions-and-full-army.html



He is not the most imposing army commander, but he has style.


Their regiment is called the Golden Eagles and I wanted the bird to be both a piece of wargear and a sort of mascot so I tried to give it a sort of golden brown color.


The wolf pelt and the hunting bird help tie him in with his sworn brothers, the White Scars, and hopefully add a look of being from a martial society and being not fully civilized, as we might think of it.

The model is made from pieces from the Anvil Industries Regiments line. Since he is a fairly small model, I placed him on a larger base with a big rock to help identify him as the commander.

I used mostly the same palette as the other models in the army, with the same color fatigues, boots and gloves and continued with a very small amount of the regimental color orange for accents. I added a bit more blue as a sign of his rank to help him stand out. The black jacket and hat just felt right and it looks cool. Then I had to find some ways to get the bone color in there, so I used it for the cloak, the gas mask and the bird's hood. I wanted to keep their faces a light color to help the blue and orange really pop the way it does on the other infantry in the army.

The cool thing about the raptor is there is actually a piece of wargear he can have called a Cyber-familiar, so the model fits perfectly! He also has what could be a plasma pistol and power sword. But the main reason to take this guy in an Imperialis Militia army is that he allows the army to take Provenances of War, which will allow my grav-chute army to actually play like the drop troops they are.

Horus Heresy battle reports and more on the blog: https://xhorikwar.blogspot.com/

Really nice job - particularly the highlights on the uniform.

Very nice. Is the model converted as well?

Really characterful model and nice painting, that blue really pops.

I LOVE THAT BIRD!!! never seen that model before, great painting job aswell.

Gordy2000 wrote:Really nice job - particularly the highlights on the uniform.

Thanks, Gordy. I love your stuff as well. That app you turned me on to is really nice. I had some fun with it in our latest battle report! https://xhorikwar.blogspot.com/2019/01/horus-heresy-battle-report-11.html

Singleton Mosby wrote:Very nice. Is the model converted as well?

The model is made from various parts from Anvil Industries from their regiments line. It is not really a conversion, just a mashup of their modular components.

ingtaer wrote:Really characterful model and nice painting, that blue really pops.

Thanks. On the regular troopers, the blue is only on the visor. For this guy, I wanted a color to signify his rank, but I really wanted him to match the rest of the army, so I just used the same palette.

Stormatious wrote:I LOVE THAT BIRD!!! never seen that model before, great painting job aswell.

Thanks. You can get the parts from Anvil: http://anvilindustry.co.uk/officer-upgrade-one?search=officer

Very cool looking commander!

Just had a look at the rest of your force (https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/758655.page), very nice stuff all in all, more?

ghostmaker wrote:Very cool looking commander!

Thank you, ghost. The level of painting quality on Dakka is extremely high and I know my skill is pretty modest by comparison so I appreciate the feedback.

ingtaer wrote:Just had a look at the rest of your force (https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/758655.page), very nice stuff all in all, more?

Thank you so much, ingtaer! Nothing else on the Drop Troops just yet, unfortunately. I have been working a bit on my Horus Heresy White Scars the last few months, but I think when I finally finish this Dreadclaw, I will get back to my Drop Troops. I managed to get in a decent-size order before they were discontinued last year so I have a few more units and vehicles to work on. It won't be a large army, but I am excited to see it come together. I'm thinking about doing a squad of melta gunners next since right now the army doesn't pack a lot of punch.