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So,
after the new codex there's possibility to make a death company captain, There has been a Captain Tycho who has fallen into to black rage. Now you can make any of your HQ's a death company version, with all the benefits of the keyword.

I've already decided that mine will have a jump pack, inferno pistol and thunder hammer. There's a relic thunder hammer (no -1 to hit) in the codex and I'll give it to my captain. I was planning to start from the scratch, making the body from sanguinary guard and try stuff out. What I've done is I've used a death company chaplain torso, given it sanguinary guard wings and kitbashed a encarmine axe with a thunder hammer head piece.

Wings edges and gold on hammer are primed gold in sprues, so they are very wip.

This is very WiP, but I would like at least comments for following:

1. Is the hooded head too much, doesn't look like a BA captain.. I've already tried a death mask version.. ideas or solid? Would it help to paint the hood in some other color. Head piece isn't glued in just yet, so easy to alter.

2. Thunder hammer too much? Shaft as brown/grey, but golden hammer too much again? Wonder if there are some fluff pics with the hammer of baal, to make it more a-like?

3. The wings, red or grey feathers? Also I'm thinking if I should paint the gold with bone or dark grey?

4. Overall look, is it just too damn DC chaplain like that I should just use a different torso..

Here's couple poor photos taken with cell phone. If someone show's interest I'll throw a better pic when the model is ready.

The model looks good to my eye, but the hooded head definitely does not fit the aesthetic. I don’t know that I’d have personally gone with the winged jump pack either, but it doesn’t look bad. Tone down the gold on the guy, I’d say, as well. Captain or not, he’s in the Death Company now.

I can see the odd bit of gold to touch up on wing and a thicker spot, plus mould line atop hammer but that's only because it's blown many times it's real size.

Very good table top standard.

He looks the part for a captain only thing I'd say is the head. Well goods are more dark than blood angel.

Maybe swap for a more ornate than regular Stern guard, vanguard helmet etc.?

Electric shortage due to bad weather here in finland, so won't paint/model under the cell phone light. I'll share pictures with two different jump pack options. And that thunder hammer and wings are from from the sprues, so haven't put effort in removing mold lines ans such..

Back to topic, what about head from primaris lieutenant helmet? Or should BA use a sternguard helmet. I more thing, what colour shouud I paint the helmet. There isn't any pointers what a dc capt helmet would look like..

I'll get back to modeling those tweaks and put some paint on a helmet option.. When the electricy comes back on.


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Ok,
have to say that living without electricity is hard, atleast when you have three kids and you want to progress your minis Well only 7 hours without so far..

Back to the topic, I put two different jump pack options, I'd appreciate some feed back regarding all three in this thread, which looks most "captainy" or "suitable for DC captain" and what about the head, I borrowed a primaris lieutenant head and painted it red, is it better. There's a pic with death mask in the BA tactics thread, but this somehow looks maybe too primaris.. Should I try out a human head? What about the gold, is it wethered down enough? Thunder hammer is the Hammer of Baal relic or my interpretation of it..

Thanks guys for helping a fellow dakkanist. Cell phone pics with only light source from your head lamp makes taking photos hard.. Atleast I got 1 hour left on my laptop's battery