Image Description: When I painted this Arkurian Pattern Shadowsword kit from Forge World in summer 2008 I decided to break from my normal Imperial Guard paint scheme for the sake of variety. As a bit of story background, I reasoned that when Imperial forces needed support beyond what was in their own armories they might turn to the Adeptus Mechanicus for what passes for high-tech support in 40K as the Mechanicus is famous for supporting large complex machines. This was the first Arkurian Pattern tank I painted in this fashion, the second was a Stormblade.