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The inspiration for
this vignette came from a story found on pages 52-53 of Codex:
Necrons. There is very strong imagery of a Black
Templars Marshall with a Necron Wraith wrapping around him on
the broken cobblestones of the Triumphal Way in front of the
Basilica of St. Capilene that I wanted to re-create.
While the Templar
may not seem to be a Marshall in that he is not bedecked with
flowing robes, tabards, books of Ecclesiarchy rhetoric, and
other symbols of high office, the story made him seem to be a
man of action, not weighed down by these useless and bulky
icons and trappings.
The Wraith has been
modified by sawing through individual links of his body with a
jeweler's saw in order to achieve the correct twisting look I
was after. The end of his tail has been replaced with
the nozzle of a Necron Gauss rifle, and a length of guitar
string has been attached to wrap around our poor
protagonist. The end of the guitar string is capped with
the original end of the Necron's tail. I tried to get
the effect of a retractable tail that can be deployed to
ensnare the Wraith's victims.
I mounted the
Wraith on a bit of plastic wall ruins to give the effect that
it was floating above the ground, and added the ubiquitous
Scarabs clawing around the blasted and rubble-strewn Triumphal
Way.
The marine's power
sword is done with an NMM-gold effect, the only indication of
his high status within his order. The blade was painted
(perhaps not too successfully) as if bands of power were
passing up toward the tip.
The second and
third pictures, while seemingly identical, are focused on the
Wraith and the Marine,
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