They had burned for Mercury as soon as the last members of the watch had docked. Their sleek starship contrasting with the slab sided bulk haulers and security forces of the Imperial Navy, slid through the darkness, engines burning bright blue.
"What did Yor'Tar Dawne say exactly?" Custodian Caesarian Allux asked, striding into the huge briefing chamber, surrounded by his squad mates. Their armoured boots ringing on the polished floor.
"Greetings Allux, as gruff as usual I see" Vexilla Sanish said.
"I have no time for pleasantries when threats are in Sol!" Allux snapped, several other Custodians nodded or watches impassively at the arrival.
"Noted" Sanish replied, moving to the projector table and activating it with a sprinkling of unguents before pressing a series of buttons.
The machine flared into life, the long range auspex scans of their ship giving them a topological map of the Mercury Command Hive, a glowing eagle icon represented Yor'Tar Dawnes' current position.
"From what we were told, the heretic Herath, who translocated away from the assault of squad Maecanius. He has reappeared in the Mercury Command Hive and a hidden cult had risen up. Yor'Tar Dawne is currently combating..." Sanish trailed off staring at the pict flickering in the air.
A collective gasp rose as the Custodes watched.
"What is that?" Tristraen Gallimadean asked, pointing to a spot on the pict.
The top of the Command Hive appeared to be glowing on the 3 dimensional hologram, growing brighter with each passing second.
"Scanning for details" the servitor attached to the auspex said, "cannot comply, insufficient data".
The entire top of the hive flashed bright white for a second before disappearing and being replaced with an angry red stain on the pict.
"Holy Terra" Allux gasped.
Ominously, Sword-Champion Yor'Tar Dawnes' icon had disappeared from the pict.
"Burn the engines harder, get us into teleportation range as quickly as possible" Vexilla Sanish roared, "And get us in contact with Yor'Tar Dawne!".
*****
Another four Custodian guard have been finished for the Solar Watch force.
Not much to say about these as they follow the same paint and basing schemes as laid out in previous posts.
With these four done, it brings the total count to:
To do:
- Shield-Captain
- 4 Custodian Guard
- 3 Allarus Terminators
- 6 Venatari
Done:
- 2 Sword-Champions
- Vexilla
- 10 Custodian Guard
- 3 Allarus Terminators
So with sixteen models or the thirty now completed, I am very happy to say I'm past the halfway point of this army.
Up next is mostly the bigger specialist unit of the jump-pack equipped Venatari, who are brilliant models. Let's hope GW or FW don't bin them off like most of FWs other catalogue of models*.
Until next time, have nice day...
*Recently nearly all FWs Imperial Guard kits have gone out of production, along with a lot of the Imperial Guard characters on the regular GW web store. My beloved Catachan's as well...but the reveal isn't too far away for what is being released next year.
They look really great! Lovely colour selection with creme white and the red and gold accents all over. I like it better than the pure gold, just adds more contrasts into the scheme!
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