u/1-800-GAYDEER — reddlx

Image 1 — Brother Diego Viktar (and Craig, the servo skull)

Image 2 — Brother Diego Viktar (and Craig, the servo skull)

Image 3 — Brother Diego Viktar (and Craig, the servo skull)

Image 4 — Brother Diego Viktar (and Craig, the servo skull)

Image 5 — Brother Diego Viktar (and Craig, the servo skull)

Image 6 — Brother Diego Viktar (and Craig, the servo skull)

▲ 249 r/themarinesmalevolent+1 crossposts

Brother Diego Viktar (and Craig, the servo skull)

Brother Diego Viktar is among the most competent and effective soldiers in his meager station. His sights are set upon joining the ranks of his chapter's legendary first company and gives everything to this pursuit. Little does he truly realize promotion has been kept just out of reach for this very reason; to coax out all he can give to the chapter.

I realized I gave Brother Viktar a very commanding presence for someone in a simple fire support role so I figured that characterization could work well and add to the internal toxicity of the Marines Malevolent and their command structure.

Had to ask around on r/Vitiligo for advice on painting the head. I try to make a point about painting a variety of skin pigmentations on my minis; mostly just so painting faces never gets stale and also so my minis feel more like individual people. I promised myself at one point that I'd try giving painting vitiligo a shot as a sort of skill check but honestly this wasn't really that difficult.

u/1-800-GAYDEER — 1 day ago

▲ 57 r/Spacemarine

Anyone feel like Gadriel and Chairon's fates are backwards?

So a while back with the Wardens of Ultramar and 500 worlds being announced we learned that after Space Marine 2 Gadriel had become the Ancient of second company and Chairon had been promoted to lieutenant alongside Titus (and promptly died but that's a different conversation).

To me this is really jarring, Chairon to me really doesn't seem like line officer material. He wasn't a sergeant so he would've had to have been promoted twice offscreen within a relatively short timeframe which is strange for a character that hasn't shown that much in the way of leadership capability.

Gadriel on the other hand is already a sergeant, he's a basically a single promotion away from becoming a lieutenant so he seems to be a much better fit.

Conversely Chairon would've made a way better Ancient. For him to bear such responsibility as the company standard would be a perfect way to build on his character arc from SM2. Also the opportunity to have a son of Calth bearing the standard in the footsteps of Remus Ventanus, a man Chairon probably knows of and respects greatly would be so cool.

Idk, just bugs me

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u/1-800-GAYDEER — 4 days ago

▲ 2 r/Vitiligo

Mini painter seeking advice, does this read as vitiligo and does it appropriately depict it?

To preface, I've been wanting to tackle painting a character with vitiligo for a while, mostly just to see if I could but also for the sake of variety and representation in my work. I don't know anyone personally I can consult for advice so I figured this'd be a good place to ask around.

There's some limitations due to the medium. Because of the scale I can't really get very detailed with it and it can be a bit difficult to define the edges while maintaining appropriate shading. There's also no other exposed skin since he's in armor.

Mainly concerned whether it actually reads as vitiligo, whether the placement of these patches is plausible, and if there's something glaringly obvious that I've missed.

Still a work in progress, so I intend to further improve the paintjob regardless.

u/1-800-GAYDEER — 6 days ago

▲ 318 r/themarinesmalevolent+2 crossposts

Brother Artie Naismith returns to Armageddon

Artie Naismith is a crotchety old vet who'd first served as a scout in the 2nd war for Armageddon, earned his place in the Vilifiers during the 3rd, and now takes part in what will most likely be his final tour in the Armageddon subsector.

Figured this'd be an apt celebration of the Marines Malevolent now canon involvement in the 4th war for Armageddon and Operation Imperator. I've had a handful of rogue trader minis for a little while now (original owner's paint scheme in the last slide) and I'm glad to finally give them some love of my own. Had to repose it a bit and endured the horrors of the RTB01 arms, can't say I'd recommend. Otherwise a really fun project.

u/1-800-GAYDEER — 9 days ago