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Thursday 2 July 2015

Witch / civilian (W40K)

I picked up this Hasslefree figure (Miranda) as she had the look of 'innate psyker' to me - with etheric winds starting to blow her hair & dress as she subconsciously draws on the power of the Warp (I'm thinking Jean Grey from the X-Men a bit).  I see this girl/young lady as having the misfortune of being born with high-grade psychic potential (maybe even Beta or Alpha-level potential), & therefore singled out for transfer to the Black Ships of the Inquisition once her powers began to manifest.  Terrified & instead preferring freedom, she escaped & is on the run from the Imperial authorities.  With each escape, her self-preservation instincts have opened up greater power for her to wield, so that without intending too, she has become a serious threat - able to boil a person's blood with her gaze, telekinetically hurl large objects, control people's minds, turn weapons to ash, teleport, summon conflagrations, & all manner of other witchery.  Her ever-increasing power will inevitably lead to her fall to Chaos, being possessed by a Greater Daemon or opening a portal to the Empyrean & it's ravenous, unholy entities, so she must be stopped at all costs, & it will probably require an inquisitor to do so...

I like the contrast this diminutive figure will have when facing bulky, well-armed GW miniatures - untrained witch-hunters such as Guardsmen would initially find it hard to believe that this girl poses a threat.  However, I'm always keen on multipurpose miniatures, so she can also be a regular Human citizen if need be!

5 comments:

  1. Lovely work, man! Of course, this post made me look at the Hasslefree site (which I hadn't been on in a while) and now there's an order with some new minis coming. Curses! ;)

    Looking forward to seeing what's next!

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    1. Cheers, Mordian. Sorry about leading you into unintended miniature purchases :-D So many great sculpts from Hasslefree though, it's hard to resist!

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  2. Lovely job on a great figure! There's something extremely unnerving about a fey young girl walking unconcernedly across a battlefield, you just know that someone's in for a world of hurt.

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    1. Thanks, Barks. Yeah, I am considering making some levitating chunks of masonry on flight stems to accompany her!

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  3. Really good idea for such a simple (And well sculpted, per usual for hasslefree) mini.

    I stay away from their site for good reasons and my wallet thanks me!

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