Space minotaur - Rogue trader

Here he is at last ! I received this wonderful model just before leaving on holidays in August and it has been patiently waiting for my return , half built on my modelling table until I picked him up for some action !

You may remember that model from a post of late. It is a model made by Diego Serrate who is filling blanks in our collections and in what the early 40k universe has to offer.

The sculpt is clearly an excellent one and it proved very pleasing to paint really and this made the job real quick (far more than I expected since I nailed this one in under 5 sessions).

Painting wise, I knew I wanted a black armour to tie the model with my chaos renegades and this meant I had to find a good contrast with the main skin. The deep red was an almost evidence because it's a colour often associated with bulls and it gave the model the feeling of inner violence and bestiality I wanted it to have.

On another hand I also wanted it to be "apart" from the renegades, with a more mercenary look than the other troops. Giving him a gun that felt different was my way to make him stand from the rest.

I don't know why but I like to paint rusted metals on my models and for this one it was almost an obligation. I just can't imagine a minotaur spending much time polishing his armour and taking care of his gear. I think he has very robust equipment made to sustain the damage from battle as much as from himself...

Here's a little detail of the rusted respirator in th eback (enjoy the shiny effect with th elight, poor p^hotographing skills and use of anti-shine Matt spray...)

As I said, the gun is a really good opportunity for me to make the model stand from the rest. I opted for a gun that looks like it's been bought on some black market from an illegal dealer or something. This is why it is painted in camo green with the traditionnal yellow and black stripes on the chainsword blade.

I HAD to add some little Rogue trader reference at some point, you know I had to...

And now just to give you an idea of the scale, here are some pictures with the mino along some other folks. I'll soon take a pic of him next to the renegades but I need to add them a few things before. This shouldn't take too long though ...

Just so you have a good idea of its size, here's the mino beside a terminator on an elevated base... Do you see how big it is and imposing it feels ? No? Yeah I understand, Maybe I shouldn't have picked the first model at hand...

Here's the minotaur along what you'd expect him to fight along, a mutant beastman. The model is a bit tall so it might not be the best scale shot either I agree.

And here he is next to the regular guy you could find in any good underhive, having the minotaur pop up on a confrontation table would be quite a challenging sight wouldn't it?

OUtweighed and outgunned...

Now please don't ask me what is coming next but something definitely is. I'm back at full throttle behind the brushes but rigt now I'm working on multiple models at the model. We'll just see who makes it first to the varnishing station...

Oh and I definitely have to do something about those pictures, I think I need more powerful bulbs, unmodified pics are all too dark and the corrections I do (or Google does) always end up killing the colours. I'm confident getting more powerful bulbs farther from the model would be better ...

Now on to find a good Space Theseus model...