2nd edition Marine for the #90smarinechallenge

So if you're keeping track of what happens on  Instagram, you might have heard of Darren Latham's painting challenge #90smarinechallenge which requires participants to paint a plastic 2nd edition marine from the starter box.
I found this would be the perfect occasion to add yet another Scythe to the chapter so knowing full well I wasn't gonna paint the nicest, I had to at least pick THE BEST chapter there is : the Scythes of teh Emperor (no question).

I quickly went to look for one on a facebook trading page and I was lucky to get one gracisouly donated to me which I immediately prepped and primed with love ! I even kept parts seperated to be as neat as possible !

Then obviously house works and summer holidays came in the way and earlier this week I just realised I had a model due for the 2nd of September !!!

I inda wanted to go a bit further on this guy but with little time left I went back to the warm embrace of the comfort zone and proved recipes.

I've always wanted my marins to be heavily weathered and grimy anyway so it might have been weird to paint one too clean, guess we'll never know.

The right shoulder got the typical double scythes pattern like all the other marines of the army

For the left shoulder though, I wanted something fancier and while plenty of the old illustrations show them with a scythe horseman, I knew it was impossile for me to nail one in the time needed (if at all).

So zoom a little lower and BAM, you got it, a design of what I believe is the Heart of Sotha, the scythes former monastery/fortress *shaking angry fist at the sky and cursing tyranids* and I thought it was simple, elegant and meaningful enough to feature on the fellow ! (I couldn't find teh source of the chapter banner picture though so any leads would be appreciated).

Here you can see him proudly and a little too seriously posing with some death eagles transition marines

And of course with another "monopose monstrosity"® 

And with the guys who started the whole project for me !

 Hope you had a great summer, the hobby is gradually coming back to the front here with plenty of real life to mess any great plans but the fun is here.

Happy painting to you all !