Connor Mc Lambert - Grey Sensei (and I won a prize again...)

Here he is, Connor Mc Lambert, the grey Sensei !

Some of you may know I've engaged myself in a game of Necomunda during the Oldhammer Week End this summer. This game revolves around the idea of  a crossover between Highlander and the Sensei concept  (as presented in the Realm of Chaos tomes).
The link between the Highlander movies and the sensei concept has been instantaneous for most of the contestants with the immortals, special powers and all.
You can learn far more about the game HERE.

This game will probably be on of the most silly and tongue in cheek of the week-end and every member seems to be awaiting it with great expectations.

Of course I'll be throwing my own sensei in the pit but since some participants like Cheetor have already crossed the line with characters directly inspired from the film , I thought I had to take the opportunity to do a sensei based on Connor McLeod (played by french actor Christophe Lambert).

You may have realised the model does not have a striking resemblance with Christophe Lambert but it's almost intentional...

 

Ze dreaded scottiche immortal

Basics are here like the coat, the white snickers, the white shirt and the Katana. Apart from that I wanted my sensei to be a grey sensei and hence needed a "bad guy" head.

It seems my inner vision of a bad guy head is somehow looking like this :

WWF' Superstar Razor Ramon

But so be it...

For those of you unfamiliar with the concept of grey sensei, they are sensei (i.e. sons and daughters of the emperor of Mankind) who have turned towards Chaos. Now this is something interesting because Sensei are by nature psychically invisible so it's most probable that the Chaos Gods will never notice them apart from their actions. I understand from this that they will very unlikely be rewarded for their actions and that their main purpose is to commit evil for the sake of it. I really see Grey sensei as some anti-paladins, with a lawful evil alignment.

Taken from the Realm of Chaos : The Lost and the Dmaned tome (page 185)

Taken from the Realm of Chaos : Slaves to Darkness tome (page 217)

 That last part is th eonly mention of a grey sensei I know of...

To portray this on the model, I chose the dark vengeance cultist champion as a base (Thanks a lot to Stygianheart for Helping me on that one, be sure all the parts will be put to good use mon ami).

The only signs of chaotic allegiance are the chaos star scar on his chest (partly hidden by his shirt), the chaos star on his clothing and the star in his back. I had to give him a Katana to check with the Highlander theme so I decided to alter his former sword and turn it into some sort of Daemonic sabre.

I'm happy that the grey sensei concept enables for something a little fresher than just a heavily mutated loonie, here, we have a character who has based his entire existence on undermining the emperor's authority, desecrating everything his father stands for and generally helping evil over good whenever possible. He may not look like it but his heart is black as coal and it is probably because he doesn't look like it that he managed to accomplish som much over his thousnads of years of existence.

I'll agree the paintjob is a rough one and I realise I'm not enjoying painting plastic as I enjoy painting lead. I may add some refinements later on but for now he is good for the tabletop and I have to move on more important matters for the Oldhammer event. (Oh and as I type these words, I realize I've just damaged the tip of his laspistol...)

Connor has been accomplishing his evil deeds for millenia now, patiently waiting to get his final prize. Now the gathering is nearing there is no turning back for there can be only one.

At the end, he will be able to gain incredible powers and to laugh like a maniac :

Now amongst all this I got the opportunity to make my nickname lose some of its sense. Sean from Sean's Wargames corner has organised a give-away for his 3rd blogaversary and it turns out I won it !

I've just received 31 lovely figures which happen to be 15mm Ratmen from Splintered light Miniatures. Sean kindly joined a set of the THW rules with supplement so that I have no excuse but try them ASAP.

I am really happy with these because 15mm is a scale I've never worked on before and I suspect I might actually learn a lot from it.

This number of models is just the right size to have some vacations from the grim darkness of a dark future and the fact it's actually ratmen (which I'v never painted once in my life) is a great chance.

Please go visit Sean if you don't already, you should find plenty of opportunities to continue visiting him.

I intend to base these beauties on 20 mm round bases I'll get from EM4 (along with some of their great model (you know, just to make it worth...).

My painting range is actually still very busy with models in preparation for the Oldhammer WE and my desk is also quite full of cards and stats for the games I'm playing there. All this hard (but much enjoyable) is proving very good for my motivation and the way I enjoy my hobby. I keep reading about "hobby burn-outs" from time to time and I have to say nothing seems alien to me than this at the moment.

I hope to show you a good bunch of Rogue trader adventurers very soon.