Another slot I almost skipped, #Kitbashember 18-21 is "Slave / Ally". I repurposed an old abandoned conversion to produce something new that doesn't really exist in the lore, a 40k Lammassu.
You might guess that this guy started as an attempt at a one-off Chaos Dwarf kitbash. Lammassus are a real mythological beast, so ages ago I had a pop at making one closer to the historical real world version. The base model is just a High Elf lion but the head was more difficult. After searching for a suitably beatific head in the GW range I ended up instead sculpting it from scratch, using ancient Assyrian busts as a reference. I put the model aside when I was unable to get the pieces for a Chaos Dwarf rider, or the wings that it should have.
I thought of this Lamassu, even when it was meant to be a Chaos Dwarf model, as a living statue. So it's a good fit for this Necron group that takes inspiration from the Tomb Kings, with their living statue constructs. Perhaps its a native creature of one Necrontyr world, as ancient as the Necrontyr, that's been enslaved into service under this Tomb King. Perhaps it's a willing ally, an artificial servant construct built by the Necrons. Or maybe it's something to do with the Ctan....
To make it a little more Necron-ish, I broke the nose I'd carefully sculpted :'( and gave it a new gaping mouth. I did consider giving it a skull face, but settled for a statue face like the Sphinx of Giza that has been subtly broken over time until it almost resembles a skull.
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| Left: The Lammassu's face before getting Necron-ised, Right: the new, broken version |
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