"It's Just a Flesh Wound" - Primaris Apothecary - Part 2

Their most important duty, though, concerns the dead; 

an Apothecary can harvest the progenoid organs 

from a fallen Space Marine, 

ensuring the creation of further warriors 

and the continuation of the Chapter.

- Games Workshop

Welcome back to The Art of Caesura!

I hope you are all well! Before we dig into today's topic, I like to start my posts these days with a bit of reflection. 

My wife and I just finished "Outlast" on Netflix. It's a reality TV show basically like "Survivor" of old, but with actual survivalists (folks who go and live out in the wilderness for lengths of time as their hobby). Anyway it was a great and engaging watch and one of the stars of the show was the stunningly beautiful Alaskan wilderness. As a biome, it is very similar to the part of Canada that I'm from (The Pacific Northwest). This kindled the desire to get back to nature, to hiking (previously something my wife and I would have done almost weekly) and reminded me of the Henry Thorough quote:

"All good things are wild and free."

So I urge you, if you're feeling too caught up in the rat-race or the daily grind, try to make some time to reconnect with nature, I think you'll find it grounding. 

Anyway, nothing to do with today's miniature, but something to reflect on nonetheless.

Today, we're picking up from last week's Primaris Apothecary, by looking at him in his completed state with atmospheric lighting and all! Hopefully I've completed his base in time for his photoshoot (I haven't at time of writing - eek!).

As you can see, I did manage to finish his base (no small feat as it involved painting half an Intercessor in the process). It was also a big deal because I was experimenting with a new style of basing that I'm going to use for my Black Templars.

As I mentioned previously, I felt that my desert basing (meant to represent the planet Armageddon) was too similar in tone to the (many) tabbards on my Black Templars. This redder basing (the process for which I will detail in a future post) is more inline with the vision I had for my Templars, so I'm thrilled with it. And what's even better is that it won't take too much to paint over the bases of the Black Templars that I have already painted. 

In case you're squinting away at your screen trying to make out what it says on the scroll on his pauldron, it's "Vita" with a mini Maltese cross; meaning "Life" in Latin (in keeping with his role of healer).  

Below, you can see a better top-down look at my new basing style.

Here he is examining the progenoid gland which he has just removed from the Intercessor's neck.

I think the Pauldron from Scribor Miniatures (seen below) adds some nice gravitas to the otherwise streamlined Primaris armour.

Although this is his showcase post, I've included some of the work-in-progress shots of his base, just so you can get a better look at it under neutral light and when compared to my previous style of basing. 

I'm really happy with how this guy turned out. His dirty white armour stands out nicely amongst his Templar brethren.

And that's a wrap! I hope you enjoyed looking at a Space Marine of a different colour for a change! 

Playing: Cranium!

Reading: Detransition, Baby - Torrey Peters

Next Week:

Unforgiven...