#deathmarks

[lastenline]

And the Deathmarks are finished.

[angoryt]

Det här är Druvan och Kakan, det var ute på ett uppdrag men det verkar som att dem blev kvarglömda av nån anledning?

Kakan började gå omkring och utforska, Druvan har bestämt sig för att följa efter.

De hittade vatten.

Kakan hittade en fin utsikt.

[sara-paints]

Deathmarks, DONE!

These were actually a lot of fun to print and paint. As previously mentioned, I had some green acrylic rods from Plastruct sitting in my hobby stash for like 12 years or however long it's been, and I really wanted my Deathmarks to have green rods. I took the models into Blender and removed a chunk of the rifle, and cut these green rods to specific length. Side-by-side with my Warriors, you almost can't tell they aren't supposed to have the rods.

[alex-leweird]

Thinking about Deathmarks.

What if the origin of them was a Mistery cult (when I use the term is reference of the Mysteries like Demeter's, Dyonisus, Isis, Cybeles, Orphics mysteries/cults in Ancient times) related to the old cult of the Nightbringer (not the C'tan but the God based on)?

We know that C'tan's bodies were created based on old gods in the Necrontyr culture.

Deathmarks are peculiar. They follow a code, has access to niche knowledge to hyper-dimensional technology and even if they are warriors, they don't fit, even having ancient rules to not deploy them against nobility.

Using some reference in myth of our world I can't not think about Apollo and Artemis. Apollo and Artemis were the deathbringer for males and women (in A.Greek poem's and fragments we found a lot of references about this. Like in the Illiad, the first appereance of Apollo was shooting the Greek soldiers. In the Odyssey, when Odysseus visits his mother he asks if she was dead bc of the plague or bc Artemis) Also Eros (at least the firsts versions of him fits here). The similarities of these gods are that they use a bow. In Ancient times an archer was a symbol of lethality. A soldier couldn't see the archer and an arrow was always lethal, or it kill instantly or the wound was fatal. One of the best analogies I have heard of this was from my professor: "If the Ancient Greeks were able to know about some of our technology, Eros, Apollo and Artemis would be snipers".

So imagine, that the original Deathmarks were a cult who worshiped the ancient Nightbringer of the necrontyr culture as the Mysteries cults. The cult would evolved and left the religious roots of the begining.

Maybe the role could be similar to La acabadora or the S'Agabbadora (In the Mediterranean towns there was a woman who would finnish off someone who would be suffering for a long time by a sickness or something similar) and hitmans in the begining. Seeing the potential, nobles or officials would deploy him at wars too as a special force.

[ghostinthegallery]

Deathmarks make such good characters. Lysikor, Huntmaster, the Deathmark from Pariah Nexus. Not a stinker in the bunch. Top marks. More stories about these sniper guys plz.

[paint-pot-pete]

First of my Deathmarks. More units on the way 😁 lovely little cyclopean murder bastards 🤣

[agbpaints]

Cyclops week- painted up some sniper boys and a few weird chickens

[simon-newman]

Nice commander you've got there. Would be a shame if someone were to... Snipe them...

Jokes aside the Deathmarks are supposedly much better unit in 10th compared to how they fared in 9th. I had 3 Immortals sprues in total and assmebled 1 as Immortals so I went with Deathmarks for the 2nd one.

I'll build the 3rd as Immortals again but probably give them the other weapon option.

The kit is nice and easy simple but suffers from some issues.

1st - you can probably see it on this photo. The shoulder plates have noticeable gap in them. With Immortals I suspected that it was my fault as I scraped off the sprue connecting bit quite hard - I thought I might have got a bit too much off. This time I was careful and only gently cut the remaining bit and sanded it lightly... There's still a gap. Well... I'll fix it with putty in a few days.

2nd - the arms. By the Emperor. I don't remember having such issues with the Immortals but Deathmarks had some ridiculous arm placement on those minis. The gun barrel is long and the arms are short. The right arm is molded onto the gun and you stick it under the shoulder plate. The left arm is separate and you stick it under it's shoulder blade while connecting it to the molded hand under the gun barrel... Which is easier to say than do. It's hard to reach, you need to really twist the gun and the arm around to find the right angle - meaning that you need to have three separate bits covered in glue and put them together all at once... And hold it like that for some 20-30 seconds...

Okay... My goal to finish all the Necron minis before the year's end is closer to finish.

All that's left is the:

Remaining 5 Immortals (Not started - I'll probably do those next as it's just a standard build).

Indomitus Overlord (Not started - I might do slight repose but nothing major).

Indomitus plasmancer (Not started - IDK what to do with this guy yet)

Two cryptothralls (I'll switch around parts between them to get some variety)

Three more Skorpekh Destroyers (I have them cut and ready to assemble - I'll see if I have the patience for another repose of those).

Skorpekh Lord (Half Assembled - I need to find a way to bend his cables to fit reposed arms)

Canoptek Reanimator (Half assembled - the same issue as with the Skorpekh Lord + need to do a nice scenic base)

Put on the remaining magnets on Ghost Ark, Canoptek Wraiths and Tomb Blades. Otherwise those models are finished.

I've got Doomstalker on the way to the local store. I might run into the same issues as with reanimator when trying to repose it. We'll see.