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‘The Dark Crows’ - Cultist Followers - Construction

May 14, 2023

The Dark Crows are cultists from Kenov III who encountered Chaplain Zarrik Ma and Chronicler Marvelinko Su on their arrival through a warp portal and were tainted by the Lord of Change when they mistook the marines as gods sent by their bird-like deity Corvus Corax. The Symbol of the Crow’s Devine master appears to be the insignia of the Reborn. Although the cultists’s minds have been changed, only their leader Symon has felt the extremes of mutation by evolving into a spawn of Tzeentch. Their new leader Hekka believes Symon’s metamorphosis is a blessing that they all will undergo if they support their new warrior masters.

I wanted the construction of the Crows to continue with my kit-bashing theme of this project and so these miniatures were created by combining the Warcry fantasy Corvus Cabal miniatures with weapons from the Necromunda Escher Upgrade set and liquid green stuff. The Escher weapons have feathers attached to them and that helped with fitting into the bird imagery of the Dark Crows. In fact it was quite fun building the minis then deliberately cutting their arms off to fit the range of weapons available and bring the Cultist Kill Team into the 40K universe.

I’m imagining that these cultists want to get into combat pretty quickly, hence, apart from the heavy stubber, they are equipped with short-range weapons such as pistols, a shotgun and a plasma gun and the already drawn melee weapons. A number of minis appear to be jumping athletically akin to the Eldar Harlequins so again this suggests the need for speed in facing their foes. The two minis that I didn’t add guns to actually still have some customisation with grenades carefully added to their belts.

The chaos spawn was made using the bits from the kit but with a specific focus on including a bird like head and as many feathery and spiky limbs as possible. He/she/it is mounted on a Scibor 40mm round lipped base with some green stuff and further mounted onto a 50mm round base.