Thursday 2 March 2023

Sword of the Imperium, custodes land raider

This proteus land raider has served with the Legio Custodes since the earliest days of the Imperium. First forged at the start of the great Crusade by the Mechanicum, the vehicle was given to the Emperor's guardians, who rode it into battle during mankind's expansion through the stars. The land raider would go on to serve in the siege of Terra, where it was destroyed by the traitors during their final assault on the Sanctum Imperialis. Rebuilt after the Heresy, the Sword has remained idle in Terra until now, when it once again takes to the stars to bring death to aliens and heretics
The new proteus land raider was released finally in plastic las fall, and since my custodes lacked some firepower I decided to pick up one and turn it into a venerable land raider
The kit is quite versatile, allowing you to build a traditional rogue trader proteus or a more modern version with an assault ramp
Of course being a custodes vehicle it needed more bling,  an assortment of shields an eagles taken from a squad of regular custodian guard 
Believe it or not it took me four days to assemble and paint this beast, but I'm sure you'll agree that the result was worth the time 
The small eagle heads found in the assault ramp come from the imperial knight, a machine that will soon appear on the blog
Equipped with four lascannons, two heavy bolters, a storm bolter and a hunter killer missile the Sword of the Imperium is a jack of all trades

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