A Kind of Magic

After I'd kitbashed my Battle Nuns of New Antioch for Trench Crusade, I pondered proxying a Court of the Seven-Headed Serpent warband using my ubiquitous Tzeentch Daemons, who have pulled bad guy duty in many a setting.

I decided against this and decided to be a bit more creative, but I have taken some inspiration from the Changeling and some Tzeentch bits from my bits box to kitbash a Sorcerer.

The model I used as a base for this kitbash is a Stormcast Knight Arcanum that I picked up dirt cheap in the first issue of the Stormbringer partworks magazine.

It is obviously a magic user, which suits the Sorcerer and has a larger frame than most models, making it more suitable to occupy the necessary 50mm base, and a simply head swap with a Crooked Dice cultist head (wearing and appropriate goat mask) started the transformation.

Next came the Tzeentch bits.

According to the limited reading I've done, Sorcerers appear to be fallen angels who cannot (or do not make contact with the ground. Given the stance of the Knight Arcanum, I decided to have her standing on a floating platform made from a large book (from Kairos Fateweaver's staff).

I appreciate that this decision pushes the aesthetic towards Tzeentch, but it did solve the hovering problem.

Another facet of the Sorcerers is that they can produce additional arms holding the items that they need and here the Pink Horror sprues provided: a pair of arms spouting flames; a hand swap with a wicked looking blade; a hand clutching a clearly corrupt book.

I also added a couple more scrolls to fill the gap where I had removed the Knight Arcanum's sword, just to lean into the magic book theme.

When it came to painting, I tried to work within the same palette I'd used for the rest of the warband: reds, browns, beiges, etc. I used more red than on the other models to indicate the status of this being in the pantheon of Hell.

I also enjoyed drawing writing into the open books, something that fortunately worked better in the one in her hand than the one she's stood on.

All in all, I'm quite pleased how my Sorcerer has turned out, although I think that I'm increasingly seeing that my attempt to tackle a Blanchitsu style is really limited to just the colour scheme.

I'm also aware that if I ever get round to playing Age of Sigmar, I could potentially use this model as a Magister on a Disc of Tzeentch.

I now have about 300 ducats of the 700 I need for a starter band, but I'm not sure where my next kitbash is coming from. There are options, but I need to firm up what I'm going to do.

Acquired: -98

Painted: 149

Lead Mountain: 406