This is (obviously) the Chaos cultist with the heavy stubber from the Dark Vengeance box. I like all the cultist minis from that set - I really think they capture the cultist/outcast/thug feeling - unlike the rest of the DV miniatures which were rather disappointing. The best thing with this cultists however is the fact they can easily become a Necromunda gang, which is one of my all time favourite games.
Although cultists can be painted as regular 'chaos' guys, I prefer to give them a more generic 'underhive ganger' appearance, as I did for this guy. The mini itself is quite decent, and I guess it's modelled after the archetypal 'butcher/executioner/all muscle - no brains' character. The main focal point is obviously the faceless mask, so in order to go around this and give a less sinister look I filled the chaos star on the mask and gave it a skull balaclava paint. Guess that's what any self respecting ganger would do to scare off the competition! I also gave him a tattoo on his left hand as the area seemed somehow empty - this guy has a lot of muscle. I decided to give him a simple tribal design, as any true thug should sport at least one arm covered with tribal tattoos.
The butcher's apron was left white intentionally, to take away a bit of extra evilness, and the base was done from plasticard to resemble some forgotten underhive dome. I particularly enjoyed the way his gun came out - I used progressively lighter tones of metallics on top of a gunmetal coat.
