The Blackmanes' Blood Claw #9

Moving on to the next model in the pack. I intend to use up at least some of the smaller bases before buying a new kit with the 32 mm ones. The larger bases do make models look more impressive, which is why I prefer to use them for something other than Blood Claws. After all, they're not supposed to look too impressive, and the disparity in skill between a Grey Hunter and a Blood Claw is usually pretty significant.

 The idea for the pose came from the historical use of parrying daggers. Of course, canonically chainswords are pretty far from the specialized thrusting swords that were historically usually paired with a dagger, but a buckler on the model would have been easy to confuse for a storm or a combat shield, neither of which is a valid weapon option for a Blood Claw.

Whenever I make a new Blood Claw head, one of the most distinct decisions is the haircut. This time around, I went with the Norman haircut again. Since the type of his sword most resembles a cut-heavy sword, I decided to mix yet another century in the mix, inspiration-wise, and used a 11th century haircut.

The pistol is from Forgeworld's Mk. V Assault Squad kit. Yep, Skyclaws are on their way. Consider yourself officially teased.