As an absolute sucker for the Combat Patrol magazine, I declined to opt out when Hachette warned me that they would charge an extra tenner for another delivery.
As such, I ended up with an extra model to deal with - Chief Librarian Varro Tigurius of the Ultramarines.
For that reason, I've gone with a bright red cloak and yellow sash thing - which was listed as part of the uniform for a librarian but these days seems to have been forgotten.
I did agonise over that for a bit, given it means he looks different to other versions of him and this is after all a specific character rather than a generic librarian, but then had the blindingly obvious revelation that it's possible that the centuries-old, very high-ranking psychic supersoldier might just possibly own more than one cloak.
I also went for a bit of a stylistic choice on his armour - Ultramarines are generally very bright blue, and the librarians of any codex chapter are also meant to wear blue armour. I decided to make a distinction between the two - so the majority of Tigurius's armour is a darker blue to show he's a librarian, with his shoulder and kneepad in the brighter Ultramarines blue of his chapter.
I'm really happy with how he's come out, and I really enjoyed doing this model - something with a decent amount of detail but enough freedom in how I painted it to avoid things becoming a chore!
Of course, this is currently my only Primaris Ultramarine, but the genius of choosing Genesis as my main chapter then shines through - it's entirely plausible, since Genesis's background is basically "spare Ultramarines", to justify Tigurius joining them for a mission - or even to have him come with an Ultramarines bodyguard. So maybe I'll do a few more at some point.
Anyway, the delivery was labelled "character 1", so that's ominous, and I expect Hachette will make a further move on my bank account in due course.
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