Forearm Gunblades
June 22, 2009
So we got a sneak at the cover to NQ25, including this pretty awesome looking Iosan dude… with one massive shoulderpad, since clearly he’s only half as awesome as Dawnlord Vyros.
Warcaster? Solo? Could be either but those gunblades are freakin’ awesome. My immediate thought is of Holt – dual pistols with bonus slicey bits – so it’ll be interesting to see just what PP’s done with this fellow to make him stand apart from everyone’s favourite bodyguard.
Most significantly? After all the discussion on forearm blades as weapon systems for the Myrmidons, we have an example of bladed weapons extending a good length beyond the elbows and looking pretty darn awesome. Yes, they’re extensions of the firearm stocks rather than actually affixed to any vambraces, but the visual concept stands.
I really…. really… really… wanna see them pull this art off on the mini.
I like the artwork, but i have a nasty feeling the model would look awkward if they try and use the same pose.
Maybe have one of the guns pointing outwards and the other arm more defensive
I could see it in a pCaine sort of pose as well, or something along the line of Grim Angus… I just want to see the blades appropriately represented… and maybe some fanfic explaining what happened to his other shoulderpad