Sons of Horus Apothecary

What's up, doc? Apothecary for the Warmaster's 16th Legion

Not too much to share with this post, just a single 30k figure - an apothecary for the 16th Legion, the Warmaster's own Sons of Horus. In theory the apothecary is meant to represent a battlefield medic, but in the grim darkness of the far future, and among the super-human Space Marine Legions, the business of the apothecary is less to do with medical support and comfort than with the business of preserving the Legion for the future. 

Apothecary symbol emobssed on the right shoulder pauldron.

On the 30k battlefield, the apothecaries try and heal their brother Marines, but failing that, they recover key genetic material from the dead or heavily wounded Marines, so a new Space Marine can be created to replace him.  Marines who are injured in battle and too far gone to save receive the "Emperor's Peace" - a bolt to the brain. 

Although I'm not sure the apothecaries in Horus' own Legion would use the phrase "Emperor's Peace"...

All sorts of bits on this figure that go with the tools of the medical trade in a Space Marine Legion of the 31st millenium...looks kind of grim...

This Forge World figure shows all the tools of the battlefield medical trade in the 31st Millenium. It seems kind of grim...the apothecary is clad in modified Mark IV plate, carries a bolt pistol and a chain sword, as well as a gauntlet with it's own saw blade, injector etc.  Cylinders containing who-knows-what are clipped to different parts of his armour.  He even has his own portable lamp...

In the 30k game itself, the apothecaries play a peripheral game role, healing the odd model which might otherwise have fallen as a casualty. But I must say these apothecaries seem to find a way to spike Dallas' plans on the table, always managing to heal or preserve models that Dallas in particular has tried to take out, or thought he had successfully knocked down...that makes apothecaries fun in our games!  Strangely, I had yet to add an apothecary to my Sons of Horus collection, so I thought I would address that gap with this summer.

"First do no harm"...not sure about that...

As with the recent Iron Hands Land Raider, you can see gloss which has been applied under the decal.  It's humid in the summer, and that makes it too risky to apply matte spray, so that will wait until after Labour Day. After that, the lenses will get a final gloss coat, and I'll add some final tufts to the base.

Painting continues to be slow and lazy during nice summer weather.  I do have some more stuff on the go, and I hope I will have more to share before September arrives.  But until then, thanks for visiting the Blog, and I hope you are having a great summer, wherever you are.

Here is another sunset photo from Lake Superior...

Sunset over Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior, near Sault Ste Marie Ontario.

 Cheers for now!