Monday 28 March 2016

Moritat - set to kill, ready to die


I've finished my moritat model! 

What kind of self respecting operative doesn't have a Hydra tattoo?
As the model was coming together I was enjoying making him so much his backstory pretty much wrote itself:

I used a Kakophoni body and some iron hands bionics to make him
The conversion + kitbash

Designation Mu Omicron Sigma is an activated asset of Omegon. 

His real name has been lost due to deliberate psycho conditioning and abusive experimentation on the part of his primarchs, particularly through the blood drinking ritual. 

Early WIP

He has been chosen for multiple suicide missions by Omegon which have required the consumption of primarch blood to allow him to pass for a Demigod, and somehow returned alive time and time again against all odds (and even the will of his primarch). The excessive quantities of blood consumed have led to some serious side effects including psychosis and disassociative personality disorders to the extent that he is mentally unstable and can he truly only identify himself as Alpharius. He has become physically and psychically reliant on the gene dose - displaying desperate and addictive behaviours.



The nature of the missions he is picked for are described in the lasting damage to his super human physique, damage which not even an astartes should be able to endure without being interred into a dreadnought casket. However he survives because of the Primarch blood lingering in his organs and a masterwork of self sustaining life support systems bonded to his flesh. A scarred and pitted mess of ruined flesh and extensive augmetics is all that remains beneath his battle plate.



The reason he is picked time and time again is due to his proven ability to act independently in deep cover situations and spring into action at a moment's notice. If anything the madness which has come from his psychological abuses has only sharpened his killer's instincts, tearing away his compassion, mercy and hesitation. The downside is that he has been known to snap and become murderous with little provocation and has been shunned from multiple covert cells within the legion, for fear he might turn on his battle brothers. As an outcast he has become the perfect lone operative, striking mercilessly and without care for his life, filled with the maligned belief that he has the power and resilience of a Primarch.



Well, that's my model and my story - I hope you enjoyed it!

Syra out.

4 comments:

  1. Great Job man. Keep up the good work!

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  2. Really enjoy the backstory.
    How well has he performed for you in your list?

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    1. So far terribly - I tried to infiltrate him and he drew all the fire. I got the deepstrike warlord trait and he ended up being intercepted by iron havoks with 10 volkite culverins...

      I think he's rightly being feared enough to be shut down early lol :)

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