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2020 Christmas Astra Militarum Countdown: Day 2

12/2/2020

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For the second day of Christmas, I've pieced together something a little more defensive and less mobile.

Phoenix Company is mostly a ground force in the original UFO: Aftermath canon, but they're also avid users of collapsible machine guns. While I'd love to re-create that here (and might do that in the future), an automated sentry gun seemed more appropriate for repelling whatever creatures crawl out of the Bioamass.
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The pockets on the chest and arm are from some old ICM 'weapons and accessories' kits, and the cloth belt piece is from some old 40k kit. I later removed that cloth from the model, since it stuck out too much.
The soldier had to use a normal guardsman torso, but I couldn't cover it up with the arms due to the pose - instead, I've added pouches and other minor pieces to try and bulk up the front, making the flak gear look slightly more combat-amour-like.
PictureThe gun is a standard Heavy Bolter turret that I've added more assorted bitz to, intending to make it into a proper automated weapon. The arm holding onto the side is from one of the Cadian flamethrower operators.

The boxes on the base are a minor detail, made from one of the normal ammo boxes and some scrap parts. I didn't want to connect it to the gun itself, since I liked the idea of having them strewn about like they had been scavenged.

A lot of the parts used here were taken from various Tamiya tank kits, mostly smaller details on the front of the weapon and the extended barrel.
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The rear of the gun was modified to look like a last-minute tweak without being too impractical - after all, Phoenix Company in canon are reliant on their own R&D teams.
The backpack - a standard Spellcrow one - required some extra pieces underneath to fit properly. Since the operator here is unarmed, it made sense to choose one that had a knife and a few grenades, especially since grenades in UFO are completely viable as a trooper's only weapon.
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