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Proxy Carrion Emissary model...


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Sometimes I buy models I don't really need just to collect and paint (I'm the only one, right?), and I recently got the Creature Caster Plague Angel for cheap. It's meant as a proxy for some Nurgle stuff for those kind of games, but when I opened the bag I discovered there is an alternate head which means it can fit the bill for a carrion emissary. The model is beautiful resin gravity cast, and is an emaciated evil angel/demon kinda figure, and with large wings, a scythe and the alternative beaked head it is close enough to the emissary that it should be obvious on the table top. I am perfectly happy with my beautiful original emissary myself, but I know that some of these centerpiece models generate strong feelings, so in case someone doesn't like it this could be an awesome alternative...

This link is to a post of a guy that has painted up both versions, just so you can see what I'm talking about:

https://mobile.twitter.com/julianominis/status/899407148295368704

 

 

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Update:

I quickly slapped it together and put it next to an unpainted Carrion Emissary. I know which one I'd prefer to travel with, but OMG is it a beautiful model. I also think it fits reasonably as an Emissary, but there's nothing reasonable with transporting this to a tournament. Especially if proxying isn't cleared with the TO beforehand...

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I don't think it's really out of scale as such. Don't get me wrong, it's massively oversized (I can't even get it into my cabinet when based), but it looks more like a massive creature than an out of scale one.

A big part of the size is that it's not compressed height-wise at all. By compressed I mean the tendency by most makers to make big models crouch, bend over, or otherwise pose themselves to be smaller overall, whereas many small miniatures are more upright. We tend to see this mostly in Malitaux with the kneeling giant phenomenon, where any models kneeling or bending over tend to be larger than those standing up. (I don't think the variance usually is as big as some others do; the kneeling M2e Death Marshall's height is well within natural variance for instance, but that's another topic. It's still a fact that most of all Malifaux humans 6 feet or higher have a tendency to kneel at all times...). This mini is designed to be a monster centrepiece, so in addition to being tall it has outstretched wings (nearly doubling the height) and is perched on a rock). Also note that the Carrion Emissary is also bent forward, so it would also be quite a bit taller standing up and stretching its wings upwards. Again, it's not really practical (it wouldn't fit inside buildings either), but looks very nice!

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