I’ve had this model for a long time, at least five or six years but possibly longer. I’ve been meaning to get him painted up as part of my underhive civilians collection (not to mention the fact that any Inq28 collection that doesn’t include him is really missing a trick) but what finally pushed me into action was spotting the Data-Scrivener in the House of Artifice book. Each gang in Necromunda can now take a range of hangers-on; these being the servants/assistants/allies of the gang who live in their hideout and enjoy the protection of the gang, but don’t generally get their hands dirty with any actual fighting.
Data-Scriveners are the futuristic hackers who specialise in stealing data from the hive’s ancient cogitators and manipulating them to suit their purposes. There are pretty strict rules about misusing technology in the Imperium but down in the underhive rules are there to be broken. The Van Saar, being tech-wizards to put the finest modern nerds to shame, have a habit of “liberating” whatever they feel like from the cogitator cores which regulate all the systems required to support life in the hive, and then using it against their enemies.
Because I want to include him as a hanger on to my Van Saar I went for a colour scheme that tied in fairly closely with the rest of the gang.
That said I didn’t to make him look so much like a Van Saar that I couldn’t use him in other roles, he’d still make a fine addition to an Inquisitor’s retinue, an Imperial Guard command post or the citizens going about their business in the hive depths. Hopefully he could even join another gang as their Data-Scrivener without looking too out of place.
Of course, having been in my possession for ages without seeing a lick of paint, he’ll be another contribution to the Neglected But Not Forgotten challenge being run by Ann’s Immaterium.
March 29th, 2021 at 9:28 am
That’s really nice! I hadn’t realised you could use them in Necromunda now.
March 30th, 2021 at 5:41 am
Cheers! I guess he’s not an “official” Necromunda model but there’s rules for the data scrivener and he’s perfect for the job. ๐
March 29th, 2021 at 12:18 pm
He looks brilliant, ace work ๐ a classic model as well
March 30th, 2021 at 5:41 am
Thank you! ๐
March 29th, 2021 at 5:25 pm
Well normally I would congratulate you on your painting skills but on this occasion I am going to praise your dusting abilities, he must have been covered in the suff after 6 years! ๐
March 30th, 2021 at 6:04 am
Haha – thanks mate! With some of my models it’s not so much dusting as archaeology!
March 29th, 2021 at 8:08 pm
Really nice! ๐ He looks like he’ll fit in well in a few places!
March 30th, 2021 at 6:02 am
Thank you – that was my hope. I had a few ideas in mind for how I could use him when I first bought him and I didn’t want to tie him down to just one when I finally painted him. ๐
March 29th, 2021 at 10:19 pm
Very nice and ties in great with both his intended gang and the civs.
March 30th, 2021 at 6:04 am
Thank you! ๐
March 29th, 2021 at 10:44 pm
Really like him- where is the original figure from?
Cheers,
Pete.
March 30th, 2021 at 5:47 am
Thank you very much! ๐ He’s a GW figure – he used to be part of the 40k inquisition/witch hunter range (as opposed to the bigger models from the Inquisitor line). I’m pretty sure he was available until quite recently but I can’t find him on there now so I’m guessing that, as an older metal model, he’s been phased out.
March 29th, 2021 at 11:23 pm
Really nice
March 30th, 2021 at 5:42 am
Cheers! ๐
March 30th, 2021 at 2:22 pm
Lovely mini to paint isnโt he? Nicely done sir ๐
March 30th, 2021 at 9:42 pm
He’s a cracker isn’t he, quite a simple figure but loads of character. ๐
March 31st, 2021 at 11:19 pm
Really nice work and I’m impressed that you can use him in Necromunda and as Imperial scum in 40k! ๐ I really like how you painted the scrolls which is much harder than you’d think to do well and its also pretty darn important on minis like this. If you botch that part of the sculpt, you unfortunately don’t have a great looking mini no matter what the rest of it looks like.
April 4th, 2021 at 12:24 pm
If you put your mind to it you can find a home for all kinds of things in Necromunda! ๐ Glad you like him mate – especially the scrolls. I know exactly what you mean about them – for me scrolls have always been the “tricky thing that I can paint fairly well” (-ish, mostly…). Some people do amazing freehand, or sculpt extra parts, or do tattoos or warpaint – I do scrolls…
April 4th, 2021 at 9:36 pm
Haha, if you’re going to paint 40k, scrolls aren’t a bad specialty to have! Honestly, having to do all the scrolls on The Triumph of Saint Katherine is what scared me away from taking on that project so it really does mean something to be good at them ๐
April 3rd, 2021 at 10:13 pm
Heโs great mate.
April 4th, 2021 at 8:39 am
Cheers dude!
April 9th, 2021 at 7:10 pm
That is very cool. I like the way youโve tied the colours to the gangers too.
April 11th, 2021 at 6:15 pm
Thanks! I wanted to tie him in at least partially with the gangers, I figured no self-respecting underhive hoodlum who’d stolen a servitor would do less than give it a respray to match their gang colours. Plus when the Enforcers come round they can say “What this? No we’ve had it for ages”.