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Sons of Horus Legion Centurion

I spent a good part of my free time in the past five to six years doing all kinds of model creation things centered around certain iconic Warhammer 40,000 designs, with antiquated software, in an engine from generations back. Mostly Space Marines. It was mainly tinkering, recycling, experimenting, hacking together and so on.
Some time back I figured out enough of more up-to-date model and texture methods to start actually putting new ones together from scratch. This one still uses the same crude, un-baked hard surface techniques and some recycled UV that I used when I was still learning the ropes, but I think he came out pretty good.
The bare head is a modification of that "Space Marine noggin" I've posted earlier.
Design-wise, for the body, I've taken some heavy inspiration from Mark Spark's "Death of Hope" Horus Heresy movie project, mainly with the chest plate and technological bits. I used a couple other unofficial and official references when shaping the rest of the armor, including the WH40k video game "Regicide" - some of the best Marine designs ever in that one - and the excellent fan film series "Astartes".
The polygon distribution is still a bit choppy, so I might still tune that in the near future, mostly on the legs.
The skull was made by a friend ("BlueFlytrap") years back. I have his permission to use it wherever I need it.
Realtime Blender Eevee renders, so the shadows are a little buggy. Would've preferred ray-tracing, but the head material was causing some weird artifacts that I couldn't get rid of.
Textures mostly GIMP-painted with some Substance help for edge wear.

The XVI Legiones Astartes, the Sons of Horus, are somewhere between ancient roman legionaries and barbarian warlords of the same era in their bearing. I sought to include accessories that would communicate this. Corruption by Chaos is also hinted at.

The XVI Legiones Astartes, the Sons of Horus, are somewhere between ancient roman legionaries and barbarian warlords of the same era in their bearing. I sought to include accessories that would communicate this. Corruption by Chaos is also hinted at.

The pistol is based on a plasma gun I made for the Arma III mod "There Is Only War". The sword was basically thrown together, with very simple materials.

The pistol is based on a plasma gun I made for the Arma III mod "There Is Only War". The sword was basically thrown together, with very simple materials.

Topology's so-so in places.

Topology's so-so in places.