Titan Legio Skitarii

For the Eye of Terror 'Custom Character' competition!

Commander Kal is in charge of the Skitarii forces for Titan Legio 'Excelsior'. He's served for 37 years in the post of Commander and has an exemplary record. At 7 feet 3 inches high, he's an imposing figure, even for a genetically modified Skitarii and his ornate carapace armour and weaponry enhance this. Armed with a modified Lasgun with a power pack under his cloak at the back and his bionic arm (lost during action on Iskar IX), he is a close combat monster.
He was cited for bravery after rescuing the company standard, killing four Khorne Berserker marines in close combat during the Iskar campaign. Now over thirty seven percent bionic, Kal will serve out his lifetime in support of the Legio and has yet to let the Imperium down.


A Skitarii commander from my Titan Legio 'Excelsior' having fought the rebels from my previous two pictures along this theme. ([link] and [link] )

Well there isn't much in the literature or online about these guys, but after reading Dan Abnett's superb 'Titanicus' I wanted to have a go at drawing what my imagination was thinking when reading this!

I've seen other interpretations, some of which I like and some I dislike, so thought I would add mine to the mix! I always imagined these guys as armoured and bionic in archaic carapace armour and powered weaponry of some kind...going on the first description from 'Titanicus' on page 102:

'The Invicta Skitarii, a throwback to more savage times, were fearsome beasts, striped and extravagantly marked, their armour built for threat, their genes selected for bulk. Muscular arms gleamed in the odd light. Heavy boots thumped in marching unison. Weapon limbs snapped up to salute as one. Feather plumes, ivory ornaments, leopardskin capes, modified fangs. The skitarii roared at the sky like predators, as fearsome and bestial as the Space Wolves.'

I imagined armour and feathers and fangs along with a laser arm gun...

A4 graphite 2H – 8B

Let me know what you think! As always, comments and criticism welcome...it all helps the improvement process! I've had to try a bit on faces, clothing and everything here...the folds aren't right on the guardsman, but luckily he's not the focus...

Kal

**'Titanicus' is written by Dan Abnett and belongs to Games Workshop's Warhammer 40k universe. I wanted to put that description in to help understand my drawing, but I'll remove if I'm breaching copyright! **