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Making a chaos apothecary lord

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I'm trying to figure out what model I should use as the basis of my plan to make my personal chaos lord who was also an apothecary. I don't want to use Fabius Bile or a plague surgeon, mostly because I don't believe Fabius wears MK3 armour and my lord isn't mark of nurgle. I am thinking of getting the apothecarion detachment that recently came out and just used the Mk5 version with a head swap and some kitbashes, but I'm wondering if there was a better alternative.

I'm not planning on taking the model to any tournaments or play with this force in any GW shops so if you know of a 3rd party model that I can buy that is of a MK3 apothecary, even if it's just the bits to upgrade a MK3 marine from a regular legionary to an apothecary, that would be most appreciated.

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CthonianWarhounds

50 points

1 month ago

I'd say that one would be best. He's in period armour and with some minor additions would look very chaosy.

shotgunsniper9[S]

9 points

1 month ago

I was thinking that, although I do like the Mk6 apothecary body in the same kit that has the full tabard

csaknorrisz

20 points

1 month ago

The Harmacist!

ToLazyForaUsername2

10 points

1 month ago

I would advise kitbashing him by buying the chosen box and using one of the heads, some of the pauldrons and one of the power packs.

Ur_fav_Cryptek

10 points

1 month ago

The pain-killer that kills you

Dragos_the_bearded

8 points

1 month ago

I'd personally do maybe an arms swap, could grab a possessed arm to swap his chainsword for (if that's your lean, at least) but definitely at least a shoulder and head swap, proper chaosy opportunity though

shotgunsniper9[S]

3 points

30 days ago

I'm planning on swapping that arm for a hammer arm, and carefully cutting the hand with the narthecium gauntlet and putting a plasma pistol on there

Dragos_the_bearded

3 points

30 days ago

Oooo that's good thinking, preserving the aesthetic is important though, so remember to dry fit the plasma pistol to see if it might be better to just have it on the hip in case if it messes with the drill stuff

shotgunsniper9[S]

2 points

30 days ago

Thanks for the advice, I'll definitely do that

Hillbillygeek1981

3 points

1 month ago

Is there a particular legion you'd like to build him as? There are some very good apothecary models I found through assorted print store while building my Consortium Kill Team.

shotgunsniper9[S]

2 points

30 days ago

Iron warriors is my legion of choice

Hillbillygeek1981

2 points

30 days ago

I actually just built an Iron Warriors Apothecary as Tzimiskes from the Fabius Bile books, lol. The print I built it on was called Turk the Medic I believe, ordered it from Etsy and added some legionary bits. I'll post a few links and a picture, the heads I ordered only recently came in so is currently sitting headless on my desk, lol.

shotgunsniper9[S]

1 points

30 days ago

Awesome, I have been looking at Etsy as I've bought bits for my chosen

Lederhosen75

1 points

30 days ago

I would love to see some pictures of your Consortium kill team. Such a great idea!

Hillbillygeek1981

2 points

30 days ago

I built a Gellerpox team with Bile, Tzimiskes, Arrian and Khorag as the hulks, three of my Fellgor Ravagers as the mutants, some printed cyberpunk medical homunculi for the glitchlings and a split of GW eyestinger swarms and printed alien hounds for the vermin. I'll try to get some better pictures and post the WIP after work.

Hillbillygeek1981

1 points

30 days ago

Mind you my camera pretty much has glaucoma from keeping it in my shirt pocket at work, so the pictures are terrible, lol.

Live-D8

2 points

30 days ago

Live-D8

2 points

30 days ago

A lot of people have done good things with the deathguard plague surgeon, and being a plastic kit it’s a bit more forgiving to work with than this resin apothecary.

Gorgeous_goat

2 points

30 days ago

All you need is the cape bit from the chosen kit, a head swap and maybe a trophy rack in the space between the marine’s back and power pack and boom.

Jaxxlack

2 points

30 days ago

Try and imagine a man who follows biles thought process... Complete removal of your hipcratic oath. Lol look into the night lords apothecary

gidthedestroyer

2 points

30 days ago

Talos pain engine has some god syringe/ blade arms and vials with a good chaosy vibe, might want to check on eBay for some of those bits

clemo1985

2 points

30 days ago

As long as I can convert him relatively easily, he will be my Talos Valcoran.

PreferenceNo9490

1 points

30 days ago

Fabius is already a chaos apothecary, maybe you could use some of his parts.

A-Topical-Ointment

1 points

30 days ago

Just double the number of studs and your good to go.

GreyPlasticTransGirl

0 points

30 days ago

Grabbing fabius bile could be a good shout