Salamanders HQ

This is my Salamanders captain, who I recruited to replace my old captain, who fell in battle against the Necron Lord of Tombworld Sigil.
There are things about him I would change but overall I was happy with how he came out.

I used a High Elf banner part, cut in half, as the clasp badge, instead of the options on the commander sprue. This is in a shape that could be a Salamander's head, and I painted it gold with a ruby eye. He also carries a holy artifact from the Bretonnian men-at-arms sprue, which isn't visible in the pics. Other bits are raided from various space marine sprues. I modified his bolt gun with some scratchmade detail that can't be seen in the pics either, and offset the target finder to make the weapon seem more customised. I spaced the torso and legs slightly so he is actually taller than a standard marine in power armour.

The skull at his feet is from the Tomb Kings skeleton box. It has a left eyeball which I painted to represent a lens-eye, such as the captain himself sports in replacement of his original organ. What I had in mind there was a narrative comment that he too may someday meet the same fate...