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You'll have noticed updates and exloads to this noospheric node being rather sluggish – clearly the plasma reactor is running hot! Let's make up for that by taking a look at a newly-painted figure representing one of the Marines Mendicant:

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The Marines Mendicant are part of the War of the False Primarch project narrative – you can read more about the broader project on our sister noospheric node +Some Things Are Best Left Forgotten+.

The Marines Mendicant are unusual in that they aren't a Chapter in and of themselves, rather they're a collective group of agents and operatives that... well, their aims are rather opaque – but suffice to say that they're a perfect excuse for skirmish gaming within the setting if you don't fancy painting yourself up a force of (say) Void Barons or Death Eagles.

You can read more about them here: [+noopshericexloadlink embedded+] 

This split scheme is based on the secondary colours of the Silver Stars (and keep an eye on the other blog for an upcoming Index Apocrypha...); the aim of which was to make it a bit easier to paint and join in with the project. If you'd like to give it a go yourself, the magenta is Screamer pink, the turquoise Sotek green.

The miniature is now in the possession of spacedhulk – go check out his amazing collection of over 50 different Chapters on Instagram, where he posts as @spacedhulk. He's been contributing loads to the project, and when he mentioned that he thought the scheme was a favourite of his, I said I'd post over the miniature in question.

... only to then find I couldn't find hide nor hair of the damn thing – and a rather embarrassed rush to paint up this replacement figure to send!

Matt was very gracious about the mix-up, and he's posted up some great shots (and a very atmospheric short story) with his Golden Hands Chapter – another group that I'd love to feature on Some Things Are Best Left Forgotten.

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And so some pics for you to have a look at. The markings are covered in this inload [+noosphericinloadlink embedded+] – though part of the fun of the Marines Mendicant is that they're almost deliberately obtuse and confusing, so you have complete freedom with how they're detailed.

Even the specific scheme is up for grabs – while both Mendicants I've painted have been this vertical split, that's purely because I was trying to make sure spacedhulk got the scheme he'd noted he liked. Background-wise, every Mendicant can have a completely different scheme, making it a nice chance to play around.

Pictured here on the terrain my brother and I played on decades ago!

Leading a squad of Silver Stars – doubtless on some cryptic mission...

If you've painted a Marines Mendicant, or something for the War of the False Primarch, let me know – I'd love to share them on the Some Things Are Best Left Forgotten blog.