Updated Legion Rhino and new Ctesias information

An improvement?

I decided to try some edge highlighting and scuffing on my Rhino.  I'm not up to trying proper weathering yet, but figured some silver on the edges could easily be painted over if I screwed it up.  I don't think that happened, but you can definitely see my low skill level.  However, considering this is the first time I've tried this, I think it came out okay.  I'll keep it and hopefully get better going forward.

I've ordered some micro set and micro sol, so later on in the week I think I'll test it out on the Rhino. Next time you see it, it should be sporting some transfers.

Ctesias and the Aquilae

In my entry about my version of Ctesias, the summoner who I'm running as a Librarian, I mentioned that I didn't know what cult arcana to give him, and that I had recently contacted his creator, John French, to ask what arcana he thought Ctesias would have. I've been fortunate to get a reply, which is that Mr French reckons Ctesias would have possibly been in the Aquilae cult, and when it was disbanded, transferred to the Corvidae temple.

I hope it would be obvious from this entire project and the things I've previously typed, but I value John French's creations and impact upon my conception of the Thousand Sons tremendously.  This answer was fantastic.

The Aquilae are only mentioned in Inferno, where they are referred to as "the denied sixth cult".  They were concerned with researching the nature of the Warp itself, but were closed down by Magnus personally.  Presumably, because they were delving too far and were in danger of gaining an understanding of what, in 40K terms, we consider daemonic.  This is a fascinating bit of fluff, and Ctesias - who ends up being a guy who pacts with, binds and summons daemons - being one of them is perfect.

It also pleases me because it means the spread bird motif I picked for his shoulder guard now can have another explanation beyond my 'white birds are common in Egyptian imagery' thing.  I don't have an updated photo of him, so I'll just repost this one so you can see what I did.  Him being once of the Aquilae, or eagle cult, makes this choice, in retrospect, even better.
This also means that he'll be Corvidae in my list, which is fine.  The cult discipline doesn't really matter a great deal in gameplay terms for my plan with him, it was just a niggle that I needed to get 'right'.  He'll still attempt to cast Sanctic Daemonology without getting gibbed by something from the Warp that he's previously annoyed.