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This looks like Ciaphas Cain as portrayed in all the Ciaphas Cain novel.

The actual Ciaphas Cain doesn't look anything like him though.

Ironheart89 said:
This... This is pretty nice. The bolt pistol is way to small. Looking more like a autopistol. But I'll stop my nit-picking.

Canonically, the Imperial Guard use a modified, smaller Bolt Pistol.

But...but the posters ahd them wielding big pistols thicker than a man's leg! Don't tell me the posters that got me to sign up for the Imperial Guard were all lies!

who needs a big pistol if you only need it to priece through guardsman's helmet

The pistol is just for distracting enemies from the chainsword.

Byakugan01 said:
But...but the posters ahd them wielding big pistols thicker than a man's leg! Don't tell me the posters that got me to sign up for the Imperial Guard were all lies!

Is what you saw a man? or a hulking angel of death?

Byakugan01 said:
But...but the posters ahd them wielding big pistols thicker than a man's leg! Don't tell me the posters that got me to sign up for the Imperial Guard were all lies!

Yeah yeah. Now strap your flak jacket and your lasgun. We are going into the meat grinder!

I think its an autopistol whose design resembles a bolt (pistol?) for good luck some other superstition. Still, that means this commissar REALLY got the short end of the stick: the commissars who can't afford to start out with a bolt-weapon usually get a las-pistol instead. At least he still got his chainsword.

The eye reminds me of the commissar who scares the orks themselves.

Has a giant metal claw hand he tore from a ork to boot

psnuker said:
I think its an autopistol whose design resembles a bolt (pistol?) for good luck some other superstition. Still, that means this commissar REALLY got the short end of the stick: the commissars who can't afford to start out with a bolt-weapon usually get a las-pistol instead. At least he still got his chainsword.

The artist could've be influence with the Ciaphas Cain potrays (Despite never being mentioned of using a boltpistol in his life, the artist tends to draw him using it as the book cover. There was even once where he was draw dual wielding them.)

Cort321 said:
The eye reminds me of the commissar who scares the orks themselves.

Has a giant metal claw hand he tore from a ork to boot

Sebastian Yarrick.

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Ironheart89 said:

On another note, Its not unheard of Commissars to carry Autopistols. Possibly a memoir of Cadet-Commissar training?

Unlikely , the commissar here has a scarlet stash around his waist, meaning he's already graduated.

...in fact after seeing this picture again rises up another question. Where's the activation switch for the chain sword?

depends on the make of the sword, might be a slightly raised trigger under the wrapping on the hilt, or the whole thing is pressure sensitive

When I saw the thumbnail, I thought I saw Gaunt and hope filled my eyes.
Then I saw it was Cain and they all went crashing down.