The Steel Skulls are models I began working on two years ago, I think. And in some cases the quality of painting is showing. But I still like them, so I'll leave them as they are until I'll work on the rest of the squad - then I'll update the others.
The Steel Skulls are an underhive gang of tech-scrappers. They are adept at salvaging and repurposing. They all show some form of technological augmentation, more or less extensive depending on rank and role. Implants vary from a simple bionic eye to rebreathers and cybernetic limbs. Most notably, all Steel Skulls have implants on their heads, trait from which derives their name: head augmentations are the symbol of gang membership, and the first ones to be grafted upon induction in their ranks.
The Steel Skulls dwell under the more populated layers of the hive. From there, they launch raiding parties to pillage more technology, hoarding tech to become more and more powerful. They are extremely talented technicians, and their most expert members serve both as field medics and engineers, repairing both their comrades' flesh and tech. For all these reasons, Techpriests despise them, seeing them as heretics, and actively hunt them down at every opportunity. At the same time, though, a Techpriest is a prized prey, for in the eyes of a Steel Skull it's like a bag full of shiny toys.
They favor fighting in environments that put others to severe disadvantage. Their favored tactic is striking in pitch black darkness: their enemies usually don't realize they're being stalked, until they see a pair of glowing green eyes in the dark - but then it's already too late.
This is one of their medic-engineers. As you can see, he's equipped with a multipurpose tool, that can work either as a medical or technical tool, and a case which is surely full of shiny gadgets to keep everyone (or everything) alive. Plus the ubiquitus head implants.
You can also see that skull dangling from a chain: it's a literal steel skull, that serves as the gang's badge.
The colour scheme is simple, favoring black and dark grey together with steel and grey-ish skin, so that the only focus was on the many green lights.
