Imperial Guard Commissar

This Commissar used to be my first officer. I just slapped a power fist and a bolt pistol on an officery-looking body, and called it a night.

This was a while ago.

I made a more badass looking officer instead, and was left with this model, unpainted, unused, and unloved. :'(

So just the other day I was reading my Guard codex again, and figured that I could use a Commissar or two to boost my infantry's close combat punch, and keep the stragglers... "in line".

Now GW models are metal, thus, expensive. I didn't want to pay 20$ for a single model, so while I was looking for parts to make my own, I found this model, and painted it.

Used a couple photos of Commissars for reference, and came up with this.