Hordriss' Custom Daleks

[Cardinal Hordriss]

Architex of the Daleks

This is a simple custom Dalek based on the bubblebath bottle from the 1970s. As you've probably guessed by now these customs come with a history which I love writing and fits in with those of previous customs including my Emperor Dalek, the Authoritax and the Dalek Planner. In this case the builder's hard hat look of this Dalek inspired most of it. The history will be below as usual.










After the First Emperor was restored to the throne a great undertaking began to restructure and rebuild the empire following the repeated and catastrophic losses of the past.

To encourage competition and reward success, intelligence and strength the Emperor created new ranks for his most senior subordinates such as the Authoritax of the Daleks. In addition to rewarding military prowess the First Emperor understood the importance of acknowledging invention, innovation and creativity. This line of thinking lead to the creation of the office of Architex of the Daleks; the chief engineer, architect and design chief. This Architex was the Emperor's master builder.

To once again encourage others to strive for excellence the Architex was given a custom casing. The Dalek selected for the post chose to keep its black casing but bore a yellow dome reminiscent of a builder's hard hat. The Architex also utilised a claw arm with inbuilt laser torch similar to an Assault Dalek and more practical for an engineer than the standard armature.

The Dalek selected as the Architex was the designer of the Hub Ship, the Annihilator Class saucer and several buildings within the imperial capital. The engineer was proposed for the post by the Authoritax and several analysts aboard the Hub Ship. Fearing further dilution of its power the Supreme Dalek objected to the creation of the post and argued that the present hierarchy served the empire well. The Supreme Dalek was ignored by the Emperor and the engineer was nominated and facilities created for it and its team.

[fivefingeredstyre]

Blimey! That brings back memories...

I had that bubble bath when I was tiny. I kept the Dalek container for years after

Love the colour scheme, Hordriss. Is the base model one of the figurine range that you've painted up?

[Cardinal Hordriss]

Blimey! That brings back memories...

I had that bubble bath when I was tiny. I kept the Dalek container for years after

Love the colour scheme, Hordriss. Is the base model one of the figurine range that you've painted up?

It's a CO 3.75 inch action figure.

[Cardinal Hordriss]

The final member of the Emperor's advisory triad - the Praeceptor of the Daleks - finding a better title is not out of the question.

History -

To complete its triad of senior administrators/advisors the Emperor turned its attention to the Science Division to nominate a chief science Dalek. In consultation with the Dalek Planners the Emperor selected the existing head of the Division. Unlike other areas of the empire the Science Division was already a meritocracy and so the decision was far more simple than in the case of precious selections. The title awarded to the Dalek selected was Praeceptor of the Daleks.

The Praeceptor had spearheaded the rescue of the first Emperor from Old Skaro prior to its destruction in the First Civil War. The Praeceptor had also designed several biogenic weapons successfully deployed against the empire's enemies and overseen the development of various preventative technologies to protect Dalek troops from the biogenic weapons of their enemies. The new casing awarded to the Praeceptor was of course black, denoting its superiority, with the blue head and skirt domes of a Time War era science Dalek. The Praeceptor was often seen with an electrode unit for operating scientific equipment remotely.

The Supreme Dalek was furious at yet another aspect of its authority being devolved to a specialist. The Emperor ruled all, military matters were largely the purview of the Authoritax, engineering and utilities the responsibility of the Architex and now science and medicine the Praeceptor leaving the Supreme Dalek as a mere administrator with little real authority. The Supreme Dalek argued that the emergence of a cast system went against Dalek ideas of uniformity and conformity and risked a civil conflict in the future. The Emperor quickly dismissed this argument as the division between military, engineering and science Daleks already existed, presided over by the Supreme Dalek itself. The Emperor also cited the precedent that many leaders of the Empire had appointed councils to both advise the leader and take responsibility for various aspects of the Empire's activities which again included the Supreme Dalek.

Following the Supreme Dalek's objections the Praeceptor and the Architex were ordered by the Emperor to devise a method of testing the loyalty of all Daleks to screen for those whose loyalties may lie with the Supreme Dalek and not the Emperor. The Praeceptor was also ordered to adjust the conditioning of new Daleks to ensure loyalty to the Emperor above all meanwhile the Authoritax was ordered to secretly begin planning a purge of those loyal to the Supreme Dalek.

[Cardinal Hordriss]

This is an update to an old custom I did of the Hive Dalek Supreme. I worked out a way to do the shoulder band with the sensor domes though I still haven't found a way I can do the strip dome light. If you want to see it done really well you should look up CaptainJimpie on Doctor Who Amino. I'm not too happy with the eye but I think overall it's an improvement on how it looked before. This Dalek was huge so I included a couple of 3.75 inch figures to illustrate it.

[Cardinal Hordriss]

Update to Evil style Emperor.