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They’re fully articulated like the Aethon. Ball joints at the hip and ankle, two hinges in the leg. There are fixing pins but you can remove them. Keeping the pins would be a good way to avoid armour clashes. Pretty impressive for a kit this size. 

Zidemi:   Zidemi reset his Servo-Arm, releasing the innards of the Ork which laid lifelessly before him. His could feel his primary and secondary hearts racing. He had not slain such a massive creature in close combat since the chapter trials on Nocturne.   Feeling a comraderie over their shared triumph, Zidemi made a jest to Gerhardt, but he did not acknowledge it. In that instant, Zidemi wondered if he had slighted the Black Templar by taking his kill. Or perhaps he was thinking of Asterius, whose rashness resulted in both Gerhardt and Zidemi breaking formation. No doubt the squad leader would need to explain this to the Watch Captain.   As Gerhardt walked away, Zidemi turned his attention back to the Ork. He used his Servo-Arm to tear off the panel with the Ork runes for closer inspection. As he could not deciper them he shared it with Ulfurbur, who had been recording the area with her picter. She translated it to "Grub Gob Warp Zag": the Warboss' name.   Unimpressed, Zidemi tossed the panel on the corpse, startling Vafri as he claimed his trophies. It can burn on the pyre with the rest of it.   +++   Upon returning to the Bulwark, two more Astartes presented themselves to the Kill Team: Breacher Bekkar Haalec and Codicier Dendinius. Zidemi and the others welcomed their new Battle-Brothers. Gerhardt did not display the same affection, though his reaction was not surprising given his chapter's doctrine regarding Librarians. Hopefully this would not cause friction between the Astartes.   Zidemi had acknowledged Dendinius’s instruction with a respectful nod.  “Acknowledged, Codicier," he replied humbly. "We shall do our utmost.”   +++   Later that day, Zidemi had presented himself to the Chapel. As previously arranged, the serfs were ready to conduct the branding in honour of a successful mission - the first of many, Vulkan willing. Though their craftsmanship was still lacking it was an improvement on the first session. As Zidemi thanked the serfs for their deed, he inquired about his former battle-brother Ki'shar. In response, they directed Zidemi to the quarters for his inspection.   Within the late Salamander’s quarters, Zidemi found a common metalwork set. It was not unusual: all Salamanders were artisans and metallurgists, and Ki’shar had continued the traditions of his chapter in his solitude. Among the set was an unfinished trinket, similarly styled to one that Moridyn had presented to him in the Forge days ago. Zidemi wondered if he had been gifting his work to the other Kill-Team members during his tenure with the Deathwatch.   Zidemi collected Ki’shar’s effects and departed for the Forge.   +++   "Boechner, report to Operatus,”  Zidemi annouced via the Forge's loud hailers upon his return from Ki'shar's quarters. As he waited, he stared at the incomplete trinket on the workbench before him. He had since determined it was the chapter symbol of the Celebrants chapter and that one of its members, Cassius, had indeed served beside Ki'shar.   Zidemi was unsure on how to proceed. He did not know the circumstance for gifting these trinkets to other Kill-Team members, and he did not know Ki'shar personally. He was a Devastator Marine of the 4th Company before Zidemi left the chapter for Mars, and had not seen him since. Furthermore, Zidemi was also questioning his own ability to complete the trinket to a satisfactory level. Since committing himself to the cult of Mars much of his artistic flair had dulled, replaced by the knowledge of the machine. A clumsy attempt to finish it may be more insulting than honorary. Perhaps Asterius could illuminate this further, once he recovered from his Sus-an state.   Two minutes later the artificer emerged, once again donning his grease-stained overalls. Zidemi turned to the artificer and asked, “How did the Forge fare in my absence?”   “Splendidly, my lord," Boechner replied, with an expression that could only be described as a grin.   Zidemi nodded at hearing this. “Excellent.”   “My lord, the bikes were returned in poor condition. Their spirits are distressed and their frames bear fractures. What did your team do with them?”   Zidemi left that unanswered, though he recalled the antics of Vafri and Azadth as an explanation. He was familiar with this kind of attitude from artificers within his own chapter. The bonds between the Nocturneans, the serfdom and the Salamanders were strong enough to tolerate such informality.   The Salamander replied with a soft smile. “Do what you can to appease them. I have new work orders for the Forge. We need to be ready for our next mission to Dorghra.”

I finished it recently and have mixed feelings about this one. The prose is solid, although it may be a bit too flowery occasionally, but I don't mind that. What bothered me the most were the boring, unnecessary, and overly long battle sequences—almost enough to make me give up right at the beginning. Not to mention the caricature villain and his clichéd dialogues. However, I did enjoy the history and culture of the world Kloster came up with, and appreciated that the DA weren't portrayed as completely moronic or overly secretive. It's still miles better than Lion's book and probably one of the best DA novels, but I was hoping for more. The potential was there, but unfortunately, it was overshadowed by generic action scenes that served mostly no purpose other than to fill pages. Kloster still stays on my list of BL authors to read. I'd give it 6/10

That's not a bad idea. I'd done the blue to match it to the arc weapons and taser goads in the army as "electric" stuff. But I don't need to be that fixed. Might try that on the next lot.

Transfers. The one on the sides are from the Primaris Upgrade sheet and the others from the FW Horus Hersey Decal sheet. 

are thiose transfer or did you freehand them?