The Rune Priest is a potent psyker (magic user) who can be accompanied by a Chooser of the Slain.  In 40k fluff the Chooser is normally manifested as a raven familiar who aides the rune priest.  I thought a simple mini of a bird would be a bit on the boring side.  I instead opted to create my own (surprise!) and looked towards the Space Wolves' Norse leanings for inspiration.

"Chooser of the Slain" is actually a translation of "Valkyrie" which was an angel like figuer in Norse myth that would lead fallen vikings to Valhalla.  To create her, I took a Tiriel figuer from Reaper Miniatures and added seperate wings.  Her feet were also re-positioned to make it look more like she's flying.

I used greens to tie the valkyrie together with the rune priest's weapon and shoulder insignia.

The green disk under the Valkyrie is actually a metal washer used to help balance the figuer.

All in all, their not the most complex of conversions, but the valkyrie came out pretty much exactly how I had imagined her.

~Dave