Some of the new Black Templars

 Some friends in the gaming group wanted to play some new 40k, rather than the superior 2nd Ed (but I will bring them round).

 So I finally got the new Black Templar models. As always, very cool designs. The banner was challenging, but I got there in the end. Thankfully I had chains on a transfer sheets and used to the old staple of micro sol and micro set on them. Quick jobs to get them painted and on the table top.

I do want to introduce my gaming group to the joys of Space Hulk so that is my next focus. Hopefully I should have an update soon.

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Empire update and a Black Templar

The battles in the Badlands campaign have been ramping up. I really need to post some battle reports of them, which I shall do shortly.

 

In the meantime, I have been plugging away at some small hobby.

 

A friend printed some pavises which I really wanted to use for my crossbowmen. I thought they would be very cool. I did some research of some medieval ones and picked a design I liked. I wasn't too confident with the freehand, but I did source some Holy Roman Empire transfer that looked like they fit the job. Finally finished them today!

 

 

Very pleased with how they turned out.

 I also finished the Empire special character on foot, von Lowenhacke. An absolute beast of  model. 

 

Great model, though I did lose a part of the helmet, but I don't feel it is too obvious. 

Lastly, I completed another Templar, just for a bit of fun. 

I think my next updates will be posting the battles from the Badlands campaign we are in the midst of.

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Some Black Templars

Recently finished some Black Templars for some Killteam games. 

 This is using the Company Heroes set, which I think looks amazing.

 Very happy with how they turned out.

 

 Now to finish off the rest of the unit for regular 40k games. 

 Thanks for looking.

 

 

Black Templar's update

And here is where most of my painting efforts have gone this year!

And most of the games too.

Painted this unit first as their heroic exploits in multiple games earned them that right. Always had the mission in mind, hardly killed anything (except for a World Eater Lord in one game), but reaped a terrible toll in victory points. Great unit.

Primaris Crusader squad. Charge, kill, rinse, repeat.

Sword Brethren. I still need to do the heraldry on the small shields. I had a mind to do it with transfers but that didn't turn out as easy as I hoped. I will get to them at some stage.

The humble techmarine. Always has trouble trying to keep up with the redemptor.

Judiciar. I didn't know how much of a must have model this was, until I painted one and started using it. Unbelievable. I wasn't a fan of the original model, so used the chaplain model from the Indominatus set as a base and just started adding things from the Black Templar's upgrade sprue. I am very happy with how it turned out.

Redemptor Dreadnought. An absolute beast in games. I have since done the heraldry on his knee pad due to outstanding performance is all games. First game he killed two plague burst crawlers and kept me in the lead in victory points by holding objectives and not dying. Had to go with the retro flames on the plasma.

Helbrecht. My friends hate him, I love him. Painted him thus far without his servitors as he just looks cool. Amazing model.

My super marshal, Henry Cavill. I needed a marshal model so I wasn't using Helbrecht all the time. Wasn't a huge fan of the original, so used the Helbrecht model as a base, used some spare parts from the Sword Brethren kit for the arms and flipped the sword up. Had a friend print a Henry Cavill face and done!. I have since repainted his cloak as the white annoyed me, so it is now the same as the others, a nice beige on the inside and red on the outside.

Space Marine 2 has taken a huge chunk out of my hobby time. Great game. To celebrate getting platinum on it, I painted this model. Added some Deathwatch parts and an old school helmet. Haven't used him in a game yet, but am looking forward to it.

I do like flames.

Ballistus Dreadnought. Needed some anti-tank. It;s cheap. In theory does the job, provided I can roll higher than a two.

And that is the big update! 

Thanks for looking, Cheers!

The Crusade musters...Black Templars part 1

I really haven't felt like painting for ages, so I was glad to get enthused about a new project. I have been eying off these guys since they came out, though wisely I waited to see if I would just bounce to another new project or if the fire really did burn brightly.

Fortunately, I felt the pull even now after the release so have decided to plunge into a primaris army, one of Black Templars. Being such a fan of Imperial Fists, and Sigismund in 30k, this isn't too much of a surprise. That said, my friends were shocked to see them on the field of battle. 

I was also inspired by De Hoofdwerker's blog, especially how they achieved their bases, which is such a homage to John Blanche's famous 3rd edition box set painting. So using this tutorial for the bases, and this one from Tale of Painters for the other parts, I had the basics of painting my Templars.

So with the hobby fires fired up as it were, I finished this model today to be the start of the Crusade.

 

Quite happy with how this model has turned out. I have also been fortunate to have played two games already. Hoping to get more under the belt before 9th is history.

Thanks for looking!