here's some thoughts from Teo: please tell him via comments what do you think about its possible new army list.
HQ
Marshal "Navarre": lightning claws x2, iron halo, terminator honours, frag grenades, 151 pts
emperor's champion: accept any challenge no matter the odds 140 pt
TROOPS
crusader squad "Sapientia": 10 +4,bolt pistol, close combat weapon, power fist x1, meltagun x1, assigned to crusader, 225 pt
crusader squad "Honor": 9, bolt pistol, close combat weapon, power fist x1, meltagun x1, assigned to rhino
crusader squad "Virtus": 10 + 2, bolter x 4, bolt pistol + close combat weapon x 4, lascannon x1, plasmagun x1, 201 pt
TRASPORTS
Land Raider Crusader "Thanatos": dozer blade, smoke launchers, blessed hull, 298 pt
Rhino: dozer blade, smoke launchers, extra armour, 63 pt
HEAVY SUPPORT
Vindicator x 2: demolisher cannon x1, smoke launchers, 256 pt
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models: 41, points: 1503
the marshal embarks in the crusader, the champion in the rhino. crusader advances 12" forward covering vindicators and rhino.
what do you think? i'm curious to know if this list i playable or it is mere folly, dunno why but it inspires me very much ;-)
Hi guys!
not that much to say: a nice way to make your rhino unique: templar cross with the (Navarre) crusade badge.
so, this is Black Templars' Marshall Navarre finally painted and ready to kick some xeno scum. the armour has been painted with a black undercoat, shining gold drybrush and burnished gold highlight (on the edges).
the claws are painted with: scab red, blood red, fiery orange, golden yellow.
do you like the cape? it represents the space marines' old wargear piece: the adamantine mantle. i undercoated it with gore red, then painted the polygonal scales, most of them are quite hexagonal, with blood red and then the final highlight on the folds with blazing orange.
i've finished the red, white and gold parts. got to finish the base, the leather, the iron halo and the metal.
do you like the claws?
and the adamantine mantle? it is now complete with a really soft highlight of the blood red made with Vallejo's equivalent of blazing orange.
i've painted the adamantine mantle for this black templar war machine, quite nice in my opinion
here it is another good one: a land raider crusader recently painted for my friend Teo (the same fellow who owns Grimaldus and the Emperor's champion). i've not that much to say about it: i like painting space marines weapons red, the same i do for my Ultramarines. also: the flash fakes the light on the model but please notice the highlighting, one layer of tamiya german grey and another of citadel codex grey... citadel range needs an equivalent of that tamiya colour, perfect to highlight black models... thank god (?) we have vallejos.
yeah, another chaplain Grimaldus + retinue... i painted these for a friend who plays Black Templars space marines. maybe they are painted quite well but i don't know if i gave my best since i don't like these minis... too complex, too many useless details. in addition i probably made a mistake with the matt varnish spray: as you can see it is matt no more, it tuned somehow glossy...
ok, here it is the emperor champion, painted for the same friend who owns the dudes above. i made it white because i wanted to emulate the "white" dark angel on the dark millenium box (2nd edition stuff, if you remember)... i think i should somehow enhance the basing.
