Their Zeal is Unmatched! A Black Templars Log

[Dasqueek-Master Assassin]

Hey y'all, Squeek here with a project that is near and dear to my heart.
Templars was my first army when I started this hobby 10 years ago, and now I've gone back to them!

I've always loved their playstyle and how simple they are to paint. Not that they always are (trust me, I struggle plenty with them)

The last few weeks have been used stripping my old army that was painted a long long time ago, trust me you wouldnt want to see.
I've also procured new models from a friend that I have also stripped.
All of this has left me with a sizeable force. Probably close to 2500 points (and I don't even have any raiders yet!)

This log will be a driving force to keep me motivated to get all of this stuff, and hopefully more painted in the next year or so.

So, out of all the stuff I have, I think I'm going to attack it one unit at a time so I dont get overwhelmed trying to do to much at once.

The first units I got back into it with was a Dread. Im pretty happy with how he came out, but I don't have any picture of him yet. None the less, in the five games I've played with the army so far, he has yet to be killed. Still suffering no less than 6 immobilizations, 5 weapons destroyed, and countless stuns and shakens. All of which were suffered at the hands of those incideous orks! This simply confirms my hypothesis that painted models kill moar stuffs! Needless to say he will be getting some sort of lucky ork glyph added to him in the future

The next unit I started on was a basic 10 man crusader squad. All have been base coated and had the basics of their metallics done, but I decided to break up the chunks into even smaller bits. So I finished the first five, including the powerfist, and melta gunner.

So, I present to you the first models of my rightous crusade!






Sorry that the pictures are so close up and large. It doesnt do the models justice as they start looking crappy this close up. I simply am not a good photographer. Something else I can hopefully improve on through the inception of this plog.

C&C is always welcome and appreciated!
Thanks for looking

-Squeek

[eltanko]

The main thing I would suggest is highlights on the black, needs them! The only other thing really is neatening them up in places, but that will improve with time. The addition of the red is a nice touch, different than the norm.

ElTanko

[Dasqueek-Master Assassin]

Yeah, Im having a hard time on the highlights...
I tried black mixed with codex grey, but couldnt really differentiate the color change much.
And I dont really have a steady hand for super fine grey highlights.


Any suggestions?

[eltanko]

I would say keep trying with the grey, just use the edge of the brush song the edges. Mine don't always come out great, a little thick, but that's the good thing about black, you can just beaten it up after.

ElTanko

[Petay1985]

The models are looking good fella, Eltanko speaks the truth though, a grey highlight is really needed for the black armour, i used Adeptus Battle Grey on my Templars, watered it down and bit and just really took my time. Looking forward to seeing these Knights develop!

[Dasqueek-Master Assassin]

Dread, This fella hasnt been killed in any of the games Ive played so far! He's been awesome!

I tried lining him with codex grey, which I must say made a big difference. Sorry that you probably cant tell from the crappy pics.

Its easy on nice big sharp edges, but much harder on the small curved sections of a marine.

Also, where exactly should I hilight the marines?
I know Im supposed to do it where the light catches, but can someone simply show me a few general places?

[eltanko]

Dread looks good. When I have highlighted my Templars, I have pretty much done it on every edge! Probably too much to be honest!

http://s148.photobucket.com/albums/s...ines/?start=60
Have a look, it may give you some ideas!

ElTanko

[Dasqueek-Master Assassin]

Dread looks good. When I have highlighted my Templars, I have pretty much done it on every edge! Probably too much to be honest!

http://s148.photobucket.com/albums/s...ines/?start=60
Have a look, it may give you some ideas!

ElTanko

The are sooooooo black!

[eltanko]

The are sooooooo black!

Is that good or bad?!!!

ElTanko

[Dasqueek-Master Assassin]

A good thing IMO.
Im guessing they are shiny because of a varnish coat?

[Hood]

Nice Templars!

Your backpack scheme looks very much like the one I am going for in my Templars!

Also, very nice whites.

Keep it up!

[GraveHound]

Nice temps! looking very neat.
Don't worry, my close up shots also look crappy but when viewing them on the battlefield they look awesome don't they?

keep up the good work
cheers

[Mega Nutz]

Nice Looking BT's but as mentioned a simple highlight does make a difference!
All I can suggest is the method I use, codex grey edge highlight and if it looks slightly off no worries, wait till it dries and re-do the black!

[Dasqueek-Master Assassin]

Thanks for the complements yall!

@hood- the backpacke are nice and simple, just like in the codex. Whites are a black base with astronomican grey on top, then simply do a few coats of watered down white until you get where you're going.

@grave- yeah they look fine on the field, I just want em to look ok here LOL

@mega nuts- I'm working on the hilights as we speak.

I am almost done with the other half of the squad, then hilights are left and ill get em up on here.
Next up is a rhino for the squad. And maybe the emperors champion if u want it...