A Tale of Three Armies - Black Templars, Deathwing and Blood Angels

[dangermouse425]

EDIT: This is now my log for just BA and BT, apologies for any of you Deathwing fans!



Blood Angels pic - to be added soon!

[dangermouse425]

In an attempt to keep my Black Templar army as cheap as possible, since I'm splashing out on my Terminators, as well as needing to buy 2 Land Speeders and 3 Razorbacks, I used some old models I had hanging around from an eBay lot.

I started with some one-pose old AOBR and Battle for Macragge Space Marines. These are all very good for your standard bolter Marines, but I need some Plasma gunners, not to mention I wanted to make maximum use of the Black Templar iconography on the GW shoulder pads I bought on eBay. I know it's not ideal, but since I only have a few, I opted to go for right-shoulder only for the BT pad. I know it's not fluff-correct, but it'll do for now.

1. Chop the arms off:



2. Using spare bolters from the Death Company box set I then repositioned some cooler looking weapons onto the mini. Please note the right-hand shoulder pad has been left bare because my pads haven't arrived yet!



I made a couple of Plasma Gun Initiates:



3. Since BT Crusader squads don't have Sergeants, I thought of just doing them all the same. However I wanted to have a nominated squad leader, so I used a AOBR marine and a magazine from a spare Storm Bolter to create these chaps:



It will also help in case the next Codex has Sergeants in it, I now have a mini that looks different enough to act as the squad leader!

And here's the first Crusader squad:



Since I ran out of Plasma Guns, I kitbashed one from a Flamer and Plasma Pistol. It looks better IRL...

Next stop - painting them!

[lestat82d]

interesting start, need any more black reach guys?

[dangermouse425]

I'm glad you like them.

Thanks for the offer on the AOBR guys, but I've got all the bits for the Crusader squads I need. Cheers though.

[lestat82d]

no worries ive a pile of them and a pile of plasma guns ill never use :P

[dangermouse425]

Every Black Templars army needs its Emperor's Champion:



First try was this one, but I decided he looked too much like a Dark Angel.

[richter]

Curious to see how your deathwing will come out

[Komodo]

Sweet champion! Gonna steal your idea for my DA vets

[d6juggernaut]

Good use of the grey knight arms, the grey knights box has a lot of very good looking two-handed poses, which is surprisingly rare amongst marines. I'll have to make use of them someday, though cutting those stormbolters off will be a pain.

[dangermouse425]

Not at all, it's genuinely very easy.

Even better if you have a purity seal to cover up the chopped bit!

Thanks for all the feedback. Glad to know you like it.

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[dangermouse425]

After a brief break, I'm back at it with the Templars. Here's last night's work. I still need to do some highlights, base him and drill the barrels, but please fire away with some CnC!