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So if my Celestial Lions chapter master has a Black Templars cruiser at his disposal, do you think it would look cool if I painted all the Drop Pods with a BT theme?

I want to do cool stuff that seems appropriate because of the recent fluff, but I don't want the gold and blue scheme of my infantry to look funny with the black and white pods.

What say you, Dakka

I think it would be very cool and fit the fluff! The fluff states that Helbrech gave a cruiser and a detachment of Black Templars to escort the Lions to their home world and help rebuild their chapter. It only makes sense that all the equipment at their disposal would have Black Templar heraldry.

Yeah that's what I'm thinking.. I like how the chapter master has a golden suit of Imperial Fists armor..

So it looks like I won't be shaving the Fist icons off Pedro's miniature after all.

I would say, paint them like Lions but keep a lot of Templar stuff intact, or the machine spirit may go bonkers.
Just make something akin to Declates Crusade icon swapping.