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Thank you for checking out this project log of mine.

For this project i'll be returning to my near 40k roots as it were, going back to the first marine chapter I truly fell in love with; Black Templars!

I'm not sure if it's the knightly thing going on, or the colours, or the theme behind them... either way, it's something i've grown to adore from them, so I thought i'd revisit them.

I know a lot of Black Templar rumours are floating around right now, so i've made a ,conscious decision to only concentrate on building Templar infantry for the time being, so then if/when the new codex is released, i'll have good infantry core to then flesh out with appropriate armour etc.

As for the basis of the models, this whole army is one big kit bash affair. I wanted to give a appearance to them that they had been on a long crusade without re-supply, with a lot of different, dirty colours to give them a real long time war feel. I also wanted to get more variety than both the Black templar and regular kits offer, so with that i've combined both Chaos marine and Khorne berzerker bits in too. I've been cautious to obviously use nothing too chaos-y, and remove any dodgy markings etc.

The feedback i've been given so far is that they are very close to the edge when purists are asked, but it gives them a gritty feel I think.

Here are some WIP photos of the first initiates in the first Crusader squad:






I'll have some more photos of the first painted squad a little later.

What do you guys think?

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Anyway, you're off to a promising start! A nice selection of bits, although the Marine with the skull helmet looks a bit to much like a Chaos Space Marine in my opinion. But the others profit greatly from the careful addition of more archaic parts. Looking forward to seeing where this is going!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437252/4044655.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437252/4044655.page GMT
They just require the FW decal set for Black Templars for some last bits, aswell as some small scripture.









Let me know what you all think.

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Also the bottom right guy in the first painted picture... where is that head from?

I hope my BT look half as good when I start painting them! Also subbed.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437252/4046033.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437252/4046033.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437252/4046045.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437252/4046045.page GMT
Bottom right, is that stage right or monitor right? Either way, one is a Khorne Berzerker head without the horns (stage left), and the other is a chaos skull helmet from the chaos space marine sprue!

I should have the Neophytes that accompany this squad done by the end of the week!

Thanks again!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437252/4046149.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437252/4046149.page GMT I'll be checking back to see what else you come out with!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437252/4046335.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437252/4046335.page GMT ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437252/4046373.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437252/4046373.page GMT
Well, time for another update! This time the scouts are painted; here some photos:




They just need their decals from the FW Black Templar decal sheet, when I can get to ordering it!

And finally, the entire Crusader squad:




Let me know what you guys think!

As a heads up, the next squad will be a fire support Crusader squad with a few extra shotgun Neophytes, for extra flavour!

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