Black Templar Terminator Squad

Here's another unit of the table standard Black Templars I'm painting. This time, it's a terminator squad.

Black Templar Marshall

Another speed-painted Black Templar here - a Marshall using the stock AoBR Captain with no conversions.

Black Templar Dreadnought

This was painted as an exercise to see how quickly I could get a walker finished. I used very simple painting techniques to speed things up, and I managed to get it finished far quicker than any of my Blood Angel dreadnoughts! Click on the images to enlarge.

I'll be back shortly!

This blog is pretty much in hibernation right now. I've got plenty of new things to put on here, but I'm waiting until my life is slightly less busy. Until then, here are some of the best mini's I've painted to act as a placeholder.

1250 Point Blood Angels List

I've given in, and I've bought both the new BA codex and some of the plastic sets. I love the parts on the Death Company sprue, and armed with some Green Stuff and my bits box, I'm taking the parts and scattering them through the unit's I'm currently assembling. Granted, this will set back my painting of them by a few days - but that is surely a small price to pay to give them all some awesome Blood Angels flavouring. 


I've not spent nearly enough time on my Blood Angels recently - I've recently got involved in organised skepticism, which is almost a second job! In between organising meeting, talks, appearing on a podcast and even giving a talk myself I somehow thought it was a good idea to help paint a friends Black Templars army! I'll be posting a few pictures of them eventually, they are finished to match the Black Templars test model I posted a few months back and I think they turned out pretty groovy.


Still, my Blood Angels are calling to me, and I've written a 1250pt list to get me started in 5th edition. This list is far from perfect, but it's all models that are completed or close to completion, so I have a good chance of getting it fully painted.


1250pt Blood Angels List


HQ
Recclusiarch with Jump Pack


Troops
10 Man Tactical Squad, Power Sword, Plasma Cannon, Melta-Gun, Rhino
10 Man Assault Squad, Jump Packs, Power Fist, Plasma Gun, Infernus Pistol
5 Man Scout Squad, 4 Sniper Rifles, Missile Launcher


Fast Attack
5 Man Vanguard Veteran Squad, Power Fist, 2 Power Swords, Infernus Pistol


Heavy Support
Rifleman Dreadnought
5 Man Devastator Squad, 2 Missile Launchers




It's not a list I'm proud of - I'd have dropped the tacticals for a second assault squad, taken the assault squads in transports, with the Vanguard dropped for a few priests and the Dev's dropped for a Baal, but I'm refusing to proxy for this. Being forced to play with what resources I have will help my playing in the end - one day I will have the models painted for a list I'm truly happy with.


I'm also going to magnetise the jump packs on my assault marines, so I can take them with or without them - they look so much cooler with, but it seems they perform better without. That should rock quite hard.


- Gavin Schofield

40K in 50 Minutes - Part 1

I've set myself a small challenge - to assemble and fully paint and base five 500pt armies, for use in quick games of 40K. I've written the lists, and want to get this done by christmas. Many of the models I need are in my bits box, and the rest I can piece together quite cheaply. Without any further ado, here are my first list, the Blood Angels and Black Templars - I've ignored some requirements to make lists that I feel are more effective / characterful:

Blood Angels

Chaplain w/ Jump Pack - 120pts

Tactical Squad w/ 5 Men & Plasma Cannon - 130pts

Assault Squad w/ 5 Men & Power Sword - 155pts

3 Death Company w/ Jump Packs - 45pts

Assault Bike w/ Multi Melta - 50pts

Black Templars

Emperor's Champion w/ suffer not the unclean to live - 125pts

4 Terminators w/ Assault Cannon - 180pts

6 Initiates w/ Power Fist - 106pts

5 Initiates w/ Plasma Gun - 81pts

- Gavin

Speed-Painted Black Templar

To stop my brain imploding from the sheer amount of red I have to paint, I sometimes decide to paint a single stand alone model just to break it up. I recently set myself the task of painting a Black Templar in under 2 hours, and here it is. Click on the image for a close up view.

Also, here's an update on my Burnt Face Devastator, alongside my Templar for comparison.

The highlighting on the Black Templar is a bit rough around the edges (mainly because of the time limit I set myself), but I'm pretty pleased with it. The model was salvaged from a friends sprue where the spray paint was far too thick, so the details are a bit obscured as well. What do you think?


- Gavin