MARSHAL'S LOG [ENTRY 006] - 345155.M42

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MARSHAL'S LOG [ENTRY 006] - 345155.M42

MARSHAL TYRION

COMMANDER, 5TH BLACK TEMPLAR CRUSADE

PLANET THETA, MELKIN SYSTEM

I. MISSION.

(A) INTELLIGENCE REPORTS OFFERED BY INQUISTOR BALE REVEALED AN ANCIENT RELIC, FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE IMPERIUM, WAS BEING EXCAVATED BY AN UNAUTHORIZED MECHANICUM SPONSORED EXPEDITION. THE 5^TH WAS DIRECTED TO RETRIEVE THE RELIC, ON BEHALF OF THE INQUISITION, AT ANY COST.

GIVE THEM NOTHING, BUT TAKE FROM THEM EVERYTHING!

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MARSHAL'S LOG [ENTRY 005] - 345128.M42

MARSHAL TYRION

COMMANDER, 5TH BLACK TEMPLAR CRUSADE

ZULU-PRIME, THRAXIS SYSTEM

I have seen this all before...

Marshal Tyrion... before the breech.

MARSHAL'S LOG [ENTRY 004] - 345028.M42

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MARSHAL'S LOG [ENTRY 004] - 345028.M42

MARSHAL TYRION

COMMANDER, 5TH BLACK TEMPLAR CRUSADE

CYPHER-PRIME, THRAXIS SYSTEM

MARSHAL'S LOG [ENTRY 003] - 335028.M42

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MARSHAL'S LOG [ENTRY 003] - 335028.M42
MARSHAL TYRION

COMMANDER, 5TH BLACK TEMPLAR CRUSADE
CYPHER-PRIME, THRAXIS SYSTEM

Templars Inbound

Gentlemen I give you the future... unfortunately work has crept back into the picture and these guys only received two more coats of paint before I had to put the brush down. Looks like I'll be able to pick them back up on Thursday.

The land speeder and bitz were constructed with magnets to give me maximum options. I have two other Typhoon land speeders that have some magnetized hard points for upgrade-ability, but less total options. I'm going to wait and see how the first turns out before I go hitting the rest. All I know is, Typhoon land speeders rock and when you have three of them you shoot six krak or frag missiles! 

MARSHAL'S LOG [ENTRY 002]

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MARSHAL'S LOG [ENTRY 002] - 331028.M42

MARSHAL TYRION KORITH

COMMANDER, 5TH BLACK TEMPLAR CRUSADE

CYPHER-PRIME, THRAXIS SYSTEM

MARSHAL'S LOG [ENTRY 001]

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MARSHAL'S LOG [ENTRY 001] - 317028.M42 

MARSHAL TYRION KORITH

COMMANDER, 5TH BLACK TEMPLAR CRUSADE

CYPHER-PRIME, THRAXIS SYSTEM 

Vindicator Completed! ...for now

Finally done. This guy has been looming for some time. It took me about 6 hours spread through out the week. I should have finished this guy two days ago but as they say "life happens."

From my perspective it looked better at the midway point when all I had were a splattering of grey highlights. The snow is alright but much better received when you look at him with the rest of his battle force. The flanks of the model are a bit drab for my taste. When I get a moment I'm going to paint up some crimson Templar symbols and maybe a purity seal or two and affix them to the sides. Next project!

Black Templars Vindicator

On the heals of finishing Brother Grym, the Vet Dreadnought, I immediately started on my primed Vindicator. The colors fell into all the right spots. A dry brush of Adeptus grey, some gold here and there and then on to details... this will probably be the fastest I have ever painted a model and I'm not even rushing. I'm happy for it too because while the wife and I were out I picked up another squad of Sword Brethren (bringing them to ten!). Going to add Helbrecht or a Chaplain to the squad and figure out how quickly I can produce a Land Raider. Ten Sword Brethren will take me a week to convert and paint and the Land Raider will add another week on top of that. I may have to hold off on that monstrosity...

Anyways, Vindicator pics should be posted sometime Friday or Saturday...

Brother Grym Completed!!

I finished Brother Grym! I could spend about 5 more hours detailing him to life but I have SO much more to tend to. Take a gander... and imagine the death he could invoke.

I must say, he was way more challenging than I thought he was going to be. In my opinion the extreme contrast highlights I put on all of my crusaders didn't seem to look as good on him. Well, I plan on having a ton of dreadnoughts for apocalypse games so I will get plenty of practice! Oh, the arms are detachable and I have a multi-melta upgrade completed as well.

BT Dreadnought Coming Together...

This arm took me over 2 hours!!! Working on two others at the moment... looking to complete brother Grymm by Sunday...

Templars Rising - Mortis, The Emperor's Champion

"Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and
girls... dying times here..."

This was one of the 1st models I bought and painted back in 2000. It took me awhile to strip him of his original paint job and to repaint him but here he is!!! I only wish his stats were better... I mean, when he fought a Nightbringer in the last game, he only inflicted 3 wounds before he was taken out of action. Sucks! Anyways, I probably spent 4 hours painting him which is pretty good considering he's an HQ model. I spend around the same amount of time on normal dudes. The banner was very intimidating for me and I lost about 2 days because of it. I'm happy with the way it turned out, considering the amount of time I spent on it. There are a few decals I'm going to add but they will come when I'm done with the lion's share of the army.  

Templars Rising - A Glimpse of The Future



"Black Reach" dreadnought conversion... Time to spend money on a real one.

Templars Rising - "Heresy grows from idleness"

"Heresy grows from Idleness."

The Hoth system is tainted with Chaos. Preliminary reports were confirmed on Trihoth when the guardsmen near the idol of Chaos attacked our battle brothers.  Our duty is to purge this vile influence and grant the Emperors peace to these pathetic people.

Brothers, know that it is possible for some of the THeX to still be within the Emperor's light. Until we find this proof consider them our enemy and that we are fighting a moral threat that is diametrically opposed to our Imperium and our great Emperor. We must utterly destroy them.... We must destroy them all!!! 
                                                                                        NO MERCY!!!

The Emperor Grants 2 Weeks of Leave

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The Emperor has granted a 2 week leave of absence!!! I must say, 2 weeks of leave, with nothing to do but hang out at the house, is an amazing treat! I plan on devoting the majority of time to building terrain and working on my Templars. Given that I average 1 Templar per day, I think it is very feasible to expect a significant increase in productivity. The following is a worklist that I've deemed feasible with the available manhours:

Templars Rising - LRC

Look what I got for $36!!!!!!!!!! I saved $30!

It was a battle to the last minute on EBAY and Cody got to see how it's all done.

Don't worry too much as I will be saving this monstrosity until I get through around 30 more models... just know that it's coming!

Templars Rising - Reclusiarch Mateo

The latest addition to my Crusader force is Reclusiarch Mateo, a Terminator Chaplain. You'll get to know him intimately as he roto-roots the xenos out of your a$$. The guy is a couple centuries old and is pretty much one of the top three badasses in the army. He's missing a few details but battle ready, none the less.

"Hatred is the Emperor's greatest gift to humanity... NONE CAN WITHSTAND OUR FAITH!"

Templars Rising - Current Builds

Dudes! Joel has been doing such a good job converting and posting that I've been motivated to stay on track. In addition to what's shown in the images I've got a Drop pod and a couple more Terminators. Much blood was spilled in these conversions. Happy to be shifting back to painting so my finger tips can heal up.  Might take as much as 3 weeks to get through all this stuff but going to try to push for 2 weeks.

Also bought some stuff on Ebay which is trickling in every couple of days. Have to stay on schedule!!

  

Templars Rising - The forging of Squad Bayard

Three Brother Initiates hot off the forge. Initially, Squad Bayard will be comprised of 5x Brother Initiates and 5x Neophytes along with an ornate Rhino. After some battle testing, 3 Initiates will replace 3 young Neophytes and Squad Bayard will level out with 8 Intitiates and 2 Neophytes. The squads mission is, of course, close quarters assault and will contain a member with a Power Fist and another with a flame thrower.

         "No fear! No Pity! NO REMORSE!"