The model was missing a sword, but before painting it Ollie crafted a substitute from green stuff and a piece of plasticard. My extra limited edition Emperor's Champion joined forces with the great Black Templars. The Dread travels into combat with a Drop pod, but his trial by fire is yet to come. The latest addition to the army was Forge World's Dreadnought to which Ollie made a magnetized, interchangeable armament. Some more headquarters, a Chaplain and a Castellan.

Ollie really starts the army list writing by paying the points for the two trademark-hammers of the general!

Marshal Morachias is one of the legendary heroes in our battles. Ollie is a big Lightning claw fan and only one traditional Storm shield + Thunder hammer-combination was included in the first patch. These melee specialists have had some more robes and tabards sculpted onto them. The limited colour palette on the models works wonders and the different details picked out with colors don't affect the charasteristic black&white look. The Crux Terminatus insignia have been painted with NMM-gold. The whole squad had their helmets converted into the unique look by filing and green stuffing the usual Terminator snout-helmet. Terminator Sergeant Godfrey chanting a prayer to the Emperor. The simple bases don't steal any attention from the minis themselves but add just the right amount of contrast and a warm tone to the models. The models' bases have been made to resemble city road pavement. Usually this mob is joined by the Emperor's Champion. Two of the smaller squads are armed extensively to fire support role while the third, bigger one are a close combat spearhead. I personally love all the small scratches and dents on the armour as well as the subtle dusting and weathering on the lower parts of the models.Įach of the three Crusader squads in Ollies army contain heavy weapons, special weapons, leaders, corporals and standard bearers. The Templars have been painted with Non metallic metal style without using any metallic paints and instead trying to achieve the metallic feeling using only different tones of grey. Figs also contain loads of small freehand details and green stuff sculpting, for example the stylish hairdo of the brother in the left. Chain is also a classic Black Templar element and some model chain has been added to several models in addition to the bits from the Black Templar upgrade kit.

This works well with the crusader theme and gives the whole army a distinctive look with their boots and chainmail armor. Each model in the army has been converted using Fantasy battle Warriors of Chaos legs.

Black templars crusader squad