BT Razorback

Black Templar Tuesday is back with a mighty Lascannon armed Razorback.  Alrighty then no laughing!  This here was my very first Space marine tank (1998), and it still has much of it's original paint job, can't you tell.  I used the simplistic model of painting back then, and that was to base coat everything in black and then paint a few pieces of kit and call it a day.   You'll also notice that some of the bits are from the later released BT vehicle sprue, which I felt needed to be added to give it a more BT feel.

I also repainted the turret and gun about 6 years back because the metal had chipped and flaked off, yes it had only a single layer of black on it originally as I didn't know what "base coating" was back then.  Looking at this thing now it makes me want to repaint it or sell it.  Maybe I'll just put it back in the storage bin and save it for a rainy day...

Marshal Mordax (Templar Tuesdays)

Well here's another of my Marshal's "Mordax", yes I have more than one, in fact I have 5.  The reason is simple really, sometimes I want them to have different weapons and when playing apoc I want to be able to field the Masters of the Chapters formation.  In Apoc he acts as the "Master of the Fleet", hence the blue robe, and joins the other masters with "Helbrecht".   I have to admit one of the best reasons for getting the Master's box set is just for the models (which look GREAT!) and because, in my case I can field 5 different Marshal's each kitted out as the mission needs.

As for the Apoc formation, I love using my BT in Apoc working in conjunction with my Guard.  Between the two it's a force of around 13K points, but the BT are the Alpha dogs.  I'll usually DS/Drop Pod/Outflank these guys behind the enemy lines and wreck Havoc.  With the addition of the special rules gained by the formation you can really make a force to deal with.

Well, till next time enjoy

Templar Tuesdays Sword Brethren

Here's my Sword Brethren squad from my now defunct BT army.  With the new Battle Missions book released I've been thinking more and more about dusting these guys off and bringing them out for a game or three.  As you can see they are a mix of models, only 2 are actually BT, the rest are either SM Sgt's or DA with robe's. 

I loved these guys in games and always took them when playing above 1000 pts.  Armed with a PF and PW, and 3 attacks on the charge they really could deal out some damage.  Throw in Furious Charge and you suddenly had these guys I5 and S5, more than enough to kill most enemy's including special characters.  You can even go that extra mile and give them all Terminator Honours and they jump up to 4 attacks on the charge and 3 in a normal round of close combat.  Ah yes, those were the days of hacking and slashing your way through the enemy.

Additionally when points were available I'd give them a Razorback to help get them into CC faster, equipped with twin linked HB's, extra armor and smoke they were guaranteed to get into the enemy lines awfully fast.

Templar Tuesday's Crusader Squad

I suppose it's about time to show my 3rd Crusader squad.  I have total of 3 squads armed for assault and 2 for support.  Each of the 3 squads armed for CC are equipped with a meltagun, just in case, and a PW.  The support squads have either Plasma/Melta guns and HB's.  Again as you see in the pic I wanted to try and make each Templar individual so the back banners are always different as each has different markings.  Like the fluff for the BT goes I really wanted them to look like they were brothers who came together to fight out of comradeship and not because the good book (Codex Astartes) says so. 

Oh, and I promise that after today's crappy pic I will re-shoot (until they're good) them before posting.  I just couldn't seem to get the picture taking mojo working last night and gave up.

Black Templar Marshal (BTT pt. 4)

 

Ah, yes this was my first incarnation in the 40K realm.  You'll see that his name is Argos, and seeing that he's a Marshal you'll understand where I originally got "Marshal Argos" from.  Nowadays I've used the term for my Guard army because I use my BT anymore.    I love this mini, and I think I did a decent job painting him, even though I see now that the pic is a bit blurry.  The base on the other hand is horrible, and it was my first time trying something like that...

For those of you wondering, the shoulder guard and grieves are both made with Cereal box.  I have green stuff but why waste on on things that could be made simpler and faster using other methods.   

I've also decided to clean my BT up a bit and will be posting new comparison shots starting sometime next month. That should be interesting, you'll be able to see some of my original BT next to ones that I painted a few years later, and you'll still notice that the paint job sucks...  ;)

Well, here's to next week, prost!

Templars Predator Annihilator... (BT Tuesdays pt.3)

 

There she is, this single tank has killed more enemy units than any other in my entire BT army.  Originally I had modeled her without the sponson Lascannons but added those later to increase the destructive capability.  With the addition of POTMS this guy can really do some damage.

Here's a few pictures of the interior:

  

The above pic has to be one of my favorites pics I have ever taken.  I think it gives him a little bit of a sinister feeling dark and shadowy.

 

This is the same pic but with a little more light added to it.  Seeing this now year later it makes me wish I had painted the monitors and not just the radar....  Oh well, now its a note for self for self in the future.

Templar Tuesdays (2)

It's Tuesday again, and with it comes the next picture of my Templars.  This one is especially bad, maybe after this I'll take new photo's to put up here.  Notice the unfinished bases, or even the different color bases...  Not one Templar in my army has a finished base, back then I just wasn't interested in that part, I just wanted to get them painted and onto the table top as fast as possible.

Now, when I first started BT I had painted all these guys bog standard white shoulders and black armor.  Then over the years as I expanded as saw other BT and SM armies, I tried incorporating different aspects of what I'd seen.  For example I decided that anyone in the squad could have a back banner, and they back banners would all be different.  I used heads from Chaos or from the Wolves, and I tried to modify the armor a bit to match some of the armor seen in GW drawings as seen here or here, or created by people like Scibor.

Na ya, it was fun, but as you've probably noticed by the name of this blog, no matter what I tried with my BT I was always pulled back towards Imperial Guard.

Templar Tuesdays

Well, in the process of consolidating blogs I decided at the end of last year to merge my Black Templars into this blog.  Now I haven't played these guys regularly for about 4 years so they've been collecting dust in the basement.  In fact most of the pictures that will be popping up every Tuesday from now on are also 4 years old.

Additionally most of these were painted anywhere between 1998 and 2006, so there are varying levels of skill or lack there of.  Indeed, I'm usually ashamed to pull these guys out which I only do for Apoc games.  But I have to say I learned a lot painting these guys.  My first forays into highlighting, painting skin, and shading were here.  They may not be great, but they still hold a place of honor. So, here's to the beginning of what I'll be calling "Templar Tuesdays" as I show a new set of "old" photos every Tuesday, for you amusement.