Hephast0

Thank you for the welcome, Brothers. A dreadnought feels like it should be a given (even if my memory of them is the big badguys in the Space Crusade expansion :D ). I'd like to think a good backstory won't be too much of a challenge. Sounds like Neophytes are a problem..... at least I'm not in a hurry - can find a solution that works. Might see if anyone in the local area has some head bits going cheap :D *Takes ticket and heads down hallway*

Brothers, Thank you for accepting me onto this Battle Barge (well.... forum). I am a long-lapsed player, perhaps 20 years. My blooding was in the classic days of Heroquest and Space Crusade in the early nineties before moving onto 40k and Man O War. Luckily, the interest in the hobby never left me and I'm lucky to now live in a town with enough interested friends to pick up an army of my own.... it was always going to be Black Templars :D We are a non-competitive group who enjoy the narrative and story more than the winning and losing. For now we are playing power level games (between 25 and 40 power a time). We have armies of all sorts.... 1k sons (...spit...) tyranids (...spit...) Eldar (...spit...) Astra Militarium (...spit...) and a couple of Dark Angels and Ultramarines players (poor deluded fools.....). I've been buying bits and bobs from Ebay and modifying and repairing them to my needs... I'm pretty good with a magnet and glue. My army so far - The Brimstone Crusade: 4 stabby crusader squads (Power Sergeant, Power Marine and 3 chainsword/bolt pistol marines) of 5 men each 4 shooty crusader squads (Combi Sergeant, Heavy Marine, Special Marine, 2 boltgun marines) of 5 men each Land Raider Crusader Whirlwind Razorback Predator Primaris from Dark Imperium + 5 extra Hellblasters and 5 Reivers 2 Emperors Champions (extra one came in a joblot) 1 High Marshall Helbrecht 1 Grimaldus +3 Retinue It terms of flavour, it is there in spades. I can play stabby or shooty as the situation wants and I've got a good mix of weapon types I can put in each squad. We've already had some great moments... shout out to the grav cannon heavy crusader marine who, as the last member of his squad, survived a full shooting round from a Leman Russ before taking its last 3 wounds himself.... well worth a purity seal! I'm interested in getting some more 'story style' units in my army. What do people generally use for Neophytes? Is it easy to make them 'blend in' properly out of the box? Blood. Fire. Helbrecht Brothers. Hep