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Templar-izing my Outriders I already have a pretty large bike force for my Black Templars so I've been waiting excitedly for the Outriders. I added some of my existing bike conversion parts to the mix along with the heavy guardbrace on the shoulder pads. For the exhausts, I removed the thinner segment of the exhaust pipe filed it smooth then attached my resin upgrades rather than just drilling out the tube. Because they are so small they can be a bit fiddly but IMO it's worth the effort. It helps to add them before attaching the side pieces to the bikes, while you can still do it at any point it's just easier while it's still separate. I use a jewelry saw to remove the tube tips on the exhaust since it makes a nice clean & controlled cut, then filed everything smooth before attaching the resin tips. I use the tip of my hobby knife or a sewing needle carefully touched between the vents and help pick it up so I can eyeball that everything is straight before pressing it in place. The guardbrace was heated in very hot water for about 15 seconds then bent around the shoulder pad. (Hot enough to make tea) If you mess up they can be reheated and they'll flatten back out. Just make sure they aren't too cold when you go to bend them or they could crack. If's it's heated correctly it'll be very pliable. I used one of the Templar vehicle crosses on the hood and the shrine on the rear is a press molded copy of the top of the buttress piece from the Imperial Sector city fight terrain. Link for where to find the conversion parts: https://www.reddogminis.com/human-scaled-infantry.html

Black Templar Nephilim HQ - 255 Chaplain Grimaldus - 140; Warlord (Epitome of Piety) -Litanies (Fervant & Protection) Gravis Marshall - 115; Relic (Aurellian), Power Sword Elite - 465 1x Primaris Sword Brothern - 275; 10 Man, 2x SBros w/ HvyPistol & THammer -2x SBros w/ HvyPistol & TwinClaw, 2x SBros w/ HvyPistol & PowAx -2x SBros w/ HvyPistol & Chain, 1x SBro w/ HvyPistol, Chain & EmpLight -1x SBro (Feasted) w/ Hvypistol & PowSword, Relic (Judgement) 1x Bladegaurd Veteran Squad - 190; 5 Man, 3x Vet -Sgt w/ HvyPistol, 1x Vet w/ IconHeinamn Troop - 660 3x Primaris Crusader Squad - 534 (178); 10 Man, 4x Neo w/ Shotgun or Carbs -3x Init w/ AutoBoltRifle, 2x Init w/HvyPistol & PowFist -SBro w/ PyrePistol & PowSword 1x Crusader Squad - 126; 7 Man, 2x Neo w/ Shotgun, 3x Init w/ BP & Chain -SBro w/Bolter & Chain, 1x Init w/ GravCannon Fast Attack - 140 2x Landspeeder - 140 (70); 1 Man, 1x Spder w/ MMelta Heavy Support - 480 2x Eliminator Squad - 150 (75); 3 Man, 2x Elim w/ LasFusils -Sgt w/ Instigator Carbine 1x Hellblaster Squad - 330; 10 Man, 9x Hellblaster w/ AssltIncinerator -Sgt w/ AssltIncinerator & BP Total 2000 CP 2 Models 75 -Wounds 168 -Unit 13 Secondary: Oath, Engage, BathYourBlood (GravisMarsh) My list for Nephlimn. Multiple ways to score engage, BGV plus a crusader squad or two hold center for oath. SwordBros and Hellies help swing a flank with other squads and characters

What do they say, 'When in doubt, write fluff' ? Maybe, maybe not... Vox chatter picked up serendipitously after the Second Vendetta Crusade command made landfall for a Command and Control Intelligence Reevaluation. Compliance was uniform and Zon and the column of leadership on board Vendetta Crusader Catena Gladius gave orders to secure domain. <fluff> </fluff> +++=== The Project ===+++ The project I started in 2016(?) to build a hand-made (no patterns, no kit) from scratch Keep based on images and ideas drawn from older BT Codex (or current Codex for that matter). I cut out, assembled, and tried to get the start on this. I then put it aside for a while. ( Materials/Methods: 1/4" pressboard, 3/16" birch plywood, bandsaw, drillpress, pnuematic-pinner (think air powered nail-gun but very small headless nails aka -- "pins", and misc parts sculped by hand from pine (soft easy sand) etc.. ) Fast forward years... BT are back in business, literally and figuratively. So, after finishing the latest Indomitus model painting vow, I got some models that are worth billeting into the aforementioned Keep. Prior to the actual Crusade, some planet-fall action takes place. And the Keep, and required structures are next in line. Going to try to think of a courtyard section to envision an honorarium (open air, stone) dais to place rememberances of fallen Brothers of the last Crusade (something about the Armageddon Books is pulling me in that direction.. don't know why). Anyway... the start (re-start) of the Keep. +++=== Next Steps ===+++ Much more to follow as I get around to finishing the woodwork, prime, putty (plaster more like) and so on... The 6' x 4' table isn't pictured but that is the footprint of the whole model terrain idea.. Keep, Honorarium, Field. All of the Space Marines and the Redemptor Dreadnought were completed in the last Indomitus Vow 2021-2022. Models are in the pictures to show relative sizes and format. Views: The Keep: Command Deck: "The Front Yard"