Lucifer216 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Hi all, thought I'd put up some pics of my new Daemonhunters army (WIP): The Black Chapter, Inquisitor Lord Julius Brutus Maximus, along with the arch-radical Jerkell Volt and his Inquisitorial storm troopers. Pics PA marine http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii216/Lucifer216/IMG_0637.jpg Terminator http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii216/Lucifer216/IMG_0664.jpg http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii216/Lucifer216/IMG_0666.jpg Dreadnought http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii216/Lucifer216/IMG_0663.jpg Background for the Black Chapter The dawn of the 41st millenium was accompanied by a wave of mass hysteria that engulfed entire sub-sectors of the Anton Australis sector. As fate or the machinations of Dark Gods would have it, this coincided with a number of Warp storms in the vicinity. Despite the most strenuous efforts of his Divine Majesty's servants, the faith of many planetary populations faltered with devastating results. To the horror of the Ordo Malleus, 64 daemonic incursions of varying size were reported in the space of eight solar days. Although the Grey Knights were equipped with the fastest ships and most puissant navigators available, they were not able to reach many of the afflicted planets in time. Untold billions lost their lives and their souls to creatures spawned by man's darkest nightmares. In the aftermath, members of the Ordos Antona Australis, petitioned the High Lords of Terra for a new Space Marine chapter to be founded within the sector with the express purpose of fighting and slaying the foul detizens of the Warp. Decades passed, as their petition was heard, lost, refiled in triplicate and on one occasion, accidentally eaten by one of the High Lord's canine susapeds. Eventually, the request was granted, despite private fears that the Ordos was attempting to form its own power base within the sector. It is suspected by the Ordos that the Stars of Dorn's opposition to the request may have been partly the cause of the delay. For the Black Chapter, the reasons and the politics behind their creation are irrelevant. They exist only to cast the daemon back unto the dark pit from whence it came. Like the Grey Knights on which they are modelled, their lives are those of spartan purity, their personalities cast down to their foundations before being rebuild to the Ordo Malleus's exacting specifications. For almost a thousand years, they have stood as a bulwark against the daemonic and the minons of Chaos. Through this time, they have acquitted themselves honorably, with only a scant handful of defeats tarnishing their considerable glory. Their relations with the other armed forces of the Imperium are varied. To the Imperial Guard and the PDF forces of his Divine Majest'y's dominion, they are holy terrors, the wrath of the Emperor made manifest. As for the Stars of Dorn, their very existence is a slight, for the Stars are proud and are loathe to admit that there are some foes best left to others. The Black Chapter are currently led by Grand Master Kastor Joneuth, whose pity is said to be so great that those sinners unlucky enough to find themselves in his presence are racked with agony even before the first touch of his weapon, the force halbard, "Decido Immunda". Kastor's is currently driven by the burning need to find the loathsome servant of Khorne, Warpbane and offer up his head as a burnt offering unto the Lord. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162382-gks-with-a-difference-the-black-chapter/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Master Tyrak Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Very nice. They remind me slightly of the Crimson Fists, what with the paintjob. :tu: I wouldn't try to put them into the fluff though, you'd just be treading on so many toes. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162382-gks-with-a-difference-the-black-chapter/#findComment-1908362 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucifer216 Posted March 5, 2009 Author Share Posted March 5, 2009 Cheers, As for the background, that's why they're based in the Antona Australis sector, which is completely home-made and is essentially my gaming group's own little chunk of the 40K universe. see http://www.pcrc.org.uk/antona_australis for more info/ Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162382-gks-with-a-difference-the-black-chapter/#findComment-1908368 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xa0s Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 argh -- soembody beat me to it. ive considered painting my NIB GKs in black... but I sorta got the idea and I hope nobody will have that idea as mine. :tu: nevertheless, i liked the painting job! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162382-gks-with-a-difference-the-black-chapter/#findComment-1908386 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Idaeus Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 paint job is superb, but i agree with the GM, the fluff COULD be a little, whats the word,BLASPHEMOUS, so, kudos on the idea, but remember that the Imperium suppresses ideas, Grey is the Way!!! There are actually several reasons they are the GREY knights. I mean, normally, you'de think WHITE knights to represent the purity of the Emperor, but the grey works very well for many reasons. 1) Grey is the mid-point between white and black, the middle of the spectrum. The Grey Knights dont go to on side or the other, in that they are of one mind, kill the evil, burn the heretic. 2) By being Grey instead of blinding white, they have a mythical quality to them. The Grey Knights, spoken of in whispers and stories, who appear and deny Chaos a major victory. They dont go around garnishing praise and adorment. They do their duty, they live, they die, and know one remembers them. They are like Master Chief, given a legendary quality in which their deeds are spoken of on epic scales. They Grey leaves them to be undefinable, maybe real, maybe not. 3)Their armor colouring leaves them without any real eye catching qualities. The Blood Angels, crimson red, are an eyecatcher. They Grey Knights, dull coloured, move like blurs and shadows, fighting the greatest battles that none hear of. They come and go, and ask for nothing. Heroes without anymore to be asked of. A Grey Knight doesn't live for his own glory, but for that of the Emperor, and to be the bane of the Chaos. I have a ton more, but I'm super tired so yeah. But I like the ideas though all the same, luc. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162382-gks-with-a-difference-the-black-chapter/#findComment-1908402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucifer216 Posted March 5, 2009 Author Share Posted March 5, 2009 Heh. If you think my fluff for the Black Chapter is blasphemous, the following links might give you a bit of a funny turn... http://www.pcrc.org.uk/antona_australis/fo...stars-dorn.html http://warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105179 Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162382-gks-with-a-difference-the-black-chapter/#findComment-1908413 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Idaeus Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 didnt say it was, said other people might say it was blasphemous Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162382-gks-with-a-difference-the-black-chapter/#findComment-1908429 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prathios Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Call me other people, I'll bite!... IT IS BLASPHEMOUS!!! No really, blasphemy. On the other hand they do look very nice good work on the paint job. Oh and the Stars of Dorn made me laugh a good bit. I would love to see that in action. Better than the hello kitty army. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162382-gks-with-a-difference-the-black-chapter/#findComment-1908476 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Idaeus Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 definitly better than the hello kitty army, now THAT was blasphemy!! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162382-gks-with-a-difference-the-black-chapter/#findComment-1908481 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Delias Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 agreed... so blasphemous not even chaos will take them in... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162382-gks-with-a-difference-the-black-chapter/#findComment-1908527 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Idaeus Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I declare war on the hello kitty army!! My Grey Knights will hunt the heresy and my Sisters, my REAL sisters of battle will cleanse it with Holy Promethium!! You here that, I challenge you hello Kitty person!! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162382-gks-with-a-difference-the-black-chapter/#findComment-1908535 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilgar Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Nicely done! Especially the fluf... ;) I mean Nemesis weapon. What did u use for it? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162382-gks-with-a-difference-the-black-chapter/#findComment-1908544 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Idaeus Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 looks like heavy inking, or a really watered down light blue( cant remember the name i keep thinking regal blue but its not) but watered down and highlighted Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162382-gks-with-a-difference-the-black-chapter/#findComment-1908546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilgar Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I really need get myself some blue inc, grey, and a few more blue colours...Thinking of painting my DH with really light colours, and that sword looks nice. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162382-gks-with-a-difference-the-black-chapter/#findComment-1908552 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Idaeus Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 too bad they stopped making the inks Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162382-gks-with-a-difference-the-black-chapter/#findComment-1908555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Delias Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 yeah... I covet the two bottles of crimson ink I have. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162382-gks-with-a-difference-the-black-chapter/#findComment-1908557 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Idaeus Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 its hard for us GK players, we need the blue ink to get that blue steel color Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162382-gks-with-a-difference-the-black-chapter/#findComment-1908562 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Delias Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 watered down enchanted blue is what i use for powersword energy feilds... the blue wash works well too. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162382-gks-with-a-difference-the-black-chapter/#findComment-1908566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Idaeus Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 it does, but i still like that look you got from pure ink Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162382-gks-with-a-difference-the-black-chapter/#findComment-1908570 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Delias Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 true... makes you wonder why they decided to get rid of the best selling painting items they had in stock... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162382-gks-with-a-difference-the-black-chapter/#findComment-1908574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prathios Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Ok i just got finished reading the second link he put up there about "blasphemy" and I believe the better word for it was "hilarity". I love the gene-seed swapping. Classic stuff. But of all the stuff in there I laughed the hardest at this one. Subject Z201 (Thousand Sons geneseed), was given to the Blood Ravens for training and led a completely unremarkable career. In retrospect, I find this more disturbing than many of the other cases detailed by this report. Thats why I like the blood ravens, they were a totally unremarkable chapter until given that little bit of history. A loyalist chapter founded using traitor gene-seed, very good stuff that the Inquisition would love to get their hands on. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162382-gks-with-a-difference-the-black-chapter/#findComment-1908582 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyhawk Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I think they look cool. It's really hard to find a decnt color scheme for GK aside from codex colours and NMM. I especially like the eyes on the GKT - a very "catchy" contrast. I can't help to look straight into those lenses. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162382-gks-with-a-difference-the-black-chapter/#findComment-1908630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilgar Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Ouh well, have to go with the washes then :F Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162382-gks-with-a-difference-the-black-chapter/#findComment-1908717 Share on other sites More sharing options...
number6 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Nice, clean paintjob. :) Hearkens back to the original very dark charcoal color scheme of the GKs of yesteryear. The Stars of Dorn are hilarious! I'd love to see an entire army painted up. The example fig looks great! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162382-gks-with-a-difference-the-black-chapter/#findComment-1908774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucifer216 Posted March 5, 2009 Author Share Posted March 5, 2009 Cheers all, The blade on the Terminator was painted thusly: 1) Basecoat of Hawk Turquoise 2) mix in a little skull white, water it down and apply to all but the 2-3mm or so of the blade closest to the hilt, 3) repeat step 2 a minimum of three times, working up the blade each time 4) add more skull white and using a thicker mix, highlight the edges 5) repeat step 4 and work up the highlights to your satisifaction. The eyes were base coated ice blue and all but the recesses were then painted with skull white. The eyebrow ridges of the helmet were then painted with a mixture of blood red and ice blue (the helmet and gloves were base coated with scab red, given a couple of coats of red gore, then highlighted with a 50:50 mix of blood red and red gore). For more Stars of Dorn stuff, here's the link to my Warseer log. http://warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t...ight=stars+dorn Note that when I started, I was pretty rusty and hadn't really gotten my act together so the painting does improve as the log continues. I'm actually going to have to go back and rehighlight some of my older stuff as I've discovered the joy of extreme ice-blue edge highlighting :confused:. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/162382-gks-with-a-difference-the-black-chapter/#findComment-1908893 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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