Justricars

[Rune Priest Ridcully]

How do you make your justicars stand out from the average Grey Knight in power armour? I model unusual weapons on them, an axe and lightning claw shaped one the ones I use, I have converted one with a scyth but it did not turn out well. and am thinking about building one with a trident, that and right shouder pad is the studded pad or the company champions one.

So how do you do yours?

[Justicar Valius]

Its the guy with the sword in the box. Only ever use one squad so meh, that's how i do it.

[jeffersonian000]

Oddly enough, its the same for me and I have 4 squads of PAGK. I just use the actual Justicar model as a ... Justicar.

 

However, I did create unique shoulder heraldry for each Justicar, and I split the different PAGK models into separate squads composed of only one model type yet with different arms and arm positions. Gives each squad a distinct look even though all of the Justicars are identical.

 

SJ

[The emperors chosen]

Well the Brettonian Knight box has a ton of shields, so giving a justicar one is a great way to make him stick out.

[- 7eAL -]

Here's a list of possible ideas:

• Cloaks:
  
  • Cut out a bit of copper foil, attach across Justicar's back. Sculpt cloth over it for a cloak like the kinds worn by Black Templar Sword Bretheren.
    
  • Cut a square of flattened putty. Drape over Justicar's back, lift and push for various forms.
    
  • Carve out scaled cloak from Dark Eldar Corsairs plastic torso, attach to Justicar's back.
    
  • Clip away flaring cloak from Space Marine Captain plastic caped torso, attatch to Justicar's back.
    

  [*]Tabards: Extend tabard downward and widen. File away case on chest, extend tabard upward to collar for a Crusade era tabard like the kinds worn by the Black Templar.

  [*]Backpacks:

  • Replace backpack with plastic Apothecary backpack from plastic Space Marine Command Squad kits.
    
  • Replace backpack with plastic eagle head backpack from Space Marine Captain kits.
    
  • Replace backpack with plastic squad sergeant backpack from Space Marine Devastator kits.
    

  [*]Arm and weapon swaps:

  • Sword blade replaces halberd blade, or claws replace hand, flail head replaces halberd blade.
    
  • Add a banner to the halberd shaft for a squad standard image, in the same manner as above: sculpt over copper foil.
    
  • Add an offhand knife to the storm bolter hand, taken from the plastic Space Marine kits.
    
  • Plastic Space Marine hand replaces weapon hand, modify to taste with wargear items or a dead Daemon head.
    
  • Glue on clear nylon fishing wire hanging from weapon ends and thicken with cyanoacrylate superglue for flowing liquids. Glaze with clear red and dark washes for blood.
    

  [*]Wargear:

  • Add meltabombs taken from plastic Space Marine kits.
    
  • Add auspex taken from any Imperial plastic kits.
    
  • Add scroll canisters taken from plastic Space Marine kits.
    
  • Add books and tomes taken from plastic Dark Angels kits.
    

  [*]Enemies:

  • Add eviscerated Possessed or Spawn plastic body parts to the base.
    
  • Add hollowed and broken Chaos Marine helmets taken from plastic Chaos Marine kits, decapitated heads taken from plastic Zombie kits, or skulls to the base.
    
  • Add a corpse to the base. Add a skeleton to the base.
    
  • Add crushed chaos spikes and broken Chaos emblems from plastic Chaos vehicle kits to base.
    

  [*]Bodyswaps:

  • Replace Justicar's torso with Black Templars Emperor's Champion torso. Replace Justicar's legs with Emperor's Champion legs.
    
  • Space Marine Techmarine counts as Justicar. Replace Techmarine boltgun with storm bolter. Replace Techmarine left pauldron with Grey Knight pauldron.
    
  • Black Templars Emperor's Champion counts as Justicar. Add storm bolter to Emperor's Champion left arm.
    

Shields have been covered. Sculpting can also get much more complicated.