Priests

[Brother Captain Cassius]

_{I'm planning on having 3 Priests in my army, two jumppack Priests to escort my Sang Guard and my proxy Dante or some other dead killy jumppack unit (or I'll sub in Corbulo to join up with some important ground pounder squad), and a Terminator Priest to escort a squad of assault terminators in a LLR. Which I like the idea of. I'm building the first of these wonderful warriors out of Sang Guard bits because they're badass and I've two questions.}

 

_{1) Does the Blood Chalice actually have to be in his hand or can it just be on there somewhere while he chrages ahead with a powersword and infernus pistol?}

 

_{2) Would a Sang Guard jumppack look gnarly or lame on one?}

[Volcatus]

1) If you read the description of the Blood Chalice, it says that there aren't enough Chalices to go around, so every priest has a shard of one contained in their narcethium. His wargear options also clearly indicate he's armed with a CCW and pistol. So yeah, carve 'em up.

 

2) Personally, I'd go for a DC jump pack instead. Save the winged packs for the gold armoured boys.

[Descendant of Dante]

I would say if you are going for a thematic look for your army(read; lots of wings) then go for it. You could just tack on the wings to see how they look before you commit to bonding them eternally, just to rip them off a month later.

 

I'm in the dilemna right now of whether to buy the box of sanguinary gaurd for the bits, only to be left with a bunch of wings and glaives I'm not sure I'll use.

 

I've been equiping my priests and seargents the same (to good affect) with Powerswords and meltabombs. Sometimes this will be my HQ's armament as well. Don't waste your priests good initiative with a powerfist, unless again, your going for a thematic approach.

[shatter]

Do what inspires you.

 

As for the chalice/narthecium issue... I use chalices I've made as they're cheaper... or es, the chalices already on some bling pieces in the DC box. With a priest paint job, it's enough. C:BA gives players the option of using a cup (anywhere on the model) or a narthcium arm from an apothecary model or to use one's old sanguinary priest/corbolo model.

[BrotherMoses]

Sheesh increase your font size please.

[schreier]

I leave them with 2 Sanguinary Guard squads but in the back to minimize their exposure ... I equip them with just a jump pack ... I don't want them in close combat any more than necessary ... that's what the guard are for :lol:

 

On a semi-unrelated note -- how are you painting them? I have seen:

 

Basic blood angel red with white trim:

http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m990103a_99060101455_BASanguinaryPriest1_873x627.jpg

 

Gold as a member of Dante's honour guard:

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/1096/bahgin7.jpg

 

White in artificer armor (in Index Astartes II, pg 31)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30843583@N00/4626463887/

 

Also - when you are modeling priests with jump packs - do you put the "light" on the top?

[JamesI]

schreier, I paint mine red to match the rest of my force, though all of mine have narthecium arms which end up white to help distinguish them.

 

Those with jump packs (2 of mine) have packs out of the DC box and I have not modified them to be more obviously priests.

[Brother Captain Cassius]

Well, I'm painting them like the rest of my force, (see below) Except their grieves will be red instead of black. Those of my priests who wear helmets will have white in place of the red leaving the black on top and on the face plate. Their nartheciums will be white, white trim on the right shoulder guard and company colour of the left, in this case gold. White decoration here and there with the grail shoulder guard from the Sang Guard set. Looking at that now will probably have two shades of silver and some gold in there.

 

Not the greatest pic I know, but we'll work with what we've got.

 

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac159/Justin_The_Lion/Alpha1.jpg

[tcraigen]

I have a quick question, why doesn't the list actually say they carry a narthcium, or reductor etc. Is this an over sight or am I the one thats missing something because I don't seem to see them carrying the normal apothocary gear anywhere but in photos and even those are scarce in the codex. I'm sorry if Im just blind but the new trend of codexes having half the info in one spot and half in various others leads me to no end of confusion.

 

On the modeling side of things, I say go for a variety of looks. They seem to be the least uniform in general appearance. I hope to have one in sanguinary guard style armour, one built out of the DC box set and, one only with a couple elements from maybe the two sets, but mostly basic marine look. I figure it all depends on importance, and asignment of the priest.

[JamesI]

I think it was easier for them to give us 1 piece of gear (the chalice) that provides FC and FNP rather than saying we had a chalice for FC and an Exsanguinator for FNP.

[tcraigen]

So... does that mean all it may need is a big'ol whine glass in his hand and he's in? Cause while I don't agree with that, it makes it easier to model, rather than hunting down the hands with the arm gear/backpack.

[IronKobra]

I have read a few times on here that according to fluff there aren't enough chalice's to go around so they have a piece of a chalice in their wargear somewhere.

 

This really makes sense to me really. Corbulo is THE bearer of the red grail, not 'A' bearer. I'm sure they wouldnt want a dozen priests spilling Sanguinius's blood all over the galaxy!

[toaae]

I have read a few times on here that according to fluff there aren't enough chalice's to go around so they have a piece of a chalice in their wargear somewhere.

 

It's in a box on the page with the Sanguinary priest rules and fluff. It's kind of hard to miss.

 

Both of my priests are the metal model from the old honor guard squad.

[shatter]

So... does that mean all it may need is a big'ol whine glass in his hand and he's in? Cause while I don't agree with that, it makes it easier to model, rather than hunting down the hands with the arm gear/backpack.

 

Yep, even just a carpenters cup is fine. :)

 

See what they did there?

[Hfran Morkai]

Yep, even just a carpenters cup is fine. :)

 

You mean one made of wood? :)

 

Yay for subtle references...

[IronKobra]

I have read a few times on here that according to fluff there aren't enough chalice's to go around so they have a piece of a chalice in their wargear somewhere.

 

It's in a box on the page with the Sanguinary priest rules and fluff. It's kind of hard to miss.

 

 

 

I dont have the codex yet so im just running off what i read here for now

[toaae]

I have read a few times on here that according to fluff there aren't enough chalice's to go around so they have a piece of a chalice in their wargear somewhere.

 

It's in a box on the page with the Sanguinary priest rules and fluff. It's kind of hard to miss.

 

 

 

I dont have the codex yet so im just running off what i read here for now

 

Got ya.

 

Well, if/when you get it, it's not like a vague piece of hidden fluff.

[Isryion]

Just to agree with Tahall, I think that it's pretty clear you can go with whatever modeling option you'd like.

[SamaNagol]

http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt91/SamaNagol/DSC00578.jpg

[dadieau]

I use cups, looks cool. Lightning claw if you want to give him a wep.

[Isryion]

I go with one with a jump pack and power weapon and either corbulo or a second with just a power weapon.

[Sorien]

I have an infantry priest, which is the "official" metal model with the left arm magnetized. My jump pack priest has the left arm apothecary bit from the SM command squad box and the right arm magnetized. Most of the time I run the jump pack guy with no weapon upgrades and the infantry guy with a power weapon.

 

For paint, I did the helms and shoulder trim white, the rest red.