Acebaur Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 He certainly does stand out more! Great work greggles the Foe-Hammer certainly looks his part! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elenmar Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 You honor me by choosing the name I suggested brother. He looks all nice and spruced up now! I really like the purple on the sealing wax, really helps them stand out against your red dominant scheme. Also digging the stance you chose on the legs, helps counteract the rigidness and the static nature of the model. May you go forth ancient Sariel, as all champions have gone before you since lord Sigismund himself and smite all champions of evil wherever they hide. Go with your faith in emperor and may he shield you from the wrath of darkness, may all who would dare strike you break against your hallowed hull like water against the greatest stone. Carry within your heart always the unending fury of a Templar and with it crush your enemies as if a mountain had crashed down upon them. You are the Foe-Hammer; mutant, heretic, xenos, daemon, all will broken asunder by your righteous might. Now be on your way ancient Sariel Foe-Hammer and may you bring glory and honor to the chapter evermore. May you legacy echo in eternity. Wisdom of the mind, strength of the body, purity of zeal in the spirit. Emperor, primarch and sire of the chapter be with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytimeprez Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I really like the way you did your power mauls. What did you use to make them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggles Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 Thanks guys! I cheated a little with the pose. I magnetize the dread bodies to the legs, so I can artificially raise them. I don't like how the standard 40k dreads are so short and squat. Especially when you compare them to other walkers from opposing armies. So what I do, is take a group of 3 magnets, and plop them down between the legs and the torso. Raises them up about 1/2 an inch to 3/4 an inch, which helps their proportions immensely. Because of that, I can swivel the torso in any direction I see fit. It's kinda of a cheat, because I didn't do any modeling...but you can't tell on the tabletop unless you squat down to model eye level :). The two hunter killers are also magnetized, so I can remove them as they are fired. Thanks for the lovely words Elenmar. May the emperor forever be your shield! mytimeprez, I got them from ork warbikers I believe. They are one of the weapon options. I took the tops of them off and attached them to axe hilts I believe. http://www.ebay.com/itm/WEAPON-ARMS-bits-Ork-Warbiker-Warhammer-40K-Games-Workshop-c-/351040218558?pt=Games_US&hash=item51bba0a5be If I were to do them again, I think I'd use the dark angel corvus hammers instead. http://www.ebay.com/itm/WARHAMMER-40K-BITS-DARK-ANGELS-RAVENWING-CORVUS-HAMMERS-4x-/310771052856?pt=Games_US&hash=item485b65f138 They look a bit more proportional, and might be easier to pose more dynamically. I just have an issue spending 7 bucks on 4 tiny pieces of plastic :). (My other army is orks, so I have bins and bins of ork bitz) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytimeprez Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Thanks for the info Greggles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggles Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 Don't know if anyone here is participating in the Pax East 40k tournaments, but if you are, I'll be around snapping photos and will try to say hello! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggles Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 Back from pax! There was a black templar player in the tournament! I was so happy to see some templar models! I don't know how he did overall, but his first matchup was vs necrons. He was running.. (1500 points) grimmy assault squad drop pod crusaders Devastator squad (i think) crusaders/grimmy in land raider crusader crusaders rhino He went up vs destroyer lord wraiths scarbs, 2 ghost arks doomsday barge annihilation barge night scythe Game wasn't going too well for him. Crusader and rhino died early. Grimmy had to foot slog towards two ghost arks...you can guess how that went. But have faith brothers! He ended up winning the mission :). The emperor protects! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggles Posted April 25, 2014 Author Share Posted April 25, 2014 Another warrior joins the crusade. http://i.imgur.com/k1MrI84.jpg Quite a difficult model to build. (Some bits off it right now for painting purposes). I'm going to redo that sword too, its not templar enough. Needs to be about twice as big with chains. Scaling shot with other dreads. http://i.imgur.com/DgvllvD.jpg I'm using it as a "counts as" contemptor dread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acebaur Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Nice! I'm not sure about the "hand" that is holding the sword. It looks kind of awkward, is that one of the pieces that is missing? Otherwise looks great! Can't wait to see it Templar-fied! Also I'm not sure on the scale of them but seems like you could potentially use it as a Imperial Knight too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggles Posted April 25, 2014 Author Share Posted April 25, 2014 It's about 4.5 inches tall, so bit short for a knight. I might modify it to make it closer to 4 inches tall...but it does stand up to the megadread pretty good, and also some nids/daemons. The sword arm is pretty much as is. It's not as cohesive as the rest of the model. Luckily it is easy to swap the arms, so I'm going to be working on a replacement so it looks more proper. Bits that are missing are the mid foot plates, center pistons, center guns. The pauldrons are just sitting on top right now as well (they look a bit better once fixed in place). Here's another scale shot. http://i.imgur.com/qMSypUg.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acebaur Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 How tall are the new Knights? Look at all those filthy xenos that need killing!!! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minigun762 Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 How tall are the new Knights? Look at all those filthy xenos that need killing!!! :lol: 7" I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggles Posted April 25, 2014 Author Share Posted April 25, 2014 The knights are about 6.5 to 7 inches tall, but very very wide. Here's a shot vs a whole line of mini's. (The crusader is almost identical in height to the dreadknight) http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BSsoiahQms4/UxhF6jG_j_I/AAAAAAAAF2M/hhE-IzRT2J8/s1600/IMG_0127.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytimeprez Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Nice work can't wait to see it painted. I always thought that model was bigger thanks for the size comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mattias Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 I think there are two scale versions of that model, one of which is actually a little taller than a standard knight, perhaps you've seen the other version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acebaur Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 I think there are two scale versions of that model, one of which is actually a little taller than a standard knight, perhaps you've seen the other version. Yep, that's what I was thinking of. Thanks for the info guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andhil Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 That's a cool model. The only thing I'm not liking is the spine. There should have been something to cover the abdomen, it doesn't look capable of holding the weight of the torso section, even with the pistons. It doesn't really fit the whole armoured-up look of the model. But that's just my opinion, it gets bonus points for being a Crusader! Anyway, I'm really looking forward to seeing it painted. I assume it'll be BT scheme? It's not THAT cool in silver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggles Posted April 25, 2014 Author Share Posted April 25, 2014 I agree that the spine is a bit off in the design of the model. I'd just concentrate all my attacks there ignoring the heavily armored section :) I'm going to experiment with the height to make it a bit more squat (using some tubes for temp spines), then clip the spine, then hopefully armor it up a bit better with some plasticard. I figure the model might look less vulnerable if the top torso was just down a half an inch. We'll see! I'd also like to fashion tabard, fix the sword, and put a FW shield on the shoulder plate. There are "three" crusader verisons. This is the 15mm 4.5 tall one. There is also a 28mm version, that is absolutely gigantic (about 9 inches tall), that dwarves the imperial knights. There is a limited edition version (for the kickstarter guys), which is 5.5 inches tall. Anyone who got that model has a perfect imperial knight proxy. You can't order that one. (was kickstarter only). And yes, will be a BT scheme to fit in with the rest of my army. I may attempt to air brush him. We shall see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honda Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 I have the original resin 15mm version of him, though at the time I was going to use for Custodes (i.e. Dreadknight). It's still hanging around as I'm waiting for inspiration. I am thinking that the 15mm version is too small to be a knight, though maybe it could be a "lesser" knight class. Not sure yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggles Posted May 1, 2014 Author Share Posted May 1, 2014 http://i.imgur.com/wCtLPVt.jpg Working on ETL. I always like to start with the bases first. Helps inspire me. Still debating on how to paint the master of the forge. Was debating painting him black, but instead of white edging, using red-orange highlights on the armor plates. Bit of templar, bit of mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggles Posted May 3, 2014 Author Share Posted May 3, 2014 Bases done! http://i.imgur.com/cUkr4f8.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Christopher Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 I believe that "exquisite" is the right word to describe your work. Simply amazing. You only need to put something black on to, for contrast. Some marines maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mattias Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 I'm blown away by how beautiful they are... And they are just the bases... They are the dirt beneath the feet of your noble Templars... I honestly cannot wait to see what else you produce! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honda Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 I have to echo the other's comments. Those are some sweet bases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tekman Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 I simply must know where'd you found these, with some snow on top these would be glorious for my crusade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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