The Renascibilitas Crusade [Redemptor WIP]

[Marshal Mattias]

It's an interesting debate this has sparked, and one which I suspect will see several different viewpoints. Personally, I like Aquilas and my crusade badge has a pheonix emblem with some similarities. I've also enjoyed the 'Angels of Death' imagery associated with marines in general as well as with Chaplains specifically.

 

'Wing' decorations suit me generally speaking, but I think the paintscheme will be important in differentiating them from some of the lesser chapters.

The 'cord' type decorations are strictly used by my sternguard squad. I felt that as specialist marksmen, they already somewhat eschew the stricter Templar ideologies. The more traditional imperium honours/decorations felt appropriate.

 

The angelic figures on the back of the bike would probably have been too much for anyone other than a chaplain, in this case I think I can make it work.

Chains! Indeed, I'm working on it already ;)

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a628/matzeke/C3FF06A2-6EA5-4F05-8516-D792DC270EA4_zpscafysi1f.jpg

Shaved from a damaged set of spare landraider doors.

[Marshal Mattias]

(With a temporary place-holder head) - More work today:

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a628/matzeke/E8DBEE61-C409-4B91-820B-FE615456F9EA_zpspqphahem.jpg

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a628/matzeke/8C50248E-62D2-4D0F-B987-DEBFF06EE929_zps3crznjji.jpg

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The 'Angels of Death' reliquary has been Templar-blinged. I shaved the flap from a pouch on the upgrade sprue to create a teeny maltese cross shield to be borne by the sword-wielding angel, who also now has a chain hanging from his weapons. I've also added some other templar seals to the wings to hammer-home the point.

 

The chaplain has a wee skull on his backpack to add a bit more grimdark as suggested.

 

Added a cross and chained shield to the front of the bike, as well as re-bashing a Crozius together which I think came out pretty well.

The Crozius arm is magnetised for convenience and the occasional 'counts-as' games where it could be replaced with a hammer for a 'Master of Sanctity' warlord.

 

Slapped a classic BT pad on the Crozius arm and went with a nice halo/skull pad for the other side.

 

I think it's pretty much there, just a little greenstuff for gaps and finding the right head. Also maybe some small brass decals would fit nicely on the side armour panels.

 

Oh yeah, and it needs Bolters still... Which is annoying as making any fit is really fiddly!

Edited January 15, 2015 by Marshal Mattias

[NoPityNoRemorseNoFear]

that looks great! I have never used bikes because I disliked how they looked but this chaplain is awesome!

 

Also, where did you get that Iron halo from?

Edited January 15, 2015 by NoPityNoRemorseNoFear

[Marshal Mattias]

Thanks :)

The halo-esque piece is part of the Ravenwing Command squad set I think - I got mine from the Dark Angels expansion to Dark Vengeance.

[Brother Christopher]

Much better. All my worries vanished, the requirements for "black templar character" have been met ;) Good luck with your progress!

[Firepower]

Using Ravenwing arms isn't helping my concerns, M&M.  I still see a Dark Angel when I look at him.  The Templar icons come off as more of a footnote than a central theme, i.e. big honkin' wings with tiny little seals with even tinier little crosses tacked on.

 

As for Grimdarking it up, our prodigal mad artificer Eberious made extensive use of City of Death bits on his bikes and other vehicles, and I have to say they work wonderfully.  

 

There's simply not enough room on the model for it, though.  It could be a replacement for the Dark Angel icons or (Throne forbid) the Templar icons, but there's no room for all three.  Anyway, it's something to look into for future models.

 

Eschewing a skull head for a Chaplain is always risky.  It really is a central icon, and simply adding bones elsewhere leans more towards general Grimdarkness than singling him out as a Chaplain.  Unfortunately, having a black army means that his paintjob won't make him stand out as one, either.

 

Anyway, seeing as the ship regarding personal taste has more or less sailed, on to technical issues.  You have some nasty mold lines on the head and on the backpack skull.  There are rough patches on top of the headlight, the edges of the front panel wings, and the exterior edge of the halo.  Quite a bit of glue needs scraping off around the hood ornament, as well as the seal on the angel's wing and...somewhere else.  I saw it before, but now that I am looking for it I can't find it

 

For your sake I hope that much of this is simply dry fitted/tacked together and not glued on.  There are a lot of nooks and crannies on bikes that your brush will hate you for, if you don't paint them as separate components.  Even getting primer in there will be a chore. 

Edited January 16, 2015 by Firepower

[Marshal Mattias]

Yeah, as expected, everyone has varying personal preferences.

 

No worries on the gluing front; the torso is tacked on and holding both leg pieces in place at the moment. The front faring and the entire reliquary piece are tacked on too, leaving only the bare-bones of the bike and the attached left arm.

 

Yes, it definitely still needs some clean-up, I was pretty much just getting excited at posting a picture :P

The head is still just a place-holder so I could get a feel for it, I will continue trying to find the right piece from mine or a friend's bits-box.

[Marshal_Roujakis]

HEY!!!

 

I had the exact same idea for the Crozius :D

 

http://i1151.photobucket.com/albums/o622/Marshal_Roujakis/Warhammer%2040k%20Displays/DSC_0048_zps6b732ead.jpg

 

I have to agree with Firepower though, getting parts painted on a Bike model is difficult... but you can do it :D

 

if you're having a hard time with placing the Bolters, you could just seal off that area and place the Bolters someplace else like I did:

 

http://i1151.photobucket.com/albums/o622/Marshal_Roujakis/Warhammer%2040k%20Displays/DSC_0058_zps0a162cba.jpg

 

I also did a "Bane" thing, where I picked the Venerable Dreadnought helmeted head, colored the face part Bone and colored the mouth grill Silver... what I got looked very Chaplain-like...

[Marshal Mattias]

Haha, nice - great minds, eh?

 

Clever way to resolve the bolter issues too ;)

Edited January 16, 2015 by Marshal Mattias

[Mandolore511]

I picked up a bunch of skull helmets here:

 

http://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/Exo-Lords/Heads-helmets-crests/Skull-Helmets

 

They have worked nicely for me so far... I'll post a WIP picture after work today.

[Marshal Mattias]

Hey, they are pretty cool... Hmm, it's tough deciding. They are slightly-marine-like skulls, but I might want a slightly-skull-like marine helm, if you know what I mean. It's a good shout though, I'm bookmarking that ;)

[Beor]

The bike is looking good, I also dig the Angel of Death theme for BT-characters. As for the helmet, I've used this guide from the blog 'From the Warp' for my chaplain conversion. It's a bit fiddly but the end result is pretty decent.

 

http://fromthewarp.blogspot.se/2010/11/chaplain-skull-helmet-conversion.html

[Marshal Mattias]

That's a pretty smart conversion! I'm not sure my green-fu is quite to that level though, I mostly just stuff it into gaps and things :/

 

I popped into my local GW on way home today and what should be there, tucked away on a shelf, but:

http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a628/matzeke/6595D95C-3C86-4B87-BD55-FE8FD65207AC_zpsae0xnyes.jpg

 

I could hardly leave it there, so I guess it's more bling for the bling throne.

Edited January 19, 2015 by Marshal Mattias

[Marshal Mattias]

Working on a champion and apothecary for the unit - the 'specialists' will retain the wing-bling and the regular sword brethren will use the older bike farings. Might use the Aquila back banner things on them still, just trading out the standard bearer's for a big flowing banner.

 

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[Marshal Mattias]

Revisited the Chaplain's bike farings - managed to fit some Templar chained bolters and traded the headlight for another skull reliquary, which should up the grimdark a bit more :)

 

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[The_Chaplain]

Love the swap of the bolters for chained BT bolters on the faring.  That is a fantastic idea. 

[Marshal Mattias]

Playing against some 'Traitor' guard tomorrow, this is the intended list.

 

+++ 1500 All-comer (1500pts) +++

 

++ Space Marines: Codex (2013) (Combined Arms Detachment) (1500pts) ++

 

+ HQ (***) +

 

Honoured Brother Armand du Lancel, First Blade of the Renascibilitas Crusade - The Emperor's Champion (***pts) [Armour of Faith, Black Sword, Bolt Pistol, Frag and Krak Grenades]

 

+ Elites (195pts) +

 

Honoured Brother Ludovic - Ironclad Dreadnought (195pts)

····Dreadnaught Power Fist [Heavy Flamer]

····Drop Pod [Deathwind Missile Launcher]

····Seismic Hammer [Heavy Flamer]

 

+ Troops (595pts) +

 

Crusader Squad "Vitrioli" (480pts) [3x Chainsword, 10x Initiates, Meltagun, 3x Neophytes, Power Weapon]

····Land Raider Crusader [Multi-Melta]

····Sword Brother [bolt pistol, Power Weapon]

 

Crusader Squad "Talionis" (115pts) [Flamer, 4x Initiates, Power Weapon]

····Sword Brother [bolt pistol, Power Weapon]

 

+ Fast Attack (370pts) +

 

"Zelus Talus" - Stormtalon Gunship (125pts) [skyhammer Missile Launcher]

Relic 'Blacktalon' warplane flown in defence of Armageddon.

 

Purge-Team "Incaendo" - Assault Squad (95pts) [Drop Pod, 2x Flamer, 4x Space Marine]

Bringing Cleansing Flame

····Sword Brother [bolt Pistol, Chainsword]

 

"Tempestus" - Land Speeder Squadron (150pts)

····Land Speeder "Impetus" [Heavy Bolter, Typhoon Missile Launcher]

····Land Speeder "Infensus" [Heavy Bolter, Typhoon Missile Launcher]

 

+ Heavy Support (200pts) +

 

"Devotio" - Stormraven Gunship (200pts) [Twin Linked Lascannons, Twin Linked Multi Meltas]

Anti-armour gunship

 

+ (No Category) +

 

The Renascibilitas Crusade - Chapter Tactics [black Templars]

[The_Chaplain]

Best of luck on your game man. Glory to the templars! 

Edited February 11, 2015 by The_Chaplain

[Duke Danse Macabre]

I like what I'm seeing thus far, especially since I am a big fan of giving my Bikers lances.

Not too sure on the Dark Angels Bikes however, the wings just feel off to my on templars bikes, on the chaplin it works because its gothic statues but on the Regular guys having wings I'm just not sure.

[Marshal Mattias]

My forces are readying themselves for a serious push against our foes in the Crusade of Wrath;

 

+++ Crusade of Wrath (2500pts) +++

Abhor the Witch!

 

++ Space Marines: Codex (2013) (Combined Arms Detachment) ++

 

+ (No Category) +

 

The Renascibilitas Crusade - Chapter Tactics [black Templars]

 

+ No Force Org Slot +

 

Sword Brethren Squad - Honour Guard [Artificer Armour, Bolt Pistol, Boltgun, Chapter Banner, Frag and Krak Grenades, 4x Honour Guard, Power Weapon]

The finest blades among the veterans of the crusade.

····Antón du Selmy - Chapter Champion [boltgun, Power Weapon]

····Protégée to the First Blade, his zeal is unmatched.

 

+ HQ +

 

Guillaume Robért - Chapter Master [Artificer Armor, Boltgun, The Shield Eternal, Thunder Hammer]

Honoured Swordbrother of the Renascibilitas Crusade and Acting-Marshal

 

Honoured Brother Armand du Lancel, First Blade of the Renascibilitas Crusade - The Emperor's Champion [Armour of Faith, Black Sword, Bolt Pistol, Frag and Krak Grenades]

The greatest duellist the Crusade has ever seen; his skills are said to emulate those of the First High Marshal himself.

 

+ Elites +

 

Honoured Brother Ludovic - Ironclad Dreadnought

Once a dazzlingly proficient swordsman and a cunning Castellan; Ludovic was entombed in his Ironclad sarcophagus to preserve his combat expertise and tactical acumen.

····Dreadnaught Power Fist [Heavy Flamer]

····Drop Pod [Deathwind Missile Launcher]

····Seismic Hammer [Heavy Flamer]

 

Sword Brethren Marksmen - Sternguard Veteran Squad [Heavy Flamer, 5x Veteran]

A true warrior must demonstrate mastery of all disciplines; these are the crusade's finest marksmen.

····Drop Pod [Deathwind Missile Launcher]

····Space Marine Sergeant [bolt Pistol, Boltgun]

 

+ Troops +

 

Armageddon Crusaders - Crusader Squad [3x Chainsword, 7x Initiates, Meltagun, 4x Neophytes, Power Weapon, Shotgun]

Survivors of the bitter Third War for Armageddon, this unit has been through Helsreach and back together.

····"Consecrare" - Land Raider Crusader [Multi-Melta]

····The embarked brothers dug this relic out by hand from beneath the remains of an ork gargant, felled by a single machine-spirited multimelta shot.

····Sword Brother [bolt pistol, Power Weapon]

 

Laeroth-Pattern Crusaders - Crusader Squad [5x Initiates, Lascannon, Plasma Gun]

The famed Marshal Laeroth once schooled these initiates in his unique combat doctrines, and they remember these lessons to this day.

····Drop Pod [storm Bolter]

 

+ Fast Attack +

 

"Zelus Talus" - Stormtalon Gunship [skyhammer Missile Launcher]

A relic Blacktalon-pattern warplane flown in defence of Armageddon.

 

+ Heavy Support +

 

"Alacritas" - Land Raider Redeemer [Multi-Melta]

Lovingly cared for by the Master of the Forge, it is the pride of his armoury.

 

"Devotio" - Stormraven Gunship [Twin Linked Lascannons, Twin Linked Multi Meltas]

This anti-armour gunship has flown and survived more suicide missions than should ever have been possible.

 

"Vult" - Vindicator [Dozer Blade]

Brother Gerhart has been at the controls for nearly a century, and prides himself on always being the first 'through the walls' of the enemy defences.

 

++ Adepta Sororitas: Codex (2013) (Allied Detachment) ++

 

+ No Force Org Slot +

 

Bearer of Relics - Ministorum Priest [bolt Pistol, Close Combat Weapon, The Litanies of Faith]

Servitor ID:Z3410U5, carrying the defiant banner of the defenders of Helsreach, inspiring the Black Templars to great feats.

 

+ HQ +

 

Inquisitor Detritous - Uriah Jacobus, Protector of the Faith

He slays the mutant and the witch with such ferocity that the Black Templars have given him permission to hunt alongside them. The relics he carries from the Defence of Terra provoke an incredible surge of Zeal among the brethren.

 

+ Troops +

 

Sisters of the Argent Shroud - Battle Sister Squad [4x Battle Sisters, Flamer, Flamer]

Survivors from Helsreach and the defence of the Temple of the Emperor Ascendant, their walls of flame held back the hordes and saved many civilians. Their oath of fealty to the Black Templars was in honour of the sacrifice made in their name.

····Sister Superior [bolt Pistol, Power Maul]

 

++ Inquisition: Codex (2013) (Inquisitorial Detachment) ++

 

+ HQ +

 

Aspiring-Inquisitor Vansel - Ordo Hereticus Inquisitor [bolt Pistol, Carapace Armour, Chainsword, Psyocculum, 3x Servo Skulls]

A man with a keen eye for spotting witches and psykers, he is desperate to prove himself to his masters in the Ordo Hereticus and throws himself into the thickest of fights.

 

 

 

 

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So Marshal (CM) rides in the LRC with the big squad and Inquisitor Detritous (Jacobus). Any big nasties who want to gun for the warlord will have a seriously scrappy squad to contend with.

Armand (EC) rides in the LRR with the Swordbrethren (HG) and Servitor (Priest). If the enemy warlord is playing coward, they'll hunt him down. If not, they'll move to slaughter any critical troops and limit enemy scoring chances.

Marksmen (SG) drop with Inquisitor Vansel and hunt for psykers or cover-dependent units with their Psyocculum and special ammunition.

Ironclad does his usual thing ;)

Laeroth-Crusaders look for an objective which is too out-of-the-way for my rather aggressive main forces.

Vindicator makes use of cover and acts as AT-fire bait while looking to get at least one skull-aided accurate shot off.

Talon and Raven will probably aim to arrive together and provide support. Sisters are in the raven, ready for light objective-clearing and claiming.

 

Any thoughts?

Edited March 16, 2015 by Marshal Mattias

[The_Chaplain]

 

 

Any thoughts?

 

Yeah, it looks like a fun list. You better post a battle report for how that game goes brother. I'm curious to see how well the two armies synergize. 

[Honda]

I too am looking forward to seeing how your "tercio" and supporting units operate.

[Marshal Mattias]

My bat-rep is now up in the Crusade of Wrath reports thread. It played quite well, although I was expecting a slightly more static force and ended up against MSU Eldar/DEldar/Harlequin list, most of which deep-strikes. This forced me to play slightly more cautiously turn 1/2, but after that the EC and guard went out and killed the enemy intercept unit and slew the warlord (despite losing their LRR on-route). The CM/Jacobus combo sent the Solitaire running wounded and were all set to chow through the remaining venom squads. I didn't really get to test the destructive potential of the whole large unit, as we were a little short on time so I split them off to chase extra VPs. The inquisitor did exactly as planned - his servo-skulls netted me at least 3 victory points thanks to precision drop-pod placement onto objectives. His PsyOcculum ensured the drop-sternguard immediately neutralised the enemy mega-psyker in the first turn.

The sisters did what they needed to - hopped out the raven, scored 3 VPs and then baited the enemy warlord out into range of my EC.

 

All in all, I would definitely play a similar list again, it was great fun!

[Honda]

CM/Jacobus combo sent the Solitaire running wounded

 

 

I find this comment very interesting. From what little I know about the Solitaire, it seems like he's a CC monster, though he's fragile. How did this combat go? I think we'd all like to know how you countered him.

[Marshal Mattias]

The solitaire is tough as he puts out lots of attacks at high initiative, with AP2 and some str6, if I recall. One big advantage was the LRC - to get me out of it, he had to charge it and knock hull points off. He managed to wreck it, but that let me disembark the Chapter Master Marshal and Jacobus and get myself the charge bonus instead of him (I think he has 8 attacks on the charge?)

 

What I should have done: taken the time to shoot first with pistol/and 'the redeemer' as even with his crazy cover saves, a single wound slipping through would have made the difference. But, we were down to our last minutes of game-time and I just wanted to smash some Xenos :P

 

Jacobus buffed the 'unit' (two characters :P) with re-rolls to armour/invuln saves and made my eternal warrior/3++ very solid. The solitaire's WS9 wasn't as dramatic an advantage against my CM as against a normal warriors, and my re-rolls (from challenge or zealot) helped make up the shortfall. I expected to potentially take a couple of wounds but got away without a scratch. The hammer made sure the attacks I hit with counted. The solitaire has his 3++ but is very easy to wound. He took 2 of 3 wounds and panicked, making use of his hit+run ability to get away.

 

Short version: Marshal Beatstick + priest re-rolls = super survivable and very killy. Solitaire relies on causing death-by-a-thousand-cuts BEFORE you get a chance to respond, so you just need to tough it out longer than he does.