Bjorn Firewalker Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Well said. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301583-the-thracian-crusade-gather-the-brethren/page/9/#findComment-4664281 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciler Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 Realised I never posted a finished shot of my contemptor : Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301583-the-thracian-crusade-gather-the-brethren/page/9/#findComment-4717686 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciler Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 I have (eventually) resumed work on my land raider. Also if anyone wondered what was in the five remaining stasis pods in my earlier narratve, here's a hint ! Â http://reho.st/self/67fb17c5a91a64e66ac796dd837eba5794729295.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301583-the-thracian-crusade-gather-the-brethren/page/9/#findComment-4717698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciler Posted April 26, 2017 Author Share Posted April 26, 2017 WIP ! http://reho.st/self/e35d92d0ae74409a1de845a16d87d8f145a008ca.jpg  What do you think ? That much gold and no black, I will admit I was outside of my comfort zone. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301583-the-thracian-crusade-gather-the-brethren/page/9/#findComment-4721373 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Christopher Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 They're coming along nicely. Especially the blue parts of the power swords (or whatever they're armed with) are something I like. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301583-the-thracian-crusade-gather-the-brethren/page/9/#findComment-4721413 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWORD BROTHER RYAN Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 By the Emperors Throne! Your work is AMAZING! Sisters of Silence definitely fit the BT vibe. Very nice addition, and great back story also! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301583-the-thracian-crusade-gather-the-brethren/page/9/#findComment-4722816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciler Posted August 1, 2017 Author Share Posted August 1, 2017 So, based on the remarks I made on Marshals getting 3 weapons (including a mandatory bolt pistol) in the new codex, here's my next project :  Marshal in relic armour with power sword/relic sword/burning blade, plasma and bolt pistol : http://reho.st/self/a51af122cab109ed43751b0b5e48edaca32b0267.jpg  I'll try and scrape of the wings on the sword hilt and "hide" the skeleton on the chest by leaving the whole thing matte black. There's not much I can do about the face, I got the model second hand and pre-assembled. I intend to insert some crosses as decals on the left pauldron and the cape.  This'll be more a display than a gaming piece, what do ye think ? Can it be made to look like a veteran black templar, that presumably has spent some time in the warp, but return to exert revenge. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301583-the-thracian-crusade-gather-the-brethren/page/9/#findComment-4840423 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aegir_Einarsson Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Where did you get This sword!!!!???? Â i'm looking for some epic swords, And also for epic thunder hammer ( i love, love the forge world model of blood raven chapter master And his deamon hammer....) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301583-the-thracian-crusade-gather-the-brethren/page/9/#findComment-4840444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciler Posted August 1, 2017 Author Share Posted August 1, 2017 That's Cypher from the Gathering Storm III triumvirate. http://reho.st/thumb/https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/catalog/product/600x620/99120101177_TriumvirateofthePrimarchCypher360.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301583-the-thracian-crusade-gather-the-brethren/page/9/#findComment-4840454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aegir_Einarsson Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Is This sword separate And plama pistol Also? Â I'll buy This model just for those two bits Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301583-the-thracian-crusade-gather-the-brethren/page/9/#findComment-4840481 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciler Posted August 1, 2017 Author Share Posted August 1, 2017 They are not. Here's a picture of the sprue : http://reho.st/https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/catalog/product/600x620/99120101177_TriumvirateofthePrimarch13.jpg as well as the link to the GW website : https://www.games-workshop.com/fr-FR/Gathering-Storm-Triumvirate-of-the-primarch Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301583-the-thracian-crusade-gather-the-brethren/page/9/#findComment-4840512 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOneTrueZon Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 First thing I would do, if you are comfortable with a little GS scuplting... is getting rid of the head entirely and give the model a proper Templar helm. You can probably bash out something interesting out of that Plasma "Archeo-whatevertheycallit" too! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301583-the-thracian-crusade-gather-the-brethren/page/9/#findComment-4840650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciler Posted August 11, 2017 Author Share Posted August 11, 2017 So, took some time to finish of most of my ongoing projects :  http://reho.st/self/f2f2f2e1ac49ab008dc7c8f5b21221ffe5197d9d.jpg  http://reho.st/self/ce655e03830504a85a3bc541b47f9ea9a6d4873c.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301583-the-thracian-crusade-gather-the-brethren/page/9/#findComment-4852914 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciler Posted August 11, 2017 Author Share Posted August 11, 2017 And look who turned up in the mail, this must be my lucky day ! http://reho.st/self/28812ae5674049b9e7b9cf067d9c035629109d3c.jpg  I'm concerned about the sword hand though, which as you can see is quite badly bent out of line. I assume that it can be straightened by applying low but consistent force and being careful not to snap it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301583-the-thracian-crusade-gather-the-brethren/page/9/#findComment-4852956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Christopher Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Nice purchase. Don't worry about the sword - that's the Sword of The High Marshal, it won't snap! That's metal, as the Emperor intended, and not some flimsy resin. Â The real problem is the hand itself - I found it difficult to glue it to the rest of the model on a permanent basis. That is why, I'm planning to add a little rod in between the hand and the wrist, that should do the job. And, if I may, I recommend doing the same. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301583-the-thracian-crusade-gather-the-brethren/page/9/#findComment-4853018 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciler Posted August 11, 2017 Author Share Posted August 11, 2017 I'll magnetise it, actually. There's two reasons for that : this way there's no pressure on the sword during storage. I have sourced at a discount price a second metal helbrecth without sword, which I will convert a la firepower to replace it's head by a helm, paint black, and maybe fix it's arm. This way, I can use the one sword for both models. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301583-the-thracian-crusade-gather-the-brethren/page/9/#findComment-4853070 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Christopher Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 I now feel silly for not having thought of that. This is probably the route I'll take as well - good idea. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301583-the-thracian-crusade-gather-the-brethren/page/9/#findComment-4853104 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciler Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 How about this ? http://reho.st/self/f8452e3e2a81ce90c7bde797c6c4cc779a9918bc.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301583-the-thracian-crusade-gather-the-brethren/page/9/#findComment-4855196 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aegir_Einarsson Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Personally i think that cypher is one of the best model to make EC, or even Helbrecht himself. Swap plasma with combi melta rip off the DA iconography And Probably change helmet like on This photo. Great model in my opinion. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301583-the-thracian-crusade-gather-the-brethren/page/9/#findComment-4855215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciler Posted August 14, 2017 Author Share Posted August 14, 2017 WIP http://reho.st/self/9ea47d05d86e95b63e625ffaba503776fb816361.jpg  Advice, opinions ? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301583-the-thracian-crusade-gather-the-brethren/page/9/#findComment-4856239 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciler Posted August 14, 2017 Author Share Posted August 14, 2017 And the finished model :http://reho.st/self/f88325c9f331b2c27aa4d938698a807b7a7b653a.jpgAnd the relevant fluff.+++Transmission received++++++Status: Fragmentary++++++No priority flag+++High Marshal,... Warp storm receeding ... Orthez system's third planet ... received distress call ... chapter keep ...Orthez third ... recruitment world ... all contact lost ... Noctis Aeterna ...... landing team ...Marshal Remus - Thracian Crusade+++Message Ends+++They are waiting for us in the reclusiam. Nine life signs, if the auspex readings are correct, when they should be twenty five astartes at least. All the defense systems in the keep are primed, but they have aknowledged our non-target status.As we walk into the reclusiam, I can see them : seven astrates, a neophyte, and a mortal. All of them are kneeling in front of the standard of the Emperor victorious. Four initate battle plates, one with the white narthecium of apothcaries, one skull helmet of the chaplains, and one of the brethren. Their armours are in good repair, but show the scars of too many battles without the ministrations of an artificier. And the sword, the blade as tall as I am, surely, sheathed on the brethren's back.He rises, and turns to face us. none of the others move."Welcome, brothers, to the Orthez keep" he says, "we thank you for coming to our aid.""I am Marshal Remus, of the Thracian crusade. Name yourself, astartes" I reply."I am Nadau ; Marshal of the Orthezian crusade". His voice is faint, yet authoritative."We have received your communication during our approach, there is no record of the Orthezian crusade, or of your appointment as Marshal.""My brothers appointed me," he says, gesturing toward the kneeling figures "we prosecute our own crusade. Will you hear our story, brother Marshal ?"I unsheath my sword, and in one sweeping arc places it point an inch away from his helmet, the power field humming to life. He doesn't move, doesn't recoil."I will hear your story, astartes, and then I will decide if you are - as you claim - our brother. But be wary, one false word and your life ends.""I am Nadau, of the Sword Brethren of Marshall Otto's third company, under Castellan Troy," he breathes. "About a terran year before the assault on Cadia, the High Marshal tasked Castellan Troy with a recruitment round in this sector. I was part of the Castellan's command squad, along with two squads of knights. This was to be a routine mission. We made planetfall and immediately started investigating the tribes for suitable recruits. We had thirty applicants in the early stages when the distress call came from Cadia. Then they came..." He pauses. "Two ships of the Word Bearers, coming out of the warp in system, they took down our cruiser before we could even detect their entry. We thought they would come for us, but instead they took the tribes. One after the other, sacrificed or corrupted, they fell. We made a few sorties, and delayed them, but they took the planet in weeks. And then they turned to the chapter keep. Wave after wave of corrupted tribesmen were cut down by our sentry guns. Then traitors. Not one of them set foot in this keep..." another pause.His breath is ragged now, I can nearly smell the choler."So they left, after a few months, but it didn't matter. The warp storms had reached the planet by now, and daemons started stalking the plains. They did not need to breach the gates, eventually they started manifesting inside the keep. That is when the Castellan died. One by one, they picked us of. They started with the recruits, the menials, then the knights. So we retreated here in the empror's sanctum, where no daemon would spawn, my remaining brothers named me their Marshal and we called for the Orthezian crusade, to safeguard the last remaining recruit and return to the Eternal Crusader with our duty done."Seconds tick away. He waits. The voice clicks, it is Lucent, my chaplain :"He does not lie, Marshal. I can hear the truth of his word. These knights have been trapped on this world since the Darkness fell, but they have not fallen to it. They are our brothers". Another vox transmission : "All readings are nominal, short range gene-scanning reveals no mutations, even in the mortal".I lower my sword, deactivating the power field, but I do not release my battle stance."My chaplain and my apothecary tell me you are indeed our brothers, and that every word you have said is true", I say, "be at peace, brother, we will assist you in completing your duty. Yet..."He tenses, the move is barley noticeable, aven to astartes eyes, but the shift in his stance shows he's ready to fight."Yet, you claim the rank of Marshal of the Black Templars, a rank which can only be bestowed by the High Marshal himself, or a council of peers. Of this title, you must prove you are worthy, so draw your blade, brother. If you can hold yourself against me, I will acknowledge you as my equal, a true Marshal of the Black Templars.""I will not.""You will not fight me ?" I raise my sword, engaging the power field again."I will not draw this blade," he says, pointing at the massive sword over his shoulder, "for it is not mine to draw.""This is the greatsword Erugrim, given to Castellan Troy by the High marshal himself from the armouries of the Crusader. And although I will use it in battle should my knights be threatened, it is not... for me... to draw."Then there's the faint hiss of venting plasma, and I realise that in the fraction of a second I looked at the guard of the greatsword, he had drawn one of the pistols at his belt.We both look at each other, and as our weapons depower, I say "Welcome back to the crusade, brother Marshal. We have a ship, and if there is an opening in this rift we will find it, and by the Emperor, we will see your duty completed."The whole thing is a bit pompous, and reeks of a poor imitation of ADB's style. But I needed a reason to justify a crusade with two different Marshal models and two different command squads... What do ye think ?  Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301583-the-thracian-crusade-gather-the-brethren/page/9/#findComment-4856675 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aegir_Einarsson Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 I like cape very much:). Nice smooth transitions on red And grey/white. Â Personally i like glowing effect and one think that I would like to improve are eyes and plasma glow. Â Nice higlights on skulls:). Â Can you post a photo from another side of a model (back). Â I think he can be emperors champion as well.(just swap plasma hand for another hand with a head of a deamon from grey knights setup:) ) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301583-the-thracian-crusade-gather-the-brethren/page/9/#findComment-4856765 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciler Posted August 18, 2017 Author Share Posted August 18, 2017 So, a quick shot of what's on my desk at the moment : http://reho.st/self/4a132f426505e02cd200774673cc691f6a2c2bf4.jpg  Yes, why that's 2 metal Helbrechts indeed. I scored the second one for dirt cheap without a sword, so I decided to go for some conversions. There's also a biker standard bearer and a cenobyte servitor carrying a relic sword, can ye see what I did there.  And a close up of the converted big H. As you can see he's getting is arm back. http://reho.st/self/7f2da01e6469a0fe4dd02e38a6febe4ef8cbe350.jpg  Oh, and I'm working on a chaplain on bike, how's that for a crozius ? I mean it's not Mordred's but I think it'll feel painful enough in someone's face just the same.  Opinions, comments ? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301583-the-thracian-crusade-gather-the-brethren/page/9/#findComment-4861549 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sword Brother Adelard Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Feel free to call it a cenobyte all you want. We all know it's a dirty little xenos. Â Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301583-the-thracian-crusade-gather-the-brethren/page/9/#findComment-4861587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciler Posted August 19, 2017 Author Share Posted August 19, 2017 How does this look to you ? I can still move the helmet to some extent. http://reho.st/self/a87292244fc0861c92fd45381ff9b4b117f86f03.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301583-the-thracian-crusade-gather-the-brethren/page/9/#findComment-4862317 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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