The Silent Sword Crusade - Resolve & Purpose

[TheOneTrueZon]

Basically it's the remains of a bunch of MDF cut-offs from a shelving project. When Blackstone fortress came out, I couldn't help but notice all the nice triangluar formations and geometry and thought, "Hmmmm... there's probably Blackstone technology peppered all about the Imperium....

 

So this is the start of my Armies on Parade board for 2019, in which I hope to have a majority of my Templar army completed and ready for display in October.

 

The backstory is that this structure (and a couple of other auxiliary terrain pieces in the works) has been discovered, researched, lost, discovered again, lost again, since before the Dark Age of Technology. Early Terran colonists came across strange structures in their expansion, but many were passed over in the need to move onto more suitable planets. During the Great Crusade, this construct was detected but exploratory mining operations of the Mechanicus, only to be lost again during the Horus Heresy and Scouring. Now, once again, Rouge Traders have come across the strange black spire with numerous layers of technology encrusted upon its frame in efforts to divine some meaning or purpose to the riddle of it's existence. Scraps of data from seismic survey conducted in M30 contain the most curious findings, showing that the structure itself extends well below the surface past the range of scans (2,000 meters).

 

The Defiler was the only thing that I could really perch on the rocks safely to give the picture some scale, fret not brethren, it will be purged in due time.

[Bjorn Firewalker]

That's good worldbuilding- something all too rare in 019.M3. Will you include Blackstone Fortress units in future games, i.e., have a Rogue Trader as the Templars' "ally" (the "alliance" a punishment the Inquisition forced upon the Templars, who'd otherwise not waste time babysitting the pampered peacock), or as another target to be purged?

[TheOneTrueZon]

That's good worldbuilding- something all too rare in 019.M3. Will you include Blackstone Fortress units in future games, i.e., have a Rogue Trader as the Templars' "ally" (the "alliance" a punishment the Inquisition forced upon the Templars, who'd otherwise not waste time babysitting the pampered peacock), or as another target to be purged?

To put it in short, eventually someone will find out what's underneath this thing (which is another slow burn project), and it will be chock full of BSF units.

 

My Templars have a weakness for Ambull steaks.

[TheOneTrueZon]

Since Bjorn mentioned Rogue Traders - here's a one night paint job for this RT I kitbashed from Raging Heros parts, Neave Blacktalon bits and an Archeotech pistol. 

 

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Excellent work on the Rogue Trader.

[TheOneTrueZon]

Pre-ordered. Begins shipping after May 13th 

 

Made by legiomodels (75.00 USD, includes international shipping)

Once this is kit is available to the public in a few weeks / months, you can also buy parts individually, as stated by the creator on the site, here's a guide to the part names if you so desire:

 

Edited May 8, 2019 by TheOneTrueZon

[TheForgottenAngel]

What kind of knight will you make it?

[TheOneTrueZon]

I already have a magnetized IK that I usually run as a Crusader and also have a Cerastus Castigator, I was probably going to get a Canus Rex kit for the pilot and cockpit and magentize like I did for my Crusader as I have a sweet 3rd party resin kit for CC arms. One for shooting, one for chopping, one for a bit of both. 

 

Gotta have three knights, the rule of threes shall remain forever and eternal. 

Edited May 8, 2019 by TheOneTrueZon

[Brother Christopher]

Brother, how would you rate the quality of Raging Heroes' miniatures? And by quality, I probably mean the strength of the material - the sculpts are quite cool. I've been toying around with the idea of getting some, but I'm not a fan of resin and some of the models in the range seem very fiddly and brittle.

[Marshal Reinhard]

Cannot wait to see what you make out of that monster

[TheOneTrueZon]

Brother, how would you rate the quality of Raging Heroes' miniatures? And by quality, I probably mean the strength of the material - the sculpts are quite cool. I've been toying around with the idea of getting some, but I'm not a fan of resin and some of the models in the range seem very fiddly and brittle.

 

Your quite right, the sculpts are quite nice - but many of them have significant frailty issues. My opinion of RH stuff is that I'll use what I have from the 2nd kickstarter material, but probably won't revisit them. Their fantasy line is much stronger than the sci-fi stuff, as I'll probably be sticking with legit GW stuff as I do play at official venues from time to time. The casting quality itself varied from perfect to some slips that were significant enough I requested a replacement, but overall the company was relatively quick to get new ones to me (they're based in France).

 

Overall, they have some seriously killer stuff, but some of it is a hard sell to use for 40k. 

[Brother Christopher]

Cool, thanks for the detailed feedback.

 

Raging Heroes' aesthetics is indeed not in-line with what I'd expect from 40k. Some miniatures are overly sexualised, while others are too "fantasy", where armour seems to be "just" plate armour and not power armour (probably because some kits are used for both their fantasy and sci-fi line). Despite that, I've been thinking about getting some models, in particular a lady who looks very much like the Inquisitor from DoW2: Retribution, with a brimmed hat and stuff. If I recall, her pose was quite similar to that of your rogue trader.

[Bjorn Firewalker]

You have good taste.

[TheOneTrueZon]

Cool, thanks for the detailed feedback.

 

Raging Heroes' aesthetics is indeed not in-line with what I'd expect from 40k. Some miniatures are overly sexualised, while others are too "fantasy", where armour seems to be "just" plate armour and not power armour (probably because some kits are used for both their fantasy and sci-fi line). Despite that, I've been thinking about getting some models, in particular a lady who looks very much like the Inquisitor from DoW2: Retribution, with a brimmed hat and stuff. If I recall, her pose was quite similar to that of your rogue trader.

 

I also forgot to mention, if you're looking for characters Artel W has some of the best stuff out there for 3rd party. I snagged a bunch of his stuff before it got C&D'd by GW and the quality since then has only improved. Like this:

 

This is the base model I used for the Rogue Trader from RH (www.ragingheroes.com/products/huntress-s-sf):

[Brother Christopher]

Haha, it turns out that's exactly the model from Raging Heroes that I wanted to buy. Well, that's nice to see it painted ;)

 

As for Artel W, I've seen their stuff - the more moderate/toned done models are great, but I struggle to justify the shipping costs to my country.

[Brother Carpenter]

Darn. I need to block that site. What nice minis.

The knight kit looks great. Cant wait to see what you're going to do with it.

[TheOneTrueZon]

It's in the mail! Just in time for ETL....

 

Pics of the actual casting:

 

[TheForgottenAngel]

Can’t wait to see what you do with it! I’m expecting mine soon!!

[TheOneTrueZon]

ETL VOW COMPLETE

 

 

 

[Brother Carpenter]

Love the alterantive scout heads

[Sword Brother Adelard]

What are the helmeted scout heads there Zon?

[JimVandy85]

What are the helmeted scout heads there Zon?

Looks like the Tempestus Scions kit. The cloaked head looks like the one from the Wood Elf Glade Guard box.

[TheOneTrueZon]

Actually the cloaked head is from a Dark Angel kit. There's two Brettonian heads, Tempestus Scions and Statuesque Miniatures.

[TheOneTrueZon]

This just landed on my doorstep today.... Forge World Hephaestion answers the call! My crusade has some Knightly upgrades incoming soon.

 

 

 

EDIT: Link to esty store for anyone insterested:
https://etsy.me/2oIgbIQ

Edited November 1, 2019 by TheOneTrueZon

[TheOneTrueZon]

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