Firstborn Templars

[Crusader Reborn]

Nice apothecary, face, buttons and purity seals are detailed well. 

You're Templars make me nostalgic.

 

I would only council that you thin out the paint works a tad on the white. A wet pallete and some medium perhaps for the future.

 

 

[Brother Christopher]

@WAR and @Dr_Ruminahui Thanks, much appreciated!

 

17 hours ago, Crusader Reborn said:

Nice apothecary, face, buttons and purity seals are detailed well. 

You're Templars make me nostalgic.

 

Thanks! I think that nostalgia is the main driving force between this long-overdue project.

 

17 hours ago, Crusader Reborn said:

I would only council that you thin out the paint works a tad on the white. A wet pallete and some medium perhaps for the future.

 

Thanks for the advice. Actually, I've already been attempting to do what you suggested but, admittedly, this was my first try at painting white model. I'll see how it works out for a Primaris heavy Apothecary.

 

However, I think that the apparent thickness/chalkiness of this particular model comes from the texture of the metal (or age of the mini or poorly stripped paint) - I felt that I did a good job at thinning the paint but ended up with what I have. But, as I mentioned, a true test will be when I get around to painting a new, modern miniature.

[Crusader Reborn]

I know the pain.

I learned to work my whites up from brown, through bone to finally white. Adds depth to the white. It also layers so rougher miniatures will look smoother. Takes longer obviously but it depends on the results you will be content with.

[Brother Christopher]

The progress train is slowly leaving the RETRO STATION but not quite yet.

 

Firstly, I think, the oldest model in my collection, a random flamer marine from a bygone era:

 

 

And a custom count-as bladeguard veteran, based on a kitbash using metal vet parts, as well as some green stuff (the cloth on the shoulder pad) and a DIY plasticard shield on the backpack. I painted this model long ago but he needed an upgrade. I decided not to strip him completely and settle with an attempt to 'improve' the original paintjob (for silly reasons — call it nostalgia — I decided not to remove paint from my old models, especially those that did well in games) - so I touched up the tabard, tried to refine the lines and replaced a bolt pistol that was utterly ruined with glue with a metal plasma pistol (I think, from a Sicarius model).

 

 

I think I'll need to revisit the lines on the helmet; seeing them in the photo, I'm not particularly pleased with the result.

 

 

The shield, however, turned out surprisingly dope!

 

 

Some old freehand - a homage to Geralt of Rivia.

 

[TheArtilleryman]

4 minutes ago, Brother Christopher said:

The progress train is slowly leaving the RETRO STATION but not quite yet.

 

Firstly, I think, the oldest model in my collection, a random flamer marine from a bygone era:

 

 

And a custom count-as bladeguard veteran, based on a kitbash using metal vet parts, as well as some green stuff (the cloth on the shoulder pad) and a DIY plasticard shield on the backpack. I painted this model long ago but he needed an upgrade. I decided not to strip him completely and settle with an attempt to 'improve' the original paintjob (for silly reasons — call it nostalgia — I decided not to remove paint from my old models, especially those that did well in games) - so I touched up the tabard, tried to refine the lines and replaced a bolt pistol that was utterly ruined with glue with a metal plasma pistol (I think, from a Sicarius model).

 

 

I think I'll need to revisit the lines on the helmet; seeing them in the photo, I'm not particularly pleased with the result.

 

 

The shield, however, turned out surprisingly dope!

 

 

Some old freehand - a homage to Geralt of Rivia.

 

Love these! I used to have that flamer guy once upon a time. The nostalgia is flowing …

[Rusted Boltgun]

Love that shield!

[Firedrake Cordova]

They look great - the freehand on the shield came out really well

 

Maybe it's just nostalgia, but I do love the old flamer design ...  

Edited June 24 by Firedrake Cordova

[Brother Christopher]

After a long, loong hiatus, I'm sort of kind of back. My project for the the rest of the year is a little lifting/fixing/updating of my old works (many dating back to the very beginning of my painting) and/or models that got bits replacements and updates.

 

Here's the first batch of updated models:

 

 

 

And here are the before pics:

 

 

And some close-ups:

 

 

And here's probably the biggest upgrade :D The original face was from the second stage of my painting, the first batch after my first attempts at painting the Assault on Black Reach marines.

 

 

While definitely not my best works, I feel like I managed to fix and update the models more or less to my current standard for this project. I do hope that you'll enjoy these silly updates of my ancient paintjobs on my rubbish Marines.

 

Surprisingly, I found the process extremely enjoyable. I felt "in the zone" and not at all frustrated with fixing highlights on models that I'll probably never use. This was an amazing feeling that also reassured me that despite my bickering, I really love my squat Templars.

[Firedrake Cordova]

Always nice to see Firstborn models getting some love, especially that metal Apothecary.  

 

They look great in the group shots, and that's one heck of an improvement on the face!

[Brother Christopher]

Thanks for the kind words! I assure you that somehow they look better in person. Sure, it's not inspired work but I feel that I managed to upgrade the minis. Even though I don't really feel like reworking them (I think I'd prefer to move on and focus on my Primaris and boardgames models), or even finishing my Templars, I'm convinced that finalising the Crusade is the right thing to do.

 

So for the next couple of weeks, I'll be in a strange place - a hobby limbo - but after that, I'll only have the last models to paint and be able to say that I have finished my army.... I'm just about 12 years too late.

 

 

On 11/14/2024 at 9:38 AM, Firedrake Cordova said:

especially that metal Apothecary

 

For whatever reason, I'm very fond of this guy. Having said that, I'm super glad that I only have one more metal model to paint (and not many to rework). I can't stress this enough: I'm in a love-hate relationship with pewter miniatures; they're oldschool, characterful and 'especial' but they're a pain in the neck to paint.

[bloodhound23]

We need to get our squat 3e-inspired armies together!

 

You inspire me to finish mine also, roughly 8 years later. 

[Terminatorinhell]

I'm always happy to see new stuff in one of my favorite threads. It really make some wanna start my box of primaris sword brethren and crusaders.