Firstborn Templars

[Brother Christopher]

On 1/16/2026 at 4:01 PM, Firedrake Cordova said:

They came out great. The highlighting on the red is really nice, as is the OSL around the palm-mounted screen.

 

Thank you!

 

On 1/16/2026 at 4:01 PM, Firedrake Cordova said:

The holo-display is an interesting one - all of the displays in 40K seem to get painted green by GW so logically it should be green too, yet my brain is telling me it should be blue, because ... I don't actually know why.   (just to be clear: it looks fine as green, and is a neat effect)

 

Yes, you're right. I set out with the goal of doing it properly, i.e. blue. But then I went through some of GW's models, as well as the aesthetic in Space Marine 2 and figured that green is the way to go. The source of my problem clearly is the tint: I probably should've went with something more... Nurglish (pardon the heresy). I greatly underestimated how the usual way I tackle greens will work on transparent plastic, I suppose. Regardless, I'm leaving it as is.

 

On 1/16/2026 at 5:31 PM, bloodhound23 said:

Beautiful work! Highlighting looks great on the red especially. 

 

Thank you! Glad you liked it.

 

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So, I think I'm mostly done. I just need to check whether I've missed something and finish the bases and they're done.

 

Here are close-ups of some of the (minor) work I did, mostly connected with me trying to do a glowing effect:

 

Here's some light in the teleporter packs:

 

I struggled to take quick photos, without a proper setup, to catch the green tint/glow on the armour from the holo display. I hope that it's somewhat visible: note the right side of the chest eagle and breast plate, bottom edge of the shoulder pad and bits on the helmet. I'll need to redo the photos. But I'm surprised how much I like the effect in person.

 

 

 

 

And last but not least, a power and energy effect on the power fist of the floor-hating dude:

 

 

I was so childishly happy with how it turned out that I painted on some lighting effects on the lightning claws guy, too.

 

For the bases, I decided to paint the sculpted Space Hulk bases dark grey. I haven't made up my mid about the rest of the bases, though. It will either be sand and grass or perhaps I'll cut some plasticard panels to match the existing ones.

 

Overall, I subjectively feel that these are out there among my best models. Some of the results get lost in the photos; some is damaged by me not stripping the models properly before setting out to paint them. But yeah, they were and absolute blast to paint. And I feel I've learnt a lot painting these. That's why I'm also super glad about all the positive feedback so far! As always, you guys are great!

[Firedrake Cordova]

You should be really happy with how they turned out

 

I take it you just have the Terminators and not the Genestealers or the rest of the game from what you said?