The Second Barbarossa Crusade

[The Pounder]

A new year and new inspiration.

After my recent heresy of collecting Xenos filth I've decided once again to concentrate my efforts in devotion of the God Emperor!

I was trying to decide whether to build a Death Korp of Krieg force or Ultramarines again when I came across a pic of a Black Templar.
After a lot of head scratching I thought about it and decided to do a full Imperial Crusade that way I can field anything from the Imperial range.

So to start with I'll be concentrating on Black Templars and Krieg elements. First up will be the test model for my new Krieg regiment.

Death Korps of Krieg

Death Korps of Krieg

Death Korps of Krieg

Death Korps of Krieg

Death Korps of Krieg

Death Korps of Krieg

Death Korps of Krieg

Next up will be a Quadlauncher and crew (I'm waiting for the Templars to arrive)

Thanks for looking!

[The Black Guard]

Lovely work - he is very well painted and definitely has the kreig feel. Im looking forward to more! Will there be any custom lore behind the crusade, or will it be part of an existing one?

[Aleczander_G]

Man that's good! What did you use to get that yellow on the banner?

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Beautiful work on that rough rider and his standard.

[duz_]

He looks great! :tu:
Welcome back can't wait to see more! :D 

[Lord Raven 19]

Nice use of the tempestus banner

[The Pounder]

Thanks very much guys!

 

 

Lovely work - he is very well painted and definitely has the kreig feel. Im looking forward to more! Will there be any custom lore behind the crusade, or will it be part of an existing one?

  

 

There will be lore to come, all I have atm is the name of the Marshall and Krieg regiment (3rd Siege regiment under Marshal Marius Konstantin)

 

Man that's good! What did you use to get that yellow on the banner?

I started with XV88, over that some T’au Ochre then added Screaming Skull in the mix, finished off with pure Screaming Skull spot highlight.

[The Pounder]

Progress!

Finished the first of my 3 Quadlaunchers, was really fun to work on.
I wanted it to look like it has been on campaign hence the heavy weathering.

DKoK Quadlauncher

DKoK Quadlauncher

DKoK Quadlauncher

DKoK Quadlauncher

DKoK Quadlauncher

Thanks for looking C&C would be much appreciated.

[duz_]

Looks great love the sullen colours on the gun and the basing!

Models look great too :tu:

Are you going to consider some weathering powders on their coats?

[The Pounder]

Thanks Duz_

 

I tried to add some mud to them by brushing some Baneblade brown to the coats, it doesn’t come through on the pics!

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Beautiful work.

[Honda]

I am a Templar and I approve of this crusade :)

 

Very nice looking Krieg and I especially like what you did on the Quad gun base.

 

Play on good sir!

[The Pounder]

I've finished my second Quadlauncher, I've tried to keep it along the same lines as the first.
A trench base with an ammo container this time, hopefully it looks weathered enough to give the impression of it being out on campaign,
without making it look like a wreck!
I've added the Crusade badge to each model now, should tie everything together.

 DKoK Quadlauncher

DKoK Quadlauncher

DKoK Quadlauncher

DKoK Quadlauncher

 

I now have one more Quadlauncher to work on once I've added to the Black Templars element of the Crusade.

[WarriorFish]

Crusade badge gives them a nice bit of colour as well as tying them together :tu:

[The Mad Hermit]

I completely agree with the man.

 

The added color is nice and I do enjoy the fact that it ties it all together, as well.

[AstraGuard]

These look amazing!

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Excellent work on the quadlauncher and its crew.

[The Pounder]

Thanks very much!

 

I was a little concerned about how the Crusade badge would look against the green (last time I painted the Krieg black) I’m pretty chuffed you guys think it works.

[The Pounder]

Got the last of the Quadlaunchers done.
These are some of my favourite models in the Krieg range (barring Deathriders!) and were a joy to build and paint.
My only complaint is that there were only a few arm options. So the poses aren't as dynamic as I'd like.
With this completion I've hit my first milestone, my first Detachment for the Second Barbarossa Crusade! A small one but my first.

Death Korps of Krieg Quadlauncher

Death Korps of Krieg Quadlauncher Battery

Really happy with how this project is going and I'll be adding to them slowly.

Thanks for the interest!

[Bjorn Firewalker]

The quadlaunchers and their crews are well done.

[HallofStovokor]

Your Kriegers look amazing. I wish that I could afford a Death Korps army.

[duz_]

The quality of the paint job certainly makes up for any lack of dynamism in the models :tu:

 

What's next? :D

[The Pounder]

Thanks Bjorn Firewalker!

 

HallofStovokor, cheers, it’ll be a slow burning project for that reason.

 

Duz, glad you liked them, next up I’ll be working on the Black Templars element of the force, after that I’ll be back on the Krieg.

[The Pounder]

Finished my first squad of Engineers, I just love the shotguns they look so brutal.
I went for a less entrenched look for the bases so no duckboards etc. I wanted to give them a look of being in forward positions
(hopefully Forgeworld will give us back the Hades Breaching Drill as a transport)

These were great to work on, I even enjoyed building them for a change! I think I've finally nailed down my weathering method for the infantry at least.

Death Korps of Krieg Engineers

Death Korps of Krieg Engineers

Death Korps of Krieg Engineers

Death Korps of Krieg Engineers

Death Korps of Krieg Engineers

[GuardDaddy]

Brilliant - the quad launchers look achingly good.... I have mortars and wondering about using those models to represent them. Would they fit on 60mmm round base?