NeuronFlux Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Crusade progress gallery with all images - https://imgur.com/a/vCgfFpO I will be uploading all my pictures to the imgur gallery, and also posting here as I go. I'm very excited by the prospect of a Black Tide list (all credit for inspiration to Mordian Glory). I have a tournament in just over two months and I'm going to see how much I can get done by then!Below is a picture of the Crusade as it currently stands. I don't think the rhino, dread or terminators will make it in the list. Blender, Marshal Reinhard, Marshal Mattias and 3 others 6 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356956-neuronfluxs-crusade/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Christopher Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Welcome to the Eternal Crusade brother! You are a very skilled painter and your army looks great. Thanks for posting and sharing with us lot here. Nice use of colours, for instance the greens on your crusaders' power weapons. Good luck with finding the right key to your upcoming list and the motivation to paint your Black Templars. On a spiteful note, I appreciate the fact that I don't see any Primaris units in your Crusade (yet) ;) bolvar 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356956-neuronfluxs-crusade/#findComment-5341518 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Reinhard Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Welcome to the Eternal Crusade! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356956-neuronfluxs-crusade/#findComment-5341730 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eberious Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 I like the Crusader squad, welcome to the Eternal Crusade. looking forward to seeing the rest painted up. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356956-neuronfluxs-crusade/#findComment-5341753 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Vespasian Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Welcome to the eternal crusade! Looking great So far. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356956-neuronfluxs-crusade/#findComment-5341895 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirtySixNights Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Your contribution brings glory to the Sons of Dorn Brother. I'll be looking forward to seeing more photos. Hopefully some nice close ups of those furious crusaders! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356956-neuronfluxs-crusade/#findComment-5342016 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuronFlux Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 Today I secured a victory against an Ork Speed Freaks army (all vehicles/bikes) in a 1k pts game. The mission was Eternal War - Supplies From Above. I was playing four Crusader squads (1 melee, 3 ranged), a Chaplain (warlord), a Lieutenant, Marshal Law, cenobyte servitors and a Venerable Dreadnought with twin las and flamer/combat weapon. I held a commanding points lead for the entirety of the game. Being able to spread out and having ObSec units really helped me hold 3/4 of the objective points. My opponent didn't have much in the way of soft infantry, so I sent Marshal Law after their warlord - I lost Marshal Law, but achieved Slay the Warlord.Eventually I was able to table my opponent and clinch the victory.I'll try to get some battle pictures next time. I also worked a bit on Marshal Law today, I expect to have him done tomorrow. Here is a WIP shot of the jump pack. Marshal Mattias, Klod and TheOneTrueZon 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356956-neuronfluxs-crusade/#findComment-5342163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Carpenter Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Nice work on the jumppack. How did you do that? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356956-neuronfluxs-crusade/#findComment-5342331 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuronFlux Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 Nice work on the jumppack.How did you do that? http://chestofcolors.com/how-to-paint-osl-effect-jump-pack/ I was loosely following this tutorial. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356956-neuronfluxs-crusade/#findComment-5342388 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuronFlux Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 Finished Marshal Law. Next up I think I'll do a group of neophytes. ranulf the revenant, Bjorn Firewalker, ThirtySixNights and 4 others 7 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356956-neuronfluxs-crusade/#findComment-5342468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Good job on the Marshal. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356956-neuronfluxs-crusade/#findComment-5342613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuronFlux Posted July 7, 2019 Author Share Posted July 7, 2019 Managed to paint up five initiates and five neophytes this weekend for some various crusader squads. Sword Brother with combi-plasma and chainsword Sword Brother with combi-melta and power axe Missile Launcher initiate Plasma gun initiate Melta gun initiate 3x bolter neophytes 2x combat knife neophytes Later tonight I'll probably start painting up my Cenobyte Servitors. I am quite intrigued by the new Repulsor Executioner, maybe after my Black Tide list is done for this tournament in September I can dabble with that a bit. I'm also quite keen on picking up some of the new movement trays, as I think they will help speed up gameplay while using almost 100 marines! vossyvo 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356956-neuronfluxs-crusade/#findComment-5343416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Vespasian Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 I love Combi melta guy! Concerning movement trays: I am not sure, but I would hazard the guess, that tt combat or similar companies will be doing cheaper ones than gw NeuronFlux 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356956-neuronfluxs-crusade/#findComment-5343422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Carpenter Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Marshal law WOW that's a very nice model with a stunning paintjob. Very well done. NeuronFlux 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356956-neuronfluxs-crusade/#findComment-5343644 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuronFlux Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 Cenobyte Servitors finished Kyliadan, ranulf the revenant, Bukimimaru and 5 others 8 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356956-neuronfluxs-crusade/#findComment-5344563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Vespasian Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 They look great! Howd you do the robes? NeuronFlux 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356956-neuronfluxs-crusade/#findComment-5344564 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuronFlux Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 They look great! Howd you do the robes? Thanks! Zandri Dust, then Agrax Earthshade, then Zandri Dust to highlight again I left their robes darker than on my normal Black Templar models (they are just servitors after all, I figure they would have lesser quality robes). For my marines it's the same process but I add an additional highlight of Ushabti Bone. Brother Carpenter 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356956-neuronfluxs-crusade/#findComment-5344576 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Vespasian Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Cool I might try that on my next batch of robes. I like experimenting with different Robe colours because I figure theyd have more than one batch of robes being that they walk through Bullets on a daily basis ;) Also having a darker Robe recipe could be cool to take attention away from the models middle and have the viewer Focus on the outer parts EG arms legs head NeuronFlux and Brother Carpenter 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356956-neuronfluxs-crusade/#findComment-5344644 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sword Brother Adelard Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 They embroider them themselves. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356956-neuronfluxs-crusade/#findComment-5344667 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOneTrueZon Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Excellent work, your color palette is great - keeping a nice grimdark tone while at the same time keeping a very crisp & clean application. I'm curious to see how your Wargame Exclusive Chaplain turns out in this style. NeuronFlux 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356956-neuronfluxs-crusade/#findComment-5345146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuronFlux Posted July 10, 2019 Author Share Posted July 10, 2019 Excellent work, your color palette is great - keeping a nice grimdark tone while at the same time keeping a very crisp & clean application. I'm curious to see how your Wargame Exclusive Chaplain turns out in this style. Thank you very much! I'm actually procrastinating on the Wargame Exclusive Chaplain, it's an amazing model but I am a bit intimidated by its detail. It will likely be the last character I paint before my tournament in September. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356956-neuronfluxs-crusade/#findComment-5345244 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuronFlux Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share Posted July 12, 2019 My Crusader suffered a defeat at the hands of Space Wolves tonight! 1200 pts game, Beachhead mission with Dawn of War deployment. This was also my first game where I played only crusaders and characters! My opponent had a very melee focused army and I underestimated it, never having played against Space Wolves before. He got the first turn and advanced up the board without significant shooting. I also moved up the table, and I believe this was the beginning of the end. I was able to shoot to moderate effect, but much of his army had storm shields. I also failed three 9" charges, including with Marshal Law. At the top of the second turn my opponent easily slew Marshal Law with shooting and then charged the vast majority of his forces into my lines, decimating my units in the process. I did get a cheeky heroic intervention in onto some Wulfen, but that proved to also be a mistake (as those models fight when they die). The rest is history. Hidden Content I believe the major lesson learned for me here is to be less aggressive against full melee armies. I probably should have advanced my melee squads and spread them out to bubble wrap my shooting units. I would have at least got another turn of shooting and it may have been a closer game. Also, know thy enemy - the Wulfen were particularly vicious and I would have loved to have shot them off the table. In other news, I managed to paint up five neophytes - that brings my total models painted this week to eight. I'll be headed out of town for the weekend though (to play some 40k) so no more painting for this week. I started a tally to track my progress: I also tried out the new movement trays, I'm a bit on the fence about them. I used them for one turn, and then just started pulling them off. Maybe that was because of my casualties, but wanting more granular movement was also a factor. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356956-neuronfluxs-crusade/#findComment-5345914 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuronFlux Posted July 26, 2019 Author Share Posted July 26, 2019 The painting wall! I knew it had to come sometime. It's simply a combination of being out of town quite a bit and some other distractions. I did manage to finish off five crusaders this week at least. Hidden Content I think I'm going to shift gears a little bit though. I'm going to completely finish building the rest of the army and batch paint the entire thing at once. The efficiencies cannot be denied. I'll also be able to get in some 2k point practice games ahead of the tournament with the full list. It is a more grueling to paint this way, but I am no stranger to this technique. It does mean that the painting updates on this thread will drop off a bit (nobody wants to hear how I just finished my second coat of Zandri Dust). Thanks for taking the time to read and wish me luck! Bjorn Firewalker, bolvar and Marshal Vespasian 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356956-neuronfluxs-crusade/#findComment-5353519 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Your new Crusaders look great! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356956-neuronfluxs-crusade/#findComment-5353594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Vespasian Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Pretty cool idea to do Red skulls. The squad looks great Batch painting an entire army Sounds like a terrible grind. It will be effective for sure, so go for it of you want to. I'd propably hate it Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/356956-neuronfluxs-crusade/#findComment-5353623 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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