Black Templar force. WH40k

[darkhoras]

Hi everyone! 
I think, that I finally found perfect chapter :-D 

First of many Crusaders.

C&C are welcome!

[GhostMalone]

That’s nice and clean, recess shadowing on the Templar crux is -chefs kiss-

[darkhoras]

Second brother is done. Praise the Emperor! 

[darkhoras]

Slow and steady... Here are 2 more Crusaders for my BT force. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 25, 2023 by darkhoras

[darkhoras]

Forth Crusader

 

And 4 Battle Brothers together

 

[Brother Christopher]

Greetings from Poland, Brother! I like your style and really appreciate the details on the tabards - they're a nice touch. I and am looking forward to seeing more of your work.

Edited April 25, 2023 by Brother Christopher

[darkhoras]

16 minutes ago, Brother Christopher said:

Greetings from Poland, Brother! I like your style and really appreciate the details on the tabards - they're a nice touch. I and am looking forward to seeing more of your work.

Thank you, I will try to paint more and spend less time :-) Also thank you for your feedback!

[Rusted Boltgun]

Lovely looking Templars. So much to like but I really like the worn leather.

[Firedrake Cordova]

Nice work. The wear patterns on the armour are particularly nice/interesting  

[Marshal Reinhard]

Really appreciate the detailing on the flappy bits. 

 

Great start!

[Torbenos]

Like the others have said, the little details and heraldry makes them stand out and gives them personality. It'll be a striking force in no time! I in particular like the cross on second brother's faceplate. If I were to offer any small suggestion, the swords in their whole red could maybe use some visual interest. If only a pass with a brighter red on the edges or a drybrush to make the edges of it more defined.

 

Hope to see more!

[darkhoras]

On 4/30/2023 at 11:23 PM, Torbenos said:

Like the others have said, the little details and heraldry makes them stand out and gives them personality. It'll be a striking force in no time! I in particular like the cross on second brother's faceplate. If I were to offer any small suggestion, the swords in their whole red could maybe use some visual interest. If only a pass with a brighter red on the edges or a drybrush to make the edges of it more defined.

 

Hope to see more!

 

Hello,

 

Thank you for your feedback, I also like personality and additional small details, to make them individual. 
Also, I am thinking about some details on gun case and sword. Don't like pure red... Maybe some metalic chips or smth like this. Now I am working on Sword Brother and brother with Power Fist. I am planning to make yellow gun case and Power fist with some red flames. Interesting what happens. 

Also regading cross on face. I like this brother very much, but need to work on precise lines. 
 

[darkhoras]

We continue add brothers to our ranks. Special CC Brother is here.

 

Also, Sword Brethen Brother is ready to show some example.  (And Yes, I failed. This guy should be on 40mm base and not on 32mm)
 

Edited May 28, 2023 by darkhoras

[darkhoras]

Overall progress right now. 6 Parade ready Iniciates. 

 

[Firedrake Cordova]

Nice work. The change to yellow accents on the power fist marine provides quite a nice contrast, and an easy way to pick them out visually  

[Marshal Reinhard]

Love the tabard detailing and the touches like the fists flame motif

[darkhoras]

11 hours ago, Firedrake Cordova said:

Nice work. The change to yellow accents on the power fist marine provides quite a nice contrast, and an easy way to pick them out visually  

 

Thank you for feedback. Yes, yellow provides contrast + as you correct mention, it will be easy find him and not remove acedentally from the table. 

[darkhoras]

I made it! Crusader Squad is ready. I am happy with the result. Somewhere it could be better, somewhere I could paint guys different, but overall it was great experience. 

As usual, your C&C are welcome! 
 

[Marshal Reinhard]

A fine start to your crusade, brother

 

What will you be adding next?

[Firedrake Cordova]

They look good to me.  

 

Would you consider adding a fine edge highlight to the hard edges on the bolter and chainsword casings? It might just bring a little more definition to the shape?

Edited June 6, 2023 by Firedrake Cordova

[darkhoras]

38 minutes ago, Marshal Reinhard said:

A fine start to your crusade, brother

 

What will you be adding next?

Thank you!

Next one will be Redemptor Dreadnought and Emperor's Champion. 
I also already have Grimaldus and Helbrecht minis. 
I don't have any strong ideas at present moment. 

32 minutes ago, Firedrake Cordova said:

They look good to me.  

 

Would you consider adding a fine edge highlight to the hard edges on the bolter and chainsword casings? It might just bring a little more definition to the shape?

Thanks, I will think about red highlights. I agree that they ask something more.

Edited June 6, 2023 by darkhoras

[ZeroWolf]

These look fantastic  really nice work.

[darkhoras]

3 hours ago, ZeroWolf said:

These look fantastic  really nice work.

 

Thanks mate!

[Firedrake Cordova]

16 hours ago, darkhoras said:

Thanks, I will think about red highlights. I agree that they ask something more.

I think I'd try applying a 50:50 mix of a highlight colour and your base colour as a fine edge highlight across the hard edges. There's a few options you could look at on top of the obvious "light red" - ochre, orange, skin tone, and bone colours. They're quite angular, so they should be easy to pick out with the side of the brush  

Edited June 7, 2023 by Firedrake Cordova
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[darkhoras]

Honored one, time to wake up. War is comming...