Black Templar chest plastrons

[Helias_Tancred]

Just curious, since those of you on here are very knowledgeable on the chapter .... One, there is no official chest plastron color for us right? Two, which color do you use on your black templars? I've used AP gunmetal and a brighter GW highlight, but I'm tempted to go a brass color?

 

 

Edit: I'm pretty strong on chapter lore (I've read everything BL has put on on them), but this is my first real go at collecting, painting, and playing Black Templars ;)

 

 

 

Edited July 15 by Helias_Tancred

[Marshal Reinhard]

It's changed a lot.  Typically it's been a metal color, like silver, gold or brass more recently. White or bone. If you go way way back you can even find a time when chest colour was meant to signify company markings, but that hasn't been since our first codex.

 

I use white, which i find matches nicely with the shoulder pads

Edited July 15 by Marshal Reinhard

[Helias_Tancred]

So it comes down to personal perference. Thanks Brother!

 

I might go with Citadel's Runelord Brass?

[Marshal Reinhard]

Don't see why not

[Brother Carpenter]

Always thought it was white after codex Armageddon. So all mine are some shade of white.

I even think in how to paint space marines it is actually mentioned as white.

But your plastic soldiers your choice 

[Helias_Tancred]

I like the bone color too with a yellowish tint, from using Seraphim Sepia as the shade on it.

 

 

Edited July 18 by Helias_Tancred

[Canadian_F_H]

I always forget about this question because so many Templars have a tabard that hides the plastron.  lol.  i would try to keep it close to the tabard color you use so that they look similar collectively.  so mine tended to be a dirty white bone color.  but arguments for contrast are valid, just not my preference.

[SWORD BROTHER RYAN]

I've always painted mine in gold/brass colors personally. I never liked the look of other colors on it, especially if that color isn't repeated somewhere else on the model itself. I use a lot of golds anyway, and seemed to fit the theory of using colors in a way that compliments the rest of the paint scheme.

 

But that's just me personally. Have a go at whatever color you desire, and if you don't end up liking it, well, it's paint. Just thinly cover over it!

[Helias_Tancred]

I did a couple of mine in GW's Runelord Brass. I like it, but I also like silver, and I'd also like to try a yellowish bone color?

[Marshal Reinhard]

I like to keep the bone for chaplains, but precious few modern chaplain models have had a typical chest eagle motif for one to use it on.