From SimonM - "Games Workshop" Epic Black Templars - Istavaan V (36 points)

These 6mm scale plastic models of a Conqueror Robot, three Rhinos, two Land Raiders and ten Adeptus Astartes all used to be produced by “Games Workshop” as part of their now long out of production (OOP) “Epic” range. I actually acquired most of these figures second-hand, and as they had already been predominantly primed black by their previous owner, decided to paint them up as part of the Black Templars chapter.

Resultantly, they were all glued onto small “Flames Of War” stands by “Battlefront Miniatures” or wooden sticks, and given a coat or two of watered down “Citadel” Abaddon Black. I then had to decide which areas such as the vehicles’ door were going to be ‘picked out’ with “Vallejo” White, and, perhaps more importantly, whether I should try to actually pigment the space marines’ individual shoulder-pad ridges.

In the end I decided that my sanity would not survive such attention to detail, and ended up ‘simply’ applying a couple of coats of “Vallejo” White and a splash of Pale Grey shade to the armour of both the ‘Beaky’ marines, as well as the more detailed (and slightly larger) Mark VII warriors. Furthermore, alongside the Adeptus Astartes’ bolters, I determined that the vehicles would have all their weapons, tracks, handles, and hatches painted using a combination of “Vallejo” Gunmetal and “Citadel” Nuln Oil.

Only on the Chapter’s robot did I spend a little extra time giving the automaton a noticeably “Vallejo” White and Pale Grey giant power-fist. The heavily-armed machine heavy bolter and auto-cannon were initially layered with some “Citadel” Abaddon Black, before receiving some “Vallejo” Gunmetal and “Citadel” Nuln Oil. Whilst the killing machine’s eyes were dabbed with “Vallejo” Heavy Red, washed with “Citadel” Carroburg Crimson, and finally spotted with a little more “Vallejo” Heavy Red.

I believe this first of several planned “Epic” deployments during the AHPC will provide:

3 x Rhinos –6 Points

2 x Land Raiders – 4 Points

1 x Robot – ½ Point

10 x Space Marines – 5 Points

Istvaan V – 20 Points

Total – 35 ½ Points 

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Ahh, it's wonderful to see some old school Epic stuff getting the love. Wonderful work Simon!  I like that you are using FoW bases as opposed to those hideous strips they foisted on us. I scored the Robot/Dreadnaught as 1 pt, same as cavalry. Are you doing several different 'Epic' contingents, or concentrating purely on the Black Templars? I look forward to seeing more of this project over the coming months!

Welcome back Simon!

- Curt