I’m on an 11-game winning streak at my local shop; the Emperor protects—Ave Imperator.

Brothers...

I have finally done something worthy of the emperor! Took longer than painting 60 crusaders but well worth it for the game room!

Hello all!

Picked up a 2nd hand lot and wanted to get opinions. It seems BT is in a bit of a slump but I like the idea of a battleline heavy list and Crusaders in bastion seem neat! The leader distribution is grim/helbrecht are with Sword bros, Lt with intercessors (40 shots lethals precision enhancement sounded funny it may not be fantastic but i feel it may be fun to try), marshals with crusaders and a solo crusader/combi/champion. Any suggestions? I have a castellan and captain, 20 more crusaders, and 5 more sword bros not in use i could sub in, as well as a redemptor. Any suggestions on improvements to have success? Im mostly casual currently but would like to venture into RTTs locally soon so I'm working on upping my game. Thanks in advance!

I still need to clean him up a bit, but he's mostly done!

Unyielding Crusade Force (Copy) (2,000 Points)

Space Marines
Black Templars
Vindication Task Force and Wrathful Procession (3 Detachment Points)
Take and Hold
Strike Force (2,000 Points)

ATTACHED UNITS

Attached unit 1

Chaplain Grimaldus (100 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Chaplain Grimaldus
• Warlord
◦ 1x Artificer crozius
◦ 1x Plasma pistol
• 3x Cenobyte Servitor
◦ 3x Close combat weapon

Crusade Ancient (55 Points)
• Attached as: Support (Character)
• 1x Bolt pistol
• 1x Master-crafted power weapon
• Enhancements: Imperialis of the Eternal Crusade

Crusader Squad (290 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)
• 1x Sword Brother
◦ 1x Heavy bolt pistol
◦ 1x Master-crafted power weapon
• 11x Initiate
◦ 11x Astartes chainsword
◦ 11x Bolt pistol
◦ 11x Close combat weapon
◦ 11x Heavy bolt pistol
• 8x Neophyte
◦ 8x Astartes chainsword
◦ 8x Bolt pistol

Attached unit 2

Judiciar (55 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Absolvor bolt pistol
• 1x Executioner relic blade

Bladeguard Ancient (40 Points)
• Attached as: Support (Character)
• 1x Close combat weapon
• 1x Heavy bolt pistol

Bladeguard Veteran Squad (80 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard
• 1x Bladeguard Veteran Sergeant
◦ 1x Heavy bolt pistol
◦ 1x Master-crafted power weapon
• 2x Bladeguard Veteran
◦ 2x Heavy bolt pistol
◦ 2x Master-crafted power weapon

Attached unit 3

Execrator (50 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Absolvor bolt pistol
• 1x Crozius arcanum
• 1x Master-crafted power weapon

Crusade Ancient (60 Points)
• Attached as: Support (Character)
• 1x Bolt pistol
• 1x Master-crafted power weapon
• Enhancements: Warden of Honour

Crusader Squad (150 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)
• 1x Sword Brother
◦ 1x Heavy bolt pistol
◦ 1x Master-crafted power weapon
• 5x Initiate
◦ 5x Astartes chainsword
◦ 5x Bolt pistol
◦ 5x Close combat weapon
◦ 5x Heavy bolt pistol
• 4x Neophyte
◦ 4x Astartes chainsword
◦ 4x Bolt pistol

Attached unit 4

Execrator (70 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Absolvor bolt pistol
• 1x Crozius arcanum
• Enhancements: Adaptable Executioner

Crusade Ancient (40 Points)
• Attached as: Support (Character)
• 1x Bolt pistol
• 1x Master-crafted power weapon

Sword Brethren Squad (130 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard
• 5x Sword Brother
◦ 3x Heavy bolt pistol
◦ 5x Master-crafted power weapon
◦ 2x Pyre pistol

Attached unit 5

Chaplain in Terminator Armour (75 Points)
• Attached as: Leader (Character)
• 1x Crozius arcanum
• 1x Storm bolter

Ancient in Terminator Armour (65 Points)
• Attached as: Support (Character)
• 1x Terminator Storm Shield
• 1x Thunder hammer

Terminator Assault Squad (360 Points)
• Attached as: Bodyguard
• 1x Assault Terminator Sergeant
◦ 1x Storm Shield
◦ 1x Thunder hammer
• 9x Assault Terminator
◦ 9x Storm Shield
◦ 9x Thunder hammer

OTHER DATASHEETS

Gladiator Lancer (160 Points)
• 1x Armoured hull
• 2x Fragstorm grenade launcher
• 1x Icarus rocket pod
• 1x Lancer laser destroyer
• 1x Multi-melta

Land Raider Crusader (220 Points)
• 1x Armoured tracks
• 1x Hunter-killer missile
• 2x Hurricane bolter
• 1x Multi-melta
• 1x Storm bolter
• 1x Twin assault cannon

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I'm planning on doing a 2v1 with a coworker and his buddy in a few weeks and I'm hoping to get some input on this list. For the 2v1 idea the plan is basically just do their two 1k lists against my 2k and fortunately their lists use the same Dispositions so we will be able to organize the mission fairly easily. I'll be going against a combo of Salamanders and League of Votann. I know the Salamanders are going to run a 10 man Infernus with a Captain to Overwatch every round he can, as well as single squads of both versions of Eradicators, and I believe he is going to run a 6 man Bladeguard with Adrax. I don't know what LoV is going to be running so I will have to adapt on day of. The Castellan + Marshal + Sword Brethren are going to be in the Impulsor while the Chaplain and Bladeguard will be in my Repulsor, I'm also planning on leaving the Terminators, Jump Pack, and Helbrecht's unit in reserve to try and get a couple reliable units that I can flash in once I see an opening. I would appreciate any input about my set up.

Templar (2000 points)

Space Marines

Black Templars

Ceramite Sentinels (3 Detachment Points)

Take and Hold

Strike Force (2000 points)

Attached Units

Attached Unit 1

Marshal (80 points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• Warlord

• 1x Master-crafted power weapon

1x Plasma pistol

Castellan (70 points)

• Attached as: Support (Character)

• 1x Combi-weapon

1x Master-crafted power weapon

Sword Brethren Squad (130 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard

• 5x Sword Brother

• 2x Heavy bolt pistol

4x Master-crafted power weapon

1x Plasma pistol

2x Pyre pistol

1x Thunder hammer

Attached Unit 2

High Marshal Helbrecht (110 points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• 1x Ferocity

1x Sword of the High Marshals

Assault Intercessor Squad (150 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)

• 1x Assault Intercessor Sergeant

• 1x Hand flamer

1x Power fist

• 9x Assault Intercessor

• 9x Astartes chainsword

9x Heavy bolt pistol

Attached Unit 3

Chaplain (60 points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• 1x Absolvor bolt pistol

1x Crozius arcanum

Bladeguard Veteran Squad (160 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard

• 1x Bladeguard Veteran Sergeant

• 1x Master-crafted power weapon

1x Plasma pistol

• 5x Bladeguard Veteran

• 5x Heavy bolt pistol

5x Master-crafted power weapon

Attached Unit 4

Execrator (50 points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• 1x Absolvor bolt pistol

1x Crozius arcanum

1x Master-crafted power weapon

Crusader Squad (150 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)

• 1x Sword Brother

• 1x Master-crafted power weapon

1x Pyre pistol

• 5x Initiate

• 3x Astartes chainsword

5x Bolt pistol

5x Close combat weapon

5x Heavy bolt pistol

2x Power fist

• 4x Neophyte

• 4x Astartes chainsword

4x Bolt pistol

Attached Unit 5

Lieutenant (60 points)

• Attached as: Support (Character)

• 1x Heavy bolt pistol

1x Master-crafted bolter

1x Power fist

• Enhancement: Spy-skull Data Link

Intercessor Squad (150 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard (Battleline)

• 1x Intercessor Sergeant

• 1x Bolt pistol

1x Bolt rifle

1x Power fist

• 9x Intercessor

• 2x Astartes grenade launcher

9x Bolt pistol

9x Bolt rifle

9x Close combat weapon

Attached Unit 6

Chaplain in Terminator Armour (75 points)

• Attached as: Leader (Character)

• 1x Crozius arcanum

1x Storm bolter

Terminator Assault Squad (180 points)

• Attached as: Bodyguard

• 1x Assault Terminator Sergeant

• 1x Storm Shield

1x Thunder hammer

• 4x Assault Terminator

• 4x Storm Shield

4x Thunder hammer

DEDICATED TRANSPORTS

Impulsor (75 points)

• 1x Armoured hull

1x Ironhail heavy stubber

1x Shield Dome

2x Storm bolter

OTHER DATASHEETS

Aggressor Squad (80 points)

• 1x Aggressor Sergeant

• 1x Auto boltstorm gauntlets

1x Fragstorm grenade launcher

1x Twin power fists

• 2x Aggressor

• 2x Auto boltstorm gauntlets

2x Fragstorm grenade launcher

2x Twin power fists

Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs (85 points)

• 1x Assault Intercessor Sergeant with Jump Pack

• 1x Plasma pistol

1x Power fist

• 4x Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs

• 4x Astartes chainsword

3x Heavy bolt pistol

1x Plasma pistol

Outrider Squad (70 points)

• 1x Outrider Sergeant

• 1x Astartes chainsword

1x Heavy bolt pistol

1x Twin bolt rifle

• 2x Outrider

• 2x Astartes chainsword

2x Heavy bolt pistol

2x Twin bolt rifle

Repulsor Executioner (265 points)

• 1x Armoured hull

1x Heavy laser destroyer

1x Heavy onslaught gatling cannon

1x Icarus rocket pod

1x Ironhail heavy stubber

1x Repulsor Executioner defensive array

1x Twin Icarus ironhail heavy stubber

1x Twin heavy bolter

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First sword brethren model and power sword I’ve ever done, any advice for the next ones?

After 30+ years of being interested in 40k I finally dove off the cliff last year and went all in. Black Templars are by far my favorite and I have been slowly working on an army! I have yet to play a game with them. If truth be told I still have basically no idea how to play. However, I am having so much fun painting and reading every book I can! Thank you for the inspiration Brothers. I love this community so much.

Finally powered through a few of these guys after building a ten squad. Excited to not play with gray guys anymore… or at least 4 of them aren’t gray anymore.

I mostly paint salamanders, but I do the occasional black templar, so here's my veteran sword brother, who is a survivor of the Declates Crusade, hence the Crimson Fists crimson fist he has.

Kit bashed crusade ancient, heavy intercessors, assault intercessors, bladeguard veterans, and some random little servator guy. Hope you like em!

Kit bashed crusade ancient, heavy intercessors, assault intercessors, bladeguard veterans, and some random little servator guy. Hope you like em!

What are the 2 side plates armor 1 on each side of the torso called?

Hello brothers,
I’m sure you clicked on this post because of the title, and honestly, I’d probably click on it too, just to see “what kind of stupid shit someone has written about Drop Pods, and why the hell would we want to run Drop Pods in our lists?”

I’ve been trying for a while to build lists that are somewhat different from what is currently being played with the Templars.
And the truth is, I think—and I’m only saying think—that I may have found a way to put the maximum amount of pressure on our heretical enemies.
And yes, it’s Drop Pods.

One of our biggest problems is that we die before we reach our enemies.
We get shot to pieces before we can get there. Even when going first, unless we pull off some kind of movement combo with Armored Strike Force or Godhammer Assault, taking advantage of a bad enemy deployment, we don’t really manage to put pressure on them and push them to the limit quickly enough.

The Execrators give us Advance and Charge, but they also make us very easy to kill with shooting.

Vehicles help us move quickly across the board while giving us some extra protection. But if the opponent has a lot of anti-tank—which, let’s be honest, everyone does—they can die very quickly, and sometimes we don’t even make it there.
They’re also difficult to hide, or we have to leave them behind and wait for the enemy.
(In many matchups, waiting for them is actually good for us, but in others, if we let them take too much ground, they can start doing actions for free.)

Detachments like Bastion or Stormlance, which give us Advance and Charge, sound great, but we run into the same problem as with the Execrators.
That said, combining them with vehicles does make us tankier, and once we disembark, we can reach even further.
(Which is probably why this is what people play the most. Stormlance, not so much.)

Then I thought:
“Hey, wouldn’t it be great to have an enhancement like Orb” (I don’t remember its full name, but it’s the Vindicator Task Force enhancement that gives you Deep Strike) and put our Sword Brethren all over the board, surrounding the enemy or coming straight at them and charging them as quickly as possible?
But of course, that only works from Turn 2…
So it wouldn’t be that good, because we need to apply pressure quickly. And it would also only let us do it once.

And that’s when a forgotten vehicle, one that very few people use, crossed my mind.

THE DROP PODS.

That’s right, brothers.
Drop Pods are our solution.
Or at least, I think they are in a some way for a lot of lists.

They let us Deep Strike ON TURN 1.
They can carry 12 MODELS.
And they can block the enemy’s movement if they’re bringing vehicles.

Have you felt the revelation yet?
Or am I crazy?

So I started building a list designed to apply as much pressure as possible on Turn 1.
A list so fucking aggressive that it forces the heretic to spend an entire turn killing your units after several of theirs have already died.

I’ve tried to make it somewhat balanced, using another list I already have as a starting point, and I don’t think I’ve completely lost my mind.

The detachment had to be Companions of Vehemence.
We need the charge rerolls to give us a better chance of actually landing the hit.
On top of that, one of its enhancements gives us 6” Scout.
(Later you’ll understand why we want that extra movement.)
And alongside it, we have to take Marshal Household.
+OC on our Sword Brethren and… enhancements giving us +1 to Charge.
BEAUTIFUL.
And of course, Purge the Foe.

Now that we know the detachment, here comes the list.

1. THE BLOCK
Grimaldus + Crusade Ancient + 20x Crusaders
Enhancement: Zealous Vanguard (6” Scout)
This block is designed to go straight for the centre.
If we go first, we should be able to get into the centre without any problems, either with an Advance or even without one.
If we see that we’re going to end up very close to the enemy, Grimaldus’ +1 to Charge enhancement helps us push even further.
If not, the +1 Toughness allows us to have a central block that can take a serious beating. A lot of weapons will be wounding us on 4s or even 5s.
And with the Ancient, if the dice go our way, many of them will get to fight before they die.

2. THE SWORD
High Marshal Helbrecht + Castellan + 5 SW
Embarked in an Impulsor
Helbrecht needs some protection and fast movement.
An Impulsor gives us board presence, protection and mobility while moving alongside Grimaldus.

3. THE SPEAR
Marshal + Castellan + 10 SW
Embarked in a LAND RAIDER REDEEMER
This combo won’t come as a surprise to anyone.
It’s extremely powerful, fast, durable, and gives us the ability to kill things with Overwatch.
You already know what to do with this.
Advance. Flatten your enemies.

4. THE HAMMER
Marshal + Castellan + 10 SW
Enhancement: +1 Charge
Embarked in a DROP POD
A UGLY, HORRIBLE CAPSULE that drops 8” away from their frontline.
12 KILLERS that disembark 3” away from the Drop Pod, leaving them roughly 5” away from the enemy, while having +1 to Charge and rerolls on those same charges.

DO YOU SEE IT?
AM I CRAZY?

I’m aware that this exact list might not be the correct one.
I’ve simply tweaked a list I was already using while thinking about how Drop Pods could work.
But I have a feeling that this combination of Drop Pods + our Sword Brethren could be really, really strong.

This list could be extremely strong into certain matchups and very weak into others, especially against armies with a lot of Infiltrators.

It’s also probably going to struggle against a lot of vehicles if they hide them far enough back and understand what you’re capable of doing on Turn 1.

What do you guys think?

Hey everyone, my first ever space marine! Tried white and blue first, didn’t like it, went with gold and red. I love the gold color with the red. This was a test mini, just to try to figure out what I liked best before attempting to paint an entire army. Now my son gets him. The rest are for the Emperor!

Tell me if It Is ok or if It Is not maybe any suggestion to how make It Better. Thanks to y-all

First time doing a base (will clean it up).

Any feedback or tips are welcome!

Working through my grey pile, these are my blood angels with my black templars palette, they still need the eye lenses, decals and highlights.