Crusaders study every aspect of the arts of close combat,
excelling in the use of melee weapons.
As a matter of dogma, they eschew ranged weapons,
believing that the pure essence of duty
is only to be found in the clash of steel on steel,
where blood is shed and bone hewed asunder.
It's that wonderful time of the week again...FRIDAY! Which means it's also time for The Art of Caesura!!
Like Servitor X-101 a few weeks ago, today we have another hero from the Blackstone Fortress expansion, "Ascention": it's Gotfret de Montbard.
This is another guy that my wife and I haven't actually played with yet, not having got to his expansion, but he looked too cool not to paint straight away. He is a great example of 40k's "Science-Fantasy" aesthetic, and would require minimal conversion to fit right into a medieval setting.
Many of the Gotfrets that I've seen have bright blue-silver armour and darker robes to contrast. I decided to go the other way and have darker silver armour and light cream robes. I did this because I wanted to see what could be done with a few smooth, thinned coats of Contrast Black Templar over Leadbelcher (1:1 Black Templar and Contrast Medium). And that's pretty much all I did for the armour with a few touches of Stormhost Silver as highlights.
His robes were equally straightforward: Ushabti Bone with two coats of neat Agrax Earthshade. I then re-highlighted up with Ushabti and then stippled on some Wraith Bone.
With the armour and robes done it was on to the details, and it is in the details where Gotfret really shines.
To give some variety to the metal, I painted some of it as copper, with Screaming Bell.
I painted the purity seal with Screamer pink, Carroburg Crimson then Screamer Pink + White Scar and coated it with gloss varnish for that shiny wax seal look.
His eye lens (and lens on his shield) started as Mephiston Red which had Evil Sunz Scarlet and Yriel Yellow mixed into highlight.
And Bob's your uncle! I'm really looking forward to bringing some tanky melee to the Blackstone Fortress with Gotfret de Montbard. See you next week on The Art of Caesura!
Reading: Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel
Celebrating: Our belated anniversary with our first night out without Saoirse in 2 years!
Next Week:
Cannon-fodder...
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