"From the Chapter Keep" - Sword Brother

"From the Chapter Keep" - Sword Brother - Armour

Trust in the Emperor at the hour of battle.

Trust to him to intercede, and protect his warriors true

as they deal death on alien soil.

Turn their seas to red with the blood of their slain.

Crush their hopes, their dreams

And turn their songs into cries of lamentation.

- Codex Black Templars (4th Ed.)

Welcome one and all to another wondrous Friday on The Art of Caesura!

I want to start by saying a big happy birthday to my wife yesterday!

I hope you are all enjoying (as I am) the Warhammer Fest online coverage, we've had some seriously cool looks ahead!

Today we're completing the painting of this Sword Brother whom I've been working on for the past couple weeks. Last week we looked at how I painted his face, the week before saw me sculpt his hair and today he comes to completion.

I painted his armour the same way as that of Marshal Grymm several months ago. From a Chaos Black (for a Black Templar - heresy!) undercoat, I painted the armour with thinned Abaddon Black (also heresy!).

Then brushed on my satin varnish (Stormshield).

With the satin varnish fully dried I glazed in Doombull Brown. I focused this colour around the greaves and lower body and because of the varnish, it flowed nicely into the nooks and crannies, simulating gathered dust and grime.

Next, it was time to glaze Stegadon Scale Green onto the "upward facing" surfaces - focusing on the gorget, arms and pauldrons.

Next I glazed Skavenblight Dinge into the centre of the Stegadon areas. I also edge highlighted all areas with this colour and used it to add streaks and chips of battle damage.

I then carefully painted thin edges and battle damage with Dawnstone.

Next I glazed back in with Abaddon Black the areas that were looking too grey or blue.

I gave a final highlight with Corax White to the most prominent areas and then called it a day on the armour.

I am really loving this paint scheme for my Black Templars. I enjoy all of the colours involved, the techniques are relaxing and I'm happy with the results I am achieving. My next challenge for this army is to bring this process up to scale. I'm staring down the barrels of 10 Assault Intercessors, so it will be interesting to see if I can keep this level up while batch painting across a unit. Wish me luck!

See you next week on The Art of Caesura!

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