Wanting to be someone else  is a waste of the person you are. - Kurt Cobain Hello everyone! Welcome back to The Art of Caesura! I hope you are all well! I'm sending you loads of positive vibes - especially if you need them today! My goodness! We're halfway through the year and only about 2 months away from the blog's 400th post! As you can see, I've been laser focused this year; both on the blog, where I have kept my sights firmly set on mustering my Black Templars crusade, and "in real life".  Today, let's take a little step back and look at what's been going on in the last few months in my life around the Caesura! A couple of months ago my parents (who live on the west coast of Canada - where I'm from) came to visit us in Ireland.  It's always such a treat having them come to stay with us for an extended period, we get to slip back into olden times when we all lived under one roof and we could have casual chats over breakfast / dinner rather

Equipped with an array of deadly grenades, these specialists provide close-range support when facing swarms of lesser foes or  heavily armoured targets. - Games Workshop Happy Friday on The Art of Caesura! Today is the eve of the launch of the 10th edition of Warhammer 40k! I am really REALLY looking forward to this! I have been avidly following much of the coverage from Warhammer Community and, as someone who is just getting back into the gaming side of things, I am really liking the direction that they appear to be going. I know that many will lament the loss of flavour that streamlining has necessitated, but for myself who, realistically, will probably end up playing a maximum of 6 games in the next year (every other month if I'm lucky) and will thus struggle to retain rules, it is a welcome change.  Anyway, today we're actually looking at a model that I painted up for Kill Team. In the painting process for this guy last week, I mentioned that I was running an Intercession S

Grudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them  before they destroy you. - Barbara Johnson Hello again and welcome back to The Art of Caesura! I hope all is well with you and yours.  After last week's mammoth evergreen post detailing my process for painting my Black Templars, today we have a nice snappy post, putting the heavy lifting of last week into action. Usually I would batch paint 5 standard duders (Assault Intercessors, for example) at a time but on this occasion I just painted one. It was a really nice change of pace because I managed to get him done from start to finish in two 45 minute evening painting sessions.  You see, a few weeks ago, I played my first ever game of Kill Team with my friend Sam. I brought an Intercession Squad (surprise surprise) and leaned heavily into Assault Intercessors. I was, however, surprised to see that I didn't have a grenadier painted up (who is one of the specialists of this squad in Kill Team). That would have to be remed

Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become - Atomic Habits , James Clear Welcome one and all to The Art of Caesura! I hope you are all well! I am a touch under the weather at the moment, but surrounded by old friends and a loving family, so life is good! Today's is a special post, one that I have been planning for ages (over a year, in fact!) but, recognizing the monumental task at hand, had not built up the courage to actually execute it until now. Today, I present for you a master recipe and process for how I paint my Black Templars for Warhammer 40k. I like to paint my Black Templars using the gritty verisimilitude of the Grimdark style. I have drawn a lot of inspiration from the work of Christof Keil (@k03rnl online). In a concerted effort to make this post as thorough and useful as possible, I have raked back through all of my Black Templars posts to try to find the pictures that best illustrate each step. So rather than seeing one single miniatu