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"For Glory" - Primaris Crusader Squad - Part 1

Infused with the post-human 
might of the Primaris miracle, 
these Crusader Squads storm 
into battle with bolt rifles blazing 
and Astartes chainswords howling.



Hello one and all and welcome back to another Friday on The Art of Caesura!

We've had quite an action-packed past month or so on The Art of Caesura with the coverage of KillCon and Combat Patrol. Now it's time to get back to our roots of painting fun minis. 


Today we shall set our sights upon the unit which most epitomises the Black Templars: The Primaris Crusader Squad!

Crusader Squads are unique in that they are comprised of a Sword Brother (like a sergeant), 5 Initiates (regular battle brothers) and 4 Neophytes (the chapter's new recruits who wear lighter armour but are otherwise indentical in ability to their more experienced comrades. They are kind of mirroring the idea of midieval knights having a squire who aides them and whom they train. 

As it happens, Primaris Crusader Squads are actually amazing for their points at the moment - one of the better units in the whole game by some people's reckoning! 




I have really spread out painting this unit. I painted the Sword Brother over a year before I painted the Neophytes - which came several months before these Initiates. But now, with these battle brothers done, the unit is complete! Now I just need another 10 of them to run the infamous 20-man crusader squad!

For a detailed look at how I painted these models, you can check out this evergreen post about how I do my Templar armour. If you have any questions, by all means drop them down below. 

















Before I go, I want to show you a quick tutorial about how I magnetized the guy above (with Pyreblaster / Powerfist). 


In addition to magnetizing all of his weapon options (except the Pyreblaster, which just sits snuggly in place without the need for magnets), I also magnetized his head so that he could be looking in different directions depending on the pose of his weapon loadout. 




It feels great to have this iconic squad complete, hopefully when I get around to doing another 10 Crusaders it won't take me over a year!

See you next week on The Art of Caesura!


Reading: The Lincoln Highway - Amor Towles
Watching: Yellowjackets - Season 2


Next Week:

Crusaders complete!
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