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"Suffer Not the Unclean to Live!" - Primaris Crusader Squad - Part 2

Initiates aim jets of fire from their pyreblasters 
or swing crackling power fists into their foes, 
while hard-eyed Neophytes fight furiously 
to prove their martial worth.



Welcome one and all to The Art of Caesura!

Last week we saw the last of my Primaris Crusader Squad - the Initiates. Now with the squad completely complete, we can see them altogether!


It feels great to have this iconic Black Templars squad finished. I've already used them in two games and they performed very well! 










I love heterogeneous squads like this! Visually, they're much more interesting than a regular Intercessor squad. Not only do they have fully body tabards and other Black Templars trappings, but just having the mix of lightly armoured, unhelmeted Neophytes, the bulkier Initiates and then the properly pimpin' Sword Brother leading the squad gives a nice visual diversity to this collection. 








The other nice element of models from a painting perspective, is that across the three model types in this squad (Neophyte, Initiate, Sword Bro) I have used every technique that I use across the rest of my force: Black Armour (obvs), cloth, leather, skin, red-trimmed pauldrons, various metal types; the squad is like an archetypal microcosm for Black Templars. 


This is the guy that I magnetized. As I mentioned last week, I magnetized his arms so that he can be equipped with: Either a pyreblaster or heavy bolt pistol and either power fist or chainsword.






I also magnetized his head so that when he's holding the pyreblaster, he can be looking in the correct direction!



The magnetizing process itself is quite straightforward, where the effort comes in is in all the extra parts you have to paint (see below) - you go through pauldrons pretty quick doing this!




I hope you have enjoyed this look at the Primaris Crusader Squad!

I'll see you next week right here on The Art of Caesura!


Reading: The Lincoln Highway - Amor Towles
Gaming: Darktide


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