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"Hate-fueled Zealotry" - Terminator Chaplain Conversion - Part 2

Welcome back to another Friday on The Art of Caesura!

It's hard to believe that we're well into October already! 

As usual, I'm sending you loads of positive vibes, especially if you need them today. 

Last week, we checked out my kit-bashed conversion of the Terminator Librarian into a Terminator Chaplain for my Black Templars. Today we'll look at the painting process of this guy. But, I did actually paint him back in May, so for detail into the painting process that I use for all of my Templars, check out this evergreen post. 


Knowing that this was something of a bespoke miniature, I was uncharacteristically thorough in my photographing of each step. I try to include the paint in the photo to make it easier to follow along. So we'll mostly let the photos do the talking. 

Above you can see the finished product, and below you can see where we left off last week...


I start by laying the browns into the crevices. 




And then add the cool tones to the armour. 









With the black armour complete, I started on the lighter elements - being careful to differentiate the parchment from bone. 












I then launched into the reds. 


I'm missing one photo here: after Mephiston Red, I cover all reds with a coat of Flesh Tearers Red then I apply Mephiston Red to the raised areas and then the steps below for battle damage. 




I couldn't totally decide on what colour I wanted his large tome to be. Starting with a mid-brown, I changed it to more of a reddy-brown.


Like the book, I was a little undecided about what colour to paint the purity seals. I settled on purple. 



And finally, onto the metallics. 




I tried to add a little visual interest to the Crozius Arcanum (seen below) by painting it two-toned: Sycorax Bronze and Hashut Copper. 


With the metals done, all that remained was his head. 




I got a local guy that I found on Etsy to 3D print a few things, including a bunch of skull helms. I spent a while trying to decide which one to settle on for my Terminator Chaplain, and ended up with this "fiery" one!


I know it's totally ridiculous, but it's ridiculous in a very Warhammer 40k way!




And with his birthday cake head in situ, my Terminator Chaplain was done!


Hell yeah!

I'll see you next week when we take a look at some atmospheric photos of this guy. Tune in then, right here on The Art of Caesura!


Reading: The Sower's Parable - Octavia Butler
Watching: Slow Horses (Season 4)
Gaming: Space Marine 2


Next week:

Looming zealotry...
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