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"Brotherhood of Steel" - Sword Brethren - Finished!

The sword is an extension of your soul, 
wield it with honour and respect.

- The Way of the Sword 


Welcome back to The Art of Caesura!

I hope you are all safe and warm. We are having a cold spell at the moment in south-west Ireland. We've been snowed in for the past 2 days with no running water and it's supposed to get to -10 degrees Celsius tonight! Luckily we were well prepared and the kids are enjoying the snow days!

Well, in two weeks time we have the very exciting celebration of the NINTH birthday of The Art of Caesura! And today we are seeing the conclusion of the past month and a bit of posts about my Black Templars Sword Brethren. Let's dive in and let the photos do the talking!


I styled the Wolverine guy (dual lightening claws) kind of like a Space Wolf / viking - with his ginger hair and beard, so I gave him the fiery brazier to match. 





The thunder hammer guy is just pure brutal. I kept him quite streamlined with no extra trailing purity seals or crusade seals and I even forwent the tilting shield to remove clutter from the model and keep him as blunt as his weapon. The candles on his backpack have blown out has he runs, roaring, into his foe. 







Looking at this power mace guy now I am happy with how he turned out. His plasma pistol is one of the better ones that I've done (the glow, isn't quite as intense in the photos as it is in real life, same for the mace). I do think I could have given him a bit of a haircut. The hair I sculpted is close to what I intended, but it is dangerously close to the "Karen bob". 






This guy is armed in the same way as the previous Sword Brother that I painted to lead my Crusader Squad: with Pyre Pistol and Power Axe; he's even in a similar pose (with gun outstretched) albeit the weapons are in the opposite hands. Because of this, I chose and painted the head to be as different as possible to the previous one (shortly cropped grey hair vs. long black hair with handlebar moustache).







I really like the Castellan! While I didn't change the model at all, he has enough bojangles on the model with the skull and backpack chandelier to help him stand out against the rest of the unit. I also tried to make him stand out a bit more by introducing a bit of yellow (in the tilting shield and brazier). This was also my first time painting a power sword in this way to further accentuate his rank. I don't usually like the Conan-style head circlet (I didn't use it on Helbrecht) but I actually think it looks quite good on this guy; I think the copper against his warmer skin tone makes it work better. 







I hope you have enjoyed deep-diving into these guys over the past month or so. They have been a lot of fun to individualize and share with you!

Thanks as always for joining me! I'll see you next Friday on The Art of Caesura!


Reading: An Immense World - Ed Yong
Listening: Amyl and the Sniffers


Next Week:
Birthdays abound!
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