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My Black Templar Librarian assigned to the Deathwatch is complete!

Epistolary Benedictus, Chief Librarian of Watch Fortress Sentinel IX



Super happy with how this guy turned out. Makes me think old-luke-skywalker-in-power-armor look. And I am happy with how the eyes and hand glows look.



His heraldry is painted on:

Spoiler: Lore

Humanity is slowly evolving into a fully psychic race. Most psykers are easily identified and marked by the Imperium for training, sacrifice, or extermination. But for every psyker that is exposed, many more go undetected for their entire lives. Some are only discovered well into adulthood, with their powers manifesting violently during a time of great stress or danger, often with catastrophic consequences for those around them.

Such was the case with Brother Benedictus.


The Templar known as Benedictus had served for over half a century as a sword-brother in his Marshal’s household. One fateful day, the crusade found itself outmatched and outgunned by a numerically superior xenos force. The unstoppable tide of the aliens had destroyed nearly the entire assault force, with only the Marshal and his beleaguered honor guard remaining. In their moment of defeat, their salvation manifested in the form of Brother Benedictus’ latent psychic potential, unleashing a shockwave of thunder, lightning, and raw warp energy cascading through his limbs to rain destruction on their alien enemies. When the tempest abated, the tide of the battle had shifted with hundreds of the enemy completely incinerated, and hundreds more in full retreat.

Overwhelmed with shock, Brother Benedictus fell to his knees, tears flowing with shame and begging the Emperor’s forgiveness for what he had done. The other sword-brothers, who only moments before had fought back-to-back with him, rounded on their comrade in horror. With weapons drawn, they fully prepared to carry out the Emperor’s justice and execute the exposed witch. Only the command of the Marshal stayed their blades…


In the present day, Epistolary Benedictus still maintains his exile in the Long Vigil. Prior to his awakening he was already a close-combatant without peer. He was further trained in the arts of warpcraft and of the psyker by the librarius of a steadfast brother-chapter. For centuries he has studied, fought, and rose through the ranks of the Deathwatch to become the Chief Epistlatory of Watch Fortress Sentinnel IX. Though still as shameful of his heretical powers as the day they first manifested, he chooses to use his unholy gift as a means to defend the Imperium and smite the xenos wherever they may be found.

With a few other templars:



Purge the xenos!

Spoiler: More pictures

 

Thanks!

I got a few more intercessors/hellblasters for my second fortis kill team, then I am excited to do some other teams.

 

Wow, awesome job man!

 

Awesome, just awesome!

 

Deathwatch painting progress continues, just very slowly.



Got seven more infantry in the works!

This includes my new Howling Griffon which is nearly complete, and inspired by the gorgeous one made by Damien Pedley.



His of course is a lot more beautifully painted

 

Finished up my next marine, Brother Ulysses of the Howling Griffons:



Veteran of the Tyrannic Wars, Brother Ulysses bears cybernetic implants due to his extensive campaigns.

Howling Griffons' Heraldry:





Still working on the others, but went ahead and assembled some characters too!

Spoiler: Deathwatch HQs

Bog-standard Techmarine right out of the box:



Chaplain made from a Stormcast body and reiver head:



Need to do another attempt at making the ribcage.

And a captain with arms magnetized for all the options!

 

I like this one a lot, painted very good.
I love the clean quarters on the shield and shoulder patch
Also the weathering on the 'shoes' and legs is done very well.

Looking forward to seeing those other dudes, painted.
Already looking like a lot of fun conversions.

Grrr, Imrahil

 

Thanks! I got two more painted up last night too: Brother Atticus of the Scythes of the Emperor, along with Brother Eustace of the Imperial Fists!



Brother Atticus is another Tyrannic War veteran, and has brought his grenade launcher strapped to his long-range bolt rifle



Scythes of the Emperor heraldry:

Spoiler: more pics of Brother Atticus- Scythes of the Emperor

Next up is the Imperial Fist Brother Eustace, coming to battle with a storm shield:





With his heraldry:

Spoiler: Brother Eustace, Imperial Fist

Backpack scroll:

Now I have two intercessors equipped with storm shields, easy sub-ins for kill team mace wielders!

 

Great work on those as well.

I love the possibility to field brother Eustace with a mace. Did you scratch build that one or is it from another model/range?

Grrr, Imrahil

 

Thanks, its a scratch build from a leftover plasma rifle and some wire/plastic card.

 

Job well done!!

Grrr, Imrahil

 

New Intercessor Sergeant is complete: Brother Sergeant Ah'kin of the Valedictors, Orator Third Class:



“We of the [number redacted] recognize it is our lot to be forgotten. Since before the days of the Heresy we traversed the void beyond the Emperor’s light. None living know of our most glorious victories nor our harrowing defeats. This is as it should be; for the concealed knowledge of our history is but a small price to pay for the continued survival of humanity.” –Chapter Master [name redacted] of the Valedictors.

Upon this data fragment’s discovery, the archivist servitor was subject to mind-wipe and deactivation, and the entire repository world of Secretarot XII underwent Exterminatus for the gross violation of Damnatio Memoriae.





Sergeant Ah'kin comes to us with both arms maximized, able to switch out his totally-no-xenos-tech power sword with a plasma pistol and rock double pistols, or can go full close combat and masquerade as a blackshield for battles of kill team!





Keen-eyed viewers who know my love of Mayan history will note his name is decidedly Mayan in origin.

“Ah’kin” was the title of Mayan priests in pre-Columbian times, who were in charge of officiating ceremonies, sacrifices, as well as other duties such as specializing in maintaining the calendar system, teaching, healing, advising, or divination. Literal translation is “He of the Sun.”

Valedictors chapter heraldry:



“We are the Valedictors, the Emperor’s Executioners, here to administer your last goodbye. Say farewell to your existence, for we shall be the last living beings you will ever see.” –paraphrased from Scribe-Adept 1d4chan

 

very nice work on him, especially the modularity

I love how you painted the blades

Grrr, Imrahil

 

Another great addition to your team, well done! I like the eyes a lot.

 

Thanks! Got the two last hellblasters done so now my second Fortis Kill-Team is complete:



Brother Azurion of the Rainbow Warriors, who sadly has his weapon covering up his helmet



Rainbow Warrior heraldry. I imagine these guys are leftovers from the shattered/traitor legions after the Horus Heresy who were pulled together under a single banner, uniting warriors of gene-seed from throughout the galaxy. Similiar in effect to the Rainbow Division from WWII.



Brother Pollux of the Iron Hands:



His face color scheme was inspired by the Borg, however he ended up looking a lot more like President Eisenhower than I would have expected



Iron Hands heraldry:



And a devotion to Forgeworld Ryza on his plasma power-pack:



Do note of course he has defeated at least one necron in his travels with the xeno-hunting Deathwatch

 

Kill Team Ah'kin, Fortis Kill Team of the 4th Company, Watch Fortress Sentinel IX:



Chapter heraldries:

• Bottom row- Valedictors, Angels of Vengeance, Howling Griffons, Scythes of the Emperor, Imperial Fists
• Top Row- Flesh Eaters, Space Wolves/Wild Wolves, Mortifactors, Rainbow Warriors, Iron Hands

Here is the sergeant and the intercessors with their stalker bolt-rifle variants (fewer shots, longer range, better armor penetration):



...followed by the heavy-weapon toting plasma gunners (also with the long range/high damage variant):



Still having fun experimenting with different skin tones!



Also while I was putting stuff away I went ahead and took a picture with a marine I painted up ages ago along with one of the new marines... not only has GW's scale gone up but my painting quality has (slightly) improved too!

 

Awesome work here @Warden !

 

Great work again, the forces shape up really nice.

I love the different hues of skin color

Grrr, Imrahil

 

Next two Deathwatch space marines are finished, some heavy-armored Aggressors!



Brother Apolidus of the Carmine Blades:



His heraldry is half-transfer and half-painted-on-white-blood-drops:



Brother-Sergeant Achillaad of the Aurora Talons:

Spoiler: Lore blurb I wrote for the Aurora Talons

The Aurora Talons hail from a fleet of submersible fortress-monasteries on the ice moon of Kelvin. These little-known Iron Hands successors hold a great deal of ancient equipment dating back to the days of the Heresy, and are known to place their battle-brothers in cryo-sleep during long months of space travel or in the brief respite between campaigns.

Better view of his chapter symbol and Mr-Freeze vibes:



And all three of my Aggressors together as a group, including the previously-posted Brother Luzorian of the Dark Angels Deathwing company. Looking forward to eventually constructing a full Indomitor kill-team