Black armor because its easy to paint. Red shoulders to add color, but on a limited area to keep it easy. Grey head, trim, backpack, and fists to call back to their original colors (solid grey). Debating between hand painting a lightning bolt for the chapter badge, or using the Fist decal. Likely will go with the bolt, as I hate decals.
As far as rules, I am planning on using them as Codex, with the option to swap to Black Templars from time to time.
Of course, with me being me, this is not my only project. Since I sold off my Tomb Kings a while back, I have been lacking a Fantasy army. Last night an impulse buy made that decision for me: I got the Chaos Lord on Manticore. Add that to the unassembled Chaos Warriors and Hellcannon Id socked away, and Ive got the start of a Warriors army. Now to decide which god Ill dedicate them to...
One major benefit to selling off a load of models is that it has made it feasible for me to make a master list of stuff I need to paint. So... I did.
Space Marines
Storm Fists
Sternguard Veteran Squad
6x Tactical Squads
1 Assault Squad
Razorback
Predator
Command Squad
Captain
Librarian
2x Dreadnoughts
Terminator Squad
Red Scorpions
Command Squad
Honor Guard
5 Devastators
2x 10man Tactical Squads
Grey Knights
Captain Stern
Librarian
Brotherhood Champion
5 Purifiers
5 Terminators
10 Strike Squad
Stormraven
Dark Angels
Captain
Deathwing Squad
2x 5man Tactical Squads
Blood Angels
5 Tactical Marines
5 Death Company
Lemartes
Warhammer
Chaos Warriors
Lord/Sorcerer on Manticore
20 Chaos Warriors
Hellcannon
Warmachine/Hordes
Cryx
Lich Lord Asphyxious
Withershadow Combine
2 Necrotechs
2 Scrap Thralls
Erebus
Scaverous
Wraith Engine
Khador
Sorsha
Destroyer
Juggernaught
Menoth
Kreoss
Crusader
Revenger
Repenter
Trollbloods
Maddrak
Axer
2 Impailers
Legion
Lylyth
Carnivean
4 Shredders
Circle
Kayla
Feral Warpwolf
2 Argus
Skorne
Morghoul
Titan Gladiator
2 Cyclopes Savages
Of course, this is not a list of all I own, just what I still need to work on. I decided to not limit or force myself to paint anything in particular, other then I am not allowed to add something to the list without finishing something else. Going to try to keep it to a model for model basis.
Of course, this is not a list of all I own, just what I still need to work on. I decided to not limit or force myself to paint anything in particular, other then I am not allowed to add something to the list without finishing something else. Going to try to keep it to a model for model basis.