Nice concept and nice execution Get him on some scenery and get some studio action going on

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Thanks, my mini photography is something I really want to work on. As you can see, he's not based yet, but I'm gonna be doing cityfight bases. If I can get some city photos out as good as yours on WS I'll be both surprised and delighted.

cool

For that real light I shoot outdoors with a quick eposure time.

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I really like the level of detail here, and the highlights are nice and strong. I have a tendency to under-highlight models myself.

I'm intrigued by the back story of your chapter: it starts with a very strong departure from the standard practice of the Adeptus Astartes. MAybe something of a sort of "Paladins' Creed" might be a cool sumbission either as poetry or prose?

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I have recently decided that in my case, the phrase "know thine enemy, and know thyself" is redundant. I am my own worst enemy...

Well, for the background, here's a poorly worded description from my log of this army on the Warseer forums [link]

"Basic jist:
The Paladins were founded sometime during the 33rd millenium, as a space borne chapter. They had a fairly unremarkable start, fighting and killing as marines are wont to do.
A millenium later and two captains defending a Cathadral world see some SoBs doing all sorts of funky miraculous stuff and decide to investigate. Their librarians don't know what's going on, so it's not like they're psykers, so they decide to ask one of the sisters who has a chest where a big lascannon beam shaped hole should be. 'The Emporer protects' is all she says, before running off into the melee again.
After witnessing many such occurances the captains, librarians and chaplain from the task force realise that yes, it must be the Emporer. Which would make him a god. They go home after the war is won and tell their fellow marines that the Emporer is a god.
The chapter has an existential crisis. They have a big 'arguement', but the chaplain from the task force is a pretty convincing guy with that big golden bird surrounded by electricity, and when the dust settles, he's the chapter master, and the Emporer is a God.

6000 years later the chapter's been changed over time.
There are a lot more chaplains than normal for a chapter, all preaching the message of the Echlisiastarchy.
The first company is not made of veterans, but of the most religious nutjobs in a chapter of religious nutjobs who are taken from a range of planets populated by religious nutjobs. They're all aspiring chaplains, and wear black robes. Dubbed the 'Blackcloaks' they travel across the galaxy in small squads preaching the message of the Emporer, and defending his people wherever possible.
Each company has a squad of not quite so holy veterans (but still pretty holy) who take to the field of battle in Tactical Dreadnought armour. The Blackcloaks also have a terminator squad, but they're rarely seen, even by their fellow brothers, as they are frequently seconded to Inquisitor Lords of the Ordo Hereticus.
The chapter as a whole keeps good ties with the Ordo, participating in many joint missions to destroy heretic fotresses and assassinate Arch Heretics.
They also are on very good standing with the Eclisiastarchy, unlike the vast majority of SM chapters.
The chapter is led by a council of chaplains, presided over by the Master of Ceremonies, the Chapter Master, first of all Chaplains (the funky guy with the wings for now).
The chapter is not without a semblance of a Codex command structure; each company is led by a Captain, usually a former Blackcloak who proved to be more tactically minded than religiously. There is also a relatively small librarium, since the chapter draws its recruits from cathedral worlds where many young psykers are burnt as witches.

That's it for now. As I said, I want to write it up better at some stage, but not until it doesn't read like a C.S. Goto novel."

The entire project, including a fair few models not pretty enough to be put up here, can be seen here [link]

Nice. It'd be cool, but a lot of effort, to see that written up in codex style. Also, co-operation with the Inquisitors... Boo!

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I have recently decided that in my case, the phrase "know thine enemy, and know thyself" is redundant. I am my own worst enemy...

Yes, boo, but when I have a plastic baneblade done in Inquisitorial colours, deadly.

Argh... Baneblades be scary!

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I have recently decided that in my case, the phrase "know thine enemy, and know thyself" is redundant. I am my own worst enemy...