Hello. As you're going for a heraldic theme, it's important to note that the "rope" around the base of the antler crest is not actually a rope. It's called a "torse", and is actually two different coloured pieces of cloth braided together. Knights wore this to hid the join between the helmet and the crest. In heraldry, if you were designing a coat of arms, it is traditionally made of a colour and a "metal" (white/silver or yellow/gold), alternating. I mean, it's totally fine to paint it as a rope, modeller's choice. But if you want full authenticity it would be better as two colour twisted together. This goes for all you soon to be Bretonnian players with the release of The Old World.
Just a heads up, the Green Knight in Arthurian lore was revealed to be Lord Bertilak, already a fantastic name, and he had appeared in legend with Sir Gawain.
Sir Lance-a-little of the Vaguely Rounded Table praises the Sun and skewers heretics. 14/10 On a side note, how I dealt with a broken off weapon once: Took a tiny hand drill, drilled holes in the broken parts, insert a piece of a hypodermic needle coated in super glue. Stays fixed years after.
They are fictional. But there is established heraldry for the knights of the round table and King Arthur. Sure, its fantasy lore, but historical fantasy lore. Before becoming King, Arthurs heraldry was green field with two rampant dragons standing back to back. After becoming King, he used a blue field with 3 crowns one above the other. Though sometimes he also has a red field and the crowns are sometime in a triangular formation, or there has been multiple crowns before.
I think of Sir Perceval who had a seat at the round table that was magically reserved for him called the ‘Siege Perilous’, and I think that is a great name for a Dreadnough or some other vehicle - if you go down that route.
Love that sun. More knights! And now I have the image of a texture roller rolling through the city, making people stare after it in surprise in my head.
One thing I'd love to see for another addition is Sir Bedivere. He's always been one of my favorite members of the Round Table and was basically King Arthur's closest Knight. In some legends he only has one arm, which could serve as a great excuse to give him a gleaming prosthetic, and there's also a myth where he catches a spear thrown by a giant and hurls it back at them, so giving him some manner of glaive could be a nice touch. Overall, I totally agree, Space Marine Knights are one of the best aesthetics, and its why I can't stop looking at the Grey Knights and Dark Angels ranges, even though I already have armies in the works, and the Grey Knight range is so damn old.
I am also doing a knightly army at the moment. But they’re Stormcast Eternals and are a mix of the falcon knights of Lego castle and the templar or more accurately the crusade knights. I love how your paintjob looks and the kitbash is simple but really effective.
As someone still wrestling with NMM, I really liked how the gold turned out on this one. The color combination is a winner, too, as is referencing one of the funniest movies ever made! Good work!
These are lovely. I love stuff like this and love listening to folks talk about their stories. The kitbashes are also fantastic. As for ideas, Percival is an interesting knight I think would fit into the scout company given her was raised far from civilization and was known to make many mistakes when it came to "proper conduct" amongst knights, like not asking the right questions at the right time or knowing his place in things. It makes sense to me at least.
In heraldic legend, Arthur's iconography consisted of three golden leopards, and later included a dragon. Monty Python got it surprisingly close, and ipso facto so did you!
Love it! Definitely would love to see more Arthurian inspired space marines. They are so much fun. I love 40k special conversion armies that take inspection from other media.
You have to make a Monty Python Black Knight now - and magnetize all its limbs so that anytime it loses a wound you can remove a limb, and can say - "Its just a flesh wound"!
Randomly came along this channel looking at Dark Angels videos and I love it. I'd love to see you get a full 2000 point Arthur and his knights done. Especially if we get to see more of that amazing heraldry with the mustache. Sir Robin next, he quickly runs away runs away runs away.
I love the idea that a lot of this chapter's ancient historical records are really low quality frames and clips from old 70s/80s british films and tv. It feels appropriate considering Warhammer's heritage.
I had trouble with the swords on my Paragon Warsuits snapping off during painting as well. I worked out that taking a short length of paperclip wire (no more than 4mm) and using it to pin it where it the break occurred worked a real treat in repairing things.
For breaks like that I use a small drill bit to drill into each end. I then use a small piece of metal (usually a paperclip) and glue it into one end with superglue. I then put a little superglue into the hole on the other end with plastic glue on the edges on each part. I then join the parts, only takes a few seconds to hold and gets you a very solid connection. I have never had a part pinned that way break.
The problem I faced is that because it was one of the new games workshop hafts where it gets wider and thinner, it had broken where it was so thin I couldn't even find a drill bit small enough to get in there and leave some plastic on the outside to actually support the pin
If you’re still having trouble getting the lance to stay glued, I recently started pinning those kind of things, but in stead of a metal pin, using plastic glue and a piece of sprue trimmed to act as a pin and it ends up a lot stronger.
If you want to do something fun, Lancelot had a friend named Galehaut, a half giant Knight who once was a challenge to Arthur's rule. You could have a former Lieutenant of Lancelots who was injured, and now is Dreadnought bound, and who took the name Galehaut as he wished to serve alongside his former captain once more!
well dang, I was wondering about doing a conversion of the deathwing knights for my own custom chapter because I adore the shields and this showed me that it is possible and was fun to learn about your custom chapter. Love the ideas you have for it and can't wait to see more of it
Mordred: Black. Espionage, assasination and more covert/underhanded operations. Galahad: Purple. Ariel assault(jetpacks or flying vehicles) due to Galahad's purity, essentialy making him and his men "above" the rest. Tristan: Pure yellow. Cavalry bikes. Percival: Turquoise. Naval/Underwater missions? Queen Guinevere? Silver. Sisters of battle. Also, i'd love to see you make the rest of the knights as well as Arthur himself.
I would have to suggest pinning the lance (often seen done by Pete the wargamer). Wonderful kitbash, I look forward to seeing more additions to this army!
Hi there! Great video as usual! There is one thing I cannot leave be on your paint scheme of this model: those "ropes" on head and around the antlers would not be actually ropes on a knigt, but two pieces of cloth in heraldic colour of the knight, called Torse
@@TabletopTime I understand. I just grew up surrounded by all kinds of medieval stuff, soaking all the details and studied heraldry in college as well, so I just could not let this go. But the model is amazing as is, so keep it as you like it and continue with your great work.
So strangely enough, I started working on a chapter I've called The Fists of Avalon. But I went full into some of the weird Arthurian legends. The subsector is a series of Feudal worlds stuck within the Brocéliande Nebula, that blocks Vox communications so the Mechanicus avoids it. The subsector lies on the western most edge of the Imperium and defends the narrow Warp Corridor against Orks, Dark Mechanicus, and Traitor threats. I am going to start working on an Ork combat patrol that acts as the narrative foil of my Feudal Guard (who are chapter serfs of the Fists that serve their Space Marine lords and help defend the subsector), the Warband of Morkdred, which I am going to use AoS Orruks to make some heavily armored Orks with.
Continuing to drink the coffee after dunking your paintbrush in it is such a mood. I try to drink only from bottles when I paint, but ending up with a ork colored lip is inevitable
Lol Dave, loved the video, but what makes me need to comment is the paint-coffee. I regularly drink when glazing my pottery (don't do that, kiddos; it's unsafe! Do as I say, not as I do). Since glazes pre-purifucation-by-fire are toxic, lids are an absolute must. I recommend them for every artist that must dip brushes in any liquid. 😂
If you can get your hands on the King Arthur Pendragon RPG from Chaosium, they have the Mallory heraldry in the book. White with red cross (the Crusader cross) was Galahad. Arthur's is three gold crowns on a field of blue.
the white and gold normally comes with a splash of red in Arthurian lore, as it harks back to the red dragon that profised the comming of Arther, in Nennius's Historia Brittonum. the white and gold comes from the golden dragon on a white banner that was suposidly king Uthers (Arthers farther) banner
Since Gawain is already there, it would be a great idea to add his brothers: Agravaine, Gaheris, and Gareth, all of whom had a seat at the Round Table. Im also excited to see how you would adopt the Grail story in 40k. Percival is the original Grail knight, but Galahad, a much more popular knight, actually found the Grail. Lancelot is also a Grail knight, but because of his relationship with Guinevere, he wasnt deemed worthy to find the Grail. Galahad and Lancelot also has a weird relationship 😅
I want to see the entire chapter of king Arthur's Knights! this is such a fun Idea! The whole concept woks and your execution of it is good as well! it fits in a similar way to bloodborne and the sisters of battle.
Similar background I have for my custom marine chapter, but based it around a primaris founding chapter that came to the rescue of a knight world and to honour the household the adapted their colours of grey and red and set their fortress monastrey and recruitment in the system
This might sound weird but im really digging the upside down helmets... at 1:32 they look like a sort of kettle helm + bevor covering the lower face deal with 2 little lights or sensors on top. At least thats what it looks like to me.
I built a Space Marine Order based on Bretonians with the helmets, shields, lances, etc. like you did. Was my first Space Marines projects over 20 years ago and I restated it 2 years ago or so and now, Bretonian Bitz are available again without having to give a kidney for 5 parts...
I've been wanting to make a black templar army using bretonian helmets to make them actually look like crusaders but I was scared that I'd have to take off too much of the head dress, this video has shown me it's possible.
When you do bikers for the Shields of Avalon, you gotta replace the bikes with coconut wielding servitors!
That's an insanely good idea 😂😂
Came here to say exactly this.
OMG
Followed by a Ork squad as the French knights.
YES! But how did they get the coconuts? Perhaps an African swallow?
A kitbash of the Lion could work really well for Arthur
That would be awesome!
And I cannot move of my head a kitbash of Lion on the mount from Thalia Vedra kit.
YES!
Aren't lion tad too big?? Even if chapter masters are bigger than your average sm, they ain't as big as primarchs.
@@sanguinius1284 well yeah. But some sm vary greatly in size. Tyberos for example. But I do concede that your point is very much valid
Demi-Gryph knight pole-axed would make a good armament for more of king Arthur's bodyguards.
A great character to help lead an honorguard could be Sir Bedivere, the last knight at Arthur's side in the legends!
Hello. As you're going for a heraldic theme, it's important to note that the "rope" around the base of the antler crest is not actually a rope. It's called a "torse", and is actually two different coloured pieces of cloth braided together. Knights wore this to hid the join between the helmet and the crest. In heraldry, if you were designing a coat of arms, it is traditionally made of a colour and a "metal" (white/silver or yellow/gold), alternating.
I mean, it's totally fine to paint it as a rope, modeller's choice. But if you want full authenticity it would be better as two colour twisted together. This goes for all you soon to be Bretonnian players with the release of The Old World.
Just a heads up, the Green Knight in Arthurian lore was revealed to be Lord Bertilak, already a fantastic name, and he had appeared in legend with Sir Gawain.
Sir Lance-a-little of the Vaguely Rounded Table praises the Sun and skewers heretics. 14/10
On a side note, how I dealt with a broken off weapon once: Took a tiny hand drill, drilled holes in the broken parts, insert a piece of a hypodermic needle coated in super glue. Stays fixed years after.
"Trouble at the old mill?" Bet the Watcher in the dark didn't expect a kind of Spanish inquisition 😂😂😂😂😂
*dramatic musical trill*
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
I love the concept of their enemies encountering essentially a more dangerous order of Monty Python knights
They are fictional. But there is established heraldry for the knights of the round table and King Arthur. Sure, its fantasy lore, but historical fantasy lore. Before becoming King, Arthurs heraldry was green field with two rampant dragons standing back to back. After becoming King, he used a blue field with 3 crowns one above the other. Though sometimes he also has a red field and the crowns are sometime in a triangular formation, or there has been multiple crowns before.
I think of Sir Perceval who had a seat at the round table that was magically reserved for him called the ‘Siege Perilous’, and I think that is a great name for a Dreadnough or some other vehicle - if you go down that route.
Love that sun. More knights!
And now I have the image of a texture roller rolling through the city, making people stare after it in surprise in my head.
One thing I'd love to see for another addition is Sir Bedivere. He's always been one of my favorite members of the Round Table and was basically King Arthur's closest Knight. In some legends he only has one arm, which could serve as a great excuse to give him a gleaming prosthetic, and there's also a myth where he catches a spear thrown by a giant and hurls it back at them, so giving him some manner of glaive could be a nice touch. Overall, I totally agree, Space Marine Knights are one of the best aesthetics, and its why I can't stop looking at the Grey Knights and Dark Angels ranges, even though I already have armies in the works, and the Grey Knight range is so damn old.
The yellow and deer antlers are bringing me some Robert Baratheon vibes..
I love the yellow and white! They lend unexpected nobility to this model. And the nod to the Monty Python classic is *chef kiss*
I am also doing a knightly army at the moment. But they’re Stormcast Eternals and are a mix of the falcon knights of Lego castle and the templar or more accurately the crusade knights. I love how your paintjob looks and the kitbash is simple but really effective.
This is so awesome. I got into this faction exactly because of my love of Arthurian tales.
I play dark angels, so happy to see em be painted by a pro!
I love my Dark Angels. Have not yet cracked my DA Assault set, but love your work..
Thankyou so much
It looks awesome. I want to see something bigger painted up for the same chapter. A knightly dreadnought would be cool.
He turned out awesome! The Knights Who Say Ni had antlers too.😂
Ni
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Lovely conversion, and army concept- was pleased to see the sun heraldry from Monty Python too!
An interesting idea for a "Chapter Master Arthur" kitbash could be to use Black Templar Emperor's champion pieces
As someone still wrestling with NMM, I really liked how the gold turned out on this one. The color combination is a winner, too, as is referencing one of the funniest movies ever made! Good work!
These are lovely. I love stuff like this and love listening to folks talk about their stories. The kitbashes are also fantastic. As for ideas, Percival is an interesting knight I think would fit into the scout company given her was raised far from civilization and was known to make many mistakes when it came to "proper conduct" amongst knights, like not asking the right questions at the right time or knowing his place in things. It makes sense to me at least.
What a creative conversion! Amazing work dude
In heraldic legend, Arthur's iconography consisted of three golden leopards, and later included a dragon. Monty Python got it surprisingly close, and ipso facto so did you!
That yellow is amazingballz!! I love the throwback to the one, the only, King Arthur, that I would ever follow. Definitely need more knights.
Never played Warhammer before but I love art and dnd and I love watching mini painting. Very good looking soldiers!
Love it! Definitely would love to see more Arthurian inspired space marines. They are so much fun.
I love 40k special conversion armies that take inspection from other media.
You have to make a Monty Python Black Knight now - and magnetize all its limbs so that anytime it loses a wound you can remove a limb, and can say - "Its just a flesh wound"!
That shield heraldry is amazing! I was shocked that stuff like that can be done so well with free-hand, great job Dave.
Randomly came along this channel looking at Dark Angels videos and I love it. I'd love to see you get a full 2000 point Arthur and his knights done. Especially if we get to see more of that amazing heraldry with the mustache. Sir Robin next, he quickly runs away runs away runs away.
I've been doing an Arthurian chapter myself, this series is giving me lots of good ideas for conversions
The King Arthur's chapter is one of my favorite things in the channel :D Please keep doing them!
As a fantasy nut, I really, really like this custom chapter. All power to you, I can't wait to see what else you put together.
I love the idea that a lot of this chapter's ancient historical records are really low quality frames and clips from old 70s/80s british films and tv. It feels appropriate considering Warhammer's heritage.
I had trouble with the swords on my Paragon Warsuits snapping off during painting as well. I worked out that taking a short length of paperclip wire (no more than 4mm) and using it to pin it where it the break occurred worked a real treat in repairing things.
I want more of this! I wanna see more Arthurian characters kitbashed and painted up!
wow you nailed the heraldry, that's hilarious
For breaks like that I use a small drill bit to drill into each end. I then use a small piece of metal (usually a paperclip) and glue it into one end with superglue. I then put a little superglue into the hole on the other end with plastic glue on the edges on each part. I then join the parts, only takes a few seconds to hold and gets you a very solid connection. I have never had a part pinned that way break.
The problem I faced is that because it was one of the new games workshop hafts where it gets wider and thinner, it had broken where it was so thin I couldn't even find a drill bit small enough to get in there and leave some plastic on the outside to actually support the pin
@@TabletopTime That is part of the reason I bought some .508mm bits.
For me as a bretonnian but 40k loving warhammer fan, this army is heaven ❤
If you’re still having trouble getting the lance to stay glued, I recently started pinning those kind of things, but in stead of a metal pin, using plastic glue and a piece of sprue trimmed to act as a pin and it ends up a lot stronger.
Love the vid ,I find using a fine piece of thread & super glue helps strengthen it.
Since they have taken Holy Grail as a historical work, you need Sir Not Appearing In This Film as a cherubim.
I love the ode to Monty Python!!!! Awesome little accessory!!! ❤😊❤
We need to see a full squad of these guys converted up 😊
This one turned out amazing! Love what you did
If you want to do something fun, Lancelot had a friend named Galehaut, a half giant Knight who once was a challenge to Arthur's rule. You could have a former Lieutenant of Lancelots who was injured, and now is Dreadnought bound, and who took the name Galehaut as he wished to serve alongside his former captain once more!
Very nice project. I'm impatiently waiting for the sequel
well dang, I was wondering about doing a conversion of the deathwing knights for my own custom chapter because I adore the shields and this showed me that it is possible and was fun to learn about your custom chapter. Love the ideas you have for it and can't wait to see more of it
Love the concept for the chapter. Very inspiring ✨
The watcher in the dark mumbling about Gatorade was amazing
That's a cool concept for a conversion army. I'd love to see the whole army done! 😁
amazing conversion and paint job. Not sure I love the antlers but if they work for you than thats awesome. Great job!
This gives me some awesome inspiration for the Howling Griffons kill team I'm planning. Great stuff!
Wow! This is fantastic work man, please let me see more of the Sheilds, defo would love to see the whole lot. Thanks for making this video
This is so original and nice, keep going bro love to see the whole chapter when you done man
The emblem was the best part, I love it! x,D
loving the new shields of avelon minis you have been painting
The gatorade gremlin 😂😂😂
definitely, I would love to see more of this crazy knighty space marines ;)
Cool conversion, and would definitely like to see more like this.
Mordred: Black. Espionage, assasination and more covert/underhanded operations.
Galahad: Purple. Ariel assault(jetpacks or flying vehicles) due to Galahad's purity, essentialy making him and his men "above" the rest.
Tristan: Pure yellow. Cavalry bikes.
Percival: Turquoise. Naval/Underwater missions?
Queen Guinevere? Silver. Sisters of battle.
Also, i'd love to see you make the rest of the knights as well as Arthur himself.
I would have to suggest pinning the lance (often seen done by Pete the wargamer). Wonderful kitbash, I look forward to seeing more additions to this army!
I’ve honestly really been waiting for the Shields of Avalon to make a come back, lucky me I guess! Great conversion as usual!
Every time these videos come out, I lament that I am too busy with work to put my own 40k minis together. Looks great!
Hi there! Great video as usual! There is one thing I cannot leave be on your paint scheme of this model: those "ropes" on head and around the antlers would not be actually ropes on a knigt, but two pieces of cloth in heraldic colour of the knight, called Torse
I had no idea, it's almost a shame because I feel the splash of burgundy helps break up the scheme
@@TabletopTime I understand. I just grew up surrounded by all kinds of medieval stuff, soaking all the details and studied heraldry in college as well, so I just could not let this go. But the model is amazing as is, so keep it as you like it and continue with your great work.
So strangely enough, I started working on a chapter I've called The Fists of Avalon. But I went full into some of the weird Arthurian legends. The subsector is a series of Feudal worlds stuck within the Brocéliande Nebula, that blocks Vox communications so the Mechanicus avoids it. The subsector lies on the western most edge of the Imperium and defends the narrow Warp Corridor against Orks, Dark Mechanicus, and Traitor threats. I am going to start working on an Ork combat patrol that acts as the narrative foil of my Feudal Guard (who are chapter serfs of the Fists that serve their Space Marine lords and help defend the subsector), the Warband of Morkdred, which I am going to use AoS Orruks to make some heavily armored Orks with.
Super cool model, good job!
14:30 - Sounds like the perfect time to bust out the pin vise drill and paperclips 😉
Continuing to drink the coffee after dunking your paintbrush in it is such a mood. I try to drink only from bottles when I paint, but ending up with a ork colored lip is inevitable
Love the theme and minis!
Lol Dave, loved the video, but what makes me need to comment is the paint-coffee. I regularly drink when glazing my pottery (don't do that, kiddos; it's unsafe! Do as I say, not as I do). Since glazes pre-purifucation-by-fire are toxic, lids are an absolute must. I recommend them for every artist that must dip brushes in any liquid. 😂
This is such a cool idea for an army and I love the idea of using different heraldry and colours. I hope you do Sir Robin lol
Gosh this looks so incredible!
If you can get your hands on the King Arthur Pendragon RPG from Chaosium, they have the Mallory heraldry in the book. White with red cross (the Crusader cross) was Galahad. Arthur's is three gold crowns on a field of blue.
The antlers are also a nod to the Knights of Ni! He needs a little white picket fence on his base.
the white and gold normally comes with a splash of red in Arthurian lore, as it harks back to the red dragon that profised the comming of Arther, in Nennius's Historia Brittonum. the white and gold comes from the golden dragon on a white banner that was suposidly king Uthers (Arthers farther) banner
TTT PLEASE let there be more bits with that little goblin from the begining
Since Gawain is already there, it would be a great idea to add his brothers: Agravaine, Gaheris, and Gareth, all of whom had a seat at the Round Table.
Im also excited to see how you would adopt the Grail story in 40k. Percival is the original Grail knight, but Galahad, a much more popular knight, actually found the Grail. Lancelot is also a Grail knight, but because of his relationship with Guinevere, he wasnt deemed worthy to find the Grail. Galahad and Lancelot also has a weird relationship 😅
Loved it! Its a very fun and nice concept :D
Awesome job, well done Dave!. ❤
You had me at the Watcher in the dark
Love love love love LOVE IT!!!!!!
That intro was amazing 😂
Golden Coffee makes you more creative like Emperor. XD
I want to see the entire chapter of king Arthur's Knights! this is such a fun Idea! The whole concept woks and your execution of it is good as well! it fits in a similar way to bloodborne and the sisters of battle.
Similar background I have for my custom marine chapter, but based it around a primaris founding chapter that came to the rescue of a knight world and to honour the household the adapted their colours of grey and red and set their fortress monastrey and recruitment in the system
This might sound weird but im really digging the upside down helmets... at 1:32 they look like a sort of kettle helm + bevor covering the lower face deal with 2 little lights or sensors on top. At least thats what it looks like to me.
Grey knights gotta get this same treatment! The new deathwing are awesome.
I think everyone should agree.
We need the Black Knight as a venerated drednought. He deserved it.
I built a Space Marine Order based on Bretonians with the helmets, shields, lances, etc. like you did. Was my first Space Marines projects over 20 years ago and I restated it 2 years ago or so and now, Bretonian Bitz are available again without having to give a kidney for 5 parts...
Antlers/horns not being worn by Bertilak the Green Knight feels wrong, so you gotta give him antlers when you make him! Amazing stuff once again.
He looked freaking awesome even with the goofy Sun 😂
Ever thought about giving Grandpa El’Johnson a lion pelt?
It broke at the handle because the lance was essentially acting as a lever, meaning a slight bend would be multiplied on the fulcrum point.
love the drybrushing.
would you make a tutorial to how you drybrush
I've been wanting to make a black templar army using bretonian helmets to make them actually look like crusaders but I was scared that I'd have to take off too much of the head dress, this video has shown me it's possible.
love to see more of this and the Sa'kura Tau
the Britannin helmet in there is sweet looking!
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