The recent rumours of a new edition of Epic have me excited – I'm a huge fan, and if it does come to fruition, I'd love to see how the develop it. In the meantime, I've been mulling over Legion choices. In previous editions I played Ultramarines, but this time I'm tempted by Salamanders; an army which has often been the bridesmaid and never the bride of my plans.

To that end, I thought I'd explore a bit by painting a couple of individual Marines – perhaps a Kill team – at 40k scale to get my head into the Legion and work out a paint scheme I like enough to try at Epic scale. What better place to start than with the one left over from my last false start at the Salamanders?