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Hello! I'm starting a plog for my nascent Emperor's Children army!! This summer, I'll have a lot of warhammer stuff to do which is awesome (especially with that 3rd ed boxset!! Mk II is my fav!!) and I have already very nearly fully painted a miniature (see below) and I am very satisfied with the scheme!! <lore section> I'm not sure anyone is interested in the pages of lore I have on these guys, so to summarize, the 28th Millennial is essentially "what if the Iron Warriors were purple?". When the Emperor's Children stopped exclusively fighting alongside the Luna Wolves, the 28th was soon assigned to battle alongside multiple Grand Battalions of the IVth, and was struck with the ambition to surpass the sons of Perturabo in their own specialty of siege warfare. Initially, even though they were trying to emulate the Iron Warriors, the 28th was distrustful of automata, only employing them in small groups, and rarely. However, Fulgrim soon received word of how the 28th had developed, and was not pleased with their high casualty rates: for the Phoenician, maintaining the Legion's numbers was absolutely paramount. To appease him, the 28th began inducting large amounts of automata into their ranks to act as expendable siege-fodder. However, the 28th slowly came to regard these Mechanicum troops as valued battle-brothers, appreciating the perfection that a finely calibrated machine could achieve. Commander Paitux, leader of the 28th Millennial, was covertly informed of the Horus Heresy before it would start, and stood very firmly alongside his Primarch. At Istvaan III, the Millennial would start barrelling down a path it could scarcely come back from... </lore section> Anyways, here's my nearly-finished Techmarine, Ornest Redlos, who was made a techmarine a few years before the Heresy, and received a suit of Mk IV armor when he went to Mars for his training. Before the Siege of Mykana (c. 003.M31), Mk IV power armour was a rare sight in the 28th, who often operated far from resupply ships and among which many stubbornly clung to their tried-and-tested Mk II and IIIs. I'll take some more professional-looking pictures once it's all done (tomorrow I'll receive my Microset and Microsol so I can apply transfers, then I'll do weathering, then I'll varnish!!)

"Milites! cur pugnamus?" "nam Imperator populusque humanity!" "filii Imperatore! mors inimicos eius!" - Coms excerpt from 95th company during compliance of 1929-27. High Gothic was the standard battle tongue of the 10th Millennial. "I am my father's son. His shadow weighs a ton" - unknown Terran philosopher, 3rd millennium. Chapter Master Karonghyontye stared out from the balcony, drinking in the views from the fortress monastery. His captains had left, the cheers and their acclaim still ringing in his ears, following his confirmation as the new master of the Red Eagles. His reverie was broken by the polite cough of the Chief Librarian, standing in the shadows. He approached Karonghyontye and produced a stasis tube containing a battered, old book. “Again, congratulations my lord. I’m afraid to puncture the moment of your ascension but I must divulge to you the true history of the chapter that you are to lead…” +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ In the closing decades of the Great Crusade the 1929th expedition was sent on a long term mission to achieve the compliance of Wagar's Reach. The reach was home to numerous advanced xeno species and lost human worlds. Such an undertaking required significant fleet, army and legion power including: - 3rd Legion, 10th Millennial - 8th Legion, 5th Chapter - 13th Legion, 22nd Chapter - and 15th Legion, 60th Company. Warp unrest in Wagar’s Reach meant that the tumultuous Post-Ullanor events of the late crusade passed the 1929th by. Only upon it’s triumphant return to imperial space, did we become aware of the storm brewing in the galaxy. - “The Betrayed Phoenix.” By Sergeant Ali Pasha 95th Company, 10th Millennial, 3rd Legion Lord Commander Joseph Brant “The Red Eagle” was elected leader of the expedition. He was a Terran veteran of the Unification Wars, well regarded by our cousins of the other legions but less so by the Primarch. Brant’s assignment to the 1929th was a welcome exile from political foes like Lord Commander Primus Eidolon. On the eve of our return to imperial space, 10th Millennial stood approximately 3000 strong in 4 battalions of 5 companies. 91st-100th and the 391-400th companies. We of the 95th were a veteran line company, unbroken by the horrors of the crusade; but the news of our legion’s betrayal shook us to the core. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Thus begins the third incarnation of this army. I've been playing since 2nd edition and got into heresy when the card game came out and we had no forgeworld models. The first version was a cobbled together affair, the second with actual rules and to completion. And then came truescale. I'd been aware of the different methods for years and idly had a go one day. This may have been a mistake as now I'm retrofitting the whole 95th company. My test model and new scheme after the KizzDoggs method. It's so shiny! The fruits of the truescale efforts. Using the primaris as a base with heresy parts, and some greenstuff, produces some nice results.

Well, it's been an awfully long time since I've posted anything of my own, but I'm starting to get a bit more time available for the hobby now. This log is most likely going to be updated sporadically and the background of the force is only vaguely sketched out in my mind, so fluff may be a while in coming. Nevertheless, welcome to my new project log for that most brutal and unrelenting of legions - the Iron Tenth. I leave with you with the first eight members of a Seeker squad, though they are awaiting a fresh shipment of combi-plas with which to destroy the traitor foe:

Welcome to the start of a project I’ve been brewing for the past 3 years in the back of my mind. This project is an attempt to bring the Visage of the Visions of Heresy 1st Legion to the tabletop. Above is my first proof of concept images, a decade ago when I first joined the Bolter and Chainsword I was an avid Horus Heresy Fan and was always rushing any ideas I had without taking time to really indulge my creativity, this time after a massive Hiatus I decided to look back on my fondest memories of the hobby and bring something from my childhood into the community, my beloved First Legion and Sons of the Lion. I welcome you to join me on this adventure of recreating a beloved army and concept of the angels of Death and the emperors first. We will be diving into Abrahamic lore and naming conventions and going to be setting many rules for the project in order to expand my potential and force me to learn new skills. Till the next update…