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Greetings frater of the AoD! So after quite a while roaming around the forums, ocassionally contributing and rarely posting any of my projects, I've decided to take the plunge and finally start a thread for my projects regarding the Horus Heresy. The main project is an Imperial Fists "narrative" army, mainly following the story of the 81th Company from the void engagements of the battle of Phall to the desperate defense of the Siege of Terra, reaching to its maddened aftermath. Although some units might have a single iteration, I intend to show the progression of some characters and units through the turmoil and events of the Heresy, be it in the fluff or in miniature form (maybe both). It might also include elements from other legions or armies that join them in their battles, but the Fists should and will be the core of it. Occassionally, however, I might show individual pieces that I might fancy doing, little snippets or scenes from various points in this vast conflict. It might go from a single miniature, to a unit, or a small diorama or scene. For now, I will just dump some pictures of different miniatures and units I have at different stages of progression, from early WIPs to finished miniatures (there are very, very few of them, I must say ). Most of them have some degree of fluff associated, but it is mainly inside my head and I usually can't be bothered to write it down (which is something I intend to change, although being a non-native English speaker might make it a bit complicated ). Maybe hearing your thoughts or opinions might help me find motivation and ideas to finish my ideas, since I tend to start building miniatures or thinking fluff for them just to leave it unfinished for months/years . So, without further delays, my humble dump of pictures, with some anotations to them (to give some insight, but also to keep the mistery where needed): Second squad of the 81th Company, under the command of veteran sergeant Raimund. http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w490/Risollano/00b2347f-6a43-48cc-bd8e-279fcc9b55ba_zpsestwanar.jpg http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w490/Risollano/8d765384-e274-4455-acb7-ef8261b3c647_zpszodobr87.jpg http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w490/Risollano/20160815_121522_zpsa5o4k3ra.jpg Master of signals, first lieutenant of the 81th Company and commander of the frigate Herald of Liberation, Loctar Dibarion. http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w490/Risollano/Warhammer/Dibarion/1. Front_zpsc8gff9lg.jpg Captain of the 81th Company and member of the Templar Brethren, Caelon Gerhild. http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w490/Risollano/19622257_1449706305097094_1937353334_n_zpsztogvflm.jpg The Siege Breaker. http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w490/Risollano/19622587_1449706495097075_1601353725_n_zpsxc2q0hfu.jpg [http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w490/Risollano/19551155_1449706468430411_712956650_n_zpsrlgmkg3j.jpg A tired man goes to war. http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w490/Risollano/60ef1047-80cc-4b2c-8867-2d330a46796e_zps5prwtin6.jpg I'll be adding more pictures in the following days, still have to take updated pics of some of the miniatures, and recover those from a while ago. I'll also try to start to post some of the ongoing WIPs to ask for the wise advice of this board. Fluff will be added sporadically.

Command Report Neptune Section 75 Praetor-Secundus Gharael My Lords, our situation is dire. Hab-block Alpha-Centauri 7 edges on the precipice of death. Although scattered, the sons of the Arch-Traitor have mounted a fierce offensive. Several elements of the Palace 17th Armoured have defected. Although most of their motorpool was destroyed before this, they still pose a threat to our outposts. Our forces are depleted. (See attachment): -36 Tactical Brothers -23 Veteran Brothers -3 Dreadnoughts -18 Suits of Cataphractii and Indomitus Pattern Tactical Dreadnought Armour -2 Spartan Assault Tanks (1 Immobilized near our frontlines) -63 Troopers of the Palace 17th Armoured Regiment -6 Leman Russ Battle Tanks -4 Sentinel Scout Walkers -5 Basilisk Artillery Tanks -2 Dracosan Armoured Transports We request immediate reinforcements. Alpha-Centauri must not fall. [Pict Attachments] Praetor-Secundus Gharael. Former Huscarl seconded to 642nd Company Command.

So as part of the current IF challenge being held in the IF forum i have finished the start of a small Siege of Terra force, and thought i should post it down here for you all. This army started out as a idea to do a kill-team based on one of the ones in Saturnine (which if you haven't read is great), and i settled on the one lead by Garro. While this plan was a starting point i have soon started adding more models which don't quite fit into a ZM ideology, so the currant plan is to do a 2500 point centurion list and then start adding vehicles, and as such i am currently halfway there with the first 1250 points: Breacher squad 1 Breacher squad 2 Terminators Dreadnought Apothecary Delegatus Champion And finally a group shot of them all: Next up in the painting table is a 15 man Phalanx warder Squad, a 5 man support squad, and Garro himself which will bring it up to 2000 points. After that i will do a 10 man autocannon heavy support squad, and 3 quad rapiers. Following that a Caestus assault ram (for the terminators) a rhino (for the support squad) a defense line (for the heavy support) and a Sicaran Arcus (for the lol's). This will have me at 3000 points if i don't use Garro, and my plan then is to add some White Scars and some Blood Angel allies. Hope you like them and any comments and criticism is gratefully received. For Dorn and the Emperor!

I managed to snag a load of the new mk III marines, which I’ve fallen in love with. They don’t really fit in with the Thousand Sons I’ve already painted so I decided to start a second proper Legion with them. I've always been a big fan of the VIIth legion, so decided to do a Terran themed force (I’ll be adding some Custodes and Solar Auxilia in time to come). I’ll get round to figuring out some fluff but decided to add as much Templar themed iconography as possible as I love them in 40k Here’s a tester I’ve done for a Tactical Sergeant. He started off with a yellow chest plate and helmet, but felt it needed something to make it pop a little more, so painted the torso black instead. I’m unsure whether to do this for the entire force or just Sergeants and Veterans, maybe just do some vambraces or greaves black, will see how I get on as I go along. I’m also in the process of finishing up Fafnir Rann (because why not) and just started the first 5 tactical marines to go with my Sergant. Also, to finish the figure off I bought a load of Unreal Wargaming Sacred Ruins bases. They’re absolutely gorgeous, so will defo be getting some more soon. So yeah, here’s a pic of the sergeant before I changed the torso, and him completely finished. And c&c’s are most welcome!

These images shall be the grand opening of my blog. I finally managed to finish the Eradicators from Indomitus box. I'm trying to get more marines painted as we come closer to 10th edition and the release of another (pretty massive) box set.

Hi all, discussing potential lists with an opponent and he believes if he takes polux and uses his void commander rule to give all models in a unit he joins deepstrike, this would also give it to any dedicated transport that the unit had. So potentially deepstriking landraiders. Now apart from being ridiculous, my interpretation is that the dedicated transport isn't part of the unit, it just carries them. That being said, GW does have previous form. So what say you brothers?

Rogal Dorn’s Auric Armour special rule: “No attack may wound Rogal Dorn on better than a 4+ regardless of its Strength or special rules.” Having just gone back and looked again, I think I’ve been reading that wrong and playing it as the equivalent of Transhuman - so any wound roll of 1, 2 or 3 fails. RAW, does that actually mean that any wound roll of 4, 5 & 6 fails? In effect, a reverse Transhuman, if you will? If that’s true, because he’s T6, does that mean he can only be wounded by S7 and up weapons?

I had a thought - in the fluff, we hear quite a bit that Imperial Fists favored Indomitus terminator armor during the heresy, and it absolutely true that the VII Legion has quite a few toys to play with when it comes to vanilla terminators, but after reading Praetorian of Dorn I had a brain-blast in terms of a new Imperial Fists-specific terminator squad. I'd love to get your input! Also, apologies in advance if this isn't the right place for this - mods, please feel free to move if needed! -- Imperial Fists - Huscarl Terminator Squad The elite warriors of the Primarch Rogal Dorn’s personal bodyguard, Huscarl Terminators were equally at home wading into the thick of battle with sword and shield as they were overseeing the fortification of the Imperial Palace in the days leading up to the Siege of Terra. Huscarl Terminator Squad - 270 Points WS 5 / BS 4 / S 4 / T 4 / W 2 / I 4 / A 2 / Ld 8 / Sv 2+ Huscarl Terminator Castellan WS 5/ BS 4 / S 4 / T 4 / W 2 / I 4 / A 3 / Ld 9 / Sv 2+ Unit Composition – 4 Huscarl Terminators, 1 Huscarl Terminator Castellan Unit Type – Infantry Wargear – Indomitus-Sol Pattern Terminator Armour, Vigil-Pattern Storm Shield, Power Weapon Dedicated Transport – A Huscarl Terminator squad numbering five models or less may take a Land Raider Proteus or Phobos as a Dedicated Transport. Special Rules · Legiones Astartes (Imperial Fists) · Stubborn · Chosen Warriors · Unbreakable Defense · Praetorians of Dorn Options · The squad may include: o Up to 5 additional Huscarl Terminators … +50 points each · For every 5 models in the squad, one Huscarl Terminator may exchange their Vigil-Pattern Storm Shield for one of the following special weapons. o Heavy Bolter … Free o Heavy Flamer … +5 points o Illiastus-Pattern Assault Cannon … +10 points o Reaper Autocannon … +10 points · Any Huscarl Terminator may exchange their Power Weapon for a: o Lightning Claw … + 5 points o Power Fist … +5 points o Thunder Hammer … +10 points o Chainfist … +5 points · The Huscarl Castellan may exchange his Power Weapon for a: o Lightning Claw … +5 points o Power Fist … +5 points o Thunder Hammer … +10 points o Chainfist … +10 points o Solarite Power Gauntlet … +10 points · The Huscarl Castellan may exchange his Power Weapon & Vigil-Pattern Storm Shield for: o Pair of Lightning Claws … +15 points Indomitus-Sol Pattern Terminator Armour – A unique pattern of terminator armour wrought by master artificers deep in the bowels of the Imperial Palace complex on Terra, Indomitus-Sol pattern terminator armor eschews the in-built refractor field generators of Cataphractii plate in favor of more densely-packed fibre bundles and fast-twitch servos. When paired with a Vigil-Pattern Storm Shield, the armor provides nigh-impenetrable defense while still allowing Dorn’s chosen to fight unencumbered. Indomitus-Sol Pattern Terminator Armour confers a +5 invulnerable save and makes any model equipped with Indomitus-Sol Pattern Terminator Armour count as having assault grenades for the purpose of resolving charges. Unbreakable Defense – A Huscarl Terminator or Huscarl Terminator Sergeant may re-roll failed invulnerable saves of 1 when in base-to-base contact with at least two other models from this unit. Praetorians of Dorn – A Huscarl Terminator squad may be chosen instead of a Command squad as a bodyguard for any Terminator armor-equipped Praetor of the Imperial Fists (or the Primarch Rogal Dorn himself). Huscarl terminators must always be modelled/painted to be visually distinct from standard Legion Terminator models when used in this fashion.

Evening everyone, I used to be an active member on here quite a few years ago now under a similar name. Unfortunately I've had to make a new account (I'll edit all my details and stuff later), however it's not a bad thing to start fresh! So without further ado, here's my finished FW Imperial Space Marine. I've had him a few years now and he has been both a Black Templar and an Ultranarine, however I wanted to finally do the model justice so spent a day repainting him. Heavily weathered, I wanted to show him as being the front line soldier he should be. As always, I hope you like. Cos

Predictions and prophecies speak of a rise in Chaos and Warp activity. Ever-watchful for signs of the Arch-Enemy, the Chapter Master of the Imperial Fists has decreed that his Chapter must bolster its strength to counter the upcoming threat. All battle-brothers have been recalled to the Phalanx to re-arm and prepare for the onslaught. New aspirants have been recruited in the hope that a number of them will complete the full transformation into an Astartes to replace losses caused by the upcoming conflicts. The Techmarines and their Servitors aboard Chapter Forge-Ships work ceaselessly to repair damaged wargear and produce new materials of war. The Chapter Ancients are being roused to better aid their Chapter with their extensive wisdom and knowledge in warfare. The Chaplains, deep within the Reclusiam, prepare their sermons and most holy relics. The Librarians steel their minds against the predations of thw Warp, expecting the surge of malefic psychic activity. The line Astartes, each confined for a short time to their hab-cells, reflect upon the upcoming war effort, each Battle-Brother with vows to their Primarch and the Emperor of Mankind upon their lips. And yet, despite the martial prowess of the Astartes under his command and the great war machines that he has at his disposal, the Chapter Master, ever concious of the Legions of Chaos that lie in wait within the Great Eye, has sent out astropathic hails far out into the galaxy, attempting to reach the ears of the other Chapters who claim to be of the great line of Dorn. The Crimson Fists, Celestial Lions, Excoriators, Executioners, Subjugators, Iron Knights, and even the renegade Soul Drinkers, have been contacted to send their own Battle-Brothers to fight back their traitorous brethren and corrupted followers. After many months of preparation, hundreds of fully armoured Battle-Brothers assemble in the Great Hall aboard the Phalanx, before the Chapter Master of the Imperial Fists. The thousand voices all shout the same words, loud and clear, in defiance to the Warp-filth that spills forth from the Immaterium: "For Dorn and the Emperor!" +] RULES AND VOWS [+ +] GENERAL BANTER [+

Chapter Name: Golden Eagles Founding Legion: Imperial Fists Founding: Third Founding Homeworld: Fleet-Based Fortress-Monastery: Chrysaetos (Battle-Barge) Chapter Master: Cylach Videv Specialty: Siegecraft and Bolter Drills Colours: Gold with Copper Trim Warcry: "For Dorn and The Emperor! Vengeance comes on the Wings of Eagles!" Overview The Golden Eagles are a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter, descended from the gene-seed stock of the Imperial Fists. They were part of the Third Founding which occurred in the first year of the 32nd Millenium. Born during the same time as fellow successor chapter, the Executioners, the Golden Eagles have always shared a close bond with their brother chapter, a bond that was shaken during the events of the Badab War in M41 when they sided with the Astral Claws, Mantis Warriors, and Lamenters chapters that were under the thrall of Luft Huron, the Tyrant of Badab. History During the first year of the 32nd Millenium, the High Lords of Terra had decreed a new founding of Space Marine Chapters were to take place. This was still fresh on the heels of the Horus Heresey and the Great Scouring, which had occurred in the previous millennium. While it can be disputed that the High Lords of Terra had believed to create chapters of a ruthless and brutal nature such as the Flesh Tearers from the Second Founding, and the Executioners, which were created during this founding, the Golden Eagles were created with a more level-headed approach in contrast. Their first Chapter Master and Patriarch was an Imperial Fists captain by the name of Praetin Strorion, a honoured and decorated member of the Chapter who had been present during the Great Scouring amongst the time Rogal Dorn himself still walked and waged battle alongside his sons. He strove to be like his gene-father and when it was time to form the chapter, he took up the mantle and answered the call without question or hesitation. In tribute to the primarch, he chose the chapter colours to reflect that of the colours of Rogal Dorn’s Auric Armour, gold and copper to honour and remember their primarch. During the chapter’s founding, several artisans had travelled to Rogal’s homeworld on Inwit, and learned the secrets of forging the Storm’s Teeth, Rogal’s legendary Chainblade, but scaled it down to be able to be wielded by an Astartes. Stormchild, as it would be later known would serve as a mark of the Chapter Master, which has been wielded by each one since Praetin Strorion to its current Chapter Master, Cylach Videv. The chapter was put to its first major campaign during the War of the Beast at the end of M32. While half of the chapter was deployed at various regions of the galaxy, they were able to mobilize the remaining half of their chapter to the defense of Holy Terra from the Ork onslaught by the Warboss only known as The Beast. In the aftermath of the War of the Beast, the chapter committed an entire battle company plus all of their newest scout recruits to help the Imperial Fists chapter rebuild as part of the Last Wall protocol. As the 41st Millenium now draws to a close, the Golden Eagles chapter is now facing conflicts and battles on an ever increasing scale and frequency. Most recently in the form of a Chaos Warband known only as the Black Sun Apostles, who dared to raid one of their chapter keeps and made off with one of their most sacred relics, the Fist of Strorion, the skeletal hand of the first Chapter Master and Founder of the Golden Eagles. They are relentless now in the pursuit and recovery of this relic from the Chaos Warband, investigating every lead that comes up that will bring them closer to vengeance and redemption in the eyes of their forbearers. Now in the year 999.M41, the Golden Eagles have tracked down the Black Sun Apostles and the Fist of Strorion to the Death World of Crepuscius. The Heretic Astartes have bunkered themselves in to bide their time to begin a ritual involving the relic that was stolen from the Chapter. At the same time, a force of Necrons led by Trazyn the Infinite himself have arrived on Crepuscius as well, the Archaeovist of Solomnace having his eyes set on the Fist of Strorion himself, wanting it to add to his collection. This distraction of Xenos invaders might bring the distraction the Golden Eagles need to smash the stronghold of the Black Sun Apostles and reclaim their relic before it is too late. Notable Engagements M32 The War of the Beast – The Golden Eagles commit half of their chapter to the defense of the imperium during the Ork invasion by the Warboss known only as The Beast. The other half of the chapter was already engaged in battles around the imperium already. They were part of the Last Wall protocol that was enacted by their parent chapter, the Imperial Fists when that chapter’s numbers had been decimated by the War of the Beast. M34 The First Bassus Crusade – The Golden Eagles fleet takes part in the campaign to retake the planets of the Bassus sector. Their siege operations succeed in breaking several battle lines to help the imperium reclaim the sector. M35 The Purge of Wandering Damnation – The Golden Eagles are called to deal with a Space Hulk that has appeared in realspace. After 7 straight days of clearing the hulk of mutants and cultists they discover the critical power systems. After setting melta charges, the detonations cause a chain reaction which causes the space hulk to splinter into massive fragments. The Chapter fleet then destroys the rest of the fragments with a combination of their fleet’s bombardment cannons and cyclonic torpedos. M36 The Second Bassus Crusade – Chaos Cultists had risen up in the Bassus sector, overtaking several worlds as they laid claim to the sector in the name of the Chaos Gods. Calls for help go mostly unheard due to the current reign of High Lord Goge Vandire. The Golden Eagles however do receive the call for aid and the entirety of the Golden Armada arrives at the Bassus sector to begin their siege to retake the sector for the second time. M37 The Filpus Reclamation – The chapter answers a request for aid from a Adeptus Mechanicus exploratory fleet when they find the worlds of the Filpus sub-sector overrun with an insectoid Xenos race. As the purging of the worlds commences, the chapter comes across an untainted STC Template. The Mechanicus claims the STC and as thanks rewards the chapter with a brand new Battle Barge, which they name the Ankhaarus. M39 The Third Bassus Crusade – The Golden Eagles return to the Bassus Sector as the worlds are now overrun with Ork warbands. The Chapter deploys via massive Drop Pod insertions and slaughter countless millions of the greenskins. During this campaign, then Chapter Master Maelus Pherec succeeds in personally slaying 3 different Ork Warbosses. M41 The Crimson Ruination Campaign (950.M41) – The Golden Eagles set their most ambitious campaign, this time against the Red Corsairs renegades. This was planned in retaliation for their manipulation of their brother chapter, the Executioners during the Badab War, 40 years earlier. Working in tandem with the Imperial Navy the chapter set about to ambush an outlying Red Corsairs stronghold, a captured Ramilies-Class Starfort, that had been renamed the Port Red. Using a nearby nebula to mask their ships, the chapter fleet has the element of surprise as they engage the Star Fort and its defense fleet. The surprise raid catches the Red Corsairs off-guard, never expecting their own tactics to be used against them. In a matter of hours the Star Fort is destroyed with a message to the Red Corsairs that their treachery will never be forgotten or forgiven. The 13th Black Crusade (999.M41) – The Golden Eagles send 3 Battle companies to aid the Cadian System to repel Abbadon the Despoiler’s 13th Black Crusade. Their sieges break the chaos forces battle lines in several spots to hold the planet. When Abbadon hurls fragments of the Blackstone Fortresses into Cadia, the upheaval of the planet by the impacts causes massive casualties as the Chapter has lost more than two-thirds the battle-brothers they had sent in to aid. The Strorion Reclamation Campaign (999.M41 – Present) – A Raid made by the Chaos Warband the Black Sun Apostles on one of the Golden Eagles’ Chapter Keeps has seen the theft of not only weapons, slaves, and gene-seed, but one of their most prized relics, the Fist of Strorion, was stolen as well. The theft of the skeletal hand of their first Chapter Master is a devastating blow to the chapter but has now renewed their resolve to hunt down the heretic astartes and reclaim that which was taken from them. The Indomnitus Crusade (999.M41 – Present) – After the fall of Cadia, the Chapter receives word that the Primarch, Roboute Guilliman has been resurrected. With the Primarch’s resurrection the chapter is reinforced with new Primaris Space Marines. The chapter gets to work as being part of the spearhead for the new Indomnitus Crusade. Recruitment The Golden Eagles recruit from several worlds, primarily from Hive Worlds, Feral Worlds, and Feudal Worlds. Like their parent chapter, they will sometimes aid Hive World governments with clearing out Hive Slums to seek out potential recruits to serve as aspirants. These aspirants will be subject to rigorous trials, testing their skill, resolve, strength, pain endurance, psychic sensitivity, and killer instinct. Those who would survive these trials will become Neophytes and begin the first stages of organ implantation. Chapter Organization The Golden Eagles are a standard Codex-Adherent Chapter, with the standard 1,000 Battle-Brother Strength of the Chapter. These 1,000 are split into 10 battle companies of 100. They also have fully staffed support in the roles of Librarians, Chaplains, Techmarines, Apothecaries, Serfs and Servitors. Homeworld The Golden Eagles Chapter does not have a chapter homeworld, as they are a Fleet-Based chapter and have seen time and again how crippled other chapters have been if their homeworlds are ravaged by Xenos and Traitor attacks. Their fleet consists of 3 Battle Barges, 9 Stike Cruisers, several squadrons of Vanguard, Nova, and Gladius Frigates, along with various support craft numbering 101 ships, which have been dubbed the “Golden Armada”. Chapter Fleet, the "Golden Armada" Chrysaetos (Battle-Barge/Flagship/Fortress-Monastery) Lacrymosa (Battle Barge) Ankhaarus (Battle Barge) Spear of Dorn (Strike Cruiser) Tears of Terra (Strike Cruiser) Light of Vigilance (Strike Cruiser) Rogal’s Righteousness (Strike Cruiser) Sword of the Zealot (Strike Cruiser) Eagle’s Talon (Strike Cruiser) Wings of Vengeance (Strike Cruiser) Spirit of Inwit (Strike Cruiser) Auric Invictus (Strike Cruiser) Combat Doctrine The Golden Eagles chapter utilizes siege assaults. Usually they will unleash volleys of fire from Whirlwind Tanks and Thunderfire Cannons. During these barrages, the chapter’s Vindicator Tanks will move up to unleash their salvos from their Demolisher Cannons to break the enemy battle lines and fortifications. As they break, armoured transports of Rhinos and Razorbacks will roll in with squads of battle-brothers along with squads of bikes to move in and finish off any survivors who haven’t surrendered. Chapter Beliefs The Chapter holds their Primarch, Rogal Dorn in higher regards than many other chapters that descended from the Imperial Fists. They strive on almost the same level as the Imperial Fists themselves to emulate the best traits of Rogal Dorn: his vigilance and his unyielding will, are amongst the most frequently seen by the chapter that they strive to show from their brothers. Their view of the Codex Astartes, laid out by primarch Roboute Guilliman, is one of spiritual guidelines rather that absolute law. They believe the benefits of critical thinking and taking initiative to solve problems that the codex didn’t present solutions to. This allowed for more flexible battle companies, able to overwhelm the enemies of the God-Emperor with effective results, which have strained relations with the Space Marine chapters of the Ultramarines and their successors. They have retorted such criticism with the fact that as gifted as Guilliman was with tactics, that there were enemies and tactics that even he had not encountered in his life, citing the Tyranids and Necrons as prime examples. Gene-Seed The Chapter’s Gene-Seed derives from the Imperial Fists, and as such they do have all the gene-seed implants save for two: The Betcher’s Gland and the Sus-an Membrane. Their Gene-Seed has also retained its purity and has seen no changes or mutations since their founding as well. Notable Golden Eagles Chapter Master Praetin Strorion – Founder and first Chapter Master of the Golden Eagles. Chapter Master Maelus Pherec – Chapter Master during the Third Bassus Crusade, known for killing 3 Ork Warbosses single-handedly with Stormchild and Eagle’s Talon. Chapter Master Cylach Videv – Current Chapter Master, current wielder of the Stormchild and Eagle’s Talon. Chief Librarain Xevaan Haris – Current Chief Librarian Master Sephardon Par – Current Master of Sanctity Master Lynoch Kelis – Current Master of the Forge Master Boreadis Ticles – Current Chief Apothecary Chapter Relics Fist of Strorion: The skeletal hand of the first Chapter Master of the Golden Eagles, Praetin Strorion. Kept preserved in an amber case much like the hand of their Primach, Rogal Dorn on board the Imperial Fists Fortress-Monastery, the Phalanx. Every Chapter Master following Praetin has engraved their name on the bones of the hand, a custom carried over from their founding chapter. Eagle’s Talon: A Master-Crafted Boltgun wielded by the Chapter Master. Said to have been bestowed to the chapter upon their founding. The weapon, along with each Bolter shell that will be fired is consecrated and blessed by both a Chaplain and Techmarine before battle. Stormchild: A relic chainblade said to have been made in the image of Storm’s Teeth, the legendary chainblade wielded by Rogal Dorn. This blade is reserved only to be wielded by the Chapter Master and is carefully and meticulously maintained by the chapter’s Techmarines. Chapter Appearance The chapter’s colours are Gold with Copper Trim, as an homage to the Auric Armour that was worn by Rogal Dorn. Cylach Videv, Current Chapter Master

Hello Age of Darkness! I’ve been a longtime lurker on the B+C; occasionally posting once or twice but mostly keeping free of anything but oggling the work of the many talents that post here. I’ve finally decided to try and start a project log for my VIIth legion. (Perhaps I can entice some of my other local Heresy nuts to join in on sharing their work) Specifically my army will be centered around my favorite character, that forgeworld loves to tease about and the BL only seems to flirt with; Fafnir Rann. Being that I’m a huge Imperial Fists fan, and subsequently a huge Executioners fan, I squealed with joy when I spotted the images in Extermination of Imperial Fist warriors marked with the twin axes. I knew then and there I would have to make an army representing the ruthless, battered, assault veterans of the First Assault Cadre. But it meant that I would also need to convert the man himself… Based off the quick description of Rann in Templar I figured that he should be wearing Mk III armor (in fitting with my own imagination of him being the Breacher supreme), and as far as wargear is concerned he would need a shield and his signature twin power axes. I immediaely imagined a pose where he was gripping an axe in either hand, one held in his shield hand. Templar also describes him as having black hair and always having a grin or snarl on his face. So I decided that I would leave the helmet at home for Rann and try to make a face for him that made you think of an ancient Germanic Warlord. Far less regal and knightly than say Sigismund and far more Savage and Feral. Anyhow I started with a quick sketch just to get me started. http://i.imgur.com/r53s07fm.jpg Then work began and after lots of chopping and sculpting and repositioning I am left with my first attempt... http://i.imgur.com/lFOic5Km.jpg So I started with a super filed down finecast Arjac Rockfist for the Legs and torso. (yeah he’s a big boy) Then I planned on using terminator arms and I built a gorget out of two sternguard shoulder pads by doing some creative cutting and filing. The head (which I’m already super happy with) is a blood reaver head joined to a Space marine collar and with sculpted hair. At this point, although I feel like the spirit of the sketch was captured, the model was super ugly and out of place next to an official miniature. So time to refine… http://i.imgur.com/iaidfOZm.jpg Some big changes this time around but I was still very unhappy with the overall look. He’s got a weird lean to his spine and the shield and axes are pretty recognizable pieces and uninspired in my mind. I also swapped out for some standard MkIII legs because I wanted to keep a top heavy proportion between his upper and lower halves. The arms are slowly being reworked in favor of leaning towards traditional MkIII vambraces with terminator shoulders for bulk. The next phase was even more refining. http://i.imgur.com/0qEHGZCm.jpg Now I finally feel like the pose is coming together. I straightened out the issues with his spine. The only bit of Arjac left at this point is an unrecogniazalbe piece of shaved down finecast covered in sculpting material and other bits. For the next step I decided to tackle the Axes and the Shield. “The Axes Mortalis” Which is the head-cannon name I came up with for Rann’s twin axes. It was at some point during this stage of the build where I realized I wanted to use Alexis Polux’s rules (they’re too good not too!) So I wanted to show the model with unique axes that could *counts as* something like a Str 10 fist that could strike at initiative. Now I know it’s a little bit of a stretch, but I figure some kind of uber rare obsidian archaeotech axes from inwit might fit the bill. Thankfully the guys I game with all are totally ok with the idea. Anyhow, that’s the story and here they are. http://i.imgur.com/qig6gumm.jpg Since I was now doing a Polux counts as. That meant I needed the shield to scream Vigil Pattern Storm shield and for his to have a combi-melta. So I mashed together a shaved down ogryn shield, plasticard, putty, a breacher shield, and some brass etch. For the Combi-melta I just whipped up a phobos combi and hung it from his body with some model shipways chain. And that brings us to where I am now. Now the axes and the shield have been added along with a few new details; praetor knees stolen from the BaC and a few gaps filled here and there. Anyhow... Primed Pre-Paint. http://i.imgur.com/m1HNhXSm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/F9szWUtm.jpg I’m planning to put some paint to him over the next week. When that happens I’ll definitely post some more images. Then I’ll put up some pictures of the army (I've got a sizable chunk of the Assault Cadre finished) along with some fiction regarding my own character written for the force; Knight-Captain (Delgatus) Bron Helmvar. Anyhow I’d love any comments or feedback. Thanks!

A friend of mine sent me a collection of 23 Cthonian gang glyphs, in 23 diferent images. Quite useful and interesting if you are painting Sons of Horus, or Imperial Fists. Troops, tanks,characters,Dreads,... whatever. If someone is interested, here is the compressed folder. Thanks to the original creator of it.

Movers are currently packing up all my worldly possessions (not my models though, I need those ;-) ) so what better time than now for a brand new Glacial Geek Battle Report?! https://youtu.be/jO9doQUwd9o This time my Dark Angels take on the Imperial Paladins (running Imperial Fist Tactical Doctrines)! The distress call came in to the Imperial Paladins' headquarters. Their flyer had been shot down with the information they had collected on the mysterious Traitor Astartes they had recently captured. A recovery force was sent to gather back the information since the Inquisition seemed oddly interested in it. They arrived on the scene and began searching for the dataslates when they encountered a Dark Angels force. They hailed them on the Vox to coordinate their efforts. The only response they got was a curt demand for them to leave. Well, that was just not going to happen ... Will the Imperial Paladins recover their information or will the Unforgiven retrieve it "for them" instead? Watch and find out!

Greetings Brothers! I've finally gotten around to starting a heresy era legion and the choice fell on Dorns finest. I mean come on whats not to like? Siege warfare, Breachers, Sigismund, awesome fluff and best of all: Templars! Seeing as I play a Black Templars succesor in 40K it seemed only fitting that I went back to the roots in 30K... So this will be my log of the journey into the heresy for me and as such I will update it when ever I get some work done. My job keeps me away from home alot so progress will be slow at times but this log is just meant as a place for me to get other peoples opinions and to keep honing my skills as a painter, and of course have fun. I will make my own battle company with all the bells and whistles that entails. Im in the process of sketching it all out at the moment. Here's a litle teaser of what the test scheme evolved into: I did this tester for me to better judge the Imperial Fists paintscheme and to see what all the fuss about yellow was about: After this I was sold to the Imperial Fists and I made some orders from Forge World and group of other sites to get my heresy addiction going. On arrival I took a group shot just to see what I was getting into. (theres still some more bases on the way from Dagon Forge but there is a small back log and they won't show up before next month i think) And as such it looks like I got my work cut out for me. I will begin the process of going through it all to make sure theres no faults or anything and then I will get on to the washing. (which may take a while whith all this) This was all for this time and hopefully in the next post I will have washed and cleaned it all so I can get going on my legion. ++EDIT: THREAD HEADLINE++

Greetings brothers and sisters, I am just wondering if anyone of you have implemented Imperial Fists hobby of scrimshaw in some way? In the fluff it says that they carve on their deseased brothers skeletal hands and wear them as a kind of jewellry. I got alot of Tomb Kings bits, but they would be a bit too heroic scaled even for Primaris. As for artwork this is the closest I have found, and is almost a bit Khornish (still cool though!):

This is my first finished painting project since returning to 40k since the end of 7th edition, and my first time at Space Marines. There are for sure some rough edges and things I learned during the painting process since I started that should make future projects much smoother to paint and turn out much better. That said, I'm always open to constructive criticism and feed back. I only have the one picture right now, but will have more tonight including a close up of each mini. I need to get better with decal placement. They were drying to the gloss varnish I applied before applying decals before I had a chance to adjust their their placement. That said, the matte varnish seems to have gotten a good seal over everything. This is the whole squad. I don't have the 10th edition Space Marines rules, just the core rules, so I just built them with the weapons I think are cool. The barrels on the guns could stand to be drilled in future projects, and I need to learn to write on purity seals and scrolls. I grabbed as many of the flashy bits as I could when I was building so a lot of these guys are not going to be WYSIWYG compliant. I'm pretty sure I hear somewhere that there was a limit to how many dudes you can have without the basic bolter in 10th. Close up of the Sargent. I need to get a little more practice painting straight lines as you can see mainly on his banner and knee-pad. I also need to get some basing materials. I just used a couple of James Workshops' technical paints and a layer of thinned Snakebite Leather contrast to add some nice variances in color to the base. I'm not sure what happened on the bottom of the... loin-cloth? It looks faded and tattered. It wasn't like that before clear-coating. Then again, I used a 1.0 speed-paint for it, and I've run into the reactivation problem with those 1.0s multiple times. I'm thinking I'm going to... move those paints to reserve. The banner in general I'm disappointed with. I wanted to do a quartered design alternating red and yellow across the banner with a black border in place of a red one. I couldn't figure out how to get my lines to look good and got to the point where I just wanted to be done with that part so I fell back on a design I knew I could do. In retrospect, looking at the sloppiness of the red, I rushed it. I'm not sure if I got the grenades properly colored or not. I just did a metallic on them because I thought it looked good. However, I think they might should be a olive drab color thinking about how most IRL grenades look. You can also see, based on the black pauldron, that he's been detached to the Deathwatch before. I'm not sure where I read it anymore, but I recall reading that 3rd Company Sargents paint their helmet black instead of red. I like the look of that so I'm running with it for future 3rd company projects. Hopefully Dorn approves.

I know I'm relatively new around here, but I've been trying to branch out, so I suppose I'll show off my Fists. Here's the method to my madness. Spray Tamiya Camel Yellow PS-19 over unprimed model. This can take SEVERAL, VERY light coats as it can slide over the plastic, but white and black undercoats didn't get the desired effect. Spray with purity seal, testors dullcoat, matte finish whatever. Selective wash of equal-parts Gryphonne Sepia, Devlad Mud and water. VERY light drybrush of golden yellow to bring the colour up. Do metal/shoulders/Aquila as desired. Drybrush 50/50 Golden Yellow/Skull White for small edge highlights. Anyway, I've used more than a full Tactical Squad in finding this method, and this is what turned out DECENT. There are four more that were aborted very early on in painting due to wash issues, wrong colour entirely etc. http://i.imgur.com/fw2jbGu.jpg On the left we have my test mini, in the center the second one done. The second one done really bothered me and had me learn the hard way how difficult it is to get that consistency with yellow. Towards the right, Mr. Melty-face. A better attempt at consistency, but not as bright as the test mini. http://i.imgur.com/4PAzwGR.jpg Mr. Melty-face on the left. In the center, someone I was finally satisfied with, but still no measure of consistency. On the right, my first done tit-for-tat with kingmong's method. It just looked too orange for me, he's clearly better with his spray and wash than I am, so I took the easy way out. http://i.imgur.com/vxoHmm7.jpg Finally, the final model I'm satisfied with. I love it. Perfect yellow, smooth coverage, easy detail, simple blacklining. Love it. I can see how to do vehicles and squads from this method - like I said to him though, I can see why he sprays without the arms on! Can't wait to get started with more!