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Hello everyone! It's been a long time, and most of it I've not spent in the hobby. Since I've got some painting done recently (and my old thread here got archived), I decided to update you. I've more or less totally skipped 6E and I'm not an active player anymore, so I just buy what catches my eye and paint it in chapter colours. Edit: 9th has me excited for playing again! For now I'll just link to my dA gallery containing my finished miniatures. It should be viewable for everyone since it has no mature content, but if there are technical issues, let me know and I'll upload the pictures here, too. http://bannockburn1981.deviantart.com/gallery/49828774/40k Comments, criticism and praise are, as usual, very welcome. Highlights: A good number of green marines, various Deathwing character models, 3 dreadnoughts with FW parts (finally finished the rifleman!), and a freaking Thunderhawk. There's also some non-power armour stuff, like a Skyshield, a recently finished Imperial Knight in DA colours and some Battlefleet Gothic models. Disclaimer: I am a terrible photographer. Today I've put an improvised lightbox together and borrowed a digital camera of decent quality, but I'm still not entirely satisfied with how the pictures turned out. They look way sloppier than they do on the tabletop and the macro setting is unforgiving (-en?). Stuff on my project list: A magnetized Dark Talon / Nephilim (painting almost done, but for some reason I never finished it) 5 Deathwing Knights 4 individual Deathwing Terminators 1 Deathwing Ancient (including repaint of the current version to a normal model) 1 Deathwing Apothecary (including repaint of the current version to a normal model) 1 Ravenwing Company Champion 1 Ravenwing Ancient 6 Ravenwing bikers I have 5 tanks to do, a second LRC, one Whirlwind (not yet built), one command Rhino one fully magnetized Predator / Razorback / Rhino and one Vindicator Storm Talon (not yet built)

Part one "In raising these men to watch over mankind, we have bred a Legion of inhumans whose sole purpose is to defend that which they no longer understand. Their duty, borne with pride; their curse, carried with grace but let it never be forgotten what we have done to Caliban's finest sons. Unending Imperial ambition has not bred warriors with the warm hearts of men, but angels with the cold hearts of weapons. No soul so changed will recover what was lost. No weapon so savage can be wielded without cost." The Verbatim, Lutherian Amendments, Chapter I: These Savage Weapons Veteran Sergeant Arael of the First Legion There was a noble sorrow in his eyes. Of all the members of the First Legion, Lord Arael was said to be among those who resembled their father the most, at least in appearence. He was the one who introduced us to the Expedition, and the first Astartes I have ever seen. I will never forget the sense of awe and majesty that irradiated from the Emperor's creations... neither the subtle sense of fear and impotence that stabbed my heart. Most of them were utterly uninterested in talking with remembrancers, and that made our job of recording quite harder. But Arael, he had his own kindness. Like his brothers, he understood little of the feelings of men, or the unspoken words that make up for the most part of a conversation. He didn't speak much, either, and kept most of his cards close to his chest. But some things he did tell me. He told me of the coming of the Emperor on Caliban, and the conquest of worlds and systems beyond account. He told me of the horrors of the void and the nightmares that haunt the nameless, angry stars. He told me what it meant to be the First, the honoured, the sons of the Lion. He told me these stories, that I now tell you. - Extract from Alone against the angry stars by historiograph Hern Tzat. - Veteran Sergeant Arael by imagist Darahella Gareen. Update One: Veteran Squad Arael Update Two: Raphael 'El Gareth, Champion of the First Legion Update Three: Heavy Support Squad Isiah Update Four: Veteran Squad Lamrak Update Five: Revered Brother Arethorn Update Six: Rhino APC "Strider" Update Seven: Terminator Squad Harron and Land Raider Phobos "Silent retribution" Update Eight: Land Raider Phobos "Sword of Aldurukh" Update Nine: Rapier battery "Fury of Caliban" Update Ten: Leviathan Dreadnought "E Tenebrae Lux" and Heavy Support reinforcements Roll of Honor Diamat

With book 9 now out and having been abble to test the rules for the Lion, we decided with my local gaming group to slightly rework the ruleset for the Lion to make his tabbletop rules match his BL lore a bit more. We wanted to keep most of the rules FW had come up with and not end up too far from the original profile. As we are having a lot of fun with this new set of rules : I'll post them here if anyone who want try an alternate Rule set for the Lion : Lion El’ Jonson (Unofficial Rework) 475 points WS BS S T W I A Ld Sv Lion El Jonson 9 5 7 6 6 7 5 10 2+ Unit Composition 1 (Unique)Unit Type Infantry (Character)WargearThe Fusil Actinaeus The Lion sword or the Wolf Blade Frag grenades Stasis Grenades The Leonine Panoply Special RulesPrimarch (Independent Character, Eternal Warrior, Fear, Adamantium Will, Fleet, Fearless, It Will Not Die, Master of the Legion, Precision Shots, Precision Strikes) Sire of the Dark Angels The point of the Blade An Absolute Focus The Lion’s Choler Head of the Hexagrammaton Very Bulky Sire of the Dark Angels While Lion El Jonson is on the battlefield, all friendly models with the Legiones Astartes (Dark Angels) special rule to roll an additional d6 for all moral checks and use the 2 lowest dice to decide the result of the check. Additionally, after both sides are deployed but before which side gets the first turn is determined, you may redeploy 1d3 units within the limitations of the mission being played. This may place a unit that had been deployed normally into reserve or bring a unit out of reserve. The Point of the Blade After declaring a charge for Lion El’Jonson and any unit he has joined, the controlling player may choose to move 8”, ignoring the effect of Difficult terrain or Dangerous terrain, instead of rolling for Charge normally. The Lion’s Choler When reduced to 4 wounds or less the Lion gains +1 attack, increased to +2 attacks when reduced to 2 wounds or less. Absolute Focus In any assault phase, Lion El’ Jonson is never required to roll more than 4+ to hit any enemy model, regardless of the enemy’s WS, any special rule or modifiers in play. Deathwing Companions. A unit of Deathwing Companions may be included as part of the same Lord of War choice as Lion El’Jonson. If selected, Lion El’Jonson must join this unit and may not voluntarily leave it during play. The Leonine Panoply: Confers Lion El Jonson, a 2+ armor save and a 4+ invulnerable save. The first failed invulnerable save made for Lion El’Jonson each turn may be rerolled. The Fusil Actinaeus Weapon Range Str AP Type The fusil Actinaeus 18” 7 2 Salvo 2/4, Twin Linked, Blind The Lion Sword Weapon Range Str AP The Lion Sword Melee User 1 Type: Melee, Two Handed, Lance, Fleshbane, Instant Death, Master-crafted Wolf Blade Weapon Range Str AP Wolf Blade Melee +3 2 Type: Mele, Two Handed, Fearsome Ruin, Shred Fearsome Ruin: Any unit which suffers one or more casualty from this weapon and makes a moral check during the assault phase must roll an additional d6 for that check and keep the 2 highest dice to determine the result.

Hi fellow Brothers, It has been a while since I last wrote on this forum sharing with you my passion for the 1st legion. The reason of my absence was that I am a happy father for 14 months now and my life is focused mosty on my wonderful daughter I managed however to get back on track with hobby and on late evenings I am able to spend few hours painting. I actually haven’t painted for almost 18 months and it is soooo fun now ! I plan to build some DA primaris force (more or less) and will paint additional miniatures that I find interesting for my collection. Don't blame me for that but I started with everyone's favourite elusive Cypher I am so thrilled to paint mooooore !!! Lieutenant Zakariah is almost assembled so you know what to expect soon p.s. Glad to be back here ! Cheers to you all Brothers !