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'The sorrows of Badab. Death of the Master. And now this.' 'A season of fire approaches. And the Salamanders will not be found wanting.' + In The Dust of Armageddon + + A narrative project log + +++ +EDIT+ [Now this has become a proper project, I've edited the original post – the original is below.] I'm interested in exploring the Salamanders during the Second War for Armageddon (BfA2). Largely, the reason for this is that I've got a Salamanders itch that needs scratching, so I thought I'd turn to the Pantheon Council to see if you can offer any advice or thoughts on the undertaking. (There's a broader club on this too, if the general events appeal to you.) Of particular interest to me is a chance to try freehanding lots of heraldry. More specifically, the Salamanders are one of those Chapters with which – barring the most obvious characteristics – I'm pretty unfamiliar, and so it's proving a nice fresh area for me to explore. Being non-Codex, I think there's (fittingly) a few rich veins of lore to be mined and brought out through this project. I've looked over the (very useful) Salamanders Resources sticky thread, but I'd very much appreciate any notes or insights you can offer about this particular time period. +++ The general lore on the Salamanders during BfA2 is relatively scanty: A very old artwork (and apologies for its small size!), showing an unusually pale-skinned Salamander. Because of its age, 'big things' like this can be glossed over, and aren't of particular interest to me, but the details – like the heraldry and specific markings – are. I'd appreciate it if you can offer any insights, thoughts or speculation on what any of these markings mean. There are some nice juicy bits and bobs here, and in the years since this was written, we've had more info on what the Salamanders were doing on either side. For example: Three years prior, Tu'Shan became Chapter Master. Do we know who was Chapter Master previously? What position did Tu'Shan occupy before ascending to becoming the Chapter Master? Captain of the First? The Badab War was in recent memory (roughly thirty years earlier) – I'd like to have some veterans of that conflict, or battle markings. We're told only the Second Company was involved in the Badab War, so if I want to do this, am I stuck with using Second Company markings, or can you think of a compelling reason that a Salamander might transfer Company, or fight in mixed companies? Is this is a big no-no for the Salamanders' peculiar organisation? The bulk of the Sixth Company, and Vulkan He'Stan, are not available for Armageddon, as (barring wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey warp stuff) they're fighting in the Tochran Crusade. Besides these, is there any reason any other part of the Chapter would not be present? Can you speculate on who would be left to defend Nocturne and Prometheus if the majority of the Chapter is deployed? Thanks in advance, and please do feel free to be discursive, or throw in ideas, concepts, markings or questions of your own relating to the period. The more ideas, the better! :) -
One of the ideas I want to try out for 2k lists was to have Vulkan He'stan in a full Infernus Squad travel in a Land Raider Redeemer as one of my methods to take out infantry. I've debated whether or not it's a good idea to have another full Infernus Squad in a Drop Pod to drop in so that I have 3 flame units benefiting from his Forgefather ability. While I think this can do a lot of damage to infantry, I'm worried that it will be clunky with that many marines in a relatively small area, and that it might end up being overkill. I also considered including other flame units like Invictor Tactical Warsuits, or to even have additional Land Raider Redeemers to focus fire both infantry and tougher units (the single land raider redeemer i had did a lot of work when I went up against Carnifexes and Old One Eye). I can also use his ability for Melta weapons, but I thought it would be more efficient to use Oath of Moment for Melta and big guns on one big target, and use his Forgefather on another target. What are your thoughts? Any other units you would recommend to run alongside him?- 3 replies
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From the album: Salamanders
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From the album: Salamanders
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An acrylic artwork and dice tray I made to honor Vulkan and the Salamanders. I'm really proud of how these came out and wanted to share. Thank you!
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Right shoulder flame markings for the Salamanders. Includes numbered flames for each company squad (plus command skull on flames for command squads), terminator honors with skull/squad number, and scouts company numbered circles. Also includes blank flame markings (in yellow/orange/red and black) and extras if you number your squads based on role rather than position in company (2nd Co., 3rd Dev. rather than 2nd Co., 10th Squad Dev.) -
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The rumoured (previewed?) announcement of Combat Patrol as a fixed form of 40k has me intrigued. If you were asked to design one for the Salamanders, what units would you include, and why?
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From the album: ETL IV
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From the album: ETL IV
