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Hey BnC I’ve got a couple logs up here - right now the active ones are my Iron Warriors 30k legion and my 40k Zerkers kill team. I also have a very slow progress log based around Fabius bile and the Emperor’s Children, and a Carcharadons army which is on Hiatus. So why make a fifth? The answer is simple. I love converting things. Sometimes I’ll see a piece and think it looks perfect for X Legion/Chapter/Xenos and I’ll put something together real quick. Some of my favourite kitbashes and conversions happen this way, but I have no place here to share them - so I wanted to put together a blog where I can post whatever, whenever, regardless of army. So to kick this off I’ll start with my current WIP - A late Heresy Word Bearer by the name of Myr Khothon, known as the Zealot of Cassidium Primus. Here he is a little before I finished converting him (some changes made to the right arm): And here he is now, nearing the end of painting! Here’s a close up of the glow effects on his conjuring hand as light glows through from between his fingers: LMK what you think! There’s plenty more to come, I’ve got years of conversions (Some of which are actually painted!) to share. CC welcome! Cheers

The Dark Knights Founding: Second Founding (M31) Primarch: Corvus Corax Chapter Master: - needs to be named - Homeworld: Yamatar Fortress-Monastery: - needs to be named - Known Descendants: Storm Riders (nearly extinct; most of the chapter went renegade and became the Nightmarchers) Colours: Dark Green, Red and Brass Speciality: Guerilla warfare, lightning attacks into striking at the weak spot, spreading anarchy Battel Cry: In darkness we fight, from darkness we strike! The Dark Knighte are a successor chapter of the Raven Guard legion founded in the great second Founding in M31. Their origin lies In a former nomad predation fleet under the command of Vlad and Radu Lu'Carda. They were tasked by their Primarch Corvus Corax to suppot a chapter of the Word Bearers called "The Preachers of the Truth". The "Preachers of the Truth" were about to conquer the realm of Yamatar, a mighty and powerful empire located in the outer realms of Segmentum Obscurus. Unknown to the Raven Guard, the "Preachers of the truth", who were then corrupted by the ruinous powers of the dark gods, provoked the conflict and would try to persuade them to join their cause. Should they resist, they would be extinguished and their fleet adopted by the Word Bearers... +_+_+_+_+_+_+ unknown date, M32 Opening... Report to Inquisitor Torkadez Written by Veliar Kelborn My Lord, My name is Veliar Kelborn, one of the last Remebrancers of the great crusade. It is my self proclaimed duty to find out what happened to the 1987th expeditionary fleet in command of the Word Bearers and supported by the Raven Guard heading the realm of Yamatar. It is my assumption that the Astartes chapter called the Dark Knights may be thei descendants of the surviving Raven Guard forces. Therefore I will study the libraries of Yamatar Prime, homeworld of the Dark Knights and center of the yamatarian realm. Hopefully I even may have an audience with one of the Dark Knights aswell. I will let you know if I had found something. Maybe, just maybe my work will help to undo the distrust between them and the rest of our glory Empire. The Emperor protects! Yours, Veliar Kelborn ...End of transmission. +_+_+_+_+_+_+ Summary History The past of Vlad and Radu Freedom: http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/311999-la-the-dark-knights/?p=4142006 Nippon Sector Realm of Yamatar http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/311999-ia-the-dark-knights/?p=4178483 Homeworld Gene-seed http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/311999-ia-the-dark-knights/?p=4182310 Culture Belief http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/311999-ia-the-dark-knights/?p=4182317 Combat doctrine http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/311999-ia-the-dark-knights/?p=4182314 Oranisation http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/311999-la-the-dark-knights/?p=4148215 Recruitment http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/311999-la-the-dark-knights/?p=4148218 Equipment http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/311999-la-the-dark-knights/?p=4145752 Notable Elements / Persons http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/311999-la-the-dark-knights/?p=4145759 Chapter Appearance http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/311999-ia-the-dark-knights/?p=4175642 Allies & Enemies +-+-+-+-+-+-+ Hey everybody, this thread will feature my self made chapter, the Dark Knights. As I don't have the necessary time and money to collect and paint miniatures (although I would like to), I will concentrate on their fluff and some stories. Maybe one of you will get as inspired as I was when I read Athrawes's Lost and Forgotten thread concerning his Lighting Bearers Legion. His work is really magnificent and I hope that I may scratch this kind of awesomeness. My first post here will be a summary of my done work. I will link the different posts here, so you don't have to read the whole thread if you don't want to. As for now that was all. I hope you enjoy reading. Don't hesitate to give feedback as I am looking for this to enhance the fluff and my work here. With kind regards, Kelborn PS: Don't be confused. I wanted to paste my previous first post into the second but I did it wrong and now it is gone...the very first post was about different type of scenarios concerning their heritage. I had three scenarios (loyal Night Lords; Night Lords + Raven Guard; only Raven Guard). After some rethinking I decided to go full Raven Guard as it would be easier to write and explain why they are like they am right now. Colors: Red #9b221a Green #434f38 Brass #97713f Eyes #d03437 Carapax #767981 Black #202020 Bone #ffecc1

The Host of questionable purgation Word Bearers Legion Hello guys and welcome to my Word Bearers Log. I am starting this in order to keep track of my vows for the Call of Chaosss X and to see if I can finish this army fast. I was planning to use these minis for a loyalist chapter but meeeehhhhhhhhhhh chaos is better for me. Besides they scream Word Bearers everytime I look at them. I still have to do a lot of Green stuff work like candles, scrolls and such but I hope I can make this army work before the end of the Call of chaosss. Anyways here are the units I will work in and a bit of a Fluff description for each one of them. Here are my Dark Apostle, Diabolist (Sorceror) and Coryphaus (Chaos Lord). I still have to find some names for them but since they are the leaders of the Host they are fit to be shrouded in a little of mystery, don't you think? XD These are The Anointed. Each Word Bearers host are bound to have some protectors for their Leaders and this Questionable host wont be the exception. I Am planning to add lots of candles to these as well as some strips of skin for them to write their vows with the blood of innocents. These are The Choir Eternal (counts as Noise Marines) They are devotees to the god of pleasure and spread its word on the many wars the host are bound to fight. Of course, these are the ones that have to be most heavily converted with green stuff and such. The Companions (Chosen). They are the heirs of the work of the Ashen Circle of old. They like to burn stuff, topple monuments and make things blow (like tanks). I was thinking to paint them with the blood red scheme but add some black parts to their hand like scorched by flames. The Blooded Sons (Chaos Marines) Every warband has to have normal chaos marines and these will represent them. I chose to do a shooty squad with heavy bolter, plasmaguns and bolters because I felt I needed some normal strenght ranged support, as well because each time i think of a rank and file marine I picture him with a boltgun instead of a bolt pistol and chainsword. I will add 2 squads of 20 cultists to the host; one with autoguns and flamers and the other one with brutal close combat weapons and pistols, and flamers, but they will come later as I have to finish building them. Lots of gs work in order to make them look less like grey knights, I know but it will be worth the effort in the end, I promise in the name of Lorgar. If you have any suggestion on how to do something or how to decorate them in order to look more chaosy please comment it. Thank you for reading!

I'm curious. I've been pretty deep into 40k Lore for well, most of my life. But one thing I find fascinating is politics inside of warbands and legions. Clearly there is structure, and the Word Bearers have quite the structure themselves. I've been toying with the idea of writing a short story or two. I never have time really, and I have a really long Dragon Ball story I write on the side which is strangely popular. So I've got some hypothetical questions I though I'd like to ask. So I'm trying to figure out a very interesting question. How would a Warband, or larger Legion fragment, respond to the murder of the Dark Apostle from someone within their ranks? Or alternatively, how would other Warbands view a Warband / Legion fragment in mutiny against their Dark Apostle? It's just a curiosity of mine. I know how it'd work, for the most part, if a Chaos Lord was killed, but in the Word Bearers the Apostles hold the real position of power, and often they are viewed in a far more revered manner than just some tyrant of a Chaos Lord. Thanks in advance.

Hi all, i am interested in expanding the small number of pre-heresy/heresy era Word Bearers. I painted three and a half squads grey so far, have the characters and true to my core interest in the Word Bearers and Horus Heresy – belief, strife, ambivalence etc. – I aim at portraying the Word Bearers as being on the edge to chaos and its mutating powers. Ideas: So fluff-wise it is clear that it cannot be an all Dark-Brethren or Daemon-Allies force. It should have a solid base of units that are used among all Legiones Astartes. Yet there need to be some units that lean towards the corrupting forces (that are on the edge) or already have stumbled into the oh so powerful darkness. So i decided to go with Chosen Duty plus a number of supporting/standard space marines, a good but not especially big number of tanks and throw in a small number of Gal Vorbak. Gameplay-wise the idea is to use the Leviathan and Vindicators aggressively to deploy the Veterans (re-actively to what the opponent does) and have the standard marines run ('hurried' by the chaplain) and drive the supporting flamers where needed to help clear/grab objectives. Lorgar, the diabolist and Gal Vorbak levitate and (try to) get the big fish. Questions: So it is pretty clear by now i guess that i do not play tournaments. Still I want a list that is not tabled every day. Or rather: I want to have a very fluffy and strong list. What are the list's weaknesses? Any legal issues i missed? Any units you think i will need, but that I left out, because I am even worse with military strategies than Lorgar? Should I re-distribute the characters somehow or do they fit well where they are (fluff/gameplay). The one change I thought of was flamers -> Gal Vorbak. I like the Support Squad (flamers) for fluff reasons, but it could be thrown out in favor of doubling the number of Gal Vorbak, if that makes a terrible list much better. Point wise that is pretty efficient and it would grant me the points to give Dark Channeling to the big blob of marines plus beef up vehicles. Yet this takes the number of scoring units down a little bit or quite a bit depending on the roll. List: Looking forward to your feedback. Thanks!

Hey everyone, DiscipleOfTheWord here. A few years back I started my 9th host with a topic here in the B&C, but quickly gave up due to poor camera quality, and eventually drifted out of the hobby. But, with the release of 8th edition, I've decided to get back into it, and restart. Although I already have some Word Bearers models assembled and a small number painted, I'm going to repaint details on all of them at some point, so I'll post pictures of them once that is done. Once I've got a few units fully painted I will start making some fluff for the army, but at the moment all I have is the name of my Dark Apostle, the number of my host and a few other names here and there. Anyway, enough talking, I'll start with some pics of the few models I have painted (fully) at the moment. First Acolyte Sor Talgron: Helbrute: Possessed: Bloodletter: Marines: Malefic Lord: Cultist: Heldrake: And what's on my paint station at the moment: (You have no idea how long it took to paint that script) More photos soon. Please tell me what you think!

A little corner of B&C to discuss this release in all it's varied formats by Mr Thorpe. Those looking forward to this release may find this new blog post from Gav quite interesting, always nice to get an authors insight into what influences they drew upon when penning a story. There was also a great tweet from Gav to ADB back in Jan which made me smile on the sheer level of detail he's going into with this book. Consider me quietly excited for this one!

T he world before me is a barren orb of ash, blood, and mud. It is the fifth of it’s kind we have encountered. Lord Guilliman has tasked us with border security, and the 129th obeys. We departed Macragge four years prior, resupplied by her forges, and reinforced by her scholams. One thousand warriors, bearing the double hammers of Tallassar. Four years since we encountered another warrior of our legion. Four years since any news of Terra has reached us. Six years since the Betrayal. Our connection with Macragge has failed us, the technology used to command us, gone. Lord Fidelitas has split the company, assigning my sub-company to follow up on distress beacons set off by our worlds. It is a thankless job, and we have been chasing shadows, having last fired a bolter in anger over six months ago. Mostly, we find a dead world, arcane sigils etched into the dirt. These we raze, I will not have the shame of them blighting the honor of Ultramar. We find some survivors, but they are rare, and often do not survive more than a week, no matter how much we try. The rest are…broken. The warp has twisted their minds in such a way that we often are forced to put them down. There is no war here. Only death and despair. “Ruminations on Betrayal” Sebastus Ixion -Sub-Tribune, 129th Co. XIII, Legio Astartes The 129th company, following rearmament on Macragge, would be assigned by Roboute Guilliman with hunting down and countering the ongoing Shadow Crusade led by Lorgar and Angron. Captain Fidelitas would opt to persecute this mission by pursuing the Chapter of the Ruined King, led by Lord Allant. This blood feud would last the length of the Heresy, and would conclude over a millennia later, with many of the parties involved remembering little, if any of the reason for the initial vendetta. However, that is a story for another time. This chronicle is instead focused on the exploits of Sub-Tribune Ixion and his veteran elite. Ixion would lead a force of about 100 separate form the rest of the company, dealing with various traitor incursions that might threaten the flanks of the company. This action would see them battle various forces under the banner of Horus, including the Warmaster’s own. Referred to as Strike Force Alpha, the warriors under Ixion were some of the 129th’s best void and terminator warriors, renowned for their first strike capacity and armored assaults on the ground. As such, it was something of a shock when the task force was reassigned to Ixion. What to say of Sebastus Ixion? ‘Lion of Tallassar’, ‘Lord of the Void Born’, he was a decorated, if somewhat unremarkable captain of the Thirteenth. Part of the 129th that had been in orbit during the Betrayal, he repelled three waves of Word Bearer assault forces attempting to take the company’s flagship, earning an Iron Halo he wore with pride until his demise. Soft of voice, Ixion was respected, if not particularly well liked by his fellow officers in the 129th, though this had little to do with his abilities, and instead reflected upon the cult of personality Luciel Fidelitas had built around himself prior to his elevation as Senior Captain. Some murmured that Ixion had rankled at the young man being promoted above him, but closed logs from the deciding vote made it clear that Ixion had nothing but respect for the young man who would go on to lead the company into the Scouring and beyond. This account will pick up immediately prior to traitor incursions into the Hadrius System, and will end immediately following the start of the Scouring. It will include multiple interludes, as well as Character profiles depicting important figures from the campaign. This author will not pretend that this account is unbiased. It is written by a survivor of said campaign, and includes various interview profiles taken from Astartes, mortal, and Mechanicum perspectives. More information is available upon request. +++PICT CAPTURE//XIII.CXXIX.FABIAN+++ +++Note: Many XIII Legio companies had began to move towards alternative heraldry as legion forces dispersed throughout Ultramar. This particular scheme is believed to have referred to themselves as the 'Shattered Suns'. Origin is unclear, though possibly a reference to the death of the Veridian star.+++ +++Laurel and Gladius insignia represents void specialist, not surprising considering armament.+++

First update is that I've got the basecoat on for my first ten cultists I've stretched the contents of one set of Dark vengeance cultists, plus the five pack box into thirty six cultists so far with a mixture of parts from the empire flagellants kit providing the bulk of the parts. But also featuring old necromunda plastics, crypt ghouls, chaos marauders and whatever else I could get my hands on. (the last four will be based off of push fit cadian as budget was too tight to spring for metal Cawdor and redemptionist gangers from eBay at this time) I've tried to mix up and mess around with the stock cultists as much as possible to avoid repetition, some of these changes were quite easy, others, not so much. I'll be trying to find ways of painting the different parts to really get a feel for the different textures of the fabrics, so there should be hopefully a fair few techniques to try out along the way. Is this too much effort for lowly cultists? Of course it is, but that's not going to stop me. ***Further Update May 2 2020: thanks to replacement image hosting also going behind a big fat pay wall all the completed images have had to be relocated again, they are not currently reposted and I would like to apologise for the lengthy section mid blog with lots of talk about images that no longer exist. That said I have now relocated everything into my bolter and chainsword gallery and will be re-posting stuff over the coming days and weeks. If you get bored of waiting for that feel free to check out Instagram or CMON as most stuff is over there. (Although not everything) *** Please note all old wip images have been removed thanks to the great photobucket policy change of 2017, and completed shots have been posted in new posts from page 3 onward. http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/322456-maligns-litany-of-hate-mk-3-images-restored-from-page-3/?p=4905982 *** This will be my ETL WiP thread, mk3 of my painting log for my long running, oft neglected Word Bearers. First up: vow 1 (likely to be the only one, but we'll see) First update is that I've got the basecoat on for my first ten cultists I've stretched the contents of one set of Dark vengeance cultists, plus the five pack box into thirty six cultists so far with a mixture of parts from the empire flagellants kit providing the bulk of the parts. But also featuring old necromunda plastics, crypt ghouls, chaos marauders and whatever else I could get my hands on. (the last four will be based off of push fit cadian as budget was too tight to spring for metal Cawdor and redemptionist gangers from eBay at this time) I've tried to mix up and mess around with the stock cultists as much as possible to avoid repetition, some of these changes were quite easy, others, not so much. I'll be trying to find ways of painting the different parts to really get a feel for the different textures of the fabrics, so there should be hopefully a fair few techniques to try out along the way. Is this too much effort for lowly cultists? Of course it is, but that's not going to stop me.

Hello fellow marines, after being a long-time lurker, I have finally plucked up enough courage (along with marginally better painting skills and alot more money spent) to start this WIP on my own capter of word bearers. I have no idea when I'll be able to post updates as my enthusiasm for painting is sporadic but that said ill try my best ++Chapter of the Broken Diadem++ Assault Chapter Master Daroqus leads this chapter of word bearers, specialising in seiges and assaults on enemy strongholds. A rather pragmatic commander compared to other more zealot CMs and captians, Daroqus along with his chapter was spared from taking part in the Calth atrocity and joined Lorgar in the siege of Armatura at the start of he Shado Crusade, where his siege Battalion lead by Captain Alak-Hul proved invaluable for the breaking of ultramarine lines. Once the massacre of Armatura was concluded, like other Chapters, Daroqus lead his fleet upon his command ship Sacrosanct to pillage world after world in the name of the ruinous powers. This chapter is broken down into three sections (there is no way in hell I'll be able to complete the whole chapter ) Section 1: Battalion 1- 'normal' space marine battalion lead by 1st Captain Sor-Talak Broken down into 4 companies, each company lead by a Captain and a Chaplain, comprised of 2 Tac squads along with another specialist squad Section 2: Consuls+important persons This section comprisesof all the leaders of the chapter, Primus medicae, Mortriat, Diabolist, Gal-Vorbak and ashen cricle leaders, along-side chapter command squads, vexillarius+bodyguard retuine Section 3: Battalion 2- Siege Battalion lead by Siege Captain Alak-Hul Like battalion 1, this is broken down into 4 companies each lead by a Lieutenant. Each company is comprised of a Tac squad, a Termie squad and a specialist squad As you can see, this chapter has been brewing in my mind for a long time so i hope you like it And of course, I couldnt start a WIP without pics: Here's the man himself, Assault Chapter Master Daroqus- The Fist of the Word Siege Captain Alak-Hul Mortriat Ahz-Tal One unamed vexillia of a veteran squad Lorgar Aurellian (badly in need of a re-paint) And finally, an army shot in its little B@C box, just to show you where im at atm Thanksfor having a look, I promise my painting isnt as bad as that irl, just until i can figure out how to take better pictures with my dismal lighting im stuck with pics where highlights and shades are washed out and again, thanks for having a look, I'm looking forward to seeing your feedback and thoughts

I'd like to make a Prometheus for my Word Bearers, but I'm having trouble deciding which colors to paint its interior. My usual color scheme is based on Rakarth Flesh, but I'm wondering if it's not too light and bright for a Chaos Legion like the XVIIth. I've been thinking about using some kind of dark red for the inside like in that antediluvian Painting Workshop on a Word Bearer Rhino from an old White Dwarf, but I still am not certain. Here are pictures of my current paint scheme: Which colors do you think would fit Word Bearers? Please and thank you.