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Hello everyone. I'm sorry in advance for my English, as not many people can speak it here in Moscow) I was looking forward to starting a Horus Hersy army as soon as Forgeworld released the 1st book. I've went through a lot of variants (Dark Angels, World Eaters, Custodians) but in the end stopped on the Alpha Legion due to it mysteriousness and the lore describing them as actually being a special force amongst already special enough other astartes, mixed with some kind of secret service stuff. So that set, i started buying dem minis, starting from a single "Betrayl at Calth" (if only did i know then that i'm gonna buy actually 3 boxes...). After assembling all that i suddenly realised that i have nearly no time at all to actually paint all that (not mentioning that i was buying more and more minis every week xD). So i've found a local painter whose style i really liked and given him a number of models to paint. Now, little by little, he is finishing them and i can share them with you) Mind, that the color maybe not the typical AL you see, but that is the color i was looking for them. And i really like how it looks now. I'll be posting in the order the guy's painting them, so, here we are: Last Update Alpharius Armillus Dynat Glaive Sicaran Tartaros terminators Knight-Castigator Mastodon wip Thunderhawk1 Thunderhawk2 Lernaean terminators Whirlwind Scorpius Nothing special about it, just a nice mini. 2 Leviathan Dreads Here i had a particular request. I imagine those beasts fighting where the fighting is the worst, so they SHOULD be damaged in some way and can't be in mint condition. They turned out to be exactly as i pictured them in my head. I've bought all the weapons options and magnetised them, but only a couple of them can bee seen in photos. Sicaran venator. Again i made the magnetisation. Unfortunately, the model was not of perfect quality, so you can see the green stuff in some places, but it stiil looks awesome on the table. Seeker squad. For infantry i had several ideas - 1st they shoud not have any destinctive markings, 2nd - black eye lenses, because it's just not logical to have a super-stealthy marine hiding in shadows with 2 bright lenses shining. In my opinion) That's it for now. But some interesting stuff is coming up. Including Alpharius himself converted using Lorgar's model) Thanks for reading, cheers.

First a story... I started playing 40K back in 3rd Edition. Some of you will remember the heady days of the Eye of Terror campaign and other marvels. It was a very interesting time in the hobby and I'm glad I was there. My first army was Alpha Legion. I had a few ideas that spawned off of things like the original Index Astartes article, my general academic interest in counter-insurgency and terrorism, plus stories and modeling. For the Eye of Terror campaign, I actually registered as an Ultramarine player, realizing that I wasn't as good as most of our group at the time, so any losses I experienced would weigh against the Imperium and further the goals of the Legion. I had a very fluffy mix of models, mostly built to explore a concept I had and have some fun. As you might expect, I got killed a lot on the table top, but in my mind that was Ok because in my own way, I was furthering my goal. That seemed very Legion-ish to me. Times changed, I wanted to do different things in the hobby and work with different armies, so I sold my AL and moved on. But that initial "coil" of the Legion always stayed with me. I was always curious about them and their concept. As the fluff built up around them, especially from a HH perspective, the coil loosened a little, bit by bit. Then a couple of what I will call pivotal events took place. 1. I read the most excellent book, "Praetorian of Dorn". Mind blowing ideas from a Legion perspective. I keep reading it over and over. 2. I saw Migsula's own rendition of the Legion. From a modeling perspective, this was everything I ever wanted to see in a Legion force. I was totally smitten. I'll put the link here, but be careful. You could be bitten by the serpent. https://ironsleet.com/2017/06/30/defenders-of-the-realm-alpha-legion/ The coil began to unwind. So this thread will be an exploration for me. I don't intend to build a big army (Famous Last Words #758), but more of a skirmish force that could complement or be attached to another army for whatever reason. I want to "true scale" the Legion, but will accomplish that by using Primaris as the base model. The models will be constructed to support stories and narrative, not because they are killer on the table. It's Ok if they are, but that won't be what drives the modeling. This thread will be about stories. Our group really embraces narratives. Over the past couple of years we've told some amazing stories through our games and it's what drives the 40K in us. I can't exactly say if and how this might wind it's way into our stories, so mostly I will be striving for a stand alone story component. Then again, who knows. After all, we're Legion are we not? Modeling: This is the effect I am going after. I have absolutely no idea how to get there from a painting perspective. I'm just going to have to figure that out, but that's Ok, That's why I model. The first effort will be to develop a Headhunter team of five guys. Not sure what they will look like yet, so probably something pretty simple while I experiment with how to get those kinds of colors. In between that, there should be stories, some old, some new. I intend to resurrect my old fluff and build a few things to support that concept. More on that later. Originally when I was thinking about kicking off this thread, the title was going to be "Resurrecting Monsters", but eventually settled on something more along the Alpha Legion lines. Anyway, I am looking forward to this journey, the explorations, successes and challenges. But mostly I intend to have a good time. Hopefully you will as well. Cheers,