jimbo1701 Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Hi all. Lacking the conviction to start a pre-heresy army (or decide which one to use) I had the idea to use one marine from each pre-heresy traitor legion as a member of a counts as legion of the damned squad. This would allow me to paint one of each colur scheme and to model some older armour without having to do a whole army. They're very WIP at the moment so I was wondering if anyone had any ideas to spice them up and make them appear specific to their legion: Left to right: Night lord - modified Mk6, will probably have a CCW Luna wolf - Mk4 Iron warrior - Mk3 - greenstuff nees sculpting still, will have 2nd ed lascannon Thousand son - Mk6, will either have a scimitar or force rod and a bolter Word bearer - Mk5 - carries book of lorgar and will have tatooed scalp Son of Horus - Mk4 Alpha legion - Mk6 World eater - Mk5 - needs a RH chainaxe if anyone has a spare Death guard - Mk3/4 Emperors childern - Mk6 and sergeant Comment, crits and suggestions most welcome. Sorry the pics are not very good atthis stage but they're still WIP. http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t286/jimbo1701/yesterdaysheroes.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonkin Arenis Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Night lord - modified Mk6, will probably have a CCWLuna wolf - Mk4 Iron warrior - Mk3 - greenstuff nees sculpting still, will have 2nd ed lascannon Thousand son - Mk6, will either have a scimitar or force rod and a bolter Word bearer - Mk5 - carries book of lorgar and will have tatooed scalp Son of Horus - Mk4 Alpha legion - Mk6 World eater - Mk5 - needs a RH chainaxe if anyone has a spare Death guard - Mk3/4 Emperors childern - Mk6 and sergeant Nice idea, but my only gripe is is that the Luna Wolves and the Sons of Horus are the same thing... Is this intentional? Arenis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo1701 Posted November 12, 2009 Author Share Posted November 12, 2009 Night lord - modified Mk6, will probably have a CCWLuna wolf - Mk4 Iron warrior - Mk3 - greenstuff nees sculpting still, will have 2nd ed lascannon Thousand son - Mk6, will either have a scimitar or force rod and a bolter Word bearer - Mk5 - carries book of lorgar and will have tatooed scalp Son of Horus - Mk4 Alpha legion - Mk6 World eater - Mk5 - needs a RH chainaxe if anyone has a spare Death guard - Mk3/4 Emperors childern - Mk6 and sergeant Nice idea, but my only gripe is is that the Luna Wolves and the Sons of Horus are the same thing... Is this intentional? Arenis Hi, Thanks for the reply. Yes, it was intentional as I wanted to round the squad up to 10 and there are only nine traitor legions. I figured the sons of Horus were the most popular of the alternative names and color schemes and so I'd go for them. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Martemis Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 That's an awesome idea! Might have to pinch it, would go well with a deathwatch squad, have all first founging models in one army! Can I make a suggestion though, swap out the son's of horus, or lunar wolf, and have a second thousand son, one could be a sorceror, and the other a 'standard' rubric one, doesn't like the idea of being a ghost, keps some sense of self and is out for payback? Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Bloodhowl Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Looking good so far. I agree on the terms of the Luna Wolf and Son of Horus-who's to say they are not just from different times in the legions history, say one from the start of the crusade and one from the Istvaan Masacre. My one problem is that (as I assume these legion members are those loyalists that were betrayed by their heretic brothers and have come back to help the loyalists in the fight against chaos) didn't the entire Word Bearer Legion turn to Chaos, not just a part like with the other Legions. If I am correct in both these theories then it would seem to me pretty pointless to have a 'loyalist' Word Bearer as a Legion of the Damned member coming back to help the loyalists in the fight against chaos. Maybe go with another Thousand Son like Brother Martemis suggested. But hey, these are just my ideas not orders, it's a brilliant idea you have anyway! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Loring Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 I'm not too sure about the luna wolves/sons of horus thing either. I prefer it to the thousand son idea though. Mainly because I abhor the witch but also because thousand sons weren't as pretty pre-heresy. Pre-heresy colour scheme was just red with a little bit of egyptian influence. The cover of the to be released thousand sons book shows them nicely. Very pretty IMO, but not as 'stand-out' as the rubrics. Why would you want a rubric (some dust and a soul (that feels betrayed) in power armour) anyway. How about adding a dark angel or perhaps something a bit different like a tech priest????? Do like the idea overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Martemis Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Looking back, the thousand son idea wasn't my best, I guess I just like red fireball blasting marines :-D Don't like the idea of the double input from one legion, could always introduce some from the mantis warriors or other traitors from the badab wars? I know its not heresy era, but gives more variety Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Bloodhowl Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 How about adding a dark angel :P Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :) We were betrayed by our planet damn it!!!!(hehe rhyming is fun!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo1701 Posted November 12, 2009 Author Share Posted November 12, 2009 Thanks forthe input folks - it's made me think harder about the origin story for these guys. I'm thinking now that they should be more an embodiment/manifestation of the honour of the legion as it used to be rather than individual loyal warriors. Kind of how the LotD fluff speculates how they could be either fire hawks (?) lost to the wwarp and reborn OR an extension of the emperors divine will. I'm thinking that having them as eternal warriors fighting to reclaim the lost honour of their legions is quite a nice concept, although I'm still unsure about the 10th member. I think I'll default to the Son of Horus still as it seems the best of a bad bunch of alternatives. Have made some progress and they all have backpacks/armsnow. Will hopefully post some pics of them next week once I've converted the weapons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Loring Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 ;) No evil DAs (they are kinda traitor - only joking Bloodhowl) Look forward to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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