Fallen11 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 With my summer job slowly coming to the end,I have saved enough money to start myself HH army :D I am mostly undecided between Alpha Legion and Emperor children. Big plus to EC is that they have FW shoulder pads designed,palatines,very nice dreadnaught , and since AL is not out, they basically don't have anything to mark them AL out yet. About color scheme, I very much like EC one. FW ALpha legion scheme is not out yet, although I am not that big fan of that one picture how scheme is supposed to look. I like more that from black library, purple one. But still, in color scheme design, I think that EC win, since they will look more eye catching on table. Concerning fluff. Well,I have read Fulgrim. Although book is nice, I kinda dislike how easily Fulgrim decided to betray emperor and was seduced by daemon. And whole lets put xeno organs in us doesn't suit me. I might have to check more fluff before they decided to go Chaos. About Alpha legion, I simply love their fluff and always have. Probably my favorite legion fluff vise. I am getting myself Legion book to read more about it. So fluff wise AL wins. I tend to play army with new marines codex, since it will be pre heresy army. Although if chaos gets some interesting army book in future I might play it as chaos, simply as heresy legion. So it's kinda hard decision. Should I play legion which fluff I like more, or which looks better on battlefield?! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/278708-ec-or-alpha-legion/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
spu00sed Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Do the legion you like the most, but put your own spin on them. For example mine are III legion. However they are one of the many parts that were with separate experditions. This has given em their own personality. They tried to follow the old ways of only recruiting from nobility, taking it as a tithe from imperial and newly conquered worlds. However they were unable to keep up with replace,ent rates just using noble sons, so have had to take others into their ranks. However class still exists within this splinter of the third. Recruits of noble birth are placed in the officer core, whilst everyone one else becomes a line marine. Few line marines get the chance to advance further than section officers and at the same time there is a glut of officers filling up the strategium, with specialists often not even being deployed as they are not needed. As you can see I have ignored the fall of the legion and the use of xenos organs, haven't go the memo yet. So do the same. Find a legion you like and make it your own. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/278708-ec-or-alpha-legion/#findComment-3429601 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Captain Sirus Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Well an easy one is whether you want 1 primach or 2. As AL will surely have the option for both of theirs, and 2 has its obvious advantages in game terms. Just go for the one that you can honestly see yourself enjoying the most in all aspects of gaming and painting. Hope this helps in some way :-) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/278708-ec-or-alpha-legion/#findComment-3429606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quixus Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 So it's kinda hard decision. Should I play legion which fluff I like more, or which looks better on battlefield?!Why not do both? Make an Alpha Legion army which have a bunch of EC impersonators in the field. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/278708-ec-or-alpha-legion/#findComment-3429607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon2027 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 There are examples of the Alpha Legion paint scheme, just go look at the legion tartaros terminators. I love the Alpha's but I couldn't get into painting them. Will return to them in due course though. Maybe try painting one of each see what you like painting. If you do do the Alpha though make sure you post them. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/278708-ec-or-alpha-legion/#findComment-3429632 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn Eremon Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I echo Quixus. It'd be an easy way to just do both. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/278708-ec-or-alpha-legion/#findComment-3429637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skawolf Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I have had the same question lurking around in my mind for a bit now..... Good luck choosing, I have not yet, so who am I to tell you which way to go haha. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/278708-ec-or-alpha-legion/#findComment-3429645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grotsmasha Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I also think both, I'd go ECs, and sneak in some scales, one or two guys a squad. That way you can have your preferred colour scheme and still swing some cool AL fluff. Cheers, Jono Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/278708-ec-or-alpha-legion/#findComment-3430055 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Semper Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 You can do both and keep the integrity of both by adding an allied detachement. Go for ECs as your Primary detachment since they got all the nice stuff already and use your Secondary as AL to get it out of your system (and test the paint scheme too). Then as more cool stuff get released you can add to both detachments - and who knows? A couple of years down the road the AL might become the Primary detachment after all. :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/278708-ec-or-alpha-legion/#findComment-3430065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galron Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Alpha Legion there arent very many of us. I did not like the preheresy scheme so I went with a mix of the "modern era" and pre-heresy blue. I went with a just recently post heresy look, with blue and a very light tinge of green(I love gw washes, 3 blue, 1 spot green in high spots, and another blue) along with the silver trim. I did their belts in an olive drab green and of course have hand painted their icons. I did not include any of the scales of the later chaos versions of the Alpha Legion as I consider mine to still be the "good" guys. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/278708-ec-or-alpha-legion/#findComment-3430220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallen11 Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 Yea, I could count on one hand number of AL armies that looked good which I saw on internet. On the other hand, there are bunch of good EC ones. How will they perform in heresy is not my primary concern,because no one here plays horus heresy. Although, with a bit of luck, I might persuade some veterans to try it up! 2 detachments is not bad idea, in the end,I can always say those who are EC are in disguise, With rules to ally inside new SM codex, this might not be bad idea. If I make pre heresy army, I can basically play any SM legion I want right? Because there are no rules for them. EC strive for perfection, so they could pick doctrine they found most efficient to execute some mission to be most perfectly executed? Because from time I might want to change which ever SM codex I will pick for them, to spice things up and try new tactics and units. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/278708-ec-or-alpha-legion/#findComment-3430633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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