Loyalists of the XIV: The tyrant's ruin and rival's fall

[Brother Pheidias]

Looking magnificent!

[GhostMalone]

I will admit I'm impressed but your a loyalist so I have to hate you brother

 

Sorry

;)

[Barabbas Sogalon]

Some newly built veterans of sqaud Tartaros

Will start on a Siege Breaker when the squad is done. I only need to straighten out a thunder hammer first... wish me luck.

[Barabbas Sogalon]

Siege Breaker assembled

[Barabbas Sogalon]

The first members of squad Tartaros done

Legionaries Kordak, Levi and Azar; veterans of 1st Squad, part of the Commander's Chosen

This will be the last update before Christmas as there won't be any painting for me until next year. Might post some background on organization if time allows it.

[deathspectersgt7]

They look good!

[recon0321]

Where is apothecaries bitz from?

[Barabbas Sogalon]

Head, torso, left shoulder and legs are from the Sternguard box, backpack, narthecium, right shoulder and containers in the belt from the Command squad, and the sword is a Grey Knigth one.

[AGPO]

Love your loyalists, but I'm staggered by the fact that you've written all that fluff in your second language! Massive kudos.

[recon0321]

I take it the Horus heresy FW books go into great detail about the legions....I can't wait to carve out my own death guard battalion

[ninjasuperspy]

Nice work! Stealing that Helm+Rebreather kitbash. Was wondering what I was going to do with all of these MK VII helms I have sitting around...

[recon0321]

Those rebreather helms are the from the destroyer squad correct? But what about the bare headed rebreather

[AGPO]

Recon the bare head is from the new tactical squad, the other re-breathers are converted using imperial guard bits as said earlier in the thread.

[GhostMalone]

So my loyalist brother when do I get to see some transports for these bastards as they run from the true sons of mortarion ;)

 

Ave Mortarion

[deathspectersgt7]

All they would need are bicycles.

[recon0321]

Totally missed that post sorry

[Barabbas Sogalon]

@AGPO: Thanks a lot! Before I joined this forum I hadn't written anything in English for nearly three years.

 

@recon0321: Will you go Loyalist or Traitor?

 

@Jaspcat: No transports in the immediate future. The men of the 8th Battalion are and always will be foot sloggers meeting Terra's enemies head on. You, my brother, will find us no different.

 

In other news, I have a surprise ready for tomorrow.

[recon0321]

I am going to do loyalist...

[recon0321]

Are the green shoulder pads explored anywhere in the fluff as to how they are painted? I mean some marines have full green pads others have the trim etc....could that be another way of discerning rank?

[Barabbas Sogalon]

I've always thought it was individual preferences. The original pre-Heresy scheme was with green trims, we only got the green pads with Betrayal. Plan to use both variants.

[recon0321]

Also do you think most squads were fielded with the same armor or do you think it was up to the individual marine? I can't seem to choose between MK III or IV....I want some V but since these are loyalist don't know how to fit em in

[Barabbas Sogalon]

I give marines in a squad the same armour, but that's just because I like a uniform look. You could make it look like your marines have scavenged different marks from dead enemies and then have both III and IV.

[Barabbas Sogalon]

[Final log of First Lieutenant Cleitus Damian of the Emperor’s Children LII Company, V Millennial, Istvaan III Atrocity]

 

 

++[0 hours] Planetfall on the Stormbird Domitian. Lieutenant Damian leads twenty-man Tactical squads Meticus and Cassan and Tactical Support squad Viter into the Choral City.++

 

++[Plus 0008 hours] Domitian shot down by unknown hostiles.++

 

++[Plus 0022 hours] Task Force Damian encounters former legionaries of the XII. The lieutenant orders use of anti-greenskin-formation.++

 

++[Plus 0025 hours] Enemy defeated, no survivors. No casualties among Task Force.++

 

++[Plus 0048 hours] Task Force attacked by another wave of XII Legion Traitors; mostly Assault and Tactical marines, some Destroyers. Casualties inflicted on enemy.++

 

++[Plus 0059 hours] Enemy force renews attack, two legionaries of squad Cassan killed. Sergeant Meticus suggests flanking through ruins on right side of battlefield. Lieutenant Damian approves action.++

 

++[Plus 0106 hours] Squad Meticus breaks through right flank. Severe casualties inflicted on enemy. Lieutenant Damian defeats former Captain of the XII in single combat, enemy force shattered. Sergeant Viter comments that current fight bores him and removes helmet.++

 

++[Plus 0108 hours] All enemies confirmed killed. Lieutenant Damian receives orders from Centurion Aerben [ref. Cleansing of Laeran. Body later found decapitated near III Legion lines] to attack Traitors north of current position.++

 

++[Plus 0141 hours] Attack commences. Enemy identified as III Legion led by former Centurion Markus Apokalian of XXIII Company [ref. Bleeding Twins campaign]. Force larger than first anticipated.++

 

++[Plus 0209 hours] Sergeant Viter killed by bolter round to the head. Enemy dug in deep, flanking impossible. In response to heavy fire, lieutenant Damian orders retreat to safe distance before link up with nearby allies of the XIV Legion.++

 

++[Plus 0216 hours] Task Force joins unspecified, but sizable number of XIV allies and continues attack on hostiles. After a short firefight, Traitors under Apokalian’s command withdraw to nearby plaza. Lieutenant Damian orders pursuit.++

 

++[Plus 0220 hours] XIV Legion allies open fire on Task Force. Severe casualties. Lieutenant Damian order return of fire. No life signs from squads Meticus, Cassan and Viter. [shot fired from what is believed to be a customized Tigrus pattern boltgun] No life sign from lieutenant Damian.]++

 

++Error++

 

++[unidentified speaker] We are the voice and the clarion call; we are tyrant’s ruin and rival’s fall. We are the Last Judgement. We’ll send you all to Hell.++

 

[Connection lost]

[Barabbas Sogalon]

ORGANIZATION OF THE VIII BATTALION, VII GREAT COMPANY: THE FOUR SQUADS

 

 

Of the many Tactical Squads in the Battalion, there are four that stand out in both status and function on the battlefield. They are named Tartaros, Acheron, Charon and Thanatos, names taken from ancient Terran myths of the Netherworld to emphasize the mission of the Last Judgement.

 

1^st Squad is called Tartaros and made up of the Battalion’s best warriors, legionaries that have proven themselves in battle several times. The warriors of this squad epitomizes what it is to be Death Guard; they are resilient, equipped to handle any situation and able to adapt to sudden changes in the flow of battle in a moment’s notice. To them, existence is all about survival at any cost. A large part of Tartaros’ combat doctrine is influenced by their current leader, sergeant Skander Barleti, an ambitious veteran notorious for his reckless
nature and unorthodox methods. He prefers to lead his squad to where the fighting is thickest, never faltering in the face of impossible odds and using anything to his advantage. When Battalion-Commander Barabbas takes to the field of battle it is often in the company of these warriors, earning them the nickname the Commander’s Chosen.

 

2^nd Squad bears the name of Acheron. A majority of its legionaries are of Terran origin, veterans that have served Emperor and Imperium since the beginning, and because of this the squad’s way of war is unchanged since the time of the Dusk Raiders. Acheron is led by Lieutenant Kulvain Metehan, a warrior from the early days known for his cold demeanour and disdain for Barbarusan influences, who is often given command in the Commander’s absence. As a result of their long service and higher standing in the Battalion, they are the only squad fully equipped with Mk IV Power Armour. Acheron is responsible for carrying an ancient vexilla from the Legion’s founding on the battlefield, this honour is reflected in their motto In hoc signo vinces.

 

3^rd Squad Charon is a blunt weapon used in carving bloody paths through enemy lines, boarding actions and storming fortifications. They excel in close combat, once being compared to a battering ram hammering into their foes with chainswords roaring. Their sergeant is the brutal and aggressive Simeon Kruik, one of the original Death Guard fighting alongside Mortarion on Barbarus. Even outside his Legion he has the reputation of a merciless butcher and violent duellist. In extermination campaigns, Charon has been known to strike at population centres.

 

4^th Squad is Thanatos, whose ranks are filled by younger generations of Barbarus born under the leadership of the venerable Terran Caleb Harkus. Though young, only legionary Ishak Tolgahan has served more than twenty years, the legionaries of Thanatos are capable warriors usually found at the front where they hold the line with volley after volley of bolter fire.

 

All of the Four will be sent to the surface of Istvaan III at the dawn of the Heresy.

[deathspectersgt7]

So are going to do all of them? If so it will be cool  and watched.