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The Lost and Forgotten: Building the II Legion

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@SalvationOfReason: I love Archer, and yet I can't quite decide whether that means you approve or not.

 

I also agree with the consensus to lower it slightly, but I'm loath to add rivets or further details to it as I rather like its austere simplicity.

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Thanks for all of the input on the Vexilla, I'll be posting a modified version with it lowered slightly tomorrow.

 

@Depth: I'd love to add a bamboo stalk sparingly to maybe the 60mm bases or on characters, I just don't know where I would find them haha. It's probably for the best to makes sure I don't overdo it.

 

@Flint: Thanks I'm glad you like the dread! Overall, I'm pretty pleased how the light grey has been working out for my legion scheme.

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I thought that I would share this awesome piece of artwork created by ColdWinter and the Forge Masters of the II Legion Project.

 

http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/q614/Gion_Ferrell/Untitled-1.jpg

 

Above is a painters rendition of the 9th Company Banner, Legion II, Lightning Bearers.

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Unfortunately, the earliest I'll be able to start posting models again will be end of next week. 

 

For the last month I have been working an internship in Hong Kong and so have been away from the hobby.

 

However, the next update should be interesting, with a good chuck of lore and something I have wanted to create for a long time.

 

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i327/nickfayette1/398px-Limited_Release_-_Epic_Imperial_PSI_Titan.jpg

 

Here is a clue, my next project is related to the image above. If you can recognize this model, you're thinking in the right direction. The person to guess right gets a cookie. And no it is not hinting at a me building a warlord...

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Another great piece of Lightning Bearers artwork from the Forge Masters:

 

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i327/nickfayette1/Marine_zps0gtweop9.jpg?t=1425032903

 

 

@BCK: That is a Psi-Titan! Which is related to, but not what I am actually planning on including the army.

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Praxis

 

The Praxis are the remnants of the traditional Librarius Division within the II Legion. Before being reunited with Icarion, many Terran Legionaries whose psychic gifts were awakened upon receiving his geneseed chose to hone their powers and wield their arts in the pursuance of the Emperors Great Crusade. Whether Telekines, Biomancers, Pyroclasts or Telepaths, all aspects of the psychic art were pursued by the Gifted of the II Legion. Many of these warriors found secret kinship with the XV Legionnaires who would come to be knows as the Thousand Sons and as fellow psykers gifted with taboo powers. Upon being reunited with their primarch and introduced to the culture of Madrigal, many Terran Librarians choose to focus their psychic gifts toward the preferred arts of Divination; as the reckless use of other psychic powers was looked down upon by the mystic sages of Madrigal. Many chose to enroll in and study the arts of their primarch by seeking out and joining those Celestial Orders whose path suited them best.

 

Many, but far from most Terrans chose another path. Suddenly confronted with a culture and a father that viewed their gifts as dangerous and unwise, they clung to the brotherhood they had forged in pursuit of psychic disciplines and became a core of resistance to the changes being enacted upon their legion.

 

When Magnus pushed for the official formation of Legion Librarius Divisions, the Praxis (as they had come to known) argued in it’s favor, eventually swaying Icarion to side with his brothers Sanguinius, and The Khan for a moderate approach to Magnus the Reds Librarius.

 

For all of the ingrained distrust of the core psychic disciplines on Madrigal, Icarion aloof and wise saw the use of allowing his sons the freedom to explore their gifts. To this end, upon the creation of the Legion Librarius, Icarion allowed the formal recognition of the Praxis as a Celestial Order, and they were subsequently given grounds within the Astral College.

 

While membership within the Praxis was largely made up of Terrans, in more recent years there had been a growing number of aspirants from Madrigal who sought to push the boundaries of their psychic gifts and pursue the arts of Pyromancy, Biomancy, Telepathy and Telekinesis .

 

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i327/nickfayette1/81485619-D52A-440A-B75D-74E4437F7F18.jpg?t=1425420853

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i327/nickfayette1/2B56BC92-1203-48BB-BED0-1DCF2335DE3D.jpg?t=1425420822

(WIP Lightning Bearers Consul)

 

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i327/nickfayette1/CE438D99-7821-4509-8D7C-18ADB8E099E7.jpg?t=1425420919

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i327/nickfayette1/0F2C8FB6-5FD8-4F1A-AAA7-78730004B652_1.jpg?t=1425420987

(WIP Assault Sergeant) 

 

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i327/nickfayette1/3BAAF166-B8CF-47B3-AB43-3149B48AF532_1.jpg

(WIP Volta Deredeo Dreadnoughts)

 

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I'm back from my business trip in Hong Kong and that means an update! 

 

Unfortunately this isn't the update that I alluded to in my last post involving Psi-Titan hints, and the correct answer hasn't been guessed yet so the cookie is still up for grabs.

 

Above are some very WIP miniatures, the Dreadnoughts in particular will receive a lot more love. And the sergeant is the first of another 5 assault marines to round my squad out to 15. Also the two Asartes shown above are the first of a large undertaking to rebase my army with the new 32mm bases so, as tedious as it will be, that's happening.

 

Finally, I have another lovely update from ColdWinter and The Forge Masters:

 

A Volta Terminator!

 

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i327/nickfayette1/Marines.jpg?t=1425421642

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