Frostmourne Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 When you see fantastic new things for new Legions, or hear new rumous and see new models. And all you can think is, yeah but my Legions have wicked cool shoulder pads. All i have got from the HH Weekender, apart from many a quivering feeling in my nethers, is that Solar Auxilia stuff is begging to be painted and used as Armatura Academy Guard stuff.. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303163-how-you-know-you-have-picked-the-right-legion/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy1391 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I know I picked the right legion(s) for me because I've always loved the fists and ravenguard. Regardless of what other cool toys the other legions get ive got very solid legion rules that actually compliment each other very well. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303163-how-you-know-you-have-picked-the-right-legion/#findComment-3943176 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Golem Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I haven't picked a legion yet :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303163-how-you-know-you-have-picked-the-right-legion/#findComment-3943180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leoric Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 You will know, when you start painting them :-) There are so many choices, and to pick up just one is really difficult. There will be so many uncertainty, and maybe you will question yourself, especially as new shiny toys are out every Friday. I really wasn't sure in myself until my order arrived, but then I started to assemble and to paint them, and I knew that I couldn't choose better. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303163-how-you-know-you-have-picked-the-right-legion/#findComment-3943258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Golem Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 But I've already started assembling/painting a legion, the SoH. And Im still not sure :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303163-how-you-know-you-have-picked-the-right-legion/#findComment-3943270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Hands Fanatic Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 For most people there isn't a 'right' Legion - with the amount of fantastic fluff for each Legion (which is just multiplying with each new FW book), inspiration comes from whatever you are exposed to at the time (for example, checking out some of the new armour designs for the Witcher 3 instantly had me dreaming up new MK II variants for the Dark Angels). If you like a Legion, and think you want to pursue them, try and amass as much reference material as you can (not necessarily just GW stuff - read books relevant to the Legion's historical influences & make a folder of similar images) - if your motivation begins to dwindle, dive into your reference material & you should be able to re-kindle your inspiration. Another useful thing is to try and create a couple of unique characters / formations to base your army around - having a more personal investment in a faction helps tie you to them. Yeah, some of us have a favourite Legion, but even then it tends to be incredibly tough not to waver. My love for the Iron Hands started with "Bionic Space Marines? yeah!" , but as I read more about them, they evoked the Grim-Darkness of the setting so fantastically I couldn't resist. Clinical, remorseless warriors who revile the very flesh that makes them, who are constantly pushing to replace their flawed flesh with the perfection of the machine? Glorius. Even when the whole 'The Flesh is Weak' mantra is removed for the Great Crusade & Heresy, the Xth Legion is still incredibly grim. They're an inch away from being a traitor Legion. They're polar opposites to the humanitarian, moral Salamanders to whom they're so commonly compared. The Clan system means they even hate each other. With Ferrus' death, they will stop at nothing to exact vengeance - they'll resort to measures which even the traitor Legions would have qualms with. The Iron Hands are the vilest, most brutal of the Loyalist Legions by a mile. Boy do I dig that. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303163-how-you-know-you-have-picked-the-right-legion/#findComment-3943277 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Golem Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I'm outta likes, but you deserve one for almost making me want to do Iron Hands, who I don't really like... And this is why I can't choose a legion ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303163-how-you-know-you-have-picked-the-right-legion/#findComment-3943279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
depthcharge12 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 You can't choose. You gotta catch 'em all. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303163-how-you-know-you-have-picked-the-right-legion/#findComment-3943284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor's Furor Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 There will always be some doubt in your mind, just when you think you've settled something with pop up tha will make you hesitate, at least thats what happens to me. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303163-how-you-know-you-have-picked-the-right-legion/#findComment-3943286 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuskRaider Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I know I picked the right Legion because I've played Death Guard in their 40K iteration for over a decade. I always loved the Legion's Pre-Heresy fluff, especially the Dusk Raiders. When FW released the Plague Marine upgrade kits, I completely rebuilt my force. When they released Mk. II - IV and Pre-Heresy weapons, I completely rebuilt my force using the Plague Marine upgrade kits and the Pre-Heresy bits to make them more lore accurate. When FW announced they were doing the Horus Heresy, I had originally planned on building a Night Lords force and even built a Contemptor and some troops (one was my character from the Black Crusade RPG), but it just wasn't the same. Then I came up with the idea of building a 30K Death Guard army to mirror my 40K Death Guard. While building my 30K force, I completely gave up on 40K. Chaos is a joke. So now I've got about 10,000 points of Death Guard and climbing. Still contemplating a Night Lords allied contingent, however. Or Alpha Legion. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303163-how-you-know-you-have-picked-the-right-legion/#findComment-3943307 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Heinrich Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 You know you've picked the right legion when you have exactly zero 30k bits or rules for them, and you still want to build them anyways. In nomine patris nostri Sanguinius. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303163-how-you-know-you-have-picked-the-right-legion/#findComment-3943310 Share on other sites More sharing options...
helterskelter Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I'm still not entirely sure, there's too many that appeal to me, but I love terror volkitey doom, so NL win for now. Adb made it hqrd for me not to do NL too Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303163-how-you-know-you-have-picked-the-right-legion/#findComment-3943320 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raktra Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Incalculably cold and cruel cybernetic transhumans with a penchant for Dreadnoughts and the end justifying the means. Damn right. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303163-how-you-know-you-have-picked-the-right-legion/#findComment-3943372 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Mehman Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I know I picked the right legion because they're all I can think about. Painting Astra Militarum troopers for hours? Thinking about the Death Guard Legion. Writing down Inquisition fluff? Thinking about the Death Guard Legion. Looking at my wife lovingly? Thinking about the Death Guard Legion. I spent hours (read: days) on a good naming convention for them and then proceeded to name all the characters. Even the sergeants got a name. Every squad got an individual name. Hell, if they had a mascot it would be named, too! I wholeheartedly agree with Iron Hands Fanatic in that I have picked the best legion, for me (Iron Hands are who I focus on in 40k so I agree even more with what he said about the boys in black). They fuel my creative juices in ways I didn't think possible. I used to like the idea of a group of Eastern-Bloc troopers going through the ruins of bombed-out city, killing indiscriminately. One of their numbers falls and no one cares. Again, I used to like that image- now I love it. It drives me onward to a fluff I had never dreamed of having. When they were up for debate with the other legions, they weren't top dog. But, since the dust has settled, they are a very dirty winner. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303163-how-you-know-you-have-picked-the-right-legion/#findComment-3943386 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqui Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I picked my Legion because of the 40K army who are successors of them To me, it allows for exploring the successors from their Legion origins to the present day. It was close though - Iron Hands, Night Lords and Blood Angels were serious contenders, but I'm doing 40K Chapters one way or another for two of them. The third, I'm still pondering about getting, as it'd be cool to get a "Loyalist" (XIII) Legion and a "Traitor" (VIII) Legion. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303163-how-you-know-you-have-picked-the-right-legion/#findComment-3943423 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slips Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I know I picked the right legion because the Imperial Fists personify me like no other legion. Some come close like the BA, UM and TS but theyre not as in sync as the IF. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303163-how-you-know-you-have-picked-the-right-legion/#findComment-3943427 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barabbas Sogalon Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I've always loved the pre heresy Death Guard ever since I saw the pictures in Collected Visions. I also love the Dusk Raiders, so I made them loyalists. Attritional and chemical warfare just appeals to the WWI nut in me. The reason I chose the VIII for my second legion also comes from my love of the Dusk Raiders and has nothing to do with the Night Lords. I read the line in Betrayal saying that the VIII recruited from Albia and decided to make a force of pyromaniac and resentful Albians calling themselves the true Lords of Night because of their (twisted) Dusk Raider tactics. And a fascination with Unification led to them being loyal to the pre Primarch ideals instead of Emperor/Warmaster. I might do a small force of Imperial Fists. Got a 40k army of them and I do think their Unification colours are so much better than all yellow. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303163-how-you-know-you-have-picked-the-right-legion/#findComment-3943454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBA Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 You will know, when you start painting them :-) Couldn't agree more. Test paint anything that interests you and go off that. You will be painting ALOT of one legion. Make sure you like the process. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303163-how-you-know-you-have-picked-the-right-legion/#findComment-3943456 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castiel Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Yeah, the Salamanders were definitely the right pick for me nd my loylaists. I look at the new legion stuff and figure out which bits will fit into my legion. Some of those UM heads are gorgeous. That said, I still need to choose my traitor force.... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303163-how-you-know-you-have-picked-the-right-legion/#findComment-3943458 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMalone Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I chose ultramarines the second I saw the new upgrades and this year's releases Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303163-how-you-know-you-have-picked-the-right-legion/#findComment-3943534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gab Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I chose IF because Slipstreams is very persuasive, well that and my 40k armies are Black Templars and Crimson Fists so it just seems the right thing to do. If it wasn't IF I'd probably be doing Ultramarines. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303163-how-you-know-you-have-picked-the-right-legion/#findComment-3943842 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slips Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Looks like I might have to make a Chaplain Mini of myself at some point then >_> Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303163-how-you-know-you-have-picked-the-right-legion/#findComment-3943844 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gab Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Looks like I might have to make a Chaplain Mini of myself at some point then >_> You do have a knack for convincing people to dedicate themselves to the Imperium and the VIIth. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303163-how-you-know-you-have-picked-the-right-legion/#findComment-3943851 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Golem Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Looks like I might have to make a Chaplain Mini of myself at some point then >_> You do have a knack for convincing people to dedicate themselves to the Imperium and the VIIth. He almost sold me on them too haha. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303163-how-you-know-you-have-picked-the-right-legion/#findComment-3943940 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kastor Krieg Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 The Black Templars salute your zeal, Chaplain Slipstreams. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303163-how-you-know-you-have-picked-the-right-legion/#findComment-3943958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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