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Hi guys,

I've been running this topic in the modelling forum, but thought I'd gets bit more feedback from you dwellers in the age of darkness...

This is wher I'm currently at- the idea is that the 156th were recalled to Istvaanbut were delayed in the ensuing warp turmoil, arriving 16 weeks later with no clue what happened. This log will follow how they reacted to the truth, and what happened to them in the dark days leading up to the siege.

 

"Talk to them. Tell their stories. Show the Imperium that, despite the Warmaster's best wishes, some of us still honour the name we carry and the eagle we were gifted with. After all this is over, they must know the truth of what happened."

 

And so in the weeks and months following the I went to them. I asked, they answers. They talked, I listened. They told their stories and I made sure they were told to others.They were proud of who they were, and hated what their brothers had become.

What started 16 weeks after the betrayal at Istvaan, when Sergeant Aello discovered the truth in the ruins of the Urgall Depression and ended at the walls of the Imperial palace will be lost in the annals of history, but it important that someone remembers.

They were the 156th company, the Emperors Children. They call themselves the Silent Choir. They are some of the forgotten heroes. These are their stories.

-The Perfection of Silence, The lost 156th. Dorian Isope, Remembrancer 314th expedition.

 

Squad Aegium, 10th tactical squad.

Pict captures relate to their deployment on Kalinstad (314/7) after the capture of the the Primagos and the destruction of the Tibannopolis.

 

Sergeant Aello, 10th tactical squad

Aello was the oldest astartes serving in the 156th, and is seen here in the artificer armour common to the officers serving under Commander Clyme, his golden faceplate denotes survival of the Panas Rift, where the power axe "whisper song" was presented to him by Captain Adonai of the IX legion after his squad were instrumental in the recovery of wounded astartes.

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m200/mark_kilburn/emperors%20children/42BF2A47-444C-4F90-8562-E8E86D9C06BE_zpsh6nuincp.jpg

 

Legionary Philotes, Vox operator 10th tactical squad.

Recently "promoted" in order to curb his individualistic streak and teach him that the sum is greater then it's parts.

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Legionary Metis, 10th tactical squad.

Known as "the unlucky" due to him never having ended an action without an injury, usually self inflicted.

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m200/mark_kilburn/emperors%20children/B1536929-C212-4263-AD63-77865B95DBE7_zpscahqphjo.jpg

 

Legionary Ophion, 10th tactical squad.

Pictured as usual without his helmet, Ophion joined 7th just before the ill fated expedition to 314/3 (Trion) and was one of only 16 astartes to survive.

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m200/mark_kilburn/emperors%20children/947DF5F5-90DB-4227-8462-BD1E235B6847_zpsmcqnp64j.jpg

 

Legionary Agrius, 10th tactical squad.

Agrius, along with Leonus and Thoas, is one of the original members of 10th and was one of the first group of aspirants inducted from Chemos

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Legionary Leonus, 10th tactical squad.

"The mentor". He has refused promotion to the veteran cadre on several occasions as he feels his experience would be better used teaching the newer aspirants

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Legionary Thoas, 10th tactical squad.

Originally from the Marinos arcology on Chemos, Thoas was also a survivor of 314/5, though the long months of recovery have left him a quiet and more contemplative soul.

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Legionary Adikia, 10th tactical squad.

Long an exponent of the "perfection through unity" ideal, Adikia was earmarked for the legion chaplaincy before the 156th were sent out to the Mandragoran Sector.

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Legionary Eris, 10th tactical squad.

Seen he reloading his bolter, he proudly displays blue skull helmet decoration awarded for marksmanship. He will eventually be rotated into one of the companies seeker squads when Aello approves the transfer. At the moment though Aello seems reluctant to loose his "good pair of eyes"

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Legionary Nomos Vexillia 10th tactical squad.

Nomos carries the squad's Vexillia, which he regards as both an honour and a curse. The squad's Vexillia was presented to them by Fulgrim himself, and is a constant reminder of their father's betrayal.

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Veteran squad Sicyon, 1st Terminator squad - the Palatine Guard

 

Squad Sicyon is made up of the handful of veterans within the 156th fully trained in the use of Cataphractii Terminator armour. They made up a unique detachment known as the Palatine Guard, a role both functional and ceremonial. Essentially they were not only the bodyguards of the members of the Talamaska but also acted as senior advisors and mentors for the council and the other astartes.

 

Veteran legionary Lelantos, Squad Sicyon. Lelantos excelled in the duelist matches held by the Thebian society, and it was winning the laurels 3 years running that prompted Sergeant Hemera to sponsor his inclusion in the Palatine Guard.

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Veteran legionary Cacus, Squad Sicyon. Pict capture show Cacus during the firefight in the courtyards as heck the Tibbanopolis, armed with his prototype assault cannon. While it had a much slower rate of fire than the larger Kheres pattern, he preferred a weapon with a higher suppressive rate of fire to the standard legion reaper autocannon.

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The Talamasca.

"Proud? Proud? Of course we were proud. Look at what we accomplished. Look at what we achieved. Even the Phoenician's flagship was named after it. But pride leads to hubris and we have seen where that road leads. So no I will not be prideful. I will listen. And then WE will act. As brothers, not rivals."

Commander Clyme at the formation of the Talamasca.

-The Perfection of Silence, The lost 156th. Dorian Isope, Remembrancer 314th expedition.

 

Commander Clyme commands the 156th in a unique way amongst the third legion. All the Centurions under his command form a council called The Talamasca (lit. Masque of equals) which acts similar to Horus' mournival. Clyme reasoned that it was the sycophants and fearful that led his legion down this path, allowing their pride and superiority to sway Fulgrim to betray the Emperor. By having a council of dissenting voices meant that any actions would be taken not in pride, or in haste, but with deliberation and thought. He reasoned that perfection was still achievable, but it shouldn't be at the expense of his brothers.

 

Codicier Dikaiosyne, The Memory, advisor to the Talamasca.

Dikaiosyne stands apart from the Talamasca, due to his preternatural skills. He felt it would unease his brothers on the council if they thought he could or would influence a vote. As such he has taken on the role of advisor and memorialist, hence his title as The Memory of the 156th.

On the battlefield he is accompanied by members of the Palatine Blades, who have allowed him admittance as they view his precognitive abilities as a true test of their duelling skills.

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Makai Thanatos, The Golden Prince, Moritat.

Thanatos' seat on the Talamasca was a contentious issue. Quiet and brooding, many said he was unsuitable as his quick anger led to many honour duels. It was Dikaiosyne that eventually proved the wiser voice. "Sometimes anger is needed, and when the quietest voice speaks it usually leads to the loudest actions"

He favours duelling with pistols rather than swords, claiming there is more art in the perfect timing than in the flailing of blades, and his preferred weapons are a pair of volkite serpenta called Alitheia and Nomaika (lit. Truth and Justice). His armour is decorated with flowing parchment listing each and every duel he has participated in, hand written by scribes before each battle.

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So, another week goes by and here's where I am. Managed to build a few models, but it's to damn cold to spray primer at the moment so paintings on hold for a bit.

I decided that I'd build marines from different units so that I've got some variety as another stint of 13 tacticals will probably kill me!

First up are the sergeant and one marine form the Legion Assault squad. Sergeant is built using Kurtha Sedd's legs (left over from my legion Vexillia conversion), sanguinary guard body and jump pack, the rest from B@C. The marine is mostly B@C, with an SG jump pack, and arms from the legion destroyer kit.

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m200/mark_kilburn/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-01/B6B8E1E3-863C-4E46-854B-5A454712AD61_zps9xnsbedj.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m200/mark_kilburn/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-01/1C93ABE2-A7A9-48E5-B7E3-2706AACB5062_zpsdntxdgel.jpg

 

Second we have the first two members of a Legion Breacher squad. Taking inspiration from JackDaw's Seraph, these two are built using the Legion Destroyer bodies and heads and B@C arms.

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m200/mark_kilburn/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-01/368E274E-A371-4013-8929-607727ED67DC_zps76mgx5ny.jpg

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Did some more work on the boarding shield for the breachers too. This started as Asterion Moloc's Storm shield, I just removed the Minotaur symbol, and re sculpted the underlying Aquilla. It still needs some GS and tidying up before it's ready to cast (as I'm going to need a minimum of 12 of them!)

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m200/mark_kilburn/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-01/99034CB3-ADA3-4530-A62C-AFADD44A7BA0_zpspbf3bjmi.jpg

 

Lastly, and I'd like to thank KizzDougs for the inspiration for these, two members of the Palatine Blade squad. Wanted to give some variation so I mix and matched the arms and added the jump packs from the Legion Destroyer kit.

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m200/mark_kilburn/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-01/FBFCEC1C-95CC-4115-BE43-6043F372BBD2_zpsiuqbyiap.jpg

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Emperor`s Children always look good when painted well and yours is no exception :) Loving the moritat conversion as well ;)

Thanks man, always good to know I'm heading down the right track!

  • 2 months later...

Well this has been a productive week.

Firstly before anything else, something has been bothering me about the paint scheme (no I'm not jumping ship to another legion, I like purple and gold!). The original idea was to have the armour look reflective but I just wasn't feeling it. It was then I saw the space marine diorama in WD93 and it was like someone flipped a light switch.

It didn't look reflective because the highlights weren't bright enough. So taking a deep breath I picked up the white paint and one of the "finished" tactical marines. 20mins and a LOT of swearing later this was the result

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m200/mark_kilburn/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-03/F99139FC-7F4C-45F2-A638-0ABAD0455AD5_zpswenq9hnf.jpg

Now that was the look I was after.

Just got to go back and do it to all the finished marines.

 

Now you've all seen these 3 before but both cataphractii and the culverin have had the white high light applied.

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m200/mark_kilburn/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-03/5C0D7158-8A94-4A8D-BB7C-88FB2CCD0192_zpscbyegnam.jpg

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Now onto why it's been a productive week. Using the refined scheme I've now finished the first demi squad of 5th assault

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m200/mark_kilburn/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-03/64976947-FB50-4564-9F2E-B0FFE0BCC6AC_zpsspjqdtsx.jpg

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2 new members of second tactical

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The breacher sergeant (should be making the mounds for the shield this weekend)

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m200/mark_kilburn/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-03/F82D11FC-761F-42A9-BE0B-DD9E4E2659D1_zpsf1n9bhm5.jpg

 

And the first of the destroyers built using the kakophoni (glad I finally found a way to include these fantastic models in with my loyalists)

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m200/mark_kilburn/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-03/411CB05A-F15F-493B-8043-266FB6408053_zpsoptuiov5.jpg

 

Thanks for looking

Binary

Same here immersturm. Nailing the colours before rolling out the big guns for ETL.

Thinking of something beginning with I....... K..... in EC colours.

 

The current scheme I am working on is Corax White spray + Naggaroth Night + 1-2 layers of Xereus Purple (keeping it darker) + Druchii Violet. Screaming Skull for Shoulder and potentially Knee Pads. Balthasar Gold + 1-2 layers of Gehenna's Gold and pure Gehenna's Gold for the freehand patterns. Not sure what colour I use for cloaks yet, though. Either dark green, Palid Witch Flesh or something creamy (some white tone washed with Seraphim Sepia).

 

Same here immersturm. Nailing the colours before rolling out the big guns for ETL.

Thinking of something beginning with I....... K..... in EC colours.

 

The current scheme I am working on is Corax White spray + Naggaroth Night + 1-2 layers of Xereus Purple (keeping it darker) + Druchii Violet. Screaming Skull for Shoulder and potentially Knee Pads. Balthasar Gold + 1-2 layers of Gehenna's Gold and pure Gehenna's Gold for the freehand patterns. Not sure what colour I use for cloaks yet, though. Either dark green, Palid Witch Flesh or something creamy (some white tone washed with Seraphim Sepia).

 

 

A creamy white or light grey would look fantastic, especially with a golden filigree around the edges.

Massive fan man, great work. That breacher sergeant is insane. I'll be watching. I love the idea of loyalists EC. Long live Vespasian!!

Long live Vespasian, ave imperator!

Thanks for the support mate

 

Quick update, finished my Praetor

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m200/mark_kilburn/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-03/E8065783-D1B5-430A-9DEE-56B73F33EA0C_zps0kfepehs.jpg

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  • 3 weeks later...

Hm, BA nipple armour fits surprisingly well. I will need to replicate that on my sergeants.

Yup. The sanguinary guard boxed set is a god send for the EC

 

Now mostly this is prepping for ETL but I couldn't resist doing a little painting.

Firstly, 90% done with the command squad, just need capes and the banner

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Then 10 man veteran tactical squad http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m200/mark_kilburn/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-04/AF570FED-455E-45B6-8D35-3FA72955B0F2_zpsaikgsijc.jpg

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The remainder of the 5 man destroyer squad

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Started on the deredeo

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And since the casting of the shields went this well

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m200/mark_kilburn/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-04/C3BA148E-A565-4C13-8D63-6A26A8C3BC3B_zpsejdx1vqn.jpg

I built the palatine breachers (an idea shamelessly stolen from the estimable Kizzdougs)

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m200/mark_kilburn/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-04/8D621A03-996B-47A3-BFA4-E5B487231A4C_zpsjycqthzy.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m200/mark_kilburn/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-04/B635A546-2FF8-4DE5-BC69-69BD4E9441E2_zpsf0g4wity.jpg

And couldn't resist finishing the sergeant to test the colours on the shield

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m200/mark_kilburn/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-04/111968B1-E59C-40D2-9F49-6DDF2E0E09A7_zpsny65yewt.jpg

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Now for the part of the army I really want to add some jetbikes but I'm torn between the Scimitar bikes and the MoTRW jetbikes which I could convert. Any suggestions?

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