30k Alpha Legion Army - The WAAAGH Studios

[AlexHeap]

Ever since reading Legion I've wanted to build an Alpha Legion army and now with Betrayal at Calth being released it's time to finally get it done.

Here are a few shots of some of the models I've built from BAC along with a few extra bits:

http://www.thewaaaghstudios.com/images/mekshop/30kalphas/TacSquad1.jpg

http://www.thewaaaghstudios.com/images/mekshop/30kalphas/TacSquad2.jpg

http://www.thewaaaghstudios.com/images/mekshop/30kalphas/Librarian.jpg


and here's the first test model for the colour scheme:

http://www.thewaaaghstudios.com/images/mekshop/30kalphas/TestModel.jpg


Most of my time is taken up with commission and general business work so I rarely get a chance to work on my own miniatures but this is an army I've wanted to do for a long time so I'm going to try and squeeze in as much time on them as possible.

Let me know what you think.
 

[Atia]

Looks good :)

 

I like the Librarian kitbash! 

[betrayer41]

Yayyyyy more AL

[Flint13]

That's a super pretty teal, I love it!

 

What did you go for on the shoulder pad? It's turned juuuust a bit too far to see the transfer. 

[AlexHeap]

@Atia: Thanks :) He's the first of three Librarian conversions I'll be doing so I've got the option of running a Librarius Conclave.

 

@betrayer41: Alpha Legion are the best Legon ;)

 

@Flint13: Glad you like it. The colour scheme was definitely a big part of what drew me to the army. The transfer is the hydra symbol from the FW transfer sheet.

 

 

First half of the Tactical Squad is all done now:

http://www.thewaaaghstudios.com/images/mekshop/30kalphas/PaintedTacSquadp1.jpg

 

[underdog6750]

Really nice alpha legion, the colour is really deep and vivid. I like it alot :)

[BrotherCaptainArkhan]

Looks fantastic. Very clean, great colour scheme.

[Col.hertford]

Nice AL, what's the recipe?

[Brother Chaplain Behrtram]

That metallic teal is awesome! Would you mind sharing the recipe?

[Galron]

Yes please, share the color. Its the hardest part of AL is getting a good teal.

[AlexHeap]

Thanks guys :D

I'm going to be writing a tutorial for my website with step by step pictures for painting the armour so I'll make sure to link it here when it's done.

Second half of the Tactical Squad is done now aswell so that's the first squad completed:

http://www.thewaaaghstudios.com/images/mekshop/30kalphas/PaintedTacSquadp2.jpg
 

[Olis]

That is one nice shade of metallic blue. I look forward to you linking us to the tutorial.

[Col.hertford]

That's one excellent looking sergeant.

[SpawningDoom4u]

Great job,that color is super smooth.

[zxyogi]

Very nice!

Liking this thread very much!

[AlexHeap]

Just finished off a Meltagun support squad for this army:

http://www.thewaaaghstudios.com/images/mekshop/30kalphas/MeltagunSupport.jpg

Next up will be a Rhino so hopefully the scheme will translate well to vehicles.

[Pearson73]

Nice colour for these Alphas. Good work on the discolouration on the melta barrels too.

[AlexHeap]

Rhino's finished:

http://www.thewaaaghstudios.com/images/mekshop/30kalphas/PaintedRhino.jpg

 

[AlexHeap]

I'm taking these to a local tournament on Saturday so I'm trying to get the last few parts of the list finished off/ up to 3 colours in time for that. I'll post some pics when they're done and try to get some in game shots aswell.


Here's the list of steps involved for painting the armour for those that were interested:


The WAAAGH Studios - Painting Alpha Legion Armour:

Grey Primer - Airbrush at 25 PSi - Always put Thinner in Airbrush first

Step 1: Airbrush Layer - 50/50 Army Painter Plate Mail Metal/ Vallejo Thinner Medium

Step 2: Airbrush Zenithal Highlight - 50/50 Army Painter Shining Silver/ Vallejo Thinner Medium

Step 3: Airbrush Zenithal Highlight - 50/50 Tamiya Clear Green/ Tamiya X-20A Thinner

Step 4: Airbrush Layer - 50/50 Tamiya Clear Blue/ Tamiya X-20A Thinner

Step 5: Edge Highlight - Army Painter Shining Silver

Step 6: Airbrush Layer - 50/50 Tamiya Clear Blue/ Tamiya X-20A Thinner

Step 7: Wash - Nuln Oil (Only in the recesses)

Step 8: Glaze - Guilliman Blue

 

[betrayer41]

sooooo prettyyyyy

[AlexHeap]

Here's a shot of the army pre-tournament:

http://www.thewaaaghstudios.com/images/mekshop/30kalphas/AlphaLegionArmy.jpg

Not everything's finished but I'm pretty happy with how it all looks together. There's a few sneak peaks of other units I'm working on in there aswell.

Wish me luck :D
 

[Burias-Drak'shal]

Great looking army

[Ovidius Incertus]

Very nice metallic blue scheme.  Do you have a closeup of one mini?  I'm curious as to how much the green layer comes through, since I can only see it in a few places.

[AlexHeap]

@Burias-Drak'shal: Thanks. It's definitely great fun bringing this army to life.

@Ovidius Incertus: There are a couple of close up shots in the Facebook album but it's hard to photograph the effect. Basically the colour changes depending on the angle you view them. Greenest from above and Bluest from underneath. I think it works quite well for the iridescent armour as described in the literature.

Finished off a few more Transports now:

http://www.thewaaaghstudios.com/images/mekshop/30kalphas/PaintedRhino2.jpg

http://www.thewaaaghstudios.com/images/mekshop/30kalphas/PaintedDropPod.jpg
 

[Andvarr A]

Wow, that's a purty set of colours