XIXth Legion- Dust Clad/ Pale Nomads/ Raven Guard

[W.A.Rorie]

Originally founded as the XIXth Legion, the Legion was used by the Emperor as his hidden hand in its early years during the Unification Wars on Terra. The original recruits of the Legion were firstborn sons drawn from tribes of savage yet technologically adept Xeric warriors of the Asiatic Dustfields, which regularly battled with the much larger Yndonesic Bloc.

 

In its earliest days, the XIXth Legion was used for infiltration, reconnaissance, and target identification operations. The Legion was covertly used to quickly annihilate any faction which refused to submit to the new Imperium, striking from the shadows without warning. The XIXth used terror tactics similar to the Night Lords.[13] One of the earliest known campaigns by the Legion was the conquest of the central Asiatic region, which was ruled by a tyrant known as Kalagann of Ursh. They won many battle honors on Terra, and later took part in the expansion of the Imperium into the rest of the Sol System, liberating Jupiter's moon of Lysithea from xenos. The battle on Lysithea proved costly for the Legion and veterans of the battle wore Jovian runes in its commemoration for many years after.

 

In the early days of the Great Crusade, the Legion found itself in the shadow of Horus and his Luna Wolves. While Horus valued the XIXth greatly, the Legions forces were largely serving as support troops for the Wolves.

 

 

 Originally During the Forgeworld/ Red Book Edition/ Betrayal of Calth/ Burning of Prospero of Horus Heresy (1st ed HH), I was trying to build Imperial Fists. The models ended up other places.  When Horus Heresy Age of Darkness (2nd ed HH) released, I decided to switch to the XIXth legion.  Over time the force grew, not all was built. One of the MHA member's had his Imperial Fist stolen so I donated my unbuilt, Legions Astartes Battle Group and Fafnir Rann.  MHA had our Tanksgiving big game and since then I have not touched my XIXth Legion. Well, now we have Horus Heresy Age of Darkness- Saturnine (3rd ed HH) coming soon. I orginally was like "No I do not need anything in the box, besides the rules."

 

 

Saturnine Armor, Mk II does not fit the XIXth Legion.....or does it. One of the things about my XIXth is I have a 15 man Deliverer Squad,

 

"These warriors had trained alongside the infamous Justaerin Terminators of the Luna Wolves and mastered the tactics of close-range shock assault from both aerial transport and teleport deployment. The Legionaries of the Raven Guard and the Luna Wolves came to refer to these detachments as "Deliverers," both for the carnage they brought to their tendency to be deployed when the daring assaults favoured by the XIXth Legion floundered and threatened to fail. Horus himself was known to have honoured the Deliverers attached to the 11th Chapter ("Pale Nomads") for the ferocity of their counter-attack at the siege of Novas-praxim, including them as part of his personal entourage until the Raven Lord reclaimed command of his Legion."

 

With the Deliverer Squad, and wanting to have a unique feel for my army.....

 

"Though the Battle of Gate Forty-Two was counted a victory by (and indeed for) Horus, its effects were far-reaching. The XIXth Legion was sorely depleted, leaving only 80,000 Legionaries under their primarch's command and making it the smallest of the Legiones Astartes.

 

Corax removed himself and his Legion from his brother's command, swearing bitterly never to serve alongside Horus again. One last consequence of the Battle of Gate Forty-Two lingers still to the present day. In the battle's aftermath, those Terran Raven Guard line officers who, before the coming of their primarch, had served for so long under Horus' command were gone, their lives lost to the slaughter, and so the Warmaster was never able to exert much in the way of influence over the Raven Lord's Legion.

 

Many of these Terran Astartes had been inducted into the warrior lodges established in the XIXth Legion, and with their deaths these unseen bodies all but vanished from the Raven Guard. It has been claimed by his detractors that in assigning the Terran-born Legionaries to the assault wave at Gate Forty-Two that would suffer the greatest losses, Corax did his Legion a service, consolidating his power and paving the way for a future more in line with his own vision."

 

This led to this Army badge

 

Raptor Imperialis- Originally, this honour badge was only used by the proto-Astartes known as the Thunder Warriors, but would later be adopted by the genetically-enhanced regiments of the Excertus Imperialis and the early Terran-born Legiones Astartes as well.

 

So the idea of my XIXth Legion consists of:

 

 

• Assault Company- Assault Marines, Destroyers, Dark Furys, Land Speeders, Apothecaries, Counsel and Praetor with Jump Packs.
• Heavy Assault Company- Deliverers, all suits of Terminators,  Land Raiders Proteus and Spartans, and Characters in Terminator armor
• Siege Company- Breachers and Mk III or older armored models and Characters in older Mk armors with some exceptions
• Tactical Company- Mk VI models Tacticals, Support and Heavy support.
• Recon Company- Recon Marines, scouts, Mor Deythan  
• Armored Company- Tanks

 

As I said that is the idea. But now I have a new idea......Saturnine as Pale Nomads/ Dust Clad, MORE TERRAN RAVEN GUARD!!

 

[W.A.Rorie]

Additions to the Assault Company:

 

Dark Furies 1 of 2

 

Moritat and Champion

 

Assault squad 1 of 3 

 

Destroyers