Alpha Legion Legionnaires 2

 My revised Alpha Legion is slowly being reinforced with a second unit of legionaries.

This unit is more melee and close range focussed with a heavy melee weapon, second bro with a plasma pistol and another with a plasma gun. All other dudes have bolt pistols and chainswords.

The heavy melee is demonstrated by a large spear conversion which seemed appropriate for the sons of the hydra. The wielder also gets the honour of carrying the chaos icon for some reroll of those dark pacts.

Painting followed the approach of the First legionaries unit with the same contract of the yellow green on the larger symbols/  weapon blades and red across all cloth.

I went with the alternative chapter symbol of a single hydra to differentiate them from the first unit of legionaries.

The next five are ready for the paint table.

I also repainted my old Chaos Lord from 7th edition who I always liked and gave him the necessary bigger base for 10th edition.

Blood Angels/ Necrons vs Ravenwing/ Necrons

 Had a doubles game with each of us space marines teaming up with necrons.

1000 point for each player did not leave me with much of  my Ravenwing after I was encouraged to take the Lion. He took a couple of shots to the face and eventually fell to a psyker with a force axe. 

Fun game.

Conquest LAOK Game

 These are some pics from my recent Nords vs Sorcerer bros game.

I managed a one point win with only two stands of archers left against a rather cranky elephant.

Chaos Dwarf baggage train and Black Orc Warboss

 With a teams old world tournament this weekend I needed to make a baggage train and paint up a Black Orc Warboss.

Rather than a train I went with a suitable bronze bull statue and the command group from my Lost Kingdom Chaos Dwarfs. These bros all have individual sculpted curly beards.

Apart from making the base this was an easy build with the idol/ statue/ baggage train coming up great.

Next up was the Warboss who is the old GW plastic black orc champion who got an old chaos marauder shield and a repaint of his weapons and armour and a little extra purple.

This was pretty easy with the following paints for the bronze over the old leadbelcher painted sections.

A little bit of purple over the cloth and orc glyphs and he is ready to punch on with this unit of black orcs which were part of my award winning band SLAVER.

Warpsmith

 The characters of my Alpha Legion continue to grow with the addition of a Warpsmith.

Much like the others and despite his best efforts to avoid the warp, he too is also gradually merging with his weapons and armour but remains “loyal”.

The painting followed my Legionaries with the warp touch applied to his tentacles of his trade.

The red cables and on the hammer are there for a bit of contrast to the blue, silver and green used in my paint scheme.

The Warpsmith’s job will be to hang back and keep my war machines in a fit state.

I have also started a repaint of some of my older Alpha Legion that was pretty simple and only needed a coat of the kroxigor scales over the power armour. 

Master of Executions

 The hydra has a new character to lead up front with this mighty Master of Executions.

Painting of the power armour, weapon and cloth followed the approach of my Legionnaires.

The one exception was the skin cloak that used a mix of elf, dwarf and pale flesh paints followed by a crusade skin spore paint.

The skin hat/mask (that’s what I call it) that the master is wearing was painted with pale skin and a few light washes of reds and purples. I doubt the skin was removed from its former owner willingly.

I am about to assemble my second Legionaries unit that will feature mainly melee weapons. It’s my plan to have this bro up close and personal with that unit.

I also managed to sneak in an old chaos space marine transfer on to the flesh cloak that seemed appropriate.

Chaos Sorcerer and Havocs

My new Alpha Legion force continues to grow with a Sorcerer and a unit of Havocs.

The recipe and painting followed the approach of my new Legionnaires.

The sorcerer was already assembled and the only change was to snip the spikes (as a few were missing) from his staff.

This is a great mini with the backpack suitably adorned with dragon/ hydra heads. I like the green and ref contrast on the cloak and his toga.

Although the pics are not great I am very happy how his angry face came out.

Next up are the mighty havocs. I went with two lascannons, auto gun and chain cannon - the latter two for the look more than anything.

The cables. tubes and other connections were all painted the same green mix to continue my theme that being on the run for so long has seen a gradual connection of the body, armour and weapon.

I have used these guys once and they attracted a heap of fire some so called loyal knights so am keen to get them back on the battlefield.