Ironhaiden666
Crappy pictures, links, reviews and random musings from my world of miniature wargaming
Sunday, 12 July 2026
Alpha Legion Landraider or is it?
Wednesday, 8 July 2026
Alpha Legion Legionaries Unit Three
The third unit of legionnaires is now complete with these bros.
I picked them up second hand from the excellent but currently unavailable Start Collecting Chaos Marines box. The load out is classic legionaries with a mix of bolter and chainswords. Special weapons are the melta gun and heavy autocannon. The champion has the plasma pistol and what I consider an accursed weapon.Painting followed the approach from my first Alpha Legion legionaries. To not confuse myself with the other units, I painted these dudes weapons with a little more black compared to the others.
As usual blades, cables and miscellaneous items were painted with the customary yellow / green used throughout my Alpha Legion.
They did not have much luck in their last game of 10th edition 40K thanks to the Iron Warriors predator that decided their sneaky strategy of bunkering down in a ruin warranted annihilation. Bring on 11th and the new hiding rule!
I have a few finishing touches to my Alpha Legion landraider and then I will start my next army project, the Deathwatch.
Sunday, 5 July 2026
End of 10th edition - Alpha Legion vs Iron Warriors

Losing legionaries did not stop the Master of Execution and the forgefiend hitting a blocking unit of possessed but were unable to take them all down due to early losses from the yellow and black attack of those damn iron boys.
The Obliterators used their deep strike to infiltrate the battlefield and despite their successful charge into the predator, three wounds from a failed dark pact and some poor dice rolling meant the infantry killing tank remained. A counter charge from legionaries killed off the last of the mutie gun machines.
Out of his personal landraider Heaven and Hell (we love you Dio). Alpharaddon/ Omegaddon emerged with his personal chosen body guard emerged to send krab head (as he was called) and his termies back to Medrengard.
Alas this left the big A/O open to combined fire and charges from legionaries and an Iron Master of execution, sorcerer and more chosen.
As expected the big guy was the last to fall.
The Iron Warriors may have taken the battlefield but of course this was the plan of the Alpha Legion all along.
Sunday, 21 June 2026
Iron Sultanate vs Eire Rangers
Great game with the rangers taking the win but man of the match was the assassin who grenaded a berserker and then stabbed a warrior priest to take them out.
He was later taken out by the sniper priest.
The Irish successfully held more objectives but the Iron bros did get one glory deed with a double charge by the assassin.
Awesome game with some amazing terrain.
Saturday, 6 June 2026
Alpha Legion Chaos Bikers
With the imminent release of 11th edition 40K I am steadily getting though the backlog of my Alpha Legion.
After finishing my Ravenwing army I have enjoyed using bikes so when I saw a marketplace ad for some chaos bikers I decided some fast attack was needed for the Hydra.
Painting followed my usual Alpha Legion approach of kroxigor contrast paint over chrome. The one difference was the chrome was painted over a black undercoat. Not sure this made a huge difference but did make some of the black parts on the bikes easier to paint.
I am pretty confident the kit will be upgraded so I kept the bases pretty basic in case I need to rebase.
I have three more bikes, two armed with flamers and the other with a chainsword, next on the painting table.I am not sure how they will play in 11th but I reckon I will at least get in a charge in before they get shot up.
Monday, 1 June 2026
Khorne Warriors of Chaos vs Vampires
Had a cracker of an Old World game with my khorne warriors beating up some vampires.
My opponents only had their blood knights left at the end of the game.
My list was full aggression with magic resistance where I could find it. I only lost some dogs, the marauder horse and a couple of chosen to his big skeleton and zombie blocks with characters in each unit.
The khorne characters were a match for the vamps and wight lords with the undead infantry crumbling due to the number of wounds these frenzied bros and their buddies can dish out.
200 - Aspiring Champion, Halberd, Shield, Mark of Khorne, Battle Standard Bearer, Banner of the Dark Powers, Crown of Everlasting Conquest
156 - Aspiring Champion, Lance, Shield, Mark of Khorne, Daemonic Mount, Talisman of the Soaring Eagle
307 - Chaos Lord, Shield, Mark of Khorne, General, Meteor Hammer, Daemonic Platemail
197 - 5 Chaos Knights, Lance, Mark of Khorne, Champion, Standard Bearer, Rampaging Banner
257 - 30 Chaos Marauders, Shield, The Cult of the Fell Raptor, Marauder Headman, Standard Bearer, Musician
35 - 5 Chaos Warhounds, Poisoned Attacks
35 - 5 Chaos Warhounds, Poisoned Attacks
213 - 10 Chaos Warriors, Additional Hand Weapon, Mark of Khorne, Champion, Standard Bearer, Banner of Rage, Musician
77 - 5 Marauder Horsemen, Cavalry Spear, Marauder Horsemaster, Standard Bearer, Musician
120 - Chaos Chariots, Mark of Khorne
401 - 15 Chosen Chaos Warriors, Additional Hand Weapon, Full Plate Armour, Mark of Khorne, Champion, Standard Bearer, Totem Of Wrath, Musician
Saturday, 9 May 2026
Master of Possession
The character ranks of the Alpha Legion have increased with the addition of a Master of Possession.
Painting followed my standard Legionaries paint scheme with a little more red for the cloak and gloves. I added a series of runes over the sides of the cape to break up the red. These were straight off the legionaries transfer sheet and look appropriate for this bro.
The skulls and bones over the mini were painted with ivory, bone white, skeleton contrast paint followed by bone white highlights.
I added the little flame dude from an old tzeentch kit who like the flames, got my yellow green paint job with a little white highlights on the high points.
I will add this bro with either my melee legionaries or chosen to benefit from his abilities.



















































