Battle Bunnies 20 Legions of Xmas: Emperor's Children

On the third day of Xmas Santa gave to me; Per-fect-ion, +++ Records Expunged +++
And a Legion full of Mys-ter-y

Legion: III

Name: Emperor's Children
Former Names: III Legion
Primarch: Fulgrim. Also Known as The Illuminator and The Phoenician

First Captain at outbreak of Heresy: Julius Kaesoron
Forge World Paint scheme: 

Purple:

1. Basecoat with Xereus Purple; 
2. Wash with Druchii Violet; 
3. Layer with thinned 50/50 mix of Xereus Purple and Genestealer Purple; 
4. Final layer with 25/75 mix of Xereus Purple and Genestealer Purple. 

Gold:

1. Basecoat with Balthasar Gold; 
2. Wash with Agrax Earthshade; 
3. Highlight with Gehenna’s Gold;
4. Glaze with extremely thinned Druchii Violet. 

White: 

1. Basecoat with Ceramite White; 
2. Glaze with thinned Guilliman blue;
3. Highlight with White Scar.

Alternative Paint scheme:

You could replace purple step 1 with Chemos Purple and 3 with Phoenician Purple from the new Forgeworld Airbrush range. I used these 2 paints on the bauble. Or you could Base coat with Iron Hands steel, wash with Nuln Oil and then use Forgeworlds clear Eidolon Purple.

Typical 2500pt list: 

HQ
Lord Commander Eidolon

-Jump pack 

Legion Centurion,

- Consul: Champion, artificer armour, jump pack, phoenix power spear, refactor field, sonic shrieker

Troops
10 Legion Tactical Marines with Rhino and legion vexilla. 

- Sergeant with phoenix power spear, artificer armour and melt bombs
10 Legion Tactical Marines with Rhino and legion vexilla.

- Sergeant with phoenix power spear, artificer armour and melt bombs

Elites
5 Phoenix Terminators with sonic shriekers

10 Palatine blades with sonic shriekers and jump packs

- Perfecter with phoenix power spear, artificer armour and melta bombs

Fast Attack
4 Jetbike Sky Hunters with multi-melta or volkite culverin, melta bombs and sergeant. 

Javelin Attack Speeder

Javelin Attack Speeder

Heavy Support
Spartan Assault tank

Lord of War
Fulgrim

List Summary

This list is intended to be fast moving and hard hitting and make use of the Emperor's Children Rite of War: The Maru Skara or 'Killing Cut'. You can choose between 1 and 3 units to put in reserve. These 'Hidden Blades' then arrive on the turn of your choice (decided before game starts) and they gain the outflank special rule. I would place the Jetbikes and Speeders into reserve with intention of outflanking and hitting the enemy from a more perfect angle! Everything else in the army can move 12 inches, plus on the first turn an additional inch from the 'Open Blade' rule. Eidolon and the champion join the palatine blades and aim to go beat things up. Fulcrum rides with the terminators in the spartan and they also aim to go beat things up! The tactical's move up into the mid field and provide support to the palatines and terminators where needed. 

Merry Christmas to you all! 

Darien