Sunday 20 December 2015

Battle Bunnies 20 Legions of Xmas; Alpha Legion

On the twentieth day of Xmas my Emperor gave to me:


A lot of espionage
Shadows of Death
Fire-breathing lizards
Holy Beliefs
He-res-y
Sor-cerers a' cast-in'
Poi-son and cont-a-gion
Big blue bastards
12 Butchers Nails
*Cough-er-ahem*
Ten Ma-chine addicts
9 Angels weeping
Psy-chos a' skin-in'
Seven breachers breaching
Russ-is-a-slaying
Sa-vage laugh-ing kill-ers!
Dirty ditch diggers
Per-fect-ion
+++Records Expunged+++
And a Legion full of mys-ter-y


Legion: XX
Name: Alpha Legion
Former Names: None
Primarch: Alpharius 
First Captain at outbreak of Heresy: Alpharius (Ingo Pech)

Forge World Paint scheme:
1. AIRBRUSH WITH THINNED TAMIYA GUN METAL
2. AIRBRUSH FROM TOP OF MODEL WITH TAMIYA FLAT ALUMINIUM
3. MIX A LITTLE TAMIYA CLEAR GREEN WITH TAMIYA CLEAR BLUE (25/75 MIX) AND AIRBRUSH
OVER THE MODEL IN 2 THINNED COATS
4. AIRBRUSH ARMOUR PANELS WITH TAMIYA CLEAR BLUE. BLENDING FROM MIDDLE OF FIGURE
DOWN, SO THE STRONGEST BLUE COLOUR IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PANNELS
5. AIRBRUSH FROM THE MIDDLE UPWARDS WITH TAMIYA CLEAR GREEN
6. USING AN AIRBRUSH BLEND A HIGHLIGHT ON THE HIGHEST PANELS (HEAD, SHOULDER PADS,
TOP OF BACKPACK) WITH TAMIYA FLAT ALUMINIUM WITH A TINY AMOUNT OF TAMIYA SKY
BLUE, EXTREMELY THINNED DOWN.
7. APPLY SEVERAL THIN COATS OF TAMIYA CLEAR BLUE OVER THE HIGHLIGHT AND BLEND INTO THE
SURROUNDING AREA.
8. SILVER – BASECOAT WITH LEADBELCHER
9. WASH WITH NULN OIL
10. HIGHLIGHT WITH LEADBELCHER IN STRIKING MOTIONS TO CREATED CHIPPED AND WEATHER
APPEARANCE
11. HIGHLIGHT WITH IRONBREAKER

Typical 2500pt list: 

Armillus Dymat 200

19 Tactical Space Marines: legion vexilla; + 1 Tactical Sergeant (artificer armour) 270
4 Reconnaissance Marines: 4× sniper rifle; + 1 Reconnaissance Sergeant (artificer armour) 155
19 Tactical Space Marines: + 1 Tactical Sergeant (artificer armour) 260

4 Lernaean Terminator Squad: 4× chainfist; + 1 Harrower (master-crafted weapon) 275

Sicaran Battle Tank 135
4 Heavy Support Marines: missile launchers; + 1 Heavy Support Sergeant 160

Alpharius 415

Magos Dominus 65

3 Thallax 135
3 Thallax 135

Thanatar-Calix Class Siege-automata 295

2,500 points 

List Summary: This is a very static list. In the book 3 extermination it states that the Alpha Legion liked to send ahead non legion units before they cleaned up the mess. This is indicated in the mechanicum detachment. I have not used the rite of war in this occasion to use another legion's unit but I will be taking advantage of this in my own forces.....

Darko Thane

4 comments:

  1. Thanks v much for the painting guide. Been waiting for this one.

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  2. I've been waiting all December for you to do my Legion!

    I'm using the same paint scheme for my Betrayal at Calth box, but I've simplified the first few steps down to just a basic all over Vallejo model air metallic silver and I'm very pleased with the results.

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  3. Whilst doing the bauble I applied it to a marine to test out the scheme properly. Im very happy with the result and will be posting up a painting guide with pics soon. Will be posting that scheme and also when FW eventually bring out Alpha Legion paints and compare the two

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  4. Love the double bauble, great idea! Really interested in seeing the Alpha Legion on the battle field and getting in a game against then in the future!

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