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#1 · (Edited)
well, staying true to my usual form, I've changed my mind, and I'm doing a forgotten chapter, the 11th Legion (yes the missing one), partially because a mate is doing the second, so I wanted to do something different, with a colour scheme very very similar to the Red Templars, but a little less orange and more red, because it's slightly easier to repeat the blend. Although with blood red and blazing orange highlights, I can source-light it very well, and it turns out quite orange anyway, with very obvious shadowing. Ill take a picture soon and edit it into this post. I will be writing fluff (based on any fluff about the forgotten legions that can be found, your help in locating any will be appreciated, with rep being awarded for very helpful finds).

Oh, don't worry, the army list is still the same :p
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Ordo Xeno Commander reserves the right to change the army list at any time without notice :p

EDIT: adding images







C&C please

I know that the orange highlight on the shoulder is to undefined, but that was a mistake on my part, and I was too tired to fix it, its quite difficult. I know it all needs work, but this is just the red im trying to get right

P.S. I know the thigh/crotch area highlights are fucked.
 
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#5 ·
You are good at blending and creating the illusion of light. My C&C for you is make sure you get all the mold lines cleaned up before you start painting. They are very unsightly and detract from the model as a whole.
 
#6 ·
I'd echo this too, but I also noticed the left arm/shoulder pad has quite a large gap judging by the last photo. If it's a test mini, you can tell us both to sod off happily! If not, try a 'dry fit' with blutac (yellow tac, white tac etc) before final assembly. You've done a nice job of the paint work, which is detracted from by the mould lines and the slightly off arm position.

If you want a less orange highlight, maybe try a darker red to start with so the final highlights are closer to blood red than orange. I used to paint my High Elves with a red armour plate that used a lot of red washes and darker reds so I didn't really touch orange to highlight. I'll try and get a picture. If of course the orange is what you're after, again, I'll shut up! :laugh:
 
#7 ·
If you want a fluff-monitor approach... you should only use the first couple of marks of armour, as the 11th (as far as we know) disappeared before the Heresy. Or, at least, that's what they want us to believe (it's never actually stated, I don't think)... but if this is the case, various other things don't yet exist... decent plasma guns, assault cannons, vindicators etc.

If you're mate's doing 2nd legion, are they doing it as a Chaos Legion? Because one or other might have to be Chaos Legion to keep the "fully half the Legions fell to Chaos" thing going...

On the painting, yeah, nice work on the red. Very nice result and I like the shading. Otherwise, what everyone else said about mould lines (the one on the left leg is particularly obvious) and arm placement. Still, it is a test. I think you passed!

:heretical cyclops:
 
#8 ·
Neither of us are doing heretical legions :p because no one knows what happened to these two. Free reign on the fluff sounds cool, and I'll write something up that allows them to use current Imperial Technology, although if I can find a pre-heresy marine tutorial that uses plasticard and GS I could do that. Unfortunately, I wont be able to do the older guns and stuff, but I'll just say they salvage them from battlefields they come across. Maybe I'll make them similar but different to the LotD.

With the C&C on the model, yea, its just a test mini, had him lying around from an old combat squad box that I'm using for test mini's, and he was the last one :p

So, if anyone can find me the tutorial (I will be looking my self) for converting to Pre-heresy Marines, +rep also, first come first served, although if a supplementary is different but still helpful, you will be rewarded.

My next pay cheque will be taken up by plasticard and GS and modelling tools :p
 
#11 · (Edited)
Cheers Dirty Dog. It's been fun.

Hopefully this Wednesday I should have more supplies so I can convert some terminators to test more stuff on. 2 weeks after that I'll have even more test mini's and a few guys who will actually be in the army (tac marines most likely)

Alright, I have a name for the 11th Legion. Long story short, parts of the 11th Legion are returning to the known universe, and have been picked up on the outskirts of the Imperial dominated area. Upon returning, they have changed their name to the Legion Of Vengeance, vowing to avenge their fallen brothers (as the Horus Heresy is news to them as they were lost early on and kept fighting, unknowing of the troubles that have racked the Imperium since before the Heresy). I'll write up a full story soon, after studying tonight.

Ok guys, I need some help. I need a date, just pick one, during the Great Crusade, just before the start of the Horus Heresy. This will be the date that the 11th Legion loses contact with the Imperium, and so you will be forever immortalised in the history of the 11th Legion

EDIT : Bringing in the fluff I've written.

Legion of Vengeance

The 11th Legion was lost to the Imperium during the later stages of the Great Crusade, before the Horus Heresy. Their last known location was on the outskirts of known space, entering unchartered territory. Now there have been sightings reported of an un-recognised chapter of Space Marines entering chartered space, sending all those who stand before them running. They have been rumoured to have been doing so in the name of the Emperor, yet no one has seen them before. This is their story.

After leaving known Imperial airspace, the 11th Legion lost contact with all other Imperial Forces. Soon after they lost contact, the Legion’s scout ships found the source of the jamming. It was a deserted world, barren of all life. After sending a scout party down, they found lots of entrances into maze-like underground catacombs. They lost contact with the party shortly after accompanied by ungodly screams and the sound of bolter fire and a sound similar to a lascannon firing, a sort of laser weapon. This was the first contact with Necrons, but it was never entered into Imperial Records due to the loss of contact encountered earlier as they entered the unchartered space. After the loss of the scouts, the Legion moved in full force, wiping out all trace of the new foe, and establishing this as their base of operations. It is now their homeworld, Exodus V.

They have been roaming that sector ever since, cleaning it of any hostile forces, essentially wiping out the Necron race in that sector. Due to the constant contact with such a sturdy foe the Legion developed special ammunition and created a new type of specialist, the Sternguard Veteran. Excelling at ranged combat, these warriors had encountered years of fighting the Necrons, and such had developed ammunition that defeated their living metal bodies, the Kraken Round. Using a fast acting incendiary and directed explosive, the round burns and scatters the living metal of the enemy, heavily reducing their ability to repair. These units now make up a large number of their force, as their experience has kept them alive. There is a noticeable lack of recruits or even standard battle brothers as their numbers have dwindled because the Legion has no way to recruit new members. These warriors are now kept on battle barges, undergoing intensive training rather that live battle, only being promoted when a Sternguard Veteran falls in combat as to keep the Legion alive as long as possible. The Legion has dwindled considerably in size, but its true numbers are unknown.

Only once the entire Necron influence in the sector was removed was contact regained with the Imperium and the lost Legion regained the ability to be guided home. As soon as they were within communication distance with Terra, the news of the Heresy reached them, and they have renamed themselves the Legion of Vengeance, vowing to avenge their fallen brothers and return the Imperium to its former glory. Their armour is now red, in remembrance of the blood spilt by their loyalist Brothers in trying to save what they once knew, and have now lost so suddenly.

They have swapped knowledge for weapons, and now the Imperiums Finest now use the technology devised by the Legion, and all chapters bar a few have adopted the new rank of Sternguard Veteran into their forces, along with creating their own rounds to deal with the various foes the Imperium faces. In return, these chapters that built the new rounds have gifted their designs to the 11th Legion.


C&C appreciated.
 
#15 ·
I like the fluff there - it nicely gets round their roots, Primarch etc and also adds to the current fluff. Good stuff, reminds me of the Crimson Fists - you could use a 'Count As' Cantor as your Chapter Master to make your Sternguard scoring units too.
I haven't put the list up yet, but yes, there is a Pedro Kantor 'Counts As' in the army. I will break down the fluff that I have already written and use it as an overview for more detailed stuff. :scare:

that is freaking awsome.

definitly can't wait to see those termi's, or in fact more anything, your painting skills are awsome.
Might be a little while, money is short, although as I said, I may have my hands on some plasticard and tools soon, at which point ill grab a mini out of my box and convert him. :wink:

Cool. very cool.
Thanks Cato, all support is appreciated. :eek:k:
 
#20 · (Edited)
Well, actually I've bought some plasticard and now I'm slowly converting a terminator. I think im putting in too much work for one guy, but he is just a test model.

Alrightey guys, I'm tossing up between 2 army lists. One is very fluffy (following my fluff of course) and the other is a little more balanced and versatile.

First List
HQ
Pedro Kantor (Counts as) Name still to be decided
175

Master of the Forge
100

Troops
Scouts
Camo Cloaks
Sniper rifles.
90

Scouts
Camo Cloaks
Sniper rifles
90

Elites
Sternguard
2x Combi Melta
Drop pod
295

Sternguard
2x combi melta
drop pod
295

Terminators
Thunder Hammer and Storm shields.
200

Heavy Support
Dreadnought
Plasma Cannon
Heavy Flamer
125

Dreadnought
Assault Cannon
Heavy Flamer
125

1495

Scouts are to represent the Legion returning to known space and are starting to recruit again.

Second List

HQ
Pedro Kantor (Count as) blah blah blah

Troops
Tac Squad
Plasma gun
missile launcher
rhino
extra armour
225

Tac squad
plasma gun
missile launcher
rhino
extra armour
225

Sternguard
2x combi-melta
drop pod
295

sternguard
2x combi melta
drop pod
295

Dreadnought
Assault cannon
heavy flamer
drop pod
160

Theres still 125 points to spend, I was thinking of taking a Vindicator.

The tac squads in this list are so i can bring in more converted pre-heresy armour (i can possible grab some beaky helmets and studded shoulder pads off my friend who isnt using his ones.


I will be editing the original fluff a little to suit a little better.

EDIT: Inserting new fluff

Legion of Vengeance


They have been roaming that sector ever since, cleaning it of any hostile forces, essentially wiping out the Necron race in that sector. Due to the constant contact with such a sturdy foe the Legion developed special ammunition and created a new type of specialist, the Sternguard Veteran. Excelling at ranged combat, these warriors had encountered years of fighting the Necrons, and such had developed ammunition that defeated their living metal bodies, the Kraken Round. Using a fast acting incendiary and directed explosive, the round burns and scatters the living metal of the enemy, heavily reducing their ability to repair. These units now make up a large number of their force, as their experience has kept them alive. There is a noticeable lack of recruits or even standard battle brothers as their numbers have dwindled because the Legion has no way to recruit new members. Now the Legion entirely consists of veterans, either Sternguard or encased in the few suits of Tactical Dreadnought Armour or Dreadnought Sarcophagi left. The Legion has dwindled considerably in size, but its true numbers are unknown.

Scouts are appearing in the ranks of the Legion as it returns to areas fertile in new recruits, and have been found sharing recruitment worlds with other chapters in order to increase their numbers again.

The changes are in blue.

I'll take some photos of my terminators progress soon.
 
#22 ·
Cheers Maverick.

I got my hands on a devastator box today, and after trading with a mate, I now have 4 plasma cannon guys and 1 lascannon (1 plasma and the lascannon are inter-tradable, I need to figure out if I need the heavier anti-tank firepower) and a sergeant. I'll get those painted soon, and hopefully practice some blue source lighting to show the plasma coils glowing onto their armour :p
 
#24 ·
Yea, well, true to form, I've come up with a new list, still holds true to fluff, but is a little more versatile.

HQ
Pedro Kantor
175

Troops
Tactical Squad
Flamer
Missile Launcher
165

Tactical Squad
Melta
Missile Launcher
Rhino
Extra Armour
220

Elites
Sternguard
2x Combi-Melta
Drop Pod
295

Sternguard
2x Combi-Melta
Drop Pod
295

Dreadnought
Multi Melta
Heavy Flamer
Drop Pod
150

Devastators
4x Plasma Cannons
Combi-Plasma
200

1500

I have the option to drop the combi-plasma and take a lascannon instead of 1 plasma cannon, for that extra anti-tank ability, Your thoughts?
 
#27 ·
lol i know how you feel. ive got over 50 orks to paint, and only 4 of my marines are acually finished completly lol.

the only army i have finished painting is my 600pt tau force, and that took a while.

but otherwise, if you do manage to come down we will be doing a tournament when your down (setting the date for when you can attend, and if your not able too, well set it for sometime that month.......) that your welcome to, and the rules are aslong as miniatures have heads, torsos and legs, and are blutacked/glued then its perfectly fine. and as takns go, aslong as the tanks have weapons on them, and mainly put together (via glue or blu tac) so not being completed is fine....

but back on subject, work can be very demanding, specially on the weekends......
 
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