I feel I should also give you a brief piece of background for the army and an explanation of the army's look. This is or will be the XIVth Company of the Night Lords, during the compliance action against the Cherautii Republic, or more specifically the battle for Osmium as briefly depicted in The Dark King audio drama. The XIVth Company were made up heavily of Terran marines including much of the command structure, a fact that would cause the company's allegiance at the time of the Heresy to be highly suspect, even among the rest of the Legion. I'm yet to decide exactly which way they will end up going, it's certainly true that evil guys have more fun so yes.... we'll see.
Brother Algron, late of the Atramentar and his 'pet'. Some poor Cherautii is currently bleeding out all over him. He would assign himself to XIVth Company during the battle for Osmium where he would devastate all who made the mistake of approaching him in combat.
Not an easy pose to build, a lot of green stuff on him or more specifically the dying Cherautii. Though I have another idea for the Republic's forces look so he may end up being Imperial Army.
Legion crest made from a Dark Elf shield bit, a good find. Lucky I have a whole army of them to plunder if needed.
Various chains etc, makes him look more brutal and less plain which realistically he would have been otherwise. And some stretched skin on his shoulder, should look good when painted.
"Hello, what do we have here?"
3rd Claw, XIVth Company fighting their way through the streets towards their objective
9th Claw, posed breaching Cherautii defenses outside the Senate House in the dying hours of the battle
I quite like the sergeant's pose, he looks like he's scanning for threats as they push forward
Brother Zal Mazlon, Champion of the VIIIth Legion. He would be at the forefront of the Imperial assault on the Senate House, slaying 6 Cherautii commanders over the course of the action. Severally wounded at its climax, rebuilt with bionics he would fight on in the legion's service right up to the Heresy.
Support-Commander Helate. Like Mazlon, Helate would link up with XIVth Company during it's advance on the Senate House, where he would coordinate the different Imperial formations involved and provide fire support missions against Cherautii targets.
A as of yet un-named Legion Libarian. All I have so far is he is XIVth Company's attached Libarian and that, like many of the commanders, he's probably Terran.
My newest HQ choice, a Legion Vigilator, also un-named but he'll get one soon. I really like the pose, has a clear sniper shifting position look to it.
10th Claw, XIVth Company burning Cherautii forces out of cover. Only finished them tonight (technically yesterday) hence why they haven't been undercoated yet. They're also the first squad I've done which is led by a Nostraman. Terran officers get horsehair crests to mark them out, Nostramans will get little bat wings when I work out how to do them.
Next up is the missile launcher armed Heavy Support Squad, and then the 10 Assault marines. Hopefully I'll have the Heavys built by Wednesday and after that, any assaults are a bonus right now. I'm on the home stretch with that mass order, and will soon be ready for the next one, maybe a Fellblade....
And my other current project is the White Council from the new Hobbit range.
The wizards, not really my main focus
Which would be these two. Since my small LOTR force is elves, and these sculpts being amazing, I'll be working on these two as rapidly as I can. It'll be a bluey-grey scheme for them, same as the rest of the army.
Of course, the VIIIth take priority over these four, especially if the three of us actually manage to get a game in on Saturday I think I'm going to need all the marines I can get, especially if it ends up being a Legion on Legion battle as I suspect it will be. I may need some serious luck to beat the Salamanders, we'll see...
As always, C+C's welcome and I hope to update again soon.
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