Hello everyone! I have decided to start a blog on my second
IG army the Armageddon Steel Legion.
I have been in love with the whole concept of Blitzkrieg for a long time, and i feel like the Steel Legion embody such an idea. I have been in love with these venerated models ever since i got into
40k about 5-6 years ago. Their trench coats and Fallschirmjäger style helmets had me hooked at the start. I plan on doing a Mechanized Company loaded with Chimeras and Russes. I also plan on trying some different schemes for Legionaries stationed on different parts of Armageddon inspired byDonKarst0n and his blog found here
http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?247863-Hive-Hades-Steel-Legion-Log/page2. I spent a lot of time deliberating on how i wanted to paint my Legion. I knew when i started this army that it would be my first one where i spent more time on painting the individual than i did batch painting my previous Guard army. In the end i settled on the traditional brown trench coats, albeit with a little of my own flair on it. I also wanted to try and paint the Chimeras with an airbrush, but being at a military college space is limited as you will more than likely find out. Also, as a byproduct of a military school my time is often stretched thin, but i will try my best to post updates whenever i can.
Please feel free to give any input you would like throughout the duration of this blog. Without further ado lets get cracking.
My first step in this process was the Test model, however i did not want to paint a Legion model at first, so i used the only alternative i had...a Cadian.
After spending hours on deciding the base color...literally painted up a blank base 3 or 4 times before i settled i began painting. Unfortunately, i didn't think to take pictures until long after i was finished.
Here are the pictures of the finished squad.
It took me a while to settle on how i wanted to "flock" the base, so i decided that ruined machinery was the best way to go. So, i took out some old sprues and clipped off anything that looked mechanical, i painted it up and then used some weathering powders to give it a heavy rust.
After the first squad was painted i looked towards a command squad, after settling on the models i needed to convert the Steel Legion Lascannon team into an Auto Cannon Team, which was as simple as taking the plastic Heavy Weapons Team Auto Cannon and using the Steel Legion Models. I left room on the base for one guy to be removed in the instance of a wound, which also allows me to use said model whenever i choose not to take the Weapons Team.
The Master of the Ordinance is the Full Borer Miniatures "The Artillerist", i model i fell in love with after seeing it in the Charity Project; Heroes of Armageddon. I took a vox caster and clipped it in half and then took some random armored plating and placed it infront of it to give it a more...sturdy look, i then weathered it much the same way as the machinery i used for the bases.
Well. that's all i have for now, the rest will be posted as i paint them. If there are any questions or comments, again feel free to post them!
Thanks for taking a look!
Arthur
). I currently have another one base coated ready to go, might paint that tonight. After that its either another Auto Cannon, or Some Missile Teams, which one would you guys like to see first?
