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Hello everybody! I used to collect 40k years ago. I spent a loooot of money on it, but because I got in it too quickly, 90% of my models weren't even glued together. Fastforward 3 years, my collection is sold, a new PC is bought for the money. 6 months later I decide to get into the hobby, veeeeeery slowly this time. I decided to buy 1 set of tactical marines to practice painting with. The sheer awesomeness of the miniature combined with many PC warhammer games played, as well as a nerd mind, made me decide to create my own chapter. I will post my ideas here and welcome your suggestions. Keep in mind - all of this is WIP.

Original Chapter Name: Fire Legion
Current Chapter Name: The Lost Legion
Chapter's progenitor: Unknown, the chapter won't admit responsibility out of shame
Foundation reasons: One of many additional chapters, specializing in guerrilla warfare, working behind enemy lines. Due to it's purpose the original number of Marines was lowered to less than 500 (5 companies)
Founded: ~40th Millenium
History: the chapter history was of little relevance or originality until about 70 years before current WH40k timeline. During one of thousands of wars, the Justice Legion was asked to assist Imperial Guard in Sector Foridia. Despite of the unusual request to bring full fleet, the Justice Legion arrived on time and well prepared. Nothing, however, could've prepared them for a massive scale invasion of Chaos Forces. The Imperial Guards were nowhere to be seen, their forces all but decimated. Half of the legions fleet was destroyed by the initial attack, thus Space Marines decided to regroup. They entered Warp in order to retreat, but got stuck there, because a lot of psychers died in the attack. The details of what happened inside the Warp remain unknown (story will expand here) but after 70 years the servants of emperor came back. Tragically, only the strongest survived warps influence and corruptive powers. And even so, they became slightly mutated. Thus, every brother that survived the onslaught as well as any new candidate (gene seed is also mutated) must burn their whole body. Those that survive formulate The Lost Legion. Deemed traitors, heretics and blasphemers by the Imperium of Man, The Lost Legion operates as a small group of the most elite warriors. They follow Imperial Convoys, distress signals etc. and work behind enemy lines to ensure victory for the Emperor, hoping that one day, they can return as Adeptus Astartes in glory.
Appearance: Each battle brother has his body significantly scarred and burnt. Because of that, almost none of them ever shows their skin, much less heads. On the occasion that they do, their scary body chills blood in human and alien alike. As to their armor, while they used to honor bright green power armor, there are now so few of them, and they lack crew to maintain it, that they mostly use dark tones of green, brown and black. Almost every Marine has a slightly different color of armor.
Chapter Tactics: Thinking of Salamanders due to flamethrower benefits, but I'm not yet sure
Chapter organisation: Extremely unorthodox
I st Legion ~50 veterans of battle inside the warp. This brothers are formed from the most elite soldiers, even for Space Marines. They all lived, fought and died together in the warp, thus their bond is more similar to friendship of Guardsman, than a standard Marine.
II nd Legion ~20-80 tactical/devastator marines, who recently joined from scout legion
III rd Legion a small amount of Scouts able to withstand corruption and fire cleansing rituals.
Fleet: Currently, The Lost Legion is known to have only 1 big ship of unknown class. It is certaint, however, that it's not the biggest ship in the empire.
Weapons and equipment: Due to the battle in the warp, almost all infantry-sized equipment has been taken away from fallen battle brothers. This chapter has a lot more heavy weapons than Marines to use them. Because of that, every veteran Marine can choose any amount of equipment they demand and even most tactical marines can. They lack Centurion armor and can only field a very small amount of vehicles. There is only a handful of rhinos, a few landspeeders and bikes. Because of that, they use drop pods as their dedicated transport, as well as a few small infantry carriers.
Operations: With such limited resources, the most common way of The Lost Legion is to drop 5-10 man squads in a critical location of an enemy, often at night. These squads are called Exterminators, and can field veterans, tacticals and scouts alike. After a couple minutes of intense destruction, a small transport ship arrives, extracting battle brothers back to the ship.

I'm currently building a diorama of an Exterminator squad in action. I've only just started, and I'm also not the most talented painter (obviously ). The diorama will present a night scene, where a group of space marines decimated sleeping orks in their camp. Here are some photos (work in progress, weeks to go, hope you like it!). I tried making every veteran a character in it's own right (sniper has a sword in case of close combat, explosives master has a looot of granades etc). They are uploaded on a 3rd party site. The guy with decimated armor is gonna run from flamethrower

Any feedback accepted, just don't be rude : )

Hi guise! Update time!

I will cover each individual Marine from the Team in a new post.

Veteran Brother Eversorius is the best marksman in the squad and probably in the whole chapter. His weapon of choice is a modified Bolter with a scope for precise target elimination. In rare cases of close combat, he prefers a master-crafted unique power short sword. Eversorius armor is green like most of his chapters, however, it is equipped with highly sophisticated cloaking device, rendering him almost invisible at night. He also carries a pack of special ammo making himself suited for different types of enemies. Brother Eversorius provides excellent long distance firing support and often enters the battlefield first. After finding a good vantage point he spots for the drop pod(s) to arrive.

I approached this with a minimalist point of view. I'm a huge fan of black and dark models. While I appreciate many painters skill, the colors are way too vibrant (especially for a night stealth mission) for my taste. Here are some pictured of the brother

Veteran Brother Marcus is a champion many Marines aspire to be. His medium to close weapon expertise is among the best in the chapter. Marcus is often leading the charge at the enemy, using his trusted Bolter to soften the target. He crushes more resilient opponents with a Power Fist. Master of both weapons, this battle brother can also utilize his Power Fist as a support for his Bolter, greatly reducing recoil. He is also one of few Marines in the chapter that uses Mk.4 power armor helmet, which is augmented on the peak point, making it ideal to penetrate skulls of weaker enemies.

The pictures of the brother haven't changed, more details will probably come soon.

Veteran Operation Leader Annocoius is a tactical genius, who often leads drop teams into combat. He is a firm believer in mind over matter, making him greatly resistant to psychic attacks. In fact, to prove younger brothers, that the fight is usually won before it has begun, he only uses the most standard weapons in almost any situation. Younger Marines look in awe, when his superior knowledge of xenos tactics and anatomy make him tear the enemy apart. Brother Annocious was seen inside a Terminator armor only once outside of the warp, or so the legends among aspiring soldiers say. Operation Leaders are sergeants on higher hierarchy only for the purposes of current mission. This Veteran, however, is known to be the leader of any Operation he participates in.

Veteran Purifier Cashub is one of the brothers who's body withstood the most Chaos corruption, without succumbing to it's powers. Surviving the rigorous rights of flames, he firmly believes that only fire can purify the Galaxy from Chaos influence. The weapon of his choice is obvious. Because of that, his armor is constantly dirty from fumes, burnt material etc. Brother Cashub also serves as religious leader of the chapter, hence his chapel like back pack. In my diorama idea, he will be burning down enemy building, while xenos run away in panic.

Keep in mind, I lack a lot of colors, so this model is less than 50% finished.

Veteran Sergeant Matthias is an esteemed leader, greatly skilled in rending enemy flesh with bolter and chainsword alike. He is a secondary leader in this operation, leading 4 other brothers directly. Matthias is a brutal Marine, who prefers to face his enemies up close and personal. His Bolter fires modified extra rending rounds, which decreases the range of the gun, but also ensures complete obliteration of xenos. As he lacks respect to most of his opponents, he uses basic chainsword to show how little he thinks of his enemies. Despite that, Matthias is a calm leader, his rage is only noticed by few fellow Veterans.

Veteran Devastator Tallar is one the oldest heavy support Marine in the chapter. He is an expert on missile launcher technology, taking care of his own weapons and ammunition. In fact, his custom made missiles are 33% more effective than average Space Marine launcher. Should the situation occur, he is also equipped with a short ranged pistol, he was never seen using it, however.

More of the chapter!

Veteran Explosives Expert Rufus has spend his entire life among highly explosives substances. His job is to find and destroy any enemy entrenched positions or buildings, that would prove dangerous to the squad. He is also using a modified version of plasma pistol, which sacrifices it's strenght by a margin, while decreasing chances of malfunction greatly. He carries granades, melta bombs, planted explosives and anything else he deems needed. On the Diorama, he will be throwing his bomb into a bunker or some other building with a hatch.