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I am interested to know what people think of the legions in 40k. What is your favourite?

World Eaters with Night Lords being a close second.

World Eaters are just a fun army full of maniacs that throw themselves at the enemy in anger. Plus, the Horus Heresy series really fleshed Angron and Kharn out nicely, making them more tragic-honourable warriors than just 1D killing machines.

Night Lords come in a close second just for the cool factor.

There are no loyal legions in 40K, just chapters.

I voted Death Guard. I like their theme, a kind of zombie-space Marines, but mixed with WW 1 style chem-weapons, german Pickelhauben but also grim reaper elements from the middle ages. Also Nurglings are cute. And I like the body horror about them, not so much the tentacles of the new minis but the deseases and guts hanging out and that stuff. Pretty gruesome.

Why no grey knights?

Thenord wrote:
Why no grey knights?

legions

I like Space Wolves. I like the fluff and most of the models. Sadly other people don't...

None of them. Space Marines are the worst part of the setting.

Salamanders


Master Artisans
Bigger than normal marines
care about humanity
they love to hit things with hammers
bathing the emperors enemies with cleansing fire
Armageddon

None, dont like Marines

I only like Space Wolves among power armor guys. And SoB too.

Mostly because SW look like pagan and not ancient roman, they also don't have that religious fanatism that other chapters seem to have. I love the viking theme.

But most importantly, they're not GW poster boys

 Sim-Life wrote:
None of them. Space Marines are the worst part of the setting.

Space Marines can't be the worst part of the setting because Eldar are busy being the worst part of the setting!

As for the OP, Thousand Sons for sure. I have an affinity for "undead Egyptian" factions, apparently.

I voted for Thousand Sons (obviously), but for their fluff and look, not how they're represented on the TT. I just love Rubrics and Scarab Occult Terminators, but right now the more you take in your army, the weaker it gets...

Black Templars.

And before you say ‘legions’ they are closer to legion strength than any of the other loyalist chapters.

Emperor's Children. Purple and Gold, and Fulgrim is fabulous. What's not to love?

Why does the title say armies and then have nothing but sodding boring marines?

 Imateria wrote:
Why does the title say armies and then have nothing but sodding boring marines?

The OP specifically mentions legions, though.

 meleti wrote:

 Imateria wrote:
Why does the title say armies and then have nothing but sodding boring marines?

The OP specifically mentions legions, though.

Title says armies though, I was confused too

Papa Surf is back in the house, + they are the poster boys

Salamanders.

 Arachnofiend wrote:

 Sim-Life wrote:
None of them. Space Marines are the worst part of the setting.

Space Marines can't be the worst part of the setting because Eldar are busy being the worst part of the setting!

Hey, don't leave us Tau and our Gundams out!

As Xenos filth, I admire the Space Wolves most. I like their origins and the looks of their models.

I voted salamanders...why?.......cause DRAGONS....thats why

 Kellevil wrote:
Black Templars.

And before you say ‘legions’ they are closer to legion strength than any of the other loyalist chapters.

I second this.

(I voted Fists because close enough.)

Black Legion

#1 Awesome paint colors of black and gold.
#2 Pick the Chaos God and Cult Marines you feel like for the day.
#3 Absolutely no chance of wondering when your Daemon Primarch model is coming out.
#4 Choose your own warband fluff. As long as they really hate the Emperor and don't mind Abaddon it probably works.
#6 Did I mention the awesome paint colors?
#7 One of the more Terminator heavy traitor legions.

Emperors Children, I love how my misses hates the pink and black even though its a classic look! it means that they are working for me.

Plus its great on your opponents turn to be like nah mate, its my go to hit first!!

World Eaters.. Angron, Kharn, Kargos, Delvarius, Lhorke, Lotirra.. just some of the characters from the Heresy models I've read about the 12th legion and who'm I love!

World Eaters. Fantastic models and decent fluff.

I love the necrotic, cancerous look to the Death Guard so I decided to play them. Immediately I found that win or lose I had an army now that i enjoyed painting and playing with. The other element that grabbed me was how I envisage they wage war. It's not bombing the cities from orbit with huge great cannons but deploying huge amounts of biological and bacterial weapons into the atmosphere. Sit back and let it do it's job for a few days before you deploy your troops. The surviving military will put up a fight but they are nothing before the assault. Where I see other traitor legions and warbands just slaughtering their way through I see the Death Guard differently. I see the dying, pestilence-ridden survivours begging for release. I see a plague marine snatch up such an Imperial citizen, corruption spreading from his very touch - flesh turning necrotic as veins of ashen putrification spreads through veins and muscles - and in that few seconds you have the choice to die in wracking pain or give yourself to the plague god, knowing that it's a path you can never come back from.

That's why I play Death Guard.