Pre Heresy Alpha Legion Army

[Ripper.McGuirl]

Hey B+C! It's been a while since I've posted anything here, but  I've spent the last few months working on an Alpha Legion army for Adepticon, and I just finished up! I'm super excited, as this is the first army I've started fresh in at least 10 years. It was a pleasure to have a set goal, both in terms of time and army list, and just work towards it until it was done! I will be expanding this army in the future, but I'm waiting for Book III before I make any decisions....

Anyway, here's my dudes!

 

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[Brother Heinrich]

Son of a . Now I have to find my jaw somewhere on this floor.

[SlickSamos]

WOW, really solid effort there!!!

[Uvenla]

The colour and poses are just magnificent, I must ask what is your recipe? Best of luck to you at Adepticon!

[Monstra Sumus]

Holy hand grenade, these are fantastic. I'm loving the spartan uniform across them and the grime is perfect. 

[Ferro]

Beautifully collected, modeled, and painted.  I appreciate your thorough eye for detail and consistent use of pre-heresy armor and accessories.

You've made a fantastic army that looks consistent and real.  They actually tell a story, and it starts with "We're here to :cuss you up!"

 

Love it.

[deathspectersgt7]

Impressive most impressive.

[Ripper.McGuirl]

Thanks guys! I'm really happy with this bunch of duplicitous jerks.

As for the turquoise....It's embarassingly easy. Prime black. Paint all the plates hawk turquoise (not leaving the black lining around the plates like I would normally do). Sponge battle damage with terracotta, sponge a little less battle damage with uniform grey. Touch up the battle damage with hawk turquoise where it got a little out of control. Wash every inch of it with army painter strong tone (soak up any excessive pools with a clean brush). Re-highlight with hawk turquoise. Pow.

I did do some of these guys by airbrushing the turquoise on, but that just saved time, and didn't effect the look at all.

I've got a bunch more pics and WIP on my blog.

[Dam13n]

Epic stuff, would have liked more than once if I could.

 

I'd normally try and offer suggestions or advice when I post in the PC&A, but I've got nothing...

 

I love the weathering and battle damage.  The chevrons are of equal height and not too garish on the yellow.  The little white hydras are also a very cool idea, as are the little individual touches that you've put on each model.

 

Kudos to you.

[ninjasuperspy]

Whoa those are incredible. The power weapons & the freehand are blowing my mind.

[Grim Dog Studios]

These are fantastic! I love the blue and the weathering is incredible!

[mactire]

Brilliant work brother, well done and good luck at adepticon

[KJB]

Wow, just wow. Beautifully done - the painting, modelling, use of parts, simply brilliant

 

And you even made me like the Tartaros pattern of terminator armour, very impressive!

[SteelPaladin]

Fantastic! One of the top Alpha Legion armies I have seen, just perfect.

[Delvarus]

love this army and great colour and weathering. like the use of hazard stripes dotted around as well as the hydra markings.

[reckoning]

Love the XX Legion and you've certainly done them justice here. Awesome job!

[infyrana]

Consistently grimy... just like they've all stepped out of mechanics school together - a wonderful army, you can be proud! :)

[Excessus]

*swoon*

[Brother-Chaplain Kage]

A beautiful army and I love seeing little touches of personality of the individual marines. I think this guy is my favorite:

 

http://i.imgur.com/C56beeY.jpg

[Urauloth]

These are fantastic. Superb choice of contrast colours with the power weapons and helmet lenses, too.

[Trysanna]

The best Pre-Heresy Alpha Legion I've seen in a long time. Well done! I really like the use of white as a detail color, it works well with the blue. I'[m curious what you'll be adding with Book 3!

-Tarvik

[Ripper.McGuirl]

Thanks everyone! I'm glad you are all digging them. I've wanted an Alpha Legion army since the 2nd edition chaos codex came out... I'm just now getting around to doing it!

Tarvick: I'm curious what I'm gonna add, too. The suspense waiting for book III is killlllling me!

[Iron Hands Fanatic]

Dayum, nice Alphas - good work on the damage / weathering - its nice to see the XX Legion as soldiers rather than just 'everyone is Alpharius!'

[GrandMagnus]

Damn, those are some nice Alpha legionaries (is that how you say it...?). And damn you I had decided to go for MK II / III for my IX legion, but now I reconsidering MK IV.

[Ecritter]

Overall coloring and weathering look amazing.