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Building the IXth Legion


gav1892

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Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo that's prime ETL material!!! :cry::cry:

 

They do look good though :happy.: What gold are you using?

 

I really wanted to keep Dante for the ETL but it kept shouting at me to paint it :yes:

 

The gold is

 

From a black primer

Base coat Balthasar Gold

Wash with Carroburg Crimson

First layer Gehennas Gold

Second layer Auric Armour Gold

Drybrush Golden Griffon

Highlight Mithril Silver

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Finally got my missing wings and could finish the build for my 5 man squad of Erelim......

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Probably going to field them as DC for the sake of using them, will have a bit of fluff for them when they are painted

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That is an interesting thought for Dante. I may well steal the axe idea next time his axe comes off.

 

I got sick of it falling off, I literally took it out of the packet and it broke, in the end I just gave up with it

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Hello again everyone, its been a while since I updated my build, need less to say I haven't been slacking, i have been build lots of stuff for the ETL. Now that it is postponed for a year I thought I should really get on with painting my force and getting some fluff written.

Next up "The Erelim"

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Incoming Data log Transmission +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

IXth Legion

Blood Angels

"The Erelim - The Choir of the Redeemer"

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The Erelim are a mysterious unit within the ninth legion. Wearing black unadorned armour, the identity of these warriors is known only to the higher echelons of the legion; Lord Dante, Astorath, Corbulo and the Lord of Death. The protectors of the reclusiam of Baal and personal guard to the Redeemer of the Lost these warriors are hardly ever seen outside the shadows and are only ever brought to bear when Astorath demands it or Lord Dante requests it. The sight of these warriors often means a swift death to the enemy and both inspires the legion as well as increasing the number of brothers who fall to the darkness during battle.

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These warriors are clad in black, however unlike the warriors of the Death Company they show little to no adornments on their armour, a sign of the hidden undertaking they must fulfil by protecting the deepest secrets and relics of the chapter. On selection each warrior is clad not in a helmet but in a mask known as the "Face of Woe" each different and each depicting the face of their Lord Sanguinius with blood red tears streaming down the mask. They also wear winged jump packs, each of which is a relic in its own right and is said to roar with the sound of death on the battlefield.

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Each member of the Erelim will, once selected, be part of this mysterious choir until their death regardless on how long that is. Once a warrior dies they are interned within the reclusiam and a new member is selected by Astorath and Lord Dante personally. The warriors don't just come from the Blood Angels, but as is often the case from one of the later founding successor chapters. It is said that many a hero of the legion became Erelim after their "death" on the battlefield, with Astorath himself collecting the warrior before returning to Baal so that the ceremony can begin with the inner circle. The record of the warrior is marked as having died gloriously in battle, before Astorath inducts the warrior into The Erelim with the granting of the "Face of Woe" which will forever hide their identity.

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Hello again brothers....I'm back with another update for my project

I have added more Sanguinary Guard in my attempt to build the whole Golden Host. Thats now a third of them finished with another 15 either waiting for Jump Packs or various bits off eBay.

So here is my current Golden Host with newbies added.

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New Squad with banner (No Death Masks)

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I think it may be time to take a break from painting Gold and get some red down on my 2nd Company

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Awesome Erelim and SG!

 

Are the Erelim faces trimmed down Deathmasks painted in flesh colour? So cool.

 

And are those SG jumpers ALL MkII packs?!?! :biggrin.:

 

Thanks.

 

Yeah I trimmed the top off the Deathmasks to create a face mask and then painted them a slightly darker skin colour with blood tears running down.

 

The SG packs are all Ashen Circle JP's which makes them uber expensive off eBay. I didn't realise how expensive when I first got some until I decided to do this project.

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UPDATE

Finished the characters for my 2nd Company.

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Chaplain ***to be named***

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Librarian ***to be named***

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Sanguinary Priest ***to be named***

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Techmarine and Servitor squad

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Going to write fluff about each character when I have the time and have repaired the tech marine (dropped him after taking the pic and breaking all the servo arms off, god damn fail cast!)

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The apoth is my fave out of them, all look great.

 

Thanks

 

Those FW apothecaries are awesome, can't wait too see what the tech marines and moritat look like 

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Its been. while since I've been on but here is a bit of an update with how things are going.

2nd Company - So I've now finished my updated command squad and captain Aphael, which I'm much happier with than my old versions. Ive also build everything and what I haven't finished is currently on my painting table.

As it stands

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This is my finished 2nd company so far close up are underneath

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APHAEL WITH COMMAND SQUAD - NEW

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OLD VERSION

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My new 2nd company champion - Brother Baphomel. Made using parts from a load of different packs

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TACTICAL SQUADS - GAIUS, DRAZEN AND FAVRUS WITH RHINO TRANSPORTS

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RAZORBACK FOR DEV SQUAD AND DROP POD FOR ASSAULT SQUAD AND FURIOSO BROTHER AZLON

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TECHMARINE BROTHER MAXOS AND SERVITOR CREW, RAZORBACK FOR 2ND DEV SQUAD

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APHAEL AND PERSONAL TRANSPORT - LAND RAIDER ACHILLES "THE WRATH OF BAAL"

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CHAPLAIN ARKADIOUS, APOTHECARY BROTHER LEMOS, EPISTOLARY RAXUS

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Also a few small updates on other parts of the legion

FIRST COMPANY

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SQUADS LORENZO AND JULIUS ALONG WITH CHAPLAIN CORIX AND EPISTOLARY HALUS

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DEATH COMPANY

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SQUAD RAFEN WITH STORMRAVEN "BLACKWING". ASTORATH AND HIS ERELIM

ASSAULT COMPANY

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FIRST MELTA BIKE SQUAD

GOLDEN HOST

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IMPERIAL ALLIES

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OH AND IM JUST SNEAKING THIS IN HERE (MY NEWEST PROJECT TEST MODEL - HIVE FLEET NOSTROMO)

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