Wrack!

Here are two pictures to get an idea of the color scheme I plan to use on my wracks, or should I say the Children of Fabius? The skin is in a similarly pale tone as GW paints their wracks but I add the purple, white and gold to tie them in with my EC. Enjoy!

Palatine blades and Lucius done!

I only have the power packs left but other than that these beauties are done! Really love the detail on these models and perhaps, after seeing how they perform in combat, I will get more.

Bequa takes the stage

She is ready for her big performance! Note the microphone cord that I added.

Finished characters

Finally finished Julius Kaesoron and mr Chaplain. They look way better with their bases done!

Medic!

I always imagined the Emperor's Children having a high regard for their apothecaries, with the famous Fabius leading them. After their gene-seed crisis preserving what scarce genetic material was left became paramount and thus the apothecaries gained a high reputation. Anyhow, I decided to add two converted apothecaries to my Legion, serving under Fabius' command. I used some parts from the Dark Eldar Wracks kit to give them a more sinister appearance. There are also some Blood Angels and Chaos Space Marines bitz in there. Enjoy!

Back in action!

Yo! Sorry but it has been a while since I had time for the hobby. Tonight the 3rd Legion takes a step towards damnation. I bring you the Children of Apothecary Fabius!

 Ever since reading the Angel Exterminatus where Fabius is experimenting with humans and Space marines creating his "Terrata" I wanted to add some of those freaks to my army. The Dark Eldar Wracks are the perfect models to represent the poor tormented souls that have been modified by Fabius. Next to a legionary they look a bit small so I am thinking that they should represent humans and not astartes. Perhaps I could add a few grotesques in the future to represent the altered marines.

 I might play them as a bodyguard to Fabius using the rules for Wracks from the Dark Eldar codex.

I added one of the exotic weapons in addition to the close combat weapons of the squad. There are several reports of the Emperor's Children using strange xenos technology so it feels appropriate.

Unknown Legionary

Yo! The other day, whilst trying to convince a friend to start with wargaming and sow the seeds of heresy, I got the inspiration to make an unmarked legionary. The idea was a marine who remained loyal to the Emperor and tried to remove the heraldry of his previous Legion. I had the idea of bare ceramite being more bone-white than metallic and created a marine from the Death Guard Legion. Here is the result:

 I used the arm from the missile launcher to create a pose which makes him seem to be shouting orders at the same time as he is crouching to take a shot.

I used a lot of stippling to make the model heavily weathered, both because he was in the Death Guard and because he has been trying to remove his previous colors. If you look closely you can make out a green stripe on his shoulders. A fun little side project, the model is now safely shipped of to my friend where he will hopefully be the commander of his future army, mohahah!

Emperor's Children Update

Just wanted to post some pictures on how my work is coming along. The force is slowly growing and will soon be playable. I still need five more assault marines to get the required two troops and for the moment my characters make up about one third of the army. I have five palatine blades on the way which are not included in these pictures but other than that this is it. Enjoy!

Bequa Kynska WIP

Yo! Just wanted to post some pictures on Bequa as she is all but complete. I tried to keep with the same color scheme as for the rest of my 3rd Legion army to make her blend in. The hair of course had to be blue and other than that I wanted to capture her beauty which is maintained by constant rejuvenation surgery. 

The pose makes her seem to be singing a powerful ballad on the stage or perhaps unleashing a mortal shriek using demonic powers.

Added a freehand pattern on her dress to make it less dull.

She truly is an imposing character and the pose shows her confidence and perhaps a bit of her malice.

Emperor's Children Fluffy: Troops

Yo! Today we will go through the important but few different troops choices and see which that work best with the fluff of the Emperor's Children. As usual there will be a lot of personal opinions so if you don't agree and want to play your army in another style please feel free to do so. Now on to the troops!

• Tactical squad: The backbone of the Legion. Can either go for bolters of two close combat weapons. As the 3rd Legion was one of the smaller in terms of legionaries after the gene seed disaster I don't expect to see any large units of 20 tacticals. Instead I would prefer units of 10 with increased tactical mobility. In the Fulgrim novel the Children are described as first shooting the enemy with their bolters before switching to their blades and charging into close combat. This could be represented by giving each legionary and additional close combat weapon (for 2 points per model). In that case you get smaller and more expensive units but which perform slightly better than the standard ones which could represent the Legions ambition for martial perfection.
• Assault squad: Fast and deadly in close combat. The sergeant and two marined (in a 10 man squad) can take power weapons to increase their damage when charging. Same goes here for units of 10 rather than 20. We know that they were used so bring a couple. 
• Breacher siege squad: Heavy unit which moves slowly with great protection from their shields. Although I have seen beautiful conversions of these using the wings from the Sanguinary Guard kit and despite the fact that they were probably used by the 3rd Legion during boarding actions I dislike this unit. I feel that they are to bulky, robust and immobile for the Emperor's Children and better suited for Legions of the Death Guard or Iron Warriors.
• Tactical support squad: Small unit with some scary weapons, can be customized against everything from light infantry to vehicles. I personally love the look of the rotor cannons but guess they are only useful against large hordes of weak creatures. A plasma gun squad can really damage your opponents legionaries.
• Reconnaissance squad: Meh, stealth was never really the preferred tactic of the 3rd Legion. Let the less glorious crawl in the shadows :)

As for rhinos and drop pods it is a free-for-all, get what you want!

To summarize: Go for small but well-equipped units of tactical and assault marines, perhaps backed up by some support squad but avoid bulky breachers or stealthy sneakers.

Chaplain WIP

Yo! So not only did I transform Moloc into Julius Kaesoron but I also converted Enkomi (the Chaplain) to the dark side, or the slightly sadistic purple side. There isn't really any character that I wanted to represent with this model, Charmosian is the only Chaplain I know about in the 3rd Legion and I have always pictured him in terminator armor. For now he remains unnamed...

The mysterious Chaplain...

I really like how the bones turned out, much better than last time.