Dark Angels, the Legion so far....
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2023 5:05 pmI bought a box of MKVI Marines just for a hobby project, I really liked the kit and diligently painted up a squad of 10 tactical Marines as Imperial Fists, I think they took me about a month to finish.
I wasn’t really intending to play but the models were so cool it was fairly easy to get motivated to paint them and I read good things about the rules. I bought the rulebook and the loyalist army book and arranged a game.
I played Jamie on the 30th August, he kindly lent me his Salamanders and later that night I went home and ordered my first starter box.
As the imperial Fists took me so long to paint, and you need a lot of Marines for this game, I switched to a
legion with an easier colour scheme. I chose Dark Angels and started the project with the view that I wanted something on the table as quickly as possible, with every large scale project I’ve tried in the past I try and paint every model to perfection (a level I can’t actually achieve but in my mind whilst sitting at a painting desk I’m a golden daemon winner) and end up losing enthusiasm as the progress is slow and the new hotness comes along and I start playing that instead.
Since that fateful night on the 30th August I’ve painted about 3,800 points, for me that’s nuts and after being in the hobby for so long I really didn’t think I’d ever get there (given my track record). So here is the army so far, I’ll probably take a break now and enjoy playing games with painted stuff. I’ve still got unpainted models set aside for Dark Angels but I think I want to start a second legion at some point, more of a hobby project with conversions and better paint jobs, but we’ll see.
Anyway, here’s some pictures.
I wasn’t really intending to play but the models were so cool it was fairly easy to get motivated to paint them and I read good things about the rules. I bought the rulebook and the loyalist army book and arranged a game.
I played Jamie on the 30th August, he kindly lent me his Salamanders and later that night I went home and ordered my first starter box.
As the imperial Fists took me so long to paint, and you need a lot of Marines for this game, I switched to a
legion with an easier colour scheme. I chose Dark Angels and started the project with the view that I wanted something on the table as quickly as possible, with every large scale project I’ve tried in the past I try and paint every model to perfection (a level I can’t actually achieve but in my mind whilst sitting at a painting desk I’m a golden daemon winner) and end up losing enthusiasm as the progress is slow and the new hotness comes along and I start playing that instead.
Since that fateful night on the 30th August I’ve painted about 3,800 points, for me that’s nuts and after being in the hobby for so long I really didn’t think I’d ever get there (given my track record). So here is the army so far, I’ll probably take a break now and enjoy playing games with painted stuff. I’ve still got unpainted models set aside for Dark Angels but I think I want to start a second legion at some point, more of a hobby project with conversions and better paint jobs, but we’ll see.
Anyway, here’s some pictures.