Nice to see people jumping on board the Horus Heresy project with enthusiasm over at Fields of Blood. Welcome to 40K or should I say 30K for a few gamers including Sam at Hashuts Right Hand and John at Stumpy Heaven.
Looking at what my initial purchases from Forge World will be, has brought me to the following.
1 X Legion MKIV Maximus armour
1 X MKIV Maximus Armour
1 X Umbra Pattern Bolters
This will give me 10 marines in the appropriate armour for the Dropsite Massacre on Isstvan V. The Ravenguard primarily used the MKIV armour as they were outfitted later in the Great Crusade than some other Legions.
Once we move past the initial confrontations I will use a lot of MKVI Corvus pattern bodies as per Deliverance Lost. This wont be too bad on the wallet as they are a bit more abundant in the common plastic box sets.
Rummaging through my plentiful bits box of Marines stuff I found 3 of the 4 Marine characters from the Masters of the Chapter box set. This one in particular seems to have the appropriate armour so I thought I would do minor kitbashing and use him as the Sergeant in artificer armour. I plan on changing the head and both hands. Should be able to give him a bolt pistol and lightning claw(its suits the Raven Guard) without too much trouble.
Dont forget to remove the Imperial Aquilla on him. Only the Emperors Children had these at this point.
ReplyDeleteWill do, so looking forward to that with a metal model... sigh
ReplyDeleteCorrection, Only heros got the aquila outside of the EC, So the occasional Aquila is fine. Case in point being that Garro had an Aquila.
ReplyDeleteDamn, after I attack it with a knife and file too
DeleteAhh well you'll end up with a nice flat surface for freehand then?!
DeleteI'm really looking forward to seeing everyone's work. I worry I have bitten more than I can chew as I can't afford FW and the conversion work is looking a bit scary...
ReplyDeleteTake a knife to any plastic space marine kit and you'll be alright. With the Night Lords you can mix in chaos parts so it won't be too bad.
DeleteActually that's a really good idea...duh.
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