Fafnir Rann. ‘You may cleave to your courage but that will fail you, look to your weapons but you will find them not enough. Run, fight, hide, pray, cry out or cower — it does not matter, for we are come.’ — Fafnir Rann, first High Executioner (Chapter Master) of the Executioners Chapter One of…
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NMM Rogal Dorn ‘The time for speeches is done,’ said Dorn. ‘The first great test is here. My order to you all is simple, yet heed it well, and exert yourselves to see it done.’ ‘They are coming. Kill them all.’ The man of Stone, Rogal Dorn isn’t the most inspiring creature in the Galaxy,…
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Talos Valcoran the Soul Hunter, so-called for the tortured, prophetic dreams suffered by this Astartes. Former Apothecary, leader of First Claw, and son to a murdered father. Following Konrad Curze’s death, Talos was the first to hunt the assassin M’Shen in the name of vengeance, even though this disobeyed his Primarch’s last order. M’Shen was eventually killed by the Soul…
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Aster Crohne, The Ghost of Saiph. Aster Crohne was a Centurion in the Blood Angels Legion’s 94th Company during the Great Crusade and earned a reputation for surviving the most hazardous of warzones. A veteran of the Blood Angels, Crohne served in the unnamed Legion in the days before the coming of Sanguinius. Recruited from the killing fields of Saiph as a child, Aster…
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2nd edition Blood Angel Nostalgia is a seductive liar. George Ball. I managed to get my greasy mits on one of the new MKVI marines. I ran a giveaway for this miniature on my social media feeds – the winner being a Blood Angel enthusiast. Well, what dumb luck! Two of my buddies are starting…
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LEGIO PRAESAGIUS WARMASTER TITAN “There can be no greater hatred than the one reserved for traitors to your own kind. They are just like us, except in every way that matters.“— Princeps Ultima Dae Vergos, Legio Praesagius, during the Crusade of Iron. The LEGIO PRAESAGIUS WARMASTER TITAN is the embodiment of the Omnissiah’s wrath. Once hidden away…
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How to Paint Legio Praesagius. “There can be no greater hatred than the one reserved for traitors to your own kind. They are just like us, except in every way that matters.” — Princeps Ultima Dae Vergos, Legio Praesagius, during the Crusade of Iron. The Legio Praesagius, (“True Messengers“), is a Loyalist Titan Legion, preeminent in the region…
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Dominion Zephon, The Paragon of Restoration, The Bringer of Sorrow. Zephon was a remnant of the Legion, left on Terra in a ceremonial role after his maiming during the Great Crusade. Unusually, the bionic replacements did not take, and Zephon was left to serve within the Crusader Host on Terra. You can find the story…
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Blood Angels Contemptor Dreadnought – Throne Maelio. The Blood Angel project was a labour of love. A real labour of love. From researching the original background of the Chapter from Rogue Trader to tracking down old paint guides and refitting them for a modern palette – the IXth was my first major project as a…
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How to paint Be’Lakor the Dark Master “Be’lakor was the very first mortal raised to the exalted rank of Daemon Prince, though what sacrifices he made and what horrors he inflicted to do so are lost even to the oldest tales. However, it was Be’lakor that drew the Chaos Gods’ gaze — he somehow…
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