From MikeF - Horus Heresy World Eater Legion Rampagers (Babylon 5) and World Eaters Tactical Squad (Istvaan V) - 140 points

My first post really came down to the wire this year. I can blame Manitoba's provincial government for that thanks to their decision to have one week of at home learning. The lesson on rock, paper, scissors was especially useful I thought. That was a real thing! That was a thing that happened.

 Like many in this challenge have already mentioned, plans had been made and subsequently dropped. I was going to spend the challenge working on Stargrave, but the likelihood of playing that anytime soon is slim. Instead I decided to start a new 30k Legion project: The World Eaters. First up is a unit of Rampagers with jump packs. They'll be invading Babylon 5 first! The description mentions low budget fun. This unit is made up of bits and pieces I had collected for other projects. The bacpacks were from Kromlech and were originally intended for another legion. The close combat arms are a combination of Kromlech and Mark III arms. The Mark III marines were sourced from eBay and the Forge World chain axes and pistols we're found while I was dumpster diving behind 7-Eleven! Lucky, eh! Far better than the $140 CAD Forge World wants for kinda crappy looking models.

Next on the invasion tour is Istvaan V! The World Eaters were both betrayer and betrayed at the battle. Because the World Eaters Primarch was such a douche his legion had the largest number of loyalists of any traitor Legion. Angron himself even had to get in there and slaughter his own men because it was taking too long. The World Eaters are the one legion that would have really benefited if their Primarch had been aborted while gestating on Terra. This unit is a simple Tactical Squad equipped with bolters and a chainsword for backup.

I'm fairly happy with the result, although I find the Forge World red transfers don't show up well on the blue. The blue is as light as I want to go, so I ordered some appropriate icons from popgoesthemonkey. I also will probably dial back the weathering on future units. I used the sponge technique, but find it a little hard to control. I think I'll go with the more subtle method I used on my Alpha Legion. I think it's fine for the rampages though, since they're all psychopaths with brain damage and probably aren't worried about the state of their armor. 

 That's 20 28mm models for 100 points plus two locations for 140 points!

Thanks for visiting.

From DaveD

Another scramble to the line sees a fine entry from MikeF - I really like the colour renditions and there is something about seeing a whole larger unit in the same paint scheme - welcome aboard!