Wednesday From JamieM - The Horus Heresy’s Greatest Traitor and Mythos (62 points)

Something of a small and yet mixed bag today. First up are the Priory faction for "Mythos" by warcradle. One of my friends and I are like moths to a flame when obscure and virtually dead games with pretty miniatures are concerned and "Mythos" is that. Don’t think it was ever big, but it limps along and can be had very cheaply on eBay at times. I have the Priory faction who are nominally the good guys standing against the evil Cthulhu-type entities

These appear to be led by a wise fellow who has dragged along a chap with a flamethrower, an archaeologist lady, a mechanic, a cat and he’s summoned a massive golem! Feels like he’s ticked all of the boxes for fighting evil…..

Fairly simple paint jobs and it remains to be seen whether the game will see table time with so many other games fighting for it. Heck, they’re nice miniatures either way and were fun to paint. Oh, and one of the ladies will be my fee to move to the “Traitor” area of hell……

……Because I’ve also painted this fella, Lorgar Aurelian...

He’s from GW’s Horus Heresy setting and is one of the primarchs, who are super human beings who lead the legions. Lorgar leads the Wordbearers, religious nut jobs who built massive cathedrals to the Emperor (back when he claimed he wasn’t a god) when they took worlds over instead of moving on to pacify the next world. The Emperor slapped them down for this very publicly and used the Ultramarines to do it, which mortified the entire legion (The Ultramrines? Ugh. I would be embarrassed too - GB).

Lorgar responded to this like any teenager would and sought out the chaos gods to worship instead. He then introduced them to Horus and some of his other primarch friends and the Horus heresy began!

Lorgar is therefore a huge traitor (even though the Emperor was also a bit of a git) as he set in motion a war that killed billions and set humanity back and got what would become the 40K universe going. Ironically, it set up a universe where the Emperor really is now seen as a god. So perhaps he’d feel it was all worth it?

Anyway, 5 x 28mm figure, one 54mm figure, one 40mm figure and a Traitor bonus for 62 points by my maths.

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This is lovely Jamie! And with all due respect to "Mythos" - and your commitment to obscure-adjacent games (which I share and respect), I can say "thank god" for some 30k at last! And that is a sentiment I think Lorgar would appreciate!

The Primarch models are a real hoot, and it is so nice to see the arch-criminal of the Horus Heresy rendered here and ready to lead his legion into some manner of "faithful endeavor". Progress demands sacrifice, after all, and Lorgar his chaps can help out with both! While Erebus is still the biggest @sshole in the story, at the end of the day, Lorgar is THE bad guy. You've done fine work here - the cape, the mace, and even the "such-a-shame-that-billions-must-die-in-order-to-show-the-obvious-truth" expression on his face.

And full marks to the "Mythos" team. But why assume the "Cthulhu types" are evil? Why, Lorgar could help you understand that inter-dimensional diversity can be your organization's new "greatest strength"...

62 points it is! We can all celebrate in our next visit to Monarchia. Right....?

GregB 

From StuartL - Writing the Book on Treachery - Literature and Sarah's Library Cart - 145 Points

Hello all,

    As I mentioned in my last post, work has been keeping me very busy recently, so I have had to take a step back from painting and the challenge in general to focus on it. It also hasn't helped that both my monthly RPG game and my wargaming club meetings have fallen on the last two weekends, cutting my hobby time even more. So, I wasn't able to post anything last week as I was too busy marking essays and proof-reading them for my students. Luckily I have a bit of a gap in my schedule this week, so I have been able to push a few things over the line and get them ready for posting.

    My last post saw me taking Sarah's Library Cart over to the Literature section of the library. For this area, I wanted to post about the books I have spent the eighteen years or so reading, the Horus Heresy mega-series of novels by the Black Library (Games Workshop's publishing wing). The series is finally winding down with the release of the final book in the sub-series that wraps up the main storyline. I think in total there are about 90 books, plus loads of novellas and short stories. As you can guess from the title of the series, the main antagonist is Horus. In the books, Horus is the Emperor of Mankind's favourite son, Primarch of the greatest Space Marine Legion and is generally an all round swell guy. By book 2 he decides that he'd rather be evil and destroy everything (the writing at this stage is pretty poor if I'm being honest). The core reason is that he is convinced by a guy named Erebus that if he continues to be the dutiful son, he will eventually be overlooked and forgotten, and wouldn't things be much better if Horus were running the show? (GregB certainly thinks so). Erebus belongs to another Space Marine Legion, the Word Bearers. Originally, the Word Bearers were intended to go out into the galaxy and convince everyone (at gunpoint usually), that there were no gods and that everyone should believe in science, logic and human ingenuity. What they actually did was decide that the Emperor was the ONLY god and proceeded to build temples, shrines and holy buildings everywhere they went, while writing loads of books about how awesome the Emperor was. When the Emperor found out about this, he flattened their biggest temple and told them to cut it out. The Word Bearers then decided that maybe there were better gods to worship and became born-again daemon-worshippers. It was their plan to burn the galaxy to ashes and ruin everything for everyone for all time, they are just that sort of people.

    Anyway, with all that said, here are my entries for the challenge, 20 Despoilers for the Word Bearers Legion. If you're going to play the bad guys, you should play the absolute worst bad guys in the setting in my opinion, and the Word Bearers fit the bill. I can always be happy losing a game, because I know my army probably deserves whatever beating the receive. 

    Despoilers are assault troops, meant to close with the enemy and chop them into little chunks with a variety of very sharp and very nasty swords, axes and spiked clubs. On the whole, the Word Bearers are not the best melee force in Warhammer 30,000, but they are fanatical and favour massed infantry formations. 

    Being devout chaos worshippers, I have made sure to add lots of parts from 40K Chaos Marine kits, to break up the nice neat lines of 30K style armour. Shoulder pads, weapons and this fellow's lovely looking icon all help to give the army a less wholesome aesthetic. They also add a load of skulls to the minis as well. 

    And with that lot out of the way, it is time to head over to the next section, DIY. As has become the norm for me, I will be taking the Library Cart, and so here is my payment.

    This green-haired cyberpunk girl is a 3D print from Unit9 on MyMiniFactory. I have a few more models from this range coming up later today where I will go over how I painted it, so I will skip that detail for now. 

    I have found myself spending more and more time looking at 3D printing. My better half refuses to allow it in the house due to all of the materials involved that can be bad for your health and also because we would quickly need a second house after the current one was filled with 3D printed miniatures in no time at all. Luckily I have a couple of friends I can ask to print stuff out for me as there are a ton of cool models available these days.

On to the scores then.

21 x 28mm minis = 105 points

Literature section = 20 points

Sarah's Library Cart = 20 points

TOTAL = 145 Points.

For my duels.

Skulls (315) + 79 = 394

Legions (620) + 100 = 720

From Millsy: Good to see I'm not the only one painting traitor legions for 40K. If the Emperor wasn't such a complete buzzkill maybe he'd have more loyal servants! I love the deep red you have gone with here Stuart, there's a real richness to it that suits the chapter so well. The green hair on your cyberpunk girl has shades of Tank Girl for me so what's not to like?

From StuartL - Family Issues - Historical Drama - 77 Points

Hello once more,

For my final post this week, it is off to the Historical Drama section of the studios. Well, I say Historical, but what I really mean is Future Historical Drama. 

(Warning. What follows is a fast and dirty history of the Warhammer 40,000 universe. You can skip to the pictures at the end if you aren't into SF lore.)

You see, once upon a time, a small games company in the North of England made a small SF skirmish game called Rogue Trader. Over time it evolved and became to be known as Warhammer 40,000. As the game grew, more and more of its lore and background was fleshed out. The setting as a whole is pretty grim, dark and generally a horrible dystopia. But it wasn't always like that. In the history of the setting, some 10,000 years prior to the events portrayed in the game, things weren't all that bad. Sure, it was still a grim and dark dystopia, but not quite as much as it is in the present setting. 

The story of the game really starts some time in the late 29,000's. Earth is a mess of radioactive wastelands and techno-barbarian tribes fighting over what scant resources are left. Humanity's vast interstellar empire is in ruins after all long distance travel and communication was cut off during what is known as Old Night, and things are looking pretty bad all round. However, at the turn of the millenium two things happened. Old night ended and long distance travel became possible again, and a new warlord was to emerge on Earth. Calling himself simply the Emperor, (not one for humility this one), he had created an army of genetically engineered soldiers called Thunder Warriors and set about conquering and unifying Earth. The Thunder Warriors were just the first step though, they were too unstable both mentally and genetically, so the Emperor refined his process and created the Legio Astartes, or Space Marines. To help in this process, he first created 20 Primarchs, his 'sons', each with a unique set of talents and abilities and essentially demi-gods in all but name. However, his new plans posed a threat to the denizens of the Warp (aka Space Hell), and the daemonic pantheon that ran the place decided to derail the Emperor's grand scheme to reunify humanity by stealing the Primarchs away from Earth while they were still infants and scattering them throughout the galaxy. 

This didn't really stop the Emperor so much as slow him down. With Earth under his control, his newly formed Space Marines first conquered the solar system and then began the Great Crusade. His armies would grow and swell with each new system that joined his Empire and slowly the Primarchs were found and joined as his generals. Knowing that the forces of the Warp fed on the belief of mortals, the Emperor outlawed and forbade all forms of worship. Religion gave way to logic and rationality. Each new world was rendered compliant and its churches and temples torn down and destroyed. And this is where problems began. 

One of the infant Primarchs, Lorgar, landed on a planet called Colchis. Colchis was largely a desert with scattered cities in the few areas that could sustain plant life and wandering tribes of nomads that lived in the plains. The folks of Colchis were a superstitious lot and worshipped a pantheon of gods that looked suspiciously like the daemons of the warp if you looked closely. Lorgar grew up with a preacher for his adoptive father, who taught him all the ways of worship and expected him to become a preacher himself. However, Lorgar started having visions of his real 'father' the Emperor and decided that his 'Dad' was the one true god. Using his Primarch given powers of being super persuasive and a pretty darn fine general, Lorgar conquered Colchis at the head of an army of fanatics and introduced the worship of the Emperor as the state religion. 

Once the Great Crusade arrived at Colchis, Lorgar was given command of his own legion of Space Marines known previously as the Imperial Heralds, but from hereupon as the Word Bearers, he was also told to 'Knock it off with the worshipping, I'm not a god.' by 'Dad'. Faced with this contradiction Lorgar decided that only a REAL god would deny his own divinity and set about writing a set of holy texts about how the Emperor was a god and converting any planets he conquered into massive shrines to his father's divinity. 

Once word of this got back to the Emperor, he was a little bit ticked off. Heading to the biggest shrine world along with his must reliable of legions, the Ultramarines, the Emperor had the capital city of the planet eradicated by an orbital bombardment while the Word Bearers watched. After giving the entire legion a ticking off, he then departed to continue the crusade. Lorgar, finally got the hint that maybe he shouldn't be going around preaching about the Emperor being a god. But rather than take the hint and drop the religious mumbo-jumbo he instead went back to his old Colchisian beliefs and started looking for ways to get in good with the god-like entities of the Warp. Eventually he figured it out and went full on evil-cult leader. Worlds conquered by the Word Bearers were converted to daemon worship and cults sprang up everywhere. Eventually the Word Bearers started to spread their creed through their fellow legions and soon the Emperor's chosen son, Horus Lupercal, the Warmaster was convinced that it was time for a change in regime and the forces of the warp were the perfect tool to get the job done. While the civil war that broke out would later come to be known as the Horus Heresy, it was really Lorgar who did all the real work to get the ball rolling.

TL:DR Somebody in Nottingham wrote some background for a game and I painted a model.

Way back when, GW said that they were NEVER going to make models for the Horus Heresy, but the historical setting was very popular and so 3rd party companies began making their own models for the Primarchs. This figure is by Kabuki Models and is called the Preacher Knight (to avoid copyright claims from GW). Since then, GW has started making models for the Heresy and is on its second edition of Warhammer 30,000 as a separate game from Warhammer 40,000.

Sometimes referred to as the Golden One, Lorgar would have devotional script printed on his face in golden ink, which I have tried to recreate here. His armour is dripping with books and prayers to help signal his beliefs in a set of higher powers.

The model is metal and is stood upon a resin base. The sculpt has a fair bit of detail, but doesn't go as overboard as a standard GW character model might. The mace is a little bit small and unimposing unfortunately, but overall the figure looks okay.

The model is painted in the Word Bearer's traditional grey armour colour, but after the Heresy started, they switched to a deep, dark red. I actually have a second copy of this figure, so at some point I may build that and add a few more chaotic icons before painting it with red armour.

One of my reasons for painting this figure was that I actually need it for a game this week. On Sunday my friend and I will be playing a game of 30K using my Ultramarines army and my Word Bearers army. The Word Bearers will have a small allied contingent of World Eaters and the Ultramarines will have some Space Wolves as back-up. As my Space Wolf force is pretty small, I decided to add a few minis to that force for the game too.

This model will be the junior commander leading the Space Wolf contingent. It is mainly made from parts for 40K, but I think it still fits with the 30K aesthetic.

You can't have a Space Wolf commander without a fur cloak, it is an unwritten rule of the game. The model is based on an older 25mm base as it was assembled years ago.

This Tactical Support Squad brings some extra fire-power to the Space Wolves as they assault the enemy. Armed with Volkite (i.e. death-ray) weapons, their job is to pin the enemy down while the main force charges into contact with a variety of swords and axes. These figures are from the newer Age of Darkness box set and have a few Space Wolf parts added to make them look like they belong in this feral legion.

Technically speaking this Predator tank is from Warhammer 40,000, but one of the nice parts of the game is that a lot of the models can be used for both settings. There is a new 30K model of this tank that came out recently, but I haven't had a chance to assemble mine yet.

And the officer, the squad and the tank as a whole. There are 12 skulls dotted about the tank and the infantry's wargear.

And finally, a scale shot of Lorgar. I think he is going to count as a 40mm model rather than 28mm.

For scoring:

1x 40mm model = 7 Points

6x 28mm infantry = 30 Points

1x 28mm tank = 20 Points

Historical Drama = 20 Points

Total = 77 Points

Just one more location to go for the green area of the map.

My side duels:

Squirrels +1 = 19

Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Dwarves, Fire Giants, WW2 Polish, Daemons, Viridians, Vasa, Junkers, Turnips, Necrons, Tau, Genestealers, WW2 Japanese, Teutonics, Lizardmen, Gnolls, Arabs, Space Marines

Skulls +12 = 200

Turnips +0 = 85 Points

So that is what 30K is about, makes sense. Now what is 40K about? This is a great post and I love the Predator tank. Great way to end a fantastic week's output. now work harder

From GregB - Word Bearers Chaplain (5 Points)

"Heed my words! Or this pistol!" - Word Bearer apostle. 28mm plastic figure from GW.

My first submission today is just a single figure, but still important, because sometimes you "gotta BELIEVE", and that is what this fellow is all about. This is a Space Marine Chaplain, painted in the colours of the XVII Legion Astartes, the fanatical "Word Bearers". The figure is a multi-part plastic kit from GW's Horus Heresy range. 

Some symbols on his cloak for...you know...good luck!

This figure was originally released back in 2015 as part of GW's "Betrayal at Calth" box set. The set caused much excitement at the time, as it represented the first wave of plastic figures for the Horus Heresy setting, which had been previously limited to Forge World and its, er, "uneven" resin quality. 

What is Calth, and who was betrayed there? Well, that story involves the Ultramarines, and is therefore by default so tedious that recounting any of it would waste your time in mine. For the purposes of this blog post, it is sufficient to know the Word Bearers were the "bad guys", and that they are, um, nutters. This figure was intended to represent a fellow named Kurtha Sedd. 

How does Kurtha Sedd view the world of the 31st millenium? Well, his unofficial title is "dark apostle"...so...

GW's sculptors did nice work on this figure, he has a nice sense of movement. You get the sense that pistol shot is coming at point blank range...

The thing with Kurtha Sedd and the Word Bearers is that they believe in stuff. One might surmise they are a far-future-space parody of devout religious figures from history, but this view misses the depth of possible comedy and commentary on offer. Never mind even the loudest preachers or devout institutions. Take, rather, the secular and technocratic post-modern drivel mongers, intersectionalist fools and climate doomsters who infest and necrotize the educational, cultural and government institutions of our current era. Put them in power armour, and give them a bolt gun. Then - THEN - you would have basis for the Word Bearers.

The Word Bearers tried to believe in The Emperor, but He told them not to for some reason. Jerk. So the Word Bearers found other vessels for belief. The Warmaster Horus will do nicely, but not as an end, but as a means to an end, the BIGGER PICTURE. And they are here to help you believe too! With the right amount of faith - enhanced where necessary by gunfire, chainswords and maybe just a SLIGHT amount of blood sacrifice - you too can live a life of full potential! In, er, many dimensions! You can disruptive structural Emperor-normative discourse, and DO BETTER. They believe so much they write it all down on their armour - so it is easier for you to see!

"You can read it on my armour!"

The Word Bearers are fun, and their armour and kit look cool. For all that, I'm not (yet) tipping over into collecting a force for yet another Space Marine Legion. Rather, I see this fellow as an attached specialist to the Sons of Horus. Why batter your way through enemy defences when this chap, with his expertise in variable-spiritual-dimension-geometry, can just help with a "shortcut", ensuring all concerned understand this portable-hole-through-an-adjacent-warp-dimension-that-just-appeared-out-of-nowhere will, in fact, take them behind enemy lines. You just have to believe...

Painting this fellow was fun. Always nice to do a one-off...gives a chance to practice. I tried once more to find some use for GW's "Contrast" paints on this figure, but as ever, I just find they need to be corrected through use of...actual paint. YMMV. 

Anyway, we have one 28mm figure, good for five points. But the value of faith and correct belief? Priceless! We also pick up two more skullz for the skull duel!

Ah, the Word Bearers, the Legion that never got the memo 'No more religion.' I'm sure with this wise and rational advisor on hand, your Sons of Horus will quickly see the light and fully embrace the eight-fold path.

Cracking work on this itinerant preacher. I like the blue glow on his plasma pistol, especially at the tip of the barrel, it looks like it is just about to fire and vaporise some poor schmuck. 

From JamieM - More Heretical Goodies (45 points)

I wish I could be as prompt at posting as my Friday buddies, they unfailingly produce great stuff for Friday posting and here I am again, just about making it.

These two vehicles are my first proper attempt at weathering. First up, a rhino APC

I've used my black sponging for general wear but added some painted metallic chips in the middle of the larger black splodges.

I found this gave me much better control than sponging the metallic colour and looked a little more realistic.

Forgeworld transfers again and the sheet is an absolute gold mine.

Next up, a Vindicator, converted up from a rhino.

I went a bit crazy with this one...... As the Wordbearers are religious loons, I decided that a pulpit/sacrificial table and a torture rack were just the sort of things they'd slap on a vehicle with a honking great gun.

The plan being that they'll waste no time after a battle getting down to the important tasks of preaching and learning the enemies secrets.

Somewhat over the top, but I enjoyed doing it. I think I may have weathered a little too much, but it was a good learning experience as most of my vehicles are a little bit "fresh off the production line" as that's easier and quicker (but not nearly as nice).

Next up for weathering is trying some rusting and perhaps oils for streaking as I tried using washes and they were just too thin..... I suspect patience and more costs would have helped instead of giving up!

Last up is a 40k entry, a Hellbrute. These are dreadnoughts partially possessed and certainly mutated.

It's the fourth one I've painted (I did three for the challenge last year) and I really like the model.

No weathering for this one as he's for my 40k army and I need to go back and weather all of the vehicles for that at some point.

Three 28mm vehicles done and 45 points towards my total I think? (The Hellbrute won't count towards my 30k duel though, as he's strictly 40k).

Great work Jamie.  I think each entry here fully captures the spirit and approach of Lorgar's chaps, especially the bonkers torture rack.  That is precisely something the Word Bearers would wish to have handy, particularly after they have just blasted a building at point-blank range with the heavy weapon. While I find the "Hellbrute" a little too far gone down tentacle lane for my own tastes, you've done a cracking job on the model.  

Weathering is a tricky thing to get the hang of, but it does add so much to vehicles and I think you've done really nice work here. The sponge chipping, combined with targeted silver chips in the larger spots has produced an excellent effect. Another 45 points on the pile! Sigh...I had best get cracking on some more Raven Guard...

From JamieM - Bearers of the Word (100 points)

When the plan for the AHPC was released, I knew the end of January and the start of February would be tough given my work schedule...... And it's been brutal, with no posts for the last two weeks. My last big meeting was today though, so damned if I'm going to make it three weeks with no posts!

As it is (technically, just, still) Friday here, I can post this. I came home, sat in front of the TV with my painting tray and finished the last couple of hours I needed to do on these chaps. Phew.

The Wordbearers continue to grow, with the second rank and file troop finished. Twenty jump pack troops with a sarge. I wanted to make the Wordbearers a fast attacking close combat army to differentiate them from my salamander army.

Those with a pedantic HH bent will note that whilst the marks of armour are those used in the Horus Heresy (marks IV and VI), these are actually the 40k jump packs and not the 30k ones sold by Forge World. My reasoning/excuse is that my cardboard box of discarded marines included 11 jump pack troops. And my mate had 8 spare jump packs. And the leader could have an unusual one to help mark him out. So I could either pay for a very expensive Forge World unit, or convert the armour to the correct marks and use the jump packs for free. Sometimes gamers can be thrifty, so I'm working on the basis these are the earliest, trial versions of the new jump packs, given to the Wordbearers as they expanded their ranks, ready to start their insurrection.

Anyway, slightly guilty self justification apart, these have the same religious nutter writing as my other Wordbearers, all done with decals and copious amounts of work to blend the decals in. So remind me not to do anything like this when I'm busy at work as it was VERY time consuming.

I am jolly pleased with them though and with them being done I've finished the main rank and file and can move onto some of the more unusual units for the army..... And as these chaps consort with daemons, they have some properly odd units!

Twenty figures at 5 points each nets me a nice round 100. It's nice to be back!

Well Jamie, I'm really worried that you are not focusing on your work.  And while I would LOVE to give you 100 points for this submission, the lack of proper Horus Heresy back packs, and the fact that you are killing me in the Horus Heresy side duel, means I'll have to actually dock you 200 points.  Lorgar would understand...

Ah, just kidding. Well done Jamie! Great to see some more adherents to the sinister, spooky Wordbearers and it must feel great to have this starting to round out into a proper force for the table.  I would love to have these fellows join up with my Sons of Horus to stomp some dupes of the so-called Emperor!

100 points Jamie - well done!    

(Friday) From JamieM - 30k Bearers of the Word (beakies!) (180 points)

For this post, it's a slight change of tack..... 30k still, but the start of my second legion. Because when I start collecting something new, one army isn't ever enough despite what I promise myself when I start out!

As to the "history" of the legions, The Wordbearers are baddies. Deluded, but still baddies. You see, when the Emperor pushed into the stars on the grand reconquest of worlds lost, he created 20 space marine legions to help make that happen and each legion had a Primarch to lead it, a super human being. Each Primarch was different, growing up on different worlds and being shaped by their experiences and then further shaping their legions in their image.

Lorgar, the Primarch of the Wordbearers, grew up on a religious world and hence his legion became one full of religious zealots, who venerated the Emperor as a deity. Now, the Emperor didn't like this much as he claimed there were no gods (especially not him) and so he heavily chastised the legion. This led them to turn to the Chaos gods and drag down the other traitor legions with them. So this lot essentially started the Horus Heresy......

Anyway, onto the figures! First up, 20 marines in the mark VI "beaky" armour

I've always loved beaky armour, ever since I owned the RTB01 plastic box set of marines produced by GW in the 80's. I never thought I'd be able to get this many of them again (GW doesn't produce a unit of them outside forgeworld, instead choosing to scatter parts of the armour around other boxed sets, in line with their often baffling approach to customer service) but then I was given this:

Have you ever had a box like this given to you from a family member or friend because they know you're the wargamer of the family? Badly stuck together and horribly painted figures that someone used for a while and then got bored of? Well, within this box of "delights" were nearly enough legs to make 20 Mk VI armours. A few purchases from bits sellers of helmets and the use of the iconic left studded shoulder pad from betrayal at Calth and I was away!

A fair bit of religious iconography, with hand painted scrolls and decals applied direct to armour of favoured writings.

Next up, 2 sets of support marines in Mark V armour. The box comes with heavy bolters, but I've never liked that weapon, so a quick barrel swap later and I have a unit of 5 autocannons:

Added to these is a unit of plasma gunners:

The scale doesn't really show the religious writing too well, so here are some selected closer shots:

Mostly on lower legs and vambraces as that's where they fitted best!

Finally for this fun little group of nutters, 2 contemptor class dreadnoughts:

I liked the one in the box so much that I procured another one on eBay!

This allowed me to convert the weapons on one to give him double assault cannons and have him pointing them off centre. The conversion opportunities are much reduced compared to the resin ones I did for the salamanders, but the reduced cost more than makes up for it!

Double assault cannon chap also got a head swap as I could see the legion re-modelling the head to look like a daemon and the other got a torso twist to add a little dynamism.

And a family shot to finish:

A total of 30 28mm figures and two dreadnoughts for this submission.

More 30k goodness! With "beakie" Marines to boot! Fantastic stuff.  As a fan of the "Horus for Hope" movement, I am of course very pleased to see these enlightened soldiers of faith, who had the courage to embrace change and reject the dictatorship of the so-called "Emperor". The story of the models themselves - rejected and found - matches the story of the Legion nicely.  Those "hey, are you into this junk" (which turns out to be treasure) moments are rare, but they are fun. 

Solid brush work again Jamie, and the religious touches are quite nice, fitting the back story of Word Bearers very well.  And once again your dreadnoughts have a menacing look to them that is quite appealing. I also love the conversions of the autocannons...I was not able to get my own autocannon guys assembled properly, and seeing what you did here will definitely have me copying that...

Great work Jamie - another 180 points for you!