Prot’s Black Legion for 8th Edition


Here we go…. and this is way overdue but it’s a HUUGE image dump. It’s time for some Black Legion. I finished these guys quite a while ago but just needed some time to post this up. I think Chaos is deceptively time consuming to paint . Let’s have a look at what I’ve done so far.


I did a red (Warlord) and blue Lord Discordant just to differentiate between the roles of the two HQ’s. These guys are a ton of fun with any Daemon Engine units. Speaking of…

Goats heads? Check. Horned skulls on a stick? Check. Skulls on fire? Check.
Don’t let their bathrobes fool you, these guys are dirty. I use them to support all forms of Daemon unit in the Black Legion and they make a lot of sense with their unique Maelific Psychic powers. The tactical depth you can get into with these guys warrants their own article to be honest. I differentiate the ‘buffs’ with the blue psyker, and the offensive buffs with the red psyker.



I finished both of these squads with the intent of taking them to a tournament. I confess they’re a lot more work than I thought they’d be. I think there’s a tendency to think ‘black’ figures are a breeze to paint and while they can be, I think you need the extra effort to make them pop off the table and not blend into the background of a table.
The Havocs are another amazing new sculpt by Games Workshop.
Below is some in progress shots of the army. (Nearly finished in most cases)



I hope this has made up for some of the gaps in my updates. This has been a ton of work and it continues.
I hope to have some shots of Abaddon coming soon.
Thanks so much for checking in the blog. Until next time……
Prot.
Awesome work Prot, great to see your progress. Black Legion, like Ultramarines, is one of those high visibility legions/chapters that I never had much interest in, but that has had really a lot of life breathed into it over the years, obviously most so with Vigilus II. What’s your BL list look like these days? Annnnd how ’bout them batreps ;D
You’re right, I’m way behind on Batreps. I’ve been playing a ton of games since Shadow Spear came out and not reporting many of them. I need to get back to that. Thanks for the compliment. I’ll hopefully have some more soon. 🙂