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Just a few pictures before the next post for the Complete Blood Angels Beginners Guide. Of all the Chaos Space Marine Legions, I'm most drawn to the Alpha Legion (with Sons of Horus being a close second), and I've tried a few times to do their colour scheme justice. Two weeks ago I managed to find a local supplier of Tamia paints, and I picked up some Metallic Blue. The colour is nice, but the paint dried really quickly, and separated out on the pallet extremely quickly as well. I added some thinner, and it seemed to work better. The highlights were done with Stormhost Silver, and then washed over with Waywatcher Green glaze. I also gave the model a pin wash of Drakenhoff Nightshade in the crevices of the armour. I like the effect, but I think the blue metallic paint is a bit of a waste. You can get a similar effect with just washing Drakenhoff Nightshade over Stormhost Silver. You might be able to get a more vibrant blue with Guilliman Blue glaze, but I haven...

I received a comment on a now defunct 7th Edition Chaos Space Marine Starter list , asking what I'd do if I were to go nuts with creating a Chaos Space Marine starter army. This means no restrictions on using Starter kits, and just picking what I thought would be the most broken combinations. Here's the full comment from reader Grimtoof: Hello, I was looking for a 500 point escalation league list and came across your amazing post! So, two questions for you: 1. I'm not not limited to the box set or models owned (I own a bunch of stuff from playing in past editions). What other brutal 500 point list would you conceive without any limitations? 2. I'm also starting a escalation league this Friday and was wondering what other increasing point value lists would look like? (500 to 1500 points). Looking forward to hearing your thoughts and more Alpha legion posts! Thanks for commenting! The questions you raise uncovered a very big gap in my knowledge, and a cons...

The Second half of our look at the Chaos Space marine Legion traits and reveals spotlights the Black Legion, the Word Bearers and the one I've personally been waiting for, the Alpha Legion. Part 1 covering the Emperor's Children, the Iron Warriors, the Night Lords, and World Eaters is found here. Also apologies for any silly spelling errors, as I'm ill today. Yes, I blog when I'm sick. Papa Nurgle protects. Chaos Undivided by Fernoll Black Legion I started this off last week trying to figure out a strong case for the Black Legion, and kept coming down to Terminators. After a fashion. Here is their trait, and I'm just going to quote myself from last week on my gut reaction to it: Add 1 Leadership, on Advance Rapid Fire weapons become Assault  At a glance, this helps your army become a faster moving Chaos force. The old Veterans of the Long War bonus is there, and it's clear there's meant to be symmetry with the Ultramarines chapter ...

I had a request from a newly made reader on Facebook last night, asking about their Start Collecting! Chaos Space Marines kit. The wanted to know what options they could put on their miniatures, with the intention of getting some games in. First of all, let me say it again; Welcome to the Grim Dark future, Shi! You'll forgive me for not using your full name, but I try to keep this site as PG-13 as possible for any potential student neophytes who might be reading. As I mentioned last night, you will need to get a codex so you can start building your own lists, and in addition to that, the Traitor Legions codex supplement is near mandatory for Chaos Space Marines. However, to get you in the Long War as soon as possible, this is an army list that should get you someway towards winning games without you needing to buy any more miniatures. Image taken from the Games Workshop webstore The army is going to be an Alpha Legion Combined Arms Detachment. This is because Alpha ...