Posts

Showing posts with the label Black Legion

Chaos Space Marine Legions Review Part 2

Image
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 ...

Chaos Space Marines Legions Summary and Analysis Part 1

Image
Hot off the heels of last week's Codex Space Marines, Codex Chaos Space Marines is already on it's way (I heard pre-orders on 4th August in the shop last weekend, but that seems to not be accurate). This week Warhammer Community has been dropping Legion Tactics on us... and they're shaping up to be very powerful indeed! Chaos Undivided by Fernoll Before we go into each individual legion, some bits and pieces: Possessed have gained a wound . Power fists have dropped from 20 to 12 points . Cult marines get access to Legion Traits   In this we'll be looking at the Emperor's Children, the Iron Warriors, the Night Lords, and the World Eaters. I also have a little on today's Black Legion reveal, but a fuller break down will be done next week. Emperor's Children The Emperor's Children, whilst having embarrassingly dated models, have been a powerful force on the table top in nearly all their incarnations. They are literally Space Marines on ste...