The Emperor Protects

Primaris Marines

“The behemoth rumbled over the irradiated landscape, crushing the skulls of the scorched population of this once heavily populated city.

The atomic weaponry had wrought utter annihilation on this hive world. Any survivors has long since succumbed to the deadly effects of radiation poisoning or the nuclear winter followed.

The large turret scanned the ruins, sensing its enemy’s approach, the beast halted and dimmed its lights. A growing roar of another engine grew in the gloom, a bright searchlight turned the desolate urban infrastructure into haunting silhouettes.

Target spotted.

Tracking the Leman Russ before it, the IVth Legion veterans of a thousand battles foresaw the death of their hated foe. Flashing their dual searchlights on, the Achlys-pattern Assault Tank fired the co-axail Lascannon, with the beam punching a hole through the engine block of the Leman Russ, this was quickly followed by the turret’s main cannon firing and blasting a large hole into the side of the tank, catching some of the nearby guardsmen in the blast. The lucky ones died instantly, any survivors were now likely to have holes in their radiation suits, exposing them to the lethal doses of the radiation in the atmosphere.

The heavy bolter sponsons fired indiscriminately into the ruins that the remaining guardsmen had taken cover behind, their poor attempt at suppressing fire doing next to nothing to impede their adversary. The hull-mounted battle cannon fired into the ruins, collapsing a building onto a regrouping heavy weapons team. Another blast from the main cannon caused the end of the brief firefight as another ruin fell, blocking line of sight and routing the remaining guardsmen.

Smoke, ash and dust filled the air, whilst the flames of the gutted Leman Russ lit up the surroundings with an orange glow.”

The Achlys-pattern Assault Tank has been completed.

I am very happy with how this came out, especially as I kind of made it up as I went along really.

Once that was dry, I drybrushed more Retributor over them all to help pick out the details and brighten them up again, then I did another, lighter drybrush with Necron Compound to emphasise edges and high points. Then I did an all-over wash of Seraphim Sepia (using a regular brush, not airbrush), which turns the silver to a really nice pale gold, blends everything together, and helps darken the recesses a little more. 

Osiris and the Lost

Enjoy my killteam carrying case and musclewizard boys! (It’s fancy and magnigized)

Intercessor 1/10..

Imagine the blissful ignorance of this man to the horrors of the universe

The lack of knowledge of creatures that not only make space marines necessary, but all too often make insufficient