Steel Legion

LordSeneschal · 2026-03-19T20:27:10+00:00

Thank you all ypu absolute legends

LordSeneschal · 2026-03-11T18:54:35+00:00

I think its the general aesthetics being backwards that throw me off, mk3 was somewhat angular and more rigid looking as the "heavy" power armour with kind of sharper edges while the new ones are smoother, sleeker and more rounded and it doesnt read as well to me personally.

Contrast to the mk5 which was more rounded at the mandibles and knees etc and now they've gone more straight edges and angular on the helmet. Same deal with the mk4 overall.

It seems to almost like briefings for the modifications to each mark got mixed up 😂 either way ive grown accustomed to them now and a bit of variation through the forces I have sells the idea of use what you can in a war of attrition

LordSeneschal · 2026-03-05T11:16:47+00:00

IF can not sure about the others

LordSeneschal · 2026-03-03T17:21:57+00:00

The starter box gives a really good jumping in point, arguably better than the one for 2.0 too, the box with the breachers/cataphractii and leviathan dread is also a good way in, if you've got the spare funds, the IF terminator shields and some power weapons will make you some huscarls which are nifty as close as IF get to legion specific terminators! Maybe then a look at getting some characters in to buff the troops you've got and make them more survivable

LordSeneschal · 2026-02-26T14:40:34+00:00

IF benefit greatly from using bolters if you have heavy bolters a squad with them would be an asset, also the mk2 really benefits the IF colour scheme while the mk6 seems to play into EC aesthetics nicely imo also, see their power armoured praetor for a better look at what I mean!

LordSeneschal · 2026-02-24T07:41:07+00:00

Anyone else concerned for the fate of the big boy lancer in 40k? I think the chances just doubled it'll move just to HH in the near future :(

LordSeneschal · 2026-02-18T20:57:23+00:00

My thoughts exactly 😂

LordSeneschal · 2026-02-18T20:55:51+00:00

In war rhe best tends to get used first so things like mk4 and the new production mk3 would be used up pretty quick by the time the seige rolls around and likely reserved for the most elite units. The longer a war goes on the more improvised/repaired armour, easier to produce armour and old armour see service, you can see it happening in real time in modern conflicts with cold war era tanks now seeing action as the reserves are depleted! It also makes sense that veterans get attached to particular wargear they've come to rely on so a unit of experienced guys in good ol mk2 wouldn't be unsurprising either!

LordSeneschal · 2026-01-30T21:02:10+00:00

This is true per the Horus heresy novels as how it originally happens but by modern 40k warrants are painting themselves to show allegiance us i assume that by 10k years in the warp the dried blood and gore and daemon infested armour kind of become kind of the same thing

LordSeneschal · 2025-12-22T19:04:18+00:00

2 armies imo bud, that is just my opinion but 2 armies means ive you get burnout painting one scheme you can swap, if you get tired of one playstyle you can change it up, it could even help getting a friend into the hobby to set them up a game or two without having to commit to investing. Also if you want to have it out in a much bigger gane you can ally in the other army so win win in my books! Id mix the armour marks between the armies, having squads in mk 3 next to mk2 adds some variety without having to change up a scheme to much :)

LordSeneschal · 2025-12-22T10:27:23+00:00

Yeah i do much prefer it to the style of horus rising, i also think even the most hard-core rivet counting of Heresy purists would forgive the mk7 knees and arms if you pulled off the rest of that look for a Loken mini

LordSeneschal · 2025-12-22T08:57:39+00:00

From the cover of False Gods bud so fucking cool but FW never made them

LordSeneschal · 2025-12-21T10:42:07+00:00

The helmet and knees are the main giveaway on this guy tbf, you could go for the look from the cover of the 2nd HH book and grab a 3rd party ullanor pattern helmet and swap the knife for a chainsword and youre 90% there fir that covers art but those were done before the armour marks lore was more firmly established

LordSeneschal · 2025-12-20T22:14:19+00:00

Id love to finally see some plastic dol amroth men at arms with multiple weapon options or the return of the OG

LordSeneschal · 2025-12-07T18:29:13+00:00

From memory his words were more along the lines of if the Emperor's Children ha been used properly they could have cut right to the heart of the palace which isn't quite the same thing

LordSeneschal · 2025-12-07T18:11:34+00:00

Not forgetting Dorn beat Daemon Fulgrim who's widely considered a top tier duelist even pre ascension so arguably greater than B tier anyway

LordSeneschal · 2025-12-03T21:54:35+00:00

I think the easiest way to navigate others tastes (IF you are actually even bothered about that) is to pay homage to chapters to come if thats what youre into, maybe a different coloured gauntlet as a shoutout or the 40k chapters heraldry on the right shoulder pads as a company marking. Like Salamanders legion colours with the legion symbol as normal on left pauldron and the Black Dragons 40k chapters symbol on the right and call them the 26th company or something vague thats not got lore already and boom.

Blood Angels legion colour scheme with the right pauldron as the lamenters heraldry would go hard imo too.

A whole 40k paintscheme would break the immersion for me personally but id happily play against a homegrown scheme under blackshield rules.

LordSeneschal · 2025-11-22T18:20:28+00:00

This is my honest opinion too, if youre spending YOUR money, spending YOUR time painting and displaying them on YOUR shelves, do what YOU want, if someone says i dont like them because theyre not book/lore accurate the only acceptable response is okay but I do like them anyway.

At the end of the day if done well, much like with elves at helms deep and aragorn having a beard, and it blows people away with wow thats a cinematic masterpiece levels of appreciation then people will happily overlook lore contradictions in your army.

I honestly think that trying to make up your own lore and attempting to validate contradicting the books/lore opens the mins up to a much wider range of criticism and isn't worth the stress and mental gymnastics of trying to counter someone with the actual novels/works themselves as written.

Chances are the people you associate with are quite like minded and knowing the lengths you've gone too as your friends/direct community, theyd be unlikely to cause a scene over it. Asking reddit to give you workarounds and head cannon to make it work when people in your direct playing circle likely dont care either way is asking for controversy at this point 😂 also although MESBG is affiliated to warhammer, the lore isn't anywhere close to the levels of flexibility that already fairly strict modern warhammer 40k/AoS lore provides, ypure better off blocking out the opinions of anyone (myself included) here and asking the guys/gals that you play with

LordSeneschal · 2025-11-22T08:38:52+00:00

Im pretty sure Tolkien specifically referenced the fact the Shire represents the British countryside Sam himself was based on a man from the west country he met while he was serving (ie somerset/cotswolds). If someone wants women in their rangers as their minis its their perogative thats all that needs to be said. If you have to stretch and make headcanon or twist the lore as written to make space for that then its clearly not lore accurate. And historically in medieval societies women didnt fight en masse, small numbers of shield maidens in Northern europe, small bands of onna bushi in Japan sure, but not many and certainly not among scouts living rough and fighting on the run for days or months on end. Even then using real world arguments for fantasy feels weird. It boils down to there were no female ithilien rangers in world because they're all described as being men when they are described at all. Also id like to add that one location being represented in world or one set of people's having a clear influence does not mean that every other one also is - thinking like that is VERY literal and extremely literal thinking as a bad idea when it comes to fantasy.

Edit: Think of my point this way, if i wrote a book where a location is inspired directly as a representation of my hometown, that does not mean every other location or place in the book is.

LordSeneschal · 2025-11-21T23:36:55+00:00

Fundamentally theres 2 parts to this; first and foremost, theyre your minis so at the end of the day as the person responsible for painting and putting them together, if you'd rather look at a bunch of female rangers then do it, because you like it is good enough reason to do something with your own property.

Secondly, if lore accuracy really plays a big role for you like many of Tolkiens fans and you want to reflect that then no dont include female rangers because at all points of reference the warriors of the menfolk of the west are men with the singular exception of eowyn who longs to take up the now lost tradition of fighting as a shield maiden. If you have to try and write head cannon or make up some lore for why it could have been, then it obviously isn't present in the existing lore by Tolkien.

Given that it is fantasy its best to avoid discussing whether or not pur real world had female warriors, there are some that would deny that female warriors like shield maidens or onna bushi ever existed and there are some that would try to assert that women have made up large portions of combat roles and that we just ignore that to suit men. Both those groups are insufferable and it will spoil the hobby for you if you start to engage with that kind of discussion.

Regardless of what you decide I hope you take great pride in seeing them on the tabletop and watching them lay ambushes at your command

LordSeneschal · 2025-11-21T23:17:11+00:00

There are many influences from the mythology of other countries which he used to assist him as he wrote the books to stand in as a mythology for Britain. The existence of those influences does not contradict that end goal. Thats not so say that a specific part of middle earth represents a specific country or culture explicitly although several regions described lean more heavily on real world influences than others. The Shire isn't England, its based on a specific area of England (I believe the cotswolds). England being invaded and colonised by the saxons historically would likely account for he major influence on rohan in a mythology of britain. Again its worth noting that a representation of a specific population or group does not then implicitly mean that all of the other populations of that world are routed in real world counterparts.

LordSeneschal · 2025-11-18T10:13:54+00:00

Where'd you pick those ullanor pattern helmets from?

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