Legion of the Damned: Assault Squad

Batch painting is the worst !

By the end of 2020 i had reach the point in my W40k 2nd Edition Legion of the Damned army when i had to start painting squads. Fortunately, these goth fellows are so expensive i knew i didn't need many. In fact, the whole point of this project is that the complete set of bodies made for the whole range perfectly fits in a 1500 or 2000 points army, preventing from any batch painting frenzy.

Getting these done has taken me some time. It took some time to gather the last part of the army i needed, and assembling them was quite a pain.I mean seriously, 2nd ed Marines' arms, what happened ? How the heck did GW managed to have so many of them sold ! These were not my first by far but still a horror to do. So i've decided to pin every arm, every should and every weapon of every marine.

With days passing i finally chose to assemble my complete two squads and have them painted in a single patch of 20 dudes. So today is about the Assault Squad but the Devastator are ready too and will quickly be shown. I just have a small issue with the Sergeant's banner to solve before sharing the pictures.

Anyway, pics!

The classic & mandatory group shot:

Focus shot on the first 5:

and the erm second five

Sculptwise, this is definitely not the greatest range one can find, but i knew it before starting. These marines are classic sculpts on which some bones and flames have been added. I don't know who's work it is but it's often a bit awkward with bones on forefronts or stacked wierdly. And who the hell puts nails to hold fires ?! Also, bolt pistols are decorated with very small skulls. Where is it from ? children ? small aliens ? Not very worthy foes...

Still funny to do, the big skull belts and all the heavy gothic gothicness is reaching a pinacle here. Also after those 10 (and soon 20) done, i'm very close to highfiving my younger self by closing this project.

Next time and soon: the Devastator squad