So, as a writer, I find
that any 40k army that you're truly passionate about should have some sort of
background; it should never just puff out of thin air and be 100% ready for
combat. Personally, I like an army with character and with a history. Therefore,
when I was coming up with a color scheme, I chose to create something
completely original. This gives me more flexibility to have fun with the army's
back story and not have to conform to a cookie-cutter format that already
exists. Thus, I "founded" the Magma Lords Chapter.
My initial reason to
create the Magma Lords was because I really wanted to use the Vulkan He'stan
model in my games (twin-linked flamers and meltas? That's a no-brainer!). I
decided to make a lost founding of the Salamanders so that I could use Vulkan.
But of course, I also wanted more than just the fact that they were descendents
of the Salamanders. I wanted my chapter to have an original armor color,
personalized models, and a lot more background.
Let's start with the
armor. After deciding to redo my White Scars (I scrapped them since I had absolutely
no bikes), I initially thought I'd go with the Sable Swords. "Who??"
Exactly. A chapter that had an existing history in the game, but a very, very minimal one. I thought I could play
around with them, but I didn't get very far. Soon, ADD/boredom took hold of my
paintbrush and I made the shoulder trim and knee pads red but keeping the
majority of the armor black. Then I realized that not all of my models had
separate knee plates. So then I made the entire lower legs and feet red, too.
And that's pretty much how we got to this:
It's basic, but
effective, I think.
Next will be the
personalized models and back story!
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