Building the Word Bearers - Week 1

'It's called treachery, Roboute. It works very well'

The months of planning were beginning to show signs of progress.  Men and materials moved from surface to ship, the Dark Gods having calmed the storms that lashed the world for millennia.  

Lorgar turned to look out over the preparations, seeing for himself that even after thousands of years of depredation, of worship to the true Gods, his sons were still the masters of the martial skills ingrained into their very being, serried ranks of men clad in crimson, bone and steel, Apostles interspersed between their lines, checking on devotional scripts carved into the armour,  awaiting their boarding slots.  None of the bickering, petty machinations of self styled Warlords here, just the most devoted followers of their Father.

Week one has seen me planning the first 1000 points to be painted. This is always a little nerve racking, as I can't take all the toys I want, but have to make sure I cover all tactical bases!

With the Word Bearers, it's pretty easy to pick in some cases - lots of infantry, little in the way of heavy armour was always the Way of Lorgar... but with the inclusion of Daemon Engines, this can be rectified...

So I've chosen, based around the Battalion Force Organisation Chart (to make sure I get the Command Points - they're so useful):

HQ:

Daemon Prince (Lorgar Himself)

Dark Apostle (which I'm going to use the Forgeworld Zardu Layak model for)

Troops:

20 Chaos Cultists (Champion, Heavy Flamer, Heavy Stubber, 17 Cultists)

10 Chaos Marines (Aspiring Champion with Power Fist, Flamer, 8 Marines)

5 Chaos Marines (Aspiring Champion with Power Fist, Flamer, 3 Marines)

Heavy Support:

Forgefiend (Ectoplasma Cannons)

Fast Attack:

6 Raptors (Champion with Lightning Claws, 2 Meltas, 3 with Bolt Pistol & Chainsword)

The first to be painted was of course, Aurelian himself - Lorgar, Daemon Prince of the Word Bearers Legion...

The Forgeworld Model is stunning - it oozes arrogance in the stance, the superior outlook of the devoted man intent on purifying the galaxy in the name of his father, the God Emperor.  To change this into the Daemon Prince he becomes was pretty easy - a head swap with a Khorne Champion, the inclusion of a Possessed arm and a change to the back pack to give it the more flared vents of the Chaos Marine....

In terms of painting I used the Word Bearers Red as the base for the armour, with gold trim.

Up next is the first squad of Marines!