Solar Auxilia First Cohort for new army

 

Sat down over the Christmas break and planned out the first set of forces for Legions Imperialis, with most of the group starting with Space Marines, I decided to go with the Solar Auxilia as my starting point.

The core starter set gives you the basic core of a small detachment and no where near the 3000 points that is recommended by GW for games of Legions Imperialis. So I did some swaps and have double the core starter set for the Auxilia and picked up another box of Infantry and 2 boxes of Bane Blades. Left over from my Aeronautica Imperialis I have some Heresy based flyers to add to the force.

So here goes with my first list:

Starting with a Solar Auxilia Sub-Cohort

HQ: Legate Commander Detachment 16 Points

Sub Total: 16 Points

Auxilia Lasrifles: Auxilia Lasrifle Tercio 30 Points

Auxilia Lasrifles: Auxilia Lasrifle Tercio 30 Points

Auxilia with Flamers 12 Points

Veletarii 12 Points

Auxilia Ogryn Charonite Section 50 Points

Auxilia Veletaris Storm Section 40 Points

Sub Total:174Points

Auxilia Lasrifles: Auxilia Lasrifle Tercio 30 Points

Auxilia Lasrifles: Auxilia Lasrifle Tercio 30 Points

Auxilia with Flamers 12 Points

Veletarii 12 Points

Auxilia Ogryn Charonite Section 50 Points

Auxilia Veletaris Storm Section 40 Points

Sub Total:174Points

Support:

Auxilia Veletaris Storm Section 40 Points

Sub Total 40 Points

Running Total: 404 Points

So this is going to form the Core Block of my starting force. Once I have this painted up I will look at the next section for the army.

Most of the starting force is undercoated and will start the painting of the first set of units in the New Year.

A while posting and looking forward to 2024

 Well it has been a while posting real life has been limiting my hobby time.

But I have been collecting and researching my projects for 2024. In this post I will put a little detail in to what I aim to be focusing on in 2024.

1. Legions Imperialis

This was GW latest release into the Horus Heresy era with the core set bringing us both Space Marines and Solar Auxilia and the new frame for the Warhound. Once again it seems that the manufacturing side and promotion sides of Games Workshop do not communicate with each other fully. As the initial launch has sold through the base core items needed to build your armies. So hopefully this will not allow the release of the game to stall. 

My focus from the starter set will be the Solar Auxilia and I have picked up a couple more box sets of infantry and Baneblades. My planes from Aeronautica will be used to fill out my army to hopefully hit the 3000 point mark. But we are still waiting for some of the core releases from the rulebook to be released. So hoping to see the Leman Russes, Malcadors, and Vanguard units released shortly. Or there are going to be some very very beige and boring army lists without the variation needed.

2. Black Templars

With the release of 10th Edition 40K, I have taken my time deciding what force to start with. Always had a hankering for the crusading forces of the Templars and also going to add in some Sisters of Battle as an allied force.

3. Star Wars

This project takes on many guises:

Role playing Game: I have started to run a Star Wars Campaign set just after the decree of Order 66. The group have a number of Jedi so they are currently focused on escaping the planet and ensuring that they lose the chasing Clone Troopers.

Within this project are a lot of 3d printed models done by my friends at 3D Kingdoms.

Legion: I have a only Ashoka, Clan Wren to finish my rebel army, then I will be working on my Empire force focused on the occupation of Jedha.

Shatterpoint: I have all the releases so far from Atomic Mass Games and will be using these figures to focus and improve my painting techniques. I am not sure if and when the group will play the game. 

Armada: I think that this game may be dead in the eyes of Atomic Mass Games at the current time. So I will use this as time to paint up all the unpainted ships.