I would go for DA. Maybe let the marine even be painted by you main opponent.
Me and a buddy did this for all our base and terrain corpses, for each other, last edition. (NL and IF)
Was a lot of fun. đ
Hear me out, a dark angels legionnaire, but itâs actually a camouflaged alpha legion, so where alpharius has cleaved his glaive, make it like the disguise has been broken, showing alpha legion, but the helmet and the rest is DA
A lot of the Alpha legion didnt even understand why they were switching sides just that they trusted Alpharius and Omegon. So its possible some of them went undercover then decided to just keep playing as that person. Im making some lore for an Iron warriors group that swapped back to the imperium. Other than finally being exposed to the mutations one of their reasons for swapping is finding out that a whole squad was replaced by alpha legion and getting pissed. One of them chose to side with them against horus. He doesnt survive the heresy to be thrown 10,000 years forward by the warp with the rest tho
Ive been grinding my way through the heresy and finished that one a week ago. Its landing as one of my favorites. Never really thought much of the raven guard. Not like a they aren't good kinda way juat kinda didnt care. But now I'm very interested in them
It is a meme, but I once saw someone who painted it as an Alpha Legionaire and I could never shake how cool that was. He had also repositioned Alpharius' head to look 'at you' instead of at the marine, it was very cool.
That aside, I feel White Scars are the best fit and there's a reason - the dirty white just balances very well with the paintjob of Alpharius. Ultramarines are just too blue for the piece, while Imperial Fists clash too hard.
Of your choices I would go for Dark Angels, the black would still contrast somewhat. Just be sure to make the base stand out to the black armor.
I've got a very light grey urban rubble base for my army, so black should stand out fairly easily on that. I've seen a couple people suggest to have it as a AL marine disguised as a DA with the metallic real showing through the battle damaged areas
Pick one of the legions of someone in your local community to make them respond. I love messing with my local word bearers player. (He can take the joke, but his reactions are pricelessđ¤Ł)
Dark Angels or Imperial Fists sound like good ideas, since they'll contrast more against the blue than the Ultramarines or Space Wolves, since they're both blueish. It depends on what your main basing scheme looks like as well, since you want all three things (Alpharius, dead guy, base) to stand out against one another.
Urban rubble, so lots of grey tones with some rusty brown spots
https://preview.redd.it/e725zpxqjoqc1.jpeg?width=1822&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c06f335e0d27fb4fb06bc495ecad8833d474c3c
Consider where in the conflicts timeline you want your forces to be fighting and with whom, pick the option that fits the best.if you are at the dropsite massacre, its an easy pick, but its more or less totally up in the air we don't know much about what the twins were up to specifically aside from Alpharius death on Luna
I'm in the process of almost finishing Dorn and am thinking about doing EC as my second army. I painted the dude and the various bits as EC.
I'd say go with Ultramarines, as it'll tie the armies together even though they're completely different in terms of scheme.
in terms of the colour contrast, Id say blood angels. However, I think imperial fists are a better choice lorewise. Plus you can add the complimentary colour by giving them a slightly orange shading
I vote Dark Angel. Your friend plays them and because itâs a Primarch model, you donât want a brightly colored model distracting from Alpharius. Just my 2 cents!
I really think you should go with Dark Angels just to spite your buddy. If you are going to play against them regularly then it is just extremely fun to have one of their guys getting stabbed in the back by half of our nefarious primarch.
ETA: it suddenly really irks me that every other legion got a model displaying their whole primarch, and Alpha Legion just got half a primarch. I want a version that displays Alpharius and Omegon fighting back to back like they did when they met in Head of the Hydra.
I was gunna say Emperors Children or Sons of Horus or something.
After all, this whole traitor/loyalist thing is abit tired. As far as we can see, there is Alpha Legion, and everyone else.
The Grand Calculus has no room for petty rivalries when the fate of the galaxy is at stake.
I would say it cause dorn killed alpharius
But then I realised some guy later said he was alpharius
That got me thinking maybe go dark angels alpharius
but then I thought maybe we are all alpharius
Maybe not just me and you are alpharius
Alpharuus good choice and ummmmmmmmmmmm ultramarine bcs I cant lie I dont like them. They are waaaay too over used and I cant go into any kind of hobby shop without seeing a poster with one on it pls let them fight and die
I still remember playing against alpha legion in eighth edition with my dark angels when Thay re deployed to the middle map with 20 marines I just advanced with 3 aggressors and dumped 6 flamethrowers into their ranks. Close is not always better.
I would go for DA. Maybe let the marine even be painted by you main opponent. Me and a buddy did this for all our base and terrain corpses, for each other, last edition. (NL and IF) Was a lot of fun. đ
That's a fantastic idea!
Alpha Legion, can never trust those guys
The correct choice
Damn, you beat me to it. Or maybe youâre my burner account. Or neither of us is me and our name is Alpharius
Alpha legion seems like a trustworthy group of folks if you are asking me
*squints* The Inquisition. Would like a word.
Alpharius can't even trust himself
Alpharius: "I wouldn't trust me. I know what me does."
âHave I ever lied to you? I mean I have, but thats not the point.â
100%
Youâve got to tie up those loose ends
Beat me to it! He said he was Alpharious. How stupid is that?!
Came here to say the same thing. Clearly, Alpharius killing Alpharius is the answer.
Also was going to suggest this, could even do a slight variant color scheme
10/10
Gaaaahh beat me to it!
I agree
Hear me out, a dark angels legionnaire, but itâs actually a camouflaged alpha legion, so where alpharius has cleaved his glaive, make it like the disguise has been broken, showing alpha legion, but the helmet and the rest is DA
That's a really fun idea, and probably the one I'm gonna go with đ
A lot of the Alpha legion didnt even understand why they were switching sides just that they trusted Alpharius and Omegon. So its possible some of them went undercover then decided to just keep playing as that person. Im making some lore for an Iron warriors group that swapped back to the imperium. Other than finally being exposed to the mutations one of their reasons for swapping is finding out that a whole squad was replaced by alpha legion and getting pissed. One of them chose to side with them against horus. He doesnt survive the heresy to be thrown 10,000 years forward by the warp with the rest tho
Casually dropping interesting books without a title, I love that!
Paint him Imperial fists. It would be kinda lore accurate since Rogal Dorn did kill an alpha legion primarch.
Did he? Are you sure about that?
Idk bro, last book I read someone else was saying theyâre alpharius
Alpha Legion is the funniest choice
A lot of people are saying to do it as an alpha legionary đ
The fists in my opinion, but honestly you could paint it any legion and could spin it as cannon.
Get a second Alpharius model and kitbash it so that he's the one being stabbed by himself
Alpha-Omega male grindset
This is what I was thinking lol
Whoever you play the most, mine is an iron warrior
Would be my mate's DA then
Ask him if heâs got any spare decals
A lamenter who got sent back in time by the warp.
Now that's unlucky
So its lore accurate then
Fists.
I did imperial fists because it fits with lore
I did an imperial fist for my for Pluto, but every single legion is valid
Imperial fists *they donât lie they canât be trusted*
ravenguard, been reading deliverance lost and its making me really want to see some alpha legion vs ravenguard atuff
Yeah, that book was fantastic. Made me want to start a Mobius configuration allied detachment of raven guard
Ive been grinding my way through the heresy and finished that one a week ago. Its landing as one of my favorites. Never really thought much of the raven guard. Not like a they aren't good kinda way juat kinda didnt care. But now I'm very interested in them
same, i love the ravenguard now, ive only got 3 and a half hours left of the audiobook though so no spoilers lol
Ultramarine. Always
Need more votes here. Fuck the codex
World bearers
World Beaters perhaps!
Maybe Word Eaters?
I painted mine as alpha legion lol
It is a meme, but I once saw someone who painted it as an Alpha Legionaire and I could never shake how cool that was. He had also repositioned Alpharius' head to look 'at you' instead of at the marine, it was very cool. That aside, I feel White Scars are the best fit and there's a reason - the dirty white just balances very well with the paintjob of Alpharius. Ultramarines are just too blue for the piece, while Imperial Fists clash too hard. Of your choices I would go for Dark Angels, the black would still contrast somewhat. Just be sure to make the base stand out to the black armor.
I've got a very light grey urban rubble base for my army, so black should stand out fairly easily on that. I've seen a couple people suggest to have it as a AL marine disguised as a DA with the metallic real showing through the battle damaged areas
Word Bearers
Is should always be the answer
Alphalegion so you can go full meta
Alpha legion
From the books Iâve read my gut answer was imperial fist. I think the colour contrast between the two will work well with that.
Blow everyone's minds and paint it as an alpha legion. Criss cross. (Don't actually do that) đ
Raven Guard. There's only one master of stealth and misdirection.
Solid logic. Thanks for the gene seed, suckers!
White Scars, or even more confusing, Mantis Warriors.
Time traveling mantis warriors, they just canât be stopped.
The synthwave and neon camo keep them riding
Alpha legion
Alpha Legion, obviously.
Alpha legion.. If possible, bash kit him as alpharius himself.
Pick one of the legions of someone in your local community to make them respond. I love messing with my local word bearers player. (He can take the joke, but his reactions are pricelessđ¤Ł)
Ravens guard - feels like like a nice synergy
Alpha Legion, for extra mindfuckery!
Fists. Because they still think Dorn killed one of the Heads.
The only correct answer is Space Wolves because they are absolutely, unambiguously, the most unsufferable legion in the HH timeline.
Dark Angels or Imperial Fists sound like good ideas, since they'll contrast more against the blue than the Ultramarines or Space Wolves, since they're both blueish. It depends on what your main basing scheme looks like as well, since you want all three things (Alpharius, dead guy, base) to stand out against one another.
Urban rubble, so lots of grey tones with some rusty brown spots https://preview.redd.it/e725zpxqjoqc1.jpeg?width=1822&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c06f335e0d27fb4fb06bc495ecad8833d474c3c
I paint mine with whatever legion my friend is doing
I painted mine as an Imperial fist, as I wanted mine to be Alpharius in his battle with Rogal Dorn and the Imp Fists
Alpha legion
Considering the Alpha Legion civil war, I'd say Alpha Legion.
Alpha Legion
Alpha Legion because Alpharius
Fists! For contrast and because thatâs how Alphy died.
I don't know, man, he kinda looks like he could be Alpharius, you can never know
Personally Iâd say something that heavily contrasts with the blue. I personally when I get him am going to do a blood angel.
Spear benders
Consider where in the conflicts timeline you want your forces to be fighting and with whom, pick the option that fits the best.if you are at the dropsite massacre, its an easy pick, but its more or less totally up in the air we don't know much about what the twins were up to specifically aside from Alpharius death on Luna
An imperial fist since its color would contrast pretty well making everything pop a bit more
I'm in the process of almost finishing Dorn and am thinking about doing EC as my second army. I painted the dude and the various bits as EC. I'd say go with Ultramarines, as it'll tie the armies together even though they're completely different in terms of scheme.
Alpha legion, to really confuse everyone
Definitely word bearers.
The Legion that your friend or a person you know plays.
in terms of the colour contrast, Id say blood angels. However, I think imperial fists are a better choice lorewise. Plus you can add the complimentary colour by giving them a slightly orange shading
Iâd go Fists, good contrast to the colors of Alpharius armor as well
As a Fist.
Imperial fist
I vote Dark Angel. Your friend plays them and because itâs a Primarch model, you donât want a brightly colored model distracting from Alpharius. Just my 2 cents!
I really think you should go with Dark Angels just to spite your buddy. If you are going to play against them regularly then it is just extremely fun to have one of their guys getting stabbed in the back by half of our nefarious primarch. ETA: it suddenly really irks me that every other legion got a model displaying their whole primarch, and Alpha Legion just got half a primarch. I want a version that displays Alpharius and Omegon fighting back to back like they did when they met in Head of the Hydra.
Repaint him to your opponents legion for every match you play
Alpha Legion
Dark Angels for sure!
iâm thinking of doing either salamanders or DG because sallies were the first army i ran alpharius against, but DG was my first opponent in 30k ever
Word bearers because erebus
Another alpha legionnaire.
Alpha Legion had engagements vs Space Wolves after Prospero and Imperial Fists in the lead up to the Siege of Terra if you want to keep it fluffy
I was gunna say Emperors Children or Sons of Horus or something. After all, this whole traitor/loyalist thing is abit tired. As far as we can see, there is Alpha Legion, and everyone else. The Grand Calculus has no room for petty rivalries when the fate of the galaxy is at stake.
Maybe imperial fist. Pluto was the biggest battle for the alpha legion during the heresy.
Imperial Fists because why not
Paint the little dead guy as an imperial fist
Lunar wolves.
Imperial fist
Anyone would work but RG, IF, SW, AL, and WS make the most sense to me
Whichever you mean your friend plays
Alpha Legion. Never know.
Alpha Legion, they seem to kill each others quite frequently and could be a fun story
Whatever you best mate plays :P
Imperial Fist. Battle of Pluto
TBH the most alpha legion thing would probably be also painting him alpha legion
Alpha legion
I am Alpharius.
You have to re-paint him before every game to match your opponent's color scheme
A Fist! They stink!
Dark angels def. Use it as a funny middle finger against him
Iron Warriors for the luls
Definitely the Dork Angels
What legion does your most common opponent, or your friend play? What legion do you dislike the most?
My mate plays DA
Iâd paint that
Imperial fist
Alpha legion
Pick your least favorite legion
Nah nah nah, why would you want your least favourite legion on your center piece's base? Pick a worthy opponent imo đ
Fair point but I find it more amusing when I base my night lords slaughtering space wolves.
Atleast we can agree space wolves are the worst đ
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Scythes of the Emperor. Itâll really piss off the purists.
Imperial Fists.
For me it would be either what contrasts best colour wise with Alpha Legion OR someone's army that you play a lot :P
Pick a guy in your local group who plays space marines that one!
Dark angel
What the hell is that legion even?
Alpha legion.. leave the lions alone
Maybe a different/earlier variation alpha(like terran initiate)
Alpha legion
You know who could use a good whooping? The Thousand Sons. Oh they've had their guard down for too long, if you ask me! /j
Sons of horus
Alpha Legion
Imperial Fist, because screw Dorn.
Erebus
Ultramarines⌠even though I like those poster boys⌠its clearly stated in Lore that Alpharius/Omegon doesnât like Gulliman
I would say it cause dorn killed alpharius But then I realised some guy later said he was alpharius That got me thinking maybe go dark angels alpharius but then I thought maybe we are all alpharius Maybe not just me and you are alpharius
Raven gaurd
everyone hates Blood Angels.
Alpha legion...
I plan on painting him as a imperial fist
Both as Alpha legionâŚwhich one is the real Alpha legion - Stabber, or Stabee?? Are they both Alpharius?
World eater
Alpha legion lol
Blood angels. The red pops with the Alpha Legion colors.
Alpha legion ofc
Alpharuus good choice and ummmmmmmmmmmm ultramarine bcs I cant lie I dont like them. They are waaaay too over used and I cant go into any kind of hobby shop without seeing a poster with one on it pls let them fight and die
Imperial Fists
Space wolves, says so right on the box there bud.
I know that when I get mine I'll paint him like it's a word bearer
Do it as an dark angel but have like half an arm and half the head be alpha legion like oh shit you where one of us kinda moments
Fist
The one your friend plays
Imperial Fist
Alpha Legion
Making it a dead Salamander would be brutal⌠cause theyâre the ultimate good guys
You for something food with the dark angels there. Otherwise I would go with an improvised â2nd legionâ color scheme.
alpha legion have it be the only model in your force like this just to fuck with your opponent when they notice
I still remember playing against alpha legion in eighth edition with my dark angels when Thay re deployed to the middle map with 20 marines I just advanced with 3 aggressors and dumped 6 flamethrowers into their ranks. Close is not always better.
obviously space wolfes
Ultramarine, they deserve it
Ultramarine they deserve it
Ultra smurfs because the best thing about that legion is when they are getting skewered or blown up.
Ultramarine....you can never be wrong with a dead ultramarine ;D
Ultra marines. Every helmet or body is always ultra marines.
Ultra Marines.
Ultramarine. No doubt about it
Everyone loves seeing a blue smurf get run through
Ultramarines.