The rest of the club was doing it, so I had to do it!
Looking through the various Legions from the Horus Herasy, I decided... Nope. Don't like them. Stick to what you know. 'Stick 'Em In The Eye - It's the Emperor's Pointy Sticks'
So, seven years after I painted the 'Emperor's Pointy Sticks' in 6mm, GW have released Legion Imperialis in 8mm.
Top view - these are the 'offical GW ones'
Leviathon seige dreadnoughts
Front on
Nearly 20mm these
Heraldry on
Back view
Swear two of them are armed with tennis balls!
Rapier batteries
Not easy to assemble, and yes, some are squiffy!
Dakka Dakka
Other dreadnoughts
Side view
Back view
Suspect these are the Austin Allegro of the Warhammer world!
Land raiders
Off they go
Yes, there are turn signals on one of them...
And one of the sponsons is upsidedown!
The whole batch
Plasma armed marines
Top view
Back view
Terminators
FREEEEM!
Top down
Heraldry just visible
Back view
Assault marines
Dropping in for trouble
Top view
Big jet packs
Missile armed troops
Shooot!
Quite a lot of pointing blokes
Tactical marines
Top down again
Back view
Stick 'em in the eye!
Dreadnoughts
Top down
Advancing
Back view
Advancing the other way
Commanders
Cloaks a flapping
Get 'em lads!
Starting with vehicles
The whole batch!
Sirican tanks - whatever they are!
With spare turrets
Top view
Going left
And to the right
Back view
Comparing the old Rhino and the new
10 of them
Top down
Lot of transport
Not perfect, but nor were the originals! 
Rhino rush!
Predator tanky things with optional turrets
Top view
Bang!
My view
Anyone else getting angry ladybirds?
Comparison with the originals (kindly provided by one of our forum)
3d printed tarantulas 
Autonimous fire support and AA
Don't want to fly over that!
Airpower seems to be a thing in the new rules, so some 3d printed Xipon fighters
Yes, those are 6" rods from Pendraken, utterly impractical, but it's the EPS, so it has to be done!
Neeeeeoooow! Dakkadakka!
Which forces to use? Imperial or Chaos? Which marine chapter, I think you can guess. The answer to that will come later...
Top view
Malacor tanks
Trundle
Boom
Trundle
Lemun Russ(essses)
Face on
Top down
Turrets and hulls are interchangable
Back view
Advance
Okay, it was the one GW rules set I used to really play a lot and enjoy in the 90s. When the new version came out, adding in my Titans, it was all good I guess, especially as a lot of the Leighton Buzzard guys had already got it (always late to the party).
Plus Timecast stock it, so I'm helping out old mates, honest!
Aaaaaannnnnyway, I really could not work out what colours to paint the 'Solar Auxilia', which appear to be upgraded Imperial Guard. I wanted to avoid the Cthonian Headhunter chaos stuff. I was stuck. Then I had a thought, the sets come with banners. What banners to usewas the question, in eend, I plumped for the original...
Mass effect of the set
Kind of works with First edition box art.
Top view
Focus on the bosses why don't ya!
First edition Imperial Guard had banners. Why not do the Auxilia as First edition Guard?
Like these...
Gives you mass effect.
Yes, they are meant to be five to a base, but four is fun too, and gets you more bases.
Top view, camo actually kind of works!
Lazrifles a-go-go
Back view
Yellow stripes on lids equates to command, commanders wear bronze breastplates like 1st edition command figures. Red stripes are tactical
Flamer types (blue stripes as support troops)
Top view
Back view
About to get toasty.
So, you're a waffle man!
Scorchio!
And what says assualt troops better than green stripes and two handed axes?
Top view
Chop-chop!
Elites with an axe to grind
Swing low...
Ogryn types
Managed to lose a body, as I had stuck it on backwards and then it pinged off. So, a quick replacement with a Pendraken head and body from the new sci-fi tank. That's why one looks a little odd.
Top view
Tanks of something.
Tanks for the memories
Bit vicious
Sentinal walkers
Armoured boys. I suspct the missile pods are attached wrong, but hey-ho!
Back view
Fire support on two legs
Top view
Command stands, flags based on original box illustrations
These ones
Ready
Back view
Over there lads!
Boss dudes
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