King Khorne: Black Legion

 Pootle here with some pics from my newest army. Which isn't really new, just a rebrand.

I've been collecting a Purge army for some time but the latest CSM Codex does away with them completely. I don't fancy repainting them, so I've constructed a narrative where Gormenghastly has decided to throw in his lot with a Khorne-aligned strand of the Black Legion. Gormenghastly's tendency towards mass-murder, particularly in the Averment campaign, has always felt rather closely aligned with Khorne. To be clear, all the former-Purge forces remain aligned with Nurgle, but I decided to add a load of new models who would be Khorne aligned. 

Stylus and I have had a narrative battle that delved into the exact circumstances of Gormenghastly's decision to join the Black Legion...I will get that batrep written up...at some point!

Accordingly I decided not to follow the traditional Black Legion paint scheme, but came up with something that reflected the Purge scheme but with a different colour depending on which god that unit followed. That means I can extend the army to add in Tzeentch or Slaanesh in the future.

First up is a Lord Discordant. He's always been a lovely model and I really wanted to do as good a job as possible; I'm really happy with how he's come out.

Next are eight Legionaries. I'm particularly proud of the home-made two-handed Heavy Chainaxe. I was all set to combine the two Chainaxe spares I had into one big blade, but Rapid had a great idea when we were talking a while back to have one blade on either end of a quarterstaff. The Flamer (actually a Death Guard Plaguespewer) is magnetised so it can be swapped for something else, as is one of the marine's Bolt Pistols (which could be a Plasma Pistol).

The next one was a magnetisation special. The Maulerfiend was another model I really fancied getting hold of and I managed to magnetise it to be a Forgefiend too. Great fun!