A Legion Rises
From Ireland with love
We have a little tradition in our gaming group that every time a birthday comes around we pitch in for a gaming or hobby gift. And so it was that my journey into undeath began on my birthday!
Sent directly to me from the OTT store, courtesy of my gaming buddies, I received the Xiliarch and a set of Legionnaires to get my first blood army underway. Not to mention a little token of love from the crew, thanks guys.
I had worked out that with just these two sets I could build a 350 point force. I started by building the Xiliarch, who would be my Commander. The Xiliarch’s ‘Pentarchoi’ rule entitles Legionnaire and Pretorian units under his command to include a Standard Bearer at six models (rather than the usual 12). With this in mind I built six Legionnaires, along with a regiment standard.
The remaining six models I built as Praetorians and although they too would be eligible for a standard, the set only came with one, so for now they would have to do without. I left the shields off the models for the moment, as this would make painting a lot easier.
I had plans to increase the size of both regiments in the near future but for the time being I would need to wait for reinforcements. At this stage I had a respectable 350 points and was well on my way to playing my first game.
I know some City States that want to say hello