Imaginarium of the Amazing Mundane: IVth Legion

In my continuing quest to assemble armies for games I have yet to actually play, we find ourselves looking at the fan produced spin off to Epic 40K, the appropriately named Epic 30K. Set during the events of the Horus Heresy (some 10,000 years before the 41st millennium) Epic 30K depicts the battles between loyalist and traitor space marine legions in glorious 6mm scale.

The Horus Heresy Supplement produced by the people over at epicAU.com details army lists for the Legion Astartes, alongside lists for Imperial Militia, Adeptus Mechanicus and of course, Titan Legions for use with the NetEpic Armageddon rules set. Special rules for each of the twenty space marine legions are outlined allowing players to build a force themed to a specific legion, and a system of allies allows the mixing of different army lists.

I have put together an initial 2000 points of Iron Warriors. Using a mix of third party and first party miniatures it is possible to put together an adequate looking force without too much effort. I have used miniatures from Games Workshop's 1989 6mm 'Space Marine' range (which are older than I am) alongside newer sculpts from Vanguard miniature's Defeat in Detail range that adequately resemble units specific to the 30K period that were never produced officially.

Epic 30k Iron Warriors 2000 Points (1985)

Line Detachments:

Legion Terminator detachment (4 units) - 300

- Lieutenant Commander - 50

- Land Raider Proteus (4) - 300

Legion Terminator detachment (4 units) - 300

- Land Raider Proteus (4) - 300

Support Detachments:

Legion Contemptor Dreadnought Talon (6) - 360

Legion Sicaran Battle Squadron (5) - 375

My opponent to be is currently in the process of assembling a rival 2000 point loyalist army. Once he's ready I will be sure to present a battle report here on the blog covering one of our initial games.

We will of course need some appropriate 6mm scale terrain, something that I am looking forward to researching and assembling. Varied terrain will really help to push the spectacle of the scale, and luckily due to its small scale shouldn't hurt the bank too much.

Looking forward to expanding the list to 3000 points, I am almost certainly adding a Reaver Titan alongside a couple more infantry units. Titans are the showpieces of Epic, the opportunity to duel these vast war machines is too good to miss.

I shall leave you with a gallery of some individual units and their sources.