Fluffdate

So I think I've finally got a decent colour scheme for my guard. I'll upload a picture as soon as the wife remembers where she's left the card reader. For those of you who can't wait it's a pretty simple yet effective scheme, the armour is a base coat of ultramarines blue, a wash of midnight blue ink a highlight of ultramarines blue with progressive highlights using 2:2 mix of Ultramarine blue and electric blue working up to a 1:3 and finally pure electric blue on the edges. The cloth bits are just the black under coat with grey trim and a quick dry brushing of 1:2 chaos black and fortress grey.

The extra attention and details will only be strictly adhered to on my officers and their squads as otherwise it will be extra long painting which i find can suck the fun out of an army. On to the real reason I'm posting; a bit of fluff on my regiment and the 1st infantry company - the night wolves. I'm sure you all know that it's a lot more fun to play when theres some underpinning narrative to your army, when your characters mean something to you its a lot more dramatic when they face down the enemy in an epic duel or die to an unexpected volley of fire.

   Lyceria is somewhat of an oddity amongst the planets of the galaxy, a night world of average size covered in densely packed hab blocks and towers. The equatorial belt contains a wasteland of sorts, too radioactive for humans to live, it is home to various mutants, degenerates and worst of all, warp spawn. Lyceria's oddity comes from the fact that it does not orbit a star but a black hole, caught in a localised warp rift. The two stellar anomalies seem to keep each other at bay, the black hole still able to draw light towards it but unable to effect the material universe in any other meaningful way. The warp storm on the other hand is kept from growing and devouring the Lycerian system by the effects of the black hole on the ethereal plane. Scans of Pitch, as the anomaly has come to be known, have revealed the possibility of something hidden at the centre of both the black hole and the warp storm. Adeptus mechanicus have denounced it as an impossibility, but anyone who see's the infra picts and psyker prints can't deny the glimmer of something hidden within the depths. An answer may lie with the ancient Eldar, whom call the anomaly 'Il'thair Noori' - the prison of darkness, to the people of Lyceria, it is unimportant, to them it is merely the dark star.

    The people of Lyceria live in dense hab blocks and crowded slums, making a living in the ebonite mines that pock the planets' surface. Ebonite is a rare material, it exists in both the warp and realspace simultaneously, it is exceptionally responsive to psykers and is vital for the construction of gellar field generators. If it wasn't for the Ebonite tithes and the regiments' raised there, it is likely that Lyceria would be left to rot. The Lycerian regiments themselves are invaluable to the imperium, they are masters of urban warfare and thanks to their home world, some of the most successful night fighters in the galaxy. Lacking in the huge artillery batteries and siege weapons of some regiments, the Lycerians prefer Valkyrie insertions and chimera redeployment tactics to pounding the enemy to the ground with shells. That is not to say that Lycerian regiments lack the firepower the Imperial Guard is famed for and several armour regiments are active, fielding Leman Russ battle tanks and even mighty baneblades should the need arise.
    Once inside an enemy city, the Lycerian ethos is simple, march through the streets and blast anything that stands in your way off the face of the map. Veteran squads tear through the streets in chimera transports, melting and burning away blockades and defences, grounding infantry under tread and lighting up the night with white hot plasma shots. Infantry swarms forward, flamers and grenade launchers razing enemy command posts to the ground, massed lasgun volleys at short range tearing enemy units apart. This is the Lycerian way of war, their brutal efficiency is terrifying to behold and it is impossible to stop their advance, the lycerian regiments have won many honours and many wars fighting like this.


So that's a brief background of Lyceria and her regiments, will get more up specifically to do with the night wolves soon, for now I will be painting up my force in anticipation of my battle after christmas and getting some pictured up here soon.

Thought of the day: Blessed is the mind too small for doubt.

Lycerian High Command