Painting Lore: Miniatures Inspired by the Story

This marks one of my first major foray's into House Marik outside of  a single mech of the Marik Militia last year.  Here we have the TO&E of the 12th Atrean Dragoons; aka the White Sabers; as they appeared during the Helm Campaign in there fighting against the Gray Death Legion.  I choose to represent the Hammerstike Company since I already had the Colonels Warhammer painted and I wanted an even company of Atrean Dragoons; added to it is the 6th Close Support Group tank company and an Infantry platoon in support. This little project was a long burn - it took me a while to get motivated to pain this one.  I am not generally a fan of the FWL and know probably the least of its lore, but the 12th Atrean Dragoons are an interesting tale prior to the fighting on Helm.  Joining on the wrong side of the FWL civil war in 3014 the regiment was decimated in fighting on several planets before its influential officer Gerhad Hansen convinced the survivors - and presumabl...

In 3026 the 5th Sword of Light landed on the Davion world of Ozawa in force, decimating the Ozawa Urban Defense Brigade in the process.  By April House Davion was looking to impose its control on the world anew and landed the 3rd Crucis Lancers and there associated support units on world.  The 5th Sword of Light put up its stiffest defense inside Farrow Junction; using the urban terrain to its advantage in the defense.  It was here that Sorenson's Sabers faced off against a company of the 3rd Crucis and a lance of light armor (Sharpe's Dragoons). This unit of the 3rd Crucis Lancers is detailed in the Sorenson's Sabers scenario book in scenario 2 of the Ozawa Campaign 'Swift Vengeance'.  As usual I recreated the company as it is written in the scenario making this a fully canonical 3rd Crucis Lancers company circa 3026; the only exception is my addition of a single Wasp to the recon lance to even out the company. The company is fairly heavy for a 3025 era unit with a...