Now That I Have Batteries, Here Is My Priest. I Feel That He Came Out REALLY Well. Also My Three Priests

Now that I have batteries, here is my priest.  I feel that he came out REALLY well.  Also my three priests together, they are a huge part of the awesome that is in my army.

The Tau Incursion (Numbers)

We fought two battles, both 400 pts combat patrol.   Tanner brought a Tau list, three squads of fire warriors and two crisis suits. I brought my Blood Angels, one squad of assault marines and one squad of Sanguinary Guard. Nick brought Imp Guard, two veteran squads in Chimeras.

Tanner and I fought first, I tar pitted Tanner's crisis suits with assault marines, and then cleaned up with the Guard.

Tanner and Nick fought later, the Chimeras prevented the Tau from getting access the Guards squishy bits.

This is my Sanguinary Guard.  They are fun and I like 'em.  Base coated in silver, then used a green wash and brought them back up.  Layered the power swords/axes and I think they came out pretty well.

Echo Squad is ready for the fight.  Waiting for reinforcements, but ready to take the fight to the enemy.

This is Hyro, he carries a flamer for Alpha Squad.  Later I will tell the story of how he earned a name and his heroism medal (the blue trim on his shoulders).  The reason that he is here is because Assault Marines do not come with flamers and I had to make my own.

The Beginning.

After the end of the Heresy, the great Space Marine Legions were divided into many, many Chapters.  One such chapter was called the Winged Brotherhood, a thousand Marines taken from the blood Angels Legion.  They were formed into ten mighty companies, and sent to the farthest reaches of the Imperium of Man.  In the years that followed many enemies knocked at the gates guarded by the Brotherhood.  Eventually, there were too many enemies between the Brotherhoods Chapter planet and holy Terra and all contact was lost.  Terra thought the Brotherhood and their protected planets lost to time and Chaos, but the Brotherhood fought on.  

The Brotherhood defended nine planets and kept them intact after contact was lost with Terra.  To do this the Marines expanded their ranks, increasing their numbers to that of a legion.  Enemies pressed on the edges of their territory and men worthy of becoming Space Marines were hard to come by.  To help find more, doctors and scientists of those planets searched tirelessly for many years to  give Space Marines children.  Now the children of Space Marines serve in the ranks, and serve elsewhere in society.  Research continued elsewhere as well, learning more about the Warp, space travel, genetics, and anything else that caught the fancy of scientists and students.  

The Space Marines of the Winged Brotherhood have defended these planets for millennium, but now the fight begins anew with new enemies, and allies.