Night Lords Update

I know its been 4 weeks since my last blog entry, but seriously I've been hobbying especially with my Night Lords and just don't have the time (more like lazy..) to update my blog. As mentioned in my previous blog entry, my Night Lords will be loosely based on the Blood Angels Codex since I wanted this army to fit the fluff as per the Soul Hunter novel. Here's the current army list, 1750 points strong:

Night Lords 10th Compaby (Soul Hunter) 1742 pts

HQ
The Exalted - Astorah the Grim


ELITE
Talos, the Prophet - Sanguinory Priest, Power Weapon

Atramentar - 5 Assault Terminators, 2 SH,TH

TROOPS
'Seventh Claw' Tactical Squad - 10 Tactical Marines, Flamer, Meltagun

'Sixth Claw' Assault Squad - 9 Jump Assault Marines , P.Fist, Infernus Pistol, Meltagun


FAST ATTACK
'First Claw' Elite Squad - 7 Vanguard Veterans, Sergeant with Power Weapon, 2 Power Weapon, P.Fist

HEAVY
Storm Raven Gunship

Predator - Twinlinked Lascannon , Sponson Heavy Bolter

DEDICATED TRANSPORT
Land Raider 'Storm's Eye' - Multi Melta

Rhino 'Carpe Noctum'

Well, not your everyday cheesy list, but I think its playable and can be a competitive list and most importantly I really wanted it to fit the fluff from the novel. I was thinking of fielding Baal Preds in this army but then again Night Lords don't have access to that vehicle. The Stormraven however can be utilized since it was mentioned in the novel that Septimus (the Legion serf) piloted a drop ship that was similar to the Stormraven.

Moving on, this is Talos the Prophet, former Apothecary of the 10th company. I did some conversion using a Chaos Warrior back, Space Wolves power weapon, and some bits from the Vampire Counts zombie sprues. The fur on the shoulders were sculpted using epoxy putty. I'm quite happy with the result, probably it was not the best but I think its tabletop quality.



More pictures below.

'Seventh Claw' Tactical Squad


'Atramentar' Terminators


'Carpe Noctum' Seventh Claw Rhino


Well, that's my update so far. I'm ecstatic with my current progress and can't wait to see the Night Lords in action. Oh, I'll be going back to Malaysia from 3rd April till 14th April. Hope to see you guys soon, and hopefully I can finish this army by then. Death to the False Emperor!

Cometh the Undead!

That's right! The Undead will be my new Warhammer Fantasy army and I'm planning a 2500 points strong force. Too often I went to Slice and Dice here in Bangkok and come to realise that they play Fantasy here more than 40k. What a better way to start by joining the crowd here. I had plan earlier to start a Vampire Counts army but the Space Wolves got in the way. Now that I'm almost finish with the Fenrisians, VC will be my new project, and I foresee that this might take some time to complete (family, work and pursuing my MBA at the same time, huhu..). To start I've gotten myself 2 packs of Dire Wolves and a battalion of undead are on its way from Maelstrom consisting of 2o skeletons, 20 zombies, 10 crypt ghouls and a corpse cart. Also with the imminent launch of the 8th edition version, this is the perfect time to start a Fantasy army. Below is the army list I'm planning to construct, comments and advice are welcome.

Army of Vlad (2480 pts)

Lords and Heroes
Vlad Von Carstein - 475

Necromancer - 210
- Invocation of Nehek, Raise Dead, Vanhel's Danse Macabre
- Dispel Scroll, Corpse Cart with Unholy Lodestone

Vampire - 165
-Tomb Blade, Dispel Scroll, Lord of the Dead

Wight King - 100
- Sword of Kings

Core
20 Skeletons - 205
- Command, Banner of the Dead Legion

20 Skeletons - 205
- Command, Banner of the Dead Legion

20 Zombie Horde - 92
- Musician, Standard Bearer

5 Dire Wolves

5 Dire Wolves

Special
20 Grave Guard - 303
-Musician, Banner of the Barrows

4 Fellbats

3 Spirit Host

Rare
Black Coach - 200
Vargulf - 175

This army is some what flexible with Vlad, Necromancer and the Vampire can help to raise unsavory Undeads and support the army. Also with so many Dark Magics coalescing around can help to pump the Black Coach and make it a monster in close combat. Not to forget Vlad himself is the most powerful Vampire around and he's strong enough to see mostly any foes supported by Grave Guards along side the Wight King. Zombies and Skeletons provide weight of numbers in combat, Dire Wolves can make dangerous flank and rear charges while the Fellbats can disrupt enemy artillery units. Finally, the Spirit Hosts (I love this ghosts so much, being Ethereal and all..),Vargulf and the Black Coach will do much needed damage to the enemy. This is prelim of course and comments and advices are welcome.

Legio Tourney - Slaanesh or Cadian 7th?

I'm still contemplating whether to use my Cadian 7th or my Slaanesh Warhost for the coming tournament. I've created a fluffy 1750 Slaanesh list but yet to test it out since too busy with the campaign, league and what not. Well here goes:

HQ
Daemon Prince with MoS, LoS and Wings - 155pts
Daemon Prince with MoS, LoS and Wings - 155pts

ELITE
6x Chosen with 3 meltaguns, Flamer, Rhino- 178pts

TROOPS
6x NM with A.Champion, Doom Siren, P.Weapon and 5x Sonic Blaster - 190pts
6x NM with A.Champion, Doom Siren, P.Weapon and 5x Sonic Blaster - 190pts
6x NM with A.Champion, Doom Siren, Rhino - 185pts

HEAVY
3x Obliterator - 225pts

Land Raider with Extra Armour - 235pts
Land Raider with Extra Armour - 235pts

Total Points: 1748.

Quite brittle army list and careful plannings/tactics are needed due to low resources. But that's where lies the fun! I had experience with 2 land raiders Slaanesh army during the 2nd Season Legio League and it was a force to be reckoned with. The DPs with LoS to attract vulnerable units to Doom Siren range and assault them since they are I 6. The Chosen will be the surprise element with their ability to outflank and pop enemy tanks with melta (Iqbal's idea). 2 units of NM are to embark into the Land Raider and surge forward or take up defensive position. The other NM in Rhino are to contest or grab objectives. Finally Oblits will provide heavy fire support or acts as a surprise attack with their deep strike capability.

Plague Marines

After a stint with Peter's Chaos army, I found out that Plague Marines are a formidable force to be reckon with. This is due to their ultra resilient nature (T5 and Feel No Pain). I can't help myself to create a new 1500 pts Chaos Army. It's an Iron Warriors tenet but with a Nurgle flavor to it. Check it out:

HQ
Warsmith Faizal 'Perturabo's Hammer': Terminator Armour, MoN, Deathbringer 165pts

Elites
Faizal's Chosen: 4x Terminators, P.Fist, C.Fist, Heavy Flamer 150pts

Troops
Plague Squad 1: 9x PMs, A.Champion, P.Fist, 2x Meltagun, Rhino 302pts
Plague Squad 2: 9x PMs, A.Champion, P.Fist, 2x Meltagun, Rhino 302pts

Heavy
3x Obliterators
3x Obliterators
Vindicator: Dozer Blade

Total: 1499pts
Killpoints: 9
Scoring: 2

I'm still experimenting with this list and I'll devise a proper strategy soon. For now I'm concentrating with my Slaanesh army. Btw, I've finished painting a squad of Plague Marines and will post it later. Check out Goatboy's easy Plague Marine painting technique.

Season 2 Army List

Legio Season 2 League is upon us! Will commence on Feb 6 actually. I'm using my Lash Hammer army list for season 2 but with a little bit of 'tweaking'. Here goes:

HQ
Daemon Prince: Wings, LoS, MoS: 155 pts

Troops
8x Noise Marines: A.C, Doom Siren, PF, Personal Icon: 220 pts
8x Noise Marines: A.C, Doom Siren, PF, Personal Icon: 220 pts
8x Noise Marines: A.C, Doom Siren: 190pts

Heavy
2x Land Raiders with DPs, Dozer Blades: 490pts
3x Obliterators: 225pts

I'm upgrading my LRs at the moment to reflect the twin-linked side sponsons to make it legal and playable in the league. My DP also morphed into something else now...

Lash Hammer Army List

Hi, this will be my first posting for this blog. Naturally I don't like to write but I wouldn't mind writing which regards to W40k since this is my latest passionate hobby. Well, I'm a Chaos Marine player dedicated to Slaanesh. I've came out with an army list which I think is quite decent since winning 3 games thus far during hobby nite. Here goes:

HQ
Daemon Prince: Wings, LoS, MoS: 155 pts

Troops
8x Noise Marines: A.C, Doom Siren, PW, 1x Sonic Blaster, Personal Icon: 215 pts
8x Noise Marines: A.C, Doom Siren, PW, 1x Sonic Blaster, Personal Icon: 215 pts
10x CSM: Plasma Gun, Meltagun, Rhino: 210 pts

Heavy
2x Land Raider with DP: 480 pts

3x Obliterators: 225 pts

Total Points: 1500

I called it 'lash hammer' for the DP with LoS pull/push ability and 2 land raiders as the 'hammer' for this army.

The tactics are quite simple, land raiders will act as the hammer and move forward to deliver the Noise Marines into assault range. AP 3 Doom siren will do the trick prior to assault. CSM will hang back to cherry pick objectives and obliterators will deepstrike and target enemy heavies. Land raiders are hard to kill in 5th Ed and will contest for any objectives or just simply bloodletting for kill points.