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!

Fear The Night!

After reading Soul Hunter by Aaron Dembski Bowden, I'm happy to announced that I'm starting a new project; the Night Lords Legion! This novel really opened up my eyes on the once loyal legion and why it went rogue against the Imperium. I'm so intrigued by the book and even read it twice! A brief synopsis, the novel was mainly about the ragtag remnants of the Night Lords 10th Company lead by the Exalted (former 10th Captain) and his prophet Talos, a former Apothecary. Talos was somewhat favored by their murdered Primarch Konrad Curze as he shared Konrad's ability to see the future. Talos has to save whatever left of his Legion from the Imperium, rival Legions and the taint of the Ruinous Powers simultaneously.

I will not base this army on the CSM codex and will be using the Blood Angels Codex instead. The reason for this was that in the novel I noticed that the Night Lords of the 10th Company still utilizing equipments such as Drop Pods and flyer transports that resembles the Storm Raven. The Night Lords are known for their terror tactics whilst engaging their enemy through short range skirmishes and brutal close quarters fighting. The BA Codex will fit the fluff perfectly. Also another worthy note, the Night Lords of the 10th marooned in the Eye of Terror after the Heresy and for them its only been only a few decades after the Heresy whereas in reality its already been 10000 years. So they still maintain pre-heresy Astartes tactics such as the usage of tactical squads and Company organization.

I've already started the project about a week ago and managed to finished up the first tactical squad 'Seventh Claw' led by Sergeant Adhemar. Take a peek below.


I'm happy with the Seventh Claw turnout, which motivates me to proceed to the next part; the Assault Terminators or the 'Atramentar'. The Atramentar are the personal Terminator bodyguards of the Exalted and most of them are equipped with thunder hammers and lightning claws. I finished up with one Atramentar terminator as per below.


I have other things in mind such as the jump pack assault squads but one thing at a time. After finishing my Vampire Counts and Space Wolves, the Night Lords will be a breath of fresh air and really looking forward to work with this fluff army. Ave Dominus Nox!

Scratch Built Warhound Titan Part 2

This is the final version of my scratch built Warhound project. It looked decent enough for any Apoc games and well, I think it was not bad for my first tryout. I've identified few areas that can be improved in future projects especially in the leg joints and weaponry. I'm planning to build 2 more by the end of this year and maybe, just maybe a Reaver Titan. They will all belong to the Legio Ignatum and part of my support unit for my Cadian 7th Battle Group.

Scratch Built Warhound Titan

Happy New Year everyone! The title says it all. Yep, a scratch built titan! I was cleaning up my lap top for trash files and I found out that I've a blueprint cutout to build a Lucius Pattern Warhound. So why not start the new year by building this titan. I have other projects in the pipeline including a Cadian 7th Armored Company but I'll start with the titan for now. Like most scratch build models, you just need the basics; A4 cardboard paper, PVA glue, scissors, spare sprues and patience.

Its pretty easy building it and the only hard part was waiting for the glue to dry up which can be time consuming. First, I printed the cutout on the A4 cardboard paper, cut it out and ready for assembly.

I started the assembly process parts by parts and I started off with the titan foot, shin and leg.





The second phase were assembling the warhound's waist and leg brace.



The final phase, assembling the body, hull, head and titan weapons. You can fit the warhound with 2 weapons from 4 weapon selections, I choose the Turbo Laser Destructor and Vulcan Mega Bolter





I haven't decided on the color scheme for the warhound but I primed it nonetheless with Tamiya Luftwaffe Grey Violet spray.



That's about it folks. It took me 2 days to finish the assembly but seriously it wasn't that hard and it cost me dirt to build it lol! I've shared the PDF file on Scribd, check out this link DIY Warhound Template. I would like to thank JSV (dunno his full name) for the template and finally always support Games Workshop and its affiliates. May the new year brings more bloodshed in the 41st millennium! For the Emperor!

Laters..