Tallarn Commander

Good old Z Games. That was a fun place. I once played a game using my Chaos Marines against the owner's IG. Whenever he shot one of his infantry missile launchers he would aim a large cardboard tube from his shoulder, look behind his back, and shout "Backblast area clear!" Just like I did with AT4s back in my Army days. It was hilarious!

Hello everyone, I got in a fun game vs Nids last weekend with my Chaos Space Marines. This time I tried out the Creations of Bile army (well it was my custom CSM warband The Warpborn using Creations of Bile rules). That sure is a fun set of rules with a very nice set of stratagems and buffs from Bile. The fact that most of my units had +1 strength and +1 movement really improved the lethality of my units. Here are some photos and comments. Talos Slaughtercall (counts as Fabius Bile)Since he's supposed to be Bile I gave him an a magnetized needler pistol and magnetized "Chirurgeon" backpack with attached rod/cane. My opponent's gorgeously-painted Hormagaunts vs a squad of 15 Chaos Marines Creations of Bile Possessed charge Hormagaunts in a building Harry the Helbrute dukes it out with Hormagaunts and with Zoanthropes Squad Bloodbliss moves out and then avenges Harry's death Freshly-painted Sorcerer Ruven engages in a slapfest with a Neuranthrope Lictor and Hormagaunts clear Nunchaku Ned from and objective and Lictor claims objective In the end the bugs vanquished the Chaos forces of the Warpborn. Thanks to my opponent for a great game (the forces of Chaos will get you next time!) and thanks to Uncle's Games in Redmond for providing the space to play. Enjoy the pics!

One solution is to play Chaos Space Marines. When I show up at a venue and someone wants a game once they learn I play CSM they often say, "Oh, you play Chaos Marines, let me tone down my list by taking out units X and Y." As a result the games are more balanced and fun. 😊

Now that all my miniatures are painted (after 21 years!) I went and bought a batch of Night Lords raptorkin to paint up. I bought 10 Warp Talons, 6 Raptors, and a jumppack sorcerer. Here is a WIP shot of one of the Warp Talons.

A brief progress update. My Night Lords Raptorkin have been primed and drybrushed with Boltgun Metal. The next step is to add the blue basecoat and create chipped weathering effects with my trusty AK Interactive Worn Effects Acrylic Fluid. 🙂

It's great seeing people's progress! Here is my pledge for July: 1 Night Lords Chaos Sorcer with jumppack and 5 of the 10 Night Lords Warp Talons you see below. A closeup of 1 of the 5 Warp Talons I shall paint this month Night Lords, "The quick and the dead."

Yeah, I played an Admech player last month. It was a fun game and he had taken the time to make little tokens for all his rules. This helped a bit. But I was still horribly confused with their rules. The Admech player said that the day before he had been to a tournament. He said he had a great deal of difficulty keeping track of all the rules. He also said that, even with his little tokens, his 3 opponents were all really confused.

I don't really know what I'll be painting this summer so I cannot set a goal for myself just yet. However, this week I finally did complete a goal I set for myself: paint all my miniatures! After many many years, my backlog of unpainted miniatures has finally gone from hundreds to 0 with the completion of these 2 terrain pieces, a couple of desert-themed ruins: This is a set of ruins from Pegasus And this is a set of Sector Imperialis Ruins from GW Here are some photos of my terrain with my Tallarn Imperial Guard and my Nostroman 9th Renegades and Heretics Chaos Militia I wonder what project I'll work on next? I'll make a pledge here once I've figured out what my next project is. At any rate, I'll stick to completing 1 project before starting the next one. Enjoy the pictures!

Hello everyone, I got in a game this weekend using my Renegades and Heretics Chaos Militia force. It was a fun 1,000 point game against a great AdMech opponent. We played at Wizard's Keep Games in Renton, WA. Wizard's Keep is hosting a 1,000 point 40K League. If any of your are interested, the league just started up. While the forces of the Renegades and Heretics lost, the game was awesome! Here are some photos. The Chaos Miltia forces, the Nostroman 9th, before battle The Admech forces before battle Mauler Hound Ashkal and Chaos Militia Trooper Grok, 4th Squad, move up on the Chaos left flank Hound of Chaos, a Chaos Renegades and Heretics sentinel, tarpits an enemy cavalry unit Renegades and Heretics clash with Admech Chaos Ogryn Gaur and his Renegade and Heretics Mauler Hounds eye the enemy before a charge Admech cavalry charge a Chaos Renegades and Heretics Mutant Rabble Squad. Those horsies are beautifully painted! Mutant vs horsie Infiltrators chop away at 5th Squad, a Renegades and Heretics Chaos Militia Squad Skitarii in melee with a Renegades and Heretics Leman Russ Champion Annika (from Victoria Miniatures) and her squad hold an objective Kholek buzzsaws an Admech tank Renegades and Heretics Malefic Lord WarpRend, in miniature Daemon Prince mode, finishes off an Admech tank Chaos Ogryn Gaur and Mauler Hound Nharax hold an objective Enjoy the pictures! Nostroman 9th, "Hell's horde."

Hello all, As always, there are some nice models here! I recently managed to finish 3 terrain pieces: A Pegasus Techbridge An old Necromunda tower And an out of production Forgeworld emplacement I used salt and hairspray chipping on them. I've never used that technique before. I think the results are decent.

Hello all, Now that the Covid quarantine restrictions are mellowing and most folks I know have their vaccine shots, the 40k community is returning to the King County area in Washington. I recently got my 2 first games of 9th edition. I really enjoyed both games. I really like this edition, the mechanics seem quite smooth. I managed to win both games. Which is odd because I only won 6 games last edition and I lost 28 games last edition. I suspect that my melee-heavy and troops-heavy Chaos armies might do better this edition, what with the smaller board sizes and the fact that opponents cannot camp at the back with gunlines as effectively. Here are a half dozen photos from the 2 games. In one game it was my Night Lords against Necrons and in the other game it was my World Eaters against Death Guard. A smaller pic of a really nasty Necron unit bashing in my Night Lords Chaos Lord, Duvalier Nightfall Luckily the Raptors would get away. And thanks to the Night Lords "Hit and Run" stratagem they were able to charge the warriors again after leaping out of combat. Night Lords First Claw Chaos Marine Squad dukes it out with Scarabs on an objective I've always liked taking troops-heavy lists, not that CSM do much, and this edition seems to really reward this approach. World Eaters Bezerker Bear Claw says hi to a Flail of Corruption Dave the Dreadnought, er World Eaters Chaos Helbrute, manages to take out a Lord of Contagion (I was lucky) World Eaters Chaos Marine Ghoulghast gets crumped by a Plague Marine Fun fact kids, don't charge Plague Marines with Chaos Marines. What was I thinking? World Eaters Chaos Lord Constantine is tarpitted by Pox Walkers He was equipped with Angron's old relic the Gorefather. Suffice it to say this was not the most glorious use of Gorefather. Enjoy the pics!

Hello everyone, I've started working on my last five models. They are all terrain pieces that I will paint up in a desert style. Forgeworld Emplacement Pegasus Techbridge Necromunda Tower Ruins made from various and sundry, including GW Ruins Two traitor Leman Russes with Chaos Militia infantry support stand guard on Pharos VII's northern hive. The units in this pict are thought to be members of the Nostroman 9th Renegades and Heretics mercenary company. More ruins made from various and sundry, including Pegasus ruins Two loyalist Leman Russes with Tallarn infantry support, also operating on Pharos VII's northern hive. These tanks were detached from the Cadian 1223rd Armored Company to the Tallarn 23rd Infantry Regiment. As such, they have been painted in customary Tallarn desert schemes. A scheme which blended in well with Pharos VII's northern deserts. To give you all a sense of what the terrain will look like when completed, here are a couple of completed desert-colored terrain pieces I plan to try some new techniques with these 5 pieces though: oil washes, salt and hairspray weathering, lighting using LEDs, and a few small printed propaganda posters. And, for a final image, autumn is in full swing up here in Kirkland, WA. Here is a view from my painting table from a couple of weeks ago. I hope to finish these 5 models by the end of the year. Which will mean all my models are painted! I'm not sure what my next project will be, possibly Warp Talons. I've always wanted a squad. Evil Edward Scissorhands jumppack infantry ripping holes into realspace with their claws seem so Night Lordsy (except for the part about them being part daemon). 🙂

Hello everyone, After 4 months, I finally managed to finish another 6 models last week. I completed a batch of 5 Possessed Chaos Marines and a character who can be used as a Chaos Lord, Master of Possession, etc. They are all members of my Warpborn Chaos warband. With the completion of these models, I've finished painting all my unpainted Chaos models. And I only have 4 items left to paint until all my models are painted. Yay! Here are some photos: Iart, Baruk, Tal Arthul, Bara, Layak, and Talos (yes, I'm reading Aaron Dempsky-Bowden's excellent Night Lords trilogy) Bara Baruk Talos, her/his (it's Slaaneshi after all) back is magnetized in case I want to add a jumppack and the hand holding the hammer is magnetized It is Talos who liberated the Warpborn from their Dark Mechanicus creators within the warp! All praise Talos! Tal Arthul And since I've finally finshed up all my CSM (I hope to buy and paint up some Warp Talons early next year) I thought I'd set up all my little dudes and dudettes... Talos' Warpborn on the left, then Evita's Deathguard, Azrath's World Eaters (who some of you saw at OFCC in 2018), and Duvalier's Night Lords And my favorite CSM model of all, Ninja Joe Enjoy the pics! Warpborn, "I feel the warp overtaking me!" Death Guard, "Something is rotten in Denmark." World Eaters, "Kill! Maim! Burn!" Night Lords, "The quick and the dead."

Hi Westrider, Both plastic Chaos Terminators are from the plastic Sorcer/Chaos Lord kit so it's hard to say whether the new plastic termies are bigger. 🙂 Sadly, I don't own any plastic regular Chaos Terminators so I don't know whether they are larger than the old metal sculpts. Here's an eye level view of all my termies though, the lord/sorc ones are definitely taller (although they are also on larger bases)