Tallarn Commander

Inquisitor, Yes, Renegades and Heretics are a pretty rare army.

They are a great army if you love conversions, like having an army full of zany units, and don't really care about winning or losing.

I usually use them to support my Night Lords or my World Eaters. Although at last year's OFCC I took an army that was about 1,000 points of Renegades and Heretics and about 1,000 points of Night Lords (I lost all my games except for 1 draw). I had a great time. If you are interested, here is a link to my Ordo Chaos blog where you can see pics from OFCC of my Renegades and Heretics:  

And last September I played a very fun game in which my army was 1,850 points of painted Nostroman 9th Renegades and Heretics (and 150 points of summoned daemons).  Later in the week, I'll post some pics of that September game in my Ordo Chaos blog.

Nostroman 9th, "Hell's horde."

Those Sisters and the Commissar look great!

I just finished up 2 Chaos models yesterday, Valkia, a winged Chaos Space Marine Sorceress, and Annika, a Renegades and Heretics Enforcer or Renegade Commander

Here are some photos:

Valkia

Annika

Valkia and Annika together

Hello everyone,

I hope your efforts to cope with the Coronavirus are going well. I live in the Kirkland, WA, the Washington state epicenter of the virus. Morale at work (which is a Fred Meyers) is pretty low and worries are high. So to entertain myself I thought I'd update my Ordo Fanaticus Chaos blog.

It's been 6 months since my last post so it's high time I update ya'all with my Chaos exploits. 

Since last August I've finished 3 projects. The first is a batch of 16 Chaos Hounds (for Renegades and Heretics) or Flesh Hounds (for Khorne Daemons)

I also finished Valkia the Bloody, a Chaos Sorceress with jump pack and force sword or a Chaos Lord with jump pack and Murder Sword

Valkia is the first model in a Chaos warband of my own design, the Warpborn. None of the warband members were ever Adeptes Astartes. Instead, the were all spawned/created in the depths of the Warp using unique Chaos-developed geneseed. It will be a small Possessed-heavy warband, probably not exceeding 1,000 points. 

And I completed Annika, a Disciples Champion, Enforcer, or Renegade Commander for my Renegades and Heretics army, the Nostroman 9th

Here is a photo of Valkia and Annika together

And I managed to get in a game back in January. I brought both my Tallarn IG and my Night Lords CSM and played a demo game with a friend, 1,000 points a side. He chose to use the Tallarns and I used the Night Lords. It was a great game. In the end he won and we both had a blast.

The board on Turn 1

Tallarn armored sentinel moves up with infantry squad in support

Night Lords Chaos Marine squad moves into some ruins

Harry the Helbrute says hi to a Tallarn sentinel

And then Tallarn plasma gunners and lascannons say hi to Harry

Tallarn Lieutenant Rushdies duels the Bezerker Gormenghast. Rushdie wins thanks to his power sword!

Ninja Joe kicks an outflanking Tallarn heavy bolter team

In a hilarious turn of events, Azrath the Daemon Prince and the Leman Russ Faith & Metal kill each other in melee

The Tallarn tank exploded, removing Azrath's last 2 wounds

Enjoy the pics everyone and be safe!

Hello everyone, 

I got in a very fun game against an Ork player at Meeples Games in West Seattle. This was my first time at Meeples and I loved the place. Great players and a great atmosphere.

I brought 2000 points of my Night Lords and they got trounced. But the opponent was very nice and his Ork army was gorgeous. Here are some pics:

Orks vs Night Lords before the game begins

Orks vs Night Lords, bottom of Turn 1

Night Lord from the Prone Predators CSM Squad cowering before his squad is wiped out by a Boyz assault

A gorgeous and deadly Ork plasma jet of doooooom (that's probably not the model's official name, but it should be)

Rhinos Dragonne and Night Masque along with Daemon Prince Azrath

The Bats Out of Hell, a squad of 4 Chaos Bikers with 2 plasmas and a power axe

Ork Warboss on a bike with his boyz about to charge the Ork lines

The surviving Night Lords: Azrath, remnants of 2 CSM squads, Raptor Lord Duvalier, and 3 Bezerkers after they have wiped out a Boyz Squad on Turn 2

Biker Sorceress Chamorro

Raptor Lord Duvalier, I love the Claws of the Black Hunt

It's the only good Night Lords thing: when I take their warlord trait I always forget it, morale debuffs rarely hurt anyone, and I never care enough about my infantry to spend 1 CP to give them a better cover save  🙂  

In addition, I'm down to about 57 or so unpainted models. I hope to finish painting all my 40K models by the end of the year (knocks on head). Here are some pics of my remaining unpainted models.

Enjoy the pics!

This is a good discussion. In my games where I set aside points for daemon summoning I also often find I'd rather keep my CSM characters moving during the movement phase.

However, in many of my games this year I've been taking Renegades and Heretics alongside my Chaos Marines. Aside from Russes, Sentinels, and Marauders the R&H underperform, but that's another thread.

But I've been rhinking about using the R&H Renegade Commanders as a base for some Turn 2 summoning. On Turn 1, run 1 up each flank. Enemy snipers always ignores them and shoot my CSM characters, Deffy, or  my Zerkers' Rhino on Turn 1 anyway. Then on Turn 2 they start summoning! This would leave my CSM characters free to keep keep moving during their movement phase. It would also make Renegade Commanders Dnegrah and Vicious Pete (currently a useless tax) quite useful!

Bobo is awesome! He's gorgeous and easily identifiable as a Bullgryn.

Yes, it was a fun game! I posted a longer write up as well as a link to our 2017 game on my Bolter and Chainsword Chaos blog. If you're interested, here's the link:

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321042-tallarn-commanders-chaos-ofcc-comments-and-pictures/?p=5370796
 

Hello everyone,

I had a great time at Ordo this year. My chaos army (Night Lords teamed up with Renegades and Heretics) lost 4 games and tied 1. All my opponents were very nice and all my games were very enjoyable. Here are a baker's dozen photos from the event.

Shot of the Night Lords with their Nostroman 9th mercenaries

Blood Angels fliers target the Chaos line

Traitor Leman Russ Khorne's Ire lays down a base of fire

Awe-inspiring black and red Death Company liquidates Chaos Militia

Trooper Chillgibber and his squad fight impressive blue and purple Genestealer hybrids

BloodLady the Blood Slaughterer and 7th Squad assault the Genestealer Cult line

5th Squad charges Wraithblades

888 the Blood Slaughterer kills a breathtaking Wraithseer while 5th Squad mops up some Dire Avengers

Deffy the Defiler and BloodLady the Blood Slaughterer face off against AdMech Dragoons

1st Militia Squad in melee with Vanguard

888 slices up a gorgeous Admech underground vehicle thingie

Stormtroopers slay Cultists in the trenches. This battle felt like a Gaunt's Ghosts novel.

7th Squad's Mutant Rabble battles some beautiful Mordians 

As always, OFCC was great fun! Thanks to all my opponents and all my team-mates on Team Infil-Traitors!

Night Lords, "The quick and the dead."

Nostroman 9th, "Hell's horde."

And I recently finished up 5 more R&H infantry and 2 traitor Leman Russes. Here are some pics:

All 5 troopers

Skara

Bale

Wirewolf

Duqud

Oracle

2 Leman Russes, Reaver and Khorne's Ire

Now I only have to paint names on the bases of 24 troopers and then I'm ready for OFCC.

Nostroman 9th, "Hell's horde."

Hello everyone,

I'm looking forward to this weekend's OFCC. I'll be bringing a Night Lords battalion and a Renegades and Heretics battalion as part of Team Infil-traitors.

To test out my list I recently got in a test game. I lost horribly (my list is rather casual) but I had a blast. I killed 3 Eldar units and my opponent killed 17 Chaos units. 🙂

Here are some pics:

The forces of Chaos arrayed before the battle

The tricksy elves before the battle

The Death Bats Squad move their Reaper Autocannon into position, it would do 1 wound to a Wave Serpent before dying

Vox Officer Enok and Trooper October (who is my favorite R&H infantry model) move up with 5th Militia Squad

Master Sergeant Warptouch bellows at the rank and file

BloodLady is shot to death by the Eldar air force, but explodes doing 11 wounds!

2nd Squad's Champion, Lobo, hangs out with 2 troopers and the WIP Leman Russ, Khorne's Iref

Hound of Chaos takes lascannon potshots at Wave Serpents

The Nostroman 9th's black market "fixer," Ghoulmoney, advances up the board with 5th Squad

Khorne's Ire petulantly stares down the Eldar air force before being blown to bits

Hound of Chaos scrums with Scorpions

And then is targeted by Fire Dragons

Warpsmith Hoth and Master of Possession Bolivar whittle down a Banshee Squad

A tutorial would be great. Your painting is so impressive. Your paint chips and oil streaks are especially realistic! 🙂

Hello everyone.

Your army and list look great Nathaniel!

I'm all paid up and here is my final list and some pictures of my 2019 OFCC list. I'm sad that I couldn't work in my Bezerkers and Marauders. 😞 But I'm happy that I get to use 100 Mutant Rabble and Militia along with 4 Daemon Engines! 🙂 

• 2000 pts, Reid Gustafson
• Renegades & Heretics Battalion
• Night Lords Chaos Marine Battalion

Warband Origins: Long ago there was a noble family, the house of Nightfall. They lived in an age of peace and stability established by their world's ruler. Their ruler was Konrad Curze, the fair and just lord of the garden planet Nostramo. And then one day, a corrupt and weak emperor sent an assassin to slay the Lord Curze. The vile assassin succeeded. The emperor then destroyed the paradise that was Nostramo. House Nightfall managed to escape. But since that day they have never forgotten. Vengeance upon the emperor will be theirs!

RENEGADES & HERETICS BATTALION, THE NOSTROMAN 9TH, "HELL'S HORDE" [973]

HQ [67]
• Dneghra Nightfall, Renegade Commander , power sword=29
• Buzzsaw, Renegade Commander, power fist, plasma pistol (5)=38
Dnegrah Nightfall has lead the Nostroman 9th Mercenary Company for decades. She travels the verse, selling her mercenaries' skills to any non-Imperium clients with enough coin. Dnegrah's ancestors were Nostroman nobility, the noble House of Nightfall. They feared Curze but respected his ability to establish order. They seek to avenge Curze's death at the hands of the Emperor. Buzzsaw is Dnegrah's lover. He won her affection through his devotion to Chaos and strict personal code of honor.

ELITES [102]
• Nostramo, Enforcer , power sword=34
• Garok, Enforcer, power sword=34
• Cthulu, Enforcer, power sword=34
The enforcers use fear to keep the troops in line.  

TROOPS [400]
• Sevatar's 1st Squad, 20 Chaos Militia=80
• Lobo's 2nd Squad, 20 Chaos Militia=80
• Kira's 3rd Squad, 20 Chaos Militia=80
• Vicious Pete's 5th Squad, 20 Chaos Militia=80
• Zeva's 7th Squad, 20 Mutant Rabble, shotguns=80
The Chaos Militia and Mutant Rabble are a diverse lot. Some fight for coin, some for Chaos, some fight against the fascist Imperium, and some fight for the sake of fighting.

FAST ATTACK [100]
• Hound of Chaos, armored sentinel, lascannon=50
• Star of Chaos, armored sentinel, lascannon=50
Sentinels are the Nostroman 9th's mobile antitank firepower.

HEAVY SUPPORT [304]
• Reaver, Leman Russ Battle Tank, Battlecannon, heavy bolter=152
• Khorne's Ire, Leman Russ Battle Tank, Battlecannon, heavy bolter=152
The tank crew are traitor guard who now use their weapons against their former comrades.


NIGHT LORDS CSM BATTALION [1,027]

HQ [158]
• Dark Techmagus Hoth, Chaos Warpsmith, Mark of Nurgle, power axe, meltagun, flamer=60
• Bolivar, Master of Possession, Mark of Tzeench, force stave, bolt pistol=98
Warpsmith Hoth teamed his Night Lords up with Dnegrah's Renegades & Heretics because he received a vision from the Dark Omnissiah. In the vision he joined with the Chaos Militia to consecrate dozens of Imperium-held worlds in blood. Bolivar has long been Hoth's mentor.

TROOPS [265]
• Jarvak's Death Bats, 5 Chaos Marines, Reaper Chaincannon=85
• Hatred's Sentry Killers, 5 Chaos Marines, lascannon=90
• Ninja Joe's Night Masques, 5 Chaos Marines, lascannon=90
The Chaos Marines and cultists provide the warband with a lethal, flexible core.

FAST ATTACK [330]
• BloodLady, Blood Slaughterer, Mark of Khorne, pair of Slaughter Blades=165
• 888, Blood Slaughterer, Mark of Khorne, pair of Slaughter Blades=165
BloodLady and 888 scuttle towards the enemy eager to shed blood for the glory of Khorne. 

HEAVY SUPPORT [274]
• Deffy the Defiler with Defiler Claws and Battlecannon, Mark of Khorne, Defiler Scourge, Reaper Autocannon=142
• Mary the Maulerfiend, Maulerfiend fist, Mark of Khorne, lasher tendrils=132
Deffy and Mary are always in the vanguard of the assault competing to see who can get the most kills. 


Total points=2,000

Number of Models=130 (122 infantry, 6 walkers, 2 tanks)

Command Points=13 (3 base, 2 battalions)

I still need to paint up the 2 traitor Russes and about 50 troopers still need names added to their bases. I had better get cracking!

The Nostroman 9th, "Hell's Horde!"

Night Lords, "The quick and the dead."

And last week I also finished up a batch of 6 "greatcoat" troopers...

They can also be used to fill various roles, Militia, Cultists, Marauders, Disciples, etc

Trooper Anok

Cthulu, he would also be great as a Renegade Commander, Enforcer, etc

Master Sergeant Warptouch

Trooper Bullets, he was told to put a Chaos Star on his coat. Something was lost in translation. 🙂

And my last image, Trooper Heldane

You will see some, but not all, of these models at the OFCC. You will definitely see the sentinels and a decent number of the R&H infantry.

Enjoy the pics!

And another project completed...

Last week I finished up another batch of 6 Disciples

Comms Officer Enok, he keeps the Nostroman 9th's officers in contact with their rank and file

Sergeant Zoica, she can be quite brutal with her adze

Gaur, and his friend Gibbon the ork head

Kurx and Svar, lascannon gunners

Pater, he can also be used as a character, Marauder Chieftain, or line trooper 

More to follow...

And another project, this one I finished up last month.

8 Plaguebearers (plus a Plaguebeared I finished in May)

Plaguebearer Penar, I'm not sure what game system this chap/chapette comes from. I picked it up at a Lake City Seattle swap meet last December.

Plaguebearer Nareen, old school model with a swordarm kitbash

Plaguebearer Donat, another kitbash

Plaguebearer Aife, because sometimes Slaanesh Daemons go over to the side of Grandfather Nurgle  🙂

All completed 25 Plaguebearers. I only need to buy and paint up 5 more and I can field a legal Nurgle Daemon batallion!

And a fun picture of my recently painted Plaguebearers defending Gary, Daemon Prince of Nurgle

More images to follow...

And my next completed project...

2.) A batch of 6 Renegade and Heretics Disciples (although they can be used in many roles, eg Command Squads, Marauders, Militia, etc)

Feygor, with the runes on his sword he could be a champion or even a character like a Renegade Commander or an Enforcer

UL, Chaos trooper with autogun

Lileth, a fierce warrior of Chaos. Her face has a look of sorrow.

Gl and Kark, as you can see, Kark is cybernetically connect to the lascannon so as to assist with aiming

Trooper Asthedor, a close combat specialist

More to follow...

Hello everyone,

I've had some fun working on my Chaos hobbying recently. Here are some projects I completed in June and so far in July:

-2 Renegades and Heretics armored sentinels

-A batch of 6 Renegades and Heretics Disciples

-8 Plaguebearers

-Another batch of 6 Renegades and Heretics Disciples

-A batch of 6 Renegades and Heretics "greatcoat" infantry, most will be used as Chaos Militia

Here are some pictures.

1.) 2 R&H Armored Sentinels, Hound of Chaos and Star of Chaos

In games these 2 suckers have proven useful. They are small and so often don't get targeted too early on. This allows them to dish out a decent amount of damage before being shot to death. As you can see, I've magnetized the tops so the atrophied pilots can be seen.

More images to follow...

Gorgeous models! I especially like the weathering on the Russ and Chimera.

The variety of greens look nice. And both Genestealer cults and Soviets wouldn't give a fig about differing shades of green 🙂

Hello everyone, I hope ya had a great 4th of July.

Progress is shambling along on my Chaos force for this year's OFCC.

I assembled 2 Chaos Renegades and Heretics Leman Russes, Khorne's Ire and Reaver. Here are some WIP pics.

I left Reaver's rear hatch and front hatch open because at some point in the future I want to add a little V8 engine from Zinge Industries to the rear and I want to try my hand at LED lighting on the front. I will definitely get these suckers rust-coated up in time for OFCC but I might not get blue paint on them in time. It's not like R&H wouldn't have rusty vehicles anyway, right. 🙂

Pappasa,

I love your Khorne list. I ran World Eaters last year and I had a blast.

By the way, note that with the FAQ that came out in late 2018, lasher Maulerfiends went down in price. They are now 120 points base and with a single set of lasher tendrils at 12 they go to 132 not the 144 you had listed. The wording in the Dex is not entirely clear but most Chaos players read it as 1 set of tendrils replaces the 2 magma cutters.  Assault units this edition need all the help they can get this edition!

Hopefully my Maulerfiend, Mary, can meet your Maulerfiends at OFCC in August. I'm on Team Infil-traitors. I'll also be running 1 or 2 Blood Slaughterers. I love those little dudes.

Hobbying is more or less proceeding apace. I'm more ore less on track to have my Renegades and Heretics ready for this year's OFCC. 

I still have to paint up about 16 troopers, 2 Russes, and the 2 sentinels you see below.

Here are some pics:

Sentinels WIP

And some militia and Command Squad troopers

And some random images from March of all my R&H infantry...

Enjoy!

It looks like a fun list! I look forward to seeing all those termies in action.

Plus, winning is over-rated. My OFCC record is currently at 1 win-1 draw-8 losses.  :)

These look great! You have put a lot of work into them and it shows.

Looks like a fun list!

Flyrants are great. They are a bit toned down from 7th edition, but whenever my Chaos face them they still contribute nicely to my Nid opponent's army. 

This is a great theme!