Warriors of Chaos mutate once again!

So, my WoC army project kind of floundered... Mainly due to lack of direction... I didn't have a coherent plan... First I started out wanting to do Mono-Nurgle, then I ended up buying some Skullcrushers (6 of them...), and because of that, I ended up thinking of doing Tz/Khorne list...

Well screw it...

I scrapped all that...

My friend over at Rogue General Hunter just posted his new Empire army list, complete with character names and a direction and a theme and a heaping side of awesome packed into a 3000 point list. It shamed me...

This meant I had to get off my indecisive ass and FINALLY decide on a WoC army list... One I liked, one that inspired me, and one that I could field to play my friend and his Pirates themed Empire army.

I went straight to Army Builder and this is what my brain gave me...

3000 Pts - Warriors of Chaos Roster - WoC Tz 3000pt ALT

1 Sorcerer Lord of Tzeentch , 375 pts (General; Mark of Tzeentch; Level 4 Upgrade; Hand Weapon; Chaos Armour)

1 Talisman of Preservation
1 Chaos Familiar
1 Soul Feeder
1 Third Eye of Tzeentch

16 Chaos Warriors of Tzeentch , 319 pts (Musician Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Mark of Tzeentch; Hand Weapon; Chaos Armour; Shield)
1 Aspiring Champion of Tzeentch (Mark of Tzeentch; Hand Weapon; Chaos Armour; Shield)

 

1 Chaos Sorcerer of Tzeentch , 165 pts (Mark of Tzeentch; Hand Weapon; Chaos Armour)

1 Dispel Scroll
1 Talisman of Protection

28 Chaos Marauders of Tzeentch , 291 pts (Musician Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Mark of Tzeentch; Hand Weapon; Shield)

1 Marauder Chieftain of Tzeentch (Mark of Tzeentch; Hand Weapon; Shield)

 

1 Exalted Hero of Tzeentch (Battle Standard Bearer) , 205 pts (Mark of Tzeentch; Hand Weapon; Chaos Armour; Battle Standard Bearer)

1 Sword of Striking
1 Enchanted Shield
1 Talisman of Endurance
1 Burning Body (Flaming Attacks)

16 Chaos Warriors of Tzeentch , 329 pts (Musician Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Mark of Tzeentch; Hand Weapon; Chaos Armour; Shield)

1 Aspiring Champion of Tzeentch (Mark of Tzeentch; Hand Weapon; Chaos Armour; Shield)
1 Banner of Eternal Flame

10 Chaos Warhounds , 60 pts

10 Chaos Warhounds , 60 pts

10 Chaos Warhounds , 60 pts

 

1 Chaos Warshrine of Tzeentch , 135 pts (Mark of Tzeentch)
1 Chaos Shiremaster (Hand Weapon)
1 Chaos Shire Bearers

 

9 Chaos Knights of Tzeentch , 505 pts (Musician Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Mark of Tzeentch; Hand Weapon; Ensorcelled Weapons; Chaos Armour; Shield; Barding; Causes Fear)

1 Doom Knight of Tzeentch (Mark of Tzeentch; Hand Weapon; Ensorcelled Weapons; Chaos  Armour; Shield)
1 Blasted Standard
10 Chaos Steed

1 Chimera , 245 pts (Regenerating Flesh; Causes Terror; Flyer; Large Target; Regenerate; Scaly Skin; Thunder Stomp)

 

1 Mutalith Vortex Beast , 240 pts (Aura of Mutation; Causes Terror; Large Target; Regenerate; Scaly Skin)

 

While I was making this list, my creativity began to flow... As did my ideas on how to build this army. Well, build the parts that I currently don't have at least. MOST of it is already built, there are just a few things I need to get, and some bitz I've already ordered this morning. I'll be ordering the kits I need here in a few hours. Between this and getting my Chaos Space Marines up and running, I'm going to be busy!

Inspiration is one of my biggest motivators!


PS. I'll add names once I am done building the Lords and Heroes. I'll get a better feel for their character once I have actual models to represent them.

I cant wait!

Chaos Space Marines Army is GO!

So, in my frenzy to buy Dark Angels models I bought 3 Dark Vengeance kits. I shelved the Chaos and didn't really think I would do anything with them, at least for a long time. Well, as indecisive as I am I seemed to have been making CSM army lists... This lead me to digging out all the Chaos Marines models I had. I've slapped together a list that I am kind of happy with. IT's not going to win me any tournaments, but it should be fun to play. And of course, since I am all about the story, I went ahead and decided that it would be a Crimson Slaughter army to counterpoint my Dark Angels. Hey, when GW finally puts out one of the most perfect Starter sets for a minis game, I'm going to leap in both feet first!

So here is my 1750 point Crimson Slaughter army

 

HQ: Chaos Lord (1#, 150 pts)

1 Chaos Lord : Infantry (Character); Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Power Armour; Mark of Khorne; Sigil of Corruption; Plasma Pistol; (Champion of Chaos; Counter-attack; Fearless; Independent Character; Rage; Warlord)
1 The Murder Sword

 

HQ: Sorcerer (1#, 155 pts)

1 Sorcerer : Infantry (Character); Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Power Armour; Mark of Tzeentch; Bolt Pistol; Force Sword; Increase Mastery Level x2; Aura of Dark Glory; Spell Familiar; (Champion of Chaos; Independent Character; Psyker (Mastery Level 3))

 

Elite: Chosen (5#, 220 pts)

4 Chosen : Infantry; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Power Armour; Mark of Khorne; Bolt Pistol x4; Boltgun x4; Icon of Wrath; Power Axe x3; Power Fist x1; (Counter-attack; Furious Charge; Rage)
1 Chosen Champion : Infantry (Character); Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Power Armour; Melta Bombs; Bolt Pistol; Power Axe x1; Combi-Meltagun; (Champion of Chaos; Counterattack; Rage)

 Elite: Helbrute (1#, 100 pts)

 1 Helbrute : Vehicle (Walker); Multi-melta; Power Fist; Crazed)

 

Troops: Chaos Space Marines (9#, 190 pts)

8 Chaos Space Marines : Infantry; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Power Armour; Mark of Tzeentch; Bolt Pistol x8; Boltgun x8; Icon of Flame
1 Aspiring Champion : Infantry (Character); Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Power Armour; Melta Bombs; Bolt Pistol; Boltgun; Power Fist x1; (Champion of Chaos)

Troops: Chaos Cultists (20#, 159 pts)

19 Chaos Cultists : Infantry; Improvised Armour; Mark of Nurgle; Close Combat Weapon x19; Autogun x17; Heavy Stubber x2
1 Cultist Champion : Infantry (Character); Improvised Armour; Autopistol; Close Combat Weapon; Shotgun; (Champion of Chaos)

Troops: Chaos Cultists (10#, 75 pts)

 9 Chaos Cultists : Infantry; Improvised Armour; Mark of Khorne; Autopistol x8; Close Combat Weapon x9; Flamer x1; (Counter-attack; Rage)

1 Cultist Champion : Infantry (Character); Improvised Armour; Autopistol; Close Combat Weapon; (Champion of Chaos; Counter-attack; Rage)

Troops: Chaos Cultists (10#, 75 pts)

9 Chaos Cultists : Infantry; Improvised Armour; Mark of Khorne; Autopistol x8; Close Combat Weapon x9; Flamer x1; (Counter-attack; Rage)
1 Cultist Champion : Infantry (Character); Improvised Armour; Autopistol; Close Combat Weapon; Champion of Chaos; (Counter-attack; Rage)

Troops: Chaos Cultists (10#, 75 pts)

9 Chaos Cultists : Infantry; Improvised Armour; Mark of Khorne; Autopistol x8; Close Combat Weapon x9; Flamer x1; (Counter-attack; Rage)
1 Cultist Champion : Infantry (Character); Improvised Armour; Autopistol; Close Combat Weapon; (Champion of Chaos; Counter-attack; Rage)

 

Fast Attack: Heldrake (1#, 170 pts)

1 Heldrake : Vehicle (Flyer w/ Hover mode); Daemonic Possession; Hades Autocannon; (Fear; Daemon; Daemonforge; It Will Not Die; Meteoric Descent)

Fast Attack: Raptors (5#, 180 pts)

4 Raptors : Jump Units; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Jump Pack; Power Armour; Mark of Khorne; Bolt Pistol x3; Close Combat Weapon x4; Plasma Pistol x1; Meltagun x1; (Counter-attack; Fear; Rage)
1 Raptor Champion : Jump Units (Character); Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Jump Pack; Power Armour; Melta Bombs; Icon of Wrath; Power Sword x1; Plasma Pistol; (Champion of Chaos; Counter-attack; Fear; Furious Charge; Rage)

 

Heavy Support: Forgefiend (1#, 200 pts)

1 Forgefiend : Vehicle (Walker); Daemonic Possession; 2x Hades Autocannon; Ectoplasma Cannon; (Fear; Daemon; Daemonforge; Fleet; It Will Not Die)
 
  


 

Preparing for 6th!

As someone who has been playing Warhammer 40k since the Rogue Trader days I'm always having to redo my army every edition or so. Luckily I pretty much skipped 3rd, only got to play two games of 4e, and I played my first and only game of 5e last year... Kind of sucks that I really havent played much of one of the minis games I really enjoy since 2e...

With 6e released this weekend, I want to make a concerted effort to change this trend. I'll need to reevaluate my current army and then see what needs changing and what I might need to add to it in the future. I also need to paint the damn thing so I'll need to FINALLY decide on a chapter and color scheme. I'm probably just going to continue with standard Vanilla Marines, since going with a dedicated chapter would mean changes I cant afford. Plus with Vanillas, I can use my spiffy new Stormtalon!

Current Army is thus:

Terminator Assault Squad          
-Sergeant
--Thunder hammer/Storm Shield
-x4 Lightning Claws
-Land Raider Redeemer
--Multi-Melta

Tactical Squad x10         
-Sergeant
--Power Fist and Combi-Flamer
-Meltagun
-Multi-Melta
-Rhino

Tactical Squad x10           
-Sergeant
--Power Fist and Combi-Melta
-Flamer
-Multi-Melta
-Rhino

Tactical Squad x10           
-Sergeant
--Power Fist and Combi-Melta
-Plasma Gun     
-Plasma Cannon

Land Speeder   

-Heavy Flamer
-Multi-Melta

 Land Speeder   

-Heavy Flamer
-Multi-Melta

 Land Raider       

-Multi-Melta


Originally this was supposed to be a Salamanders army. I dont know if that is the route I want to go now or not.

I definitely want to keep the Assault Termies in the Redeemer, I love those. I like the Land Speeders as well. I know there are a lot of points in having 2 Land Raiders... but I really like Land Raiders. So I need to figure out what to do with the three Tactical squads and decide on an HQ choice.

Oh, and I want to add a Stormtalon to the list.

A new Edition requires a new Army List!

So, here we are with WFB 8th Edition out within just a few days. Time for me to decide on an army to build and a List to finalize. I think one of my most daunting tasks when it comes to any minis game is army list building... There are so many pretty choices... I don't deal well with choices...  I don't know where to begin and when to stop... This is probably the second thing about the hobby I find really frustrating...

I've been talking to a friend of mine and I've finally decided that I'll get my Warriors of Chaos army off the ground. That part was easy. I've been hemming and hawing since I got these minis what I was going to do with them. The new Warriors of Chaos book goes a little against my grain with its emphasis on Chaos Undivided and the ability to take a ton of things from all the Chaos Gods equally... As a long time follower of the Warhammer universe, this kind of goes against the grain of what I've known for the last 10+ years... The 4 chaos gods don't work well together or downright hate one another and to me that's still part of how I see it. So, a Mono list is definitely the only way I can go...

Originally I was contemplating going with an all Khorne army but that's just not where my heart is. Honestly, I've been a HUGE Nurgle fan for as long as I can remember. The only problem though was all the paint schemes and modeling makes Nurgle armies all bloated and filthy with disease and rot... That's great, really part and parcel with the fluff for Nurgle (God of Pestilence after all) but just doesnt float my boat... I don't see any reason why this has to be the way I do it... Half the hobby is making your army your own. So that's what I'm going to do, make it my own. A Nurgle Army for a Cleaner Tomorrow!

So there we have it. A mono-Nurgle Warriors of Chaos Army. And now comes the hard parts... What to take... I've never been one for "uber" or "competitive" lists. I prefer to take things I like and enjoy and looks good on the battlefield, not whats going to win the game by second turn (where's the fun in that, right?).

 For WoC, that means Warriors of Chaos. I really love the looks of these guys. They look so cool in a big block. These are going to have to be the core of my army. Now, most people will balk when I say this.... But as a true follower of Nurgle I need to bide by his Sacred Number of 7... So this means all units in my army must be divisible by 7... Yes, I know this is going to be expensive and probably wont win me many battles... But hey.... It's my army.... Hopefully by following the true tenants of Nurgle the dice will roll in my favor at least a few times, right? Luckily I've got two of these units mostly built already. Just need to build 6 more guys.

Warriors of Chaos x21 (7x3) 396pts

-Mark of Nurgle
-Shield
- Full Command

Now my least favorite models in the army.... Marauders... Yeah, they are a lot better than the older models but these are a real pain in the arse to assemble... And unfortunately I've only assembled two... I think the other reason I dislike them so much is they remind me of Mr Slave from South Park.... Wish they looked more like Norse Vikings than Leather Bondage freaks... But oh well... If and when they ever get an update I'll trade these guys out... Now, with 8th Edition and the new Horde rules were going to be seeing a lot of massed blocks of cheap troops on the field. Marauders are out cheapest troop type so they are the best candidate to be a horde... Though with my army decisions that would mean a unit of 70 models... I think that would drive me insane... Though the thought of 70 (10x7) Marauders with Great Weapons... I think I still like my sanity more lol! I think I'll stick with what I have, two units of 28 (7x4).

Chaos Marauders x28 (7x4) 218pts

-Mark of Nurgle
-Light Armor
-Shield


I need some Chaos Warhounds for screening and flanking and just being a nuisance. Since they cant have Mark of Nurgle I'll give them Poisoned Attacks to make them fluffy.... (get it... fluffy... haha?)

Chaos Warhounds x14 (7x2) 126pts

-Poisoned Attacks


For CORE we're looking at the following:

2 units of Warriors of Chaos (7x3) for 792pts
2 units of Marauders (7x4) for 436pts
2 units of Warhounds (7x2) for 252pts

Total: 1480pts For a 3000pt army, this is nearly 50% in Core units.

So, My second love for WoC models are the new plastic Chaos Knights. This new kit is AWESOME! I traded the old metal Knights for a box of new plastics. SOOO worth it... I've only got the 5 so not big enough right now for the full 14 I want.. I only need two more sets and they are one of the cheapest kits in the range at only $25 (for now anyway). Not to hard to accomplish.

Chaos Knights x14 640pts

-Mark of Nurgle
-Full Command

So thats 640pts for Specials.

Lastly I want a Chaos Warshrine, mainly because I want to take one of those Plague Carts and convert one. It should be nice and gribbly enough for a Nurgle Warshrine. I dont own one yet, but I will soon.

Chaos Warshrine 160pts

-Mark of Nurgle

All this for a grand total of 2280pts (if my math is right). Unfortunately this only leaves 720 points for Lords and Heroes... More on that later I think.