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+++Unit of the week+++ Chaos Bikers How do you use Chaos bikers? Mark Role Equipment This is a discussion about Chaos Bikers in the 10th edition index. Tell us your tactics, fun facts, your experience with them, and other things that are interesting with Chaos Bikers. Cpt. Danjou

Follow me, my Children, and the glory of victory shall be yours. We shall cleanse ourselves in the crimson waters of our enemy. We shall bring the ecstasy of quick release to those who stand before us. We shall give bloody praise to the Lord of Pleasure and sing his name as we dance across the fallen. Follow me, my Children, and you shall taste the undreamt joys that lie beyond the bounds of mortal sense. - Fabius Bile, Lieutenant Commander of the Emperor's Children http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-s3JO9L1A4Wc/URcm0GxfNnI/AAAAAAAAB34/DSAj7FoFMzQ/s1600/fulgrim.jpg Fulgrim the Phoenician, the Illuminator, the Prefector of Chemos “You fuss too much over making the "right" choice Gaius. All we need do is make a good choice, see it through, and accept the consequences.” - Fulgrim "Brothers of the Emperor's Children and warbands of Slaanesh, those loyal to the Emperor and those gifted with enlightenment, pre Heresy or post. It is time we made our presence felt to those who believe us totally disjointed and taken by pleasures they could never comprehend. Let us join together, no matter how briefly, and document the full extent of the 3rd Legion and those warbands who wage war to bring perfection to the Imperium and it's followers." "It is only asked that you illuminate us all with a proclamation of your Lord's name and any titles, his company number if still fighting in the Heresy or his warbands given name. If it pleases, you can even take some time to tell us of your deeds and victories, those who have gained honour within your ranks, and any other details you wish to embellish upon. The important details will be recorded here for all to see (Lord, company number, warband name, your name) and will be kept as up to date as can be so long as the slaves keep coming and those at the back keep the noise to an acceptable level (or you may have to spend time with my flesh crafter, and that's no reward). So please, after an example introduction, step forward and take the floor. We don't bite..." + + + + + + So here we have it. I have to credit Flint13, Jaspcat, and KrautScientist for the inspiration to put this in place (that and Khorne can't have all the glory after all). I'll get the ball rolling: ++ I am Forte, dedicated to Slaanesh and former Emperor's Children Legionnaire, send forth my 'Divine Flayers' lead by Nemitus 'the Flayed' Luura. The Imperium is ripe for our enticement and self gratification. And with my flesh crafter, Faustus 'the Licentious' Belatari, those still worshipping the corpse Emperor shall tremble with fear. + + + + + + Brothers! Welcome to the feast! Tell me, which among you will be the first course? - Lucius (Pre) Heresy Companies 1st Company - commanded by First Captain Julius Kaesoron 2nd Company - commanded by Captain Solomon Demeter 3rd Company - commanded by Captain Marius Vairosean 6th Company - commanded by Captain Abatis Raroson (Chaeron) 10th Company - commanded by Captain Saul Tarvitz 13th Company - commanded by Captain Lucius 22nd Company - commanded by Captain Ha'dreel Aldanath (Flint13) 32nd Company "The Praetorians" - commanded by Captain Cesare Julianus Sixtus (Dragonkin Arenis) 59th Company - commanded by Leonius Eversong (Jaspcat) + + + + + + Post-Heresy/ Warbands Divine Flayers - commanded by Lord Nemitus Luura (forte) The Coven of Cloying Inducments - commanded by Aurellian Ca'varth (Balthamal) Severed Angels - commanded by Lord La'Sai DeSandros (Dammeron) The Seventh Sin - commanded by Lord Sae'raash (daemonclaw) Dread Reapers - commanded by Strazhakov The Disciples of Fulgrim - commanded by Lord Commander Fulgentius (Disciple of Fulgrim) The Cabal of the Severed Heads - commanded by Lord Severus Hellscream (oreaper84) The Aggressive Perfectors - commanded by Slyvain (plague of sedition) The Thiasus - commanded by Grand Magus Eleutherios (Fortis) Violators - commanded by Andurial Volsilaagh(incinerator950) Defecators - commanded by Master Phe'latius (SlaveToDarkness) Creptatiors - commanded by Lord Fortaye (SlaveToDarkness) Psychopomps - commanded by Lord Sophusar (Kierdale) The Volatile Princess of the Carnal Coterie - commanded by Sub-Commander Nuzzle (Kilofix) Consorts of Memnoch - commanded by Lord Commander Memnoch (DraneceusRex) The Cult of the Golden Chains - commanded by Lord Audiatrix Ssyth'thala (Emperors Immortals) Cult of the Fanged Blossom - commanded by Belucifariel (Flint13) Hawk Knights - commanded by KingBlanco1994 The Disciples of Noise - commanded by Torren Dianicus (heralds of excess) Hoardkeepers - commanded by Aelianus (Teetengee) Brotherhood of Innocence - commanded by Kat'hy'tirina (Cate) The Gilded Splinters - commanded by Spaakl Daakli (Spaakl Daakli) 18th Covenant of Tormentous Ecstasy - aka Raptio Arachnophilia Perfruor Excrucio - commanded by Lord Valtai'aire (tenebre) Sons of Decadence - commanded by Flavius Caligula (Phal Brannon) Castigators - commanded by Nestor Lustheart (Castigator) + + + + + + Notable members with other Legions Sigvald the Signified (currently with the Black Legion) (Loesh) + + + + + + As a side to this, if anyone would like to help this thread, please send me a PM directly. Many thanks, forte. And there are potential signature squares too, for example: C&C welcome

http://eternalhunt.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/we_banner_02.png *Sons of the Great Twelfth Legion, your brothers call you forth so that you may roar your oaths of honor upon the sands of the arena one last time. Though we are a legion fractured, a tide of blood shall flow through the segmentum, as the get of Angron band together among equals. Come, and boast of your head taking, so that the galaxy may know who stands against them, wrought red in the entrails of their greatest warriors. We are the Sons of the Twelfth legion, and we shall have blood!* http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/661/QcUhqA.jpg (To all of the World Eaters of Bolter and Chainsword, both full and part time, loyalist or traitor, pre or post heresy, we invite you to join us in our little community project to document the full might of our great legion. To assist and entertain new and old World Eaters alike, we ask that you step forward and proclaim the name, deeds, company number and commander of your little section of our legion to be recorded here in what will be an ongoing roster organized by your company number if pre-heresy and just tossed in there all willy nilly if post heresy (just like the real post heresy Twelfth!). A few of us have even gone first to provide a good template. We'll be updating the roster in the first post as long as the mods will allow so that we may record all twelfth legion faithful for future projects and other fun stuff in our happy little community.) -- I am Flint 13, and I am the blade itself; wrought red upon the blooded sands. As a proud daughter of Angron, I command the 28th Company of the Twelfth legion, the Children of Cuth Vasi. "Woe be to the enemies of the Cuth Va'san, for their cities shall crumble and their skies shall bleed with the ashes of their fallen." -- I am Jaspcat, and I stand as a Son of Angron. I command the 14th Company of the Twelfth legion, The Slaves of Anor, the breachers of walls and the lineage of Dalkeith the armoured bane. --I am KrautScientist, and I command the World Eaters' 4th assault company, "Khorne's Eternal Hunt". Though our legion might be an empty shell of its former glory, we still endure. As was taught to us by Angron, our lord and father, we hunt. We fight. We kill. And we still have our honour. "In the endless cold between the stars, there is only the hunter and his prey. All that remains is the hunt, for only the hunt is eternal." -- I am Relict and I stand a proud Son of Angron. I command the LXXVII Battle Company, III Echelon, XII Legion - the Iron Devourers. "The Emperor created us as tools to be blunted and then discarded. The Warmaster has delivered us from that fate. From this day forward, we march as a part of his grand design - one company, one will, many minds. The dogs of the Emperor shall curse our name and dread our coming, for we are the Iron Devourers and none shall find us wanting. To war, my brothers!" - Centurion Voss, Captain of the 77 Battle Company, Battle of Isstvan V **Who needs the Codex Astartes? A World Eater's Tactical Musings: http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/294658-tactica-world-eaters/?p=3766262 Trying to flesh out your warlord's character? Try the Khornate Warlord Personality Test **A Record of Blood and Brass** "Because we couldn’t be trusted. The Emperor needed a weapon that would never obey its own desires before those of the Imperium. He needed a weapon that would never bite the hand that feeds. The World Eaters were not that weapon. We’ve all drawn blades purely for the sake of shedding blood, and we’ve all felt the exultation of winning a war that never even needed to happen. We are not the tame, reliable pets that the Emperor wanted. The Wolves obey, when we would not. The Wolves can be trusted, when we never could. They have a discipline we lack, because their passions are not aflame with the Butcher’s Nails buzzing in the back of their skulls. The Wolves will always come to heel when called. In that regard, it is a mystery why they name themselves wolves. They are tame, collared by the Emperor, obeying his every whim. But a wolf doesn’t behave that way. Only a dog does. That is why we are the Eaters of Worlds, and the War Hounds no longer." —Captain Khârn of the World Eaters Legion's 8th Assault Company, from his unpublished treatise The Eighteen Legions (Pre) Heresy era 1. Company – the Devourers 3. Company – commanded by Captain Solax 4. Company – commanded by Captain Baltus Lorimar (KrautScientist) 7. Company - Commanded by Thaddius Taron (furioso-prime) 8. Assault Company – commanded by Captain Khârn, Equerry to the Primarch (and also Poom!) 9. Company – commanded by Captain Dreagher 11. Company - Commanded by Taraguar 12. Company – Legio Cruentus, Commanded by Althor Belisarius (Cheexsta) 13. Company – The Unbroken, commanded by Amnon (LongGone) 14. Company – The Slaves of Anor (Kurama) 14. Company - Hounds of Molossia commanded by Lőrinc Jakab (Adra’Melek) 15. Company - The Bloodied Hand (Nova_chron) 16. Company – Commanded by Tiberius Thanatos (Khârn the Bloody) 17. Company - Commanded by (the late) Argus Brond 17. Assault Company - Commanded by Zon Thrax (Skullchλos) 18. Company – commanded by Captain Malek Deimos (Biohazard) 19. Company - The Skull Takers, Commanded by Hans Kho'ren 21. Company – Commanded by Maximus Thrax (Demon2027) 23. Company - Commanded by Kolchis the Red Hand (Wulfric _1066) 25. Company – Commanded by Kharlos Rieekan (Paladin7221) 26. Heavy Assault Company - Commanded by Kaldr Shar (Flint13) 27. Company – Commanded by Captain Bekru (Papewaio) 28. Assault Company – The Children of Cuth'Vasi (Flint13) 33. Siege Assault Company- The Iron Berserkers - Commanded by Revan Ira (Cupcake) 34. Company – commanded by the The Unheard, the Silent Stalker (Battle8rother) 35. Company – commanded by Centurion Agmundr Hjort (Brother Khairon) 44. Company – The Triarii, commanded by Centurion Delvarus (optimistically, Ursus44) 48. Company - Commanded by Zharkan 50. Heavy Support Company - Commanded by Lheorvine Urkris 56. Company – commanded by Taros Wyvern (Wyvern) 59. Company - (Augustus b'Raass) 64. Company – The Sinner’s Swords, commanded by Centurion Zekariah Cain (YFNPsycho) 66. Company – The Cry of Havoc, commanded by Rauhx (Slipstreams) 77. Company – The Iron Devourers, commanded by Centurion Voss (Relict) 100. Company – The Charnel Wraiths, commanded by Skarra Cadeyrn (TheWarmaster) Legion Armourium - commanded by Jareg, the Master-Shellsmith Legion Apothecarion - commanded by First Apothecary Frabrikus Legion Librarius - commanded by Lectio Primus Vorias Post Heresy – warbands Khorne’s Eternal Hunt – commanded by Lord Captain Lorimar (KrautScientist) The World Eaters' 18th company warband– commanded by Lord Malek Deimos (Biohazard) 25. Company – commanded by Kharlos Rieekan (Paladin7221) Scions of Gorechild – commanded by Lord Korlath (Pandemicus) The Warriors of Brother Chaplain Rage, the Half-wrought (BCK) Angron's Chosen – commanded by Drakon (Khârn the Bloody) The Fell Brethren – commanded by Shallag Jaganath, Breaker of Worlds (Vorenus) Cabal of the Severed Heads – Commanded by Rataxxus Headtaker (oreaper84) The Brazen Maw – commanded by Jural Kordash (OldSchoolSoviet) The Bloodslaved – commanded by Lord Bekru (Papewaio) 59th Echelon – "Prostration's Cull" (Augustus b'Raass) The Blood Reavers – commanded by Lord Styrian Bloodhand (Plague of Sedition) The Blood Host – commanded by Kar Thul (brninghalo) The Crimson Consecrated – commanded by Lord Ixion (Relict) 8th Massacre Cohorts and Genocide Gears (Slayer le Boucher) The Sinner’s Swords – commanded by Lord Cain the Heretic and Daemon Prince Dek’val’rax (YNFPsycho) The Eyes of Tivan – commanded by Chaos Lord Tyrke (Cormac Airt) The Bonewalkers – commanded by Serjius the Ranting (Dragonlover) The Void Reavers - Commanded by Lord Barraka, the White Daemon (Barraka) 88th Heavy Assault Company - The Crimson Ludus - Commanded by Ultor, Blood-Priest of Kharanath (OPTIMVSCHRIST) Tide of Blood - Commanded by Escharon, King of Scars (Teetengee) The Devourers – commanded by Tarugar The Blood Slaughterers – commanded by Jurghan the Slaughterer (STD) Hell Guardians - Commanded by Zon Thrax the Red Hand - (Skullchλos) The Bloodspitters, remnants of the 8th Company - (GrandMasterSapphon) The Skull Reavers - Commanded by Astarax the Slaughterer - (Chaos_Lord888) The Foresworn – commanded by Kossolax the Foresworn The Blood Legion of Khorne – commanded by Lord Crull The Headsman’s Warband – commanded by the Headsman The Skulltakers – commanded by Lord Zhufor the Impaler The Berserkers of Skallathrax The Skull Takers of Hans Kho’ren – commanded by Hans Kho’ren Gladiator Group 138 – commanded by Kraagon Gorefist The Ravagers

In the embrace of the great Nurgle, I am no longer afraid, for with His pestilential favour I have become that which I once most feared: Death. -Kulvain Hestarius, of the Death Guard Fellow brothers of the XIV Legion, the time for war is near, for soon we march to the gates of Terra itself and cast down the Emperor of Mankind and anybody who stands between us and our goal. The banners of the Plague God fly high in his pestilent glory, and uncounted warbands are gathering together preparing for the battles that face us. This is a call to arms for all that are loyal to Nurgle and our gene father Mortarion, make yourselves known so you can join the names of your brothers and you will be remembered for all time as the Chosen of Nurgle, his favoured sons, his Plague Lords, join us in the Dance of Death and soon we will be at his right hand and rule all that we can see... (what the curtains??) I, Slave to Darkness, sworn to Nurgle and former Deathguard Legionnaire, send forth the 'Maggot Kin' lead by Festimius the Septile, to do battle with the followers of the Corpse God, victory shall be ours, as only Death and Decay is certain. (Pre) Heresy Companies 1st Great Company - commanded by Calas Typhon 2nd Great Company - commanded by Ignatius Grulgor (Slave to Darkness) 3rd Great Company - commanded by Tamadas Dion (Disease) 4th Great Company - (Reserved for Chaeron - awaiting details) 5th Great Company - 6th Great Company - 7th Great Company 5th Battalion - commanded by Centurion Moab (Kilofix) Post-Heresy/ Warbands Maggot Kin - commanded by Festimius the Septile (Slave to Darkness) Dread Walkers - commanded by Ambulon (Teetengee) Putrefactors - commanded by ??? (Incinerator950) The Scourge - commanded by The Lich King (ArcticPaladin) The Disciples of Nurgleth - commanded by Kyphas Sadistra (Disease) The Stonebreakers (Iron Warriors 22nd Great Company) - commanded by Plaguesmith M

'Some are born expecting a crown to be placed upon their heads. Others are born knowing that it must be seized.' -Unattributed quote of Frankisch Soldier turned Emperor, Terra 1804 'LUPERCAL! LUPERCAL! LUPERCAL!' he roars when awoken. He was felled upon the Vengeful Spirit to the blades of the False Emperor's Custodes. My brother had died before Horus was laid low. I pity and envy him, he still does not know that we had failed at Terra.

Hi Guys, I started a Nurgle renegade chapter post a few months back and was going to run my mini's as a renegade chapter called the Rotlords. I've decided since to just run them as standard Death Guard adn have painted them as such. I try my best to make them look as filthy as possible, Cleanly painted Nurgle models do absolutely nothing for me and Papa Nurgle I'm sure! So to start once again here is Defecatus, some buys and a Noxious blight bringer.

Like many, as soon as I saw the Death Guard half of the Dark Imperium, I knew I wanted them all! As a pretext, if you're expecting completed models thick and fast, that isn't going to happen. I'm more a tinkerer with miniatures and I'm more interested in the conversion and sculpting side of the hobby. Even though I really like the stock Dark Imperium models but there were still lots of little conversions and changes I wanted to play around with - especially for those duplicates! Let's start with my WIP Malignant Plaguecaster, which is all rebuild / kit bash from the legs up; Initially, I only wanted to make a few slight changes to the original model after seeing a couple posters on here do the same. It went a bit further than that so I ended up completely rebuilding the torso from a chopped-up MkIII torso and Milliput (to build the proportions back up to the upsized Death Guard plastics). I'm currently having a blast sculpting on the really cracked and battered ceramite armour plates! The left arm will be a standard outstretched MkIII arm with the original staff, but I'm not too sure about the other arm yet - any suggestions? ~ I've got some other bits to post, but I'll wait for some feedback and thoughts from people before so. Question though - picture sizes OK? I have them quite large so you can see the details!

Hey all. I thought that, since Kill Team has finally hit the shelves, it might be worthwhile to throw together a tactica thread and discuss the new rules and kill team builds, as well as giving people an opportunity to show off some of their new teams. With that in mind, I've thrown together a fairly basic Heretic Astartes team to start off with whilst I get to grips with the system.

Hello there, and welcome to my Putrid Choir gallery! I started out wanting to create a Death Guard force using the colours of the French soldiers of the first world war, as I thought the theme works very well for Death Guard. Also, I thought I was being clever using a colour scheme that wasn't green or bone... Anyways, I started painting my Dark Imperium chaps up, and ultimately thought there was something missing, so I finally looked up the colour Schemes presented in the new Death Guard codex, and found that the Putrid Choir's scheme was more or less exactly what I was looking for - all I was missing really was a green pauldron. I wasn't intending on getting any more of the Death Guard models then the Dark Imperium Plague Marines (as I wanted to keep focussed on my Shadow Wolves), but the new releases are sexxyy, and the DI Plague Marines were great to paint, so I'm rather conflicted now... Anyway, enough naterring, on to the models! The bases aren't quite finished, but I just wanted to share what I'd got already ;)