Cult units in Undivided chaos armies

[Agramar_The_Luna_Wolf]

In your opinion what's a good proportion of cult units in undivided chaos armies?

For example....hummm...one per 1k points?or something similar.

and what about size of units and HQ?

I ask this,because i think my black legion is now very close to a cult army:i have too much units and my HQ is has a chaos mark...

 

Thanks for yours advice and opinions ^_^

[Brother Nihm]

Don't worry, fluffwise your HQ could carry any Mark, your list could be chock full of Cult Units and it would still be a Black Legion force. That is the beauty of the Black Legion.

[Agramar_The_Luna_Wolf]

yeah...it's true...but,understand me....my black legion,today isn't very BLACK....some days is GREEN,other BLUE..... :)

[Brother Nihm]

Then it's just a question of repainting then isn't it? ;)

[Sheff]

As mentioned in another thread, my cult units either have mostly black armour with cult colours as secondary (KB) or mostly cult colours with black as a secondary colour (PM) - If you've already painted your cult troops, the latter might be an easier option.

[Wolfbiter]

@OP

 

With my Alpha Legion force, I tend to play with just regular CSM troops at 1000 pts or under, but at 1,500 points I often like to include a squad of 9 Thousand Sons Marines. Mainly because they are also one of my favorite Legions visually. I generally explain it fluff-wise that a wandering Aspiring Sorcerer and his Rubrics have joined the AL force temporarily to advance his own inscrutable goals. :)

 

Back in the 3.5 Codex days, I had two alternative lists, one using "pure" AL with the Infiltration benefits, and one "generic list" using the same force but without the AL-specific benefits so I could include my Thousand Sons unit in the list. Both were a lot of fun for me to play.

[Corpse.]

If you have a solid core it would work decently at low games as it does higher games right?

 

I use a raider with 10 berzerkers in 1000 points and it works just as good as 3 raiders full of zerkers at 1500-2000.

[Agramar_The_Luna_Wolf]

Then it's just a question of repainting then isn't it? :)

Never!!!I love black.... :)

[minigun762]

On this same theme, I'm thinking of inducting a squad or two of Noise Marines into my IW list.

Visually, what do you think would look better on the tabletop, metal colored NM maybe with a little slaaneshi influence or the bright pink/black/gold of the Emperor's Children?

 

I'm not sure if it was clash too much or provide a nice contrast to the wall of grey/silver.

[Brother Nihm]

You could also paint them up in IW colours but glaze parts of the metal plates in Slaaneshi shades. Blue, Pink, bright Green etc.

[minigun762]

You could also paint them up in IW colours but glaze parts of the metal plates in Slaaneshi shades. Blue, Pink, bright Green etc.

 

Interesting idea. Do you have a picture or link of how that would look?

[Brother Nihm]

Not at the top of my head sorry.

You can run a search for "Viva Metallica" in the PC&A for examples of heavily washed metallics.

It's not the same as glazed metallics obviously but I just remembered that as an alternative.