Calling all Chaos followers......I need help

[Bolt16]

So where to start, well normally I'm a loyalist player although I love some of the traitor Legions before they turned traitor (Emperor's Children, Iron Warriors and Night Lords) anyway I have a lot of parts left from a previous project (enough legs, torsos etc from Khrone Beserkers boxes for large force of 50+ Marines). I also have a small bulk stock of paint that I need to either use or chuck out as its getting old - Scorpion Green, Bilious Green, Fiery Orange, Tentacle Pink.

 

I'm not a fan of mutations or daemons but do want to do a Chaos army - I was thinking of a Grand Company from the old legions but can't decide which and have no clue how to work in some of the paints mentioned above - I was thinking of Night Lords but there seem to be a lot of Night Lords players around (inspired as I was by Soul Hunter I guess).

 

Anyway grateful for any advice anyone could give me on what to make and how to use both the paints and my love of the legions.

 

I was thinking of using a range of pre-heresy helmets and jump packs, maybe some shields, bionics......my loyalists make use of a lot of jump packs but no bikes so was thinking of adding some bikes but not sure? Was thinking of maybe some sort of Greek/Celtic theme not sure.

 

Also have quite a lot of spares from sanguinary guard and dark angels veterans.

 

Was also thinking of using some of the Maxmini wings with a jet for some jump troops (night lords theme but not so sure now could use feather wings as well)

 

Also not sure whether to use Codex Space Marines or Codex Chaos Space Marines as love scouts but have three/four Codex space marine armies and no Chaos Space Marines.

 

Like I said any help would be great as as you can no doubt tell I have no real ideas at the moment which is rare for me.

 

Thanks in advance!

[Journeyman]

Pots o' paint and parts a plenty.

Maybe plough through the codex and build the 'warband' of your choice?

Colour wise you can break your warband up a bit if you wish to develop some backround.

[Bolt16]

Journeyman thanks for the advice.

 

I'm wondering if I should move this to a fluffy post given I'm struggling with fluff as much as paint and models - I'm growing on the idea of a Celtic theme....although just seen some amazing Egyptian parts which could be interesting, also like the idea of bionics, and pre-heresy helmets and jump packs but no idea on colour because I've no idea about the fluff - is there anyway a night lords company and iron warriors company would end up together?

 

Anyway like I said maybe should move this to a fluff post.

[Jiri the Corrupted]

In response to your first post: considering you already own several Loyalist armies it could be interesting, for the sake of diversity and such, to use these as full blown Chaos Marines. Raptors are both fun to model and quite handy on the tabletop but bikes are often considered to pricy points-wise for what they offer. The collection of bits offers a lot of conversion opportunities, but you might want to take a look at the fluff for your force's background to either justify feathery bits from DA and BA or concoct a cunning scheme to avoid any Loyalist associated iconography all together.

 

Which brings us to your second post: A Celtic feel could be nice for a Chaos warband, but I'd stay clear of any Egyptian looking bits. Ancient Egypt is most often associated with the Thousand Sons. They could be used perfectly for a Sorceror conversion though, Sorcerors-for-hire could very well originate from the Thousand Sons legion.

Iron Warriors and Night Lords might seem like an improbable combination at first glance but if you think about it, they make quite good sense. A siege relies on accurate intel on the state of the besieged and can be shortened considerably by a timely act of sabotage or terror. An Iron Warriors Warsmith could no doubt appreciate the value of a band of expert infiltrators and power armour clad terrorists. Enter the Night Lords. Their Legion is commonly considered fractured beyond repair, so a band of Night Lords hiring themselves out to the sons of Perturabo is not just possible but even probable.

A precedent even exists as there is a story in the core rulebook about the Red Corsairs attacking a loyalist Marine fortress-monastery. To sabotage the defences and sow confusion, Huron Blackheart hired Night Lords to infiltrate the fortress beforehand. It's in the "centerfold" part of the Chaos Marine section if I'm not mistaken, look it up.

 

If this Iron Warrior/Night Lords alliance is what you're going for you'll need to avoid any feathered parts and try to hide or remove the Khornate symbols from the Berzerker bits though. Neither Legion is particularly fond of the worship of one Chaos god over another, and the Night Lords tend to shy from overt Chaos worship in general. The bright green, orange and pink colours are sort of useless with these two Legions too. Dark blue and burnished iron would be the main colours you'll paint. But the greens can come in quite handy for plasma weaponry...

 

Best of luck and welcome to the Eye of Terror!

 

Death to the False Emperor!