Noctus Cornix Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Allow me to begin with a few creator's notes. My Night Lords have undergone a great many changes over the last few years. At first I wanted to play my Night Lords as chaos hating crime fighters and all that jazz, but I quickly became disgusted by the idea as I saw many people doing the same thing and I just lost all interest in it. After which, I attempted to transform them into flat out chaos worshiping Night Lords but that too quickly created a sour taste in my mouth simply because I felt it just didn't belong. Next I tried to move on to the Punishers and try to make my own spin on them, but once again when I took a step back to look at the fluff I had created, all I did was make a post heresy version of the Night Lords and I was just making them as an excuse to be different but I just couldn't get past it. I was a Night Lord to the core. So I took some time off from the chaos all together and dabbled into some Dark Eldar and Marines Malevolent to ease my mind. It gave me alot of time to consider my options and really flesh out what I wanted. First I had to figure out what I wanted from the Legion, what really made me feel that connection to them and yet still be unique? While browsing around on the threads, I came across a small quote AD-B wrote from Captain Sevatar as to why the Night Lords were not the Emperor's sanctioned force against other legions. Over all it was an amazing excerpt but one thing really stuck with me. Sevatar mentioned that the wolves were savages trained to be warriors but 'We are Murderers first, last and always....' I can't exactly explain why, but that single line just hit me like a bolt round to the face. Murderers. Not warriors, MURDERERS. And so from there, I began to mold what little background I had into what is now my Warband, the Ankou Pact. A small warning, there will be a ton of fluff and back story going into these guys and, similar to the way my friend Nurgling6688 did with his Astral Claws blog, except I fear there will be great many more blobs of text. The idea is I want to create a small little one or two paragraph bio for each finished model (and probably a page for each HQ) and then once each squad is finished, I want to create a small short story depicting the members in some way shape or form. But I think I'll cut myself off now so I don't have you fall asleep on me before we even begin, so let's get started, shall we? :) http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/ac352/Noctus-Cornix/16thCompany.png Legio Astartes- VIII Legion Night Lords- 16th Company Alias- The Ankou Pact History Logs- The Great Crusades Chapter 1: Defeat The question has been posed by Imperial Scholar and VIII Legionnaire Commander alike, where did everything go wrong? Was it upon the death of the dread lord Night Haunter that caused the mental snap in the minds of the 16th Company, or was it upon the birth cry of the vile monster known only as the Black Blood, that the souls of thousands of Night Lords would be consigned to damnation. Each are viable answers, but the truth dates even further back in time to the years of the Great Crusade. In those times, the 16th Company was still under the watchful eyes of Captain Xeratath, one of the older and most venerated officers of the legion. His name was one that was spoken of with equal measures of fear and respect amongst the Imperium and his scrolls of glory extended out nearly as far as that of Lord Sevatar himself. There were very few among the Night Lords that could be described among the galaxy as true heroes, but Xeratath was one of them. That was until Grendel's World. Grendel's World, a planet that would ironically one day fall prey to the sadistic whims of the warband, was still just an unremarkable and meaningless speck on the face of the Imperium. In the face of the great Ork Waaghs that marched rampant amongst the star, the Legio Astartes were consigned to defending the Imperial worlds against the xenos filth that threatened to consume them. While many of the legions were granted the honor to meet the brunt of the Ork force at Ullanor, the small flotilla of Night Lords in the area were ordered to protect the worlds that surrounded the warzone. The 16th Company was among the Night Lords present and were forced to protect some forsaken rock with little reason other than 'it was the Emperor's will' and that was left to that. All was quiet on the plains of Grendel's World as the warriors of VIII Legion stood guard over the sleeping planet. They were ill at ease, the rancid stench of fear in the smell of the city inhabitants set the blood of the Astartes on fire, biting back the primal urge to of battle and death that beat within their twin hearts. Something was wrong. That same strange nagging in the back of their minds finally became a reality as the Face of Death, war vessel of the 16th company detected a Ork vessel closing in on the auspex. A second vessel appeared soon after, then another, then three more, until 13 glowing red blips swarmed over the Face of Death. The massacre that ensued shared no signs of hope for the 16th Company as the hordes of xenos descended upon the helpless planet. The Face of Death fought with every ounce it could muster to merely survive but the ship fell from the sky as burning wreckage in the first few hours. For all their honor, all their skill, and all their prowess, the Night Lords of Captain Xeratath fell before the xenos horde. They stood their ground for as long as possible, biting back against their enemy with their dying venom but death was inevitable and soon all but a handful of Night Lords made their final stand with the wounded captain. Each warrior gave their brothers a silent nod of departure to prepare for the cold embrace of death, but as luck would have it, death did not come for them. Warships of ivory and gold descended from the heavens upon the Orks, drop pods raining across the sky like tears of fire. From the pods came the Astartes of the Luna Wolves, scything through the xenos filth with relative ease where the Night Lords struggled merely to survive. Ullanor had been taken and the forces of the newly claimed War Master Horus moved forward to assist the smaller units that protected the outlying worlds. As the ashes settled upon the fields of Grendel's World, the Night Lords came to realize just how great the toll was. The 16th company had been fully gutted like a helpless animal with it's entrails left to rot across the floor. Where once was a fully functional and highly trained unit of hundreds of Space Marines, now only a few dozen remained, with no ship or company left to call their own. The 16th Company, and Captain Xeratath would never be the same..... ------------------------------------------- And so now for the final portion of my first post (and probably the actual reason why you people are here), the modeling section. There isn't much to start off with but I thought it would be best to begin with the armor of Captain Xeratath himself. Now when I first saw the new vampire counts models from the fantasy range, the one thing that caught my eye above all else was Krell, Lord of Undeath. Now I literally drooled over this model for 2 hours and then it probably took me another thirty minutes to pick my jaw back up so I could pre order this model. Model came in and I cannot believe how happy I am with this guy. Sure it's finecast, and I hate that flimsy resin crap with a passion but I think I can overlook it with this model. There's just so much detail and bad assery that exhumes from this model, I just couldn't help myself but try and make it into a Night Lord. So here is a work in progress of him. It didn't take that long to file off the legs and keep the cap in tact. The cloak did get a few scrapes but it just makes it look better. A really big one up for this guy is that his head comes seperate. http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/ac352/Noctus-Cornix/HPIM1537.jpg http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/ac352/Noctus-Cornix/HPIM1535.jpg Enjoy. ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazleuk Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 great start, i'm doing a similar conversion. Krell just shout's Sevetar :) Good luck with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montuhotep Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Must confess, soon as I saw Krell and the Carstein upgrade pack, a little bell rang 'Night Lords!' Looking forward to what you can do with 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Skullz Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Another Night Lords plog, exciting :P R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkVen Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 I really like when players write fluff for their armies, show and tell how they collect army and how they work with miniatures. It's always interesting to see how others go with their collections. Your fluff looks very promising. As another big fan of the Night Legion - greetings, brother. Ave dominus nox! No, but seriously, nice start. DV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vairocanum Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 great fluff! im also converting a krell right now, can't wait to see how this turns out! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loken86 Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 your fluff for the 16th company is great brother i like it and wait for the next installment as to the model i now have to go and buy it ^_^ you always manage to pull me back to the 8th legion everytime i think im out lol. I cant wait to see you get him painted I know you don't like painting but you cant leave a cool model like that in its naked state AVE DOMINUS NOX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 As I said in your other thread that finecast model looks somewhat washed out be the camera flash - is there any way of mitigating that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctus Cornix Posted February 5, 2012 Author Share Posted February 5, 2012 @Bazleuk ya I thought about a making Sevatar, but he dies during the Horus Heresy so I didn't want to use him. If I did make a preheresy army I would have Sevatar as my leader, but alas I don't have the money for forgeworld >: @Paladin Thanks man, the supported is greatly appreciated. What did you think of doing with the Von Carstein pack? @Red Indeed @Dark Ven Thanks man, I'm really glad you like it so far. :D I hope I can continue to keep up the same quality. @Vairocanum Thanks @Loken lol It's my job brother, did you expect any less from me? :D @Olisredan I'll try and see what I can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnightmare Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 I love an army with fluff, and yours is wicked. It really brings an army to life. I must admit Krell has Night Lords written all over him, looking forward to seeing what you do with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctus Cornix Posted February 5, 2012 Author Share Posted February 5, 2012 thanks man. That means alot coming from the guy with the awesome flesh eaters army. Your guys are wicked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loken86 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Damn you Noctus any updates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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