Chaos Daemons & Blood Pact Armoured Company

[Red Skullz]

Hello all!

As my 13th Wolfwing is nearing their current end at 3400 points it is time to get some new projects on the go. This plog will follow the progress of two separate armies, and it is as the title suggests. Chaos Daemons and Blood Pact Armoured Company ;) Daemons will be the main army but I will bring the Blood Pact up to 1750 points. I will use codex IG for the Blood Pact. Let`s break this down into each component:

1) CHAOS DAEMONS
http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/ArmyoverviewWIP_zps9daafbf4.jpg
I`ve spent the last year bartering to get the miniatures for this army. My hobby budget is very limited since I`m a family man with three kids and a girlfriend that still study (only one year left, yay!) so it is what it is. But I`m happy with it :)

HQ
Bloodthirster
Daemon Prince of Nurgle
Skulltaker (on Juggernaught)
Karanak
Herald of Slaanesh
Herald of Nurgle
Herald of Khorne

ELITES
7*Bloodcrushers of Khorne
2*Fiends of Slaanesh
9*Flamers of Tzeentch

TROOPS
31*Horrors of Tzeentch
20*Daemonettes of Slaanesh
10*Plaguebearers of Nurgle
14*Bloodletters of Khorne
5*Nurglings baser

FAST
8* Flesh Hounds of Khorne

HEAVY
3*Soul Grinders

In addition to that I have a few bucks spared to supply where it`s needed when I get the codex. But I`m really keen on those new Tzeentch chariots to put it like that..

2) BLOOD PACT ARMOURED COMPANY

[pict pending]

Well I like tanks, I like chaos and I rather liked the Gaunts Ghosts books so when I got the opportunity to get my hands on 4 leman russes for an insanse low price I jumped at it! In short this army will be something like this:

HQ
Command Squad in chimera

ELITES
Marbo
Ogryns in chimera

TROOPS
2*Veteran Squads in Chimeras

FAST
2*Sentinels

HEAVY
2*Leman Russ
1*Leman Russ Demolisher
1*Leman Russ Executioner

I have the codex and all of the minis I need but I haven`t decided on final list and I`m making Daemons my first priority at the moment.

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For any references on paintjobs and stuff do check my other plogs (links in sig). They are quite recent and should indicate for good and bad what I`m capable of.

R

Taken some time to settle on a list I want to work towards. Roughly I`ll be taken this at 1500 points:

Bloodthirster
Karanak
Herald of Khorne
Herald of Nurgle
14*Bloodletters w/icon and instrument
10*Plaguebearers
5*Bloodcrushers
8*Flesh Hounds
2*Soul Grinders

So with a rough list out of the way, here`s the first stuff ready for greenstuffing.

Bloodletters w/Herald of Khorne
http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/bloodletter1_zps1ec70007.jpg

Flesh Hounds w/Karanak
http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/fleshhounds1_zpsac4594b4.jpg

Bloodthirster
http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/bloodthirster1_zps22db4697.jpg

 

Soul Grinders:
http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/soulgrinder2-2_zps3b91033b.jpg
http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/soulgrinder1-2_zpsd48f9fb7.jpg
They will be mark of Nurgle so I need to do a fair bit of greenstuffing on these just so they fit the bill.

Plaguebearers and Herald of Nurgle:
http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/plaguebearers1_zpsdba89b8c.jpg
Had two mutilated old plaguebearers I had to fix up. The Herald is a kitbash from a lot of stuff. Kroot legs, savage orc torso, chaos knight sword arm, genestealer arm, chaos spawn head. He still needs greenstuffing though.

Herald of Khorne ver.2:
http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/kherald1_zpsd43c711c.jpg
Changed the sword for an axe and the other arm with something more fitting in style. Gap filling and he should be done.

R

[deathspectersgt7]

THE LIST LOOKS GOOD. i don't do evil but this looks interesting.

[Red Skullz]

Cheers mate! I have no clue if it will rock the boat exactly but I use what I have :)

 

R

[Red Skullz]

My camera is at a friends house due to a large game we got going there which is taking us a few afternoons. So I dug out the family camera and went to it. Not overly happy with the pics but I think they show things fairly okey.
 

 

Flesh hounds & Karanak

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/fleshhounds2_zps7692ac78.jpg

As far as I know I have three different generations of flesh hounds here. Karanak is obviously the new breed, but I also got the oldest one there. He`s the purple-ish one, the largest. He lacks his crest and lower jaw, had to sculpt fur and a jaw for him. The other two purple-ish ones are from the same generation. Had to fix legs and fur on them to blend them better in with the newer ones. The bulk of the hounds are the previous version. They`re spiky as hell! My fingers where hurting seriously when working with them...

The entire pack is now basecoated and will be my next target for paint.

 

Bloodletters

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/bloodletter2_zpsbb52e2f8.jpg

Went for a semi-traditional scheme on these. Warm red skin, yellow eyes but normal bone colour instead of black. Weapons are silvery but gory. Check out the back on the top left one. It`s a chore doing it but the result speak for itself I think. Also very happy with the deserty bases I got going on them. Contrasts well without taking your eye away from the minis. Oh and check out the plasma red ink. It`s in perfect condition and I use it to get that rich warm red :D

 

R

[reckoning]

Cool project. Not a huge fan of demons but it is an impressive collection. I like the Bloodthirsters Axe. Howd you make it?

[Red Skullz]

Thank you

The arms and axe is from the WHFB Minotaur box but I blinged it up with making it a double-edged axe with a spare axe blade. I think it looks suitably killy for an agent of Khorne himself and it modernised the look of the mini (and got the lead weight down..).

R

[reckoning]

Thanks for the info! Agreed on the menacing look.

[Brother Ambroz]

What model is your Khorne herald v2 based off? Don't recognize it. Looking good so far though, love the classic letters too. Looking forward to seeing your take on the Blood Pact too!

[Red Skullz]

@reckoning34: no probs, happy you chimed in :)

 

@Tanith Ghost: I honestly don`t know but he came in the same batch as with the classic letters. I got them in an oop trade-off :) But besides that he`s got a minotaur axe, chaos warrior arm, ork spiky pad and ghoul king long nails arm.

Thank you :) Oh I look at them every day and can`t wait to get started buuuuut first off daemons :) Rumour does have it that IG has a new codex in the pipeline and with the speed GW is releasing now it might be sooner rather than later!

 

R

[Red Skullz]

The bad pics annoyed me real bad so here`s another go at pics:

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/bloodletter4_zpse1a4bd5b.jpg

 

And a PiP of the remaining bloodletters and herald:

¨http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/bloodletter3_zpsf5c027b0.jpg

 

R

[Kierdale]

Some classic minis there, not to mention very nice conversions.

Looking forward to seeing you put the whole army together :)

[Red Skullz]

Thanks :) Well currently progress is good as I`ve started to lay the first skin layers on the hounds and Karanak so it`s going as fast as it did with the Wolfwing.

 

R

[Red Skullz]

Here`s what my workbench contains at the moment

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/bloodletter5_zpse3eb26f4.jpg

Can`t believe I went ahead and started assembly painting all of the hounds as well..ah well, it`ll be a treat when it`s done ;)

 

Also, I need decision help. I`m doing a centaur theme on the bloodcrushers but what head?

 

A

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/juggernaught1-2_zps7ee2c615.jpg

 

or B

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/juggernaught1-1_zps6d5e1702.jpg

I`m kinda leaning towards B, but then I need to add horns and some hair I think.

 

Opinions?

 

R

[Red Skullz]

Played my first game with the new dex yesterday against a greenwing DA army at 1500 points. We got the kill point mission.



He had:

Librarian

Chaplain

7ish terminators

5*sniper scouts

6*jump marines

10*tactical marines

5*bikers w/multimelta attackbike

1*las pres

1*vindicator

2*razorbacks



I had:

Bloodthirster, 1*greater reward

K.herald, 1*greater reward & loci

N.herald, 1*greater loci

Karanak

5*Bloodcrushers

13*Bloodletters, icon & instrument

10*Plaguebearers

8*Flesh Hounds

2*Soul Grinders, MoN, phleghm



First off, the greater rewards stuff. I got the gaze thing on the
thirster and thought at first...what the hell do I use that and almost
took the weapon but then it hit me that he`s an MC and can do two
shooting attacks. So in it went and it paid off against all of the
armour the DA player had immediately.

Secondly, the warp storm table did nothing special for me. It was
exciting to see but all in all nothing happened really and I threw below
average on it.

Thirdly, daemons soak wounds like a sponge in water....man they hurt
easily but they sure put some hurting on when they get to grips with the
enemy.



So I haven`t discovered anything gamebreaking as I`ve read the above several times but it`s always nice to see for oneself http://www.warseer.com/forums/warseer/images/smilies/smile.png



The game in short then.

Deployed the Soul Grinders and plaguebearers w/herald in cover to
get that juicy 2+ cover save, the hounds and crushers w/Karanak on one
flank so I could scout move both units en masse a maximum 12 inches to
put on pressure early. Letters w/herald and thirster in reserve.

First round, was his and he immediately started pounding the
flesh hounds and crushers with everything from vindicators, predators,
ravenwing and his mother. They survived but I lost 3 crushers and one
hound.. In return I moved the hounds and crusher forwards again but they
where outside of charge distance of the ravenwing bikers due to him
moving backwards* in his turn. The shooting phase saw the grinders
starting to hurt him with chipping away at hull points.

Second turn. He moved more units towards the crushers and fiends
and advanced with the bikers to assault. He shoot me some more, took out
5 hounds, 1 crusher and 1 plaguebearer. He then tried to assault my
hounds with bikers but lacked half an inch http://www.warseer.com/forums/warseer/images/smilies/biggrin.png

My turn saw me getting the letters from reserves. I got a hit on my deep
strike with them and with their instrument I brought in the thirster.
They where now on the opposite and very fragile flank of the DA player http://www.warseer.com/forums/warseer/images/smilies/biggrin.png
I moved the hounds w/Karanak and the last crusher closer to the bikers
to assault them. In the shooting phase the thirster took out a razorback
with the gaze, the grinders took one combat tactical squad and another
hull point. I then assaulted the bikers with the hounds, Karanak and
crusher. I then procedeed to wipe them out http://www.warseer.com/forums/warseer/images/smilies/biggrin.png

Third turn. If I had his attention before I sure had it now, he
moved the termies and predator to take out the pesky hounds, Karanak and
crusher while trying to damage control on the other flank by getting
things out of harms way. Shooting took out the last crusher and his
assault took out the hounds and Karanak but his termies where now so far
from action that they would not do anything else this game. I advance
with the Soul Grinders to take out some more vehicles, vector striked
the scouts with the thirster and made the letters ready for an assault
on the last combat squad of tacticals. Can`t remember much from the
shooting but I think I took one or two hull points on the vindicator.
Assault saw the letters take out the combat squad with ease then
consolidate in cover and getting linebreaker.

Fourth & fifth turn. This was getting late so it`s a bit blurry http://www.warseer.com/forums/warseer/images/smilies/wink.png
Anyways, he shot everything he could at my thirster to ground him,
which he did. I couldn`t make a save for my life so he took 4 wounds
this turn...he also immobilised one of my grinders. He then assaulted my
thirster with the jump marines and that was fun http://www.warseer.com/forums/warseer/images/smilies/biggrin.png He killed my thirster in the last round though..

I took out the vindicator with one grinder in cc and the other grinder
shot on the termie/libby/ unit, they ran and that was pretty much it.



He got: Warlord, Flesh hounds, Karanak, Bloodcrushers for a total of 5 kill points

I got: First Blood, linebreaker, warlord, bikers, 2*razorbacks,
vindicator, 2*combat squads, termies for a total of 11 kill points





One thing I did miss was having a psyker. I think I`ll try out the GUO next time http://www.warseer.com/forums/warseer/images/smilies/smile.png



R





*This is the third DA player I`ve met and they all do the same. Move away from you. Anyone else experienced this?!

[deathspectersgt7]

On your last post I can't comment on since I have't played 6th ed yet .the post before that I would go with B looks more brutal. heres an idea on some of your bases add some dark angel helmets.

[Red Skullz]

Cheers for the comments :) Ah yes, I did go with B. I`ll post up a WiP soonish ;) Dark Angels as base litter...I like it!

 

R

[MagicMan]

Awesome. Some Classic Daemons + Blood Pact.

 

Will be watching this! Also for the previous, previous post, i'd go with B. Since you've already gone for mechanical/organic fusion, it seems odd to split it in 1/3rds with a mechanical head. If that makes sense... Probably shoulda just said it looked better, lol.

[Red Skullz]

Cheers, quite happy myself :D

 

Yeah I think B is given really. Gives it a lot more proportionate look as well which is important even for a daemon ;)

 

R

[Red Skullz]

Finally got my normal camera back!

 

I went for option B on the head for bloodcrusher kentaur daemons

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/juggernaught2_zps845eaf16.jpg

I think this is the way to go and will proceed with greenstuffing.

 

Then I got this beauty in a trade

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/GUO1_zps77ec75ef.jpg

Yes it`s a GUO and I love the mini! The plan is to raise him up on the cork (don`t use cork on the normal bases) to make him a bit larger, give him the nurgle DP sword and litter the base with nurglings, maybe even make a small palanquin. We`ll see :)

 

Here`s the bloodletters and herald all done, hopefully with good enough pics..

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/bloodletter6_zps5c4b5978.jpg

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/bloodletter7_zpsf0ae345c.jpg

 

Comments are always welcomed :)

 

R

[AGPO]

Lovely work mate, how neatly do those minotaur arms fit the 'thirster?

[Red Skullz]

Thanks :) I would say almost spotless transition. I only need to do some gap filling and I can call it done.

 

R

[Red Skullz]

Got the Flesh Hounds and Karanak finished. Went fast enough but I was gazing into the Eye itself from those scales and horns...but as I hoped it paid off as the unit looks great imo at least :)

 

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/fleshhounds3_zps7010b0fa.jpg

 

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/karanak1_zps41209289.jpg

 

Next up for paint will be the bloodthirster himself. Maybe a tad early but I wanted to give myself a bonus for getting two entire squads and one HQ done already :) I`m also currently browsing ebay and other places for some oop greater daemons that I can use as Daemon Princes. Want to field a Flying MC list when I feel for some extra carnage :D

 

R

[Red Skullz]

Okey so Karanak and the flesh hounds didn`t exactly incite anything regarding interest...

 

Maybe this will help? :)

 

Bloodthirster, painting in progress, as in just skin:

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/bloodthirster2_zps13160688.jpg

Got a long way to go still but I think he`ll look really nice when done. I`m really warming up to the Khorne colour scheme I`ve landed on :)

 

Then it`s the Bloodcrusher centaurs:

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/juggernaught3_zpsdd4edc57.jpg

Greenstuffed the torso part where the upper body connects with the juggernaught and plugged the hole on the juggernaught body with a shield. Next will be arms and horns then the remaining greenstuffing of gaps, fur and some scales I think. Just to tie them together with the other units.

 

Then it`s something I didn`t see come this soon but not that I don`t like Soul Grinders with MoN but having the option to play an FMC was to tempting. So without further ado, here`s two Daemon Princes of Khorne, minus wings.. (which I`ve bitz ordered).

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/daemonprince21_zps8648d426.jpg

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/tomkristians/daemonprince11_zpsf56266e2.jpg

Both are quite similar. Minotaur heads and arms/axe, rat ogre torso and lower body, empire warhorse legs. I think they look agile, lethal and with the comical oversized proportions that was normal back in the day.

 

So how about it. Better update than the hounds?

 

R

[RolandTHTG]

Hey, I like the hounds, I just only visit every few days. The scales look really good on karnak, but could we get pics of some of the regular hounds?

The deamon princes look a little weird proportioned, but it sounds like that is what you were going for. The wings should help them look better, as they look a little scrawny now.

[Red Skullz]

Cheers mate :) I`ll see if I can`t snap a few on the next update. The DPs are really hard to take proper pics of due to the posing, but I agree that the wings will help balance the model overall.

 

R